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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
CAUTION IN THE MINT.
They Almost Strain the Air to Save
Particles Of Gold.

w Nsolds
1t has been aptly said that 10 miser
guards his treasure more religously
than Uncle Sam watches over the pre-
cious metals that pass through his
mintS. Then, too. the precautions
against waste are almost innumerable.
Every evening In each Of the mints
Of the United States the floors of the
melting rooms are swept cleaner than
a New England housewives kitchen.
The dust Is carefully put aside. and
about once In two months the SCOT
scraped from every flue is transferred
to the same precious dust heap. This
Is then burned. and from its ashes the
government derives no incos siderable
Income. The earthenware crucibles
used In melting are employed no more
than three times. They are crushed
beneath heavy rollers. and In their
porous sides are found flakes Of the
precious metal.
In the melting room when the cast
ers raise their ladies from the melting
pots shower of sparks fly frop the
molten surface Of the metal. For the
most part they are bits Of incandes-
cent carbon. but clinging to the car
bon is often a minute particle Of met.
al. Lest such particles should escape.
the ashes and clinkers below the fur
naces are gathered up ut night. This
debris is ground into powder by means
Of steam crusher and then is sold to
a smelter. like ordinary ore. at price
warranted by the assayer.
The ladies' that stir the precious met.
al. the big iron rods. the strainers and
the dippers, all are tested In a most
curious fashion. After considerable
use they become covered with q thin
layer OF oxidized silver. closely resem-
bling a brown rust The implements
are then laid In baths of a solution of
sulphuric acid. which eats away the
iron and steel and leaves the silver
untouched.
Gradually the ladle. or whatever the
implement is. will disappear. and in
Its place remains a hollow silver coun-
terpart Of the original. delicate as
spung glass. These fragile casts repro
duce the ladle with perfect accuracy
In all its details. although their sur
faces are perforated with innumerable
little holes. Scarcely have they been
nodded. however. before they are cast
into crucible to become In time dol.
lars, quarters and dimes.
In one corner of the melting room
there Is large tank into which new
ly cast silver bars are dropped and
left to cool. Inhnitesimal flakes of sill
yer scale OF and rise to the surface Of
the water. which acquires the metallic
luster Of a stagnant pool. Here is
silver that must not be lost. so be-
meath the pipe through which the tank
Is emptied Is banked a thick layer
Of mud. AS the water filters through
1t the mud retains the precious resi-
dunn. Four times a year this mud
Is removed. and each experiment dis
closes the fact that some $50 has been
saved.-Baltimore American.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
He Didn't CompIain.

Young Wife-This talk about men
being so impatient when q woman is
getting ready to 60 anywhere is all
nonsense.
Friend-Doesn't your husband COM
plain at all?
Young Wife-No, indeed. Why, last
evening | couldn't find my gloves and
had long hunt for half dozen other
things. and yet when was finally
dressed and went downstairs to my
husband there he was reading and
smoking as calmly as If wasn't half
an hour late.
Friend-Well. declare! Where were
you going?
Young Wife-To prayer meeting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Giants and DWarfs.

In the seventeenth century all the
abnormally large and small folks Of
Austria were assembled In Vienna In
response to whim OF the empress.
As circumstances required that all
Dehould be housed In one building. there
was a fear that the imposing proper
lions Of the giants would terrify the
dwarfs. But the dwarfs teased and
tormented the giants 80 that these
overgrown mortals complained with
tears In their eyes. and as a conse-
auence sentinels had to be placed to
Protect the giants from their pygmy
Prosecutors. for the smallest men had
the biggest brains and the longest
tongues.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Corrupted His Style.

The late Richard Watson Glider"
opid a New York poet. always op-
posed the reading OF light literature.
A poet. he said. could not read such
literature without corrupting his liter.
airy style.
He once told me that the poet In
this respect was like Browns parrot.
Brown bought parrot for $40
from a pet stock dealer and week OF
two later returned to the shop and In
sisted that the bird be taken back.
What's the matter with It? the
dealer asked.
"W-w-why.' said Brown, the durn-
ed c-c-critter st-stutters.'"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
CHlNA'S GREAT WALL.
VI Would 30 a Mighty Task to pupl.
cate IL Today.


v What man has done. we are told.
man can do. But to erect today
great fortldcation comparable to the
Great wall OF China would be heavy
tax on both the resources and the res.
olution OF Europe. A score CT two OF
warships are all very well, but the
cost OF labor and the will involved In
Dbuilding fleets can hardly be compared
Vto those devoted TO the building Of
that great barrier about two centuries
before the coming OF Christ. when
Rome was stru ggling with Hannibal.
Two thousand Eve hundred and fifty
miles. Including spurs. arms and loops.
is the length ascribed to 1t by DR.. w
Il. Cell. the only white man. we be-
heve, who has travelled the whole
= length OF II. Ii has been said that the
sGreat wall Is the only object Of mans
handiwork which could be discerned
from the moon. and one calculation has
10 that II the material OF the wall were
disposed about the globe at the equa-
tor there would be wall girdle eight
feet high aud three feet thick around
nthe earth.
One can believe that to this day the
name Of the Emperor Chin Is cursed
all along the wall by the posterity Of
the wretches who were forced to the
gigantic task Of building 1t. In the
days Of Its greatest Importance, when
tt was still holding back the Tartar
hordes, II Is believed to have had on
its line 25,000 towers. each capable of
holding 100 men. and 1900 watch
towers. Even today there remains 20,-
Ooo towers and 10000 watchtowers,
with some 1000 miles Of wall that
could. with moderate repairing. be
made into a formidable military work.
NLondon News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Her Only Course,

Lady Anne Lindsay. the author OF
the old poem Aud Robin Gray" was
not only a delightful convcrsationalist.
Dut she was Il great story teller.
This gift made her not only a well
come guest abroad. but n valuable
member OF the home circle. for It Is
related In "a Group OF Scottish Wo.
men that ut Il dinner party which
she was giving To somc friends an old
manscryant caused some amusement
by saying in 1t perfectly audible un.
dcrtonc:
My lady YOU must tell another
story. The second course won't be
ready for five minutes"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
HIS TRAGIC DREAM.
A Grim Ghost Story That Comes
From the Netherlands.

tlc
The following remarkable ghost
story is told Of two brothers, members
Of distinguished family in Friesland.
n province of the Netherlands: The
young men were officers in the same
regiment, and their only fa0lt-a Ger.
tain rash valor. so different from the
quiet prudence so characteristic of
their nation-made their comrades al
most idolize them.
These young officers were exceed.
lngly anxious to see ghost and took
a great deal Of pains to plunge into
all sorts Of gloomy places in the hope
OF finding them tenanted by beings
from the other word. At last they
seemed to find the orthodox old castle
with its haunted room. Everybody
bore witness to the horrible sights and
sounds nightly to be seen aid heard
therein, and these young gentlemen
determined to pass the night there.
1t was Christmas eve, and they pro-
vided themselves with good supper
and bottle Of wine each, q fire. lights
and loaded pistols. The hours wore
on. No ghost was seen; no ghostly
sounds were heard. The younger
brother, wrapped closely in his warm
cloak, laid his head on the table and
deliberately resigned himself to a COM
Portable sleep. The elder brother.
though exceedingly weary. determined
to remain awake and await the issue
Of events.
After awhile noise reused him
from reverie into which he had fall
en-. He raised his eyes and beheld the
wall opening in front Of his seat.
Through the opening glided a tall fg-
ure In white. who signed to him to
follow.
The rose and followed the figure
through long. damp. dark passages till
they reached large, brilliantly light
ed room where q ball was going on.
Above the strains of music and the
din or voices pierced a strange, sharp
clicking sound. like the notes Of casta.
nets.
Bewildered and dazzled by this sud
den transition from darkness and ST.
lence to this gay festive scene, it was
some moments before he could COL
lect his senses, but he was shocked by
perceiving that these gayly dressed la
dies and their richly uniformed cava-
l1ers were skeletons, and the curious
sound that impressed him so strangely
was the clicking of fleshless Jaws!
The figure at his side ordered him
to take a partner from this hideous
throng, which he refused to do. Irri-
tated at this refusal, the figure raised
his arm to strike. but the officer in-
stantly leveled at him the pistol he
had continued to grasp and discharged
1t full In his face.
With the shock and report he started
to his feet. The white figure, the ball
room. the fearful, CHASTITY dancers, all
had vanished, and he was in the room
where he had supped. but his brother
lay dying at his side.
He bad shot him In his dream and
awakened only to receive his last ut
terance. from that awful Christmas
night he was an altered man. All
the gayety had gone out Of his life,
all the sunshine had faded from his
days, and after few years Of una
vailing anguish Of remorse he found
himself unable to bear the burden
OF his regrets and put an end to his
life.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
In the Eeoular Establishment.

YES said the fresh young Heuten-
ant, the army has fallen on evil
days"
The sophisticated captain merely
gaspcd.
'Why,' the +. y. l.. went on, look
at the names on this ro!l-Privatc En-
trance. Corporal Punishment, Major
DOmO. General lIUusCWOrk. What
kind Of a
But just then the s. c. shicd a
well, a ginger ale bottle at the fleeing
offender -LippincOttS.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
CLEAN SPORTS LEAGUE.
PraisewOrthy Movement to Free
Amateur Athletics From Rowdy-
ism.

The Clean Sports League of the
Carolinas has been carefully organized
and elaborate arrangements have
been made TO put into operation an
effective working machinery. This
organization will have no legislative
or administrative power per Sc but
VIII direct its effort along education
al lines. The headquarters are in the
\. M. c. A. building, Charleston.
1t has been organized to popular
ize athletic sports and to improve
the standard of athletic activities so
as to harmonic them with the high
purpose Of education and good citi-
zenship. Sport for sports sake" is
it's motto.
In 1909 one hundred and nineteen
professional players of the National
League were suspended for rowdyism
and other offences. Undoubtedly
many offenses were overlooked. Sim
ilarly in amateur ranks there is a
continual violation of rules and prin-
ciples which reflects upon our boast
OF being true sportsmen. Amateurs
too often do things they hope will not
come to light. Frequently spectators
and rooters are unjust and their ac-
tlons not always in accord with what
is known to be right. The Clean
Sports League of the Carolinas is an
educational organization composed of
the leading colleges and Y. M. c. AS
in the Carolinas.
1t is endorsed by the
1. Southern intercollegiate Ath-
letic Association.
2. Athletic League of North
America.
3. South Carolina Inter- Collegiate
Athletic Association.
4. Carolina Federation of Y. M. c.
AS.
5. Charleston Amateur Athletic
Federation.
The following adopted code of
ethics is simple-fair to the indivfd-
ual, to the large as we'll as to the
small colleges, schools or other or
CARNATIONS. 1t appeals to the man
hood in man, and all lovers of clean
sport are asked to support it.
CLEAN SPORT PRINCIPLES.
L. Both the home team and the
home town should treat the visiting
team as guest
z. Both players and spectators
should recognize good plays of the
visiting team by suitable cheering.
3. Players should play fair and be
good losers.
4. The umpire and the referee
have difficult tasks to perform. Spec
tators should accord them their moral
support. The players should extend
them hearty thanks as they leave the
field.
5. Condemn all use of profane
language on the field.
Lists Will be circulated in every
town in the Carolinas, and every man
and every boy big enough to swing a
bat is requested to add his signature.
with the understanding that an hon
est effort will be made to live up to
these principles. Such action will add
gre9tlV nj
of athletic activities of the Carolinas.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28

Mary had little lamb-because, as
writer in the st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat explains, she couldn't afford to
order more at the price quoted on
the bill of fare.-Illinois State Reg
lister.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Made It Very Clear.

How do you suppose she manages
to keep up appearances on her hus-
bands income?"
What Is her husbands incomeY
IL don't know: but, Of course. 1t can't
be rs big as it would have to be If they
could afford to live as they do."-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Expert Opinion.

'"What do you think made Hamlet
so suspicious Of the ghost?" asked Mr..
Stormington Barnes.
He probably thought" answered
the psychic researcher. that no we'll
regulated ghost would manifest him.
self without ringing bells or tipping
cpbles. Washington Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
His Bad Break

How did YOU enjoy the musicaleY
"Oh, ] applauded at the wrong time.
as usual! Thought the orchestra tun-
Ing up was classical number."-Kan-
sas City Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28

Mr.. Cannon says business offers
greater rewards than politics. But
when business is combined with pol
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
A Pointer,

The Girl-YOu're not q bit like ~
lover. You never say pretty things. The
Man-Didn't I say that you looked like
beautiful autumn leaf? The Girl
Well, don't autumn leaves want press
Ing Bits.
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Method.

Method goes far to prevent trouble in
business. for it makes the task easy.
hinders confusion. saves abundance of
time and instructs those that have
business depending what to do and
what to hope.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Too Enterprisino,

Salesman Qately promoted to curio
department-This necklace, madam,
was originally made for the Duke of
Buckingham, who gave it to Anne OF
Austria. We're selling Il lot Of them.
London Punch.
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1t is a question of some concern
how soon the Insurgents will volun-
tarily leave or be banished from the
party led by Cannon, Aldrich & Co.
Philadelphia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28

When a man is applauded for do
ing or saying smart thing, he tries
so hard to score again that he be-
comes a uiSance.-AtchiSon Globe
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One More Disapnointp,ept

Poor old Myer is dead. | see. He
led life full OF dlsappointmentS."
How glad he would have .ccn to
see his name In print" Ficgende
Blatter.
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Sure Thino.

Bill-When all the fools are dead
don't want to be alive. Jill-Well,
don't worry; you won't be.-Yonkers
Statesman.
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Then What?

Mrs. Hoyle-My husband doesn't
care for money. Mrs. Doyle-That
adds to the mystery as to the motive
for his marriage.-New York Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28

The danger is that the gas of the
comet may collide with that in the
vicinity Of congress.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
Thoughts.

Thoughts are much greater than
things. They are vital forces and have
endless effects. What you think today
determines what you will be In years
T.. come
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28

Now that Roosevlt and Bryan are
to stump Indiana, General Apathy is
looking for a cavern in the very
depths of the tall timber.-BuffaIo
Express.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28
The New EnuIand Shirt.

One thing we New Englanders like
about us Is our all around superiority
TO the people Of the rest of this great
ana glorious country ry.-Sprlngfield Tn.
lon.
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( asily Granted,

TomMy-Ma, can have two pieces
or pie this noon? Ma-Certainly. Tom.
my. Cut the piece YOU have in two.-
Somervillc Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28

Purposclcssncss is the fruitful
mother Of crimc.-Parkhurst.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28

Adversity's sweet milk. philosophy
Shakespeare.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-05-28

Cultivation has rs balances-Lew
Wallace.
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\ good thing can't be cruel.-Dick-
ems.
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oBIo FLYER At 20 FLEI.
C!n c,nn.u Hones II vW Gui' AZ 81
q CHARS Fio0drd.

-r-'IyNATI. March The Ono r v~i
e. tl.,.laau PISSED tie DANCE. line
ff-y fset az , : cl1cE u e aC-e.I3en sn4
c1rrrLss rising to.a!Ek: r--4' IN lnc1
% LJuy A Aga' 3D.. NA.G -Egan -
fell tlls afternoon eaurai e.. we'd ankle =
among qeTs-Ls " 49, GOOD zone
Tie cc-eT.yI ems ..-s. nap this
nagra.ag shove! Dee: r~ . .e more Wate.
coming s. q seems Fr.- sster Elys- oas
I'll ~ ne MARI % 1is y sl.ctlCn that re
rivsg wIu Ict Pass aiS7'tF- feet bsTginE
ne. var rains
-:ura.Es.aa uaea O Ing F-ca' street and
ckc ly"e- side -: ~cn--G ST. set nave
,he 2 grc5s 'ur G.! lie asllars The rgtsf
70 u One G! l.a -e'.sTs. lie Tcs.zaats o
scrlss r-s5s II 'r4L rlf re preparing
= nee -rr. A. Carr y G-rsct the 5teT >
creeping ~ % the CO. 'TscNs tut -.
l.'s. ~ 54-s WI 10. - .L-s.fersd '~.t..
u. Csc 'nt ..-e. E-s2 ..-'e ti!ty-cyvo feet
IAa fl.ssl Cry rnsr.e y AZ the f-c,
.! N.sgrr' sgrs-g i clJse1 hecaus4 ci tGs
E.gr w -eg
Iaa ..sr...s end Gre "a Las SacksI q
cpH c-u~.rIe running -gr.l me rveg
Ts.caes hf'y--hIs 90 feet .As railroads
.a-s fHg have not osan S. olsly inter-
fsre1 r-a. -v' a'tv-rhrss .aGr will shut
tie passenger trans SIt u the Jn.5n
Central per--
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EIE ron BEATTY
Brought sbpnt a chain Or ?, cnu WhIch
rost WIS EmnieNer $50

Aao,pn B@cEer. vao saws 40 - . stsel
gnsI chant. cs Ug from Philadelphia on
Friday 90 v.slt rIs brother. VINO lives AZ
"a Es,J Ff-y.Jh'TG syree- IN he after
noon ne on gaged a ttEicsb amt made a
cali on East Th.f'v-e!g N street
While Becker Was inside his chauffeur
vas arrested for staring az the good
locking Slritres, sr1 rsfusng % get on
'h4 sJoop when enc ordered him % DO SO.
Becker declIet 20 Ee.p r.e prisoner by
gsty.nc q Hcnlsnan Tor Inn and vent
10 Assem- lyman Marty 'iCCIss cafe.
az Ihud avenue snI t1--y-fourJh street
The Assemb.ymsn consented 10 bail out
the c..auie4r. Dat vI5r they got 70 the
sva'lCp t..v earned ''Hr me man had
a4TelIy beer .mi'feI q .al.
50 they " -UT uaIA - NICCle rlacs
sni he.e Ire sn from PhiIa ie lphls
mace the -c1uaIDtance OF LIZZIE Dc!An,
a dTessTahsr VINO les at 2ls EGst
Twenty -eiga p street The PhIla lsiphian.
Mis- po.au anu Nora " ilson SCI out for
a taXicsh rios az clock IN he evening
II WAS : o'clock Yesterday morning
when troICls started IN rh4 TAX A. u
was goin. Up Fifth avenue Ihs occu-
pants had stopped AZ various places for
refreshments ana Tho trouble arose over
missing So bill The FhlIadsIpHtsn
accuse the DoIan woman d takns n
she Geplet tie tAGiL. Cat Seeker had neT
aErests ana sne was tccEcl up In The
Esst F'.tv-hTst street pOlIGs station fer
the remain 1ef 81 the uignt
Becker expislned matters 20 Magistrate
House = The ioTKv.I.e polca court .AtsT
when the woman was ArralRned
! sLsV4d $50 OIL anu four tWentGes
While LOCKING tor some SINAI! change
he said Misc DoIan wante1 70 look al
tns ifrv. 20 = vas a curiosity % hsr. She
.oukel - Il aLi never saw = again
Mr. re TSer dranN - mach wlaA that
he saw ool-.s He nsd no $50 rlli AZ ali.
The 9gC AZ sRid.
Las messing money vas not found on
The "a soler when ,he vas searched at
the st4rop Tie Wilson vor1an went 70
;ae station. at was not detained The
Magistrate nee ,4Iss LU.aE 10 - So ts!l
N.T LA.
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the money was hidden and that he does
not kno~ Misiani is good enough against
such evidence a. the police have
Misianl also has q police record. MS
last appearance was IN September, lvo',
when he was arrested - "A confidence
man. but was let 20 ior lack Of evidence
The thing that viii go hariest AEAAnel
Misiani. or MsSiole. a. no IL sometimes
known, Il the sawed on double barrsiled
shotgun which he carried under HE
coat when he stTolled along Sackett street
"a Friday Night The gun. Nachris says,
= the counteTpart Of those carried by the
Italian bandits and - made for just one
thing murder The gun was loaded with
buckshot, aud the charge fired at clo~e
quarters would nfiict q terrible wound.
Misiani also carried a fully loaded re-
volver
The Brooklyn police have All tho e1.
hIbits in the case and they viii do their
best 10 get evidence 10 connect Cincotta
more directly with the case.
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nua,nn a.ycr { sllIrs a, AIp,u,

ALsAyV. lilr:a s-oIrnI the last
cvvsa'y-foG how're the Hudson River &C
A.haEy has sAl'en as.g'y TO fest. En-
p!oyess 81 tie STATE Department. Of Pub
IL Works con'inIed dyaamiginS the
gorge Es!o'v Albany lE a. attempt 70
fo-cs open ehsLasl % carry 81 ne eur
plus ws'er 1n1 he zee breaking boa,s
N IN have been cutting their way through
the ice coming NJ the river continued 70
maze progress. but IA not reach the
gorge through service has been estab-
hshe- On me Nohawk division OF the
Central. al I0uT trlcks having been placed
IN coInmi ssicn again " the vicinity Of
Hernmer