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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-11-12

Washington, November S.-Minister
WI has finally served official notice on
this Government of the change to be
made in the Chinese legation here.
Today he called at the White House,
accompanied by Mr.. Tung, his first
secretary of legation, and presented
to President Roosevelt MS letter of
recall. Mr. Wa acting under instruc-
tions from his Government, which is
anxious that he shall return speedily
to China, to carry forward the work of
preparing the commercial treaties,
will return to his home Immediately
and without waiting the arrival here
of Liang Cheng, who is to succeed
him as minister to Washington and
is still in China.
Panama, November 9.-The Colon
bian gunboats Bogota and Chuculto
left here yesterday on trip along the
coast in search of the revolutionary
feet. It is reported that Capt. Mar
maduke, of the Bogota has received
instructions to engage the revolution
lists in a decisive battle if be finds 1t
possible to do so.
A dispatch from Brussels notes the
fact that Thomas j. Minnick, an
English newspaper man, sought to
make sensation in that town by hav-
ing himself locked up in a mad house.
The physicians found out what Min
nick was after and resolved that they
would teach him lesson. They dosed
him with vomiting powders, and the
next day put him on diet of sour
herrings and no water, and at night,
when he was not allowed to sleep and
complained about it, he was told he
had a tumor in his brain and was
imagining i'll treatment, and finally af-
ter all this punishment and when the
doctors got ready to chloroform him
to operate on him, the impostor dis
closed his identity. Even then the
doctors would not let him off, but
sent him to a police station, where he
was booked as an impostor. and for
obtaining the county's charity under
false pretences. This Minnick IS
said to have been the same who made
stir in New York about year ago
in discovering alleged abuses at the
Bellevue Hospital. The Belgian way
of dealing with such cases is far bet
ter than the New York way.
The Honea Path Chronicle of last
week has the following: During the
campaign last summer Mr.. j. D.
Lomax of Abbeville county was rip
roaring Jim Tillmanite, and was al
most Frustrated when the genial colo
mel was defeated. He was in town Sat
urday and asked US to say that he was
standing fat footed for jim, and that
be never intended to have his hair cut
until the colonel was elected governor
of South Carolina. We will pass around
the hat soon and take up a collection
to buy hair pins for Nj. Lomax, for
we fear his hair will worry him very
much if he waits until jim Tillman is
elected before he has it cut. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-11-12

A German author, friedrich Kenz,
wrote letter to another author named
CarI Hartmann, in which he used ex-
pressions rejecting on the German en-
neror. Hartmann made the contents
known, and Venz has been condemn
cd To- two months imprisonment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-11-12
Small Fire in Camden.

Camden, November 10.-Last night
for few minutes Camden was on the
verge of a conhagration, which was
only averted by the faithful work of
the fremen. Betewen s and o'clocz
the warehouse, used jointly by
Messrs. Hirsch Brothers & Co. ano
Messrs. Whitaker & Burnet, was
found to be on fire. It was consumed,
together with lot of heavy groceries.
Mr.. G.. 7. Little's livery stable was
nearby and caught several times, but
fortunately the fire was extinguished.
Had the fire not been confined to the
warehouse the loss would have been a
very heavy one.
The little hand engine, which for
the present is Camden's only protec-
tion, was promptly brought into ser
vice and did effective work. The loss
amounts to several hundred dollars,
which is partially covered by insurance
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-26
A Cow Eiopes with Moose.

The strange story of the elopement
of an ordinary mich COW with bull
moose comes from Lake Onawa,
pretty sheet of water in the hills o.
Piscataquis county. much frequenteo
by sportsmen from the big cities. The
COW was the property of DR.. A. I. San.
den Of New York, whose cottage is 10.
Gated on the shore of Onawa, and she
was kept in pasture inclosed by a rail-
fence. big moose had been severa;
times seen hanging around the cottage
grounds late at night. displaying great
holiness. Last Thursday night he
came close up to where the COW was
and the two seemed to be good friends.
Late at night a tremendous crash was
heard, and next morning the fence was
a wreck and the cow gone. Neither
she nor the moose has been seen since
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Wales as n Letter Writer.

The following anecdote illustrates
the present prince of Wales decided
objection to lengthy letter writing, Be
fore he sailed for his Australian tour
on the Ophir he promised a friend that
he would from time to time send him
long, newsy letter relating all the
features of the voyage. Many weeks
after the distinguished party had set
sail and after the prince had been on
Australian soil some time the friend
received the following long. newsy
letter: Deal, l promised you a
long, chatty letter. didn't /? Well,
now for it. Everything going famous
iy. Grand country, Australia, Fine
scenery: great hospitality. Good time
everywhere and a happy as "a duke on
show could wish to be. Will write
you another long letter soon. Ever
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Wolf Breeding as an Industry ,
Nebraska Farmers Making Money
at $500 a Head

The large numbers of claims coming
Into the Nebraska state auditors Of
ice for bounties on wolves and coyotes
has led to the discovery that some
farmers and ranchers in the western
part of the state have gone into the
business OF breeding these animals for
the bounty market.
to have raised more than one hundred
wolves last summer from several ami
mails he bad trapped and penned up
for that purpose. Other cases were I'M
earthed where from fifteen to sixty of
these animals had been reared. In Oc-
tober and November they were killed
and their scalps presented for redemp-
ton at the Office of the county clerk
of each county
The state law authorizes the county
clerk to pay So from the county fund
for each coyote or wolf scalp presented
and he certifies the fact to the audi
tor. who pays 81 additional. Four dol
lars for each wolf or coyote pays bet
ter than hog raising, and naturally the
farmers have turned their attention to
this industry.
The law was passed years ago when
the wolf and the coyote were the great
foes Of the cattle and sheep men. In
the last ten years $15O,OOO has been
paid by the state alone as bounty
What makes the state authorities
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-26

f- The royal yacht in which Rameses
and other ancient Kings or Egypt made
. trips of stateT up and down the Nile
thousands OF years ago has been placed
in the permanent collection of curios
in the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburg,
Pa: 81 -TEis rer
The boat was dug out of, the sand
near the bed of the Mile last year ana
shipped to this country by Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie, who presented it to the
Pittsburg Carnegie Institute. In size
and shape it does not differ materially
from sailboats to be seen on inland
waters to-day. In its building not
nail or screw was used. Heavy six-inch
cedar timbers forming the hull are
dove-tailed together in unique fashion
"a trick in boat building known only
to the ancients.
To modern shipbuilder the yacht
is a marvel of construction. 1t is thirty
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-26

The two useless buttons at the back
of your coat date from the time when
all gentlemen wore swords, and the
buttons We're placed there to keep the
sword belt from slipping down.
Not only ancient barbaric customs
and historical events have created fada
and fashions but popular novels often
are responsible for popular styles o.
dressing. There was the Dolly Var
den hat, which was supposed to be
a replica of the one worn by the hero,
inc of "Barnaby Rudge." and before
that the Pamela hat, which was sup
posed to be like the head covering
of Richardson's prosecuted heroine
And, speaking of hats, for what crimes
Of feminine headgear has Gainsbor-
ough's picture of the Duchess of Dew
onshire not been responsible?
1t is asserted that the present popu-
lar style of high, turned-down collar
the kind that grips your necktie sc
that you cannot haul it around to tie
it properly, and that nips your Adams
apple every now and then with a
vicious pinch-was first seen in Pi-
nero's play Of The Squire" The col
lar was designed for Mrs. Kendall tC
wear as Kate Verify, the heroine. The
shape caught the popular fancy of both
sexes, but seemed to especially appea,
to the men, and the result we labor
with daily.-New York Press
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Origin of Queer Customs
~ ~ " Foshsns Which Con Readily Be
Traced o Events

There are any number of little GUS
toms and fashions which are survivals
OF primitive times, Or have more
modern historical geneais which has
been forgotten generally. but which
can be traced readily. Gate posts, be
they wood or stone, standing in front
OF house. frequently have round balls
at their tops. This is said to be a
survival of the time when our ances-
tors had a barbaric fad of decorating
their gates with the heads of their
enemies taken in battle. Such pleas
ant little custom could not be allowed
to be forgotten altogether, so we have
kept the round knobs on our gate
posts as reminders of the good old
times.
The wearing of "spats" or overgait-
ers is traced back to the days of the
Indian mutiny. The Highland regi-
ments employed in that war wore spats
as distinctive part of their uniform,
and those troops, for the relief of
Lucknow and other brave deeds, be-
came most popular in England, so that
their custom was much affected.
Children were clothed in Highland
costume, a practice in vogue in those
days. AS staid and portly merchants
would not have looked we'll in kits,
they compromised by wearing spats,
and thus started a fashion which has
become universal.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-26

1eet in length. with beam of eight
feet. Ten inches below the gunwaes Il
deck is constructed that. in the palnly
days of the craft. allowed reclining
seats FOR probably a score of passen-
gers. The timbers were spliced amid
ships, and holes still visible in the
decayinS wood indicate that rawhde
thongs were used to draw the ends of
the beams together. The boat draws
three feet of water.
There are no evidences of rowlocks.
In the stern are the remnants of a con
trivance which probably did duty as q
steering gear. A pole twelve feet long
found with the boat may have been
used as a mast to support the main
sail.
From the appearance Of the ancient
yacht it is evident that the old ship
builders of >.-e Nile did not depend on
keels very much. is bottom Is rs
smooth as that of a saucer. However,
VIXEN it is taken into consideration tina.
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the Nile is not a turbulent stream, the
absence of keel would not interfere
with the yachts good sailing qualities.
The wood of the hull is very well
preserved. Although the timbers are
decayed and worm eaten, time has not
been able in thousands of years to
part the joints and seams that the
Egyptian carpenters welded together.
On. the ,starboard side of the hull are
the faint remains of hieroglyphic IN
The ancient craft does not differ
greatly in form from the dahabiehs
which are used upon the Nile to-day
for carrying passengers. Every tour
list who has been to Egypt is familiar
with them. They are extremely agree
able vessels to ride in, and as one
glides along the clear, placid Nile in
the eXQufsiteIy clear moonlight of
Egypt, among it's stupendous ruins,
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-26

the angrier is that there is nothing
to prevent a man from running q
wolf ranch if he desires to, and with
the market unlimited and the price
fixed at very remunerative figure
the business presents opportunities
that attract capital. The only draw.
back is that a man must wait for his
money.
The law says that the state shall pay
81 and the county SO for every scalp
with the two ears and the face down
to the nose, and makes the county
clerk the man who. when proof is
presented that the wolves were killed
within the state, certifies to the
number. In the less densely popu.
lated parts of the state, where the
wolf and the coyote find their habita.
ton, the office of county clerk is not
so remunerative that the occupant
may not be tempted to assist in the
enterprise in the matter of certifica
lions, or, if he has any qualms about
his oath, he may be careless as to
how the scalps are disposed of after
he has passed them.
Auditor Weston says that in one
case to which his attention has been
called the county clerk threw the
scalps out of the window after he had
received them, and they were again
picked up and presented to him. This
could be continued until physical ex.
haustion set in if thought wise.
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Upholds His Faith.

Representative William Connell of
Pennsylvania, who owns a score of
coal mines besides banks. newspapers,
street-car lines, railroads and a lot OF
other things, began life as a miner
with a pick and shovel. He is a Meth
odist, and is deeply interested in
church work. A day or two ago an
irreverent young man scoffed at reli-
gion in Mr.. Connell's presence and
said he wondered why a man of Mr..
Connell's wealth and power should pay
go much attention to the church.
Young man" said Mr.. Connel severe
ly, sit is pretty poor sort Of man
who has no respect for religion. The
Almighty God gave me health and
hands and brain to make myself what
| am, and If | do not show a sense of
gratitude for what he has done for me
/ am worse off than any savage that
walks naked through an African jun
gle'
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-26
The Chinese Mother.

Recently a Chinese boy was brought
into the Pekin Hospital terribly in.
jured by heavy log falling upon him
The doctors, to save his life, decided
to cut off his leg. The mother came
apparently, to help to nurse the lad
The patient, however, almost imme-
diately after ward died and expert ex-
animation showed that his mother had
given him arsenic. Her reason, it is
supposed, was to prevent Ter son from
the disgrace of reaching the next world
in manned condition. This is very
strong point with the Chinese. who
always pickle an amputated member to
have it buried with them when they
eventually die. In this instance, the
family being poor and a whole leg
being difficult to pickle. the simpler
course was taken of poisoning the boy
so that he ana his leg might go to,
gether.
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Old Pom Church.

of William Penn and his wife, Martha
dating from 1885, OF which Illustrations
are given.
The tomb OF vault containing the
six grandchildren of the Great Quaker
is in the center of the nave. and is
marked by fiat stone bearing the in
scription: Sacred to the memory of
William Penn, son of Thomas Penn,
proprietor OF Pennsylvania, and Lady
Juliana, his wife, February 18th, 1853"
The unsighlly and decayed pulpit in
use for many years has recently been
replaced by the beautiful oak pulpit
from CurZon Street Chapel, Of which
Thackeray writes in The Newcom
ers."
1t is three hundred years old. and
the panels are beautifully inlaid. one
panel containing no less than one hun
dred and sixty pieces Of wood.
The chapel has been pulled down,
and the site sold to the Duchess of
Marlboro, nee Vanderbilt. to build a
town house upon.
Should the 81 900 be obtained. the
vicar proposes to put up a brass tablet
in the church stating that the roof and
tower were restored by citizens OF Phil
adelphia and other Pennsylvanians in
memory of the Great Founder and to
mark the coronation OF Edward VII of
England.
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His Phonetic derstandins.

The gravity which is supposed to
attend all court proceedings was seri-
ously disturbed in a New York court
room one day last week." said a young
lawyer who had Just returned from a
business trip to that city. Il was pres
ent at the trial of a case before one
of the municipal juGges-a case in
which l was interested because it had
to do with automobiles. One of the
witnesses was a German, and gave his
testimony through an interpreter. In
the course of the examination he said
he had driven an automobile to Cedar
hurst.
What's that asked the judge.
ITO Cedarhurst, replied the in.
tepreter
His honor looked puzzled.
What did he want to see the
hearse for?' he asked
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RIch Girts That Fmharrn.sed.

The funniest thing | ever heard of
has happened in Il family of moderate
means. bat whose daughter is young
person of vauiting ambition. She
was engaged to & very nice young man,
who was equally impccunious, and
they would often bewail their lot at
not being able to be married and re-
ccive a quantity of numerous and
costly" presents. The time arrived,
however, not very long ago. when the
wedding came off and to this young
adys astonishnent, her friends sent
bridal gifts that, in the name at least,
equalcG Authorization There was
Yacht, and q house, an automobile,
which is one of the new" offerings in
smart society. 4 chest of silver, and,
asst, but not least. a diamond tiara.
BUt alas, all tn, sc coveted objects were
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-26

The above picture Of Harvard uni
versity is taken from enc of the ear
Hest Autographs made in this Coun-
try, in 1928. The drawing was made
by A. G. Davis, a celebrated archileC-
tural dra ftsman Of that time i'll Bos-
ton, and it was copied on the l,tho~
graphic stone hy William Peudie on,
WHO was the first photographer Of any
note in Boston. and for that matter in
America.
The original print is a remarkably
fine specimen OF photographic work
when it is considered that the process
Of TYPOGRAPHY ALTHOUGH discovered by
Sencfelder thirty years p ,eviously, mad
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-26
Where Mans
Senses Fail

Mans Wanted faculties are far less
acute than some of the lesser crea-
lures.
The human eye is wonderful piece
OF mechanism with its little bundle of
nerves, that in some mysterious way
make vizualization possible. Yet this
eye with all it's delicacy of discernment
is but circumscribed organ compared
with the eye of the eagle, which sees
infinitely farther than any human eye
The same is true of the human ear.
The rats and mice that haunt our
houses, the squirrels that caper about
the woods, and numberless other little
animals, all hear better than we do.
They may not trace refinements in
sound as accurately as can man, but
for catching sound at long range theirs
are the ears most perfectly construct
ed.
The sense of touch is more accurate
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-26
Deeds OF Old Men.

There are some old men who are not
to be despised. Some are apt to think
that none but young men can do much.
Some, indeed, shoot up like a rocket,
and go out like one. others rise slow
ly, like fixed stars, and as they are
slow to rise they are slow to set.
Wickliffe, the morning star of the Re
formation, was most active and useful
from AZ to so years of age. Latimer,
in King Edwards days, was a hard
student; he was at his studies about 2
o'clock in the morning, summer and
winter, though his body had been
bruised by the fall of tree, and he
was 67 years of age. Cromwell was
only a captain when he was IL. and his
greatest deeds were performed between
aS and So, when he died. Young was
an old man when he wrote some of his
best poetry, and he was so when he
began his Nigh Tasnshts." Thomas
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IN DEFENSE OF RUSSELL SAGE.
Illinois Gentleman Ayers He Has
Sympa thetic Nature.

Illinois Gentleman Ayers He Has q
Sympathetic Nature.
Said John c. Fisher, editor of the
Cairo (IllD Citizen: Il cannot read
the stories of Russell Sage which ap-
pear in the newspapers without feel
ing that the gentleman is misjudged
and that his eccentricitieS are magni-
fled, and for this reason:
Away back in the early 70S, per-
haps a few years before, a young man
was appointed a surveyor of customs
for the port of Cairo. At that time
and they were brought up to that point
from New Orleans by river, although
duty on them was paid at the St. Louis
office This young government officer
felt that he was entitled to the COM
mission upon the duty collected upon
these rails. Some of the shipments
were consigned to Russell Sage, so he
wrote Mr.. Sage a letter, explaining the
situation, stating that he was a young
man, with a family, etc. No answer
ever came, but the next shipment Of
rails which came paid duty at that
port of Cairo. That government officer
was my father George Fisher, now
dead. The incident, to my mind,
makes me believe that Mr. Sage has
a sympathetic nature. which. many
would have it, has never been dis
covered"
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Official Expedition.

Wife of postmaster-Why weren't
you home to dinner to-day?
Postmaster-Well you see, T had a
hurry call to Albany.
Wife-Didn't you know anything OF
it when you went away from the house
this morning?
Fostmaster-No; 1 didn't look at
that letter you gave me to mail until /
was halfway to the Office, and when 1
saw it marked lin haste" of course 1
had to take the first train to the indi-
Gated destination and see that it's in
structiouS Were obeyed.
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Color of Scots, Hair

Curious investigation reported to the
British Association traces the origin
of complexion by the surnames 1t
was based according to contempor-
airy, on an examination of 1861 school
children of East Aberdeenshire, and a
calculation of the fermentation of the
hair and eyes for SO most frequent
urnames. The darkest hair and eyes
elong to surnames common in fishing
communities, verifying the tradition
hat the fishing population of east
hQtland is of Belgian origin. The
mentation of Highland surnames
esponds Closest with that of their
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MhN EusSin Lays Behina

Though Russia has almost inexhaus.
tible resources in iron ore, the countr,
is not yet able to produce all the irop
required by the home indr .ries. Bust
ness interests complain that metal ant
machinery manufactures are embar.
raised because so much iron and steel
must still be imported. Economists
say the country can never attain in.
dustrial independence till it can make
all the iron and steel it needs.
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Barbarous swiss Custom,

In many Swiss villages poor children
and orphans without patrons are sold
by auction to those parties who agree
to accept them at the lowest boarding
rate. The auction takes place in the
village inn, where all the poor children
of the parish are assembled by drum
beat. Many attempts have been made
to suppress this barbarous custom, but
in many instances even the govern
ment has found it impossible to put it
down.