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The Minneapolis journal., 1904-10-19
MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON, Oct 1s-The cotton
market opened steady with prices 2@5 points
lower in response to rather disappointing cables.
Official weather advices did not Indicate as un-
favorable condition as has been expected from
Yesterdays forecast; the only frost being at
Amarillo Or on the extreme northwestern rim
following the. call was moderately active and
frmer with buying by the same parties who
worked up to about 10.11c for January, but
later the bears became more aggressive and
by the end Of the first hour the market was
rather easy at net decline OF 1902 points.
Cotton futures opened steady; October, $3.50;
November, 9.65c; December 9.93c: January,
10 .O3c; February, 10000; March, 10.12c; april,
At midday the market was heavy and net
40l7 points lower. Spot cotton quiet; mddling
uplands 10.30c; middling gulf, 1O.55c.
Cotton, spot, closed quiet; ten points DECLINE; Inc
middling uplands, 10.25c; m1ddling gulf, 10. Soc.
Cotton futures closed steady; October; s:77c;
997c: February. 1Oc; March. 1O.O5c; April.
10.O7c; May, 10.12c; June, 1014c July, 10.16c.
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oH1oAao O. LIVESTOCK, Oct. 1e;-cattle-Re;
SIS. 6.55; POOR to medium, S375@5.75i stock
heifsTs. s2@4so; Gamers. s1.to@a.sl; bulls, s.
@4:25; calves, Ss.5o@e15; Texas fed steers,
Hogs-Receipts, 10000; tomorrow. $4,000; SC
to 10c higher: mixed and butchers. $5@5.45;
s. @o.1o; light. $4.s0@5.S0; bulk of sales, $5
@525. s.-
sloW good to Choice Wethers fer
to choice mixed, $3.25@355; western sheep,
$2.75@4:25; native lambs, $4.60@5.90; western
lambs $35O@D5 80.
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Prices steady; receipts moderate. Quality
9o 'Ps bas sss ss $780, good fes
dium-weight hogs are quotable from $49o to
s5o5; fair to good light and mixed grades from
to f'qsh ssles to choice heavy hogs
s2S ss; II rs e. is 3. 1s'
Underweights and Roughs-4, 17b lbs, $3.50; 8,
soe lbs, $3.50; /, ss5 lbs, $3.50.
Cattle-Receipts rather light. Beef and butch
cutters weak. Bulls about steady. Veais % un-
changed. stockers and feeders generally steady.
Mich COWS cos unchanged Sales: ozo -,
z r. 12s5 g lbs' $276; l. 1o1o lbs, $685. a. e67
IF; 1 +: .s; '2 % 3d. sst
,p s'ssss5 Rsl: atS sss s: rs Ii ibs l]ss s.
ss5S i ss is5 &. S' ST. 10 T. ': SS S'
Stock and Feeding Steers. 1,oeo lbs. So:
7sS ss55: 5bs IS s2SS 4SS H. SiS /.
81 6:t 5: 7SS SSi i6s; zSs i9s $so lD"
!1s 4Sg $11S *; Z 1s5 lbs $780, l. $50 lbs
s1S St2ss iss SD sis5 Feeding Bul' 1,ao lbs 81
md $Hs and sS
shEBP Receipts light. Demand strong an,
trading active on both fat sheep and lambs a
strong prices; A few choice native ewes av
erage 174 sold at So. 80; and lambs brought VI
to $5.1o; feeding sheep and lambs of good quail
ity active and strong to higher. big band o
o. pound western feeding lambs made A.4O lat
yesterday, and western feeding wethers of
good heshy class sold up to $40
| Killing Sheep and Lambs-8 lambs, 1O3 lbs
$5.05; 81 lambs Is lbs. $5; ~ ewes, ia lbs
$s 80; 1So wethers, 50 lbs, sa.4o; "a ewes, II
| lbs, $3.85; 81 ewes. 81 lbs So.
| Stockers and Feeders-94 western ewes e3 lbs
$3.50; 10 ewes. es lbs, 1925.
Among the 81 ippers on the market were
B. ID. McCorquodale Delhi; Kempton L. s. com
Pany, Morton; Franklin L. S. company, Frank
lin; A. Darknow, Fairfax; Arlington L. s
son, 3. Mark L: S. company, Princeton; E. "
Cockett, Elk River; c. Bates, Elmwood, Wis.
Michigan, n. D.; Hall Brothers, Foley;
Hon, a. Strand, O. O.. Beind, Fertile; r. Thomp
son. Twin Valley; G. Gardner, Hammond, Wis.
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THE DAYS REPORTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES


No 2norh
corn 75M@7e1hc; q
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SIOUX CITY LIvEsTo

SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK, Oct. 1e-Receipts
Cattle, 700; hogs, 1900.
Hogs-Big &c higher. Sales: 60, 1913 lbs,
Cattle-Steady. Sales: II beeves, 1,1S0 lbs,
$970; beeves, 1,42o lbs, So; cows and heif-
ers, 800 lbs, $2.20; 10 COWS and heifers $50
lbs, $3.50; 10 cows and heifers. LAO lbs, So;
10 stockers and feeders, 7sO lbs $2.75; stockers
and feeders, 920 lbs. So. .25 10 stockers and feed
ers, ,140 lbs, $500; yearlings, 42O lbs, $220;
70 yearlings. $50 lbs, $3.50; yearlings e1o lbs,
1925.
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Ra1IrOauS entering yarUS fepOEteu HeCe1Pen
for the day BY loads as follows: Chicago Great
Minneapolis & st. Louis, 13; Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha, l6; Great Northern, 23;
500 line, 10; Northern Pacific, A.; total, Is.
Disposition Of stock Tuesday, Oct. 1S:
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CHICAGO PRODUCE, Oct 1s-Butter, firm;
creameries 14@2ohc; dairies., 15@17c: Eggs,
firm; at mark ,s;as cases ,d included, 1eh@1sAc;
Young Americas, ,n@@ lS@}lSKe fe99ultry, aliye:
Springs, ioe. Potatoes easy Wisconsin or Mn
nesota red or white 3s@35c; Michigan. 32@4oss::
Veal; steady; so to 6o-ib m weights, , -S@5ac; % 65
7@8c.
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GENERAL PRODUCE

Produce Exchange, corrected up to 12 M,
Wednesday, Oct. ie.-Butter, Arm. Eggs,
firm. Poultry, steady. Veal, steady.
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NEW YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, Oct 10
Sugar, raw. steady; fair refining, 3Ac; cen.
trifugal, 90 test. 4Ac; molasses sugar, 3hc;
refined, quiet; crushed. 5.65c; powdered, 5.05c;
Sic. Moiasses, steady; New Orleans 31@37c
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'otal sales, 1884, 400.

BOSTON MINING STOCKS, Boston, Oct. 1s.-
Closing quotations. yesterdays market: Adven.
ture, h@3N; Allouez, 121k @13; Arcadian,
sesssr hSS' ssS$s$S
minion Steel, 14A @i5A; Eim River, ~ GA
anfn ohsx asss 5asa a7s1asi MssRsss sagssk 7G Sc
Colony. 1917 bid; Osceoia sSA bid; Parrott
Rhode Island, 1@1A; Santa Fe, lA@2; Shan
9ip f1lRs! FSs%RssS ih$i SHfs Cope Gs
25A; United States oil, 112@112N; Utah, Il Z
%%% xictSsa S 9s% W1ddopa asssd
LONDON CLOSING STOCKS, Oct 1e.-con
sos for e09s for ss
Rsltiners oho e5N; tneSa sanadiaa RfSasrtea pa
Great Western, 2oA; Chicago Milwaukee
De Rio Denver Ri
s4N Erie, a7M Erie first preferred. 73A
1881; Louisville Nashville, 1a9h Missouri
Kansas ans WITS & Texas q soA New York Central
ern preferred, q; Ontario & Western. s71s
ssN; Reading. first preferred. AZ; % Readin
second preferred. 41A; Southern Railway, s5X
sas faTsg nSn noh 5Sne1R Pae
United States = steel. preferred, s4h: WABASH
PIN; Wabash preferred, A5%; Spanish fours
Bar silver quiet, 2e%d per ounce.
The rate Of discount in the open market 70
short bills is ~ @2st per cent: The rate Q
1
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NEW YORK PRODUCE, Oct 19.-Butter,
steady, unchanged; receipts, 1893: Cheese,
steady; unchanged; receipts, 4,905. Eggs,
steady, unchanged; receipts. 8, ,223
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CHICAGO COARSE GRAIN AND SEEDS. Oct.
.19-Rye October, 7sc; December, Zee; May.
Sic. Flax, cash, northwest $1.1s; southwest,
fill: December, $1.13A. Timothy: October,
81 60; January, $2.70; March, 81. 80. Glover, Oc-
tober, $12.2 Barley, cash, 36A @51c.
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CHICAGO GRAIN
ADVANCE OF A CENT IN PRICE OF DE0Ek
BER WHEAT AT THE OPENING.

DEN W8aGA4 al O6GtNAN0'
Chicago, Oct 19-An advance Of more than
cent occurred in the price Of December wheat
here today as tile result of an active commission
hoss senh a ss ss
the principal factors that started the urgent
ssa ba At ns os tome o sSn
some effect. Initial quotations OH December were
V Wsv Gssnsa sssss d tt s to o@s1 S1t$ Il
became SO 5.Eg pressing that st
l. % q sSd na1 to 1s
Duluth and Chicago reported receipts Of IT'S cars.
against 7s1 cars last week and e7s cars year
Fresh reports from the southwest Of damage
by Hessian flies caused renewed buying later In
TIM session As result the market again os
bulge there was more or less profit taking for
Strong, with December up ihc, at si;16H q
1S oass Nay was up 4sa sflsa St 2o No.
red, $1.13@1.1s; No. 2 hard, s1.13@1.16; No. 8
hard os@12:, No. northern 1;a s11s@11S; !; 9;
4 ss
Sen Was sass spF6 6y
as ss9f ne in So aso
had considerable effect on trading in the corn
| market. December opened unchanged to &c
higher ut 4s1sc to 48Hc, and sold up to 49c.
Local receipts were 90 cars with Of contract
grade.
! The market gained further strength in ysm-
pathy with the advance in wheat, the December
to mhs CLOSE Dp an
| cent.
Dash corn No. 2, 52X @5oc; No. 8, b2A@
| 52Ac.
Close-Corn. October, SIC; December, 4ehc;
May, 45N @45Ac: July, 45c 80 *T4s.
| Oats were firm as result of a good demand
| from cereal interests. Strength of other grains
| also helped to support prices. December opened
Nc higher at 2Shc. advanced to 2SAc. Local
| receipts were 116 cars. .,z,"..
Cash oats-No. 2 2s3ac; No. g. 2ec.
May, 31Ac. 7 -.
The following was the range Of prices:
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PUTS AND CALLS.
2:B0 o'clock. report:
Puts-December wheat. $1.16M.
Calls-December wheat, 81 .21.
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BEEF SELLS OFF,
But HOGS HOLD
CATTLE TONE A LITTLE WEAKER
ALL AROUND.
Gamers and Cutters Weak-Bee and
Butcher Stuff in Easier Tone-Not
Much Pork in the Pens, and Quality
About the Same as Tuesday-Fat
Sheep and Lambs in Good Demand.

South st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 19.-Estlmated
receipts at the union stockyards today Catt1e'
$50; calves, rs; hogs, 1900; sheep, GOO cars, To-
The following table shows the receipts from
Jan. /, 1904, to date, as compared with the
same period in 1908:
Year Cattle Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars:
1904 2262O3 3O,932 66O,214 543,466 19,076
1908 1S9 334 81, OLA 523, ,292 489, ,616 II, 33S
Inc -. 36969 ...... 136,922 $3.50 2,63S
Dec .......... 6,0S2 1855. ....... ......
The following table shows the receipts thus iar
in October, as compared with the same perlod
in 1908:
Year. Cattle, Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars.
1904 .AS73 2AO 36,80O 127, ,281 2,817
1903 ...1So, 1884 81 OLA 623, ,2O2 4S9, ,616 II ,33s
Inc .....11,159 633 12,453 ....... S54
Dec ........ io'oao ~.
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a1es. Shares High Low Bid. Bid
est. est. lOct 10 Oct. 1S
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SOUTH OMAHA LIVESTOCK Oct. 1e.-Cat-
tle-Receipts, $500; market strong to 1Oc lower
native steers, $425@s:35; cows and heifers
Hogs-Receipts, $500; market sc higher; light,
$5@b. 10; pigs, $4.25@475; bulk of sales, $4.97a
@5.O21a. -
Sheeo-Receipts, 1900: market strong to 1oc
higher; sheep $2.5O@3.75: lambs, s4.6o@5.25.
ST. LOUIS LIVESTOCK, Oct 1s.-Cattle-
Receipts, $500, including 900 Texans; market
steady; b beef steers, $3.75@6.5o; cows and heif-
Hogs-Receipts.. $500; market steady to
strong; pigs and an lights 81 5o@5.15; butchers and
Shecp-Receipts. 1,5OO: market steady: ma
tives. $3.5O@3.75; lambs $4.25@5. 60.
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WINNIPEG GRAIN, Oct. 1e.-The market was
strong and active. Opening: October 97lac;
@ December, 94Mc; Nay, e9Ac. Close: October,
northern. esNc; No. 2 northern, 95Ac; No. s
northern. 911aci No. 4, S3c; No. l feed, csc:
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LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Oct. 19.-Wheat, spot,
nominal; futures, quiet; December, Is Old;
March, Is 6hd. Corn, spot American mixed,
steady. As 3d. futures, quiet; December, As
6Ad; January, 4s 3d..
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KANSAS CITY LIvEsToCK, Oct. l9-Cattle
L,Reeeipts. 1000, Including 500 southerns;
and heifers, $15o@4 so; calves. $2.5O@6.
Hogs-Receipts. 5000. market steady; bulk OF
sSheep-Receipts, 5000; market steady; NUT.
tons, $3.25@3.S0; lambs, $4.25@5.5O.
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Minnesota Trans
fer. st. Paul, Oct. 19.-Barrett & Zimmerman
report that practically sales were made to.
day: Values: Drafters extra, $50 to s215
mon to good, 1925 to $3.50; farm mares. extra
$135 to $155; farm mares, choice. $12O to $135
farm mares common to good, $s5 to $12O
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-04
Which Was His Wifea

A certain Turk according to rumor.
was once married to q veiled lady IN
white in the presence Of the sultan. As
soon as the ceremony was concluded
the bride mysteriously disappeared.
The groom was led into an adjoining
room. where stood twelve ladies all
dressed in white, but without wells.
Choose from the twelve" exclaimed
the sovereign, "her that is your bride"
AS the man had never seen her face the
command bewildered him. "If you
make a mistake" added his majesty.
'your life shall pay the forfeit" The
poor man walked up and down the TOW
CT beauties, but saw nothing whatever
to aid his choice. "You have only
minute left" yelled the sultan in anger;
'choose at once" Ten Of the ladies, he
noticed, gave him nothing else than
stony stare. One Of them frowned, the
other smiled. 1.-The frowning one," he
thought, rs my bride, for she express
es her displeasure and irapatience at
my ignorance. NO." he said to him
self, "it must be the smiling one, for
she desires to invite me to her." After
debating the subject in his mind until
his time was up he boldly made a Sc
lection from the two. He was success
full. He had regained his bride. Which
was she, the one who frowned or the
one who smiled?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-04
The Vault of St. Michan's.

The most interesting place Of pilgrim
age in Dublin is ST. Michan's church.
where the organ is still to be seen upon
which Handel is said to have composed
his Messiah" In the graveyard is the.
last resting place Of Robert Emmet.
and. the vault Of st. Michan's provides
"a. more grewsome thrill than the
morgue. The sexton lifts an iron door
and descends few rude steps, carry
ing a light, without which the place
would be pitch dark, You follow and.
find yourself in a narrow passage, from
which cell-like recesses belonging to
different families branch of. Whether
it is owing to the extreme dryness OF
the surroundings or to some mysterious
property of the place, the process of de-
cay has been arrested, and the features
of persons dead for two centuries may
be recognized from authentic portraits
Perhaps the strangest thing about the
vault is the fact that, apart from the
weird sensation. there is nothing ofen-
sive in the surroundings.-London Tat
Ter.
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the FARMING OUTLOOK.
An 0bservant Correspondent Writes of
Present Conditions and Future
Prospects.

Hagood, May .1.-You are right,
Mr.. Editor, when you commend the
thrift Of Sumter county. In a short
trip through the country the other
day was struck, much pleased by the
thorough preparation of the soil, and
the condition of the crops such as are
up. The oats we're the best [ have
seen in years, that is more advnced,
and the corn looked promising.
Twelve cent cotton has walked up a lot
of people so that there are not few
who not simply want but expect bale
or more cotton per acre. Your cor
respondent was mistaken about the
amount of fertilizer that is being used,
for upon investigation he begins to
realize that more has been consumed
than ever before in all the history of
the country. Many people have plant
ed with view of early harvesting OF
cotton because they expect large
crop, and speedy decline in the price
of cotton. In consequence there is
great complaint about the stands, cot
ton being planted early and having
passed through all the recent cold.
Because of this seed have become
scarce, in some places unobtainable.
Here begins the curtailment OF. the
crop. Now for a bit, not Of Scripture,
but what is as true: "Man proposes,
but God disposes, and "There is q
Divinity that shapes our ends rough,
hew them as we may" That is good
as gospel. Mind, am not saying that
we are going to have short crop OF
cotton but it is all in the hands OF
the Dord, and foz one whether or no
it crosses my purposes, I am glad it is
so. But about this curtailment; it is
being brought about in various ways,
and that in spite of the farmer. For
instance the labor problem, both in
cultivation and gathering of crops,
has become an item for serious con-
sideration. 1t is fact that it is no
1onge as plentiful or satisfactory as IN
the past. The boil weevil next comes
in for consideration. heard it stated
last fall. hope the party was mis-
taken, that it had made it's appearance
in our own county. Then the seasons
of late years seem no longer what
they have been. But there is no rea-
son why we should worry over these
matters, that doing no good. Let
each cast his own plans then hew to
the line, letting the chips fall where
they may.
4 Finally, I have known since my first
acquaintance with this country that
there was no reason why Sumter
county should not grow as fine, and
even finer, crops than Marion and
Marlboro. Hagood.
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some Red saunders Philosophy

Some Red Saunders Philosorhy.
s.Of all the worlds I ever broke into
this ones the most curious" said Red
Saunders. 'and one Of the curiousest
things in it is that l think it's queer.
Why should l. now? What puts 1t in
10 our heads that affairs ought to go so
and so when they never do anything
Of the sort? Take any book you read
or any story a man tells you. 1t runs
along about how Mr.. Smith made up
his mind to do this or that and pro-
ceeded to do it. And that never hap
pened. What Mr. Smith calls making
up his mind is, when you come down
to bed rock. nothing more nor less than
what Mr. Smith pleasantly calls his
mind lodging to cover under pressure
of circumstances That's straight Ol6
Lady Luck comes for Mr.. Smiths mind.
swinging both hands. She gives it a
stem winder on the ear. lams it for
keeps OF the smeller. chugs it one in
the short ribs. drives right and left in
to its stummick. and Mr.. Smiths mind
breaks for cover: then Mr.. SMITH tells
his wife that he's made up his mini
he. mind you: Wouldn't that stun
you uy'-McClure's.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-04
THE USE OF IRON.
gfs Eject In the Industrial World as
Barometer of Trade.

gts Eject In the Industrial World as
Barometer of Trade.
There is an old industrial tradition
that the iron market is the barometer
Of trade" This saying has been as
cribed to many modern authorities.
ranging from Jay Gould to Andrew
Carnegie. AS matter Of fact. it is
much older than any oracle Of this cen
fury or the last. 1t had its origin in
the earliest days Of the period when
iron manufacture and the use Of credit
were simultaneously rising to impor-
tance. The basis for the tradition is
that the use Of iron and Of its products
is essential for the prosecution Of vir-
tually all other industries. Before the
output Of miscellaneous manufactures
in community can be much enlarged
the industries concerned must be equip
ped with new tools and new machinery.
Before a railroad system can be pre-.
pared to transport a greatly increased
traffic it must have new rails. new
bridges, new stations. new cars and
new locomotives. In these days Of the
steel and iron Office building 'boom"
in the building trade cannot go far
without increasing enormously the de-
mand for structural iron. Even in the
agricultural industry it may be said
that expansion and prosperity involve
necessarily largely increased demand
for farm machinery. Since the use of
such additional equipment must pre-
cede any increase in the business OF
these other trades it naturally follows,
first. that demand in the iron market
will be felt aggressively even before the
other industries have shown full meas.
ure Of activity. and. second. that il
such other industries foresee q period
Of slack demand and idle mills the first
thing they will do will be to reduce
their orders from the iron and steel
mills.-Alexander D. Moves in Forum.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-04
Ene1ishmomen OF Rank.

"If you come across q very shabby
looking Englishweman on the con-
tinent," said Travelled American, ''ip
nine cases out Of ten she will turn out
to be somebody Of rank. When l was
in Florence, was a great frequenter
of the Ufzzi galleries and there l met
a number of times an oldish English
woman with a young girl, whom /
took to be, goyerness and pupil, as the
former was evidently educating Sac
latters taste for art and would anGlEze'
the styles Of the different artists anG
make the girl pick out their pictures
through her knowledge Of technique
It was cleverly done, and as the older
woman saw that / was interested iri
her art lectures she kindly lneludedi
me in the curriculum. The girl wasi
shy and stiff, like most 0f her young
ccuntrywomen, and I never heard her.
call her companion by any name. so
still retained my first impression until
one day when a smart young person.
who was evidently q .lady's maid.
brought in some wraps and addressed
the older woman as your grace ana
the younger one rs your ladyship,' the
two proving to be tie Duchess Of -
and Lady Emily, her granddaughter. "
Philadelphia Ledger.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-04
Ancient Cooking School.

We Of the twentieth century are In
clined to think Of cooking schools as'i,e-
longing exclusively to our day and gen
Grafton. Therefore it may be news to
many people that as long ago as fae
reign. of good Queen Anne Mr.. Kid
dee had a school Of cookery in Queen
street. Cheapside. and another in Hol-
born. Here is his advertisement-tlle
original is on good paper, with neatly
engraved border:
TO All Young Ladies:
At Edward Kiddee's pastry school. at
Little Lincoln's Inn Fields. are taught
all kinds Of pastry and cookery, Dutch
hollow works and butter works on Thurs
days, Fridays and Saturdays. in the aft
ernoon, and on the same days in tie
morning az his school in Norris street, St
James, Haymarket, and at his school at
St. Martins lie Grand on Mondays. Tues
days and Wednesdays, in the afternoons
What Dutch hollow works may be
none Of the cooking schools Of today
seems to knew. but they sound good.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-04
DIED WITH HIS BOOTS ON.
John r. KeeIs Falls at Hand of
S. IA. Youmans in Front Of
Manning Court House.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Manning, May 2.-S. M. Youmans,
magistrate at Manning, shot and in
stantly killed John R. Keels, lawyer,
lately from Sumter, this afternoon.
The shooting occurred under the
court house portico while Judge Purdy
was holding court upstairs.
Five balls entered Keels' chest just
below the throat and four went
through the body, Keels falling under
the caves while the rain was dripping
off the court house. The difficulty was
not unexpected as the parties had
trouble 80 days ago about a mule.
Keels was known to be desperate
man and Youmans was equally as
dangerous when aroused.
Several witnesses saw the killing,
among them Clerk of Court Timmons,
who saw Keels strike at Youmans and
then Youmans commenced firing.
Youmans Immediately walked into the
sherif's Office and surrendered and is
in Jail.
The coroner died yesterday and the
inquest is being held by Magistrates
Richburg and Bateman.
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The Fierce Caterpillar.

A more harmless. inoffensive creature
Goes not crawl than the common gar.
den caterpillar. yet this small worm
will put up an appearance so fierce
upon occasion as to frighten its enc
mics away. Soft and pulpy. With no
defensive or offensive weapons. this
destroyer Of cabbages and lettuces will
bluff itself into .veritable armored
cruiser and frighten many more for
midable Insects into ungovernable
fight. Its method Of procedure is like
this: immediately anything approaches.
The slow moving. fat caterpillar raises
its hairy body. wags formidable look
ing head and looks the essence Of
strength and defiance. so much so that
It requires bird Of particularly val
liant disposition to attack it.-Chicago
Record-Herald.