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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-11-06

For a few months after the Ding
ley bill went into effect the custom
house receipts were very low. The
Democratic press, especially the
World and Herald" howled
with delight that the bill was
failure, that the whole idea of Pre-
lection was wrong.
Republicans replied that, in an
ticipation of the passage OF the bill,
the importers had doubled and
trebled their importations, and that
it was, therefore, quite natural that
the customs receipts would be COM
paratively light until normal
state OF things was restored, and |
the tremendous stocks OF imported |
goods had been worked off.
You do not hear any bowling to-
day that the Dingley bill is fail
ure as a revenue producer.
In the Herald" of Saturday last
| find articles headed Banner
Year in Custom Receipts" DE
crease of Four Millions in the Pub
lie Debt More Gold in the Treas
ury Than Ever Before"
Does not this show that in all '
matters concerning finance or the !
Tariff that the proof Of the pud-
ling is in the eating" and that
hese questions are purely matters /
i business, should be treated as S
uch and taken out OF politics al
ogether?
The Democrats stood by a certain
'ariff policy, which they insisted c.
as the best to bring about pros r
Gritty. :
The Republicans stood by an en- a
rely different Tariff policy. which
ley also insisted was the best to Il
ring about prosperity.
The Republican policy was tried
rst in the Mckinley bill. and we os
Id prosperity. ii
Then the Democratic policy was pc
led in the Wilson bill, and we got W
ard times. Ut
And now we have had the Re y
lblican policy again in the Ding
y bill, and we have prosperity - -
ain. of,
Surely such demonstration do
ght to be sufficient II
There is only one way to judge Al
Icy, whether in running gov Gu
ament or private business, and -,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
A Lesson IN Pronunciation.

Everybody is watching the prog
ress of the Dreyfus courtmartial with
absorbing interest. A great stun
bling block to the average reader is
the pronunciation of the French
names brought into prominence by
the trial. and the attempts at pronun-
citation by those usacquainted with
the French tongue are often laughs-
bic. The following names and their
approximately correct pronunciation
may be of some slight help 70 those
interested Rennes, the scene of the
conr.massial, is pronounced Ren.
Dossier, which comes frequently into
notice, is called dosshsy. The de-
iendant, Dreyfus, in French lingo. is
Drayfuse, and his able counsel, La
boree. Other prominent names are
Picquars, Pekar ; and the impiacabie
prosecutor, Gen. Mercier, called
something ike Mere Sc az. Then we
have the presiding judge, Jouaust,
Zhoust. and Bertilion. Beer tee young
Biiios is Beyo, Dupuy, Dupiui, and
SO on indefinitely These specimens,
however, may serve to illustrate
"Freneh as she is spoke "
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
Watering the Milk.

The milkmen Of Naples have a way
Of carrying concealed in their waist.
coats bladders full Of water.
From these bladders india rubber
tubing stretches down their arms, and
by simply pressing their sides while
they are drawing the milk they are
able to squirt water from the Bladder
into the jug or basin simultaneously
with the milk. So it is quite a COM
mon plan FOR woman who is getting
her jug filed with milk to hold the
miikman's wrists while he milks his
cow or goat. Until the stranger has
the reason explained to him he thinks
it very odd to see women crouching
down by the milkman, keeping tight
hold on to each Of his wrists.-San
Francisco Call.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
Ode Companions.

The kennt bee Journal tells Of man
who has q loX and a hound that are
boon companions. When both animals
were in the pup stage, they were plac-
ed together and have now enjoyed e
year Of each others society in peace
and harmony. Ihey sleep together and
play with each other much after the
manner Of two frolicsome pups. TIE
fox has perfect freedom Of action, COM
ing and going at will, but he always re-
turns at night TO share the dogs led.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
a New Industry.

Pensacola. Florida. comes to the
front as the pioneer of new indu try
the manufacture of paper from
pine, yellow pine Heretofore only
certain kinds of light. soft fbred
woods could be used for making pulp
for the manufacture OF paper and
the growing consumption of this.
reducing the supply, ran the price up
TO So or $40 per cord, while the
numerous saw mills in Florida furnish
an unlimited quantity of slabs and
other cuttings which they have been
compelled to burn to get out the
way. The cost of this material, if
any, will be nominal.
Yellow pine has not been suitable
for this purpose on account of the
resin in it, but the discovery of q
process for extracting that has re
moved this obstacle, .nd opened the
way for the pine of the South to take
the place of the woods heretofore
ased in paper-making The secret
of this process IS held by the in
ventor and two other persons to
whom it has been con6ded, this
being deemed safer than taking out
patents, which give little protection
against Infringement
if what is claimed for this process
be true it is the beginning of what
msy and doubtless will become an
immense and important industry in
the pine belt of the South where with
the great number of mills there will
be practically inexhaustibie supply
of material furnished without cutting
q single tree, at least for some years
to come The result will be if the
Pensacola plant prove success the
establishment Of similar plants at
other points and the transfer of the
paper making business, which is all
immense one, to the South.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
Columbia After Gaming
Places.

Acting upon instructions received
from Mayor Lipscombe, Chief of Police
Daily has visited all parties In she city
alleging 20 be operating gaming places,
and has ordered them to Immediately
desiss from the practice ADD close tbeit
places or else be subject to raid and
arrest. There vas go definite iniorma'
ton 10 the hands of the police other
than allegations, and the step taken
Thursday is merely preliminary. The
city authorities announced their deter
n;na.ion to put stop to auy gambling
.taas may be goiog on in the city The
State. Sept 8.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13

Acharter has teen granted TO the
Electric aod Power Company OF Able
vile Capital stock S15 .000 TIE
company has bought from Auditor W.
W. Bradley AID Judge J c Klugb
their water power on Little River Known
as Martins Shoals. Two miles below
Cade's mill, the shoals be;og some
sixteen miles from Abbevii|e, and
capable of developing some two hun
dred horse power, which will be traos-
mitted to Abbeville -Abbeviile Press
and Banner.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
Om Ri. Guns.

The largest projectile for the 13 inch
the largest gun mounted on the war
ships Of the United States navy, is 311s
feet long and weighs LOO pounds.
The projectile travels so feet before
it leaves the muzzle CT the gun, and in
that distance is set revolving at the
speed Of Is revolutions per second.
The rifing inside Of the gun consists
Of 50 spiral grooves, cut one-twentieth
Of an inch deep at the bore.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13

At Oak Grove, Hampton county,
people have found work that beats
cotton 1t is gathering s'dog tongue.
deer tongue or pine barren musk, I"
which brings from Il to 2 cents a
pound.
The geologiss Of the University of
Uash Gays Salt Lake is steadily 0us
surely drying up by evaporation. the
result Of cutting of some Of the feeding
streams from purposes Of irrigation.
Governor MeSweeney has decided to
have The testimony in the Neal investi-
CATION printed and sent to members Of
the general assembly 81 they can scruti-
nizs it 10 advance ct the coming session
at Columbis.
Il hes been determined that Cover.
nor MeSweeney. bis staff and bat.al-
ion Of Infantry will 60 from this State
to New York and participate iu the
reception of Admiral Dewey. wh;o6
event will ocenr on ths 29sb or 30sh of
this mouth
The costliess material ever used for
street paying vas in the streets of
Kimberly, South Africa. The rock
vas discovered .e be so full Of diamonds
that millions Of dollars worth we're
taken from It.
American jockies are doiog wonder
fully we'll in England. They won Eve
of the six races run at the Doucasser
meetisg last week, Sloan taking three
and ReiH sad Martin one. each. The
former English opioion that American
jockies capnos ride has prabably been
amended.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13

Spartanburg aod Greepvile have
lately been overrun nightly With
sEarns Of small black bugs TIE
last Spar,anburg Herald says: A
plague of hard. black bugs half iaoh
long. came upon the town Thursday
night. As 5000 as lamps we're lighted
they began to swarm iuto houses, cover.
iug walls, ceilings aud floors. Uoder
toe arc lights thousaods could be seea
apd tie light brown light and telephone
poles assumed black cast. Auadreds
we're seer upon the sidewalks and the
bugs seemed to have no particular
business on hand except to keep one
close company.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
A DlSGUSTED CROOK.
Ee Picked Up Man About Town To1
g ERuDe."


g ''RuDe."
Chicago possesses a man about town
who is constantly mistaken for what is
known as the ''rube' by crooks and
eharps. Any one who knows him would
wonder how such an error could hap
pen, yet it does. This rounder is a
good natured man and hence the fel-
lows who essay to play VI him rare
ly get into trouble He is really a keen
hand, although loose and i'll fitting
clothing lend an air of rusticity to his
appearance. This is accentuated by a
habitual manner indicating innocence
and introspection.
He was walking along one Of the
busy streets when he was approached
by a shrewd looking individual who
desired to engage him in conversation.
He coyly admitted that he was broke
at the time, when the man said "sh'-
and drew him to one side. Then the
pavement merchant displayed to the
wondering gaze Of the rounder certain
stones called diamonds and besought
him to buy. lie bespake him thus:
''Say, I'm a tLief, see, and pinched
these sparks. want to sell 'em and
they go mighty cheap. This one is
worth a century and you git it for half.
l like your looks and guess we can fix
up trade
"Will they fade in the wash:' asked
the man about town. "If they won't !
might invest, but the last ones / got
from one Of you blokes faded badly
Now if these will stand soap and wa
ter, why 1 might put up quarter for
that one"
The self confessed thief backed
away" with a scared look on his face.
He glared at his man intently, all the
time edging away to create more dis
tance between them. "And took him
for a rrbe," he muttered, as he Slid
around an adjacent corner.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
Sunny People.

Christianity wants nothing so much
in the world as sunny people. The old
are hungrie: for love than bread, and
the Oil Of JOY is very cheap, and if you
can help the poor on with garment
Of praise it will be better for them than
bIankets.-Henry Drummond.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13

II. B. Peavey, Byrumville, Ga, writes !:
DR.. VI. A. Siumcps' Liver Medicine cured
my whole family Of chi!ls and fever. I. also
cures dyspepsia aod headache. I believe it
ronge, than Zeilin's aod Black Draught.
To eat With appetite, digest with comfor,
ssnd sleep with tranquility, take a doae of
Or. ii A Simmons Liver Medicine OCCASION
&lly. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
It's Chief Csc.

A little boy writing composition on
the zebra the other day was requested
to describe the animal and to mention
what it is useful for After deep re-
dection he wrote: "The zebra is like
horse, only striped. 1t is chiefly used
to illustrate the letter IT,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13

An Irish philosopher says it's great
blessing that night comes on late in the
day when one is too tired to work
longer
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13

Strictly, there is no such thing rs the
pursuit Of happiness; we simply dodge
unhappincss.-Detroit Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
University Of North Carolina.
WIDEST PATRONAGE AND FULLEST

EQUIPMENT IN ITS HISTORY.
Faculty, as Students, 4s5; Academic
courses; Elective courses; Professional
Schools. in Law, in Medicine and in Phar
macy. New buildings, water works, splendid
libraries, laboratories, etc
Advanced classes open to women. Tuition
$50 year; board So month. Ample
opportunity for self help. Scholarships and
loans 70: ;he needy. Free ,ui,ioa for teachers
Summer School for Teachers "a instruc-
to:s, l47 students Total eprollmeD; GA,
For illustrated handbook and catalogue,
Address,
Pres DENT ALDERMAN,
June 28 Chapel Hill, N. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13

Barcelona. Sept 6 6-Over 1900
esann:so, urers have REUSED to gay tie
oew tax asd mary landowners heve
decided TO follow ;heir example.
Camdea. Sept e.-The case Of the
State Us Waea Latham. Indicted for
e:urder vas tried :edsy The jury was
os:y Gu. Sve OF tee nieates aod brought
10 verdict of uos guilty This is the
case 10 Which Wade Latham sho: aud
killed bis brother, James L:than las,
June 'iae evidence in :he csse show
ed !: 20 be clear case Of self defense.
San Ffaecisco. Sept. 6 it speech
here today Mr.. Bryan said that ie does
not favor tae withdrawal of the troops
from the Philippines till stable gov
erpment is established He believed
that our government. after establishing
the Philippine republic. should extend
to its people the same protection thst it
is now giving to the republics OF South
aud Central America-proteciicn from
oatside interference and uDhampered
freedom to work out their own destiny.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13

The AbbevilIe Press and Banner hes
raised the poins, of which it is net Ger
tain that congress gives to its members
$120 year TO pay their Subscriptions
to newspapers 10 their respective dis
tricts. It is very doubtful whether
such appropriation tas been made,
but pablo moaey is speos for less
worthy objects. and yet congressman
who is too seiugy or mean to take all the
newspapers 10 bis district is hardly a
representative mao. This might also
apply to members os the legislature
and all public officials
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-09-13
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SUMTER,

Total protection 20 depositors, SITS 600 90
Transacts General Banking Business.
Special attention given TO collections.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-28
July in North Greenland.

The fierce July sun, though but a
little past the northern meridian, beat
down upon me with oppressive warmth.
Before me the warm, red-brown land
scape wavered and trembled in the
yellow light; behind me lowered the
binding white slope of the ice. Be-
meath my feet the stones were bare
even of lichens, and had a dry, gray
look, as if they were the bones of q
dead world. And yet L felt that with
so much of warmth and richness of
coloring, there must be life, and, sure
enough, hardly had 1 gone a hundred
yards from the edge of the ice when a
beautiful little black and white song
ster huttered up from behind a rock,
lowered singing almost within reach
above my head, and then settled upon
a bleak stone but a few feet distant to
finish his merry song.
AS L went on, numbers OF these
snow buntings fitted about me, and,
hardly had L gone a mile before my
heart beat quicker at the sight OF
traces OF musk oxen. AS I got further
away from the ice and in the lee of the
gigantic moraines and tumuli of glacial
debris, flowers began to appear, pur.
pie and white and yellow, among them
my ever-present brilliant yellow friend,
the arctic poppy.--From Northward
Over the Great Ice, by Robert E.
Peary, U. S. N.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-28

of Quaker teaching within these walls.
But it is because of its graves and
not on account of its meeting place
that Jordans attracts so many pill
grims year by year. For a century
and a half there was nothing to distln-
guish one Wondering heap from an
other. Here is the account which Dix
on, one of PENIS most competent biog-
raphers, wrote of his visit to h place
in 1851:
Nothing could be less imposing than
the grave yard at Jordans; the meet
ing house is like an old barn in ap-
pearance, and the field in which the
illustrious dead repose is mo- even de-
Gently smoothed. There are no grav-
ell walks, no monuments, no mournful
yews, no cheering flowers; there is not
even a stone to mark a spot or to re-
cord a name When 1 visited it with
my friend Granville Penn, Esq, great
grandson of the state founder, on the
18th of January this year, we had some
difficulty in determining the heap I'M
der which the great mans ashes lie.
Mistakes have occurred before now,
and for many year pilgrims were
shown the wrong gravel"
With the laudable desire of helping
pilgrims to distinguish the right shrine
Mr.. Dixon prepared a simple ground
plan of the grave yard, and the posi-
lions of the small head stones which
mark the graves to-day correspond
with that plan to a large extent.
1t has been claimed by some writers
that PENIS remains were taken to
Philadelphia, and that there is now no
substantial evidence that they ever
rested beneath the stone which is now
pointed out as his in the old Chalfont
st. Giles graveyard. This, however,
those who are best informed, positive
" deny. In England, at least, it Ia
generally regarded as conclusive that
the ashes of the great Quaker and
state founder are undisturbed in their
narrow resting place, as Mr.. Dixon has
faithfully described 1t. 1t was recent
ly suggested that Penn's remains be
~transplanted to a memorial in the
heart Of London-to the Old Bailey,
which was the scene Of his vindication
of the right Of a jury to render a YER
Sict contrary to the dictation OF a
sndge; but thus far nothing has been
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-28
NEW SLEEPING CARS.
To Denver, Omaha. st. Louis, Chicago and
Boston.


Boston.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
Scenic line of the World-announces new
and important additions to their already
well arranged sleeping car service. In the
future, this popular line will run through
weekly Pullman Tourist sleepers to Oma-
ha, Chicago, New York and Boston, also to
st. LOUIS without change. These cars will
start from Portland, Oregon, thus giving
benefit of through service on Oregon
Short Line, as well as from all Utah
points. The excursions are personally
conducted and furnish all the ~convenionces
of regular Pullman sleepers at less than
half the cost. The st. Louis car will leave
o. S. L. station every Thursday and Og-
den via Rio Grande Western railway,
every Friday morning. The Omaha, Chi
cago, New York and Boston sleeper will
leave o. S. L. station every Wednesday
and Salt Lake every Thursday evening,
thus affording the inestimable privilege Of
a twelve-hour lay-over in Salt Lake City.
For rates and all details, write to B. F.
Nevins, General Agent, or H. M. Gushing,
T. P. A., D. g. r. G. Railway, Salt Lake
City, or any Oregon Short Line or Rie
Grande Western ticket agent.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-28
WIS., WORDS.

Nothing is so hard, but search wiz
find it out.-Herrick.
Reprove thy friend privately; COM
mend him publicly .-Solon.
Every one has a fair turn to be as
great as he pleases.-1eremy Collier.
1t is easy finding reasons why other
folks should be patient. - George
Eliot.
There is no greater punishment than
that of being abandoned to ones self.
.Quesnel.
Good nature and good sense must ever
join;
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Pope.
The smallest worm will turn, being
trodden on; and doves will peck, in
safeguard of their brood. - Shake
speare.
Human nature Is SO constituted,
that all see, and judge better, in the
affairs of other men, than in their own.
Terence.
Good breeding is the result of much
good sense, some good nature, and a
little self-denialf for the sake of others.
Chesterfield.
Positiveness is a most absurd foible.
If you are in the right, it lessons your
triumph; if in the wrong, itadds shame
to your defeat. -Sterne.
A true man never frets about his
place in the world, but just slides into
it by the gravitation of his nature, and
swings there as easily as a star. -E. H.
Chaplin.
1t is a sober truth that people who
live only to amuse themselves, work
harder at the task than most people
do in earning their daily bread
Hannah More.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-01-28

Here is a true tale of a dog and q
pig. They were both passengers on
the same ship, and quite warm friends.
They used to eat their cold potatoes
of the same plate, and but for n
thing would never have had any
trouble. This was the fact that the
dog had o kennel and the pig had
none.
Somehow the pig got it into his
head that the kennel belonged to
whichever could get into it first, so
every night there was a race. II the
dog won he showed his teeth, and the
pig had to lie on the softest plank he
could find. If the pig got in first
Toby could not drive him out.
One rainy afternoon the pig found
1t rather unpleasant slipping about OF
deck and made up his mind to retire
early. But when he reached the ken
mel he found the dog snug and warm
inside. "Umphl" he said, but Toby
made no reply.
Suddenly an idea flashed upon him,
and trudging off to where their dinner
plate was lying, he carried it to a part
of the deck where the dog could see
it, and turning his back to the kennel,
began rafting the plate and MUNICH
ing as though he had a feast before
him.
This was TOO much for Toby. A
good dinner AMI he not there! Piggy
kept on until Toby had come round in
front of him and pushed his nose into
the empty plate.
Then, like a shot, he turned around
and was safe in the kennel before
Toby knew whether there was any
dinner ON the plate or not.