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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28

have been sorely afraid, much troubled
for Egypt and all he loved therein
But he went with the multitude pas
s;yely, even contentedly. He did not
speculate how his God would fight for
him. His faith was perfect
AS for lis presence with Israel, no
one hee, i him. Sometimes it came
his way to be helpful. An old man lost
his feet and, becoming panic stricken,
was soothed only when the young
Egyptian put strong arm about him
and held him till bis feet touched earth
again. Children became heavy in the
arms Of parents, and the little Hebrews
had no fear Of the young man who car
ried them awhile instead.
In the early hours Of the morning,
having become so accustomed to the
roar Of the wind and the sound OF the
moving multitude, Kenkenes ceased to
be conscious Of it. Other sounds, which
hours before would have failed to reach
his ears, became distinct The crying
of tired children reached him, and he
detected even snatches Of talk among
the ranks some distance away from
him. Thus q clalnor Of noise, second
.ary In force, grew about him. Above
it all at last came a sound that would
have made him halt If he could
He tried to think it one Of the many
voices Of the storm, but the second
time he heard it he knew what 1t was.
Far to the rear a trumpet call, beau
tifui and spirited, rose upon the air.
The Egyptian army was in pursuit!
Israel heard It and, crying aloud in
it's terror. swept forward as if the
trumpet call had commanded it Ken
kenes felt quickening Of pulse, a mo-
mentary tcemor, but no more.
He BECAME conscious finally OF
warmth penetrating his sandals. He
knew that he had been struggling up
slope for a long time, and now ne
realized that>he was again on the dry,
sun heated sand Of the desert. The
multitude ceased to crowd, the pres
sure about him diminished, sthe ranks
began to widen to his left and right,
the leaders halted together, and, though
there was still much movement among
the body and rear Of the host, peo-
pie turned to lock upon their neigh
bors.
The overhanging cloud parted from
the eastern horizon, leaving strip OF
sky softly lighted by the coming
morn. Without any preliminary dimi-
mutton Of its force, the wind failed en-
tirely.
Kenkenes, with many others, looked
Nback and saw that the pillar, 1lu-
minated, but no longer Illuminating,
had halted above a solitary figure OF
seemingly superhuman stature in the
morning gray standing on an emf
nence overlooking the sea,
The arm was uplifted and out
stretched, tense and motionless.
From his superior height Kenkenes
saw over the heads Of the immense
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
The World Drying Up.

From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
We are TO die of thirst. Compare
lively few persons know the sufferings
involved in a thirst for Which there is
no help at hand. The consuming
thirst, more than the pain OF any
wound. makes the battlefield he'll.
Yet death by thirst is the doom fore
cast for the race by grim scientists.
Geologists find that the fresh water
supply of the globe is afiling. They
have data which point to the gradual
withdrawal OF the streams and otheT
bodies Of water from the surface.
Both in Africa and Central Asia
and, indeed, in all the great levels,
the water beds are drying up. A great
number Of lakes, we'll known in the
historical age, have entirely disap-
peared. For example. Lake Chiroua,
in Africa. has vanished within the
past 20 years. as has also Lake Ngaml'
discovered by Livingstone. Lake
Tchad is more than half dried up.
For centuries bodies Of water in Cen
trail Asia have been evaporating and
the deserts extending. Where 2,ooo
years ago great cities stood in East
Turkestan. there are found only vast
and depressing stretches Of sand. The
River Tarim, once principal Aslatic
route. is almost gone, and Lob-Nor,
formerly four times the area OF Lake
Geneva, is now bur a shallow marsh.
The same sad conditions are noted IN
European Russia. Novgorod. the most
pushing city in the Cars distracted
realm. was surrounded by water IN
theMiddue Ages. While we may pc
sure that the fate which, the geolos-
lists suggest for humanity is very far
away. the facts recited to snow the
driving up process are convincing
proofs of the need of preserving our
forests with more care.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28

concourse two lines Of foam riding like
the wind across the sea bed toward
each other. Between them was great
body OF plunging horses, overhead g
forest Of futtering banners, and faint
from the commotion came shouts and
wild notes Of trumpets. Then the two
lines Of foam smote against each other
with a fearful rush and a muft1ed re-
port like the cannonading Of surf. a
mountain of water pitched high into
the air and collapsed in a vast froth,
which spread abroad over the ehurn-
ing, wallowing sea. The falling wind
dashed sheet Of spray over the silent
host on the eastern shore. Sharp
against the white foam dark objects
and masses sank, arose and sank
again.
At that moment the sun thrust g
broad shaft Of light between the horizon
and the lifted cloud.
It discovered only the sea, raving and
stormy, and afar to the west a misty.
vacant, nfeless line Of shore.
"And the waters returned and COW
cred the chariots and the horsemen
and all the host Of the Pharaoh that
came into the sea after them. There
remained not so much as one Of them. !"
So perished Har-hat and the flower
Of the Egyptian army.
fro BE Continued
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
CANAL woRKNIEN LAID OFF.
Lack Of Funds Checking. Constrnc
ton of Big Ditch.

Panama, Aug. 23.-Lack of funds
is checking canal work. Four thou
sand men have been laid off on the
new line of the Panama Railroad, and
it is stated that the department OF
municipal engineers has been order
ed to lay off 1000 more. A reduction
Of the clerical force is also looked for.
The excavation for August will show
a big increase over July.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28

.Those who have stomach trouble
no matter how slight, should give
every possible help to the digestive
organs. so that the food may be d.
gested with the least effort. Inls may
be done by taking something tnae
contains natural digestive properties
something like Kodol for lndlses-
ton and dyspepsia Kodol is a
perparatson of vegetable acids and con-
ra,ns the very same juices found in a
healthy stomach. 1t digests what you
eat. Sold by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28

Commander Robert E. Peary mas
purchased Of her Damariscotta OWL
ers the ancient pinkey schooner Mary
and will have her restored in an Ell
fort to perpetuate this vanishing style
of craft. She is the second oldest mer-
chant vessel under the American hag'
having been built at portsmouth III
1911.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
.eet a free sample of Or. sho ,p'

sect a free sample Of Or. Shops
Health Coffee at our store. II real
coffee disturbs your stomach, your
heart or kidneys, then try his clever
coffee imitation. DR.. Snoop has
closely matched old Java snd Mocha
coffee in fl; yor and taste, yet 1t has
not sing1e grain Of real coffee in it.
DR.. shoop's Health Coffee imitation is
made fror1 pure toasted grains or
cereals, with malt, nuts, etc. Made in
a minute. No tedious wait. You
will surely like it. Sold by Levy &
Moses.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
"Reo1,Iar as the SIN"

is an expression as old as the race.
No doubt the rising and setting Of the
sun is the most regular performance
in the universe. unless it is the action
Of the liver and bowels when regulated
18th DR.. kings New Life Pills. Guar
aateed by Sibert, Druggist. 25c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
WARNING.

.If you have kidney and bladder
trouble and do not use Foley's Kidney
Cure, you will have only yourself to
blame for results, as it positively cures
all forms Of kidney and bladder dis
eases. Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
For am Impaired Appetite.

*To improve the appetite anu
strengthen the digestion try few doses
of Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Mr. ]. H. Seitz, OF Detroit
Mich, says: They restored my ap-
petite wien impaired, relieved me OF
a bloated feeling and caused pleas
ant and satisfactory movement OF the
bowels Price, rs cents. Samples
free. DeLorme's Pharmacy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
4E,erybody Should Know"

saws c. G. Hays. a prominent busi-
ness man of Bluff, Mo-. that Buck
lens Arnica Salve is the quickest ana
snrest healing salve ever applied TO
q sore. burn or wound, or to a case
Of piles. I've used it and know "na'
I'm talking about" Guaranteed oy 81
herts Drug store, Druggists. 25c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28

*Don't a-cept cough cure that
you may II told is just as good a.
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup, be
cause it iss4't just as good-tnere Is
quite a difference. Kennedy's Laxa-
tive Cough Syrup acts gently upon TIE
bowels and clears the whole system
Of coughs and colds. 1t promptly re-
lieves inflammation Of the throat ana
allays irritation. Sold by all drug
giStS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28

The city council of Anderson is go
ing to pass a curfew ordinance. All
BOYS under the age of II years are
to be kept off the streets after 10 p.
M
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28

Miss Flora Mcintyre, sophomore, in
Berkeley university, California. pays
her board and tuition fees by the sale
of queen bees she raises.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
WESTERN UNION WON IN 1888.
But the Telegraph business Was
Crippled for Days.

Crippled for Days.
New York, Aug. 17.-While the
conditions in the telegraph business
have greatly changed since the last
great strike Of operators, the cause
leading to- the troubles which now eX-
ist are, in the main, the same as those
which precipitated the walk-out
which took place just after noon July
10, 1888, on orders Of John Campbell,
master workman Of the Brotherhood
of Telegraphers, affiliated with the
Knights Of Labor. The next day the
linemen struck.
Campball's order to strike followed
weeks of treating with the companies.
There were several small companies
beside the Western Union then doing
business in New York and. the east,
in which recognition Of the union, ex-
ira compensation for Sunday work,
eight hours work for day men and
seven for night workers, and Is
per cent increase in wages were de-
manded.
For these demands 5000 operators,
according to the figures given to a
senate investigating committee by
Campbell struck, and a great majori-
ty remained out until August II, when
the leaders Of the brotherhood advis-
ed the operators that it was useless
to continue the strike, and that all
who wished should apply for their
old positions at once. This decision
| was precipitated by heavy desertions
from the ranks in the preceding days,
when it became apparent that the
| Western Union had won and that
those who would get their places back
must apply while there were any po-
sitions left.
For many days during that strike
the telegraph businesses the country
was badly crippled. The Western Tn
ion closed every branch Office in the
city except those in the stock and
produce exchanges, the Fifth Avenue
Hotel and one in Harlem, and the
money order business was suspended.
| Other cities had similar troubles,
while smaller places where the ope-
rators ard managers were non-union
| and refused to quit were closed be-
cause the men were sent into New
| York and other important centers 70
work wires. Commercial interests for
a while suffered severely. The COM
merciai exchanges to a large extent
| sympathizing with the men, used
| every effort to secure che arbitration
Of the troubles. Throughout the
Western Union company refused to
arbitrate.
For several days after July 1s the
company had difficulty in handling
business, but it gradually recruited a
force of operators until the service
was rapidly assuming its normal state
when the brotherhood leaders saw the
futility Of further efforts and sent
their followers back to work. OF those
| who went on strike many were re-
i fused Unemployment and those who
were taken back were compelled TO
sign a promise not TO engage in fur
ther strikes. Most Of the leaders were
among those who were forced to
seek employment with private enter
prises.
Master workman Campbell, in ex-
planning the defeat of the operators
and linelnen, said it was not through
lack of money, but because the West
ern Union had the greater staying
power.
|
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
Indigestion.

Stomach trouble is but symptom of. and mob
IN itself q true disease. We think Of Dyspepsia.
Heartburn, and Indigestion as real diseases. yet
they are symptoms oply OF a certain speciaH
Nerve sickness-nothing else.
It was this fact that first correctly led Dr.. Shoop
in the creation of that now very popular Stomach
Remedy-Dr Shops Restorative Going direef
to the stomach nerves. alone brought that success
out that original and highly vital principle. no
such lasting accomplishments were ever to be had,
For stomach distress. bloating. binousnesS bad
Restorative-Tablets or tquid-and see for your.
self what it can and win d.. We sell and choee.
fully recommend
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28

.Dewitt's, Little Early Risers don't
sicken or grippe. Small pills, easy to
take. Sold by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
Weak
Hearts

Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine ofevesy
one hundred people who have heart trouha
can remember when it was simple indiges.
ton. It is scientific fact that all cases cf
heart disease, not organic, are not onlT
traceableto, but are the direct result Of inds-
aestion. All food taken into the stomach
which fails Of perfect digestion ferments and
swells the stomach, putting il up against the
heart. This interferes with the action Of
the heart, and in che course Of time thaa
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased
Mr.. D. Kauole, Of Nevada, o says: Ihad stomach
trouble and was in bad state as had heart trouble
with II / took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for abots touf
months and It cured me.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
and relieves the stomach of all nervors,
strain and the heart of all pressure.
Bottles ohy. sloo Size holding 2A times the tziza
size. which sells tor soc,
Prepared by e. o. Dewitt & CO., CHICAGO
For Sale by all Druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28

A few loses Of this remedy VIII in
variab,y cure an ordinary attack OF
diarrn9a.
It can always be depended upon.
even in the more severe attacks OF
cramp collie sra cholera morbus.
lis equally successful for summer
diarrhna aud ch.:era iafantun in
children, ard IS she means of saving
the lives Of many children each year.
When reduced with water and
sweeteneti It is pleasant to take.
Ever nan Of a fariilv should keep
this remedy il. Lis lc,ne t5ry It now.
PRICE. 2jc. l4A2G3 e.;E, 5oc.
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fro BE Continued
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-13
GRAS CELEBRA TED
~ CONTINENTAL FASHION

New orleans, February 12.-Mard Gras
was celebrated by New Orleans today
in typical continental fashion. Under the
bluest of skies and with the weather al
most hot. the streets soon after sunrise
became picturesque with thousands Of
saudily masked children. The number Of
maskers grew steadily, hundreds of COM
zeal costumes and antics being furnished
by the New Orleans negro population
Early in the forenoon business houses and
stores of ALI descriptions closed. and Il
general holiday began.
About noon Rex, king of the carnival
paraded the streets, followed by twenty
two huge cars representing as many diff
ferent nations. the ensemble forming
tableaux entitled the vision of Nations
The Identity of Rex was revealed today.
r.. H. bowman. one of the leading lnn-
bermen of the south, occupying the posi-
ton. OF all the numerous kings of the
carnival, Rex Is the only one who I'M
masks. and whose identity is known.
The queen of the carnival was Miss
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-13
CAPTAIN Tells Story.

New York. February 12.-Late tonigh1
the officials of the JOY line had received
a detailed report from Captain Gray oil
the schooner Kentucky. which left Nor
walk river, Massachusetts, at ! o'clock
this morning for the scene of the wreck
of tine Larchmont off Block Island. The
crew OF the Kentucky Immediately upon
it's arrival near the point where the
Iarchmont is lying, about five mileS -a.est
of Watch Hill, put out in small pctts
and made an inspection OF the wrecked
vessel No one was found aboard and Cap
tain Gray said that there was about nVe
feet of water i'm the state rooms on the
house on the hurrican deck The water
the captain reported was breaking over
her and she would undoubtedly be COM
plete wreck.
The Kentucky then started for Block
island and anchored off the beaeh, where
the survivors landed in small boats, Cap
tain Gray again ordering his crew to the
hoats and roWcd ashore. As she neafed
the shore the captain said he saw huge
blocks of ice and wondered at first what
they could be. AS he neared the oeaeh
he said that he discovered that the docks
of ice covered many bodies. 1T was the
most horrible sight / ever saw the cap
tain reported. "'rhere were thirty bodies
strevn along the beach aud all of them
were encased in Ice. The Ice was several
inches thick.
After making an examination or the
bodies Captain Gray went to the rowboats
In which those who had survived had
abandoned the Larehmont. In the bot
tom Of the boats lie found twelve bodies,
and several of them were women. THESE,
the captain said, had been frozen to
death in the boat Willie drifting about IN
the sound Captain Gray then hurried to
the lighthouse. about half mile away,
where he found the nineteen who had
been saved They had been carried from
the beach by farmers and those employed
I'm the lighthouse. The names OF those
who were saved. the captain said he
was unable to get, because OF their pre-
carlous condition
CAPTAIN Gray directed his crew and the
farmers to carry the bodies from the
beach and those which were in the boats
IN the lighthouse, where they were placed
outside. 1t was first thought advisable
to thaw the ice off the bodies, but finally
it was decided to allow them to remain
as they were until they were taken in
charge by the undertakers Captain Gray
said that Captain McVey OF the Inflated
vessel was In a serious condition. The
other survivors are all In precarious
condition. Two surgeons from Fall River.
brought by Captain Gray, administered
restOratiVes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-13

Pearl Wight. daughter of Pearl Wight,
banker and hardware man.
The twenty allegoreal cars of the Mys-
tick krewe of Gomus. which paraded to-
night, included the following scene from
fennysons works:
Tile Kraken.a THE Lady of Shalott,"
The Eagle, THE Brook" Sir Gala
had The Norman and the Mermaid
Ring Out Wild Bells lin the Spring
a Young Mans Fancy "Recolleetions
Of the Arabian Nights" "rhe Princess
"A Dream OF Fair Women Lady
Clare "Oenone" "fhe Beggar Maid"
THE Voltage of Maeldme' "Boadicea,"
The Lotus Eater" and Merlin and the
Clean"
The ball of King Rex was held IN
Washington artillery hall tonight, while
Comus ball was at the French opera
house. Late in the evening the Rex court
of maskers Joined the court OF Comus
at the opera house and the carnival was
brought to an end.
As result of their resenting an in
vasion of their home on Lafayette avenue
by party of masQueraders this evening.
John 'Frescher, Ir., was shot and seriously
wounded, and his wife had her arm pene-
trated by a bullet John Gleason, the
leaders of the maskers, had been arrested
and charged with the shooting
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-13
Champ Clark.

Pittsburg, February 12.-Congressman
Champ Clark of Missouri and Governor
Warfield of Maryland were the principal
speakers at the annual Lincoln Gay pan
ouct of the Merchants and Manufactur-
ers association of Pittsburg. Congress
man Clark spoke on Abraham Lincoln
and said:
Jealous must be the soul that can
find nothing TO admire in the career OF
Abraham Lincoln, the anniversary OF
whose birth is celebrated TINS DAY by Il
powerful people, or in that or ROBERT ~
Lee, whose centenary was recently Se nVo
brated with great eclat throughout the
broad confines of the republic east as wen
as west. north as well as south.
"frhe Union and Confederate soldiers
were American heroes all fighting Valor-
iously for the cause they loved. AS snGh
I honor them. As such 1 teach my emil
dren to cherish them. ,
"Despite the lugubrious howl OF pessl-
mists which constantly vexes the cara
OF men, our countrys course Is forever
onward and upward. -,
"When look into the faces OIL my clili-
dren my heart swells with pride lnenapie
to show that they are citizens OF TINS
mighty republic, one and indivisabie DUN
not for a day but for all time, and des-
tined under God to be the dominating III
fuence all the centuries yet TO be.
1--WE are confronted by new problems
and grave, of which the fathers coula
have no conception; but ! have an apld-
ing and consolng faith that GUIDED by
their example and following in their 1901
steps we will solve our momentous prop
lens. as they solved theirs, to the upilit-
ing of society. the betterment OF our CON
dition, and the perpetuity OF the re-
public for 1t surely must be tnat II ! 1iIee
million of backwoodsmen in the twiilghc
Of civilization In this western world pos
sessed the wisdom, the fortltude' inc
courage the skill and the self-abnegatloh
to achieve freedom, we, eighty-IiNe mn
lions of their descendants, the mower Oh
the human race, with a continent for our
lnor,a and the resources of continent TO
command and with the experience OF t the
blessings of ever free institution Tor one
hundred and thirty-one years. possessed
the wisdom. the fortitude, the courage
the skill and the self-abnegation TO pre-
serve liberty for ourselves and our pos
terity forever. - e,to on
III il written by the finger OF tate on
tho scroll of destiny that government OF
tho neonle and for the people, shall not
perish from the earth.