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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-05
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.

Col John B Patrick was born and
raised on farm in Barnweil county
S C. not far from the town OF BAN
berg.
bis father, John NJ. Patrick, was
un. compromising in his opposition
to all games of chance and to the
babituaI use of ardent spirits, and be
lost no opportunity to impress his
views upon the mind of his son
That be succeeded in this, all who
know the son will abundant'y testify:
In his youth there was good school
in his fathers neighborhood known as
Fisbpond academy At the school
the deceased and the other young
men were prepared for college In
stead of going to college, however,
as did several of his class, of whom
Hon j F. Izlar was one. he entered
the South Carolina Military Academy,
where he graduated iu November
1856. In February, 1856, he be
came a tutor in Farman University
and at the same time prosecuted the
study of Latin and Greek under Prot
P G. Edwards. At the meeting o.:
the board cf visitors of South Caro-
lima Military Academy in December,
1858, he was elected assistant pro
fessor of mathematics at the Arsenal
Academy of Columbia, with the rank
of second lieutenant in the battalion
of State cadets In January, 1859,
be assumed the duties of this posi-
ton, and IN October, 1861, be was
made professor of mathematics,
and promoted to the rank
of first lieutenant During the
war be served the State and the
Confederacy in connection, with the
battalion of State Cadets He also
| compiled much valuable Information
relative to the graduates OF the South
Carolina Military Academy, which
was published in condensed from IN
the official register of that institution
for 1864, and has since been revised
end published 10 Col John 2 Thomas
sketch of the South Carolina Military
Academy
After the war he opened private
school in Greenvile. 5 G., and was
making it "a success, when, in July
1866, he was, without solicitation on
his part, elected principal of sthe
preparatory department of Furman
University This position he held
till July, 1869, and then resigned t.
take charge of the Peabody School
at Greenville. When the Peabody
fund was Withdrawn q year later. he
organized the "Gresnville High
School In 1873 he converted this
into the "Greenv,lle Military 1nsti
tu,e," and enlarged the curriculum
80 az to meet the wants of the great
majority of young men preparing for
the active duties of life. In order to
secure boildin gsbetter suised to his
purposes, he moved the institute to
Anderson, 8. c., in 1887, and
changed the name to Patrick Mill
tary Institute" Since he has been
there, he has met with marked sue
cess
In 1859 be married MISS NJ Louisa
Goodlet of Greeuville, s. c. Of their
ten children, seven are living Five
of these have received liberal edu
cation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-05

The latcat snake story is thus told
by the San.uc spondsnt of she
UuioD T;ucs MIR Bob Stevens is :he
chan pioa snske g,i,er DOW. Last
week he killed CT. three - cbe DAY.
He foro;: 'sreo h:ga land noacs:!n,
killed 1t. aad soaos ones e'shs inches
long hegso craving out o: the old ones
mouth, un.il ff,y .vc had cone and
been killed
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-05

New York, Aug 50-Direos se!e-
graphic CON munication between the
United States and Germany was opened
today through the pew German oab'e
10 conjunction with the Commercial
Compsny's system 10 fayal and thence
to Emden. Germany,
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l8Ol-l9OO.
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE,
COLUMBIA, S. G.

Abb, B s, An, LIB, L. l. Courses.
Spring Courses free for Teachers. Fourteen
Professors $4,000 volumes in liora:y e1-
celeot laboratories. class rooms, gymnasium
lp6rmary, athletic grounds. Tuition $40,
other fees $ls, q sessioo tuition RENTED to
needy students k1peoses $l35 to Sl75 q
session. Certified Pupils from forty-6ve Ac.
credited Schools enter its Freshman Class
without examination.
Entrance and Normal Scholarship E1ami.
nations held q, every county seat. Friday,
July &c, 1900, by County Superntendents
Next session opens Sept. 26, 1900. For
catalogue, address,
F. C. WOODWARD, President
june 6
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sCopid's Victory" pew gong VOID
by ". Lionel Boise; music by Nay fqaires
Til!,ams-for sale by H. G. 0siesn Go.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-19
Missed For Thirty-fvo Years.

The contractor for slaughtering
horses at Montfaucon purchased in
1850 lot of old, wornout animals, in.
Guiding several which had belonged
to the army. In cutting up one OF
tho aged military horses, man named
Matelot was astonished to tnd small
silver box, in which were cross OF
the Legion of Honor, and n paper, in
aperlect state of preservation, con-
tanning the following lines:
GAS cannot survive the defeat OF
my Emperor, aud as / have neither
wife, nor child, nor cousins, / am
about to get myself killed in a last
charge against the English; and as I
will not let them have my cross, l
will make my faithful horse, Chateau
Margot, swallow it. He will give il
up when no can. Pierre Dardenne,
Sergeant in the Second Squadron OF
Red Lanciers.
Matelot took the things to the Com
missary of Police of the district, and
that fuuctiorary allowed him to keep
the silver box. As for the cross, it
was sent 10 the Grand Chancellerie OF
the Legion of Honor. Chateau Mar
got was supposed to have been about
forty. He had been made to swallow
the box at the battle of Waterloo, iu
which his master willfully perished.
The box, accordingly, had been in his
stomach thirty-tive years. Weekly
Telegraph.
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City Man and Country Pnper.

The homing instinct in the blood is
felt by hard-headed, shrewd and prac-
tical men, engaged in business in
great towns, and apparently free from
inconvenient sentiment. Yet, though
they scan their newspapers with keen
and eager relish, they throw them
aside when read, while some little
sheet, not particularly we'll printed,
and put together as if iumbled in a
scrap. basket, is clipped into tho
pocket aud carried home.
This is the country paper published
up-country, and filed with intimate
personal details, the pleasant and
kindly neighborhood gossip which
goes on at the postoflice and around
the station when the train comes in.
Here are familiar names; the story OF
life in a farming community related
with minute care; the goings and
comings of kindred and acquaint-
ances; tho sales, the purchases, tho
casualties, the changes, all chronicled
without much art or skill, but with
closest and most satisfactory realism.
The man may be millionaire sev.
eral times over, but he was once o boy
ON the farm, and he will be sub
scriber to the little country paper as
long MS he lives. - Margaret j.. Sangs-
ter, in Golfers Weekly.
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Only "a Vein of Irumor.

1t was a crowded trolley car, filed
with moist, rain-soaked, tired men
aud women. From the garments of
the standing passengers water dripped
on the feet of the monopolists in tho
seats. Everybody was cross.
just then the car stopped aud two
more men crowded in. One of them
was facetious. He thought the meu
had the worst of everything IN this
world. why" he murmured, "when
we get ON car crammed like this
there's no possible chance for q seat,
while II n woman comes in there may
be some man gallant enough to think
he is better able to stand than she
is"
Just then a young woman sitting di'
rectly in front of him rose, and said:
"You may have my seat, sir. / get
out at the next corner" and she went
laughing down the car. Everyone else
laughed, too. 1t showed what touch
OF humor will do in this busy world.
The man raised his hat and told the
girl standing next him to sit down.
Two people who had been occupying
room enough for three squeezed up
and another woman got seat, and for
the rest OF the trip good humor pre-
vsilad New York Mail and Esnraas-
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eyes nearly blinded with blood, that
the boy, striking for dear LIES sake
with the corn-outter, drove the point
OF it into the eagle under it's wing.
For little time the wound appeared
ineffective. The bird let 60 its hold
and rose, but instantly pounced down
again, tearing away great strips of his
clothing, which it soon let drop TO
pounce on him again.
The blood was pouring down Hale's
face and he could hardly SEQ; but
whenever he discerned the shadow of
the bird and felt the wind ofits swoop,
he kicked upward aud struck out with
the bush.hook. Cuts on the eagIss
legs and head show that some OF these
desperate, randor blows were effective.
Again and again the eagle fell upon
him. Had the male bird proved itself
as fierce a fighter as it's mate, neither
OF the children could have escaped.
At length the eagle alighted on the
ground near by. It was much hurt
and could no longer keep the air; but
1t still strutted unsteadily forward to
renew the attack, screaming vindio-
lively. Weak from the loss of blood,
Hale could with difficulty get to his
feet; but he usod the corn cutter rs
often as the bird approached within
reach. After this manner they fought
for half an hour, when the eagle beat
retreat, itself hardly able to walk
much less to fly away. Tho other bird
had flown back to the nest.
Calling Lois to him aud taking her
hand, the lad now attempted to get up
and go home with her, but found that
he could not stand alone. Lois, who
was not SO badly hurt herself, was
frightened at the terrible appearance
Of her brother, and at the strange way
in which he kept falling down. She
left him at length, aud running all of
the way home, told mother that the
eagles had picked Hale's eyes out!--
for Lois thought that he was blind.
Mrs. Robbins rushed TO the place
and found Hale sitting very soberly on
stone, q dreadful little object, not
blind indeed, but very weak and hard
ly able to move on account OF the
stifening OF his wounds. His mother
was obliged TO carry him much of the
way home.
The doctor, who was sent for and
saw the boy late the following even
ing, found it necessary in dressing his
wounds 10 take not less than thirty
stitches.
Mr., Robbins, the father, found the
female eagle the next day, humping
in fir thicket near the river; it was
too nearly dead to offer much resist
anco. Youths Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-19

Score one for pussy. A Bristol,
England, cat few days ago proved
the means OF saving a whole family
from destruction by fire At half past
two in the morning a shopkeeper
named Ledo Schniedermann was
:roused by his pet tabby. which was
gently scratching his face. He tries
to drive her away, but as the faithful
feline persisted, he aroused himself TO
find the room full of smoke. He
alarmed lodger, Herman Muller. who
was sleeping on the same door. ans
also his sister and another young
woman. They all rushed to the stairs.
where the flames wero already spread
ing. With the exception OF the lodRer.
the inmates, taking puss with them.
reached a landing, from which they es..
capped to the back yard. Just az the
flames shot right through the spiraE
staircase. Muller, who had stopped 70
put on his boots, was cut OF from os-
cape Tho flames reached his room,
and then. throwing out some bedding,
he leaped from the second-story WIN.
dow. He badly sprained his ankla.
and was taken 10 the infrmAFy.
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IN PLACE OF GLASS.
varions Devices We're Used Before It.
Introduction.

Varions Devices were Used Before It.
Introduction.
Before the invention OF glass various
devices were used in place OF window
glass. In the orient and the old times
windows rarely If ever opened upon
the street. but upon the courts. These
windows were provided with lattices
or jalousies Instead OF window glass
the Chinese used thin stun vanished
with shining lac, polished oyster shells
and thin plates of horn. Among the
Romans, windows were originally
closed with shutters, afterward they
were made cf transparent stone, which
Is supposed to have been mica; In the
second century they used horn. The
Venerable Bede says that glass witt
dows were first introduced into Britain
In ga, but then and for many years
subsequent, the use OF window glass
was confined TO churches. In the
twelfth century houses in England that
were provided with window glass were
regarded as magnificent, and even In
the sixteenth century in England and
the seventeenth in Scotland only ths
dwellings OF the wealthy were provided
with glass.-MInneapolis Journal.
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HOW she cot the Autorrerh.

Some young women ON the south
side have formed what they call an au-
tograph society. They are not col,
lecting the homely, everyday sigma
lures of their friends and acquaint.
ances to incorporate into patchwork
quilts and sofa pillows, but are satis
fed with nothing less than those OF
celebrities. The celebrities, Of course,
are generally approached by letter.
One lion was particularly obdurate.
Nearly every member of the society
had tried him without receiving any
thing more than a neatly Autographed
declination in return. The girls were
discussing this aloofness at a general
meeting one afternoon and vote that
the lion in question was "mean old
thing" was carried almost unanimous
ly. The girl who voted may" was
auburn haired and had little tilt TO
the tip OF her nose. Her success as a
collector had been phenomenal. She
said: "The only trouble with you is
that you don't go about it in the right
way. believe you have Aattered
him too much and too difi'usely. I'll
show you how to manage him.,
She wrote two words to tho great
man. They were: Autograph,
please" "
At the next regular meeting the girl
appeared triumphautly, waving sheet
of letter paper over her head. 1t was
the reply of the celebrity. He seemed
reproachfnl. All he wrote was. ''You
must be pressed for time" with his
signature following. Chicago Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-19

A Portland woman wagerod a box Of
eAocolates with her young man and
lost. One evening when they were on
the way TO whist party. she produc.
ed the candy. During the evening the
young man thought that to pass ths
chocolates around would be a mics
thing to do but the young womas
earnestly protested when she saw what
her escort contemplated, told him the
chocolates were intended all for him,
and even threatened not to like kIB
any more II he gave any of them away,
He concluded to ruin the risk OF in
curing the lasting displeasures OF his
best girl. and invited the company to
help themselves. The confection loob.
ed too tempting to resist, and 10 ths
acceptance was general. Then q vesy
remarkable scene ensued. which would
give man from the street the impress
sion that q new social diversion had
been introduced in the shape OF q spit.
ting contest. The chocolatec had q
soap filling. and the whist party came
to premature end. The innocent vic
tins have not yet forgotten and forglv.
en-. while the young man is cogitatine
whether II would be safe Cor his future
happiness to ask the young woman to
leave her happy home for him.--wake.
Vile. Me-. Mail.
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"No speaker" says Champ CLARK,
''can tell beforehand what effect his
words arc going to have on an audi
ence. It's impossible for him to de-
eide where his listeners are going to
cheer or where they are going to hiss.
or when they are going to keep quiet
and wonder. ] have spent weeks over
u speech and had all the applause,
great applause long, loud and con-
tinued applause 'tumultuous ap-
plause, etc., marked for the printer,
only to have every calculation upset.
Where expected them to be with mo
they were against me, and where L
was sure they would disagree with n
statement they we're howling franti-
cally on my side. My best successes
have been with extemporaneous talks
just getting up on the spur OF tho
moment and hitting straight out for
the point in view. II any orator can
once learn TO feel his way with an au-
dience his fame is assured. New
York Press,
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HALE WAY HOME,
y, THE LArs EMMA .nEnRrcK WEED.


The brook sang on with sea-sheu Groom,
To tho mermaid ferns with their long groen
hair:
Aud the sounds OF summer wore in the
air,
In the yellow heart OF tho afternoon.
o days OF ploasauncei o days OF Junei
What after days cAn with you compared
What draughts with the drnughts from the
sun-hecked pool,
Half way home from schooil
Friend, dear irlendl Let us turn aside
In the road that leads from tho school
house door:
Wo must be half way homo or more,
Halt way to dew-fail aud eventlde.
Let us stop In the shade where our paths
divide,
In the sweet old way that we did OF yore.
And we'll talk It over the way we've come
Resting, halfway homo.
New York Independent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-19
OUR BUDGET UF HUMUR,
tAUcHTsR.pRovoKINc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

Not Chummy Win Him-Then tho other
Girl Understood-Curc For Insotnnia--
Unweiconed Guests - Clearing tho
House--A business Woman, Eto.
II is said "money talks"--to my mind
This may be In tho bounds OF soraclty,
But certainly never could find
IL displaying unseemlv loquacity.
I've listened In patient distress,
Hard stralring my senses aurlcular;
II Il talks, whom It talks to, guess.
II must be confoundod particular.
--Chlcngo Record.
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| .,.o sayslde nook
laurel ledge ,.,..,.so...,
|ss'ro.' in tho blackberry
H. bent Ike a shepherds
f. read IN a sreen-lea7ed
.,order about its edge
E'..S sOioi' 70 res, in tho shadows
,,hon SCHOOL,
| IN ! see It nov,
sr, 's,d IA a sky OF grayl
|1p,a poi,mros. y, how they swnyi
l,aI,s. si@per and bow,
,s'i I,a' lead, scarce knowing
Ln,tt the vInd'harps play.
~ n' Win lesson aud rule
A, IIou school,
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body he stuffed itinto the watch case
and shut dowptho lid.
Who wsIts the combination for a
dollar? he asked.
'He got his dollar on the run, put
the case with his own hands into the
buyers pocket, and made him button
his coat over it aud stand close, just as
he had done with the matches. Then
he picked five-dollar bill out Of his
wad, put IL in another brass case, aud
sold the outfit for SO; then ten-dol-
lar bill for S5, and then a twenty-dol-
lar bill for $40.
This is fun for you, gentlemen,
heasaid, but my turns coming after
awhile
Finally he opened another box
and shook out lot OF shoddy iewelry,
badges and Plus aud the like, that sell
ut retail for five aud ten cents apiece.
"'rhis is the last chance for bar
gains, he said, aud began to offsr
them at 81, 81 aud 80, aud, so help
me, he got it. Aud every piece was
wrapped up aud showed iuto the Gus
toner's vest pocket, aud tha customer
himself made to stand up among tho
elect who were going to have some
thing nice happen to them later Once
in while when sale dragged, he'd
wrap the gew-gaw in fve-dollar bill
instead of paper, but never until it was
sold. Aud this uncertainty as to what
the wrapper was going TO be also had
good effect on the market. / guess
he sold fifteen or twenty pieces al an
average Of perhaps 50 apiece.
Then all OF sudden he stoppe
and began to pack up his cases. Ho
did it carefully aud leisurely. Then
he adjusted his tic aud his hat, said
Thank you very much, gentlemen,
got out of the buggy, took his grips
aud sauntered in tho direction of the
railroad station. The crowd followed.
He stopped in ut the hotel on the way
aud bought cigar, aud tho crowd
waited for him outside and then con-
tinued to follow. He seemed amused,
aud iollied one or two of them pleas
antly. When the mob reached tho
station there was still ten minutes to
wait for the Chicago express. They
waited, aud the stranger conversed
humorously with them from time to
time. When the train pulled in he
stepped onto the back platform, still
conversing. Then the train started,
aud he made a grandstaud bow.
$50 long, boysP he said, and that
was the last of him.
"Then the man that had bought the
watch case with his twenty-dollar bill
in it pulled out the prize. The watch
case was there, SO was the bill; but it
was a one-dollar bill. Then the other
watch-case buyers and the men who'd
bought iewelry wrapped up in bills
opened their coats and held an an.
topsy. The bills were all good, but
they had changed somehow to one de-
nomination-$l. The men who had
invested in matches went home with
out saying anything. But that night
at the hotel we counted mp the stran.
gers profits as follows;
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Jane-"That Mr.. Shallopate is at
the door; shall / tell him you are en-
gaged?"
Miss SHOW him into tho
parlor, Jane"
"Yes'm."
"And, Jane, after he lays his box
of candy'on the mantelpiece, tell him
i am out. New York Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-19
All rhnx OnnIh Annrh.

AT a dinner party recontly a dudo
found himself seated between two
young men who had just started a
merchant tailoring establishme cut.
'T--aw-have been placed between
two-aw--tailors. it seems" said his
dudelct
"Yes," replied one of the young
men; lyon see, We are beginners,
and at present can only afford ono
goose between us. Ohio State Jour
nal
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Mrs. A.-"Are their domestic rela-
tions satisfactory"
Mrs. B.--"I should think they
ought to be. They have had the same
servant girl for ten years. detroit
Free Press.
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The Truth of the Matter.

'I understand that Spifiins has re-
signed the management of that busi-
ness" said Bloomfield.
"My understanding is that he was
fred from the Encouragement of it. Z"
added Belletield. Pittsburgh Chroni-
cle-T Telegraph.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-19

"Oh, you darling! 1 am so glad to
hear of your happiness. What did
Mr.. Dickson say when he proposed?"
''He said he had loved me from the
very first"
''I should never have suspected
that; he is such young look
mani Brooklyn life.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-19

Every horse in the English Army
is numbered and has little history
kept for it all to himself. The num-
ber is branded on the animals hind
feet--the thousands on the near hind
foot and the units. tens and hundreds
on the of bind foot. Thus the horse.
whose number is say 1854, will have
eight on his left hind foot and 354 o n
the other one.
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UnweIcomed Gnesta. .

Mr.. Potwell-"Now do look after
the dinner yourself, my dear. GuttIe-
tons are coming"
Mrs. Potwell-''But il / do they'll
be sure TO want to come again ~
Brooklyn Life.
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CIcarIng the Honsn.

"The house is a6rer' cried the
tenor. "Iho audience must be dis
missed as quickly rs possible. "
"All right" replied the manager.
"Say nothing about tho fire. Go out
and sing"
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ObesIIent bobby.

Bobby, didn't 1 tell you not to
go in the parlor when Mr.. Hopkins
comes to see your sister?"
''Ma, didu't go in. / ies stuck
my head in the door and made some
fncea Mt him
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-19

An old lady entered watchmaker's a
shop and handed the assistant tho
pendulum of an old Dutch clock.
Here, mister" she said, ''I want
you to make my old clock 60"
"But you must bring the clock, "
said tho assistant.
"You stupid fooll the clocks all
right. 'Tis the pendulum that out
CO." said the old lady, Indignantly
Spare Moments.