The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 26, 1888, Image 4
By VALTE3 WSLLMAE .
For the* second time in his lifo Jasper
Ward was unhappy. Jasper was a loco?
motive engineer on the Burlington road,
and had trod the footboard of an engine
aa fireman and driver since his mostacho
first grew on his stripling' chin. His
./Caseerhad been one of such evenness and
calm, so much quiet life within himself, -
%? such absence of incident or accident, that
his steady temper had been rarely stirred
lay joy or sorrow. His first grief had
come to h"*? ten years or more before,
when his wife died suddenly while he was
away on his engine. He had never mar?
ried- again, nor seemed to care much for
Society or company or anybody or any?
thing saving only his son Jack, and, of
Course, his engine, fer which he had
a hali dozen pet names. Jack wanted
to be a locomotive engineer like .hs
father, and often coaxed to be taken ont
to^learn to fire; but Jasper would not
listen to this. "Go to school, boy,** he
said, "and learn to be something in the
world. An engineer isn't much." Yet if
anybody else had said this, which nobody
would m. Jasper Ward's presence-at least
nobody who knew him-Jasper would
have been very much grieved. Ko was
* proud of bis cailing^prond of his record
on the foot board. Thirty years had he
stood there, and in all that time not one
.accident more serious than the fracture of
a connecting rod piston bar had occurred
to him. Not one lue intrusted to his care
had been lost, nor oven jeopardized. For
twenty years Jasper had run the same
' train, ail accommodation, and ali the
people up and down that division of the
fine knew Jasper Ward and his locomo?
tive as well as they did their own door
yards. His face at the engine window
was so familiar that to miss it for a day
or two was to take something out of the
daily life of the people who dwelt near
the tracks.
But now Jasper was unhappy when he
should have beei^ most content, for he
had finally relented and taken Jack with
kimon the locomotive. His old fireman
-.had been, promoted to an engine, and
? Jack had thereupon begged so hard that
his father finally applied to the master
mechanic for permission to ? alee the boy !
on and make an engineer of him. it was
a happy day for Jack when the master
mechanic's reply was received; but not so
with old Jasper, for the message con
i tained these words: "Til give you a new
engine, too. Take out No. 451 to-morrow.
With your own boy on and a shining new
engine," the oficial could not resist the
temptation of adding, unbusinesslike
though it was-he wouldn't have added
an unnecessary word to anybody except
oWrJas;:?<*r-**you will be quite gay again,
and will be naving all the young men
envying yon.". The master mechanic
meant well, but it was a sad blow to
Jasper.- *\A new engine!" he exclaimed,
somewhat bitterly; "what have I done
that I should have my old pet taken away
from me? Well, if the old engine isn't j
good enough to run along yet awhile, j
i why,'! suppose the old engineer will have j
to go too, pretty soon. This is the begin?
ning of the end, s?ure. They'll lay the
did man off. before the year is out."
His sorrow was greatly increased when
he bearded the new engine and found that
she was equipped with one of the new
electric head lamps, with which the com?
pany was experimenting. Nor was that
the worst of it. The whistle of the new
machine was a harsh, coarse whistle, as
unlike the sweet tones of the old whistle
as anything could be. Thje first sound of
tLne&riy drove Jasper wild. "They'll get
me off the road now," h9 exclaimed; "I
cant run an engine with a headlight like
that on it and such a whistle. They'll lay
the old man off, but they can't say he
hasn't made time. They can't say that."
Making turo isa sort of hobby with all
good locomotive engineers. With Jasper
it was a mania. "An engineer isn't
worth a cent unless he can get in on
schedule nineteen times out of twenty,"
he used to say, "and a man can always
make time if he has tue nerve. Let a man
^et the least bit timid, so that he pulls np
for everything that he doesn't like the
looks of,"for every speck on the track, cr?
ios every down grade, and he'll never j
make time. Let her go, let her go," ho j
advised "Jack; "don't be afraid of any- i
tiing. When you start out on a run make j
np your mind that yen are going to make
tfane or dio trying. Don't be afraid of the
ditch. If it is your fate to be ditched
and stop there yon can't get away from it
hy shutting oSrsteam ev^ry time she be?
gins to jump a little or you imagine you
Bee som^thj^g on the track. You*U im?
agine you seo fifty things ahead in one
night, and if you go to shutting off for i
them you'll never make time, never in
the world, boy."
And in good truth the old man was as
brave as ht3 words. Ho was known along
tv.e road as a runner against everything
hut red lights. But from the very first
day on the new engine he was a changed
man. ' All his old confidence seemed to
leave him, and he became instead nervous
and timid. He blamed it all on tho new
locomotive, and particularly on the elec?
tric head ?amp.
"Jack," he said, as they were running
along ono day- shortly after tho new
?agine had been. put in use, "this ma?
chine isn't going to bring me any good
luck. I know that. I'm getting nervous,
and am afraid to let her out on the down
grades. That brilliant light is ruining
my eyes, and something will happen one
of these day3. Jack, you had better leave
the road. Go and learn to be a black?
smith. An engineer doesn't amount to
much."
And as his pride in his own calling and
career was aroused by these words, he
Stodged the throttle open a little farther,
and the oil look of satisfaction came upon
his stern face. But this was only for a
moment. Timidity and discontent were
jpecoming more than ever marked in him,
and Jack found his father anything but
a cheerful running mate. But Jack didn't
mind that. He loved his father dearly,
and did the best he could to comfort and
cheer him.
"You'll be all right in a day or two,
father," he said; "the machine is new
and the light is brighter than you are ac?
customed to, but you'll Uko th*m both
before long."
"No, 7 won't," the old man replied,
.stubborn in his unhappiness and fore?
bodings: "they are determined to drive
memoir the road with their now fangled j
iCohcerns. They don't want the old man
any hinger. They want mo to get behind
time overy day or two and lia ve ih& boss
looking after me and bouncing me. But
111 fool 'em yet. FE make time or"
and by tl>e way his father set his teeth
Jack knew that the old man meant to
drive ahead through dav and through
(darkness, whether he could see or not.
"But you must icr-ve tho road, Jack,"
??id Jasper, as he pula 3d up at a station;
"yon must leavo thc road, bey. There's
trouble coming, and there's no reason why
you should be in it."
"But I can't leave tue road, father. I
know no other way to earn a living, and,
besides, I want to stay with you."
"No, no; you have only yourself tosup
. port, and you can do that at anything.
Besides, you will not be left without a
little"
"But, father," Jack interrupted, "I-I
have more than myself to support, or soon
will have. Fa-father, Mary has promised
to marry me."
Jack's voice faltered, though ho was not
usually timid in the presence of his father.
Jasper looked up with a puzzled face.
"For tho life of mel can't understand ;
what a girl can see to admire in a big ?out I
of & fellow lilie you," he sr.id. at the same !
time bestowing upon Ins brawny and
grimy son a look which belled his words. ;
4'What does the girl lovo you forT'
"1 don't know, father," said Jack, bash- i
fully, and bowing his head as if to look at j
the "water gauge. "I don't know, unless it j
is because she thinks I am to be an en- |
gineer some day. I think that's it. She '
wouldn't love me, I'm afraid, if I were j
to Jeave the road. I'm just sure sho ;
wouldn't."
Jack said this without guile. Ile be- ;
Keved it, and his father believed it, too. ?
The old man sn?led under his gray beard, j
80 greatly did the artless compliment j
please him. And'sq* almost without an
?Sort, and without realizing how elo?
quently he had pleaded his catlee, Jack j
woo his fathers consent to hj? rcmainhvT
on ino engine, no was to marry tao giri j
he loved, and had his father's consent to
marrying as quick as he liked. Of course j
Jack was very happy, and whistled a little j
tune as he opened the furnace- door and j
shoveled hugo scoops of ecal into the
glowing Hrebor. I
Mary Clifford was a pretty girl. She
had great brown eyes, which looked cut
from under a brow of marble whiteness.
Ecr home was near the railway track,
and there Jack had first seen her while
taking occasional rides with his father
before mounting the footboard as fire?
man. Mary used to stand ont at tho
front gate and watch the cars go by. A
locomotivo was her ideal of strength and
beauty. - Jasper's old engine was resplen?
dent with brass feminines and orna?
ments, and these, kept as shiny as a good
housewife's silver, and glistening in tho
sunlight, had caught both the eye and
the taney of the big eyed maiden and
done more than half the wooing for the
boy who so proudly rode by his father's
side. Once Kwhc? the accommodation
stopped near her home "to wait for the
passing of an "extra," to gratify ber*
curiosity she came out, and was urged to
visit the locomotive cab and sit on the
engineer's perch, and her bravery was
tested by an invitation to mount the
pilot or "cowcatcher" and ride down to
the railway crossing, half a mile away.
She was equal to the occasion, and'
thought the odd ride such rare sport that
for many a dav after, and even after she
had grown to be a dignified young lady,
she tonged to repeat tue experience
Well, the wedding day was set, and all
preparations v ?a-e duly made, Jack con?
tinuing meanwhile to "fire" No. 451 for
his father. Jasper was becoming familiar
with tho new engine, but tho electric
headlight he could not endure without
many words of grumbling and many fore?
bodings for tho future. To add to his
troubles at a time when he was little able
to bear new burdens, he was transferred
from his old run on the accommodation to
an express train. Most men would have
taken this for an honor, but to old Jasper
lt was an affront which he could not for
five. Nor could he help it, either, and so
9 took the new run, which ambitious
Jack was glad to get, and between them
they made very good time "night after
night.
A couple of weeks before the wedding
day Jasper and Jack were on their way
west on a regular trip, when they were
again stopped at the side track near
Mary's home, to. pass a belated freight
train. Jack looked in vain for a light in
the Qifford house, for it was near mid?
night. Just before tho freight came
thundering along, and while Jack was
busy shoveling coal, old Jasper was star?
tled by catching a glimpse of something
which looked to him like a human form
stealing through the darkness toward his
engine, but he instantly attributed the
delusion to the bothersome electric head?
light, turned h's eyes away, and soon
afterward open.-d the throttle and re?
sumed his journey. It was a moonless
night in Decemberj and the snow, softened
under the rays of the sun at midday, had
now been frozen and crystallized on the
ground and along the earthworks of tho
railway, so that the brilliant rays from
the electric headlamp set the course with
myriads of sparkling diamonds, very
pretty to look upon but exceedingly
troublesome to the eyes of the veteian.
engineer.
Aa hour later a red light at Miller's
Station caused Jasper to put on the brakes
and come to a stop.
"There's the train order," said the tele?
graph operator, appearing at the* cab
window, "and here's a private message
for Jack."
"My God, fatherr cried Jack, reading
his message before Jasper had deciphered
the first words of the train dispatcher's
order on the yellow manifold paper, "read
that! What shall we do?"
Jasper took the dispatch and read:
"Mary ClLOord has disappeared. Search
parties are out. Come homo. "
Jack was frantic, and wanted to- jump
off the engine and start bick on foot. But ?
old Jasper had a better idea.^r -.
"Wait t?l* we get to Smftliville," he j
said, "and there you may ask the fireman
of No. 7 to take your place, while you
take his and return home. That is all
that can be done, my boy."
They were two very sad men who rode
away in the cab of engine 451. They had !
not a word to say to each other. Each i
was'busy with his own thoughts. Jasper j
was thinking that his forebodings were
beginning to bear fruit, and that the new !
engine and the electric lamp had brought
bad luck at last. Jack was trying to think
what in the world had become of Mary
Clifford.
The train was rapidly approaching Buck
Hill tunnel, the fierce rays from tue new
lamp filling the frosty rock cut with a
dazzing array of crystals, when both
father and son suddenly uttered an ex
carnation of horror and turned their faces .
toward each other. At that instant the
locomotivo plunged iu'^o tho tunnel, with
a roaring and a quivering of thc earth,
but by the light afforded by the single
gauge lamp Jasper read tn Jack s face
that which he was ?h^acUng to see there,
and Jack saw in the blanched cheek and
dilated eyes of his father that his worst
feared were realized. Eis hand trembling
moro violently than the engine itself, tho
old engineer threw his weight against the
throttle and shut off all steam, and at the
same moment applied the air. As soon as
the train had come to a standstill he re- j
versed, opened the throttle once more,
whistled for rear lights; and slowly backed
the'train out of the tunnel. As.the wheels
lazily revolved the old man turned to his
son and, in a tone which was moro a
whisper than anything else, gasped out:
'.'Lid you s-seo it?" A
"Yes," Jack whispered in reply; ^t
was Mary. I saw it as plainly as could
be. It was Mary standing there in the
middle of the track, clad in angel's robe.
Oh, I know it ?3 Mary's spirit, and sho
is dead."
"It was a woman's form and sho held
her right hand aloft in warning." said
Jasper, his eyes as largo as oyster shells
and his frame trembling like a locomotive j
in toil, "lt was a warning, if ever there
was one. and not for all the world would j
I run through that tunnel to-night. Sho j
stood right in ibo middle of the track and j
-heavens! there she is again' See, there." I
Jack s;tv; it. too, and covered his face
with his grimy aims and wept.
"What isthc matter here*:" inquired the i
conductor, who had come running forward j
as the train stopped. "What's up?"
"Look!" the cid engineer replied, point- !
big ahead with ono hand and with the
other covering his eyes.
"I sei nothing except the mouth of |
Back ILli tunnel," tho conductor said.
It waa Hary standing tJi^rc in the viid'.Ue i
of thc track.
"She is the?-she is there! I saw her :
twice!" Jiis^'T cried.
"Who i s there? There is nothing there. |
Wake up. Dian-you ur-.- dreaming, i
When;'s Jack?"
''I saw !;er, too," said the f*r":nr.u, i
moaning; "I suv/ her, and I am sure my j
Mary is dead."
"??uv fiddlesticks!*" muttered tho con?
duct? ;r, KS he clambered into the cab.
Jap Ward. I'm ashamed of you. (ihosts
on tho traek! Hum nh! What's the mat- j
ter with you to-night?"
Bat Jr.sper and Jaek stuck to their ;
story that, they hud seen on the track, ;
right at the mouth of Buck Hill tunnel,
the ghostly form of a woman, with her ]
hair waving in the wind and with a f and ;
uplifted warningly. The conductor ?
laughed at tho s tory and ridiculed Jasper
and Jack until they consented to put on :
the steam and xo ahead. The wheels had j
made but - tew j^vcduii^ns when tho
conductor cried out, as lae others had
doue fosfore him, "Great Leavens, what is
that?" But, being a brave fellow, as it is
easy for a man tc be who has never had
his nerves weakened by much riding at
night in the cab cf a locomotive, he
leaped to thc ground and declared that ho
would solve tho mystery. Lantern in
Land he pushed ahead toward tho mouth
cf^ tho tunnel In a moment he called
out for help, and when Jasper and his son
ran to his assistance they found him
standing on the pilot cf tho locomotive
with something white in his arms.
"Hero's your ghostly woman,"ho cried.
"Help me get her down. She's either
dead or sleeping."
It was indeed a woman, and she was
alive, but unconscious. Jack flashed his
lantern. before her face, and drew back
with a cry. It was Mary Clifford.
Sho roused but slowly, being chilled to
the marrow. Recovering consciousness
at last, sho surprised her rescuers by
failing to scream. Instead she smiled in
a queer sort of way at Jack, and pulled
closer round her throat tho big coat
which ho had placed upon her shivering
form.
"Mar}'," said Jack, unable longer to re?
strain the eagerness of his curiosity,
"how in tho world did you happen to get
here?"
. "Why, Jack," sh? replied, "didn't you
know I "was troubled with sleep walking?
I guess I must have been dreaming of
yon to-night. 0, yes, I remember; last
night mother and I were talking of the
day I took tho ride with you on "the cow?
catcher, and that must be how I happened
to come here. Are you sorry, Jackr'
For answer Jack looked to see that his
father and the conductor were out of
sight, arguing with each other down by
tho big driving wheels, and then he took
tho chilly ghost in his arms and kissed
her lips until they at least were warm.
On the pilot <./ the locomotive.
"Tm right and I know I'm right," ex?
claimed tho conductor, who was a roate
rialist,with no use for ghosts and specters
with long hair waving in the wind. '"I'll
prove it to you. I'll climb upon the pilot,
and after you've backed up a littlo Fil
wave my arms as you start forward again,
and you'll soo what you'll see."
The conductor climbed upon the pilot,
while Jasper resumed his seat in tho cab
and backed up the length of the train.
Then he set his lever forward again, and
slowly turned on the steam. The wheels
had mado but a few revolutions when
Jasper, Jack and Mary saw before thom,
seemingly right in the tunnel's mouth, a
shadowy, indistinct form, moving what
appeared to be its arms, and which all
knew to be th? shadow of the . conductor
on th? pilot.
"I told yon so," was the conductor's
first remark as h? cam? down from th?
pilot. "I saw it ali at a glance. . Tho
thin ic? on tho banks in the cut here is
just like a looking glass. At on? partic?
ular spot the rays from the electric head?
light are reflected back and forth in such,
a manner that the shadow cf anything on
th? pilot is taken up and indistinctly
thrown upon the inky blackness ahead."
"I don't understand it," said Jasper.
"Lot mc show you." tho conductor went
cn,taking out pencil ar.d paper, while Jasper
held his lantern. "In tho first place, you
must remember that tho rooky walls of
th? cut are rough and uneven, presenting
a great variety of surfaces, and a good
many of 'em just like mirrors. Now, well
call A the tunnel arch. BB are thc walls
of the cut. C is tho electric headlight
over the pilot. The electric rays, striking
some of thc rock surfaces at D, ar? thrown
back to E, and at E ar? reilectcd rieht
across tho "pilot >?mmM?&^'*:&#&?!?
to F, bf courso
making a shadow
on th? wall at
that" point of
whatever imago
was in the way.
If Jack had been
looking out the
cab -window at
the wall of the
cut ho would
hav? seen th?
ghost at that
point, and proba?
bly tho shadow
of tUo front of
th? engine, and
then mavbo ho
wouldn't have been so badly scared. But
h? was looking ahead, as you were, and
you both saw the indistinct outlines of
the young lady's shadow as thrown from
F upon the darkness in tho cut beyond
th? range of the electric rays. You might
travel a thousand miles without commg
on another spot where such a result would
appear. Now, hurry up and let's get
away."
"How do you account for tho uplifted
arm?" inquired Jasper.
"That is easily explained. When I
found th? young lady she was sitting
with her right arm holding to thc brace
rod that runs from the headlamp to tho
front of the pilot,-just as she might have
dene had she been awake. Besides, your
imagination helped tho illusion made by
a combination of Jack Frost's looking
glasses, the electric headlight and asleep
walking young lady. Q-jeorest thing I
ever heard of.
"Queer? I should say it was," echoed
old Jasper, as Lo turned on thc steam and
plunged into the tunnel as if he meant to
make up tho fifteen minutes of lost time;
"I should say it was queer. But for
heaven's salce, don't tell th? boys, or
they'll laugh me ol? the road."
Tho conductor promised to keep tho
matter a secret, and was as good as his
wprd. Tho story was told by old Jasper
himsclf*ono day last week, as his contri?
bution to the tales of the rail being re?
lated by a^party of striking engineers.
Jasper is now a grandfather, but has re?
tired from thc foot board, while engine
451, shorn of its brilliant front light and
again carrying tho modest oil larur>,
brought nothing but good luck to o?d
Jasper, to Jack and Mary since tho night
it was stopped for tho woman in white.
G^pns in thc Air.
Miquo! has found that air at Mont
souris (outside of Paris) contains, as an
average. 1.092 microbes, while in a Paris
street there ure in a cubic meter (thirty
five cubic feet) 'J.75?. Tho upper air i:: a
city is, however, much purr than that of
tho streets. Thus Miquel found on top
of thc Pantheon but ?(>4 germs to tho
meter, which is tims freer than country
air near thc ground. But if street air is
so full of genus, what can be said of tho
houses'.' In Miquela own house each
cublic meter contained in summer 49,800,
while in winter there were 34,5U0. This
increase in winter over summer is duo to
the much smaller ventilation allowed. In
free air, country or city, tho germs aro
three to four times moro numerous in
summer than in winter. These figures
help us to appreciate the necessity for
thorough ventilation, especially in cases
of infectious diseuse.
Tightly closing the ronni to prevent tho
contagion from spreading will but add to
it.*: concentration and greatly increase tho
danger v> the attendants. Doors and
windows oj.- sang into halls or other
rooms nre wisely closed, but those com?
municating with outside air should be
opened us widely as possible, und if the
patient is in an upper roora much of tho
danger of infection is avoided. It would
seem best, where hospitals aro built in a
thickly inhabited section of tho city, to
take tlitj uir supply used in ventilation, es?
pecially of tho surgical wants, from a
superior level by means of a tall chimney.
With such air, and with wall i of glazed
brick instead of absorbent plaster, un?
favorable results after operat ions, already
so reduced bi number by antiseptic meth?
ods, would bo still further diminished.
Luciuj Pitkin hi Thc Century.
A THRIFTY PEOPLE.
I MILLIONS CF WON EY LAID DY F G Ti A
RAINY DAY.
I -
I
! The Savins lian's Dollar, and now lie
Houses It fa Kc-?ton Hanks-Watching
the Crowd on a Dusy Day-Deposits and
Depositors.
At the begin* lng of tho yeer of grace
1888 there wero fifteen savings banks ia
Boston, having tn charge about $93,000,
OOO belonging to nearly 323,000 depositors.
Since the first of the year two nore sav
bigs banks have been established in the
city, so tiiat these figures aro under
rather than over the facts at the present
moment. It may truly bo said that in no
city in the country, or, for that matter,
in the world, aro savings banks more
conservatively, honorably and safely con?
ducted than in Boston. These local banks
have, as a role, had public confidence, and
their reputation leaves nothing to be de?
sired. An olilcer in one of the savings
banks informs the writer that tho major
portion of tho depositors are womem
When asked why this is so he gave lt as
his opinion that the women are not so
much given to making "investments'* as
the men. They prefer to put their money
j in a reputable Institution where they
know it will be "safe," and where it wi?
draw a certain interest.
Post yourself in a convenient corner at
one of the leading savings banks on a
busy day and watch the crowd. As an
opportunity to study humanity this could
hardly be excelled. At the noon hour the
depositors come by dozens, some to leavo
money and some to take it. Those who
leave the money seem to have the .best of
it, if ono may judge by their faces. A
man always draws on his deposit with an
air of regret, or, at any rate, there are
few cases in which this will not hold
true. At the head of the line there is a
little oki woman who is not at all at her
ease. The line behind presses upon her,
and she does not relish being hurried,
although it is evident that she will be
rwthing loath to leave the place once she
has completed her transaction. She has
come, it appears, with an order from her
son, who has an account here and who is
at home ill, and she wants $10. But the
order is not properly filled up, and tho
teller tries to explain the error and inform
her with as much courtesy and pains aa
time will permit, that she must go home
and havo the mistake rectified before she
can have tho money. Thin she does not
understand, and you can plainly SG?> that
I sho entertains her "suspicions" of the
j bank. "It's her Jim's money, an' she's a
; right to it when he tells her to*come and
j get it," and she half threatens to "have
I the law on the placo" if the cashier will
j not stand and deliver.
Time is being wasted, and the crowd
j becomes impatient, and, finally, some ono
j in tho line assures tho old body that the
j matter will be "ali right" if sho will
j follow the advice of the cashier. So off
j sho goes, mumbling.1 Then comes a man
j of about SO or 85, looking quite prosper
I ons, and holding a bank nook in which a
j number of bills aro snugly reposing,
j "You can't deposit any moro money,
i sir, your account is full," says the re?
ceiver.
"No more uionevl Why, what do you
mean by that? Thought ' banks would
take as much money as you'd give "em."
"We are not permitted to allow any one
to deposit more than $1,000, and your ac?
count has already reached that amount, I
find."
i'Must I draw it out then?"
"Oh, no; you can allow it to remain un?
til, with interest, it accumulates to the
extent cf $1,600. After that time, al
? though you may let the money remain
hore, it will draw no more interest."
"Queer business, that," exclaims tho
prosperous man, who thereupon takes
himself off.
This may seem "queer business" to the
person who knows nothing of savings
banks, yet it may be explained by tho
fact that savings banks were not intended
for well to do people, but for folk cf hum?
ble means. Of course, if you are fortu?
nate enough to have $1,000 in one bank,
j you can go to another bank and open an
: account, but if thc oinciais have any rea
j son to suspect that you aro a man of
j moans they may question you vory closo
i ly, and, if they are not satisfied with your
j replies, they are at liberty to reject your !
j financial onering altogether.* (*
j Hero comeo a mother asking if she will
; bo permitted to deposit money ia her
chila'3 name, although thc child is only
two or three months old. She finds that
she can do so, and she is delighted.
There are a great many calls at the sav?
ings banks fer purposes of this sort. Pa?
rents, also, frequently deposit small sums
on the anniversaries of their children's
birth, and they allow the money^to re?
main in tho bank and accumuiato'until
the children "como of ago." Executors
often uso these banks to deposit the
funds of an estate during thc two year3
the law allows them for settling up af?
fairs. Religious and charitable organiza?
tions are exempt from tho ?1,000 restric?
tion. The average rate of interest paid
by tho Massachusetts savings banks last
year was 4.08 per cent.
Two lines or people como streaming into
tho bank, ene line going to tho receiving
teller and tho other line to the paying
teller. Men, women, boys and girls make
j up the crowd. Sometimes, especially on
8a4-urdays, a wholo family will troop into
the place while "dad" draws something
for the marketing, or for clothing tho
young ones; or perhaps there is a family
celebration of somo kind on foot, and
they all want a share of the spoil. Boys
are generally very proud when they make
their first deposits. They already begin
to feel like capitalists, and they aro gen?
erally pretty faithful to their savings.
Clerks, bookkeepers, oiuco boys, sales?
girls, newsboys, bootblacks, young ex
quisites whose fathors have given them
some pocket money on condition that
they will put by a certain sum evcry
v/eek, mechanic.'?, masons, teamsters,
I young maids and old ones, old men and
I old women, all or tho most of them bear?
ing marks of their respectivo trades cr
callings, and some of them tho tools cf
their trades, como into the bank, and fall
, in line. It is easy enough to distinguish
I the habitues, so to ?peak, from the new
j comers; the first go about their business
j in a very matter of fact fashion, and tho
I others fidget, ask ail sorts of irrelevant
; questions, and axe often as nervous when
I signing their names as if they were sign
I lng their Own death warrants. Tho poorer
i and middling classes most generally pa
! Ironizo tho savings banks because tho
': roms they have on hand aro not suQicient
j to warrant them in taking tho trouble to
I invent in rerd estate, cr in other ways.
There aro thousands cf widows whoso
names aro on tho bank books, scmo of
them treasuring tho remnants of h.our?
anee money, or little dividends, er ?TO\ em?
inent pensions, and others bringing their
weekly earnings.-Boston Herald.
Example for Holiday Seekers,
When .Maestro Verdi arrived" at Monto
catini to take the waters and with them a ?
well earned holiday, he found that tho j
chief piece of furniture in the suit o of
rooms prepared for him was a piano. |
Without saying a word, tho composer took j
the music of his " Tro vat ore," which had
been put on tho mu.- ie stand as a gentle
ovation, locked the piano, and ?aid to the
son of tiie hotelkeeper? "Take mo to tho
place whence I cati see tho deepest abyss." j
rhe young man, somewhat -abashed at. tl ie
proposal, made in solemn tones. led Verdi
to the t'-pef thc Ithilien berg, whence thc
latter, who was so ti:1 that lie was j
hardly able to stand, burled the l:ey into i
tito depths, saying. "Tho Virgin bo !
praised! now I have accomplished an act. |
wi dcb will greatly help mo locnioy and j
1" oeil! by roy r-tay. On taetfayot my de- j
[.arturo ?rout h< re I vviil seo that tho key
is replaced." Holiday seekers, go and ?io
likew ise, leaving behind you the keys o
whatever workshops ye come from.
Home Journal.
A CoUcgO Course.
Tn the United States ene man in every
200 takes a college course; in England,..:
ono in every OOO; in Scotland, ope in every j
000; in Germany, ono in every
Ronan said recently that "Franca will
perish in a literary sense because of her
young writers, it is impossible to write |
weil L--- Z-? ol ?J." i
WE ARE PLEAS
NEW FA]
.
and we invite the at
fully selected assorl
Fabrics and the best
Dry Good
Dress <
We are prepared
bought at the lowest
are marked in PL
be deceived. Call a
Sept 5
HO FOR
Kingman I Co.
-THE
CHEAPEST HOUSE IE THE CITY.
We have just opened our Fall
Stock of .
Dry Goods,
And in these lines we defy compe?
tition. We pay spot cash for our
goods, and in that way are enabled
to
OBTAIN MANY BARGAINS
which arc lost to those who buy on
long time.
We buy our
of the Manufacturer thereby saving
the 33J per cent, that thc Jobber
charges for handling, and we give
the consumer the benefit of that per?
centage. Call on us and be con?
vinced of thc assertion.
WE GUARANTEE
>
all goods as represented and refund
money where goods do not come up
to representation.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
a full and complete line of
FANCY GROCERIES,
which are composed of the finest
brands on the market. Such a vari?
ety of CANNED GOODS as we
show never has been seen in Sumter.
We keep everything that ia handled
by a first class grocer.
Our line of
Fancy and Pim Crackers
are the celebrated "A. E." goods.
There are none so good as these.
KINGIMAN k CO.
Main Street, next to C. E. Stubbs.
Sept 5
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Public attention is called to thc fact that I
have charge of the STALLION ALVIN 13.,
and parties wishing bis services eua be
attended to by seeing or corresponding with
me. Price $25 guaranteed.
D. R'JSENDOP.F, Sumter.
Sent. 5.
University of Sonln Carolina,
AT COLUMBIA, S. C.
Includes Graduate Department, College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, College of
Liberal Arts aud Sciences, College of Pharm?
acy, Normal School, Law School.
27 Teachers. 41 Graduate and 20 Under
Gradujite Courses-general, special, or profes?
sional-for degrtcs and certif?cales. Instruc?
tion given in Book-Keeping and Phonography.
Thoroughly equipped Chemical,Mineralogical,
Biological, Physiological. Physical, and Phar?
maceutical Laboraloru-s. Also Mechanical
Department with engine and machinejy,
Draughting Room and Sin ps for wood work
and iron work. Experimental Farm. Model
Classes connected with Normjil School tor
practice in teaching. New infirmary.
TUITION-?4o per Session. Oliver Fees,
$15. Taliie Board, $10 to $12 per month.
Kooma free of rent. Total expenses, includ?
ing fuel, washing, books, kc, about $180.
Tuition Fee remitted to Students certifying
their inability to pay it
For further information, npt.lv to
J. M. MCBRYDE, President.
Quick Sales and Small P?
CASH BUYERS CAN SAVE MONEY DY
CALLING UPuN P.S.
Have Pull Lino
Groceries, Dry Goods,
Shoes and
General Merchandise,
Aho 5 Cent Counter Goods vf Every
kind.
IL c. sura i wi
SUMTER, ?. C.
?ED TO ANNOUNCE LARGE
LL AND WINTE?
tention of the public to a choice
:ment of new and fashionable i
qualities iii
ls and Notions,
doods, Fancy C
to offer our customers the a?
prices for cash. We have 0?
AIN FIGURES, so the purcha
nd see.
DEALE
Southwest Corner E
AN ENTIRELY
-o
Family and Fs
It is our Honest Purj
pete with any House ii
A Large Stock of Fa
G-oods and Delicacies
hand.
Staple Goods A
Prices Reduced to the
Orders Promptly Pille?
Polite and attentive Clerks v;
efforts to please all who trade vs
Sept. 12.
The Notice ot' Every One
R. W. BTJEi
. Keep a Full Supply o
Farra Supplies, Mectoaie Sn
COOKING AND HEATING
WAGON AND BUGGY MATERIAL FROM
IRON AN
Belting in Rubber and Leath
Imported Guns, Muzzk
PISTOLS IN VARIETY FROM
SHELLS,
.We are Agents for the Great
TABLE AND POCJB
With many thanks to a generous public f
still their kind support, weare
Respectfully, etc.,
R. w. :
Sept. 12
? ??iiiimnnnaia-mi I.IIIIIM.IIIM LIB I.
Testimonials of Eminent Physicians
cf the State.
The followiog are selected frons many sim?
ilar ones :
DR. L. C. KENNEDY, of Spartan burg,
writes the Proprietors : "The remedial qual?
ities of Glenn SIT;"gs 1 have known for over
forty years; and can attest to its value in
Dyspepsia from gastric or functional d?range?
ment ofthe Liver, General Debility, Dropsical j
Effusions. Uterine Irregularity and A?ectio" s |
of the Kidneys and bladder. To the last dis- j
eases I would part icu 'arly call attention, as
the waters have shown large curative powers
in these complaints."
DR. O. B. MAYER, of Newberry, S. C., i
says : "I have sent more than fifty persons !
suffering with Jaundice to these Springs, and j
have never beet? disappointed in any case:'
they all speedily reeoven-d. I cannot hud
words to express my confidence in the Glean
Springs water, as a remedy for lite Livor,
when functionally deranged. Dyspepsia,
Dropsy, cert.tin skin diseases, troubles i:: the
Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver,
have all, as 1 know, disappeared at thc
Springs."
PR. JAMES MCINTOSH. President of the Med?
ical Association ol South Carolinn, in h:s an?
nual address before that body remarks:
"Gh an Springs, for diseases of the Stomach,
Liver and Kidmys, deserves to raak with
any other on the continent."
PRICE OF WATER.
Per case of ; wo dozen quart bottles, securely '
packed and delivered on lite train at Spartan
burg, $4. CO.
Per gallon, by thc barrel, delivered at
Spartanburg, 'jo cents.
Per ?rallen, for less than a barrr-1, 25 cents
Address SIMPSON <*: SIMPSON,
Glenn S;.;-i?:gs. S. C.
For sale in Sumter, hy Dr. ?. J. Ghin* and
Dr. ii. S. Sei?ly.
BISSOLOT?ON NOTICE.
rpilK CO P A KT N E RS HIP HERETOFORE
J existir)}! hctween James I). Bhindtng, II.
Frank Wilson and Thomas ?. Fraser. Jr..
under tiie fun: name of lilandinsr, Wilson &
Fraser, has this day been dissolved i-\ mu?
tual consent. All persons indeetcd to the
said tirm wilt make their seulcaietit with il.
Frank Wilson.
J. D. BL AN DING,
ll. F. WILSON',
T. R. F HA S KU, JR.
! AHMVALS OF
I GOODS,
) complete and care
j?ects in Colors and
S, y?C.
Avantages of a stock
TE PRICE. Goods
sing public need not
IRS m
?in and Liberty Ste.
FRESH STOCK
nicy Groceries.
?ose to be able to Com
i the City.
ney Groceries, Canned
of the Season now on
Iways in Stock.
Lowest Possible Limit,
i and Goods Delivered.
ill aid the Proprietors in their
ith us.
is Called to the Fact that
yS?T & SON
f Gooda in their Line,
pfc iigM Supplies, Etc.
STOVES OF BEST MAKE !
A BOLT TO A WHEEL. PUMPS, BOTS
D WOOD.
er, and Packing of all Kinds.
! and Breech Loading!
$1 UP. POWDER, SHOT AND
&c, AND
; Western Ponder Company.
CET CUTLERY, &c.
br their past liberal patronage, and soliciting
DURANT & SON,
Main Street. Opposite Bank.
CAUTION
Beware of Fraud, as my name and the price
axe ?tamped oa tlie bottom of all my advertised
shoes before leaving the factory, which protect
thc wearers against high prices and inferior goods.
If a dealer offers W. L. Douglas shoes at a re?
duced price, or &.-vs he has them without my name
and price a tamped oa the bottom, put him down as
aixau;!. .
FOR
a ?EXTLE3IE??.
Thc onlv calf S3 SEAMLESS Shoe smooth
Inside. SO TACKS or WAX THREAD t*
hurt the f<vt, easy as haad-sewcc a:ui "W I LL
NOT KI!?.
W. L. DOUGLAS S i SHOE, the origin il
and oa?v hahd-sewed welt $-< sive.. Equal? cus?
tom-made *l.->.-< costin* from C
W. L. DOUGLAS S3.50 POLICE SHOE.
Railroad Men and ratter Carriers ail wear them.
Smooth Inside as a HandrSewcd Sfcoe. Xo Tacks
t.r \YzxThread i<? hurt ;n<- feet.
V.*. L. DOUGLAS 82-"? SHOE & unes ..."cd
f.?- heavy wear. l?e>? Call >!..*. for t!u- price.
V.\ tj. DOUGLAS S'.*.'-.""? WORKING
A?.'iN'S SHOK is t!)?? Ben In ll;?* world for
ron '?i wear: one pair t>u:.r f<> wear ?nan a year.
W. L. BOHGLAS *?! SHOK VOli ??OYS
i ; Min l-.-.t s ?ol ?>i rh? world.
Yt*. L. DOCrGLA.SSri.7i; YOUTH'S School
Slv.'* gives tiu- ;.ntr.i? liojs a chance to wear tho
hc<' shoes i ri tho world.
All made i:i Congress, Dutton and Lace. If r.o?
<;,?!.; i v v.-i;r dealer, write W. L. DOUGLAS,
DXOClvTOX, MASS*
J. Hyttenberg ? Sons, Agents;
Jan. 25 SUMTER, S. C.
JNO. T. GREEN",
Attorney and Counsellor at
LAW,
SUMTER, C, H., S. C,
June 20. ' '
MASTER'S SALE?
State of South Carolina*
COUNTY OF SUMTER.
IN THE C?trar OF COMMON PLEA?.
Richard P. Monaghan, Plaintiff, vs.
StepJicn Richardson, Defendant. '
BY VIRTUE of a D?rete! Order made itt
the ubove entitled cause a^d filed June,
7th, 1838, I will sell at .publip auction itt
front of tbe.Court House in the City of Sum?
ter in said State, on jonday, Oct. 1st.
1888,-being Salesday.-between ;,the houri
of ll o'clock ia tbe forenoon ard 5 a'clock iii.
the afternoon, the following premised; thu
ated in said County and State, to wit: .
All that certain tract of oise hundred acred i
of land, more or lesa, situate, lying aod being. I
in the Coorty of Sumter, aforesaid, touedeu
North and f?nst by Porcher Gallard's laud,
South by Iands-of Dr. Rembert and West by
laud of John Phillips. Tbe. same being.the
land convened to bim (Stephen Richardsons
by Thomas J. Coghlan, Sberhf, by. deed bed?
ing date the fonrth day of October, 1869.
Terms of sale-"One half cash dh' day-o'f;
sale and tbe balance at ene year, to be secure4
by bond and mortgage of the purchaser with
interest."
The purchaser to pay for all necessary pa*
pers and for recording mortgage.
JOHN S. RICHARDSON,
Sept. 5._Master for Sumter Co. , *
MASTER'S SALK
State of South Carolina?
COUNTY OF SUMTER. ~ ?
COURT OF COMMON PLEA&
William J. McLeod, Jr., Plaintiffs?.
Mary Jane WalJcer and Chester .
Walker, Defendants.
BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made io
the above entitled cause and dated Jun? -
7th, 1888, I will sell at public aUctidn til
front of the Court House tn tbe Town of Sum?
ter in said State, on Monday, October lat,
1888-being Salesday-between tbe boors of
11 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in tbe
afternoon, the following Real Estate situated
in said County and State, to wit :
That parcel or tract of land measuring ?
twenty-three acres, situated tn the County
and State aforefaid, between Black River and
Long Branch, and bounded on the North bf
lands of Ben Sharper (formerly G. H. Wil?
son) ; on the East by landa of George H. Wil?
son ; on the South by lands of L. D. Smith*
and oa the West by lands of the Estate of
William Ceniug and B. Dean, hath suca
shape., form, marks, butt?ugs, and bounda?
ries as are delineated on a plat of tbe-aame
made by J. C. Burges?, D. Sv aad dated No?
vember 6tb, 1874.
Terms of Sale-Cash.
Purchaser to pay for titles. . .'.'-*"
JOHN S. RICHARDSON,
Sept. 0, 1888. Alaster for Sumter Co.- -.
ROYAL CICERO 8794.
Woo first prizes at South Carolina State
Fair, 1884-1885.
Bred ly F. J. DeGruchy, Trinity, Jersey.
Born January 8, 1383. Imported in Doa
Notemltr 20, 1882.
DESCRIPTION.-Solid-grey fawn, shading to
black on belly and legs, vi.h black tongue
and switch ; fine bead wita mild eye, biood
forehead, thin yellow horns, with well ditfmed '
fillet; long slim neck, straight back,-'who
body of great deptb, set low on.fine dean
limbs; slim tail, with heavy black switch;
skin exceedingly thin and mellow and ?chJm
color; false teats of unusual lengthy with
great distance between, remarkable milk veins,
and good escutcheon : mild disposition.
His sire, CICERO, won first prize over al|v
Jerseys in 2 year old class in 1882 ; and was *
sold at auction in New York for $3,100." His*
get are very uniform, and possessed of rich
mellow skins, and all tbe points tbat usually
accompany the high class dairy animal. AS
showing the appreciatioa in which they aro
held by breeders, the thirty calves of bia get?
imported and sold by ?lr. T. S. Coop?rai,
auction in New York, realized aa average of?
$604 each ; and bis yearling son, out of *
ronner Garenne, has recently changed hands -
at $2,500. . . , -
Hts damr KHEDIVE'S VIRGINIA, wai
out of one of tbe grandest dairy cows on the
Island of Jersey, and is regarded as ooo of
the best daughters of Khedive. ? She waa
purchased by Mr. J. H. Walker, of Worcester,
Mass., one of tbe most scientific Jersey judges *
in the country, at auction ia New York, io
May, 1883, for $2,050.
Royal Cicero will make the season at my,
farm, three miles west of Sumter. Service
fee $5.00.
Aug. 8-3m._J. B. JONES -
PROSPECTUS.' .
THE WORLD BUDGET COMP ANT re?r
spectfully announces to the people of
vuarleston and South Carolina that tts daily,
and weekly newspaper oublierions will bV
issued under the company'^ sole ownership
and control from this date.
Having arranged for able editorial manage^
ment, the aim and purpose of The World-Bud*
yet Company will be not only to present the^
latest ne*s from all parts of tbe earth,
render public service by fair, impartial
ci s ra of mn t tera of public ituerest,
deming the wrong and assertiug and
ing the right.
For many years a second morn it
paper bas been needed m Charleston,
telligent populace desired that both
every important question should
considered and tbe opportunity of cal
pression be freely given on all public
so that the people might be emao<
from the mischievous supremacy of a
morning publication that is liable, and
apt, to suppress all views at variance with
narrow or selfish policy.
Telegraphic ?nd local news of importaoee.
will be found in both The World and Budget
more fully reported lhaa in any other news?
paper issued in this city or State.
Our papers wril oittMan that the peser ?
national Urilf, founded upon necessity forrev
enue which no longer exists, should be revised
upon a basis of fair trade, thus giving pro-,
tection to industries that need protection, *?
the extent that American labor shall non be.
crippled or brought into rivalry with cheap
foreign labor
In jreueral politics, tbe newspapers issued,
hy The Werld-i?udeefc Company will oe
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the Democratic party of South Carolina, and
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ing and augmenting thc best interests of th:*"
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Wita these honest, straightforward decla?
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home constiiuency which is largely ia^re^icti
in the cstab?ishiaeat o? progressive, sharp?y
edited journals that are conducted for the
>euefit of the people of Charleston and Soutlf .
Carolina, aud- the maiutcca?ce of the public
welfare. . . . *.
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thu people, for their discrimination and morai'.
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nor business enterprise, nor even literary,
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of a moral force that shall tend" to the correc?
tion of abuses and tho rciorm of govern?
mental administrations.
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?CLEf?T?e COLLEGE,
.SUMTER, S. C.
Sept. 4th, 1888.
PRINCIPAL :
Miss GIRARDEAU.
CORPS OF TEACHERS:
MISS GIRARUEAU.
MISS O. M. Gili ARDEA C. '
Mrs V. V. GTBXRDBAC.
MISS EMMIE HAWKINS/
Mi s RUTH TINDAL.
RKV. C. G. BROWN.
KtiSIC AND ART.
Mrs C. M. GIRARDEAU".'
30AKDIKG DEPABTSIEJTT.
Miss GIRARDEAU.
For -particulars ss to Board and Tuirion api.""
ply ;o Mi98 M. 1$. Girardeau-.
Julv 13i . . . .. . .
FIRST CLASS 0;W?
AT BOTTOM PRIC??< '
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