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W KDNBSDAY, OCT, 18,1803. A PROPHKCY. .- . FROM TBS BARD OF XBSNSZER, S, C (Let Til J maa thunder, cuss ?nd fume. Blind tigers I heed it nc!. The Antis like it nest "you bet.". - Aud drink '.heir cock-tai ls hot.} B .fore the bird ?els sing again. And March shall vic! ber dust. The wool-hat boys will give it up. ' And Tillman's bars will bust. Then back ta coon-skins Dave [Traxler,] will go A sad, but wiser man. With fishing canes and mollets fresh, Just Where he first began. On Sabbath morns bis peaceful soul Will dream of Heaven once more And radiant, loving Deacon Cole, Witl point him to the door. Theo brother Williams f J. CL] taken a chill. While hustling round the corner, The daddy Devil, in pursuit. The dear old boy a goaer. And Cuttioo, the Rev. Ed. Will stand amazed and smile To see the brother scamper down, "Two forty" to the mile. PRESENTMENT OF TH K GK ABD TOBY. To the Honorable J?8. Aldrich, Presidiag Judge: We, the grand jury, beg leave to report that we bave passed on all bills given us by the Solicitor and returned our findings thereon to the Court. We investigated the charg?e preferred against C. C. Manning. Esq , trial justice, for alleged irregularity io the collection of delin? quent poll tax, and after a easeful examination of several witnesses we decided that there ?as nothing io the charges that would war? rant ear bringing it to your honor's atten? tion. At the rast tera of the Court we examined several witnesses ia the case of H. R. Thomas for al leg?! election ft ands at High Hills Pre? cinct in 1890, but decided to postpone the matter, awaiting the testimony of G S. Bog? ers, rho wa? a manager of election, but whose presence we were nuable io secure he beiwg then a resident of Kershaw count j. W.-examined Mr. Bogers rery carefully, -and failed to receive any evidence from iiaii Ijhat would teed to criminality on the.jWBS- *f Mr! Thoma*, a?d we recommend tb** the rbarge* against bi m be dismissed, more partic iidarly as it has come to the attention of the g rand jury that various primary elections in the cou Qty that year were irregul?r. Our attention has been called by the coun? ty t on*missioners to expense ioetsrred by the county amounting to over $1,000 per annum ia'I he serving of papers emanating from the trial justice court, and cognisant by the emrt nf general sessions, requiring service hy the sheriff. We reeomend that the trial justice'constables be required to serve all soch papers, and that they be allowed mileage T S. Smith appeared before the grand jury, charging Wilford Brans with house? breaking os or about September 1st, 1891, and thai Joli? Smith, Mary K. Smith, and John B Smith are material witnesses to prove same. We recommend that the Solicito? take nach action as ts necessary to bring him be? fore the court. We made a complete examination of the various county offices and public buildings at the kat term, and having reported thereon to the coori, ve have nothing special lo callyou r honor's attention to except as herein coo fain? ed. In entsdnsioo we thank your honor for the abie assistance given as in the discbarge of oar duly. Ail of which is respectfully submitted. NEILO'DOHKL, Foreman. "ttAJCVt? UP A BAG." - -w A Trick Otha Be-rt eat to by Baepe^aaanam, Sailors. A good sized bag of clothing is always a recommendation for a sailor in search cf a boarding house, maamock as the boarding master, bolds. nVa?sec|i^'n%.. til the debts incurred by its owner are .paid. Wish this knowledge, the impe? cunious sailor in search of lodgings vrhose wardrobe is insufficient to swell eut fais bag to the required dimensions win fill the lower part of his sailor can? vas receptacle with any old castoff ap? parel fae can obtain, sometimes even utilizing the dissected parts of old straw beds, and place the best of bis clothing in the tap to present to the superficial observer an appearance of genuineness. This trick is termed among sailors **malriTig np a bag," and is often resort? ed to with no more dishonest intention ates to obtain board and lodging on credit until employment is secured. It is. however, sometimes practiced with aught variations by dishonest sail? ors who are well provided with cloth? ing, etc, bot who wish to obtain a few days' board and lodging without pay? ment. The first care of a sailor intend? ing to commit this fraud is to place all bia good clothing in security and keep the knowledge of its existence from the person upon whom be intends to prey, fie then "makes up" another bag, plac? ing near the mouth thereof ?few arti? cles of little \alue, and after lodging, eat? ing and drinking a few days oo the strength of this fraudulent pack disap? pears, leaving the bag of rubbish to meet the wrathful gaze of the deluded host whenever that worthy's suspicions prompt him to make an investigation. London Tit-Bits. Wonderful Fall In a. Biblical Kl ver. Tho river Jordan in Palestine has the most remarkable fall or descent of any short river in the world. The name ol! the river is from the Hebrew word ?ar . den, meaning the descender, and tfcat if; is well named may be judged from the following figures concerning its tall: At its source near Hasbaye the stream has an elevation of 1,700 feet above the level of the Mediterranean sea, and at the place where it empties into the Dead sea it is 1,800 feet below the level of tbe Mediterranean, making a total fall of about even 3,000 feet. The distance from Hasbaye springs to the Dead sea is 120 miles, and tho to? tal length of the river, counting the windings of the channel, SOO miles. From this we must subtract 2& miles for fha lake and morass of Hooleh and the sea of Galilee, leaving bot 180 miles of tiver proper, which gives the river an average fall of 17 feet to the mile throughout its entire coarse. Few riv? ers have such a fall, and fewer still de? scend as the Jordan does, without either cascades or waterfalls.-St. Louis Re? public. Tb? LiiXHriooa Stickpin. Stickpins are great luxuries. One needs them almost as often as the hum? ble and ordinary pin, and when dress? making is out of the question for ones toilet no other kind should ever be used. Yon fake one to fasten your veil, pin your tie, hold your blazer, skirt and belt together, keep your sailor collar from flying up behind and rb? several otlaer equally important things. You can tray these pretty, useful things in any shop now for a song, but I don't presume that everyone car. indulge in a dozen cr more of such easily lost articles-each one worth $2 or $8. In the French imitation jewelry shops yon find a delightful collection, fine and in tasteful Parisian designs, which iure almost exact imitations of the real, ex? tensive ones. They can be had for 5 cents and upward in the prettiest and most deceptive of French imitation atones-and then you know the pear shaped pearls in the Empress Eugenics were alto fn?nti ??t???$?? CAW^E* CURED BY ERYSIPELAS. A Chance discovery That May Lead to r. Bejte&cerst Results. A patient in the New York Cancer hos? pital accidentally became inoculated with, the virus of erysipelas several weeks ago. As th? disease progressed it was noticed that the patient's cancerous con? dition improved. This fact suggested to Dr. William T. Bull the advisability of inoculating other patients with the poison of erysipelas. Accordingly several cases were, set apart and experiments were begun and carried out byJDr. W. R. Coley-under the direction of Dr. Bull. The inoculations were made not only on patients with carcinoma, (commonly known as cancer), but also on others who were suffering from sarcoma, which is a mucia ,more malignant form of tumor than the ordinary cancer. The results in both foons were very satisfactory. For modulating purposes a pur? cul? ture of the streptococcus was used. Of the cases of carcinoma about 35 per cent were reported cured, while in the sar comatous cases the results were even better, showing as many as 40 per cent of those experimented upon to have be? come well and free after the attack of erysipelas. It has been said that whatever good has resulted was due to the local reac? tion. This theory is apparently dis? proved by the fact that inoculations made at a distance from the tumor have been known to cause it to disappear. The injections asa rule were made into the tumor itself and were repeated every 48 hours. The r?action produced was almost identical with that produced by true erysipelas, though in most of the cases it was milder in degree, passing' away within 34 to 48 boura. The dan? gers attending this form of treatment are insignificant when one considers the usual outcome of a case of cancer, or sarcoma, which is almost, invariably f a taL The subject of cancer is not 'gener? ally understood. . What is popularly known as cancer includes many differ? ent forms of tumors, such as carcinoma. | of which there are four varieties-^the spheroidal celled, which includes the hard and soft cancers; what is known as epithehoma, the form usually seen af? fecting the lip; the cylindrical celled, and the colloid. Of sarcomata the surgeons also make four subdivisions-the round celled, spin? dle celled, mixed celled and the myeloid, or giant celled. For other than scien? tific purposes the subdivisions are hardly necessary, as the various forms of sar? comata are all said to be very malignant. In the report written by Dr. Coley he concludes: First, that the curative- ef? fect of erysipelas upon malignant tu? mors is an established fact; second, the action upon the sarcoma is invariably more powerful than* upon carcinoma in about the ratio of three, to one; third, tile treatment of inoperable malignant humors by repeated inoculations of ery? sipelas is both practicable and not at? tended with greafrisk; fourth, the cur? ative action is systematic and probably doe chiefly to the toxic products of tue streptococcus, which products may be isolated and used without producing erysipelas, and, fifth, that the method of inoculation should not be employed in discriminate^ until further clinical ex? periments have proved its limitations. - New Yerk World. EXCURSION OF MILLIONAIRES. Large Party to Start oa Their Yachts For a Toar of the World. During the last week in September a fleet of palatial pleasure steamers will leave New York" harbor for a voyage around the world. In many ways, this wiQ be the most remarkable pleasure journey ever made by the men of mil? lions of America. One of the harbors in which this fleet of money kings'yachts wiQ anchor, after crossing the Atlantic at railroad train speed, will be Palos, the port Columbus sailed from 400 years ago to discover the land that has enriched the new Croesuses. At the head of the fleet of millionaires' yachts will be the Valiant, William K Vanderbilt's new queen of the seas. The other vessels in the fleet will be the White Lodge, Lord Abingdon Baird's handsomely appointed yacht recently purchased by Ogden Goelet; Frederick W. Vanderbilt's costly and speedy craft Conqueror, Lloyd Phoenix's new auxili? ary steamer Intrepid, -Jatn?s ?Gordon Bennett's Namouna and Commodor e'El bridge T. Gerry s Electra, the famous flagship of the New York Yacht club. According to the plans arranged by the millionaires named, the fleet of yachts will first go to England and there take on board a number of prominent members of English society ?nd nobili? ty, whom the American millionaires will entertain in this pleasure jaunt around the world. There will be. merry parties, but not large ones, aboard -each of the yachts. The pleasure seekers will comprise mem? bers of the Vanderbilt families on the Valiant, including the Shepard branch of the family and their English friends, among whom will be the' Duke of Man? chester, the duchess and her daughter, Lady Aloa Montague, who christened William EL Vanderbilt's yacht at Birk? enhead, England, and afterward hoisted the stars and stripes over her. El bridge T. Gerry will have for guests the immediate jnembers of his family, half a dozen relatives in New York and Philadelphia, a few English friends, and he has arranged also to take aboard -tue Duke of Veragua,' who will accompany the money king as far as Bombay, ?d'a. This will be a very gracefuT tribute by the men of millions of America to. the descendant of Columbus. Frederick W. Vanderbilt will-bare half a dozes guests from select New York and English society. - It is also said on very good authority that Ward Mc? Allister will be the particular bright light aboard F. W. Vanderbilt's yacht, and that he intends writing a book about the experiences of the party.-Boston Her? ald. Test ins an Automatic Machine. An enterprising Worcester firm has dotted the sidewalks of Main and Front streets with an automatic serving, nick? el-in-the-alot peanut machine that for refined hustle is points ahead of the lusty lunged, subceUar voiced circus veneer. It is designed to assist the "Hey. Rube :vhen he is sporting it, but there is a fine _ >int or two about the machine that sometimes is not grasped at first sight Spin a nickel down the slot, turn a crank, hold a paper bag taken from a bunch hanging, within easy reach under a little tin chute, and you've got a pint of humpbacked delectables in convenient portable form. On Front street below Spring stands one of these imichines. A Rube looked askance at it-the other day, read the code of directions for operating it and invested. Then he turned the crank, and lo! he was living ina perfect deluge of the fruit of the south. The code said that a bag should be held in place under the chute, but Rube wasn't on. "These here new fangled notions hain't what they're cracked up to be," re? marked the man from the country'as he dropped on one knee and scooped up the nuts. "Some on 'em squeak out bind concerts nat'rallike, and some on 'em give yer two 2 cent stamps fer fi' cents and keep the change. But I guess I'll stick tu the old fashioned way of trad? ing fer peanuts," and everybody wore a wierd SJ id fearful grin as Bubo moved off.-Worcester Gazette. The Plaint of a "Slow" Man. "My children tell nie," said a man of tamily, "that fm slow, and do yon know I think I'm inclined to agree with them, though if they were a little less strenuous about it the quality that they characterize as slowness I think I should describe as conservatism. I dont like to change. If Fm comfortable, I like to keep right along as I am. Thus I continued to wear leg boots long after everybody else had given them up, and when finally I did discard them I took to congress gaiters, and I've been wear? ing congress gaiters ever since, though the children tell me I'm the only man in town that does. I am sure that if I had been left to myself I never should have had my trousers creased. But my old^t daughter says earnestly, Tapa, you ought to have your trousers creased,' and my oldest boy, with greater direct? ness of speech, though with scarcely more earnestness, says, 'Pop, if you don't, you're a chump.' So now I have my trousers creased-knife blades front and back-and I've promised the chil? dren that the next shoes I buy shall be button and lace. And they insist that I shall buy hats thar are strictly in style, and I suppose, now that the children are after me, there is nothing for me to do but get young again."-New York Sun. Arab H >rsemanahip. The Arab, when he is a horseman, is a superb one, even though he does not come within our c anons of the art. When the horse is only a means of transporta? tion or a beast of burden, the Arab is no better-than his ilk elsewhere. When, as in the: desert, the horse is his pet, his companion, his dream by day and night, the Arab is in a sense incomparable. No master can be more kind. No dog is more intelligent than the dark, liquid eyed steed he has bred and trained, whose ancestor, many generations back, his an? cestors have loved and trusted. This horse-would that we human beings had not been civilize! out of so many of our animal qualities!-will follow him day and night. He would fret out his soul at being hitched to a post, and his mas? ter would scorn to tie him. He will stand immovable in the midst of danger I and fright which would make any civi ? lized horse frantic. He will carry his ! master through fire and water. He will unflmchingly face wounds and death so long as the hand which has fed him is placed upon his neck. He vrill stand over his disabled lord till help arrives, or he w?l go alone to seek it. He will kneel for him to mount, and he will bear him bravely home if he falls a sac? rifice of his devotion at the door of his master's tent. These are not always fa? bles. The horse, treated as he hould be generation after generation, develops a rare intelligence, and has a/j noble an affection as the dog. But even in Ara? bia this horse is the. pearl of great price. Thrice happy the caliph who truly claims to own one.^-Gol?nel T. A. Dodge, TJ. S. A., in Harpers. Deafness and Mental Dalineas. A contributor to The Medical News brings evidence to show that a large pro? portion of the school children classed as "mentally dull" are affected with a de? gree of deafness. That deafness should have a marked effect upon the mental, and even upon the physical, development of a child is easily believed, since so large a part of eveiy one's education is transmitted to the brain through the ear. Dr. Sexton, an American aurist, found a distinct defect in the hearing powers of 13 per cent of a large number of school children whom he examined. Dr. Weil of Stuttgart in an examina? tion of over 6,000 schcol children found that 30 per cent, or nearly one-third of the number examined, had defective hearing powers. He made use of the whisper test and the test for hearing thc watch tick. The hearing was considered defective only when it fell considerably below the average. Dr. Gelle of Paris, who has made ex? tensive experiments in regard to the per? centage of deafness, among school chil? dren, found that a degree of deafness was very common among: "dull" pupils, r though o^n -Tnirecogmzed. He found in one case 7 children placed in seats in the rear of the schoolroom on account of dullness and inattention. Of these, 4 could hear the watch tick at a distance of from 2 to 18 inches, while 2 were en? tirely deaf in one year. . . Of Soy* w L^jm the teacher consid? ered poor pupils, 10 were affected with loss of hearing pow?: in one or both ears. . Hoisting Foul Air Out of a Well. I saw a curious method used the other . -day in Illinois to take the foul air out of a well. The weil was to be cleaned, but the man who took the job was afraid to go down until he had ascertained the quality of the. air at the bottom. He let down a lighted, candle, and when it de? scended to about six feet of the bottom it went out as suddenly as though extin? guished by a whiff of air. This was all he wanted to know. He was then sure that the well had poisonous gas in it, and took a small umbrella, tied a string to the handle and lowered it open into the well. Having let it go nearly to the bottom, he drew it up, carried it a few feet from the well and upset it. He re? peated this operation 20 or 80 times, with all the bystanders laughing at him, then again lowered the light, which burned clear and, bright even at the bottom. He then condescended to explain that the gas' in the well Was carbonic acid gas, ; which is'heavier than the air, and there? fore could be brought up in au umbrella just as though it were so much water. It was a simple trick, yet perfectly ef? fective.-St. Louds Globe-Democrat. Women's Neckwear. One of the unpardonable sins in dress? ing is the wearing of masculine ties by women who do not know how to tie them, This is a crime second only to .wearing ready made ties. The kinds of ties with which men adorn themselves and which women . vainly -essay to copy are the prince's scarf, a thin edition of the four-in-hand, the four-in-hand itself, the Windsor and the Ascot. The last is an intricate af? fair, which even proud men find difficult . to manage. The others may he learned bypati?nt study and practice, and the women who make an attempt to wear them should bestow that upon them. But they do not. They come down town with four-in-hands that have slipped down and are hanging nooselike about their collars. They do not scruple to appear h% public with a tie twisted around under tjieir cai'. They have no .conscience about converting a thin piece of silk into an unsightly knot and a pair bf demoralized looking strings and call? ing it a prince's scarf.-Philadelphia Times. Oualifications of a Firat Claas Liar. To be a really good prevaricator re quires natural aptitude supplemented by careful training. The strongest proof of the excellence of a lie is when the person to whom it is told is perfectly aware of its falseness, but finds its con? struction so flawless that there is no way of demonstrating its variation from un? varnished truth. The ext most perfect lie is the sort which simulates truth so cleverly that it excites no investigation whatever, and this sort of statement, while it affords little satisfaction to the professional liar whose artistic con? science is in his work, is the only variety which the amateur should ever attempt. -Kate Field's Washington. HATS, Furnishings, SHOES. i i I am now back at the old Winn stand, in a New Store, and have j ust open? ed up a complete line of the aboye Goods for Men, Boys and Children? All of my Goods are NEW and of the latest and most popular styles, and you will certainly have no objection to the prices. Even if you do not wish to buy any goods, come in and see me, anyway, and 1 will show you something that will make you laugh, whether you feel like it or not. Don't fail to see the wonderful curio? sity. Hundreds have been in to see it al? ready. Respectfully, D. J. CHANDLER, Successor to Chandler & Shaw, SIGN OF THE BIG HAT, MAIN ST., SUMTER, S.C. Messrs. Joe Mayes and David Cunningham are with me and will be pleased to have their friends call. Aug. 30. -THE- * m FALL SEASON I 3^ / j ? i opens with m m /? / Elegant Goods m m and M ff SPLENDID ATTRACTIONS. / ff WE / Qig / ?imply Investigate the golden M M yOU opportunity our W m I Ck I 10 New Stock I v& M M di mt m Come af?'ords. m H M , m m and See / M _ '??f a Our Goods, Issi m L / m Assurring all that they m ^ ^ m will find the highest / W / M ^ m grades and uniform r m m prices. Our new goods m. I ?fl M M Samples sent upon M m application. /</ f 9 ff J- Kytlenberg & Sons. ,MAtt INVITE BUYERS TO CALL AND GET THEIR PRICES. Full Stock in all lines now in, AND BEING Added to daily by Fresh Arrivals. Further information next week. SIGN OF THE BIG HAND Dor. Main and Republican Sts. Sumter, S. C. HEADQUARTERS - ^ ?k# 'S. E. Cor. Main and Liberty Sts., ^ SUMTER, S. C. We beg to remind our numerous customers of the fact, that last Spring we disposed of almost our entire stock of Mer? chandise at cost, and now we have received and opened up a handsome stock of General Merchandise. Wc suggest that it no time in the history of the Dry Goods business has the purchasing power of a dollar been so conspicuously great as at present. Our Store is the MIDWAY PLAISANCE -OF High Class Novelties in Dress Goods. Styles this season show some rare productions in Silk and Wool, and all-Wool. The interweav? ing of bright and colored yarns in neat designs upon the rough and smooth material, producing a combination of iridescent effects. We desire to show you many exclusive designs well worthy of inspection-in fact we offer AN ARRAY OF BARGAINS Dwarfing everything heretofore presented. We are also handling an unusually large stock of Shoes of the Very Best Make, To which we ask your attention. Our stock of Gents', Ladies' and Misses Shoes, are unsur? passed in durability, finish and style. Our Grocery Department is, as usual, fully equipped to meet all demands upon it, both as to shelf gooda and Plantation Supplies at Rock Bottom Prices. = Mis? McDonald - Would announce her usual Well Selected Stock of Millinery is now ready for exhibition aud sale. HATS AND BONNETS in F fi LT, V KL VET AND SATIN will be shown. -ALSO RIBBONS in variety of prices Hnd colors, some of which ure rich in quality anil severely plain. A full line of Ostrich Feathers in the very latest make np, together with Aigrettes, Quills, Bird fancies in Black and White Parrots, small Black birds, Mercury Wings, Etc., Etc, -PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORDERS THE ONLY Way to meet competition, the only way to sell goods at a small profit, is to buy them right and give the customer the benefit. We aro going to do this. Wc keep everything that is kept in a First Class Gent's FURNISHING- STORE, Such as Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Collars, Cuffs, Neck? ties of every description, Dress Shirts, plain and fancy bosoms, Unlaundried Shirts, Negligee Shirts, Under? wear, Socks. Boy's Stockings. Suspendere, Gloves. Handkerchiefs. A little later we will have a full line of Mackintoshes and Rubber Coats. Our expenses are small, therefore, we mean to .sell goods close and please everybody in country and IN TOWN. CALL IN TO SEE US. CUTTINO & DELGAR, MASONIC TEMPLE, P. S.-Suits and Pants made to order at astonishingly low Livery, Fse? aad Sale Stalle. WE DESIRE TO STATE THAT MR. W. J. McK A IN is now associated witto Mr. NV. J Mer run ia the livery business, nnd we are now belter prepared than erer to furnish first-class Livery and Drays. Thank? ful for pNSt patronage, which has exceeded oar most sanguine expectations, we hope bj close personal attention to merit a continuance of saine Horses and males kept for sale at tow prices, (?ive us a trial. Hauling of all kinds Solicted. Teams Furnished at Short Notice. _HERRON A-McK A IN. YOUR PROPERTY IN Tie Faners' Mutual Fire ta? Association. By the FARMERS and for the FARMERS. XO LOSS-NO PAY. Apply t?? W. J. HERRON, June 21-3m SUMTER, S. C. IMPROVE YOUR STOCK. IHAVE A FINK half grade HOLSTEIN BULL, nud person- desiring his service cnn pet snme at reasonable rate. G. W. REARDON. March 29-tf. W. L DOUGLAS S3 SHOE ?>Wb. Do jos ?esr theos? When next In need try I pfc. Beet in the world. If you want a fine DRESS SHOE, nade b tte Wert styles, don't pay $6 to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00 or $5 Shoe. They fit equal to custom made and takxoi wear ts well If yoe wish to economize ls yow footwear j do so by purchasing W. L Douglas Shoes. Kamo and price stamped on the bottom, look for lt whee yoi buy. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, M aaa. Sold by J, YTTENBEBG & SONS