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-' . ? Ck ' .> * .WEDNESDAY, JULY 24. The Sumter Watchman was founded ta 1850 aad'the frite SoiUkron in 1866. Tha^<??cA?wrc an<f Southron DOW has sta? combined circulation^<i influence 6f both of tbe old papers, and is mani? festly tho best Advertising medium in Sumter. STATS TEACHERS' ASSOCIA TION. The annual convention of this assosi was held io the Chapel of the Female Collego, in Columbia on the 10tb, 17th and 18fch inst. Prof. Archer, of the Charleston City schools, presided in his asnal happy style. The Mayor of tlie city, tho Govenor, the Comptroller General and other dis? tinguished gentlemen visited and address? ed the Assosiatioo during its sesssion. lt was generally conceded that this con? vention was decidedly more interesting and profitable than any previous one. ??y request of the Executive Com? mittee, sixteen of the thirty-four School Commissioners in the State were present and discussed at length the needs of the publie schools. Spaee does not allow ot, this week, ta give a foll faller aoooaat of this eon Tefi?oa, ami we hope to do so ia oar next issue. THE BO AD CONVENTION. On oar outside will be seen extracts from several State papers in reference to the proposed Convention in the in? terest of improved highways and travel, other than railways. The notion is a good one. There is BO de ay in g the fact that o ir roads generally need improvement. Many, of them are shamefully neglected, and ander the present Toad law, working the roads*' is a farce of the most side? splitting description. No one mentions it without a grin, indicative of high ap? preciation of the stepeadoasaess of the joke. When root-catting, or other work needing axe, spade, and pick-axe _Jl repaired, every hand brings a hoe, and'wheo boes are wanted, every fellow carries an axe. A big palaver, fre? quently ending in a free fight is the usual programme on such occasions. The suggestion of the Aiken Re? corder is a good one. That level-head? ed brother's idea is threefold : . Ut. To get Col. A. P. Butler, Com? missioner of Agriculture, to request the Clerk of the Court in each County to select two delegates who will promise ? to attend. 2. That a Convention of these dele? gates be held in Columbia daring the coming State Fair. 3. That this Convention frame a bill to be submitted to the Legislature, at M? approaching session. This is feasible and practicable, and we hope the idea will prevail. Let the press of the State take up the subject moro earnestly, and something will be dona. , QUEEN AGAINST PARLIA ? MENT. The discussion oa the demand of the t}aeen of England for additional allow? ances for her grand children, from the public revenues, in order to set np the yoong people in housekeeping, is agi- i agitating England profoundly from Land's Ead to John O'Groat's- house. The reason of it is that the representa? tives of tho people tn Parliament have determined to make a stand on the prin? ciple that enough public money is given already to thc scions of royalty, and that a line must bc drawn somewhere. They propose to draw it at the grand? children of thc reigning queen. Mr. Gladstone, Liberal leader, is willing to concede something to the pre? sent demand, but desires to have it understood that "none others need apply," hereafter. The Queen refuses lo accede to this condition, bat is will lag, apparently, that ber successor shall be debarred, provided she gets what she wants. The old lady bas beaten Peel aad Palmerston on similar occasions, bat that day is past. As the writer in tbe N. Y. Herald puts it, discussing tbe possibile extent of such an issue as is now on between the Queeu and Par- j lisaient, "There is no saying what may happen or who may get badly hurt " Doubtless a compromise will be effect? ed, and English monarchy continue to govern, at least until the present great woman-queen is dead. After that the j deluge, possibly. YELDELL, ALIAS FLEMON. A colored man from KJgefieid Coun? ty in this State, charged with tue mur? der of James Blackwell, who was deputized to arrest several negree* charged with riotous conduct, in 1881, j bas been identified at Pittsborg, Pa., j recently. His name was Yeidell, but be has called himself Flem?n, 6ince his j removal from the State. He has been ! ..preaching'' at his new home. A few j days ago a letter was found in the pocket of tho brother of the accused sigoed "John Yeldell" and postmarked Pittsburg. The 6ccnt once found, it was quietly followed up, the man with the alias was identined, a requisition made out, and an officer sent on to bring Yeldell to South Carolina for trial. Tho demand for his return was refused, but on tho hearing of the re? tara to tho writ of habeas corpus, by means of which Yeldell strove to j resist the State's demand, Judge Evart ' raled that Flem?n ox Yeldell must be j returned to South Carolina for trial. Despairing of getting a reversal of ! this ruliog. Yeldell s friends procured Congressman Dalzell to proceed to ? Washington* and try to induce thc Pres ident to interfere to prevent Yeldi retara to this State, on the ground this is a piece of political persecut and Uso to have the trial somcwl else, Pittsburg, for instance, wc ? pose. Meanwhile, pending the Pr dent's decision, application has b made to the Supremo Court of Pe ^sylvania for a stay of the proceeder "by YeldeTPs ^odnsel, which will granted, no doabV Several of "clergy"/* "probably colored men, h issued a call for funds to aid Yelde canse, basing it npon the allegation t they do not believe that Yeldell will ceive justice at the hands of the St of South Carolina. This is the history np to date. 13 it will end, we have no idea, but i not likely that Mr. Harrison will int fere to prevent YeldelPs return If should be brought back, the offlc? State and County, should see to it tl he is accorded every opportunity to i fend himself in the courts, and that nnlawful violence be done to bim. ME. EDWARD A, OLDHAM, Many of our reader will recall I name of Mr. Oldham, formerly of W min g ton, N. C., lately a member of t Charleston World, and Sunday Budy now publisher of the Tobacco Plant, evening paper of Durham, N. C., o of tbe most progressive towns in t South, and boasting the largest tubae factories in the world. Mr. Old he made a decided impress on Southe: journalism both as editor and publish of the "New South,'* and also a? edit of the World and Budget. With b experience and talents, we do not don that Mr. Oldham will make a succe of his new enterprise, and win fre? laarels with that instrument mighti? than the'sword. THAT BULL FIGHT AGAIN. A NEWSPAPER YARN. It now transpires that the story abot the ball fight at Florence, which w; telegraphed all over the country an made the oasis for several caustic crit eisins of South Carolina manners an customs, was a "lie out of whole cloth. It was concocted by the Florene Farmers' Friend, and is by' no mean the first deliberate falsehood which tba journal has started on its rouuds. A a general thing, its canards can do n harm, for they bear the imprint c falsehood on their face, but the s tor about the bull fight was well-calculate* to injure the reputation of our people and its publication argues malice a well as mendacity on the part of it author. Such tactics are a base prostitution o journalism and should not be tolerate* tn any honorable community. They di more than any other fault of the pres to throw discredit upon the profession They have begun to develop in the pop ular mind a sort of mild incredulity which hesitates to accept as true anj newspaper narrative of events of an un usual or remarkable nature. If th< press of the country loses the coofidenc< of the public, its power for usefulnes; will be gone. Newspapers that publish lies are a disgrace to journalism and they do ac infinite amount of harm to their hones! rivals which consider truth-telling ai incumbent upon newspapers ss it ii upon individuals.-?jiQrrjeioicn En? quirer: And now comes the Farmers Friend, in reply to the Georgetown Enquirer i strictures, a?>d flying at its masthead the red flag on which is inscribed in gory characters the legend "A Vile Slander," proceeds after the most ap? proved fashion of the fishmarkel, to vilify the Enquirer man vigorously, emphatically, aad at considerable length. We give him the benefit of his cfefen.ee : Whatever thc Farmers Friend ha3 published about the bull fight ia Flor encc (and that has been very little) was either quoted from what others said or published as communications over the writer's signature. The bull fight was common street talk here for weeks be? fore a line ever appeared about it in the papers ; and tho first mention ever made of it by the Farmers1 Friend was done at thc request of somo gentlemen who carno to the office for that purpose. These are facts which the files of the Farmers' Friend will show, which the people of Florence know, and which can be proven if necessary by reliable and competent witnesses. Therefore we can, with impunity, hurl tho be back into the teeth of the contemptible cur who says that tho Farmers Friend coucoetcd-or ha<i anything to do with concocting-the report "which has gone abroad about the bull fight. But when he goes on to characterize thc Enquirer man as a "toadeater,'' ac? cuses him of stooping to "unblushing falsehoods," and declares 'hat as being guilty of such conduct, "he 13 unwor? thy of thc recognition of a street scav? enger, to say nothing of thc disgrace he is to thc high calling of journalism," we rise to auk what must ihe editor of the Friend be that he should consider the Enquirer man worthy of recogni? tion by him. when he says he is untcor thy that of a street scan wy r ? To what office or occupation lower than that, does he refer ns being held;, pre? sumably, hy him 'I And if thc Enquirer man's performance is a disgrace to jour? nalism, what epithet shaft wc ?{'ply to the Friend's billingsgate? The Augusta correspondent of the Netcs and Courier writes as follows to that journal : Tho latest Georgia inven ttoo is on exhibition in Augusta at Mr. James U Jackson's office, it is the Brosius M:'t'>r sewing machine, which has no pedal-? or outside motor, but runs itself. The machine is Worked by a spring motor, which is quickly ta? llowed by a pump handle movement with the hand, which imparts power to a double spring, which nets <>n the ?-arno principle as a watch spring, and im? parts the eortcct motion to the machine. The speed of rhe machine is easily con? trolled, and is regulated by the simple touch ot a ku ob-, ar by the pressure ot thc foot JJ: a spring This is certainly ,a great invcutioa and if ip proves a sue cess will revolutionize the sewiog ma chico business. (From our Regular Correspondeqt.) WASHINGTON LETTES. WASOIHGTO?, D. C., July 19, 1889. Senator Quay dropped into Washing ton very quietly this week aud said that his only business here was to engage a house for his family\ Of course this blinded nobody. That he was on a political errand of great importance ia generally believed. He bad a long conference with Gen. Harrison and bas been almost constantly with Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson, who was his lieutenant during the late.campaign. He and Clarkson, representing the re? publican national committee have been trying to hatch up some scheme to car? ry Virginia for the republicans thip fall, and democrats in that stato will have to keep their eyes wide open to hold their own. The medical division of the Pension office is to be entirely reorganized. It is thought that all thc democrats in thc division will follow the three or four discharged this week. Hon. VV. H. Richie, of Ohio, who is closely connected in a business way with Calvin S. Brice, was in town this week, no thinks the democrats will eleot the governor and legislature in Ohio this fall, but that they will have to work hard to do it. Bat tho most important statement - made by Mr. Richie was the following : "I cao say to you without the least qualification that Mr. Brice is not and will not be a candidate for the Senate. There arc many reasons why he could not afford such a responsibility, and in making. calculations on the Ohio Senatorship you will save mach time and worry by leaving Mr. Brice oat altogether." in view of Mr. Richie's relations with Mr. Brice such a positive state? ment has caused a general rearrange? ment of the Ohio democratic slate. Considerable talk has been created here by a speech made by a negro at a meeting of the Ohio republican asso? ciation a night or two ago. Ile ex? pressed himself as being very mach displeased with Harrison's "Southern policy" (something that dosen't exist as a fact as I can see) and other things. He also registered a strong protest against the slowness of removing demo? crats and like the famous Mr. Flannagin of Texas he wanted to know "what are we here for ? if 'not to get the offices." But be capped the climax in conclusion by saying to the government employes present "Don't be afraid of any civil Bervice nonsense but send in your con? tribution to the president of the asso? ciation and he will forward it to the republican state committee ot Ohio to be put where it will do the most good.*' This negro is an applicant for office. It is said that Gov. Foraker of Ohio is io active training for the rcpoblican Presidential nomination in '92. That's about as near as he will get to it. I have heard whispers of a probable dael between Senators Blackburn and Chandler, owing to recent newspaper publications about the alleged pulling of Chandler's ear by Blackburn last winter. It is said that a friend of the Kentucky Senator is now herc for the purpose of finding out whether Senator Chandler would accept a challenge. The general impression isthat he would not. Secretary Noble when asked as to the probable result of thc attempts being made by the Cherokee Cattle Company to prevent thc opening of the Cherokee strip to settlcmeut said he did oot care to discuss the matter further than to say that thc Government would recognize no competitors for these or any other lands in which it had an in? terest, and that the rights of the U. S. would be asserted and maintained. Mr. Morgan, the new Commissioner of Indian Affairs seems to be a believer in real civil service reform, even if ho ti lei appoint his wife a special agent He has sent the following circular let ter to Indian agents concerning the conditions of appointments. "Ap? provals will be made with the distinct understanding that the parties named are thoroughly competent to fill the positions for which they are nominated and that thoy5will be zealous and faith? ful in thc performance of their duties ; that their tenure of office is permanent so long as they remain competent and efficient, and that the Indian office reserves the right to remove for cause only. "Properly lived up to, that let? ter would make ali tho civil service law necessary. The sensation caused by tho reported resignation of Secretary Blaiue was very 6hort lived. ^^-^rfffftf? ?o The Prize Crop. Tho Columbia correspondent of the News and Courin- has been hunting up tho names of tho coutestauts iu Suiith Carolina for the money prizos offered by the American Agriculturi.-t and thc department of agriculture for tho. most productive acre of corn. There are eighty-two con testants. ? Among them we find two from Sumter C-mtity-lt. J Brownfield, Catchall, and Gen. E. W. Moise, Sumter, and one from Clarendon, R. It Hudgens, Foreston. Thc priz.? crops are said to be in excellent condition, and as yet there is no telling which is the best j Those who have inspected the different aries all ?ay there will be ?. big yield j from etch of the piafs. A prominent mao who has seen thc aeres offers to bet ??(J against thc field that South Caro? lina will win the $1 OOO prize. ?rn .???-<a^ Down on Cigarettes. A hill prohibiting the selling or giv? ing or providing to minors cigarettes or any substitute therefor, and making the same a misdemeanor, has passed the ; Georgia Senate. The committee amend-? cd by adding "cigarette tobacco and paper.*' The amendement wax agreed to .md the hill was parsed by a unanimous vote. Dr. Me Dow lia.-< Urn expelled from the Medical Society of Charleston for conduct unbecoming a gentleman, and thc fact is published in thc papers of that city ami will bc publi-hcd in at least two reputable medical journals. His resignation as surgeon of the first battalion, fourth brigade h-is been accepted hy the governor. Ile \va> also a member of the Washington Light Infa?Miy iia?ta?ion. Some days ago Major Gilchrist, commander ?>f thc battaliou, wrote t;> him saying lhat as he confessed K> conduct unbecoming a gentleman he must send iu his rcsig antion at the monthly meeting The resignation was sent in ami accept? ed. M c. Daw is now surgeon of ;he b-ifayrttc Artillery which is on tts last legs and the voi'-raus ot which will An Interesting European Letter from Mr. Byttenberg. Dear WatcJiman ?j- Sou?iron : I expect you have been looking for my my promised letter, but having been on the go so ranch since my last, I had little time to devote to letter writing. To-day it is raining very hard, so I will endeavor to fulfil ray promise, but having seen so many interesting sight3, I am afraid I will not be able do jus? tice to them.,,.... . In Berlin I visited the old palace of Kaiser Wilhelm I, and, after goiBg np a paved en? trance, we arrived at the main building. Here every one is required to put on felt slip? pers to prevent scratching the' handsome in? laid floors. The slippers are all one size and about No. 12, and it was quite amusing to see tbe people sliding along in them and now and then slipping out of them. One is al? most thunder struck, upon entering the first room, by its grandeur, and the further we proceeded the more we are surprised. There is one room called the gold room, everything being finished in gold, and tho walls have gold and siik tapestry on them. One called the silver room, originally was all finished with solid silver, but when Prussian fioances were ata low ebb during one of its wars the silver was all taken and melted and the furn? iture was replaced in same style but only in imitation of silver. The weight of^the silver taken from this room was 10,000 lbs. The main salon or picture gallery, is 200 feet long and contains besides the portraits of the im? perial families, some very fine paintings ; and on state occasions it is now used as a dining room. - The chapel is also handsomely orna? mented with different Biblical pictures. One has to see this to judge of its grandeur, as it can hardly be described. The street called "Under the Linden" is a very fine street, and extends quite a distance and is said to be one of thc finest streets io Europe. There are some fine monuments here-one especially fine-that of Frederick the Great. They have a fine arsenal here which contains all kinds of arms, also battle flags captured in different wars, and also miniature diagrams of German forts, so one can see the exact for? tifications of each place. They have here some fine busts of the different kings as well as leading generals, and walls are decorated with paintings of different battles in which Germany was engaged. They have a fine gallery of arts here, but as we expect to see so much of this.kind we only gave it a hur? ried examination. Took a sail on the river "Spree" but did not get on a spree. The equitable Life Insurance Co., of N. Y., is erecting a very large and handsome building here for stores and office. Went to a theatre, and it was quite amusing to see both gentle? men and ladies promenading-between acts with glasses of beer arid sandwiches in their hands. Heard a fine concert here by a Vienna band, and tbs? leader was Strauss, the composer, it was given in the Philhar? monic Garden, which is a very fine place, and the main concert saloon was the finest of its kind I have seen. Our next stop was Leipsic, which is a very old city, and the buildings are very anti? quated. The square used for a market place ia surrounded by the oldest buildings herc, and they look like they were ail tumbling. One house has four stories in the roof, and a large steeple above them. Visited the house where Luther lived, and it is just as it was then on the outside, but the inside ha3 been renovated aud is uow used for a beer sn bon. The conservatory of music here is said lo be the best in thc land. There is a street here through which Napoleou I charged with his troops, and everything on it is just as it was then. Our next stop wa3 Dresden, and our first fisk here was to the art gallery, which is one of the finest in Germany aud conmina one of Raphael's best paint ins, called ' Sistine Ma? donna," and which was painted in 14S3. Some people sit for hour3 and gase at this picture, and after looking at it for a while one can see little angels ail over the picture, and they look so natural one imagines them real. There are other GHQ paintings by sev? eral of the "old masters." They also have one of the finest theatres in Europe here, and a beautiful terrace along the riycr Eine, over a half mile long, which is only used for prom? enading. In going from there to Carlsbad wc passed through what is called "Saxony Switzer? land, "* and the scenery is very fine. They have some very fiue springs here, and it ia very amusing to see nearly every one here get up early in the morning and go to the springs "and drink the waters. Some of the springs are hot and some cold, and it is wonderful to see the hot springs where the water spouts up about 23 feet above the ground. Carlsbad is beautifully situated in a valley, and the mountains around are a great and in fact only source of amusement in the day time for the people who come here for the cure of their ills by the wa?ers. At night they have con? certs in the different gardens. 1 met some of our steamer acq un in inn ces here. Our next stop was Vienna, which is by far the prettiest city we have yet visited, and is Also noted for its handsome women. It well deserves its reputation, especially about the women. The principal street here, calicd "Ringstrasse," goes all around the city, and on it there are some very fine public, as well as private, buildings. There nre beautiful fountains all ov?.r th? city. The Park here, called the "Prater," covers 4;270 acres of ground, and extends for four miles between a canal, a branch of the Danube river, and the main river (Danube) itself, and is the place where the great Exposition was held in 1S73, some buildings of which are still standing. There are some very old churches here, the interior of which are very elegant. Near bereis a mountain called "Holenberg," 1.400 feet high and reached by a railway up thc side of the mountain, from which one gets an elegant view ot" the entire city as well as the surrounding country. This city ia also said tu be one of the liveliest in Europe, Paris aione excepted, nnd some say it is even as lively as Paris. The people seem to take life easier thau we do and take more time for pleasure as well as for their meals. They close their oflioes from 12 to 2. and some stores also close for an hour. I met a gen? tleman who formerly lived in Chicago and Bal? timore, and he said one could offer him no inducements to move back to the Knited States. Also met on thc train an Austrian gentleman who was patentee of an ice cream freezer which is largely used in America, and I advised him tu get his own people to use it, a.* icecream we get here is very pour. On gubg fruin here tu Munich we had a special car attached, which contained the brotlicr-iti-law of the King of Austria. Ile waa a very ordinary looking mortal, and had we not been tobi who he was, would have taken iiiin tor a captain in the army. He was given an ovation at all stopping places. Munich is one of the largest and handsomest cities of Germany, and is more of a modern city, an-1 largely celebrated for iis beer brew? eries, o: wliieh it has a large number. It also has a tine art gallery and museum. Thc rova! library h-TC is one of, if not the largest, inthe world, containing over a million vol? umes. The royal resilience here is also mag? nifier!) liv furnish.,-!. !( contains several I handsome rooms, one of which, a bed cham UT, i! ?3 said, cost $1"0 OOO to furnish, and j it look forty men len j ears Steady work to do the entire work. Uthrr rooms ure ele? gantly furnished, being lined with Gobelin tapestry and Mosaic finish. One room called Pope's room is also very fine. It ie so called because tue Pore slept there once on a visit here They have a bronze Statue here called .Mt i varia," which was erected by the Prov? ince of Bavaria, and is sixty-five feet high, .-.nd rests on agranite base 30 feet high. It has 1 2f> steps to go io the top, and when von trot to ihr top you get a view of tho city i through the eyes of liie figure, li was tight i squeezing to get through thc neck but after ! v?m get through lhere is room enough in thc head tor 12 persons to stand, So one can form lan idea of the immense si//? of the statue. ! The Brass foundry here is one of the largest I in the world, and they can melt 50.000 Iba. ! of metal at one time. I was surprised in j goinu through llu ir museum where they keep the plaster casts from which the bronzes ure I made to find a great many which had been ?sent to America. Among them was one of I Washington on horseback, which was sent to ! Richmond, lt is the largest on? they ever I cast here, and is 'j3 feet high, and together ! ii iii., f.ilwr ?-Mii-rs. ij said to have cost thc'doors which are at Washington in the Capitol: and were cast in 1861 at a cost of $20,000. The English Garden here is very fine, and the natural scenery in it ls grand. It bas a large lake with several waterfalls running through it. One could spend a week here nicely, ard find something of interest daily, bu* my time being limited I only staid two days and then started off for Switzerland where I saw so much that I am afraid to un? dertake a description, and can only say like a friend of mine telegraphed me, ere I left for Europe*-if you want to appreciate all its beauties: "Go thou and do likewise." I sailed on several lakes, and the scenery is beyond description. Went np one afternoon to the Rigi mountain, which is 5,906 feet high, and where all tourists go tb see the sun rise, but very few see it-, as the weather is gen? erally cloudy and no sunrise to be seen. We fared no better, as it rained nearly all night, and we had to be content with the pretty view we had of the sunset. Thc railway up to thia point is very steep, and io places makes one feel very nervous although it ia perfectly safe, as it has the patent lock rail. The prettiest sight I think tbat we saw was the Giesbach Falls, illuminated at night. The falls consist of seven cascades leaping from a height of more than 1100 feet down into the lake. We reached the hotel which is 300 feet above the lake, by a cable railway, and at one place over a very deep ravine the cars meet aud the rail is on the extreme edge of the ties. When remarking about.the dan? ger, if the rail swerved an inch, the manager of the hotel assured us1 with thc following consolation : "Oh I thure ?3 no danger, we (meaning the hotel) would be ruined if there was an accident. Very good consolation, if we should have gone down .300 feet into a ravine. In sailing up Lake Lucerne we pass Wm. Tell's chapel, which is just as it was in Tell's day, and also the spot where Tell is said to bare shot the apple off bis son's bead. It was a wonderful sight to see snow on one part of the mountain while right be? low it, the mountain was covered with grass. In going through Br?ning Pass we reached a height of 3,396 feet, and the valley from there **s like a beautiful garden. They tell a story here about bow some natives tapped a lake and drained considerable land thereby, and then claimed the land, and now have fine home3 on it. At a place called "Lau terbrunen," (nothing but Springs,) they have one called Dust Stream, which falls 980 feet from a projecting rock, and the fall which is small ia volume is swayed to and fro by the wind and almost lost in feathery spray. Near here is also a beautiful waterfall, hid in a rift in tbe rocky side;of the Vung-frau, the high? est point of the Bernie Alps. The water comes down with such a furce as to have formed several glaciers in the 'rocks, and while standing viewing it one is wet by the spray. The sail on Lake Geneva was also nice, and we passed a chateau formerly resi? dence of Joseph Bonaparte, also passed sev? eral old castles. At all the places we stopped at in Switzerland there were things of inter? est, such as museum?, old churches, palaces, &c.. After spending nearly two weeks in Switzerland we started back through Ger? many. One can spend a good many weeks in Switzerland and not see all there is to be seen. We met numbers of parties who tramp across the mounuins from place to place, and they all seem to enjoy it, so on my n&t trip here I will take a good many tramps across them. Frankfort on the Main is quite a nice city and one of the wealthiest in Germany. They have a fine palm garden here, and have con? certs every night. Saw the house where Goethe was horn, and they have a fine mon? ument erected to his memory. Visited Dora burg, which is thc great watering place of this section, and it is a beautiful village and is tempting enough to make a well person want to stay there and drink its salt and iron waters. Our next point was Cologne, which we reached by sailing down the Rhine. Having heard so much about the beauties of the Rhine, we were prepared to sec something grand, and something grand we did see, and if is a wonderful thing to see the grapes growing on thc inountMns on each side of the river. The castles built right on the rocks, some of them in ruins, others still inhabited, are lovely to sec. In Cologne the first thing we see is the Cathedral, whose spires, the tallest in thc world, are 512 feet high. The interior is very large, measuring 440 feet in length. The stained glass windows are numerous and the work very fine. The choir bas carved stalls and pillers which were made in the 14th century, and are fine specimens of art. There arc other old churches here, and each one having its legends. The monument of Frederick Wilhelm the third is a fine piece of work. They have one of the finest bridges in tho world here across the Rhine The Zoological and botanical gardens here are very fine. The next place we reached is Amsterdan, which is a quaint old Dutch city, and is in? terspersed by lot3 of canals, and is sometimes called "a Vulgar Venice." Thc streets arc ?ll verry narrow, and the people use the mid? dle of the streets more than the sidewalks. They have some fine docks, and there is a great deal of shipping here. The museum contains more of Rembrandt's-paintings than auy other gallery, alsocontains'a great many other fine paintings by old Dutch artists. They have a fine monument of Rembrandt here. The palace of the King of Netherlands is a very ordinary looking building, but quite nicely furnished inside. Therejis quite ft con? trast between the looks of this city and the ones we have visited in other parts of Europe. In Rotterdam it is even worse than Amster? dam, and the buildings look like they were all top heavy. I saw the church where the Pilgrim Fathers worshipped, and the spot where the Mayflower started from on her me? morable voyage. In Antwerp we saw a very fine old cathedral built ic the 14th century. The spires arc 402 feet high, and in point of architecture surpassed the one at Cologue. In the church are some very fine paintings by Rubens, whose home was here, and whose tomb is in one of the churches here. This is quite a seaport and the docks here are very large and numbcr3 of steamers sail from herc to all parts of thc world. Next we reach Brussels which has been rightly called "Little Paris." They have a very fine old Cathedral here, started in tbe 13th century and with additions made in the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The carved wooden pulpit made in 1699, represents tho expulsion of Adam and Eve, from Paradise. They have a fine picture gallery here, also library. The new Palais dc Justice is the largest building in the world, covering 270,000 square feet, with a mass of sculptured and polished mar? ble surmounted by a marble tower 400 feet high. It cost ?12,000,000. It is furnished very handsomely inside, and has three large court rooms, and 25 small ones, besides nu? merous offices for the different city ofilcials. There are a number of palaces herc and other buildings of interest. The park here is said to rival the Bois de Boulogne of Paris, ned it is certainty a fine park. I can tell better which is the nicest when I reach Paris, which wilt be to-morrow, and where I expect to re? main about two weeks. After then, I go to London, Scotland, and then back homeagain, and the balance cf my trip I will leave to tell in pelion on my first visit to Sumter. Yours truly, J. E. RYTTKNHEIU;. Brussels, July S, 1889. Thc evils tesulting from habitual costiveness are many and serious : but thc use of bargh, drastic purgatives is quite ns dangerous. In Ayers Pills, however, the patient has a mild but effective aperient, superior to al! others, especially for family use. -M?H?- ?- - - IS LIFE WOUTII LIVING 1 Ni<t if you p> through tho world a dyspnptic. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets aro a positive cure for thc wur.?t forms ft Dyvpupria, Indigestion, Flatulcticv amt Const i ??at iou. Guaranteed ami sold hy J." F. W. De Lonne. WANTED VBOOK-KEEPER. Employment to com? mence October first, 1889. State salary wanted. Address M ERC \T< dt. July 21, 1880. Sumter, S. (.. Estate of John B# Johston, Dcc-d. ?W1LL APPLY tn thc Judge nf Probate of Sumter County on the 24th day of Aug., 1889, fora final Discharge as Executor of aforesaid Ea ta tc. THdS B. JOHNSTON, .Inly 2 ; - lr. Executor. DRESSMAKING, LADIES' DRESSES CUT AND MADE in thc latest Style, tit and wo: k w ar? ranted and satisfaction guaranteed, by Miss Adele ?stren, Republican sired, opposite Darby Avenue. Prices us teasonable as good work can tte done for. Feb 8 For Sale. A NUMBER OF DESIRABLE BUILDING VY Lois in various portions of tito city. TITO'S. E. RICHARDSON Jan. 2 - tf. FIRE BRICK. The attention of Mill Owners, Ilouse Builders and Real Estate Owners is called to the economy and advisability of using Fire Brick. Furnaces built of them are seldom out of repair and when once a fire-place is built with Fire Brick, the trouble, annoyance and expense of repairing it^which usually occurs about once a season) ceases entirely. I handle Fire Brick by the car load, and am therefore en? abled to offer them at prices as cheap as they can be bought in small quantities anywhere. When in want of them I hope to supply you. Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris and Cow Hair also on hand. Respectfully, July 24, '89. H. HARBY. INSURANCE AGENTS, SUMTER, S. C. Representing ?orno of the best Fire Insurance Companies doing business in the United States, for Sumter, Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties, wo beg to solicit a share of tho patronage of onr friends in these counties. FRANK % WILSON, Manning. J. M. SPANN, Sumter, S. C. July 10-1 ? NEW ENTERPRISE, NEWLY OPENED BY E. CARDARELL?, CORNER OF MAIN AND REPUBLICAN STREETS, MANUFACTURER OF TINWARE AND LAMPS OF ALL KINDS. Roofing and Guttering, Cornice Sheet-Iron, Metal Work, Pumps, &c. TgEgr* Prompt attention given to all parties. - I -ALSO ICE! ICE! ICE! To bc had at E. Cardarelli's all thc season at the usnal price. Respectfully, E. CARDARELLL April 17. *_'_:_ New Advertisements. TO ADVERTISERS A list of 1000 newspapers divided into STATICS AND SECTIONS will be sent on application-FREE. To those who want their advertising to pay wc can offer no better medium for thorough and effective work than the rarious sections of our Select Local List. GEO. P. ROWELL ?fe CO., Newspaper Advertising Bureau, 10 Spruce street, New York. issi SPARTAN???G CO., S C. This Famous Resort will bc Open to Visitors : ?SOM MAY 1st TO OCT. ll. It is accessible from Spartanburg hy a DAILY HACK LINE, making good connections with all trains. Telephone in operation to Spartanburg, and DAILY MAIL. GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER A Safe, Pleasant and Effective Remedy for all diseases of thc KIDNEYS, LIVER, STOMACH, AND SKIN. IT ACTS ON THE BOWELS, CLEANSES THE SYSTEM, AND REGULATES THE LIVER, And is a specific for mo.-t FEMALE DISORDERS. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Proprietors, GICHD Springs, S. C. For sale by all leading Druggists. _July 3_ SAYINGS DEPARTMENT FOR Bank of Sumter. ON MAY 1st, nest a SAVINGS DEPART raent will be opened in connection with "The Bank of Sumter," interest at 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly, according to regulations which will be furnished depos? itors. In addition to the regular daily banking hours, the Savi?gs Department will be open for receiving deposits on Saturday evenings from 6 to 9 o'clock. W. F. B. HAYNS WORTH, A. W?IITR. JR., President. Cashier. Apr* 24._ Fi?,0rpsaiiiS6ii]|Iacleis. PIANOS, S1C0 to si,ooo. ORGANS, ?24 to $1,500. SEWING MACHINES, ?10 to $100. All kinds of vocal and instrumental music. Smith & Egge Button Hole attachment. Orders filled at short notice. E. E. lill Y AN, Oflice with C. E. Stubbs, Sumter, S. C. April 17-v FOR RENT. rpi iE STOPE now occupied by Messrs. R. [ W. DuRant&Son asa hardware store will be for rent on Sept. 1st. A ?inc stand, j For terms, kc, apply to June 5 D. J. WINN. ; SHORTHAND. \CLASS FOR INSTRUCTION tn Short-! hand Writing will bc funned ns soon ; as a sufficient number of pupils are secured. | For terms, &c, apply to, L I. PA ROTT, Stenographer o<\ Circuit. July IT. " STALLION MESSENGER, SEASON 1SS9. Thc High bred Stallion, MESSENGER, is now on the plantation of A. J. Salinas k ! Sons, M ay estille, S. C., where ba will remain until Oct. 1st, during which t'.nie he will he allowed to serve 20 mures. Terms $15.00, ! payable in advance. ! Messenger isa very highly finished black i horse, 15J hands bigh, with pure trotting j action. His offspring are handsome, natural I trotters, trot fast and mature early. One of bis .fillies showed a mile in 3.10 in ! her two-year old form. Apply to J. B. McBRTDE, Supt., 1 trie 26 Maycsvillc, S O. OFFICE OP COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., Maj 6, 1889. THE FOLLOWING ACT IS PUBLISIIEi in accordance with Section 3 : An Act to allow unimproved lands whic have not been on the tax books since 187 to be listed without penalty. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate an House of Representatives of the State c Sooth Carolina, now met and sitting in Geo eral Assembly, and by the authority of th same. That in all cases where unimproved Ian which has not been upon the tax books sine the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1875 and which are not on the forfeited list, shal at any time before the 1st day of Octobei 18SS, be returned to the County Auditor fo taxation, the said Auditor be, and is hereb, instructed, to assess the same and to enter i upon the duplicate of the fiscal year cora mencing November 1, 1887, with the simpl taxes of that year. Section 2. That all such lands as may b returned to the Auditor for taxation betweei the first day of October, 1888, and the firs day of October, 3889, shall be assessed am charged with the simple taxes of the twt fiscal years commencing, respectively, on th first day of November, 1888. Section 3. That as soon as practicable aftc the passage of this Act, the Comptroller Gen eral is directed to furnish a copy of the sam to each Auditor in the State, and the Audi tors are required to publish the same in eacl of their County papers, once a week for thre months during the year 1888, and for th same period of time during the year 1889 and the cost of such publication shall be pai< by the County Treasurer, upon the order o the County Commissioners, out of the ordi nary county tax last collected. Approved December 19, 1837. W. R, DELGAR, May 8-3m. Auditor Sumter County. SUTER MARBLE WORKS, ESTABLISHED IN 1869. -Br W. P. SMITH, WHO IS STILL PREPARED WITH. Improved Facilities, TO FURNISH MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, -AND ?11 Sintis of Cemetery Work, In First Class Workmanship. Dec. 21._ SAVE YOUR MONEY. ON and after May H:, 1389, THE SIMONDS NATIONAL BANK of Sum? ter, will establish A SAVINGS DEPARTMENT in connection with their present business, and will pay interest at thc rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly upon such sums ol money as may be deposited, subject to the rules and regulations, usually adopted by Savings' Banks. W. ALSTON PRINGLE, JR., Apr. 24-v. Collier. MONEY TO LOAN. MONEY TO LOAN in sums from $300 to $25,000 on improved farm?, etc. COLIN C. MANNING, Attorney at Law, June 27- v Main St. Sumter, S. C. F?RRENT. POSSESSION GIVEN AT ONCE. rpi IK STt'RK lately occupied by the late ? V. J. O'Connor, on Main Street, known as Ute Crane Store. Applv to June 5 I). J. WINN, Executor^ TO RENT. TARGE DWELLING, CORNER OF j Liberty and Ilarvin Streets. Suitable for Private Boarding House. Possession July ist. Apply to R. D. LEE. June 12._ A COMPLETE NEWSPAPER. "The pride of the North Carolina Press/' J. A. PONITZ. } T. H. KINGSBURY, LL.D. \ Editorial Staff. WM. A. HEARNE. J Do you want to aid in building up a paper that ?hall reflect the greatest credit on North Carolina, no matter where h may be seen? Then patronise THE MESSENGER, publish? ed in three editions. THE DAILY MESSENGER AND THE WEEKLY MESSENGER, Published at Wilmington, N. C. THE G OLDS BORO TRANSCRIPT-MES? SENGER, Published at Goldsboro, N. C. Tliey are large eight-page papers. Do voa want a rei ?able paper giving you all ! tho news of thc world-a Democratic news? paper that equals the best-has the largest circulation and has for more than twenty-one years been a part and factor in thc growth j and development of the Old North State? ! Then subscribe for the Messenger. ! Trial rates : Daily Messenger, by mail 4 j mouths on trial, $2.00. Weekly Wilmington Messenger, 8 months, $1.00. Goldsboro j Transcript-Messenger, 8 months, $1.00. Cash ? in advance. j Dr. Talmage's Sermons are a feature of all j three papers. Address J. A. BONITZ, Proprietor. K?npan f mm S?MTEB, S. ?* We art? selling an eleg*ti?* Tin Toiler! Sc* of thrt? pie?ei , ?for $1.25 pe* set, wel?'iprt?* $1.75. This ?s ari ?pppttnnity seldom offered, and those that desire these goods had best catt ' early and avail themselves of " the opportunity. They ?re Jil all shades. Having quite a large? stock of :. LADIES' SHOES in small sj?e^^?^^^^ES^^P we have concluded to fell them AT AND BELOW t(S% whicli is from 95c. to ftM'AM A well, assorted stock ^of Handkerchiefs yo? will fiad here at 30a,. 40c, 5?a, 65<x, 75c.t 85c. and $1.00 ?per doi Thesegoods are worth 15ato 25c. per doz. more than we aire ; selling them at We are still to the front in the GROCERY UNE. Our goods as usual are always of the best quality and guar? anteed fresh or money return? ed, prices in accordance with the markets. Have you tried Hires' Root Beer? It is a most delightful summer drink. We sell the finest Buttered brought to Sumter j* come aad try it and you will buy qi ffo other. \ " "~: Goods delivered at once io jj any part of the city. It is our desire to please all those that call.. We still handle the justly celebrated A . E. and Soda - Crackers always fresh. KIN G MAN & GO. Mav 29 LOOK HEBE ! We have some beautiful DRESS GOODS -IN Attr?ctive Styles,. AND ."' % We have some beautiful Black Silks. A LOVELY ASSORTMENT OF JERSEYS, Handkerchiefs, Hoisefy* SHOES, ETC. Ladies who buy of us SAVE money. Tho store is full of pretty things. FOE MEN", WE HAVE CHOICE GOODS; CLOTHING-, HATS, SHOES, NECKWEAR, Etc ix GROCERIES, liKMEJIBKR WE ALWAYS KEEP THE BEST. ALTAMONT MOSES. Sept. 26. Attention Cotton Ginners. IAM PREPARED, with the best applian? ces, to GUM, RE?UT AND POINT gio e?w teeth. Long experience io th* busineet - enables me to guarantee satisfaction. Cao refer to SS gina worked on the past season, in and out of the County. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. Address, J. M. REID, Mayesvil K?, S. C. ~ - Residence Greggs X Roads, Mt. Clio Town* : ship. Jone 19.