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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30
One of Fields Crazy Jokes.

One of Fields Crazy Jokes.
In his biography of Eugene Field
Slason Thompson says that shortly aft
er the humorist's arrival in Chicago it
occurred to him one bleak day in De-
cember that it was time the people
knew there was stranger in town.
So he arrayed himself in long linen
duster. buttoned up from knees to col
lar. put an old straw hat on his head
and. taking q shabby book under one
arm and a palf leaf fan in his hand, he
marched all the way down Clark street,
past the city hall, to the office. Every
where along the route he was greeted
with jeers or plying words, as his ap-
pearance excited the mirth OR commis-
Grafton OF the passersby.
When he reached the entrance to The
Daily News Office. he was followed by
a motley crowd of noisy urchins. whom
he dismissed With Il grimace and the
cabalistic gesture with which Nicholas
Kooran perplexed and repulsed An
tony van Ccrlear from the battlement
Of the fortress on Rensselaerstein.
Then. closing lie Goor in their aston
is!:ed faces he mounted the two flights
Of stairs to the editorial rooms. where
!.e recounteG. with he Slee of the IioE
+" was in s,..h things the success OF
MS Joke
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30
FIND THE SUNNY SIDE.
Try to Get Out of the Gloom and the
Shadows of Life.

Nothing contributes more TO the high
est success than the formation of the
habit Of enjoying things. Whatever
your calling IN life may be. whatever
misfortunes or hardships may come to
you. make up your mind resolutely
that, come what may, you will get the
most possible real enjoyment out cf ev-
cry day. that you will increase your
capacity for enjoying life by trying to
find the sunny side of every experience
Of tie DAY. Resolutely determine that
you will see the humorous side Of
things No matter how hard or IN
yielding your environment may seem
to be, there is a sunny side if you can
only see it. The mirth provoking fac
ulty, even under trying circumstances,
IS worth more to q young man or wo-
man starting out in life than fortune
without it. Make up your mind that
you will be an eptimist; that there
Shall be nothing Of the pessimist about
you; that ycu will carry your own sun
shine wherever you so.
There is longevity in the sunny soul
that eases our joits and makes our
sides shake with laughter.
There is a wonderful medicinal effect
in good cheer. Good news and glad IL
dings have magic effect even upon
invalids.
We often see whole store or factory
or home transformed by one sunny
soul. On the other hand. we have seen
them bighted and made dark by a
gloomy, morose, fault finding person.
Christian Advocate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30
SOUTHERN RY. SCHEDULE.

Trains leave Sumter, S c. for King
vile, etc, daily except Sunday, No so, 6 4O
am : No 80, 10 20 am /: No 81, 3 30 pm.
Trains arrive Sumter from kingville,
etc, daily except Sunday, No 81, 8 10 am );
No SO, II 45 am No So, 5 90 pm.
Close connection at Kingville for Co
lu1nbia and Charleston and Intermediate
points. trains carrying through sleepers
Kingville to New York, via Columbia,
Charlotte. etc. Kingville to St Louis, via
Asheville. knoxville and louisville.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30
GuN ANl LQGKSMlTH.

1 take pleasure III giving no
tice to my friends and the pub
lie generally, that, having re-
gained my health, | have re-
opened my shop, and am ready
to do any work in the
line of Guns, Locks, Sewing
Machines, &c. Prices rsasona-
BILE, work done promptly and
satisfaction guaranteed. Shop
on Liberty street a few doors
east of Main.
Mch 5 R. S. BRADWELL.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30
Wise ut Last.

~ ne III AaSt.
Stockson Bonds-Poor Lambley. He
never could get on the right side Of the
market.
Cutten Newpons-Oh but he has
been for the last three months or so.
StockSon Bonds. Really? What
Cutten Kewpons The outside Hes
i.adelpEia Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30
TREsPAss NOTICE.

ALL PERSONS are hereby warned
against trespassing upon any of my
lands in Sumter County, in any man
ner, and especially as to taking there
from wood or straw. The law will
be enforced against anyone who may
be found disregardine this notice.
R. c.. McFADDIN.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30
omcex and omceseekers.

It frequently happens that when a
man gets an office he finds it too small
for him. But they're all willing to
squeeze in.-Atlanta Constitution
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30

Yacht racing is ore of the chief d.
versions Ia the Hawaiian Islands.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30
Land Surveying.

will give prompt attention to all calls
for surveying. plating, terracing hill sides,
draining bottoms. DC.
Oct 19-o Catchall. S. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30

sr&jiy j Jaiiy c1cer' spacsv
No 73 raue toroagh 70 Charleston,
g. Geo;rel r. a., arriving kenn.ng Is
!, Lsnes ~ II, Charleston % n
Trains on C,onway eranch leave Chadbou'i
Q OF NJ, arrive Convoy 20 n, retctc
pg lesye Conway 2 SD p "a. sT,ive Cheo
,ourn 20 10, leave Ghadhoarn 80 P u
arrive Elrod 10 n, returning 'eav. Elrod
s4oa n, arrive Chadbourn II 2 ), 8 M psN
except Sunday
J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manseer
TN. EMERSON, Traffic Manager
9.N. ~ ERSON Gen'l Pass Agen
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-04-30

The following is the scheduled leav
ing time of all trains carrying passen
gers from this city, including lcca
freights:
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24
Ms Gratitude Took shape.

Were is DoArenan 10 Wasaipsson
VIC IS ne pioud Nossesscr OF I irty
tons OF coai T1e way he came Ato
KS feitNfe is peculiar. 10 say the
least. Seae time ago he staA,l a
msr on the streets wiic cid ROT '.urn'
'>sere ne wls. OWING TO AZ es0e ally
heavy huruen Of alcohol The pJiice-
n,aa tcck aim, Ia cisargo bnt ins end
CT corSes il e him to The station house,
he look aisn 10 his hotel. and later,
called upon Xix here and snge Linn
q carload OF good advice, Aftes Lis
he forgot all abtut It. but the man
was ccai barorl and to prove tha,
they are human. Vie nave The fact tIai
when he rot hohe he shipped the
policeman carloaf Of conl 1t is Just
as solid as the carloaa OF advice
which he himself received ard K
can be parsed on lat = muca greater
III ancial adNantagn Ghlcaro lcm
raj
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24
HOLIDAY EXCURSION.
To the Southwest Via Southern Rail.
MaN

To the Southwest Via Southern Rail.
way.
Railroads in Arkansas, Texas, Indian
Territory and Oklahoma Territory will
sell round-trip tickets over the South.
ern Railway to points in Tennessee,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida,
North Carolina and South Carolina,
account Christmas holidays, at re-
duced rates. Tickets will be sold Dec.
10, II, 81, %, 90 and 26, 1902, limited
to return thirty days from date of sale.
Choice of three routes are offered,
either via Memphis. New Orleans or
Shreveport.
Parties en- route to their old homes
in the Southeast and desiring fewest
possible changes should see that their
tickets read via the Southern Railway.
Schedules and equipment via this
route are unexcelled
For maps, schedules and other In
formation call on nearest ticket agent
or write G.. A. De Saussure, D. P. A.,
Memphis, Tenn; M. H. Bone, w. P. A..
Houston, Tex.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24
ROUND TRIP RATES TO THE OLD
STATES LOWER THAN EVER
VIA SOUTHERN PACIFIC
SUNSET ROUTE.

Round trip tickets will be spld Dec.
10, II, 20, 23'and rs at-rate iof one fare
plus $500 with limit for return thirty
days from date of sale. A trip via this
route to the north, east or southeast,
will take.you through the oil, rice and
sugar belts of Texas and Louisiana.
Direct connection at New Orleans with
all Ines. Double daily service, Pull
man buffet and dining cars.
On Dec. 2S, "a, 20, 49, 81, 1902, and
Jan. l, 1908, round trip tickets will be
sold at reduced rates to all points Ia
Texas and to all Southern Pacific
points in Louisiana, limited to Jan. 8
for return.
Write for descriptive literature and
rates to M. L. Robbins, G. p. & T. A.,
T. ]. Anderson, A..G. P. g. T. A., Hous-
ton, Texas
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

A Briiish corrospnafc Hes
follows iiele ~ y lsiic inle Il a.,
Fast sarcl poatE7f \ nate VA.
found alive in stare not far iom
the path Two .AeRpers land NJ II a
di,ch to watch dAveiouments. a
notorious poacher Shortly appeared.
got over the hedtlp ana stopped to
pick up his victIml AS the keeeAis
prepared % rnsa ont ON him stick
snapped. without booking around The
poacher .gtasped M situation at Gree.
Rcleasing the hare with There there,
poor dumb beast YOU'RE all right.
he Slaughtered himself up apd watch,
ed her make OH With q benevolent
smile on his face.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

q throughout the rural districts OF
Berks county, Pa. they have custom
OF boiling soap" the apparatus for
which can usually he seen at any
Clubhouse. While thus engaged on ore
occasion, a farmers daughter saw
her swain approaching, and immedl
ately started for the house to better
Der appearance. which fact the
f~ther explained to the caller as he
81 lie upon the scene After awhile
girl appeared, all traces gone of
Z wv moments before, whereupon the
aamored youth said
why, you look as though you had
never seen any soap"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24
MANY MATcAEs elveM hwAY.
Are Distributed erasuItously by III
Hoteld Annually.

Are Distributed eratuitousls by III
Hoteld Annually.
1T would be interesting to know jf7.
row much the hbtels Of New Orleap
spend every year for me ahes for free
distribution" said an observant MAI
who hangs AROUND the more prominent
places great heal No doubt tb :
outlay will amo3nt to considerable
sum in years time. 1t is rather IN
tetesting to watch different men a.
they APPROACH the free matchhflder
which is to be found on every hotej
counter of the city Nearly every man
wears a dlacrgnt expression and
every man has his own peculiar way
of reaching for free matches 1t is q
rare thing for 4 man to simply taHe
one match elmay need only one ta
light his cigar.
But he VIII take more than one.
He will light hisScigaf, or his cigarette,
or sometimes hs pipe. with one. AM
the others he WIN shove Down into his
pocket. Matches are cheap enough.
but one hotel t1ane ger told me hts
match bin would anDunt to mere than
$50 a year, an4tlt wasn't one of the
larger hotels, either. Taking all the
hotels, you can see that the match
bill for year would be no inconsid-
cradle sum tits rather singular that
men who smoke nevef' have matches
with them
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

LIZ
Let nc hu, IKE my lie from year 70
witn goreard face and unreluctant
so8
Net aasisplnE to, nor turning from
Not pepsnins FOR the things that dis
appear
In the dim pas'. NOR holding back IN
Frao, what tie future vells: sai Win
Ai.S assps. hes~t, that pays lis lcn
To Youth and AGE. and travels sn WIN
easet-
So Iss nc WY visa up The hn o.
dowH
THOUGH rsusb Or smou>l Toe 3o.rney
viii be Joy;
SIN seating Nssst / seasht when but
a boz.
New friendship alsh aas,a.ure. ana (
Govt.
shalt srow soli hut never lose FEES
scst
necansc he ro.,rs iasi urn vii be The
best
Henry Van Dyke
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Capt. John R. NJ. Taylor, Four
teenth infantry, now attached to the
bureau of insular affairs of the war
department, has been detailed to
write the military history of the
United States for the last six years,
including an account OF the Cuban in
surrection In 1896.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24
MARNlNoI

Tenderness, aching in the small OF
the back is serious symptom. The
kidneys are suffering. Take Smiths
Sure Kidney Cure at once. 1t Is re-
liable kidney remedy and system reg
ulator. and will cure the trouble be-
fore II develops its dangerous stage.
Price SO cents. For sale by all drug
gists.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

: To the housewife VINO has not ret
become acquainted with the new
things Of everyday use in the market.
and who 10 reasonably satisfied with
the old. we would suggest that trial
Of Defiance Cold Water Starch bo
made at once. Not alone because 1t IL
guaranteed by the manufacturers to
be superior to any other brand. but be-
cause each 10c package contains 1G
ozs.. while all the other kinds contain
but IL ozs, 1t is safe to say that the
lady who once uses Defiance Starch
will use NO other. Quality AID guam
tity must win.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24
INSIST on nrrrING Ir.

Some grocers say they don't keep De-
In hand Of IL OF. brands. which they know
cannot be sold to a customer who has
once used the is OF. pkg. Defiance Starch
for Same money.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

There are 621 musical instrument
factories in this country, OF which 26s
are plano factories. The figures show
a great decline in the number of or
gans made and an increase in the
number of pianos.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

A motor car has been driven from
Edinburgh to London without stop
ia twenty hours and forty minutes,
which is a record,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Marconi's system of wireless teleg-
raphy is to be used for maintaining
cOmmeunication between Port Eliza
beth and Bird Island.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Statistics show that the longest
lived people have generally been
those who made breakfast the prnci-
pal meal OF the day.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

In 1909 the Eiffel tower becomes
the property of the city of Paris, and
viii then be used for Its weather bu-
reau n
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

When woman keeps secret she
can't keep secret the fact that she is
keeping one.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Mr. Norther--Ive often wondered
why so many colored men are lynch
ed down this way. Colonel Smith
Well, sub, l reckon it's because they
don't start runnin' quick enough
Philadelphia Record.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Georgia fruit growers are claiming
that the peach. crop of their state
yields more money to the producers
than does the cotton crop
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

y In recent number of the Scottish
Medical and Surgical Journal, Sir Ar
thur Mitchell holds that dreamless
sleep is a myth
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

A salf-made man is generally; one
who has made his own opportunities
Canada has 100000 Indians. the
United States 100000
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

A victem of misplaced confidence
says that while some men will not
steal, all men will bear watching.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

On the pastoralists' refusal to in
crease wages general strike of sheep
shearers is being threatened in Aus
tralia.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

win use no other. Defiance Cold Water
Starch has no equal In Quantity or Quail
lty-l5 OF for 10 cents. Other brands
contain only II OF.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Germany is credited with 2.295,O0O
Of the 6.s25.OOO tons of beet sugar
produced in the world last year.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Mediterranean oranges and those
from Florida come to us in birch
boxes made in Maine
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

When man acquires the title Of
grandfather he signs to think that his
wife Is growing old.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

BY the time man gets old enough
to talk well he has learned the value
of not talking at all
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

u is error only, and not truth, that
Kinks from inquiry.-Thoma Paine
~ II must be embarrassing to cen
Btipede when he tries to put his best
foot forward.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

has an equal Tor coughs aud colds. -JoHk
BoYHis. Trinity Springs. md. Feb. 49, 1900
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

After Venice. Berlin| has H maore
bridges than any other town in Eu-
rope.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

The cost OF the canal to connect the
Taunton River and Boston harbor Is
estimated at s5S,000,O00.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Three Chicago boys are said to
have consumed fifteen quarts of beer
one DAY recently.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Tue self-denlaI week of the Saliva.
ton Army in Great Britain resulted
in the collection OF 100000
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Great Britain and Ireland import
about 265.OOO pounds OF cheese each
year. Canada supplies about so per
cent OF the whole.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Try me just once and | am sure u
come again. Defiance Starch.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

Four per cent Of sailing vessels and
two and half per cent OF steam-
ships are lost in year.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

The number OF consumpuves in
Germany is estimated at over 225,OOO
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

The Magyars are steadily increas-
ing in numbers over Germans and the
dozen or more other natlonalitles
prominently represented in Hungary
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

cowa d likes to believe that dis
cyetion is the better part of valor.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-12-24

The newest style automobile is de-
acribed as perfectly killing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

Harlan Page Hall, who is one Of the
Democratic candidates for clerk of the
courts, was born at Ravenna, Portage
county, Ohio, in August, 1888. His
father was one of the Oldest newspa-
per publishers in Ohio. Mr. Hall at
tended Ohio Wesleyan university at
Delaware, Ohio, for four years. grad
uating in June, 1861. He was admitted
TO the bar at Canton, Ohio, in April,
1862. For climatic reasons he came to
minnesota in October, 1862, and settled
In ST Paul. In November 1862, he be-
gan newspaper. work as reporter on the
st. Paul Daily Union, which was con-
solidated with the Press in March, 1863.
He remained with the Press until No
Vember, 1855, when he became one
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

than is commonly supposed. Unques-
tionably a rapid settlement will follow
the Introduction Of railway into the
interior. The soil is fertile and the
winters are not too severe for comfort
The Copper river valley is much more
temperate than the Yukon valley.
Rails Are on the Way.
Rails are on the way to Valdes, and
construction work will be carried on
with all speed. We can work during
the winter, and when the long days of
summer come, two shifts of men will
be employed to work all the hours Of
daylight. The completed road, in con-
nection with steamer connection with
Seattle, will transport passengers from
Seattle to Dawson in from five to six
days all the year round, while by the
inland passage and the Yukon from
seven to fifteen days are required, ac-
cording to the season. By the ST. Mi
chael all-water route, it is necessary
to cover 400 miles, and this is possible
only in summer. A point to the advan-
tage or the Valdes- Seattle steamer
route is that it is without all the dan
gers of the inland passage and the
rough coast.
Common opinion is that Valdes is
really far in the north, but this is far
from true. Valdes is but degree north
u Inc SlAlIetH pardlel OF latitude,
which passes through Skagway, the
Hebrides, to the north of England,
Christiana, Norway and Stockholm,
Sweden; ST. Petersburg, the capital of
Russia, and many other places which
in other parts of the world are not con-
sidered very far north. The waters Of
the Japan current have their effect
along the coast, keeping the tempera-
ture at a reasonably comfortable mark
and keeping the harbor of Valdes open
the entire year."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

Between thirty and forty miles of
track will be upon the ground before
the first day of the new year, and we
nope 10 nave the entire road completed
through to Eagle City within two and
one-haif years, at most" Mr.. Helm said
in an interview last evening at the Raj
nier-Grand hotel, where he has his
headquarters. "The road will start
from Valdes over the government trail
as completed for the use of the troops.
For 100 miles this route will be follow
ed along the Lowe river, and then the
line will cross the Copper and take an
almost direct route through to Eagle.
1t may be that a branch will be built
to Dawson, starting perhaps 100 miles
south of Eagle, but that remains to be
determined.
''The country along the line is capa-
bic of almost unlimited development as
to its mineral deposits, and the agri-
cultural possibilities are far greater
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 15.-The
Valdes, Copper River & Yukon Rail
way company has been Incorporated
with capitalization of $25.OOO,OO0 to
operate a railway through the Copper
river valley and Central Alaska, from
Valdes, on the coast of the Gulf of
Alaska, to Eagle City and Dawson, on
the Yukon river. The roaE will be
from $50 to 400 miles in length, to be
determined by the exact route selected
over the northern part of the distance
To construct the road the Anglo Alas
kan Construction company has been
formed, with capital of $4,000, 00O
Both corporations are organized under
the laws of the state of New Jersey
The manager of the construction COM
pany and one of the principal movers
in the enterprise is F. c. Helm who
now is in Seattle, after going over
much of the route which the rails will
take.