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- - nUDfCH JUN? FROM PANAMA. That Coat Miluor* In the Scrap Heap. New York Sun The Isthmian canal commission hat begun the Job af transporting sbout 100,000 tons of old French Junk from the Isthmus to this city. The Junk Includes old locomotives, dump carts, tanks. barges. boilers* girders, dredge*, sheet Iron, part* of old ma? chinery and other things for which the French Canal Company paid mil? lions of dollars and whlqh Is left to go to ruin on tre isthmus. Th* commla* >n Is Solling on com? petitive blddffig all the old Iron and steel alosg the canal route except such parts aa may be reserved for canal work. About 70t tons will be moved to the State* every two weeks by the steamships Anoon and Cristobal. It I*HI take three years to transport all of the Junk. Most of It will be scrap? ped where It lies on the Isthmus. The commission will ship no pieces of more than SO tones In weight This will permit the shipping of locomo? tive boilers with Are boxes and flues. Moot of this old material la of for? eign manufacture, and aa It is landed in New York Uncle 8am Is confronted with the proposition of being obliged to pay himself $1 a short ton on the entry. Under a provision In the sundry olvil act of Msy. ltOS, this duty will be returned by Uncle Sam to the ca? nal fund, but to accomplish this with? out a special appropriation each year It will be neoeeasry to have the sale consummated only after the Junk ha* passed through the New York custom house. Each contractor will ho under a bond of 575.000, and pay? ments are to be made to the canal commission after ?ach delivery. The sale Is being made at this time chiefly for the purpose of getting out the old material that lies In the great In of Oatun lake before the basin to filled with water. There are large quantities of the Junk In the lake bast*. Each of the locomotives left by the Wench yield* between $400 and $900 worth of cupper alone. The commis? sion, will save the old steel rails on the Isthmus to be used as re-enforce? ment In the concrete work end as telephone and telegraph poles. Some of this old French Junk has been found in extraordinary places. Dredges have been discovered almost completely burled in sand, hundreds of foot awsy from any body of wa? ter, and overgrown with iense tropi? cal vegetation Apparent!* they have jJSMWrted away *?m ^ rj?orbed [ Ifntrfh watoi _uf ine river Itself has ohlfted Its oo*iroe. Several of these burled dred ea were in a fairly good state df preservation and are now do Inf work on the istbmus. Some of the Junk has been lifted from the bottom of the Chagres river and fiom the bottom of the old French canal prism, where hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of equipment sank 'a'ter the French abandoned the work. Some of the relies In the canal prism near the crossing of the Rio Orande river were dislodged only after heavy charges of dyramlte had been exploded undrr them. Others have been raised fr m watery graves and are now helping t link the Atlantic with the Pacific. The profit from tne sale of the French Junk will be small compared with the value of the service that the commission already has derived from the cast-off equipment For the fc>st two years of their work the comm's* slon relied absolutely upon the old locomotives used by the French. In 190? (here were 106 of these weath erbeaten locomotives In service, com? pared with only 15 American-made engine*. Since that time the per? centage of the French locomotives ha* steadily decreased. French dump carts also were used almost exclusively by the commission In the first two years. At one time *mrre Jhan 2,000 of them were haul lag] thw iUrt from Uncle Sam's shov? el** The French relics furnished also ^many shop tools, stationary engines and much repair materials In the early days of the construction work. In fact Americans may thank the old French equipment for the fact that the canal Is today Just half com plated, without the aid of this rusty storm-battered assortment of French machinery there would have been long delays In providing an adequate equipment from the State*. It Is es? timated that the French supplies and equipment thus far utilised amount to fully $1.000.000. A few days ago Mall Carrier John William? witnessed an unusual sight, says an Exchantce. The men at work cutting hay on James I. Mills' farm had gone to the house for some purpose, leaving the mules In the field attached to the mower. Tho mules got tired of loafing and de? cided to go on to work. When Mr. Williams passed they were going around the field, holding the ma? chine In and cutting hay Just as If * driver was behind them. He watch? ed the mules for some time and says they made perfect turns at the corn? ers and seemed to know Just how deep to hold the machine. How It Is Done. Here is a story that was sent to the j Philadelphia Inquirer the other day i by its Washington correspondent: There was a little gathering of statesmen In a five-room apartment on the around floor of the Champ lain apartments. The apartment is rented by the year, and la uaed as a little private clubhouae. "Uncle Joe" Cannon Uvea just about half a block away, but he was tha last to arrive. "Hello, 'Uncle Joe,' what's been keeping you?" shouted the group that had already gathered. , "Oh, late session, late session," said "Uncle Joe," taking off his coat and Bitting down at the table. And the speaker of the house, the vice presi? dent of the United States, secretary of State Knox and a few of the lead? ers of the senate and house began to play a little game of cards. And, adds the correspondent, if the average citizen had heard their pleas? ant little conversation about the Nlc araguan war, about railroad laws, about conservation and waterways, he would have been puzzled no more about the way the boards are greased behind the scenes. "Do You Drink?" the Km ploy er Now Asks. It Has been growing harder and harder for men who drink to get or keep Jobs says The Delineator for January. One after another of the great railroads have posted notices warning employees of Instant dis? missal if they are known to drink. Such a rule has more practical ef? fect than a thousand temperaane lee tures. Frick's great iron^?fod ?teel works at Homestead are'<^tar?t an absolutely total-abstinence regime Marshall Field Co., enunciated a rule which has been followed to a less or greater extent by other mercantile establishments. "We will not, to our knowledge, place a young man who drinks in our business." Many a bank clerk has passed a very humiliating quarter of an hour in the office of some surety company, while learning that because he was known to drink the company whuld refuse to sign his bond unless he could furnish it acceptable security. The United States Labor Department, using percentages based on several thousand reports, found that ninety per cent, of the railroads, seventy nine per cent, of the manufacturers, eighty-eight per cent of the trades and seventy-two per cent, of the agri? culturists discriminate against drink? ing men as employees. To live In hearts we leave behind Is not to die.?Campbell. .IIHIIHIIHIMIIMIIMIIMMIIIIIIIHMHIMIIMIMHIMHMMIHHMIIIHIIIIIHIIHIHHIIS m at at at st St ? ? St at at at at $500.22 I FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS GIVEN AWAY! ? M at " at ? at at ? st st ? 9 at at at st at s Great Voting Contest for Readers of s a THE WATCMAN AND SOUTHRON AND THE DAILY ITEM A $400 Piano and Two Gold Watches Costing $50 Each are the Prizes. \ \ Contest Opens Monday, Nov. 29th and Closes February 28th. at V. S at n ? at ? at at at at st ? at ? ? at at at ? it ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? at at at M ? ? ? at ? ? ? ? at ? ? Do lYou Want the Piano ? It is yours if you comply with the Easy Conditions and Make the proper Effort. st at at at at at at at at it n n ? ? at at ? n n Conditions and Prizes, The $400 Piano, the grand prize of this contest, will be given to the sub? scriber or a nominee of a subscriber of the Watchman and Southron or Sum ter Daily Item receiving the greatest number of votes in this contest. No matter where you live you are eligible to enter this contest. One $50 Gold Watch, cither Gentle? man's or Lady's size, as the winner may select, will be awarded to the per? son, not a resident of the City of Sum ter, receiving the next largest number of votes. One ?50 Gold Watch, either Gentle man's 01 Lady's size, will be awarded to the person resident of the City of Sumter, receiving the next largest number of votes. The contest for the Grand Prize, the $400 Piano, is open to all readers of The Watchman and Southron or The Sumter Daily Item. It can be won by a resident of Sumter, Lee or Clarendon County, or some other County. One Gold Watch as a special second prize to be contested for by non-residents of the City of Sumter, while the other is a special second prize to be contest? ed for by residents of this city. This Magnificent Cote Piano, wbich we will give away, is 4 ft. 9 in. high 0 ft. long and weighs, boxed, ready for shipment, over 800 lbs. The finest materials and mest experienced workman have produce din the Cote an in? strument excellent in tone, power, durability and ippearance. This piano is Installed in the best homes, conservatories and musio halls in the land ; isWoll known and widely recommended hy the leading musicians and teachers. It is positively guaranteed for ten years by the Manufacturers. Nominations. Each and every person entering the contest must be nominated on one of the Nomination Blanks published in both the Watchman and Southron and the?> Daily Item. The nomination counts as 1000 votes, but only one nomination will be credited to a per? son. In each issue of the Watchman and Southron and the Daily Item will be published a ballot which is good for the number of votes specified on the ballot. How to Obtain Votes. Every new subscriber paying in ad? vance, will be credited for each dollar paid, 200 votes. Every old subscriber paying up back dues will be credited for each dollar paid ico votes, and on each dollar paid in advance 2C0 votes. No votes will be given on payments of less than $1 .CO. Every person or firm that brings or sends an order for ad? vertising or printing and pays for same in advance will be entitled to 100 votes for each dollar paid. For money paid on accounts 50 votes will be allowed for each dollar paid, if money is brought or sent to this office. No votes will be/given for money paid collector. Nominations will not be received later than December 24, therefore, it is important that the blanks be mailed to this office at once. Remember every nomination blank counts lor 1000 votes, but will not be counted twice for the same person. We have a supply of voting ballots at our office which must be filed _ _ there, properly signed, as the cash is paid for subscription, advertising or printing. Those at a distance wishing to vote must send the money, for which a voting ticket together with a receipt, will be mailed to the person making the remittance. The tickets must be made out, signed and returned promptly to this office. THE WAY TO WIN Ask your friends and neighbors to subscribe for the Watchman and Southron or the Sumter Daily Item, and get them to vote for you as their candidate. Ask your friends and neighbors or the merchants with whom you deal to patronize the Osteen Publishing Company by advertising in Watchman and Southron and the Daily Item, and by giving us their printing, and get them to vote for you or your candidate. If you do not want the Piano or one of the Gold Watches yourself or have no friend you wish to win one of the elegant prizes, perhaps your Sunday School, or public school, or lodge needs a fine piano, and this will be the golden opportunity. It costs nothing to enter the race or to vote. If you are now a subscriber to either of our newspapers the votes are given for payments you will make anyway. IfJ you are not a subscriber you ought to be, for you need your home paper. If you or your friends give us your printing, you get the best . work at the lowestjprices consistent with good work and good material. We challenge and meet any and all competition on price and quality. Osteen Publishing Co. No IS West Liberty St. Phone No. 30 9 S Sumter, So. Car n at m at ? n ? ? ? n ? ? u m m m m m at at H ? ? ? ? ? n ? ? n ? ? ? at at at ? ? at ? ? m m u m u m m m n m u at SEE PIANO ON DISPLAY AT THE SAVOY ICE CREAM PARLOR. ?nHnnnnnnnnnHnHnnnnnnnnnnnnnMnaainnnainannainHr ^nnnnnnMHnnnnHMHnatat;