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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-11-29

On February st Durants Pharmacy will give away hand
some Gold Watch worth $4,000, it's equivalent be
lected at Folsom's Jewelry Store.
The watch will be awarded the person who guesses
the number Of seed contained in the big pumpkin
exhibition.
disintcrested committee will be appointed the
pumpkin and the seed the day the contest closes
With each five 5 purchase guess is given. Ask
for Pumpkin guess ticket and record guess for each
5 cents you spend.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-11-29
Daily Market Report.

By Private Wire to The Sumter Cot
ton Exchange.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
A Child Phenomenon.

A phenomenal case Of control over ami
mails has been developed in Laporte county.
Indiana, by Edith Decker a child OF 10
years, the daughter OF well-to-do parents
living on a farm few miles southeast OF
Michigan City.
Three years ago Mr.. Decker owned
vicious ram which none OF the farm hands
was able TO control The little girl would
calmly enter the field, place a strap about
his neck and lead him to the barn. A ride
upon his back was a romp which she
greatly enjoyed.
A Shetland pony which was practically
unmanageable she readily brought under
her control and taught TO do many clever
tricks. The cattle and the hogs that pos
itively refused to be driven she led about
as easily as she handled the other farm
animals
She brought TO the house full-grown rab-
bits she had caught single-handed in the
open field. and repeatedly came In with a
meadow lark perched on her hands.
A few days ago she entered the woods
near ber homo. and seeing a blueblrd sit
ting on the lamb OF bush. stepped up 10
the bird and took II in her hands where Il
nestled unrestrained until she saw it to
place IL on a bush an hour later at her
home
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

As The Bee is kindly arranging this en-
tire vacation for me, without any cost
whatever to myself, 1 should expect
most commodous state room, wherein
could open my trunk without backing out
into the hallway. Moonlight four hours
each night. Good books. A few congenial
friends. Upon landing, no customs in
spection nuisance.
should like to visit Ireland To go a
whole day without having to carry an
umbrella, and, leaving it at the hotel, find
that hadn't needed it. (But, perhaps this,
in ireland, is asking too much.)
Then 1 should like to get car and
with certain young "idear' of mine "a
real one, too), who always tramps with
me on my rambles on the shore and by
the sea, go hunting the beauty spots Of
the Emerald isle What a delight! The old
ruins of abbeys and monasteries and cas-
ties, the woods, and the parks, and the
rocks, and the cliffs, and that magnificent
road system, and then have the Gar
vey" protest that l was paying him too
much! Then to Portrush and the swell
hotel, where. of course, tips are taken.
Golf on the finest of links (Which they
are), and a stroll on the coast. At the
hotel l should, Of course, expect to find
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

that the bill was almost reasonable In re-
turn for the accommodations, and to find,
also, to my grief, that the 'boots-bell boy
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES lifter-trunk car
rier-trunk unlifter, and so on, had gone
to a cricket game, just before my time to
leave, instead of being lined UP against
the front railing.
Then I should hope for train that would
run smoothly and take me to Belfast (and
1 would not be disappointed here, for they
have them) in a very short time. Then
a rest-complete, comforting and delight
ful--at Bangor, the ancient and beautiful
watering place. To laze away the days
and weeks watching the changing lights
on the glorious bay, to hear the morning
CALL Fresh Herrn! Fr-r-resh Herrn!
Herr'n alive!" to see the white sails OF
the Royal Ulster Yacht club yawls, sloops
and what not, to dream on the deck of the
"Slieve Bearnaugh" in its tour of the coast
and hear the music of the band playing on
the pier--no will stop right there, for the
last time 1 heard It the band was playing
'Bedelia." 1 wot not II this may strike
The Bee an ideal of a summer trip, but
If not, and The Bee so feel disposed,
should be right merry to try a trip of
some other kind suggested by The Bee and
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
Fails Eleven stories and Lives.

Fails Eleven Stories and Lives.
Failing from the eleventh story of a new
steel framed skyscraper in course of con-
struction at Memphis, Lonnie Stroud, fore
man of the plumbing forces of the Seldom &
Breck Construction company, was hurled
seemingly to sure death, but lives to tell
the tale of most remarkable accident.
Stroud lost his balance and fell through
the elevator shaft. His companions hurried
down, expecting to find a mangled body,
but, instead, Stroud arose to his feet and
exhibited three broken fingers the sum
total of damage
A plank which extended across the bot
tom of the shaft resting on timbers, served
as spring board and undoubtedly saved
Stroud's life, as it broke the force of the
fall.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

severe arraignment he ever heard in
court room. 1T was uttered by Colonel
Robert Ingersoll, who was usually the
soul of good nature" he said I'm case
which aroused his indignation he requested
the jury to study the defendants face.
I mark out in him. he exclaimed. the
meanest man know-a man so mean that
nature wasted her time in making him,
and the dirt of which he is composed would
have been better employed in filling the
grave of some other such man, if such an
other ever lived
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
Colonel Villas and His Hotel.

William f. Villas, former United States
senator from Wisconsin, former postmaster
general and afterwards secretary of the in
terror in the first Cleveland administra-
senator from Wisconsin, former postmaster
ton, lives in Madison, Wis He is a mill
lionaire now. One of his holdings in his
home town is hotel building of an
ancient type of architecture. Madison is
a city of pretensions. In summer it is "A
resort. In winter the legislature holds
sway. On several occasions some of the
other capitalists of the town have agtated
the proposition of erecting a hotel building
comnensurate with the state capitals
pride. Whenever the proposition has been
made Colonel Villas has met it with a
counter proposition to erect a finer building
for hotel purposes. The patronage of the
town is not sufficient to warrant two big
hotels, consequently it has none. Colonel
Villas is master Of the situation and the
old hotel continues to do the business at
the old stand, Colonel Villas being the
beneficiary.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
The AfrIcan "MItten.v

A dusky damsel Of Namqualand Tilted
her swain. a wife out there has a certain
financial value, and in a short time she re-
ceiyed a letter from the youths lawyer
threatening an action for breach OF prom
Use She replied in the following conclusive
terms: "Nebabeep, February 22, 1905. Mr..
C. W. Mallet Sir: To answer just an few
word you on Klaas Cloete words what he
came to Mr.. Mallet for, OF me what can
answer on these words is that the love
what l did had for Klaas Cloete did break
OF my heart from him that is the only
reason I got TO say against Klaas Cloete
and to break the love is God in heaven
and what God done | can't help, so l don't
wants him for an man. / am, yours truly,
(sd) Margaretn AcklIers" When the letter
was read 10 Klaas. adds THE Cape OWL"
he replied, philosophicaly, PLENTY more
nice girls"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
Curious and Romantic Capers of Cupid

for American girls, one OF them an opera
singer who won celebrity at the Royal
opera house in Berlin. Both of these affairs
were gall and wormwood to his father, the
kaiser Even worse, the young man posi-
lively refused to fall in love with the first
royal partner picked out for him. Princess
Thyra of Denmark. The emperor peremp-
torily ordered him to betroth himself to the
girl. mot for the whole German empire"
sturdily replied the youngster BE silent,
sir; it is my royal will. your royal Will
shall not bargain my heart to a woman l
do not love" That ended the Denmark
project
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
Ju.tinahIc mathematical.

Mrs. Mary Callahan OF Cleveland, o.. was
lett widow when Michael Callahan was
crushed under tho wheels OF train. Money
was scarce. and when she rented a little
ramshackle old house on Lake street Mrs.
Miles and Mrs. Simpson went to live with
her 20 help defray the rent
The landlord was a hardhearted man and
when the roof began 90 leak ho did not
heed their requests for repairs Finally
Mrs. Callahan decided 20 do the job herself.
Donning a pair OF overalls and a Jumper
she 0scended a ladder 10 the roof Mrs
Miles passed up the nails and Mrs Simpson
the shingles.
She had nearly finished tho Job when the
neighbors noticed her and a crowd soon
congregated. She refused their proffers Of
aid and delivered herself OF the following
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

is to travel leisurely, under favorable cir
cumstances, with interesting, congenial
companions.
Now, few people are able to charter a
steamer to Alaska pay all expenses and
plan such a delightful trip that they can
beguile three artists and twenty-five men
of science into spending a vacation Of some
six weeks in their company. But the Har-
riman expedition is conspicuous example
of a delightful sort of vacation, and 1t
shall serve to adorn my tale, for in hum
BILE fashion most of us may arrange to do
what we prefer during our vacation.
The aim of q vacation, l take IT, is to
give US rest and recreation, so that we may
return refreshed to our work. OF course
the means which will produce this result
are as various as the tastes of different in
dividuals, but we may put II down as a
safe rule that we shall have a pleasant
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
Gossip and Stories About People of Prominence

member of the state legislature from Man
chester. At that time the legislature used
to meet in midsummer, and one day Sui
loway, wishing 20 speak in opposition to
a bill that was before the house, rose and
addressed the chair in his shirt sleeves
having removed his Prince Albert coat ow-
ing to the great heat. Immediately Sam
Page Of Haverhill rose to point of or
der, that the gentleplan was en- dishabille." ."
Sulloway slowly unfolded himself and said:
Mr. Speaker that is just why l took the
foor-to dish bill" The house laughed
the speaker ruled the point not well taken,
and the tall pine Of the Merrimac" con-
tinued in his effort TO defeat the measure,
in which he was successful
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

As a result of the loss OF wager in
which the stakes consisted of the promise
of her hand in marriage provided the Oko-
Iona base ball team defeated her home
town Miss Beatrice Jamison, daughter OF
Colonel A. J. Jamison. postmaster at Hous-
ton. Miss, finds herself the lawful wife of
Joseph S. Williams, a popular young man OF
Okolona, Miss
The groom met the bride for the first
time when the Houston team played at
Okolona recently. They formed an attach
ment at once which ripened into proposal.
Both are base ball enthusiasts and when
the Okolona team visited Houston Miss
Jamison agreed TO the proposition to wager
herself that Houston would win. Okolona
enjoyed decisive victory and the nuptial
knot was tied after the game
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
Canada'n Premier.

Sir Wilfrd Laurier, premier of Canada, is
frequently referred to as perhaps the great
est statesman in all the British empire,
regarded either as leader os the people,
public speaker or authority on parlia-
mentary usage. Tall, thin and straight
as an arrow. with countenance mild, seri-
GUS and sympathetic and a large we'll
developed brow, indicative of strength of
mind and resourceful of purpose, the
Canadian prime minister, when he rises
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

@IFE is the correspondence OF fac
ulties with environment" This
~ definition, given by one of our
IlLG2Il modern PHILOSOPHERS, is ! think,
sS a very good one. The real pur
pose of a vacation should be to obtain life
more abundant life. To renew or recreate
the organs Of the physical being, TO stimu-
late and inspire the mental and moral fac
ulties, to concentrate and give new power
instead OF dissipatng the energy we already
possess. From this premise 1 conclude that
the place chosen should be so environed as
to give this new full life to body and soul.
Some people vainly imagine they are hav-
ing a great vacation when they resort to
the fashionable watering places and crowd
the overcrowded sitting hotels. l have in
mind a few days spent at Saratoga and
Newport. Standing on the outer rim and
looking into the maddening maze of that
great moving sea of humanity arrayed in
its best clothes fairly made me dizzy with
weariness and exclaimed, What are they
all after anyway" A friend sitting near
answered ostensively. "They are after a
drink of water" but really they are here
TO show their fine clothes. If had known
Mark Twain then as now l should have
said, "Well, what are some people without
their clothes. anyway" Nothing! But
there are people who chose these environ
ments and seem to be happy in them That
is their right and privilege. What a relief.
what blessing that there is room in
Mother Natures spacious realm for all her
weary, world-worn children. There is the
sublimity of the ocean, the grandeur of tho
mountains. the solitude of the forest, the
restfulness of lake and river. the peaceful
quiet of valley of glen ever inviting us to
,,,ttl IT. de-
nothing so magnetic. so inspiring. the
lfe-giving power Of nature.
To her fair works did nature link
The human soul that through me runs.
There is that which appeals to every fac
ulty OF the soul; the exquisite touches of
beauty and harmony revealed to us the
perfection of the Infinite.
My ideal place for a vacation of all that
] have yet tried is the Yosemite valley.
Shut in by the fastness of forest and noun
tain range, with music of the waters as it
falls in sheets of foaming whiteness over
the towering mountain peaks, the ripping
OF the sparkling Merced river, the placid
lake, the sweet-scented air, the long RAM
bles alone or in company with a few con-
genial spirits, the delicious meals at the
quiet little hotel, all afford rest recreation
for body and mind. oh, that was life! oh,
that was peace! In imagination l often
live again in the fullness of these life-giv-
ing environments OF this very Paradise of
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
Freedom known and Unknown.

General Nelson A. Miles says that no in
cident in all his travels impressed him more
than one which befell while he was in ST.
IBERIA. 1T was on the Fourth of July"
said the general, that our party chanced
to be in northern Siberia. The convict life
was very interesting. but little did we think
that these eXlles knew of the holiday of
our great republic. AS we passed along
the cells of the prisoners the bars were
decorated In not few instances with red,
white and blue ribbons. We asked them
If they were acquainted with the history of
the United States of America, and several
of them nodded as much as to say, We
know where freedom reigns, and would we
were there to enjoy its blessed privileges
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
pher.

Miss Moore had worked for the law firm
of which former Governor Stickney is
member, and their marriage is the result of
a romantic wooing. She has recently been
studying music al the Boston conservatory.
Mr.. Stckney is II years old.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

born in Cambridge Mass, where he. still
resides He has wife and two children.
For a leader of great union" says
writer in Harper's Weekly, shea is any
thing but inspiring in appearance or In
followers, who, at his behest, have been
idle for eight weeks. Even the employers
concede to him the possession of a rare
shrewdness and knowledge of human ma
ture. His method is undemonstrative, but
none the less effective, He merely squeezes
his hands into his pockets and ties up an
other industry-the lumbermen or the box
walk out. Then he goes to the federal
court and jousts successfully from the
witness stand with Levy Mayer, the Keen
resourceful attorney for the employers,
who rakes up Sheas police record in Bos-
ton, and with devious questions seeks to
convict him of responsibility for the reign
of violence. Last week Shea wrggled out
of the net, while two of his associates were
held in contempt of court. That night Shea
was carried about the union headquarters
on the shoulders of his followers, and
since then he has been bigger figure than
ever.
Without a trace of the imposing or
even the swashbuckling elements of his
leadership, Shea has nevertheless due
regard for the dramatic value of things.
There is in him a certain glimmering of
that genius to arouse, which has always
swayed masses OF discontented toilers."
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

and profitable time II we plan to do some
thing that we have always wished TO do.
but which we have little opportunity to
enjoy while we engaged in our regular
vocation. There are two pleasant pastimes
which are generally lacking in the daily
program of the busy man or woman
enough out-of-door exercises and enough
intercourse with our friends. 1t usually
happens that when we are not busy at
particular time our friends are, or vice
versa. 1 venture to think that a combina-
ton, in proper proportions of these two
sorts of exercise will make any holiday
memorable. If we have all out-of doors at
our disposal and friends to enjoy it with
u.s. the particular object and the mode of
travel are of secondary Importance; but
whatever we decide upon, camping or
travel, must be carefully planned. DR..
Edward Everett Hale says in regard to
vacation that there is sure to be too little
of it. So you must make sure of all there
is And this requires system" Besides on
the spur of the moment we cannot always
get our friends to play with us.
Some people who are actively busy in
city during the greater part of the year
have a fancy that they yearn for some
region remote from society-some leafy
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

upon the rings the names of those who
buy
He suddenly has sprung into public no
tice by his assertion that he has discovered
q secret that has been concealed from
naturalists and florists for all ages-the Sc
cret OF growing coal black rose. Tapley
declares he has perfected his method and
that he can raise a rose as black as the
ravens wing.
This. he asserts. he does without the use
Of chemicals, He has named his rose the
Mourning rose, and says he expects to sell
the secret for $4,000
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
A MntrimoninI TangIe.

A man IN Texas, arrested for embezzling
the funds entrusted to him by a woman,
has rounded out this department OF crimin-
ology by stealing the complainant's heart
I'm addition, and the two were married in
Jail pending the trial. Justice. however
insisted upon continuing the trial. and the
complainant now wishes that the defendant
had simplihsd matters by stealing her
heart nrst
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

Previous to his marriage tho other day
the German crown prince had shown a will
of his own in affairs of the heart. On two
occasions he gave evidence of infatuation
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
The Teamster Boss.

President Shea of the Transfers union.
Chicago, is a little, rotund person, with
round heavy face, keen gray eye and
rumpled mass of brown hair prematurely
shot with white. To the best of his knowl-
edge, he says, he is 80 years old. and was
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
Quaint Features of Current Life

upon her descent:
IT'S "a wonder a widow woman cannot
put on pair of pants and do little work
around her own house without riot call
going in"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25

tors are placed at frequent intervals.
Bronzes, paintings, statuary. all imported
and worth many millions of dollars, are
scattered throughout the royal dwelling
Benedict Arno1d's Snub.
Lord Crawford, one of the two Britons
taking part in the ocean race for the lials-
er's cup, is one of the most famous of
English yachtsmen, who has carried the
burgee of the Royal yacht squadron into
every corner Of the maritime universe,
spending many months in the scientific ex-
ploration of all the islands of the South
ern Pacific, and the Great-grandson of that
twenty-third earl of Crawford who, on be-
ing introduced by King George III. to the
American General Benedict Arnold, put his
hand behind his back and exclaimed that
he had no intention OF shaking hands with
traitor. OF course, Benedict Arnold chal-
lenged him and a meeting. took place Ar
mold won the first fire and missed the earl
The latter, deeming that he granted the
man sufficient satisfaction, thereupon
walked away.
why don't you fre?" cried Arnold.
"At you?" exclaimed Lord Crawford over
his shoulder No sir leave you to the
hangman." This Lord Crawford. Sy the
by. was one Of the English generals at
the battle of Ticonderoga, where he re-
ceived no less than thirteen bullets through
his coat.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
An India Croesus.

1t is believed that Sayaji Roo, the rajah
of Baroda, is the possessor of wealth equal
If not superior to that of John d. Rookie
feller. He was educated in an English
university and his people are we'll gov
erned. Much of his vast riches is in the
form of precious stones. His wife owns
the most famous diamond necklace in the
world. 1t is worth s12.OOO.O0O and is made
up of 200 stones, each the size of a hazel
nut. She also has a collarette of 800 per-
feet diamonds. none less than twenty
carats In the treasure chamber is a car
pet four square yards in surface, made
up entirely OF ropes OF diamonds. pearls
and rubles. 1t required 100000 worth OF
gems and three years of labor. The long
corridors of the palace are lined with mar
bles and onyx of incalculable value. The
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
Weds His stenographer.

LLIAM w. STICKNEY of Lud-
low, governor of Vermont from
1900 to 1902. was married at East
harrington, N. H., to Miss Sarah
L. Moore, formerly his stenogra-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
An IngersolIian Roast.

TREVOR HILL has
gathered many anecdotes during
sixteen years activity at the
New York bar. He told a good
story the other day of the most
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-25
Perspicacity of a Policeman.

Perspfcnctty of a Policeman.
Mayor Mcclellan is fond of relating this
experience which befel him when a con-
gresham in Washington zone night
when l was walking down Pennsylvania
avenue" said Mr.. Mcclellan, II saw a
big policeman standing on the corner act
ing in a suspicious manner. He held one
hand behind his back, as If he were con-
cealing something. Just for the fun of
the thing 1 approached and asked him.
What have you there?' For an instant
he looked startled and, then, quickly bring
ing his arm around in front of him, said ::
It's an apple; have a bite? No. sir,
said sternly. Don't you know who l amp
Don't know you from a lamppost, sir
We'll, l am Congressman McClellan.i is
that so? Then take half of this apple
l suppose if you were a senator I'd have
to give you the whole of it! 4"