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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
TURKEY RAISING VERY PROFITABLE.
Thousands Have Been Shipped to
Market From Virginia.

Fredericksburg, Va, Dec. 3I.-More
turkeys have been raised and shipped
to market in this section of the State
this year than probably during any
previous season, immense shipments
having been made within the past
three weeks. Over 4, coo were shipped
within few days from Culpeper
county, and probably as many more
from Orange county, and from
Spotsylvania. This represents large
sum of money, which was distributed
among many homes, as the turkeys
would certainly average 81 each to
those who raised them.
Mr.. Henry Sbackleford, of Culpeper
county, shipped to the Baltimore
market a few days ago twenty-five
head of splendid beef cattle, which
averaged 1,410 pounds each and sold
for S. per hundred pounds. Mr.. J. ".
Coons, of the same county, shipped
twenty-one head which averaged 2, $50
pounds each, and sold at the same
price per hundred pounds. These are
said to have been the fattest cattle
ever shipped from this part of the
State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
CANINE INTELLIGENCE.
A Dog That Felt He Had More Sense
Than His Master.

A Dog That Felt He Had More Sense
Than His Master.
My friend was staying one autumn
in Wales. Smoking and chatting one
evening with local farmer, the talk
fell upon dogs. The farmers sheep
dog lay before the fire, and the farmer
instanced his sagacity, He made an
exclamation in Welsh. At once the dog
rose and went to the door. You
might let him cut" said the farmer.
The sheep are in the corn is what I
said to him." The dog passed eagerly
out. In few minutes there was a
scratching at the door. The dog en-
tered painting and lay down at the fire
again. Shortly afterward the farmer
repeated his Welsh remark. Again
the dog ran to the door, and my friend
let him out. Again in few minutes
was the .scra itching at the door, and
again he lay down before the fire pant
ing. After an interval the farmer re-
marked in Welsh, quite in the way Of
conversation: 81 am not easy about
those sheep / do believe they're in
the corn" The dog, without rising,
looked up at the farmer, gave two
sharp yelps and turned round to his
sleep again. lie said as plainly as
though il had been in words: Don't
be a fool. I've been out twice and
ther're not in the corn.'-London Out
lnrl-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
Waves OF WATER.

The Nile is the only river in the
world that flows for !, 1,50e miles without
tributary
or the Cage Of Good Hope waves
thirty eight feet high from trough to
crest have been noted.
Prismatic lake, in the Yellowstone
National park, is the largest body Of
hot water IN the world.
Three rivers as big as the Rhine
would just equal in volume the Can
gess three Gangeses the Mississippi
and two 8fississippis the Amazon.
The ST. Lawrence river is frozen four
months Of the year. and its navigation
IS SO difficult that an average Of one
steamer a month is wrecked in its wa
tiers
Askei Chin, in Tibet, is the lake
which lies at q greater height than any
other N the world It's level is 16,600
feet. The iowest5s the Dead sea, 1900
feet below the se;l level.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
Not An Reformed.

At dinner given by philanthropist
TO the Society Of Reformed Criminals a
gentleman complained TO his host mid
way through the festivities that he had
lost his watch. The hostrwas a man of
great ingenuity. he caused all the
lights TO be turned out. Then he OBJ
served: Some one here has a watch
that does not belong tc hin. If by the
ll55nle 7 have counted a hundred it is not
placed on the floor in the middle Of the
room, the police viii be sent for." He
counted q hundred, and the lights were
turned on again. Thirty-three hand
some watches lay in the middle of the
room.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
Virginia Girl Weds Indian.


Richmond, Va, December 31.-L.
H. Wall a full-blooded Ute Indian,
from Eufala, Ind. T., and Miss Lucy
Ramsey of Alamine, Franklin county,
daughter Of Mrs. Susan Ramsey, were
married on Christmas day and we're
in Roanoke today en- route to the
Indian Territory.
The marriage was the result of an
advertisement in Chicago matrimoni-
al paper. When the Indian arrived
the young woman was disposed at first
to back out Of the bargain, but she
finally decided to marry him, and
Rev. Mr.. Wade performed the cere-
mony. The groom has a laundry at
Eufala and seems to be in good cir
cumstances.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
Adams staff.

The Talmudic writer's tell US that
''the blessed God gave TO the first man
in paradise staff which had been
created between the stars. Adam gave
it to Enoch, Enoch to Noah, Noah to
Shem, Shem to Abraham, Abraham to
Isaac, Isaac to Jlcob. Jacob carried
it into Egypt and gave it to his son
Joseph. When Joseph died, his house
hold goods were taken to the house of
Pharaoh. Pharaoh took the staff of
Adan, which had descended to 10,
seph from the first man, and put ii
among his special treasures.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
A Knockout.

A young lawyer was engaged in a
case not long ago when witness was
PIT III the box to testify to the reputa-
ton Of the, place in question
This witness, a stage driver, in an
swer to & query as to the reputation Of
the place replied, ~ poor shop
The lawyer inquired, you say it has
the reputation of being a poor shops y
Yes. SIR
Whom did you hear say it was a
poor shop?''
The witness did not recollect any
one he had heard say so.
''Whatn said the lawyer. You have
sworn this place has the reputation of
being a poor shop ana yet cannot tell
of any one you have ever heard say
500"
The witness was staggered for mo-
ment at the words Of the lawyer. The
lawyer vas feeling triumphant when
the witness gathered himself together
and quietly remarked, addressing the
lawyer:
ssWel, you have the reputation of
being a poor lawyer, but I have never
heard any one say so.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
LOST Ills NERVE.
way It was That Big Pete Failed to
Hit the Sheriff.

Hit the Sheriff.
There were thirty men in the White
Wolf saloon wiien the sheriff Of Silver
county sauntered in to arrest. big Pete
Thompson for murder. Pete was play
ing hand in a game Of poker, and
after noddiag to him the sheriff stood
up at the bar and called for drink.
His back was scarcely turned when
Pete laid down his cards, pulled his
gua and fred six shots. as fast as his
finger could pull 1.-The trigger. The sheriff
never moved. When the smoke had
rolled out OF the open door and we
could see, the sheriff stood In the same
position and wore the same smile. One
bullet had burned his cheek; second
had grazed his ear; third had cut
through his shirt collar under the left
eslr. Big Pete was a dead shot, and
yet he had missed his man at fifteen
feet.
Got through. Pete?1 asked the sher-
ii, breaking a silence that was posi-
tI4-ely painful
.And you-you are not heeled!r'
gasped Pete as his arm sunk slowly
down
No; come on.
You didn't bring your guns"
sseSSe; if you are through shooting,
wen go.'
Pete laid his two guns down on the.
- 1.s,,, ,e,,6 we Il-od fo f1on
door and out INTO the street. His horse
was tied to a post a block away. He
reached the horse. mounted and then
headed down the long street after the
sheriff, who was giving him not the
slightest aft ttentiesn. In five minutes the
pair we're out Of sight.
hat allied Peter" was asked of
Tie barkeeper, who had come to the
deor of the saloon.
Lost his nerve he brusquely re-
Piled
How do you mean 2.
Why, the sheriff coming without
gun and standing there to be shot at
took all his sand away and made wo-
nan Of him.
suppose tne sheriff had mad gun?'' ~
The man jeyked his head toward the
feld wherein fifteen or twenty victims
had been buried and said:
He'd "a bin over thar
And VIII big Pete get clear"
Likely; but he'll have to leave here.
The boys have already put him down
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
It was Bad. !

The other day a young London street
araio, having found a bad sixpence,
was trying to make use Of it at different
places, but to no purpose. At last he
went into tobacconist's and asked for
a threepenny cigar.
Haviag got the cigar and also the
change, he was leaving the shop when
the nan called out:
Come back here; it's a bad one"
Never mind, sir" replied the young
ster. II smoke it if it makes me ILL., -
And he bolted cut Of the door.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
INDIAN Trading.
The Way to Beat the Red Man Down
In His Prices.


'.I7ew white men know how to trade
with an Indian" remarked a Denver
man who has made (; study Of Indians
for ten years past. Il once met an In
dian with a magnificent mountain lion
skin. He was willing t. part with the
ornament, but his price was too high.
Offered him $3.50, but he Indignantly
refused Later, on the same day, after
/ had learned to trade With an Indian,
bought the skin for s1.50.
..The secret Of trading with the In
dian is to appear Indifferent. The most
successful trader is the enc who goes
with a supply Of the same article he IS
most desirous of buying. The Indian
sees that the stranger has had expert
ence, and negotiations are carried on
upon a strictly business basis. An In
dian refused SO for bow and arrow.
It was bought for 81 by man who
carried several bows and arrows in his
hand. This willy individual leased the
supply from a store in order to i'm
press his copper colored friends and
he succeeded.
ssThe Indian said the speaker, tell
ing Of traits of character he has OBJ
served in his red friends, is one Of the
most faithful followers in the world
if he has confidence in you. If he takes
a liking to you, there is nothing you
can ask be will not do. If he dislikes
you, the less you have to do with that
Indian The better" - Rocky Mountain
News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Mercury's year is only SO days, that
Of Venus 225 days and of Mars Gs7
days.
eumulus, or thunder clouds, rarely
rise over two niles. Sc7en miles is
the outside height for any cloud.
The edge OF the moon is so broken
BY peaks, ridges and valleys that the
length Of totally during solar eclipse
is affected by them.
The suns heat raises from the earth
100000 tons Of water minute. To
do the same work artifcially cube Of
coal 200 miles deep, wide and high
would have to be burned every second.
The archaic, wasteful s.beehive'' oven
process Of making charcoal has been
superseded in many parts of Germany
by modern methods which save all the
ammonia, gas, tar and other products
Of the wood.
4 human body contains some Of the
small things Of nature. The blood, for
example, is eolorless liquid in which
little red glebuies are floating. Every
drop Of it contains about a million Of
the globuIes, and they are susceptible
Of division into smaller globules still.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
A Scientific Discovery

Kodol does for the stomach that which
it is unable to do for itself, even when but
slightly disordered or overloaded. Kodol
supplies the natural juices of digestion
and does the work of the stomach, relax
ing the nervous tension, while the inhaned
muscles of that organ are allowed to rest
and heal. Kodol digests what you eat and
enables the stomach and digestive organs
to transform ali food into rich, red blood.
j S Hughson u Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
TEMPTED, He ATE.
A Story Of Heinrich Heine and q
ToothSo1lc Lyons Sausage.

Returning from journey to the
south of France Heinrich Heine met q
friend, q Garman violinist, in Lyons.
who gave him q large sausage that had
DnGl made in Lyons. with the request
to deliver it to & mutual acquaintance
homeopathic physician. in Paris.
Heine promised to attend to the com,
mission and intrusted the delicacy tc
the care CT his wife, who was travel
ing With him. But as the post chaise
was very slow and he soon became
very hungry, on the advice Of his Wife
both tasted of the sausage, which
dwindied with every mile
Arriving at Paris. Heine did not dare
to send The remainder to the physician.
and yet he wished to keep his promise
SO he cut off the thinnest possible
slice with his razor, wrapped it in q
sheet of vellup paper and inc!osed ii
in an envelope with the following.
note:
Dear Doctor-Frona your scientific in
vestigatons we learn that the r1illionth
part of certain substance brings about
the greatest results. / beg. therefore,
your kind acceptance Of the ACCOMPANY
ing n1illicnth part Of a Lyons sausage
which our friend gave ne to deliver to
you. If homeopathy is a truth. then tbs
little piece viii have the same effect on
you as the wEoIe sausage. Your
HEINRICH HEINE.
-Ushcttfs with Physicians and Gil
ents.''
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
Ed 30 GS~a

The Boys Father-Madem, let ne
esk If your daughter knows how to rG2
house-can cook, for example, aEd
nurse the sick, mend clothes and, i'll
fsct, is familiar with all the nultifa:i-
Gus details OF domesticity?
The Girls Misunderstanding rot, Sir!
Why, if she had learned al those
things, her education would have been
neglected.-Judge
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
DeatsyilIe. Ala. January 7.-Tc

DeatsVIIle, Ala, JANUARY To
day Mrs. B. Lane, white woman,
shot and killed a negro named John
Watkins, at the home of Mrs. Lanes
father about mile from this place.
Watkins had entered the house, sup
posedly with the intention of robbery.
Discovered by Mrs. Lane, he fred
upon her, but missed. Mrs. Lane
then emptied both barrels of a shot
gun into the negro's body, killing him
instantly. The dead man was form
er convict.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07

Greenville, January While on a
raid in the upper section Of the coun-
5y, near O'Neall, today,a party of re-
venue officers and State constables cap
tured a mule, buggy and eighteen
gallons of liquor. The driver of the
mule saw the officers in time to make
his escape, leaving the team in the
road.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07

Ben Tillman at Columbus: 81 don t
know how this negro problem will be
solved, but one thing is as absolutely
fixed to me as that tomorrow's sun will
rise, there are not enough long -nosed
Yankees in hell, or out of hell, to keep
the white men of the South from con-
trolling the South.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07

Hon. A. F. Lever announced that
he has appointed Mr.. NJ. E. Zeigler
to be his private secretary. Mr..
ZeigIer is a resident of Orangeburg
and graduate Of Clemson college,
class of 1901. He took prominent
part in the Affairs of the student body
and was editor and contributor to
college publications.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07

A little four-year-old was learning to
say the Lords prayer. She said it
correctly until she came to the part,
/" Forgive us our debts as we forgive
our debtors,'' when she said:
Forgive US our debts as we forgive
our dentists
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-01-07
TOO Rough.

81 wish you had broken the news
more gently" sighed the editor as the
cmce boy pied the first page by drop
ping the form down fight of stairs
Baltimore American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-18
Scarce EggS.

The eggs of some common birds Of
the present day have never been found.
There is the robin snipe; its eggs have
never been seen. An English zoologist
kept man going up and down the
coast of Labrador for weeks purposely
to get robin snipe's egg, but it was in
vain. The bird is known by thousands
Of people, but it breeds so far north
and so remote from any civilization
that no scientific observer can ever get
to its nest ere the young are hatched
and have taken to wing. The frigate
bird that is so commonly seen at sea
OH the Pacific and off the West Indies
is such Il solitary bird and is so seldom
seen in its nest during the hours Of day
light that its egg is rare. 1t seems
strange, but the eggs of so well known
a bird as the sandpiper have never
been found and are almost priceless.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-18

There is always possibility that the
person whom we regard as n proper
object for sympathy may look upon
himself in another light. This interest
ing and instructive surprise often
awaits the well meaning bearer of con-
dolence.
When Mrs. Hastings learned that her
old friend, Mrs. Warren, had become
'stun deef," she went with long face
TO see her.
1T must be an awful cross, Laviny,"
she wrote Oh the slate which Mrs War
ren presented to her as soon as she was
seated.
"'Tain't either!' snapped the atilict-
ed one, who, though deaf, was by no
means dumb. Folks that have got
anything to say can write it on that
slate, and Henry Warren, that's had
to put a curb on his tongue for up
ward O. thirty years on account Of the
high temper he took from his mothers
folks, is now able to say anything he
likes and no feelings hurt. l count my
deafness a real blessing. How's your
rheumatism"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-18

Blanche, dear" said the watchful
aunt to her niece, don't you think that
Fred spends too much money upon
your
do you think so, auntyI"
Indeed do, Blanche. I've been no
ticing, and think he's really extrava-
CANT. You ought TO check him and tell
him TO save his money. You will need
a good deal when you begin housekeep-
ing, and it is far better for him to put
in the bank the money he is now spend
ing on carriage rides and lunchcons
and tickets to this thing and that than
TO be squandering it. Think over the
matter minute or two, dear, and you
will see it as | do"
"Oh, I've thought about it already,
aunty. I'd take your advice if were
absolutely certain that we shall be mar
ried, but I've been engaged before
aunty, and | don't intend to advise Il
young man again to economize for
some other girls benefit"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-18

A good planters wife "befo' de wah"
was teaching Il jet black house girl,
just fourteen and fresh from the plan
tation, the letters of the alphabet.
Betsy had learned the first two, says
HaIpcr's Magazine, but always forgot
the letter &C."
Don't you see with your eyes? Can't
you remember the word see?' said her
mistress.
"Yassum," answered Betsy. But she
could not. Five minutes later Betsy
began again bravely, "A-B"- and
there she stopped.
What do you do with your eyes,
Betsy"
Il sleeps wifi 'em, mis-"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-18
A Serious Case Easily Cured.

The third dose of Thompsons' Barosma
made me feel like new man. Isuifered
about year with pain in the back, side
and groin. My hands, arms, and side of
face became numb would wake up numb
all over; had to get out of bed and 90
through gymnastic exercises to get asleep.
| made up my mind to sell out the
jewelry business, as l lost thirty pounds
OF flesh in one year. am very thankful
took Thom sons Barosma and shall
remain in Titusville. Any person fiicted
as was can call on J. j. Borne, jeweler
20 West Spring street, and learn what
Barosna, Backache, Liver, Kidney and
Lumbago Cure did for me. 1t is a valu-
able remedy. Tie above cure was effect
ed five years ago and have been well
ever since. ]. J. BORNE.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-18
MANS LITTLE TOE.
Scientists Declare That IL Is Doomed
10 an Early End.

10 an Early End.
Eminent scientists assert that the
small toe Of the human foot will be
crowded out Of existence by the end OF
the present century. Such is the view
of chiropodiSts generally and of physi-
clans who have given the matter more
than passing consideration, says the
Philadelphia Press.
Just as, according TO Darwin, the tail
was crowded out of the human bony
skeleton many ages back because il had
10 useful functions TO perform, just as
the vermiform appendix, the only ap-
parent function of which is to necesSi-
tate dangerous and expensive opera
tions, will eventually find no place i'm
human anatomy, so. according TO pres
ent indications the little toe must ulti-
mately disappear altogether.
Whether or not the big toe is all that
is needed in walking and running is n
question which has not yet been salts
factorily answered, but the fact re-
mains that athletic instructors and
coaches have universally striven TO de-
velop the big toe ut the expense of the
others in the training Of fast runners
and football players, and to that end
the shoes have been made so narrow
that any possibility of using the little
toe has been precluded.
Between the modern method of walk
ing and the wearing of tight fitting
shoes the little toe is doomed TO an ear
ly end
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-18

Do you know what city has been
given the name of the City of Three
Kings? 1t is Cologne, in Germany,
and the reason is that it is in Cologne
that the three kings" or "magi," or
wise men" who came to Bethlehem
TO offer gifts to the infant Jesus are
supposed to be buried.
According to an ancient legend, their
bones were brought from Milan to Co.
logne by the Emperor Frederick Bar
barossa in 1l62 and presented to the
archbishop of Cologne.
Visitors to the cathedral are shown
the supposed souls Of the magi, stud
ded with diamonds and inscribed with
the wise mems names in rubies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-18
The RedwOOds.

A remarkable popularity of the red
wood (SeQuola sempervirensJ is its man
ner of increase which is from dormant
buds Mt the base Of the stump as well
as from the seed. When a tree was
blown down or fell, as its period of ex-
istence was reached, several shoots
pushed upward from the circumference
of the stump and, of course, in a circle.
These in time became fully grown, six,
ten or dozen feet in diameter. In aft
er years, as these trees have fallen,
each would have a circle of trees sur
rounding it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1903-02-18

Reading will be Of little use without
conversation and conversation will he
apt 10 run low without reading. Read
ing fills the lamp and conversation
lights it. Reading is the food Of the
mind and conversation the exercise,
and as all things are strengthened by
exercise so is the mind by conversation.
There we shake off the dust and stiff
ness of retired scholastic life. Our
opinions are confirmed or corrected by
the good opinions of others, points are
argued. doubts are resolved, difficulties
cleared directions given and freduent-