The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 24, 1887, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24.
OUT AT BEA.
I know tnat I am dying, mate ; so fetch the
Bible here,
What's laid unopened in the chest for five
and-twenty year ;
And bring a light along of you, and read a
bit to me,
Who haven't beard a word of it since first I
came to sea.
It's five-and-twenty year, lad since she went
to her rest
Who put that there old Bible at the bottom of
my chest ;
And I can well remember the words she says
to me;
*Now, don't forget to read it, Tom, when you
get out to sea.'
And I never thought about it mate, for it
clean slipped from my head ;
But when I come from that first voyage, the
dear old girl was dead,
And the neighbors told me, while I stood as
still as Still can be,
That she prayed for me and blessed me as was
just gone out to sea.
And then I shipped again, mate, and forgot
the Bible there,
For I never give a thought to it a-sailing
everywhere ;
But now that I am dying, you can read a bit
to me,
As seems to think about it, now I'm ill and
down at sea.
And find a little prayer lad, and say it up
right loud,
So that the Lord can bear it if it finds Htm in
a crowd.
I can scarce hear what you're saying for the
wind that howls to lee ;
But the Lord'll hear above it all, for He's
been out at sea.
It's set in very dark, mate; and I think Fl1
say good-night.
But stopr-look there ? why mate, why Bill,
the cabin's turning light ;
And the dear old mother's standing there as
give the book to me !
AH right; I'm coming 1 Bill, good-bye I My
soul's going out to sea I
? Chamber's Journal.
BOMJESTIC ECONOMY.
Convenient Bath-Room* ta Farm Houses?
How to Make Candies at Home.
The Science of Cleaning Floors?How to
Keep the Feet Warm?Good Coffee.
BATH-KOOMS FOB FARMERS.
The most convenient bath-room 1
have ever seen in a farmer's house,
says Mrs. Howard in an exchange, was
planned and located in the house oi
UoL M. J. Hogarty, a retired army offi
cer whose home is in Greeley, CoL
This bath-room adjoins the large
kitchen, and is entered bj a door near
the cook-stove or range. It is supplied
with hot and cold water through pipes
leading to it from the stove and force
pump. A large tank is fitted on near
the front of the stove, four or five feet
high and eight inches in diameter. The
water in this cylindrical tank is heated
m pipes running around the inside of
the stove and outside and above the
coal-box. The tank is filled with water
through pipes leading from a force
pump situated in the pantry. The door
leading to this pantry is at the right of
the stove and that of the bath-room to
the left The pump not only supplies
the pantry sink, but the stove and bath
tub, also a marble basin in one corner
of the Oath-room. A looking-glass,
roller-towels, and plenty of short-towels,
brushes and combs) and soap make this
little room a first-class toilet room for
the family at all seasons.
There ?s a faucet at the bottom of the
tank, where water can be taken out at
any time.
if the farmers cannot afford a tank
with hot and cold water pipes leading
to the room they may be able to have a
bath-room adjoining the kitchen with
out these luxuries.
Nearly every farmer has a stove with
? reservoir, from which water can be
taken at any time, and this, with s
couple of pails of cold water added,
will be sufficient for a good bath with
out much trouble. It os a great con
venience to the house mother to be able
to give her little flock a bath at least
once a week, and to be able to do this
so near-a warm fire during the cold
weather is a great comfort to all con
cerned.
HOME-MADE CAXDY.
Chocolate Cream Drops ? Put th*
efoocblate, grated, on the stove to steam
for an hour. While this is preparing
boil the sugar?best granulated?in the
proportion of one cup of sugar to one
third of a cup of hot water; Savor and
boil till when a little is dropped in cold
water the particles readily adhere to
gether like wax. Take from the fire,
stir briskly till it loses its transparency,
and is cool enough to handle. Mould
into tiny balls with the hands, lay on
buttered paper and again set away to
harden; then dip each ball in the
melted chocolate, lay on buttered paper
And again set away to harden the coat*
fog. To keep the chocolate hot enoueh
to run freely when off the fire, set the
dish containing it in another of hot
water. One-half bar of Baker's pure
chocolate, and two large coffee-cupfuls
of sugar will make 100 "drops."
Mint Buttons?The easiest way for
unskilled hands is to mix confectioners'
sugar with the white of eggs, and flav
oring UDtil stiff enough to roll out with
a rolling-pin in a rather thin sheet, then
cut "buttons" with a thimble and hard
en in a cool place. A pretty way is to
make peppermint candies white; win
tcrgreen pink, by adding a pinch of red j
sugar, and lemon candies yellow, by
mixing with the yolk of an egg. The
white of a large egg will require about
a pound of su*r?r. These candies can
be made better by boiling granulated
sugar, but it takes practice and intinito
patienee
For Nut Candy?The proportions are
one cup of sugar to one-half cup of hot
water. Boil till brittle, when a bit is
dropped in t old water. Then throw in
broken meats of any nuts preferred;
pour m a shallow butter dish, crease
deeply in squares while warm with a
sharp knife, and when quit*; cool it wiil
break in these lines. Do not stir this
Candy at any stage of preparation if you
want it "clear as glass."
MOrPlNO.
There is a little sk'Jl required to per
form even this piece of work so that the
effect is satisfactory. Formerly, before
painted floors were almost the rule in
every house, it was a much more ardu
ous performance; but to keep a painted
floor looking its best one needs some ex
periencc.
Unobservant or heedless workers
push the mop against the base-boards,
which, after a few nioppings, show a
soiled streak the whole length of them,
which annoys a good workman. Better
leave a space the width of one board
untouched by the mop. and afterward,
or before, wipe it up with a cioth by
hand.
In mopping a floor, whether it is
painted or not, the best effect depends
on its being well rinsed. No matter
how much strength is laid out on it. if
the last wa'er in which the mop is
wrung- out is not clean the floor will
look <Ungy.
Freshly painted floors are best
cleaned when a-third or a-half skim
milk is added to the water. The oil in
the m?k makes the paint shine as clear
will not. Soapsuds are a little too
strong to use on fresh paint, removing
not only the dust but the paint also, but
after the coat of paint is well Hardened
it may be used io good advantage. I?
is easier to clean a iioor quite often than
to let it get tiie start of you so as to re
quire a severe effort of strength to bring
it to look weil.
Ka t underwear, after it has been
w.tj-n ?Tili cast a^i'ie. niake? excellent
material cf \vn.ch to manufacture moos.
The mops should be thoroughly rinsed
aiter using, and dried in tho^sun.
warm feet.
Invalids and old people, or any one
who is troubled with cold feet at night,
should be provided with some sort oi
a foot-wrap by which their feet may be
kept warm. I have used, says a lady
in Farm and Fireside, a small blanket,
warmed and wrapped around the feet
at night, and sometimes this answers
the purpose, but it is apt to get off in the
night and the feet will then get cold.
An old lady of my acquaintance ha?
received a present of a pair of foot*
muffs, knit by her little granddaughter,
which she says are a great comfort to
her. Any little girl could knit them*
and they "would also be nice for mam
ma, who so frequently is obliged to step
out of bed in the night to give Johnni?
a drink or see if the baby is covered
well. They are knit out of German
yarn* plain garter-stitch, on wooden
needles until the strip is about ten
inches long. Bind it off and fold it to*
gether into a bag, whole at the bottom
and with a seam at each side. These
seams should be sewed loosely with the
yarn. With a crochet-needle make
loops around the top by putting a dou
ble crocket in every third stitch and a
chain between. Crochet scallops around
the top and in the loops ran a rabbet
band or a ribbon to tie in front
good corres.
The best coffee is made from mixed
Mocha and Java berries, carefully
roasted and ground. Pour a coffee-cup
ful into a pot that will hold three pints
of water; add the white and yolk of an
egg or two or three clean egg-shells or
a well-cleansed and dried bit of fish
skin the size of a nine-pence. Pour
upon it boiling water and boil ten min
utes. Then pour ont a little from the
spout, in order to remove the grains
that may have boiled into it, and pour
back into the pot Let it stand eight or
ten minutes where it will keep hot but
not boil; boiling coffee a great while
makes it strong, but not so lively or
agreeable. If you have no cream boil a
saucepan of milk, and, after pouring it
into the pitcher, stir it now "and then
till breakfast is ready, that the cream
may not separate from the milk.
Gpysics a* Musicians.
In days of yore, long ere the hills of
England had been tunneled, its rivers
crossed, or its valleys *$re invaded to
make way for railway trains, it was
sweet to listen to the mild music which,
emanating from some gypsy camp in a
secluded dell, mingled with the rich
notes of the nightingale and other birds
of song, just as the sun, on his vermilion
car, sank below the horizon in the dis
tant west Although inroads have been
made on the haunts of the gypsy tribes,
and their music is not heard so often
now as formerly, the old love of it still
lingers in the tents, and lives in the
hearts of this singular people. Their
home life is now and then enlivened by
music and dancing, especially when tbe
women have had "good luck and the
men have been successful in their specu
lations. It is then they indulge, more
than they usually do, both in eating
and drinking. A few of "fortune's
smiles" will make them so light-heart
ed, and they become so merry, that a
tune on the violin is proposed, "to which
all that are able and so disposed dance
with great hilarity, especially to that
known as "The White Cockade."
Many of the men dance well, and the
women and girls generally move light
ly and elegantly, and all of them seem
to enjoy the pastime. The favorite in
struments of the gypsies are the harp,
fiddle, tambourine, and tin whistle.
Such apt pupils in music are many of
them, that if they had proper facilities
and efficient tutors they would be no
disgrace whatever either to the most
eminent composers or to the most ac
complished musicians. In different
parts of Europe, particularly in Russia
and Hungary, many gypsies have be
come very popular as singers in cathe
drals and churches, and have often
been employed to siog before princes
and fashionable assemblies, both private
and public In Spain some of the
Gitanos are theatrical performers, and
cases are not infrequent in which they
have attained great efficiency and popu
larity. In Hungary a writer relates of
knowing several gypsy women who
were popular as public singers, and oik
in particular, whose voice was of such
remarkable sweetness that she was al
most constantly engaged in singing at
concerts given in the private mansions
of the rich and noble for many miles
around, and for which she was always
very munificently paid.?Brooklyn Mag
azine*
m i ?
A Modern Inntanue.
"Home at last," said George Grad
I grind, joyously, **my education finished
and my college days ended. And yet,"
he added, "I do not rejoice over that
Those years of study have been very
pleasant" "The first year was the
hardest, wasn't it George?" asked his
fond mother. "No; I can't exactly say
that it was," replied George. "I didn't
take up any studies the first year, be
cause I pulled stroke in the freshman
crew, ana I was training to get into the
foot-ball team." "Oh," said his sister,
Jane; "the second year you had to work
all the harder, then?"* "Well, not at
books, because my second year I was
president of the Intercollegiate Athletic
League, and that kept me busy travel
ing from college to college, arranging
for the various intercollegiate games.'*
"Then you just had to hump yourself
the third year," said his brother Wil
liam, confidently. "Not in the class
room I didn't" replied George; "the
boat club fellows took a long yacht voy
age that year, winding up with a
pedestrian trip throazh the South. It
was gran a. i leit like a new man."
"So you bad to crowd four years* study
into one?" said grandmamma. "I
don't know; I suppose you misht call it
that" said George. "My fourth year I
was a member of tbe glee club, and we
made a concert tour of all the principal
cities in the country, and we didn't get
through in time to get back for com
mencement Haven't my books and
diploma come home yet? I told my
chum to tret them together and send
them by express." George's father said
the books hadn't come, but he thought
he had seen the diploma hanging up
in the barn, and he would go and get
it. George looked out of tne window
and saw him bringing it. It was about
three or ionr feet long and two iuches
wide, wiih a buckle at one end ami a
cross link at the oilier, and seemed to
have been taken from life, from an old
plow harness. A stillness of death set
tled down over the family as falber
came along with it, bending it in his
J rough browu bauds, and George drew
j his breath hard. Uli, very, very hard,
j (Slow curtain).?Lob Lurdz'dc, in the
! Brooklyn Eagie.
I . ? -
Citizens of Chattanooga, T?*nn.. are
J becoming interested in a sN>rv to the
i effect in at some years ajjo a miser buried
a tin box con tain fner $1.000 jn j-r?:?! in
the earth near old Siou** V>n t. and sev
eral parties are on ihr* grounds engaged
in an extensive search for the treasure.
Col. Ingersoll at a ?linner of the
Thirteen Club in New York, said tbe
author of the stat< ment that he preach
ed infidelity because it paid hint, and
not because he believed in it. was not a
gentleman, though he might be a minis
ter of the GospeL
C. E. Baker, assistant baggage-mas
ter at the depot in Nevada^ Mo., has
fallen heir to $1,000.000, inherited
through his great-grandfather. John
Spade, who lived and died in Germany.
Clearly this Spade was a trump for Mr.
Baker, and he will smash no more
trunks with ghoulish glee.
NO INSANITY IN HORSES
60 Says a Gentleman Who Has Made t
Study of the Animals.
A gentleman who has made a study
of horses and their characteristics for
years and who is the owner of a numbet
of fine animals was shown by a New
York Mail and Express reporter an
item that has been going tho rounds of
the press about a norso becoming in.
sane.
"I do not believe there is any such
thing as insanity among horses/1 he
said. "A horse may become wild and
unmanageable from pain, such as tooth
ache, or because of cruel and brutal
treatment or fright, but it is only a
temporary affection. But I will no1
deny that many hones are natural fools.
I have, in fact, seen many such on
which there was no dependence, and a
characteristic of which is the taking up
of a mouthful of hay and tossing it
about, making frequently no headway
in eating. Such horses show no affec
tion, and a stranger can drive them as
readily as one who has handled them
for years, which is not the case with an
intelligent horse. One thing that makes
a horse nervous are these fancy curb
bits, which hurt a horse considerably,
and I attribute a great deal of this so
called viciousncss to these contrivances.
No, sir, I do not even believe in natural
viciousncss in a horse. To ill-treatment
this is all due. Take a high-strung,
nervous horse, and it does not require
much ill-treatment to make him vicious.
I have seen horses and owned them
which would be perfectly gentle in har
ness and in the stable, but the moment
they would see me take up a stick or
whip would at once seem to change
their dispositions, and try to jump upon
me and otherwise do me harm. Out
west last summer I camo across a black
horse which had killed three men and
which worked six mates to death. He
was worked twelve years day and night
on a stage coach. He would trample
both men. and his mates to death the
moment they came too near him. But
he was ill-treated, brutally treated, all
the time. Why, every time they put a
harness on him they would keep him
goaded with a pitchfork so that he
trembled with fear all the time. It wai
quite a sight to see him harnessed. Af
ter the harness was snapped about him
a heavy rope was tied about his neck
and then he would be clubbed over the
head and backed out of the stall. Then
the rope would be thrown over a beam
and the men would take the bridle and
club him with it on the head so as to
stun him before they could get it on.
He was a large, powerful animal, and
fine-looking. Yet to-day that horse is
as gentle as a kitten. Why so? Because
he passed into other hands from which
he received kind treatment, that is all
he needed.
"I have a light sorrel horse named
Howdy, which 1 have owned about two
years. He was very high-strung and a
notorious runaway when I got him.
The man who sold him to me confessed
that no impression could bo made on
the horse's mouth. I began with gentle
treatment and letting him know I was
his master and drove him with a straight
bit At the start he kicked straight out of
the traces. Now he is subdued and gen*
tie, and the moment I speak to him he
obeys and will come everywhere to me
at the sound of my voice. He has a
trait that causes much amusement We
allow him to run in the pasture with a
mate. Rowdy was always a great fence
jumper, but his mate was not on the
I start. When together Rowdy would
leap a fence, and then seeing his mate
decline to follow, would at first coax by
jumping over it several times back and
forth, and at last, seeing this would not
succeed, would begin biting the other
one and pushing it with his nose until
he completed the jump.
"While west I noticed that frequently
horses are guided the same as oxen,
without reins, and that it is very easy to
teach them to obey m this way. It is
like everything else about a horse?let
him have confidence in his master and
he will do anything. I saw an odd in
stance of a balky horse out there. It
was in Michigan, and he was attached
to a light buggy. The horse was very
large, and would weigh 1,700 to 1,800
pounds. They were on a level, and af
ter going about eighty rods the horse
stopped short and would not budge. He
was beaten, knocked, and whipped, but
without avail. Then a yoke of cattle
was brought up and fastened to a chain
which was put'about the horse's neck.
That horse was dragged haif a mile by
the cattle and then was as stubborn as
at first He was finally left alone, and
after standing seven hours started up
all right of his own accord. The trou
ble is that when a horse gets balky peo
ple lose their tempers, and this only
makes matters worse. The only sure
remedy for a balky horse is to blindfold
him by banding his eyes. I never knew
this to fail, as it seems to take away the
animal's attention from the subject over
which he is stubborn."
Fechter*? Diamond Pin.
The story of Fechter is told in Louis
Engel's "From Mozart to Mario:'1
"Wearing a large paste pin, he had
gone down near the East river, where
at that time a number of roughs were
always ready to cut your throat for half
a dollar tt they thought they were like
ly to find anything worth taking on you.
This pin, a theatrical diamond of excel
lent French imitation, attracted a thief's
attention, and he stopped Fechter and
roughly asked the time, with the evi
dent intention of seeing whether be
could lay hold oi a watch. Fechter said
he did not know, and ordered him to go
his way, whereupon the negro?a tall,
powerful man?laid hold of him; but
Fechter, well versed in tho jeu de la
savate, got the man under in no time,
when, to the rather unpleasant surprise
of Fechter, a big clasp knife appeared
on the scene, and he thought discretion
the better part of valor. 'Listen to me,
my man,' he said, 'what is the good of
your shedding blood and getting a hemp
cravat? I havo no money and no val
uables; what do you want?' 'Your
Fin.' said the man, 'and I'll have it if
swing for it' 'You shall,1 said Fechter,
'only I don't care to go home with my
scurf open as if I were drunk. If you
will let mo bave any other pin you may
have mine without a struggle.' 'Agreed,'
said the nigger, and he took out a
rather tasteful turquoise and cameo pin,
and put Fechter's diamond (?) into his
necktie. I leave the reader to judge
what Iiis feelings must have been when
next day he came to ascertain the value
of his'honestly' acquired solitaire, for
which he had given a pin worth at
least ten times the price of the stone for
which he narrowly escaped becoming
a murderer."
mm *> e?
Ex-Senator Thurm an is 72 years old.
worth $500.000, - and frankly admits
that he would liko to be President. He
is making $20:0*H) a year, it is said, as
legal adviser to his professional breth
: rcn. who visit Columbus from all parts
! of the State to consult him. His feo in
; Mich c.nses is never less than $100.
j Gen. Boulanger, French Minister of
; War, has caused eomc commotion
: among the numerous pigeon-flvinjr ?0
: ciettes of Belgium by a recent order
I prohibiting nil foreign pigeons from
; entering France, lest the Germans
; should establish stations in Belgium or
I elsewhere for their military carrier pig
! eons.
j While L?>rd Lonsdaie was in Now
I York an American expressed surprise to
' the Earl that so young a man should bo
! intrusted with absolute power to ap
point thirty curates to church livings
in England. "O. I appoint fortv-two
curates." sah! the noble Lord, "and very
particular I am, too, about their moral
WHAT A! LS TH E NATION 7
The Average Length of life De
creasing?Not resilience-^
Not Famine?All our
? * . ^ **
own Fault.
Modebn Cooking jjstd Mod
ern Living have brought it
on. \ It comes upon us una
wares, \ The patients have
pains about the chest and sides,
and sometimes in the back.
They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has a bad taste, especi
ally in the morning. A sort
of sticky slime collects about
the teeth. The appetite is poor*
There is a feeling like a heavy
load on the stomach ; sometimes
a faint, all-gone sensation at
the pit of the stomach which
food does not satisfy. *r. The
eyes are sunken, the hands
and feet become cold and feel
clammy. \2 After a while a
cough sets in, at first dry, but
after a few months it is at
tended with a greenish colored
expectoration. The patient
feek tired all the while, and
sleep does not seem to afford
any rest After a time he be
comes nervous, irritable * and
gloomy, and has evil forebod
ings. T5* There k a giddiness, a
sort of whirling sensation in
the head when rising up sud
denly, t The bowels become
costive; the skin is dry and
hot at times ; the blood becomes
thick and stagnant; the whites
of the eyes become tinged with
vellow; the kidney secretions
becomes scanty and high col
ored, * depositing a sediment
after standing. There is fre
quently a spitting up of the
food, sometimes with a sour
taste and sometimes with a
sweetish taste; this is fre
quently attended with palpi
tation of the heart and Asth
matic symptoms; the vision be
comes impaired, with spots be
fore the eyes; there is a feel
ing of great prostration and
weakness. All of these symp
toms are in turn present. - It
is thought that nearly one-half
of our population has this dis
ease in some of its varied forms.
Shaker Extract of Boots (Sei
gePs Syrup) changes the fer
ments of the Digestive organs so
as to convert the food we eat into
a form that will give nourish
ment to the feeble body, and
good health is the consequence.
The effect of this remedy is
simply marvelous. Millions
upon millions of bottles have
been sold in this country, and
the testimonials in favor of its
curative powers are ' over
whelming. Hundreds of so
called diseases under various
names are the result of indi
gestion, and when this one
trouble is removed the other
diseases vanish, for they are
but symptoms i of * the real
malady.
> Testimonials from thousands
of people speaking highly of
its curative properties prove
this beyond a doubt ^ Sold by
druggists* __. _
A Singular Circumstances.
'The most singular ease of deafness
I've ever bad anything to do with/
said the family physician, 'is that of a
woman up on Fremont Place. She has
such a frightful noise in her head that
she cau\ hear a thing except when bhe's
in a bcrdic, when the rattle of the
vehicle sort of drowns the noise in her
head, and she can then hear as well as
ever. She observed this peculiarity of
her affliction, and what did she do the
Other night but bring home a watch
mau's rattle and a pair of cyrnba?s.
She didn't say anythiug until her bus
band came home and &at down to
dinner. lie begau to ask the blessing,
and she, wishing to hear his remarks,
began to bang away on the cymbals.
He stopped right in the midst of his
devotions, and asked her wrathfully if
she was crazy, to which she responded
by whoopiDg it a little louder, where
upon he rushed over to my house and
said his wife was a raving lunatic. I
went back with him to try and fix
up matters, but. just as soon as I open
ed my mouth, she let fly with the
watchman's rattle. The outcome of it
is that my friend gets all his meals
down town and spends his evenings at
the City Club, while his wife, armed
with her orchesta, goes calling on her
neighbors, and fools the children into
believing that the circus has come
again. '? Bitfjfa I o C<> n > ic r.
The Farmers' Advocate, Ontario, says:
'The rapid increase of wheat imports
into (ireat Britain from Australasia and
India must ultimately, if not in the near
future, shut Canada, excepting Mani
toba and our northwest, from the British
wheat markets. Indeed, it is question
able if we can export any more wheat
at a profit, except in case of a disastrous
war in Europe, or a failure of the wheat
crop in a majority of the?" countries,
To the railway trains of Russia a
church car is attached, in which travel
ers and trainmen can attend divine ser
vice.
Commenting on the opposition of Pro
fessors Brown and San born to the use
of ensilage, the editor of the American
Dairyman says: * 'The poorest ensilage
we have ever seen has been in the silos
of agricultural colleges."
While milk is standing for cream to
rise, the purity of the cream, and con
sequently the tine flavor and keeping of
the butter, wili be injured if the surface
of the cream is exposed freely to air
much warmer than the cream.
ta SM Mineral later.
Testimonials of Eminent Physicians
of the State*
The following are selected from many sim
ilar ones :
Dr. L. C. Ksnnbdy, of Spartanburg,
writes the Proprietors: "The remedial qual
ities of Glenn Springs I have known for over
forty years, and can attest to its value in
Dyspepsia from gastric or functionnl derange
ment of the Liver, General Debility, Dropsical
Effusions. Uterine Irregularity and Affections
of the Kidneys and Bladder. To the last dis
eases I would particularly call attention, as
the waters have shown large curative powers
in these complaints."
Dr. O. B. Mater, of Newberry, S. C,
says: "I have sent more than fifty persons
suffering with Jaundice to these Springs, and
have never been disappointed in any case;
they all speedily recovered. I cannot find
words to express my confidence in the Glenn
Springs water, as a remedy for the Liver,
when functionally deranged. Dyspepsia,
Dropsy, certain skin diseases, troubles in the
Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver,
have all, as 1 know, disappeared at the
Springs."
Dr. James McIhtosh, President of the Med
ical Association of South Caroliua, in his an
nual address before that body remarks.:
"Glenn Springs, for diseases of the Stomach,
Liver and Kidneys, deserves to rank with
any other on the continent."
PRICE OF WATER.
Per case of two do2en quart bottles, securely
packed and delivered on the train at Spartan
burg, $4.00.
Per gallon, by the barrel, delivered at
Spartanburg, 20 cents.
Per gallon, for less than a barrel, 25 cents.
Address SIMPSON & STMPSON,
Glenn Springs, S. C.
For sale in Surater, by Dr. A. J. China and
Dr. G. S. Sealy.
BLAJNTKS
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LIENS,
TITLES,
MORTGAGES,
BILLS OF SALE,
BONDS,
And Other Blanks in Variety,
FOE SALE
AT THIS OFFICE,
THEAMERIGAN
MAGAZINE.
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.
This Magazine portrays Ameri
can thought and life from ocean to
ocean, is filled with pare high-class
literature, and can be safely wel
comed in any family circle*
PRICE 25c. OB $3 A YEAR BY MAIL.
Sample Copg cf current number mailed upon re
ceipt of 25 cts.; back numbers, 15 eti.
Premium List with either.
Aiinu:
fi. T. BUSH * SON, Publishers,
130 & 132 Pearl St., N. Y.
NEW SHOP.
THE SUBSCRIBER would respectfully in
form the citizens of Sum ter Count?, tbat
be has recently moved bis shop from Wedge
field to the Town of Sumter, where he will
carry on the bosiness of
WHEELWR1GHTING, BLACKSMITHING,
md General Reparing. HORSE SHOEING a
specialty. Will keep on hand piping and
fixtures for the repairing of Steam Engines,
Pumps, etc
LOG CARTS built to order.
He takes this opportunity to thank his
friends and the public generally, for the lib
eral patronage extended to him while at
Wedgefield, and hopes by close attention to
his business, to merit a continuance of the
same.
Shop on Liberty Street, near Mr. H.
Harby's Livery Stables.
RILEY W. BRADHAM.
March 17, ^87._
BEES AND HONEY.
J. P. H. BROWN,
AUGUSTA, GA.
MANUFACTURER OF HIVES, SEC
tions, Foundation and Bee-keepers1
Supplies. Also Breeder of Italian Bees and
Queens.
He manufactures the best PORTABLE
FRUIT DRYER.
Send for catalogue.
March 3
THE ROYAL ST. JOHN.
The only Sewing Machine in the world that
runs either forward or backward and
still continues to sew in the same
direction.
-IT IS THE
SIMPLEST,
STRONGEST,
MOST DURABLE,
AND BEST.
CHALLENGES COMPARISON,
Distances Competition !
Surpasses Expectation !
Be Sure You See it Before You Buy.
FOR SALE BY
F. H. FOLSOM & BRO.
Watchmakers and Jewelers,
Main'Street, opposite John ReicFs,
SUMTER, S. C*
March 24
A WELL KNOWN FACT!
A Dealer who makes a Specialty of one par
ticular line can always supply the
Best Goods at the Lowest Prices.
IT IS THEREFORE TO YOUR INTEREST TO
BUY YOUR HARDWARE
-FROM
R. W. DURANT & SON.
Tbey keeep in stock every known variety of
SHELF HARDWARE
and would call especial attention to a very large and well selected stock of
RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING
In all widths, with Rivets and Burs or Lacing as may be desired.
STOYES OF EVERY VARIETY AT ALL PRICES.
A large aod superb stcek of
CJxlxxa, ?ix? L Glassware,
And the finest and largest assortment of TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, RAZORS,
SCISSORS, &c, from the best fatories of Europe and America. Especial attention
has been paid in the selection of POTVVARE, TINWARE, &c.
Wagon Material of Every Conceivable Kind.
Single and Double Muzzle and Breech Loading Guns, Ammu
nition, Shells, &c.
Remember this is the ONLY HARDWARE STORE IN TOWN and will be supported by
LOW PRICES.
r w. Durant & son.
Sept 15_Main Street, opposite the Bank, Sumter, S. C.
ASHLEY SMALL GRAIN SPECIFIC.
The S. G. S. is the cheapest, and the best, and the only Specific Fertilizer
for Small Grain on the Market.
The S. G. S. has been used all over our Southern States for the last three
years, and has given great satisfaction.
ASHLEY ASH KLEJIKLVr,
Of superior activity and efficiency ; a cheap and excellent Fertilizer for
Small Grain, especially when used with Cotton Seed cr mauurc to supply
Ammonia.
ASHLEY COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER,
Delivered free; specially adapted to Roses, Gcrauiuius, Pansics, Flowering
Annuals, &c.
For terms, directions, testimonials, and for the various attractive and instruc
tive publications of the Company, address,
THE ASHLEY PHOSPHATE CO.
Serjt 23 Charleston, S. C.
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BELIEVING SUITEBING HUMANITY!
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AN INTERESTING TREATISE ON BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES SENT
FRE?; TO ALL APPLICANTS. IT SHOULD BC READ BY EVERYBODY.
ADDRESS THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
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Commercial College of Ey. University, Lexington, Ky.
The Cheapest and Best College in the World for a Practical Business Education.
Its Graduates the Most Successful. 8000 Graduates in Business.
Highest Honor (Diploma of Honor and Gold Medal) at World's Exposition for Systea of
Book-keeping and General Baefnees Education over all Colleges.
*t*4*wu r*? Lwlt at any time. as they art initructed individually, by 10 teaebera. No eaea?on.
F 111 I A A il BO F fflbrtcM ti-^iiiTc and practical r.oo^iwpinf. Bailee** Arnbrnetlc, Pcntaiaihip, Conm?reial
FULLCOURSti.? ?- 1- ' 1
T'MEANPCQST,
together n redaction o' $5 i* mwt on r>
r, Mercantile CoiWfoodfDce, Bunking. Praetio?, Lerttre?, Ac, *e.
- It r?<ioirti from 7 to 3 month* to complete the fill Biilnrw Cour?e at m total cert of about
_j JvO, which includes Tuition, Book*, and Board Is a nice ramily. When two or owe ester
?. rf.ti.-u r ' ' r-i run rioh rnc'< tolfioD. No ?narre f?r reti? win* Co?ta*.
PIIO^ftRAPHY. TYPE-WKlTINt; and TELEGRAPHY are ipcdaHfc? and baseipeeial Uac?t-r* and jeparate
r?oTn? Lite^irCovi^frMfoTri-mainfl.'rofWM >nnnrttrlOvrof.-^c.r% Orcr 500 atadeat* fron, 21 State, wd Foreign Coun
triei in attendance lut year. Kentucky Cnirer?Hy Piploma, ondcr ural. presented ita itudeatt on graduation.
J^tlniton Kt C?ntain? nearlr 7?0.r?X) inhabitant., in Wniifnl. h>*1tK< hirderieal, and ee*i1y accenMble, betn*; titrated ?a
the leadingWroad. iron. tb. North, South, Ea.t and We.U Tor circular* a,)dre*. ^JJgg?. R Uxl.gf+Wfi
A. J. CHINA
DEALER IN
Brag*, Medicines and
FISK TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH
BRUSHES, PERFUMERY AND FANCY
TOILET ARTICLES, Ac, Ac.
PAINT8, OILS, VARNISBE8 AND
DYE STUFFS, GLASS, PVtTY, $c.
FuM supply of Fresh Garden Seeds,
April 9_ _
PAINT YOUR BUGGY FOR
One Dollar.
One coat gives an old boggy the blackest
black y od ever saw and a handsome gloss
without varnishing. It dries hard in a few
hours. No rubbing 1 No varnishing ! No
extra trouble. Each can contains more than
enough to paint a carriage.
Retailed at One Dollar per Can.
For Sale by
DR. A. J. CHINA.
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J. F.W. DeLORME,
Agent*
DEALER IN.
drugs & nom
TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY
AND ALL KINDS OF
Druggist's Sundries
USUALLY KEPT IN a FIRST-CLASS DRUG
STORE.
Tobacco, Siraffand Segars,
GARDEN SEEDS, &C,
-A160?
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
GLASS, PUTTY. &c.
DYE STUFFS.
Physician's Prescriptions carefully
compounded, and orders answered
with care and dispatch.
The public will find my stock of
Medicines complete, warranted genu
ine, and of the best quality.
Call and see for yourselves.
HOUSE PAINTING
la Tint Class Style.
IAM PREPARED TO FURNISH MATE
rial of the best kind and finish up jobs in
workmanlike manner, and no money required
until work is completed.
Any kind of work in the House-painting
line, such as Walnut Graining, Oak Graining,
Mapleing, Marbleizing, Wall and Fancy
Painting in fiat or gloss work, Graniteing,
Roogb-casting, Gold or Brass Bronzing,
Staining, and Varnishing in any shade.
All jobs will be promptly dealt with.
Address LEMUEL R. DAVIS,
May 19 Sumter, S. C.
Obtained, and nil i'A TEST. niSlNteS at
tended to for MODERATE FEES Our office is
op|*>site the U.S. l*rt?v?ot:<?o?icc. and we com ob
tnioo 1'ntentsin ?es* limojAlomi those rvm?>te from
WASHINGTON. Send MODEL. UK.\ WING or
J'lJOTO of invention. We advise hs i<i p.-nent
abilitv free of Hiarue oiioil we liuikc NO <UAl:uE
UNLESS PATENT IS SECt 'I!El>.
For circular, advice, terms and references to
actual client* in your own Slnle.''t?i:iuy. (Jit y or
Tovtu, write to
Cr:v?^SNOW.SG0
Opposite. Fuient O?ce. Washington, 1) C
up
K
TEE ONLY
Will purify the BLOOD mmlata
the liver and KIDNEYS and
Kkptoke the HEALTH andVIO
OR of YOUTH. Dyspet>sia.\V&nt
of Appetite, Tnditrestion.Lack of
Str^north And Tired Feeling ab
solutely cuwil: Pones, tan?,
clos and nerves receive new
force. Enlivens the mind
nnd supplies Bmin Tower.
'Suffering from coroplaintspecn
linr to their sex will find in DR.
KARTER'S IRON TONIC a
safe, speedy cure. Gives a c?esr. healthy complexion.
AH attempts nr. counterfeiting only adds to it.-pepa
larity. Do not -xponm??nt?cet ORiGrxax. a>*d Best
Dr. H ARTER" S LIVER. PILLS
LADIES
(Cure Const! pation.Li ver Comolaint and Sic*
Hendache. Sample Dose and Dream Book
mailed on reoalpt of two conta In postage.
THE DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.
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S?HIEE MARBLE WOES,
ESTABLISHED IN 1869.
W. P. SMITH,
WHO IS STILL PREPARED WITH
Improved Facilities,
TO FURNISH
MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES,
?and?
All Binds of Cemetery Work,
In First Class Workmanship.
Dec. 21.
MANHO0 D
HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED!
Jost published, a new edition of Dr. CUL
VERWELT/S CELEBRATED ESSAY en the
radical care of Spermatorrhoea or Setninnl weak
ness. Involuntary Seminal Losses, Impoteney,
Mental and Physical Incapacity, Impediments
to Marriage, ete. ; also, Consumption/Kpilcpsy
and fits, induced by self-indulgence or sexual
extravagance, fte.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years'
successful practice, that the alarming cons?
quences of self-abase may be radically cared ;
pointing out a mode of enre at once dimple, cer
tain and effectual, by means of which every
sufferer, no matter what his condition may be,
may enre himself cheaply, privately and radi
cally.
This lecture should be in the hands of
every yvuth and every man in the land.
Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to any
address, post paid, on receipt el" four cents, or
two notitag? stamps. Address
THE CULVERWKLL MEDICAL CO.,
41 Asa St Nxw York; Post Office Box, 450.
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B. F. MITCHELL ?t
PROPRIETORS OF
The Merchant Floor Mills
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOR TBS 8ALE OF
COTTON AND NAVAL STORES*
WILMINGTON, N. c.
OFFER FOR SALE
AT LOWEST PRICES
Choice grades FLOUR, own manTt're,
-ALSO,
Fresh Ground MEAL, HOMINY.
CRACKED CORN, &c.
-ALSO,
Selected RED RUST PROOF SEED
OATS.
Selected North Carolina and Maryland
SEED RYE,
All oar Goods guaranteed bestquali
:y and at lowest prices. No charge fof
lelivery to Railroad.
B. F. MITCHELL & SON.
WULBERN & PIEPER.
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND DEALERS IN
Provisions, Lipors, Totao, k
167 and 169 Fast-Bay,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Dec. 2_ 6
S. B. THOMAS, Agi
No. 320 KING STREET,
Opposite Liberty,
WMof Mes, Paper Haipp
LACE CURTAINS,
CORNICES AND UPHOLSTERY 6000S9
WINDOW AWNINGS MADE TO ORDER.
CHARLESTON S. C.
Dec II_o_
GEO. W. STEFFENS,
WHOLESALE GROCER,
Auction and Commission Merchant i
and Liquor Dealer.
AGEST fob
The F:nest Harns cured in the U. S.
Also. Agent for
GENESEO ROAD CART*
The Best and Cheapest on the Market*
197 EAST BAY and 50 and 52 STATE Sn*, >
(Auction Room State Street,)
CHARLESTON, S. C.
?ST* Consignments Solicited.
Nov 25 _0__ .
The largest and most complete establishment South .
GEO. S. HACKER & SON,
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Manafactarers of
Doors, Sash, Blinfts, Mm
AND BTHLDUTG- l&Wtel?L.
OFKICE ANt) wahkbooxs;'
King, opposite Cannon Street',
CHARLESTON, S. G.
Ang 10_O
PAVILIOtf HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, ?. C.
First Class in aU its Appointment*.
Supplied with all Modern Improremcnt*. -r
Excellent Cuisine, Large Airy Rooms,
Otis Passenger Elevator, Elec
tric Bells and Lights. Heat
ed Rotunda.
RATES $2.00, $2.50 AND $3.00/
Roams Reserved by Mail or Telegraph,
Sept 16_
WRIG-HT'S HOTEL,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE,
with all modern improvement*, is now v
open for the reception of guests.
S. L. WRIGHT * SON, t
May 6. Proprietor*-^
RUBBER STAMPS*
NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING ClOTfllNB
with indellible ink, or fur printing rUitisg.:
cards, and
STAMPS OF ANY KIND :
for stamping BUSINESS CARDS, EXYEL- -
OPES or anything else. Specimens of TtrioM "
st vies on hand, which tri SI be shown with pleas
are. The LOWEST PRICES possible, and
orders filled promptly.
Call on C. p. OSTEEN,
At the Watchman and So^thmn Office
$25,000.00
IN GOLD!
WILL BE PAID FOB
ABBUCKLES' COFFEE ISAPPEBi
1 Premium, - - $1,000.00
2 Premiums, * $500*00 ach.
6 Premiums, 8250.00 "
25 Premiums, $100.00 *
100 Premiums, $50.00 M
200 Premiums, $20.00 "
1,000 Premiums, $10.00 "
For full particulars and directions see Circa* -
Jar in every pound of Asbcckles' Corns.
WORE SHOPS
WITHOUT STEAM POWEB
by using oitt??ts Of
unntr pat. foot powk*
machinery can compete with
steam power. Sold on trial*
Metal and woodworkers send for
prces. IHnstr'd catalogue free,
w. F. &. Jno. Barnes Co.
Rockfosd.HL
Address No 2 U6 Main SU
POUTZ'S
horse And cattle powders
3
So HoteK trill rliA of 0>uc. Bots or Less I?
tkr. if Fontz's I'ow.lcrs are c*ed in time.
Fonte's Powj?rrs wiilriireftndprevent-Hog Cboibsa..
F?nte's Powfior?; iriil prevent Gapks ts Fowls.
Fontz's Povrf??i> \v:li increase the qnanttfy of nflt
an<l cream twenty per cent., and make tlie batter fin?
M sweet.
Fonts'* IVwdrT* -will enre or prevent almost mss
^I8ka?v to u-.Sc?i Horw and Cattle are snbject.
Fourz> Fo>vT>?na wnx oirx Satxsfactxok.
SoM eTery-n.-hrtre.
David e. foutz, Proprietor
BAXTZMOKE. ico.
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