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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-10
AN EFFECT OF LIGHTNING.
Damaged n Pair Of Eyes That Were
Large and Bright.

Through the brotherhood of affliction
that comes from wearing glasses i'm
one of their various forms n poDular
official Of the Rapid Transit company
told in conversation the other day of
curious reason why he wore prescrip-
ton helps to cyesight. 1T was because
| was struck by lightning" he said. 1T
was when | was in my teens. | sat
between an open window and an open
door and there was n flash. The last
can remember is a sense of having an
envelope Of light around me. l was
picked up insensible and those who
first saw me say that smoke issued
from my mouth and nose. All thought
was dead, but slowly recovered and
soon seemed to be as we'll as before the
heavenly visitation.
1.-The serious effects Of the shock.
however, developed in my eyes. Their
largeness and brilliancy had been often
commended on by my friends, but
these more or less desirable features
had been destroyed by the electric
fuid. The pupils and the irises con.
tracted and l found a great difficulty
In my vision. An expert oculist exam.
ined the eyes and gave some scientific
name to the difficulty. That's another
story. l only know that can see and
am glad to be alive.
"One effect remains, however, that is
rather curious. Most people who have
been struck by lightning are fearful of
being struck again. Not SO with me.
I'm not nervous even in the height of
an electrical storm. but l confess I'm
not anxious to sit in room at such q
time where there are two openings into
the disturbance. That would be :nyit.
ing destruction. ."-Brooklyn Eagle.
A Study In Hose.
The girl behind the counter said to
the young man who appeared as though
he knew just what he wanted to buy.
What can do for. you?"
Il was going to buy a nice pair of
stockings for a woman. This is the
right Department."
"Yes. What material and what
Size
Il thought might leave that to YOU.
as we are sort of related in our call.
ing"
What do You mcan?"
"Well, I'm a tireman-the man with
the hose, don't you see? AS the head
of this department you're the woman
with the hose. | haven't the slightest
idea OF what l want or what it should
be or what it should cost"
"FOr your wife,"
NO; hoe my own row."
$50 dO l." she laughed, "and as q
hOsicr."
They're for my sister. And that's
all know about the whole thing. She's
smaller than 1 am, but larger than
you."
II take eights."
"Then should think she'd take six.
teens"
He laughed to hear her laugh, and n
whole row Of customers waited.
'Its the best hose attachment YOU
ever made" he thought to himself. and
so it proved. for the cards are out and
they are furnishing a regular birdcage
of fat in the north end.-Detroit Free
Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-10

Paper novels, npw psper rovels at Fl G..
Os'res h Co.'S
Buy Writing Table,e. Pencils and Parcr a,
y tren's Book Store
Albums Photograph. Autograph and
Scrap. Il. G. Os'een & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-10
IN MANILA "BEYOND DOUBT -

IN MANILA BEYOND DOUBT /"
Washington. Jan 8-Tbe plague
has broken out in Manila beyond q
doubt. as appears from the followed
cablegrar received by Surgeon General
Ssernberg:
manila, Jao 6
"Three bubonic natives
"Greenleaf
The siguer is Col Greeheaf. assis,
an' surgeon general aud chief surgeon
10 the Philippines
The Coconino sun., 1900-02-03
Bismarek's Iron Nerve.

Was the result of hissplendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous ener- gy are not found where stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels are out of order. If you want these qualities and the suc- cess they bring, use Dr. Kings New Life Pills. They develop every power of brain and body. Only 25c at Pio- neer Drug Store.
The Coconino sun., 1900-02-03
COCONINO VS. YAVAPAI.
The Supreme Court Sustains the Former
 Decision Validating the Bonds.

E. NJ. Doe received telegram from the clerk of the Supreme Court We'd nesday stating that the decision of the lower court had been affirmed on the authority of the Utter case, l72 United States Reports. The court delivered no opinion.
 Mr. Doe will make motion for rehearing in the case.
 The history of the case is given in the Phoenix Herald. as follows: When COcOninO county was set off from Yav- apai it assumed Il propOrtiOnatc share of the bonded indebtedness of the orig inal county and issued to Yavapai bonds for that amount. The P. X A. c. railroad bonds made up part of Yavapai's bonded indebtedness. At that time and for Il long time there- after the validity of these bonds was not questioned. Of the bonds turned over 10 Yavapai by CoconinO about $'j,OOO was applied to the payment of these railroad bonds. Later, Yavapai county through it's board of supervisors resisted the funding of the P. X A. c. bonds on the ground that they were illegal, which litigation is still pend- ing. COconino county then demanded from Yavapai the return of the $75. GOO, which upon the showing of Yavapai
 
 had been applied to an indebtedness which had no legal existence, though it had been agreed to be legal in- debledness at the time the burden of debt Was divided between the old county and the new. Yavapai refused
The Coconino sun., 1900-02-03

the demand and Coconin0 began suit to recover.
 Yavapai's defense necessarily was that the P. X A. c. bonds were valid notwithstanding the same county in its sult against the loan commission at the same time was cOntending and trying to prove that the bonds were invalid. This cOptrarity of view by the same party was more interesting and Judi. crOus than it was important. The courts of the territory held that Yava- pal county was right in it's contention against COconino and wrong in its con- tentiOn against the loan commission. The most ardent. but disinterested re- pudiatiOnist did not have the hardihood to say that Yavapai could be right in both instances. The craziest individu- al could not contend that one could be squarely on opposite sides of the same fence at the same moment. Yet this was precisely what Yavapai county was contending in the tw 0 suits.
 COcOninO took the case to the su- preme court of the United States and as the question of the validity of the Yavapai bonds was the only thing to be considered, the opinion affirming the judgment against Coconino county may be regarded as final opinion that the bonds are valid.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
THE JACK RABElTs OF TEXAS.
Not Commonly Used as AN Article of
Food.


1.-THE big rabbits or hares that hang In
front of Washington restaurants are
not the jaekrabbits OF mule ears that
abound on the Texas prairies," said Mr..
c. o. Keras, of the Lone Star state, re-
ports the Washington Post. 1.-THE sort
that we have and that are common all
through the southwest are OF a brown
color. identical with their small cotton
tail brethren that abound in Virginia
and Maryland. and that are numerous
all through the old southern states.
These imported hares with white bellies
come from Canada, where all wild ami
mails turn white in winter to match the
snowclad earth, and they are not nearly
as large as our Texas jsckrabbits, nor
do they have the enormously big ears
that distinguish the Texas family. I
should say that ours will get over the
ground twice as fast as their Canadian
Cousins. a greyhound is the only ami
NAL. in fact. that can oyertake a mule
ear. An ordinary dog never forgets him
self so far as to chase one for even the
distance OF city block. 1t would be
rank waste of canine energy TO do so.
The jackrabbit is regarded at home
more as an ornament to the landscape
than anything else. Hungry men in
camp who have run cut of ordinary
grub will occasionally kill them to stop
the pangs Of hunger, and they are said
TO be really fine eating. but they are
not regarded as fit for the menu of the
average Texas family"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
FOREIGN SERVANTS.
Every Country Under the sun Repre-
scented In American
Homes.

We are getting so cosmopolitan that
atty in some things. We very seldom
hear of anything which is distinctly
American. The things which seem to
appeal to US are distinctly foreign. We
are always looking for something i'm
ported, something unusual, something
odd. We certainly have an opportunity
to indulge ourselves in this curious pro-
pensity nowadays in the matter of do
nestle servants as well as in house
furnishings and clothing.
do not refer to Irish, English, Ger
man, French or Italian, but to still more
distant countries. When we advertise
for cook we are offered oriental cooks
Chinese or japanese. The former
have long-established reputation on
the western coast of this country and
are now invading the eastern. Those
who have lived in California know from
experience the fine cooking of the
Chinese as well as their economy. They
are now trying to compete with our
favorite French cooks in New York.
We are also offered japanese Wallets
and buffers. These little people are ex-
tremely neat, dexterous and quiet about
the house, as also the East Indians.
They all know their business to the mi
nutest detail, and attend to it strictly.
They also know their places as servants,
and have no aspirations which inter
fere with their duties. Consequently
they are a real comfort
And SO we have the greatest variety
of nationalities in some of the most ex-
elusive homes of the city. We are
driven by English coachmen, accom-
panied by English footmen; the door is
opened by a Japanese butler; we are
attended by an Alsatian valet, take
Russian tea in Turkish corner served
by an East Indian. smoke an Egyptian
cigarette and wonder who we are and
where we are atl"-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
LINEN MAKERS.
Ireland and Holland Have the Most
Women Engaged an This work

ireland and Holland Have the Most
Women Engaged sn This work
Though Ireland to-day holds the first
place, so far as America is concerned, in
regard TO linens, Holland occupied that
position everywhere in the past and
holds it to-day in many parts of Europe
says the Philadelphia Press. The very
word HoRand is employed to designate
a fine linen cloth or a linen and cotton
cloth, and has been used for this purpose
from time immemorial- It is both
glazed and unglazed, and used for wear
ing the household decoration. Flax
grows well in that part of Europe, and
the sunlight is said to be brighter and
to have more power in bleaching in the
low countries than elsewhere. The
linen industry is carried on in Holland
more by women than by men. In the
fields there are almost as many female
as male cultiya1ors. In the harvesting
there is an excess of women.
In the many processes. such as Inning,
heckling and spinning, the women out
numbered the men three to one In the
mills the women are in the majority.
The men predominant when it comes
to the making of damasks and fancy
designs. For at least four centuries it
las been an honored custom in the
Netherlands for young women TO begin
making their marriage portion in linen
when mere girls Some go so far as to
start with the sowing of the seed; others
begin with the spinning, while those bet
ter off buy the finished cloth. All do the
cutting and sewing. A wedding outfit
consists of petticoats, nightgowns and
other underwear, several suits for sum-
mer wear, sheets, pillow cases, bolster
cases, pillow shams, shirts for the hus-
band-to-be and a number of rolls of the
uncut material for the future emeT~
gency or use. Nearly every girl of mar
riageable age has a stock of these goods
ranging from trunkful to three or four
times that amount
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06

Yeast-"Did you take in the play last
night?" Crimsonbeak-"No; it was
/ who was taken in. 1t was rank
Yonkers Statesman.
Anxious Inquirer.-There are but
few officers, even in the militia, who are
under age. 1t is particularly hard to
make minor major.--L. A. w. Bull
letin.
Tom-"What are the relations be-
tween you and Miss van Dyke nova
days?" Jack (gloomily)-"Her father
and mother, hang it!"-Harvard Lam
pooh.
SHOULD you be much put out If I
kissed your he queried. mo, but you
would be, mighty quick" answered her
father from the head of the stairs.-L.
A. w. Bulletin.
An up to date Frankfort man recent
ly gave a phantom party, which was
such q success that several of the guests
went home under the influence of spir-
ts.-Philadelphia Record.
''Oh, yes, / can see my weigh clear
enough" said the butcher; but he took
the precaution to stand in front of the
scale in such way that his customer
couldn't see it--Boston Transcript.
Yes" said the man who thought
deeply; uneasy lies the head that wears
a crown" "Huhl" shifted the super
fetal creature, what do the fools sleep
in them for?"-Kansas City Independ-
ent.
Assure Thing.-Mrs. May Fair-''Good
morning, Mr.. Keane. want to run in
and see your wife. Is she at homer
Mr.. Par Keane-"Yes. She'll be at
home all day. When left she was try
ing to make up her mind to go out and
have tooth puled."-N. o. Times
Democrat.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06

Peas are proverbially alike, but not
more so than ''nigger" law students.
And when each wears astrachali hair,
gold spectacles and a Stewart tartan
necktie, DE Manik Lal is as like Dad
Gbhoy Jamshedji as any two men in
iron masks. This fact is not lost on q
willy HiEdoo law student. This bright
young mind has. il is said. taken several
scholarships at Lincoln's Inn under his
own name. He. now. for coRsidera-
ton, is willing to temporarily adopt
the series of eoEsonants which form the
name of any gentleman with similar
color scheme. and in his improper per-
son goes up for and successfully passes
the examinations of the council of the
har.-Phoenix.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
The HORSE TRAINERS. LIFE.
1t Is Full OF Responsibilities and
Anxfetie


1t Is Full of Responsibilities and
Anxfeties.
According to sporting authority, the
life of horse trainer is about as little
to be envied as that of any mortal. In
the excitement consequent to big race
the jockey is the hero of the hour, and
never thought is bestowed on the
trainer, to whose fostering care both
horse and jockey owe the burst of en-
thusiasm that invariably proelaims vic
tory. The jockey has the bays, the
trainer none. The responsibility and
anxiety felt by the jockey whenhe rides
a Derby-winning favorite is but drop
in the ocean compared with that which
weighs on the mind of a horses trainer
The Jockeys troubles are over within
the space of a few fleeing moments,
But the trainer who has crack in his
charge knows no peace of mind for
months. Sleepless nights are frequent
ly his portion. He never can tell from
one to another what may happen. BE
the horse ever SO sound. he cannot tell
when an accident may destroy all hope
of success, and bitter must be his ex-
perience when he sees victory slipping
from his grasp. If the horse be deli
cate one, with slight suspicion of be-
ing not quite right in his wind, CT I'M
certain on his legs, and the winter be a
hard one, the trainer has a weary and
unhappy time of it, and it must be with
feeling of intense relief that he de-
liyers the horse fit and well on The
eventful day of the big race.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
rhe RIack.mith and the Kina.

Some time ago, while holding cours
in the royal palace, overlooking the
Danube, Francis Joseph received a
Hungarian blacksmith. who desired to
thank the king for the decoration con-
ferred on him in recognition of his hav-
ing invented an agricultural machine
During the audience the blacksmith
drew from his pocket two photographs
representing the king and queen, and
said, handing them to his majesty:
May ask your majesty, and also the
queen, for your signatures" And
why?" demanded the king, smilingly.
well, when / die the cross of merit
which your majesty has given me Will
have to be returned and my children
will at least have your majesties' por-
traits and signatures in remembrance
of this audience" THE queen is alb
sent from Hungary" said the king,
land cannot give you my signature at
the present moment, for have neither
pen nor pencil within reach" II have
brought a pencil with me-" said the
smith, handing it to the monarch. The
king thereupon attached his signature
TO the photograph, and dismissed the
smith with smile. The smith did not
retire, however, but stood his ground.
as there anything else L can do for
you?" asked Francis Joseph. "Yes,
your majesty, am waiting for my PEN
Gil" The king had mechanically peck
eted it, and he returned it with hearty
laugh.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
GOVERNMENT SALOONS.


Aneir Proceeds ray Tor Public fm-
provements In Norway.
Winding away over the hills that
overlook the beautiful Norwegian city
of Bergen is a magnificent highway,
bearing the curious appellation of the
Drink road" inquiry developing the
information that it derives it's name
from the fact that it was constructed
with a portion of the profits of the
sole of liquor by the municipality, I'M
der system inaugurated IS years ago,
and which has proved in every way so
successful, both from a moral and pc
cuniary standpoint, that it has been
adopted, with but three exceptions,
in every city in Norway, says the Phil
adelphia Record
Under this plan the municipal author
tiles, after deciding how many licenses
are required, grant them. not to inE1i-
yiduals, but to stock company, which
is not allowed to receive more than
five per cent. on the capital invested.
the remainder being appropriated by
the city to schools, parks, roads, hos
pitfalls and other public Improvements
The liquors are carefully selected and
inspected, and are always pure; the
barkeepers and appointed by the gov
eminent, and wear uniforms and num-
bers; the bars are plain rooms without
seats; only small quantity, not over
six cents worth. of liquor can be sold
at one time to anyone; children are not
allowed to act as messengers. and the
saloons are under government con-
troll ha ,I~x
spection.
The average profits are about 125 per
cent. of which 100 goes to the city.
and the sales have been reduced from
12.5oo.ooo Norwegian quarts to $780,
600, and the scheme is found 10 be
more promotive of real temperance
than iron-bound prohibition enact
ments.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
New Railroads nuiI. I'm 1897.

Although much railway construction
is in progress the mileage of track
actually laid this year is but little great
er than that for the preceding year.
The records of the Railway Age show
20 lines on which over 400 miles of
track laying is in progress, CT just be-
ginning, much of which will be COM
p,eted in January and nearly all by
March. The total now reported for
1897 is 1864 miles. California stands
first with 210 miles; Louisiana, 145;
Michigan, 1873; Georgia, 119; Pennsyl-
vania. 116; Wisconsin. us; Alabama,
III; Missouri, no; Arkansas. 100; Tex
as, 1O3; Illinois, %. and Mississippi.
about 90. No track was laid in IL
states and territories.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
FACTS ABOUT SAFFRON.
Its Use I'm Medicine Has Practically
Died Out.


Saffron would strike an ordinary cb-
server as decidedly expensive at Sc shil-
lings per pound until told that ii is
composed of the central small portions
only of the flowers Of species of crocus,
10000 of which il takes to yield the ma
terial for one pound. The wonder then
becomes that it is so cheap, that it can
pay to grow and gather il at the price.
As matter of fact, it has failed to pay
the English grower-by this retaining,
in the name Of his town of Saffron
Walden, but a hint OF former impor-
lance in this particular direction
French and Spanish soils being more
suitable to the full growth Of the
flowers and foreign labor cheaper in
the work of picking. It's use in medicine
has practically died out, bar, perhaps,
the popular belief that. stepped in hot
milk or cider. il helps the eruption of
measles to fully appear, says Chambers
Journal.
AS a dye in Dreaming curtains and TO
give rich appearance to cake ii is
still. however, in general demand; for
which purpose il is well suited. in being
both harmless and strong. one grain,
composed of the style and stigmas of
nine flowers. being sufficient to give a
distinct yellow tint to ten gallons OF
water. It's high price. by the way. has
led to peculiar form of adulteration;
for, apart from the crude and common
place one Of busting with heavy pow
der. such as gypsum, to give weight. TIE
similar portions Of other and commoner
flowers have been specially dyed and
worked thoroughly in among the genu-
inc ones.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
QuARANTINEp TOYS.
Made of Iron and Used by Children
Who Have ContaRtous Diseases.


did you ever hear of quarantined
toys?" asked the toy dealer of a Gus
TONER, reports the Chicago Times-Her-
aid. Some mother probably originated
the idea. 1t isn't profitable arrange
ment for dealers, because one set of
toys can be made TO serve a neighbor-
hood. When not in use they are quar-
antined.
Its ike this" continued the dealer,
taking UP an iron house, with a me-
chanical postman delivering the mail,
"a child is taken I'll in neighborhood
with scarlet fever and the house and
family are at once isolated. The neigh
bors have great sympathy for the child's
mother and they scheme together to
send something that win help to amuse
the little one when it is getting better.
As you see, the toys are of iron, and are
passed along with the request that each
time they are used they shall be put into
an oven and baked before they are re-
turned. have known one set of toys
to go through an epidemic"
Doesn't baking them destroy their
usefulness?"
1T meits off a lag sometimes, but
great care is taken in getting them for
the purpose. We have to look out for
them as regular part of our trade.
Queer? Yes, but there are lots Of queer
things in our line. This is only one of
them
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06

A huge cypress tree in Tulle. in the
state of oaxaca, Mex. is 154 feet in cir
conference.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06
RniIroadinu in China.

Consul-General Goodnow, at Shang-
hal, warns Americans who are DESTROYS
of going to China to work on railroads
there TO keep away. There are only
two railways in operation. with a total
mileage of 293h miles. They employ
only - foreigners, of whom four are
engineers, managers and division SUI
perinterdents. The operatives are prac-
tically all Chinese, and foreigner can
rot compete with them. The highest
salaried natives are the telegraph OPP
orators. at $40 per month. Engineers
get $50 to $50 and train hands and
trackmen six to ten dollars per month.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-02-06

A writer in the Pesther Lloyd SAYS
that there are two souls animating the
German emperor, which are struggling
for the ascendancy. "One is the soul
of his ancestor Frederick H., and is in
fuenced by the entire history of his
house. This soul, had ii alone inspired
the emperor, would have made him
conservative, self-centered, religious
and, on the whole. one-sided prince.
regarding himself as summIs episcopuS
of his country's church, as the absolute
chief of so many legions, and also as
the despotic master of men, like all
Prussian kings before him." The
other is the soul of modern absolutist.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-24

buyers showed more Willingness to
meet, and closed firm. Minnesota pat
ent, $S.75@4.00; Winter patents. $500
$50. Rye flour, quiet; fair to good,
S3.10@2.00. Buckwheat flour, $2.o0@
2.10. Corn meal. steady; yellow West
ern, soc. Wheat-Spot market, firm;
No. Q red, 75Ac. Corn-Spot, heavy;
No. 2, 40ssc. Oats-Spot. dull; No 2.
29Ac. Beef, steady: beef hams, s21.5O@
$1,000. Cut meats, firm. Lard, steady;
January closed SG.25. nominal: refined
quiet Pork, steady. Butter, firm;
Western creamery, 21dp25c.; State
dairy, 19@24c. Cheese, firm; fall made
fancy, large, 122i @13c.: do. small. 12M
@13c. Eggs, steady; State and Penn
|sylvanio, 21c. Spot coffee. steady; I'M
changed. Sugar-Raw. steady; refined,
steady.