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CuRIQSITIES OF MICA.
It's Appearance Before It is SPLIT
Into Sheets.

Its Appearance Ge1Ore Ills SE11k
INTO Sheets.
The mica as it comes from the mines
is in blocks which are theoretically
short rhonoic prisms, but practically
are scarcely recognizable as such, baY-
ing very rough=and uneven contour.
They have a very perfect cleavage
parallel to the base and may be split
into lamina thinner than the thinnest
tissue paper, and these lamina form
the familiar transparent stove panes
and lamp chimneys. The exterior por-
tons of these blocks are opaque, brittle
and worthless, presumably from the
penetration Of water, for mica soon.
decomposes when exposed to any con-
siderable weathering. A thick layer
of plates has therefore to be removed
from either face Of the blocks before
any mica Of commercial size or value
is reached, and the sheets split from
the remainder are surrounded by a
wide margin Of worthless material.
But the diffculhes.-and losses Of
mica mining are far from being all
enumerated. Even when occurring in
blocks -of commercial size it is rem
dered valueless, or comparatively so,
by one or more Of a series Of defects,
which may be classed as color, specks.
ruling, ribbing and wedge formation.
1t sometimes occurs literally pied with
black dots, consisting in general Of
black oxide Of iron or garnet, and
when even a few Of these are present.
it's commercial value is destroyed, be-
cause such mica when used as an insu-
lator is peculiarly liable to puncture,
the specks forming practically short
circuits for the electric current The
same is true Of sreaks, which are
sometimes turned to red rust.
Some otherwise excellent mica is.
found to. be ruled or cut, as it were,
with series of perfectly straight
lines, parallel to one side Of the crys-
tai, so that on being split the mica
falls Immediately into strips; or, again,
instead Of being striped or ruled, the.
mica is often deeply ribbed or CORFU
gated parallel to the adjacent edges Of
the crystal, so as to give the appear
ance Of the letter A. or, rather, Y,
whence it is termed "a mica" AS the
ribbed portion has to be cut away in
the sheet, such mica is improbable.
unless the blocks be large. Wedge
mica is that in which the block is
thicker at one end than the other, the
lamina partaking in the uneyenness..
Such blocks are wholly worthless ex-
cept as scrap.-Engineering Magazine.
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John sMAYRANT.
"A Revolutionary Naval Officer From
Sumter County.

f Mr.. Editor In his interesting lee
ture on South Carolina history at the.
Sumter Opera House last week, Col
John j. Dargan alluded to the great
naval battle between Paul Jones's1
vessel the Bonhomme Richard and
the British ship Scraps and he men
toned that among the first who went
on board the Scraps was John.
Mayrant Of Stateburg. The Colonel
said he did not know this fact when
he 1ectured in Sumterebefore and had
foEud it In Gardens anecdotes.
We are glad Col. Daragn menti ton
ed this fact. In our reading we had.
come across Mayrant' name, but his.
first name was not given, and we did:
not know that he was from cur.
State, much less our county.
John s.. G.. Abbott, the distin-
guished biographer, whose life of the.
great Napoleon rs a noted work, also
wrote, among other biographies, life
Of Paul Jones. Speaking of the sur:
render of the Scraps, Mr. Abbott
says
diately, with the consent of Captain
Jones, jumped upon the egunWale, seiz-
led the main-brace pendant, and swung.
himself upon the quarterback Of the.
captured ship. He was followed by.
Midshipman Mayrant, with large
party Of sailors. The confusion was so.
great that it was not known, at that
moment, throughout either ship, that
the Scraps had surrendered. One Of
the enemy, stationed at the waist, ran
his boarding pike through the thigh
of the midshipman. ;,
In his popular romance, Richard
Carvel' . Winston Churchill mentions
Mayrant and in the g Afterword'' to.
the romance, Mr.. Churchill says
:. Midshipman Mayrant, Commodore
Jonesss aide, was wounded by pike
In the thigh after the surrender. -
The great battle between the
Bonhomme Richard and the Scraps
vas fought Sept. %, 1779.
Sumter County may we'll feel proud
Of John Mayrant, who not only took
part in one Of the most remarkable sea
fights Of modern times, but was also
wounded In it. Besidse this, our
county can feel proud that his name
should appear in the biography of a
hero like Paul Jones, also in such
delightful romance as Richard
Carvel.
When the teachers of Sum
ter county speak of Paul Jones, let
them not forget to mention his aide,
John Mayrant, of Stateburg. Can't
some of your Stateburg readers give
more information about him than is
contained in this imperfect sketch:
Mcdonald Furman.
Privateer, March 10, 1902.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-12
clTY COUNCIL MEETING.
Agreement With A. C.L. for Drainage Of
Mary Street.

Mr.. J.zR. Kenly, General Manager
of the Atlantic Coast Line, with Mr..
e. b. Pleasants, the Civil Engineer,
arrived in the city Thursday to con
suit the council in reference to the
drainage of Mary Street. Mayor
Stuckey had called the meeting for
nine O'Clock, but the train was late
aud it was ten O'Clock when the coun-
ell was called to order.
Aldermen Boyle, w H. Epperscn,
Finn, Hurst, Purdy and Rowland we're.
present. Mr. Kenly thanked council
for their kindness in meeting himsat
snch an nnseemly hour, and explained
that business required his presence in
Augusta next morning, and he must
leave omar early train.
According to his promise Mr.. Kenly
has had asurvey ofsthe proposed work
made together an estimate of its
cost. The distance from Main Street
to Turkey Creek is 900 feet, nearly
one mile; and it will be- necessary to.
use pipe of thirty inches diameter, as
smaller pipe could not take away
the water. The pipesfor that distance.
would cost more than ten thousand.
dollars, to say nothing of grading and.
laying it. Mr.. Kenly said it would
be necessary to put in about seven
hundred feet of pipe at once. This
would extend from the west side OF
Main Street to a point where connec-
ton could be made with a cypress
drain recently completed by the A. O..
IA Go. This wooden drain is five
hundred feet long. 1t extends above
the new passenger. station yard and
across Harvin Street. Here an open
drain might be maintained tenn
porarily. He expressed the apprecia-
ton which bis company feels for the
kind treatment they had always receiv-
ed IN Sumter, and as an evidence OF
the fact they had made twenty-five
thousand dollars Improvements IN
the city quite recently, and were
now ready to meet council with libe-
raj terms for the construction Of this
pipe line. There was, free and full
discussion of the matter from all
standpoints which eliminated In an
agreement accepted by Mr. Kenly and
passed by council in the form of q
resolution, upon the following terms:
The cityiis to pay one thousand dol
lars as its sharesof the expense. The
A. G.. constructs and maintains
the drain for all time at its expense,
keeping it open and In condition to
do the work expected of it. The kind
of drain to be constructed, except the
100 feet Of 80 inch pipe to be laid dnow,
is to be left to the judgment and will
OF the company They will put in
what they deem proper, and the city
Ito have privilege of making all needed
connections. The responsibility for
damages which may be caused to prop
erty other than railroad property is as
sumed by the city.
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Woman.s Crrios;ty.

AS good al instance of New YcrkWIts
as can be found is told about the stats
of the Roosevelt hospital. A dangerous
operation was being performed uDonsaa|
woman. Old DR.. A., a quaint German
full Of kindly wit and professional
thusiasm, had several younger Doctors
with him. One cf them was adminis.ss
tering the ether He became so inter-
.ested in the old doctors work that he
withdrew the cone from the PATIENTS
nosuils, and she half reused and rose:
to sitting posture. looking with yFildsss
eyed amazement over the Surroundings
1t was critical periods and Dr.: did
not want to be interrupted
"Lay down dere, voman,'' he COM
manded gruffly. You haf reacuriss
osity asa medical student
She lay down. and the operate went
nn aa
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Took the Hint.


A story is told Of certain English
bishop we'll known for his yerbosity
who rose to address the house Of lords
on very important occasion. Il will
divide my speech under twelve heads"
he said. to the discomfort Of his audi
ence.
The Marquis of Salisbury begged to
be allowed to interpose with a little
anecdote. "A friend Of mine was re-
turning home late one night" he said.
when opposite st. Paul's he saw an
intoxicated man trying to ascertain the
time on the big clock there. Just then
it began to strike and slowly tolled out.
IL. The man listened, looked hard at
the clock and said: .Confound you, why
couldn't you have said that al! ut
once?''
The bishop heartily joined in the
laughter which followed and took the
hint contained in the story.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-12
A Normandy Injunction.;

a strange old world privilege, dating
back to the time when the Norsenenss
came to Normandy, was exercised last
year il the island Of Guernsey. It's
called the Glamour de Haro.' BY thes
ancient law Of the island a person Whoas
thinks his land rights are being
fringed upon has only to draw
statement of the case, which hegsWearssSS
to before two witnesses. This hesfhen
presents to the bailif Of the island andg
dropping upon one knee, cries out=1nssss
French: "oh, Rollo, my prince, succor
me! am wronged! sss5ss1
This proceeding acts as an injuncssss
ton, and the person complained ofsas#s|
respasser has TO stay hisstrespass u1tss
til the matter has been adju udicated upss
on by the courts This right issIss
ing ones own injunction BY calling ulsss
to Rollo was given to the peoplesot@@
Guernsey by Rollo OF HroI, the Nor
wegian pirate who made himself
first Duke Of Normandy in OIL md
there is probably no example ola legal
procedure Of like antiquity which issfoS
day carried out in the. same way aass
that in which it was first instituted
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-12
The Cobra OF India.

Among the true cobras OF I2dia the,
naja IS found all over India and Ceys
Ion, Burma, the Andaman Islands.
southern China and the Malay PENN
sula and archipelago. 1t ascends the
Himalayas to an altitude Of S,G00 feet.
It extends also over Afghanistan and
through Persia to the eastern shore Of
the Caspian 1t may attain length
Of nearly seven and half feet. butt
is usually not more than a little over
five and a half feet long. Najas vary
much in color and markings. but have
generally the spectacle mark OF the:
back Of the neck. which they always
distend before making an attack.
Quarterly Review.
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SOUTHERN RY. SCHEDULE.

Trains leave Sumter, S C.for King
vile, etc, daily except Sunday, No 80, 6 90
am No 81, 10 20 am No 84,3 80 pm.
Trains arrive Sumter from kingville,
etc. daily except Sunday, No 81, 8 10 an ;
No SO, II 45 am No 50, $ 90 pm.
Close connection at Kingyille for Co
Iumbia and Charleston and intermediate
points. trairs carrying through sleepers
Kinpville to New York, via Columbia,
Charlotte, etc, Kingville to st Louis, via
Asheville, Knoxville and Louisville.
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LOCAL NENs P4RAGRAPHED.


J. y Chandler, the ClothieF, makes
q leader OF Easter neckWear this week.
The reel squads were called out Fri
day morning BY a false alarm Of fire.
The hose wagons we're called out
again Friday afternoon va false
alarm.
The two hose wagons had an excit-5
ing race down Main Street Friday:
afternoon.
.ss The English Sparrows think that.
spring has come and areshard at work
building their nests.
The ladies' Of a1agnoia Street Meth
odist Church viii serve hot dinner.
and oysters during court week
Sumter made telephones are attract
ing as much attention as any exhibit
att7the Charleston Exposition.
new postoffce has been establish
ed at Borden, on the Northwestern r.
r.. with Mr.. Sam Fol lk.as postmaster.
special meeting Of the board Of
county commissioners was held on
Saturday but no business OF import:
Sance is said to have been transacted.
Mrs. Shoemaker will open a night
class for elocution and physical cul-i
turescn Monday evening March 10, at
the Sumter Female Seminary. MS 2t*
The county chain gang began work.
on Cemetery Avenue Saturday. A5
clay and sand roadway will be laid
from Council Street to the semetery-
S.: the candidates do not show up
for municipal honors pretty soon It.
may be necessary to hold mass
meeting to nominate a ticket.
While all the other railway systems
81 the South have had traffic inter
rupted BY the storm and Food the
Atlantic Coast Line has been running,
all trains on schedule time.
There was an exciting runaway on
Main Street last THURSDAY a horse
attached tosa buggy driven bygSa negro
dashed mp the street at top speed and
conided with Dr. DeLorme's buggy
which was, standing IN front Of his
drug store. Dr.. DeLorme's buggy was
slight damaged and the negro's
buggy was also much the worse for the
accident
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-12
An Elenhantine Nurxe.

Miss C. r. Gordon-C Cumming in her
book on Ceylon gives few lines to q.
pet elephant, who seems to have been:
a creature of much amiability ard IN.
telligence. He had been captured
young and was known as Kurunegalla
Jack He used to so the hospital rounds;
with his master, medical officer, who.
had taught him to be generally useful
and even to administer pills. a MALAY
soldier one Gay dropped his pill, where
upon Jack picked it up and dropped it
into the mans open mouth with Q puff
that blew it safely down.
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Two Good Whist Hands.

Once upon a time stwo young men
and two young women. We're playing
whist. and quite frequently one Of the
young men and one Of the young WON
en- found that their fingers We're in
twined under the table. out of sight
This finger contact did not in the
least disconcert them-in fact. they. ap-.
peared to enjoy the play much more
than did the other young woman and
young man.
Moral.-The enjoyment Of the game.
depends on the hands that are held
New York Herald.
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Jury LISTS.
The jury lists for the approaching
term of court were drawn yesterday.
GRAND JURY.

The jury lists for the approachin
term of court were drawn yesterday.
GRAND JURY.
W. F.Jenkins, Sumter.
j. ". Smith, st. Charles
John +. Kelly, Bishopville.
w. J. Young, Rafting Creek.
w. j. Durant, Concord.
r. NJ. James. Rafting Creek.
j. D. Blanding, Jr., Sumter.
j. nc. N. Wilder. Sumter.
Howard Jones, Concord.
r. M. Bradford,
S. ". James, Rafting Greek.
n. A. Lowry, Sumter.
j. H.%Watson, Bishopville.
j. G. r. Wilder, Sumter.
C. s.. Beasly, Carriers Crossing.
d. Bull, Stateburg.
T. G. Manning, Sumter.
PETIT JURY.
w. E. Green, st. Charles.
III. E. Mooneyham, Elliott.
j. Singleton Moore, Snmter.
J.J. Team. Bishopville.
j. B. Baker, Sumter.
r. A. Dennis. Shiloh.
J.W. Wilson, Magnolia.
Edwin Wilson, st. Charles.
]. S. Potts, Magnolia.
A. A. Brearly, st. Charles.
E. [. Mott, Shiloh.
J. B. Kelley, Bishopville.
E. b. Hogan, Sumter.
L. B. jenkins, Privateer.
Z. v. Walsh, Jr., Sumter.
Z. B. jenkins, Sumter.
ID. Lowrance, Concord.
: II. ID. Cain, Middleton.
w. E. Pritchard Prirateer.
W. M. DeLorme. Sumter.
o. E. Bostick, Sumter.
M. i. Hodge, Privateer.
M Rivers, Privateer.
John j. J.Shaw,zBishopville.
John f. Beard, Sumter.
j. Hardy, Sumter.
w. ". Stuckey, Bishopville.
". J. Stuckey, Bishopville.
T.. B. Yates, Concord.
w. S. Reams, Sumter.
z. ". Belvin, Spring Hill.
w. E. Lennon, Lynchburg,
J. e. CrossWell. Bishopville.
G. r. McCaskill, Spring Hill.
j. E. Rembert, Providence.
F. L. Stewart, Sumter.
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Krupr and Essen.

The old lady Herr Krupp's moth
ser, managed the small business afa1ras
while Alfred stepped into the shon;
rolled up his sleeves, worked an days
with his arms and then until midnightss
with. his brain. They lived lin q smalIS
cottage which IS still standing theas
factory and which he did not exchange:
for a better home until long after hiss
marriage. I now quote Mr. Krupp8@
own words uttered on the twenty=ffftth
anniversaryo Of the founding Of the fac
tory:
..Erom my fourteenth yearsI I@hadst the
care Of a family father during gEthegdays#ss
added to herd work at the factory ands
at night had to study how to- overcome
the difficulties in the way. During this
period / lived on potatoes, bread aRdss
coffee and scant portions Of meat
toiled until late in the night. F'orstWensSs
ty-fve years I struggled thus until cor
,ditions grew a little easier. My last
remembrance Of that period is@ the
growing danger Of total ruin and my
endurance, suffering Sand hard labor
to avert the calamity, and ISsaySallsssss|
this for the encourag cement Of young
men who have nothing are nothing
and want to get something and bes
sonebod 2
In 1882 the factory gave ploymentss .t
to only ten men. At the time of Ms
Krupp's death over 10000 men WeEes
employed in and about Essen. 1.-The
factory and the adjoining mines: 0ats
look. I, ssS.
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nal dates. suggested by the Board were
adopted and Supt. Edmunds, in reply
to Mr.. McMahan, requested that, as
the authorities in Charleston had sug-
gested to him about the same date as
those selected by the Sumter Board Of
Education, he would make Education
al Week, embrace the l7th and 18th of
April.
South Carolina Day March 20 was
not chosen because it was too early in
the Spring, and because this time
would conflict with the quarterly
examinations then in progress.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-12
Lenten Services.

The following services will be held
in the Episcopal Churchseach week
during Lent:
Tuesdays 7.so a. M, Holy Com
munion.
Wednesdays p M, Evening Pray
.er with an Address.
Fridays p. NJ, Evening Prayer
with an Address.
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All over Again.

.Here are half a dozer prescriptions
I would like to have You fill as soon as
you can. wheezed Rivers.
Il can see they are all for the cure
OF ), cold. remarked the druggist. took
ing them over.
Its this : explained Rivers
when hid the other cold. ! tried Ill!
these. Cue of EN- cured me. but !
can't remember. now. confound it,.
which one it was Chicago Tribune.
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Generous.

A woman the other day gave Lon
don cabman , sovercigns in mistake
for shilIings. When he discovered
the mistake, he returned to the house
and handed over the money to the
woman's husband, who, with tears IN:
his eyes, said on shall not be q loser
by your honesty, my man Your fare
was a shilling. Here's one andsfourS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-03-12
BILL GHAFFEE IN TROUBLE.
Shortage Of $500 in Accounts Of
Aiken Postofice Reported.

Special to The State.
Washington, March lO.-President
Roosevelt has withdrawn the nomina-
tion Of VIM. G, Chafee to be postmas-
ter at Aiken because of a shortage in.
the accounts Of Postmaster Chaffee
amounting to $500.
The matter was brought to the at
tention of the president through re-
port of a postofice inspector which is
now on file in the department..
As soon as the shortage was made.
known to President Roosevelt by Post
master General Payne he told the lat.
ter be would take the matter in hand
and the withdrawal Of Chafee's ap-
pointment is the result.
Senator McLaurin, upon whose rec
ommendation President Mckinley.
appointed Chaffee last summer,
declined to discuss the matter today
further than to confirm the above facts
and to say that SO far as he knew
.Chafee had not offered an explanation
of the affair.
The Rev. MI. Couden's prayer be-
fore Congress at the Mckinley memo
rial service, says the New York World,
would have been in bette. taste with
the references to this distinguished
presence left out. Princes and 9TH
er men are presumed to be equal be-
fore the King of Kings.
ST. Paul, Mimi, March l0-By
direction of the attorney general Of
the United States bill in equity was
filed here today in the circuit court of
the United States for the district of
Minnesota in the case Of the United
States, complainant, against the
Northern Securities Railway company,
the Northern Pacific railway and 9th
ers, defendants, to test the legality
of the alleged combination or merger
Of the two roads and others named in
the bill. This action is brought ..un-
der the act of July 2, 1890, known as
the Sherman antitrust act.
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A Narrow IS scape.

Narrow Escape.
.sBingle tells me that he had two
horses killed under him in one of the
battles of the last war.
That's right. A railway car he was
riding in backed into them.''-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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Retort Courteous

-------s 1tCIUFl 1OUUEIeUuS.
Hairs getting a bit gray, Sir" re-
marked the barber as the next victim
settled back in the chair.
.eNo wonder, rejoined the n v.
Just think how long I have been wait.
tng.''
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New York Cotton Market.
Corrected daily by I. 81. Moses, Cot
ton Merchant, Member N. z. Cot
ton Exchange. Orders promptly
executed. Sumter, S. C.

The cotton market opened firm today.
at 3 to points advance, and held
steady during the first hour on gen
eral wave of buying orders, from
traders who thought the decline was
about over and reaction was in order.
The bears continued to hammer prices,
on account Of heavier receipts and pre-
dictions Of strike in the Fall River
Mills. We do not see anything to
cause lower prices, but fear timid
holders will be disposed to take small
losses and retire from the market.
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A Success.
.4alrs. Bilkins learned to play poker
so she could keep her husband in at
night,
"And does he stay in now?''
II should say so. She wins so much
of his spending allowance that he
hasn't the price of a drink. .''-Philadei-
phia Record.
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Prima Facies Evidence.
The late Lord Morris on one occasion
gave characteristic illustration Of the
meaning Of .prlma facie evidence
"If,' he said to the jury, you saw
a man coming out Of public house.
wiping his mouth, that would be prima
facie evidence that he had been having
drink,
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Outmaneuvered.
The Lady-Did any one call while
was out?
The Maid-No, ma 'ann.
The Lady-That.s very strange.
wonder what people think have a
day cat home for anyway.-Indian-
apols News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-29
WEST & TRUAX,
He Found His paunhter.

A gentleman by the name Of Lewis
from the country south Of Ardmore.
came in on the noon train Tuesday
search of his daughter. A man whose
name We did not learn had enticed
her from home and brought her to
Ardmore, where he tried TO obtain
license to marry the girl, but not hay.
ing the proper papers and the girl be-.
ing under fourteen years Of age. the
clerk refused to grant the document.
They then came to this place. on ar.
rival Of Mr. Lewis he made the OBJ.
ject Of his mission known to Sam
Hargis, who. after diligent inquiry.
located the Eirl west OF town. on the
Grant farm. where she had been EN-.
ployed TO pick cotton, but the man
who had enticed her from home had
decamped for parts unknown. Mr.
Lewis and his daughter left for their
home on the night rain.-wynnewood
New Era.