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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-05
Broke Into His House

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Chronic Constipation. When DR.. Kings
New Life Pills broke into his house, his
trouble was arrested and now he's entirely
cured. They're guaranteed to cure, 25 cent
at DeLorme's Drug Store.
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When poor servant leaves you the
tears that live i'll an onion should
water your Sorrow:' and timely
rHelp want" adv. should cure 1t al
together.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-05

St. Louis, Mo-, Sept. lo.-A sack
containing one thousaud half dollar
pieces lust removed from the New
Stiles. was stolen from the Lindell
avenue entrance to the Fair last even
ing. & clue to the thieves has been
found.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-05
Many Mothers of a Like Opin.
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Mrs. Pilmer, Of Cordova, Iowa, says:
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this neighborhood think the same as do
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Scranton, Pa, Sept. 28.-Eleven
men were burned this morning by an
explosion of gas in a mine shaft at
Jesup near this city. Three men will
die. All are foreigners.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-10-05
pa FRASER CALLED
Te Be ee-ordinate Secretary of PFesby-
terian Foreign Missions.

aa rlotte, c., Sept. 21.-The
committee OF the Presbyterian church.
appointed for the purpose, met at
Davidson, c., today and selected
Rev NJ. Fraser, ID. D.. pastor OF
the irst Presbytsria an church OF
Stauasei, Ea, coordinate secretary OF
forssgn missions sE6e.zz
Tie aboge announce cement viii stir
up acomnotion among The members
sof Dr. Fraser's church here, bJ whom
She IS reatly beloved, and among the
Presaw gerians OF the Virginia synod
generally who bage 60 own accustomed
TO- relying on lin ID one -cf their
fest, surest and abIeiss leaders.
The feeling Of 1eyt, for and conf
deacs In Dr.. Fraser is BY no means.
however, confined to his own com
munica, but the people OF this com-
Enaunisy generally hold him in the
highest esteem, and would greatly re-
gZet 10 see him resiga his charge IN
SsERSsauuton, should he decide. to enter
the wider field OF co-erli Innate secretary
:sos the foreign missions board which
S:WcrId necessitate his removal to Nash
Yille Tennessee, the headquarters ct
the board. IS
AZ the last meeting OF the Generai
I Assembly Dr.. Egbert Smith OF North
Carolina was chosen to the newly
CREASED position, but not seeing ms
sWaysclear to accept it. be declined and
Dr. iaiey Of she same state was oes-
iguafed By the eemsnia;tee He Ike
wise declined The . sppointnent oa
& DR. Fraser came as NO less a surprise
Ito him 1han TO others, as he had had
mo "a Animation, until yesterday that
sahe committee was considering 81 I'M.
rs OF course has moi isas yet reached
any decision In the ms tier.
Large numbers of persons have
spoken to representa- tive OF this pa
perm reference to tho cab TO Dr.. 8. 10 10.
Fraser to be the coordinate secretary
Of tae Southern Presbyterian foreign
missions board They are unanimous
III expressing the hope hat he wall see
{ his way clear to remain In Virglnla q
and Stanton where hss feels that his
inanence and werk are most valuable
3 30 both state and city. The sentiment
seems universal here regardless OF
chruch affiliations Dl. Fraser holds
q warm place in the hearts OF the peo-
Die here,W Whc know his worth as
nan and rs q minister, and who know
The great loss the Community would
snssain IN his departure Stanton,
Dispatch.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

civilized as we thought we were? Are
we really in the van of the Christian
nations of the world?
There is one compensation, to be
sure, in the fact that brave men have
arisen like Mr.. Folk of ST. Louis, Mr..
Percy Jones in Minneapolis and Mr.
Bristow at Washington to expose this
rottenness. to hound down the men
tainted with it and force them to reck-
on with an outraged public conscience.
There are still left in public life in
America incorruptible and fearless
souls and the majority of citizens have
not become so dull to ethical distinc-
tions that they do not condemn evil
doing and evil-doers when they are
once brought to light.
But before we proceed to toss a great
many stones in the direction of known
and convicted offenders let us recognize
the fact that grating has become a
national vice, creeping insidiously into
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fails to take UP our ticket. seek him
out at the end of our journey and yield
up the bit of pasteboard which, if it
remains in our pockets, is stolen prop
erty? When the waiter at the res
taurant brings us a check which repre-
sents an amount smaller than what we
have actually purchased. how many OF
US will ask him to rectify the error?
If he had overcharged us how quick We
would have been to seek redress.
Thou shalt not steal is our mes
sage to-day. The commandment is as
old as the code of Moses, but how few
to-day obey it in the letter and in the
spirit? Thou shalt not steal another
mans pocketbook. Thou shalt not steal
his thought, the product of hard men
tai labor. Thou shall not steal time
from thy corporation or funds belong
ing to it. Thou shalt not steal from
the people who have honored you with
public OFFICE. THE PARSON.
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and a less artificial state of societS,
in order to behold the picturesque dis
play of uncomfortable and uncontrolled
passion, yet, the artistic beauty and
dramatic sincerity of such manifesto
tiOns is amply testified to among us by
the important development lent them
as aids 10 Oratory and the actors art.
Both at the tribune and on the stage
appropriate gesture furnishes a sort of
running accompaniment TO speech, and
much of their success who thus suit
the action to the word is due to the
persuasive power of this mute auxil-
iary.
Yet modern training is on the whole
too much concerned with mere mus
cular development and too exclusive
ly utilitarian in its tendencies to pay
proper attention to the culture Of this
noble member, hence the finest speci-
mems of grace and suppleness are
chiefly to be found among those ma
tions who have not yet learned to con-
slider material prosperity as the test of
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many children are not denied many
things which do, in reality. do harm2
1t is wrong to give a child every joy
it wishes It is positively injurious to
give a child to eat whatever he asks for.
Every parent must Judge for himself
what the child should be denied and
what he should be granted. No parent
should fail to see the Importance Of re-
fusing even though it means tempo
rary pain for the child or even for the
parent.
Childhood should be the happiest
time of life. A child should suffer no
more pain than is necessary to proper
ly train him for the life which is to
come. He should not be met with de-
NAL at every turn. However, the fact
remains that it is of great importance
that every child should find quite early
in life that his every wish cannot be
granted. Most parents cannot have
nearly everything they desire. To be
happy in life they must learn to fOregO
many pleasures they would like TO en-
Joy. and get into the habit Of enjoying
greatly those things which they do
have. Thus. only. will their lives be
happy. Is il not likely that the child
will also fail to get many things he will
wish to have when he Is older2 Is il
not very important that he should be
trained 10 take, as matter of course,
his failures to secure many things he
asks for? Only thus win he be fitted
to meet life's many disapointments.
Most children Of the present time ex-
pect far more than they should. Their
parents were glad for the wagon made
from an old box, with sDOOls for
wheels. The child to-day is satisfied
with nothing less than automobiles Of
various sizes and cOlOrs. The parent
was glad. perhaps. for a rag doll which
was loved for its hideOusness. The
child of to-day must have a whole
family Of expensive dolls. made as life
like as possible. The parents considered
Themselves fortunate il they we're
given the privilege Of looking at
book, even though not at all suited to
their age. Now the child is given
many books prepared expressly for
children. Is it any wonder that chill
dren expect much more than II is nee
essary or best that they should have?
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CrHE recent uncovering of such
fragrant and far-reaching corrup-
ton on the part of the public Of
i ficials in different places has
shocked the moral sense of the coun-
try. 1t is so distinct and peculiar a
type of wrongdoing that a new term
has had TO be invented to describe it
or at least an old word given a new
meaning. The term grating" has al
ways had an honorable Specification in
genealogical circles and it is too bad
that ii should now have to undergo so
humiliating an experience as is in
volved in its degradation to its present
popular use But far more humiliat-
ing to our national pride is the thing
for which 1t now stands. 1t may well
give pause TO some of our vain boast
ings and induce a mood Of serious in
trospection. Are we after all as highly
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not help seeking to find an explanation
Tor the wonderful things which sur
round him. Yet il is reported on good
authority that some parents have been
heard to exclaim, Stop asking me
questions You will drive me
crazyl" Don't bother me with any
more qUestionsi" "I'H whip you If you
don't stop asking me questionsi" The
parents attitude should rather be
shown by such statements as the fol-
lowing: Il am very glad to have you
ask me proper questions about what
you wish to know. l am busy now, but
this evening / will try TO answer your
questions" Who will doubt the differ
ence in effect upon any child?
In answering a child's questions the
parent should remember that in most
cases, the child is not seeking for the
details OF knowledge. He generally
wants only the main facts. He does not
wan an extended discourse on any
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all kinds of business and fastening its
tcntacles upon many a man supposed
to be thoroughly honest. 1t is not for a
moment to. be thought that the only
grafters in the land are in st. Louis
or in Grand Rapids or in compare
lively narrow set of postoffice employees.
Grating exists openly or under the
nose in every city and town of the land.
For what is grating? 1t is the filching
through channels peculiarly accessible
of the individual funds that belong to
corporation or to people at large.
And here we come across a remarkable
and distressing fact. A man who
would not put his hand into the pocket
Of his neighbor, who would scorn to
enter store at night and rob safe,
will use his connection with a city
government or a great corporation to
enrich himself at the expense of others.
Somehow 1t seems so less culpable to
steal from a soulless corporation or
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

to refuse. The sharp knife. the bottle
of poison, the loaded revolver, would be
denied n child very quickly. However.
too many find it almost impossible TO
refuse many things which the child
should not have, even though they are
not especially harmful.
How hard it is for loving parent to
refuse to give what child cries for or
what it pleads fort 1t gives so much
pleasure TO make the child happy. He
enjoys it so much that 1T is indeed very
hard to refuse where it is possible to
grant the request. Yet the most un-
kind treatment any parent can give is
to grant everything asked for. Such
course means almost certain ruinatiOn-
How many parents do not appreciate
to its fullest extent the truth of this
statement
That every child should be denied
that which viii injure him all must
readily admit. Yet is it not fact that
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from all the people than to steal from,
say, John Jones. 1t is one way Of
eking out a salary which seems too
small. 1t is only a little sin and lots
of other people are doing it all the
time.
All, yes, that is the awful pity of II.
The sin runs through American life.
The drummer brings into the house
big bill for expenses and these may
cover portions of his own wardrobe or
the furnishings of his house. The in
surance agent, Il he can manage to do
it, divides his commission with the man
whose policy he is writing, when he is
well aware of the rule of his company
forbidding such action. 1 have even
known preachers who have the as
surance to go into their pulpits Sunday
morning with messages taken without
credit from another mans writings.
And how about the rank and file of US?
How many of us, when the conductor
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

Y 7 IS perfectly natural for every
healthy child TO ask frequent oues-
dons. Every sense reaches out
after knowledge Before he can
speak he looks his questions. After
he can talk he is always ready to ask
them. The parent who undertakes to
answer all the questions which child
may ask viii have but little time for
anything else. It is, therefore, very
hard to say what it is best for a parent
70 do with reference to the many oues-
fions.
The answer 70 q question IS the be-
ginning Of knowledge. But for the an
swers which q child receives TO his
questions he could make no start in
knowledge. His progress ends when he
can no longer receive answers from
books or from ether sources. That pa
rent whose child does not desire to ask
questions is 70 be pitied. He should con-
suit q doctor in the hope Of discover
ing the cause Of the afiiction. Such a
child IS ia danger Of death from intel
Iectual starvation.
The tendency Of children 10 ask ques-
tious should be made Of great use in
the training OF children It opens the
door to the child's mind and to his
heart as well For this reason, If prop
erly understood, they may prove 10 be
blessings in disguise, not only TO the
child, but 10 the parents as well.
The natural tendency Of the tired
parent is 70 endeaVOr TO repress, or en-
tirely prevent, the child asking ques-
tions. This is very wrong. The effort
which The parent should make is to
train the child 10 ask the right kind OF
questions, and to ask them at the
proper time. The parent who can do
this viii have little trouble from this
source
No parent should fail to remember
that curiosity is most natural to all,
and especially 20 children. Since II is
so, children Should not be criticized for
asking questions. The child finds every
thing fuE Of mystery. II he is gifted
with fhe average intelligence he can
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subject. Therefore most answers to
young children should be very short
and to the point. If parents would but
remember this they would find much
less trouble in answering the many
questions which are sure to come.
Some questions require more time
and thought. They therefore cannot
we'll be answered at the time. This is
especially the case with questions Of
older children. Such questions may be
postponed until more suitable occa-
sion. The important matter is that the
child should feel that he is free to
ask questions about those things which
are of interest to him, but concerning
which he has no sure means of gain
ing information. If he has a way of
finding the answer by reference to cy-
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never have taken shape but for this
interpreter.
But it is above all in it's unframed
spontaneous movements, in the direct
and involuntary expression of strong
and swift emotion, that the hands
truest eloquence lies. Races among
whom the habit of gesticulation has
died out can perhaps hardly appreciate
the full force of meaning to be conveyed
in the graceful and appropriate ges-
lures of a pair Of shapely hands. Just
as an expressive countenance may be
likened to a mirror that reflects the
hidden workings of the soul, so may
every turn, every twist-nay, the mer-
est quiver of the hand-serve-more
definitely and more accurately even
than the most mobile play of feature
as a revelation of each passing mood
each feeting impulse or impression
From the loving caress a light touch
imparts, to the fierce malediction. is
there any shade of feeling so subtle or
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not be frank with their children in this
matter, as in other things?
Again, there are questions which 1t
is not right or best that parents should
answer. Such questions may be passed
over with the statement that they can
not be explained now, or that it is not
necessary for them to understand it
at this time. They may be told that
when the time comes all these things
will be made clear to them.
There are many things which ii is not
safe for child to have. Some would
be injurious, If not fatal. There are
many other things which it is not best
for child to possess. AS his protector.
it is the parents business to see that
the child does not get what is injurious.
These things it is easy for the parent
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hands, now outstretched in eager en-
treaty, now thrown protectingly around
some cherished object, or again silently
wrung in agony or clasped in prayer?
In their dumb show, defiance or scorn,
wonder, horror and remorse are made
visible to us, as it were by so many
flashes cast upon the somber
drama perpetually being enacted
within the narrow limits of our con
ventionalities, every strong outburst OF
natural feeling being so systematically
repressed, that we must needs betake
ourselves to more primitive people,
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clopedia, to some other book or in some
other way, he should be required to
answer his own question.
Many times parents will be asked
questions which they cannot answer.
If such is the case parent should not
hesitate to say, Il do not know, but If
you are anxious to understand l will
look it up and explain it to you later"
Many parents refuse to do this lest
the children think less of them. Is this
not a mistake? Even the child soon
learns that the field of knowledge is
boundless. He soon comes to know
that it is impossible for any person to
know even a small part of what is to
be known. While to some parents the
whole world is field, to others a field
is a world. Why, then, should they
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so intense, that it cannot be rendered
in this mute language, which-unlike
the forms of articulate speech-is not
restricted to any special branch of the
human race, but is equally clear and
to all? Can we mistake
their purport. these convulsive signs of
joy or sorrow, hope or fear-the depre-
catory or disdainful wave, the start of
surprise or nervous tremor of doubt,
the rapid beating together of the palms
in acclamation, the spasmodic clench-
ing of the fist in anger or despair?
Do they not tell their own tale, these
The Opelousas courier., 1904-01-09
A Black Tragedy.

The woman with four children who
had come through from Denver was
nearing Detroit. The porter had hn-
ished brushing them, each q OF them
had demanded attention every htteen
minutes, when the mother turned ana
said:
"You have been very attentive to us
during this trip aud | wish to reward
your
eyes 'um."
"What is your Dame?" she asked, as
she took out a pencil and notebook.
William White, num-"
She wrote for a minute on one OF the
leaves of her book, and then tore 1t. out
and handed it to him with the remark:
"a colored man who is ambitious to
get along will always find friends"
A passenger caught him in the vestl-
bule two minutes later and asked TO see
the paper. 1t read:
Mr.. Pullman - Your man. Willlam
White. has been very attentive TO me
and my children, and | would recon-
mend that you raise his salary and lei
him know that yon fully appreciate his
efforts. MRS. ). 3 =,
It was read aloud to the porter and
then the passenger looked at him. ne
turned a sort of gray and gasped tol
breath, and it was u long minute before
he could calculate: ;,
"Befo' de Lawd! but I dun thought
dat was a fifteen-dollar check on some
bank in Colorado. Hu! Shoe! Well
of all dc deleterious Consciousness ]
| cher did dun meet up wild in all my life
dis captivates de pinnacler-Detroii
Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-01-09
The Rev. Fri r. Hicks 1904 Almanac.

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Cured After Suffering Ten Years.

B. F. Hare, Supt. Miami Cycle Mfg.
CO., Middletown, O., suffered for ten
years with dyspepsia. He spent hum
dreds of dollars for medicine and with
doctors without receiving any perma-
nent benefit. He says: "One night while
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to throw down the evening paper when
| saw an item in the paper regarding
the merits of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
| concluded TO try it, and while | had
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been in years, and | recommend kodo
Dyspepsia Cure to my friends suffering
from stomach trouble"
Opera House Drug Store.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-01-09
Accuracy in Prescriptions.

A broader term than many suppose
Some people imagine it relates only to
chemicals or preparations bearing the
same name as that appearing on the
prescription. This is one step only.
To complete the sense of the term each
Ingredient must be pure-must be ca
pable of exerting the highest medical
effect. We believe in accuracy of this
kind. 1t has given the esteem of the
physicians and the confidence of the
public. Will take good care of your
precription. We don't charge extra for
this carefulness. Accuracy is her".
Opera House Drug Store, A. S. Braud
e. Co, Proprietors.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-01-09
For ale L~eRislaGmre.

We are authorized to announce PEYTON r.
sANDOZ as q candidate for the Legislature at
the Democratic primary to be held January 10,
1904.
We are authorized to announce EZEKIEL
MIXER as q candidate for Representative in
the Lower House of the State Legislature sub
feet to the decision of the Democratic prima-
ries.
We are authorized to announce A. FL. MOU-
TON as q candidate to represent st. Landry in
the State Legislature, subject to a Democratic
nomination.
announce myself as o candidate for the
Legislature from st. Landry, subject to the
action of the Democratic party, and desire to
state tina I stand squarely on the platform of
principles as enunciated by General Leon
Jastremski. j. a. DRuMMoND.
We are authorized to announce Hon. D.. w.
BASS as q candidate to represent st. Landry
in the State Legislature, subject to a Demo-
cratic nomination.
We are authorized to announce DUDLEY l..
GUILBEAU as q candidate for Representative
in the State Legislature, subject to the Demo-
cratic nomination.
We are authorized to announce JOHN nj.
OGE as q candidate for Representative in the
State Legislature, subject to the Democratic
nomination.