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WAIJKAliL.Ay SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 20, 1808.
NEW SERIES, NO. 2D.-VOLUME MIX.-WO. .48.
The Uniform of the Soldier.
The returning regiment*, clad ?n
all kindB of costumes, have arf??%d
oonsidorablo ouriosity on tho sub
ject of uniforms in general. It is said
that tho Emperor Valorius Max i unie
ordored tho Roman soldiers to wont
rod, HO they would not bo frightcnod
at tho sight or* thoir own blood, and
ovon now rod 7ormn a conspicuous
part of tho uniform among tho
Fronoh and British foroos. Hod han
been ruted out of our own army of
rooont years, oxcopt for facings,
largoly upon tho theory that tho
color was too conspicuous to oarry
into the field. This is not. howovor,
striotly true if wo roly upon oxpori
inouts tnado by tho European mili
tary oxperts. Gorman ri?lo rango
practico has shown that a bluo tar
got is hit throe times while a rod
target is hit onco. Othor interesting
touts havo boon mado with a viow
to dotormining tho distanco that sol
diers are visible ; and out of a squad
of ton soldiora clad in gray, scarlet,
dark blue, and greon, dark gray was
tho color that remained longest in
view ; next carno tho dark bluo with
tho dark gray, while soarlot was the
ann rv.wl 4 rv /I. o n .-..m V l.amr. o.irnnll,wl
..?"?< ?*? "t l-, ~~""fl
only by tho dark gray.
Tho ovolution of tlio uniform ?B
tho Bubjeot of an interesting avtiole
in Tho Now York Evening Post,
from whmh wn irhmn tho f nil nw i it rr
-i-..-... 0- - n
faots : When the Revolutionary war
bioko out, each colony had itB mili
tia, and thc uniform of no two bodies
wero aliko. Av, Lexington and Con
cord it does not appear that tho
patriots had any uniforms. The
samo is true of Bunker Hill, but soon
aftor tho latter battlo, some gono
ral rulos for a military costume
woro adopted. Tho higher oflicers
oftmo to bo known by tho colors of
tho ribbons worn across thoir breasts.
Tho ofKcors lowor in rank wore dis
tinguished by .tho cockades worn in
thoir hats. Throughout tho war
thoro woro no special system of nni
form in forco for tho rank and filo of
tho patriotic army, for obvioui rea
sons ; the colonists were poor, and
tho war made it impossible to import
matorial for olothing from England*
Homespun did not lond itself
readily to grent variations of oolor,
and ovon aftor it hnd boon deoided
to mako blue the standard color of
tho Auiurioan uniform, tho looal jeal
ousies existing botwoon the colonists
required tho uso of difforont colors
for facings. In 1802 n uniform was
proscribed tor our army consisting
of a dark bluo coat roaching to tho
knoe, scarlet lapols and ouffs, white
waistcoat and oross belts, and dark
bluo pantaloons for tho wintor and
whito for tho summer. Th?se arti
cles of clothing woro oxohangod lator
for single-breasted coats without fao
ings, and during tho whole period
tho height of tho collar kept rising,
onding with tho requirement that it
should bo worn high onough to roach
the tip of the oar, and in front as
high as tho chin would permit in
turning tho hoad. It was in this
costumo, inoluding a high silk hat,
that our ancestors fought tho Bri
tish in tho war of 1812. In 1821
dark bluo was declared to be tho
national uniform color for both offi
*100 REWARD $100.
Thc readers of this paper will ho
pleasod to learn that, ?boro is at loaBt ono
dreaded disoaso that soionco has boon
ablo to euro in all its stages, and that is
catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Curo is tho only
positive euro known to tho medical fra
ternity. Catarrh hoing a constitutional
(Iisoaso, requires a constitutional treat-1
mont. Hall's Catarrh ?B Curo taken inter
nally, acting directly upon tho blood and
muouous surfaces of tho system, thornby
destroying tho f andation of tho disease,
nnd giving tho patient strongth by build
up tho constitution and assisting naturo
in doing its work. Tho proprietors havo
have so much faith in its curativo pow
ers, that thoy offer ono hundred dollars
for any caso it fails to euro. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address, P. J. QUENBY A CO., Toledo, O.
?Sold by Druggist, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills aro tho best.
oers and enlisted mon, the only ox*
oeptiOn bo'.Dg scarlet coats for muci*
oians and gray ooato for oadcts.
Various ohangos took placo in the
shape of tho clothing of tho soldiors
until 1808, when our uniform booame
prnotieally fixed, tho cloth for the
trousers being light blue and tho
faoing? being light blue for infantry,
yellow for oavalry, and rod for artil
lery.
For general onmpnigniug, tho old
Continontial uniform, which was
largely used during tho Revolution
ary days, is tho most satisfactory.
Tho British oame lo associato with
this costuino tho idoa of tho skillod
huntor and marksman, aB found in
our soldiers of that day, and thoy
droadod nothing moro than coming
upon a largo body of colonists clad
in this garb.
With tho rofinomonts of tho uni
form carno a sorics of changes in tho
fashion of wearing tho hair and board.
In tho days of tho Revolution, tho
troops, whoo on dress parado, woro
their hair queued and powdcrdod,
and thoy themselves woro clean
shaven. Ono of Washington's
ordors was that at gonoral inspection
and roviows two pounds of Hour and
ono and a one half pounds of ren
dered tallow for a hundred mon
should bo used in dressing tho hair,
and another reminded tho mon that
thoy would "not bo allowed to appear
wiih their hair down their backs and
ovor their forehead and down their
chins at tho side, which makes them
appear more Uko wild beasts than
soldiers," and that "any soldier who
comes on tho parado with board or
hair unkopt shall bo dry shaved im
mediately and have his hair dressed
on parado." It was not until a half
century later that tho order regarding
whiskers was rosoindod, tho only
rulo sinco thou hoing that thoy be
kopt short and noatcly trimmed.
Bean tho The Kind Vau Have Mwag Bought
tfikluf? Up Tax Returns.
AU mental opc-rati?iiB aro ??ter
osting, but of nil montai oporations
known to humanity wo havo tho
most burning curiosity to soo thoso
of tho nvorago honest mau making up
his tax return. It must bo tho most
curious and complioatod evolution
which tho intellectual ana moral ma
ohinory of man performs.
A mau will marshal his asBots, ns
all prudont mon do, and aftor count
ing everything on both sides will
conoludo that ho lins HO muoh oloar
property, representing his accumula
tions avoilablo for his family in caso
of death. Thon ho will proparo for
thc tax assessors a list in which his
roal estate will shrink from forty to
ninoty per cent and his personal pro
perty will virtually disappear. Ho
makes oath that this list is a truo
and just ono and doos it with a oloar
consoioneo. Ho is, perhaps, a man
who on any other subjeot would bo
painfully oxaot in tolling tho truth,
who would not commit any other
perjury to save his own lifo. Yot in
tho matter of taxes ho does not com
mit perjury and is ontirely satisfied
with his own aotion.
Reform schemes have been organ
ized in nearly ovory other depart
ment of vice. Wo have temperance
sooietion, anti-tobacco leagues, Booial
purity leagues and nil other kinds of
froaks and fandangoes, but tho re
formers have all shunned tho under
assessment question as a conutry
boroo avoids a steam firo cngino or a
brass band. Why doesn't soino man
or woman with BOIUO kind of a rib
bon and a salary and commission on
membership como along, biro halls
and organizo brandies of tho Honest
Assessment Confederation ? If we
could get fifty prominent tax payers
in every town sworn to swear to tho
oxact truth about what thoy havo,
to return their property to tho as
sessors aa thoy return it to them?
solves in their meditations, tho tax
rates would como down in a hurry
and there would be such a revival
of honesty as tho world has never
seen nineo tho day aftor the Ananias
incident.-Grconvillo Nows.
Flies Carry Typhoid dorms.
A commission of tho army medical
corps, composed of so?ontiflo mon,
have reached tho conclusion that
flies carry typhoid fovor. >
"Tho commission found that Hies,
as was naturally tho oaao, woro pro
sont in tho oamp by tho millions. It
was tho samo way in every oamp}
their numbors boing equalled only
by those of thc flies whioh infested
Egypt during Pharonh's plagues.
Tho surgeon? looked into the matter
further and found that the flies fed
on tho fooa^ inattor from tho hospi
tals, and thon at moni time shared
tho hard tack and bacon of tho sol
diers. Tn tho first instance tho fly
picked up on his six hairy littlo feet
infinitesimal partidos containing tho
germs of typhoid fovor, and as ho
mordy promenaded over tho hard
taok and bacon ho deposited thom
there.
' Ono fly could do little harm, but
millions of thom convoyed & sufficient
quantity of germs to inooulato largo
numbors of tho soldiers. Tho inocu
lation was slow but suro."
/*yers
' Sarsaparilla
will take it out.
Other kinds may,
but probably will not.
The first American Cabinet.
WhenJo?jn Hancock waa Presi
dent of Congress in 1785 lind had
his oflloe at No. 0 Cherry street in
this oity, there vyoro only three
"grand departments of the United
States," which performed tho fane?
tions now performed by the Presi
dent^ oabinet-t These three "gratid
departments" , were distributed as
follows : The Hon. John Jay, Secre
tary tor Foreign Affairs, at No. 8
Brcadv/ay ; the Hon. l?e??y Knox,
Secrotary at War, No. 16 Smith
ntroot ; tho Hons. Walter Livingston,
Snrauol Osgood and Arthur Lee,
Commissioners of tho Treasury,
Tho "Office of Congress" in that
poriod was at No. 81 Broadway.
Whoa Washington was first olooted
President in ?787 there wore four
members of Congross from Now
York as follows : John Lawrence,
John Haring, Molanothon Smith
and Potor W. Yates.-New York
Times.
Don't Neglect Your Liver.
Livor troubles quickly reault in serious
complications, ami tho man who neglect? bia
liver bas littlo regard for healtb. A bottle
of Browns' Iron Bitters taken now and then
will keep tho liver in perfect order. If tho
discaso hos developed, Browns'Irou Bitters
w!?? Ouiu ii. yerninnentiy. Strength and
vitality will always f?llow its use.
Browns' Iron Bitters ls sold by all dealers.
Mrs. Modus-Well, George, you
promised mo a now bonnet.
George-I ? Promised you a now
bonnet ? Groat Scott 1 When ?
Mrs. Modus-Bofore you marriod
mo you sworo that novor should dis
graco rest upon my hoad through
you ; and what do you call this
shabby thing that's on my head
now ?"
A religious scot out in Oklahoma
holds that holl is a place of porpotual
ico. If this bo HO, many who have
"cut no ico" in this life will have op
portunity lator.
Th? tobacco planters are prosper
?os this year as a rule, and the ma
jority of thorn have made money on
their orops. Those who have diver
sified thoir orops and in addition to
growing fall provision orops havo
planted both cotton and tobacco do
not fool the low prioo of cotton so
seriously as tho all cotton farmers.
The farmors of this sootion of the
State must eventually plant diversi
fied orops if they would make a liv
ing and attaiu any dogree of pros
perity. Four oent cotton should
prove a oonvinoing argument in favor
of tobacoo onlturo and diversified
farming in general.-Sumter Watch
man.
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Aro You Wenk?
V'osknces manifests itself iii the loss of
.uahUion and oohing hones. The blood ls
wanery ; the tissues oro wasting-tho door is
being opened for disease. A bottlo of Browns'
Iron Bitters tnkoh in time will restore your
strength, soothe your nerves, niako your
blood rich tmd red. Do you moro good.
limn an oxpeunlvo special course of medioino.
? Browns' ?rnn Bitten IR sold by al! deniers.
Dr. Edward Evorot Halo ia ono
pronohor who beliovos that wars are
sometimos righteous and produotivo
of good rosults. In a sormon to
tho Odd Follows at thoir convention
in Boston a few days ago he snid :
"Wo moot nt tho ond of ono of tho
groat wars of tho ages. In ono han*
drod dayb God has set forward tho
civilization of tho world ono hun
dred yoars."
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CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Boars the /nf -V/lffi^-jiS
Signature of i^ia^/Z7'C?4?f^i
She-Ho insulted mo grossly. Ho
actually stole a kiss. His Friend
I know ; but ho told mo you suroly
could not miss it ; for so handsomo a
woman ns you could got plenty more,
lieu a sad rogue ; and ono cannot
holp likiug him.
Tao Royal >. hla?est grado taking powdor
koowa. ActMl tNtiiinw ft go?? ooo?
Udrd further tot* on? otiwr yT??4.
Absolutely Puro
?if'.'
ROYAL HAKIM! POWDEfl 00., HEW YOUR.
Kartor-So Wnggonor ?B married?
Wondor what kind of a wife ho han
got. Whoolor-Silo's a prizo. Not
only doos sho build tho kitohon firo,
without grumbling', but ?lio pushes
tho lawn mower. Wnggonor is go
ing to buy an axo and a saw. Ho
declares ho believes she ?B equal to
anything.
Boars tho 'J9 tl*Klnd Yo? Havo Aiways Bought
Union Mooting.
Tho Union of tho Third District of tho
Boavordam Association will moot with
tho Mount Tabor church tho Hf th Sun
day and Saturday before in October, 1803.
Devotional exorcises conducted by J.
Ii. ? 'artln,
Introductory sormon by hov. J. Ti.
Karlo.
First question: "Why should Chris
tians ho careful to maintain good works?"
Speakers: W. M. Drown, W. S. Pritch
ard.
Second question: "Is a man saved by
grace of good works?" Speakers: J.W.
Dearden, ll. P. Mooro.
Sunday morning, 9.30 o'clock-Sunday
school mass mooting. Losson taught by
Hov. J. lt. Earlo.
Missionary sormon Sunday at ll o'clock
by Hov. M. C. Barton!
Dovotional and song sorvico Sunday
afternoon.
Rsv, II. M. AT.I.KN, Moderator.
W. M. LICMMONS, Scorotary.
O^.GITO?I.XAd
Boura tho . _/} ?h9 K|nd You Haw Always Bough!
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Just Because We are Going to Take off the Roof of Our Store House to Cover Anew. Therefore Our Goods will be Exposed to the Weather if we don't
Move Them. We can't Afford to Take Such Chances, so Come and Get Them. Just See a Few of Our Prices.
X*'' ui*n i tin*? <
Wo havo twenty-five Nico BEDSTEADS, Kracket Rails,
all neatly finished, never Hold before for less than $1.50, that
you can got for $1.00.
GOO]) OAK SUITS FURNITURE for $10.00; $20.00
Suits for $10.00 ; $25.00 Suits for $20.00-in fact, wo havo a
full lino of Furniture that must be sold.
CHotlii?ig-. ?, . Clothing**
Wo havo anything you want, and they must and will go
when you eco our prices.
ALL.WOOL MEN'S SUITS, cheap at $6.00, will go
for $3.05; $8.00 Suits for $5.00; #12.00 Suits for $9.00--nnd
other Clothing will go i it proportion.
BhocH, Shocw, rilioow.
Cold weather in coming and you must have Shoes. Como
and got thom whilo they aro going at such low prices. Hiing
a Dollar when you como and get a pair of Shoes that has boon
selling for $1.00, Wc have a fine $4.00 Shoo that you can
got for $2.00. Wo havo a full lino and you can got anything
you want at groatly reduced prices.
DON'T FORGET
THE rLAUt!
TERMS STRICTLY CASH.
DON'T FORGET
THE PLACE!
TERMS STRICTLY CASH.
J\. Ni?o Lot of New *J1Z PANTS Bolling
Only C?O Cont?.
Liast-But Not Ijeast.
Wo call special attention to our DRY GOODS AND
NOTION DEPARTMENT. Wo havo space to mention
only a fow prices.
STANDARD FANCY GINGHAMS, worth 6?o., goos
at I] cents.
FIRST-CLASS PRINTS for 4 oonts.
COTTON CHECKS-well, just take them for 4 couts,
too.
We also havo a nico lino of DRESS GOODS that musi
bo sold regardless of what they cost.
Wo havo a nico line of SCARFS, TIES, ?fcc., that, have
boon soiling for 50 oonts-now they must go for only 25 cont?
-and you will lind stacks of NOTIONS at Buen reduced
prices.
.?ttgrfifi??*. Bnggies.
Wo havo just received a CAR LOAD OF ROCK HILL
BUGGIES. Timo has proven that they aro tho best goods
ovor offered in this county for tho monoy. Every ono is guar
anteed first-olnss, and that tho paint will novor soalo ana tho
springs novor break. Wo havo exclusivo salo in Ooonoe
County of those goods and will mako you bottor prices on
thom than any other factory can or will offor you. If your
OXCUHO for not buying is that cotton is low, wo will answer
that our goods aro lower and you will save monoy by buying
from us.
CARTER,
SUCCESSORS TO.
CARTER MERCHANDISE COMPANY,
WESTMINSTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.
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