The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 25, 1893, Image 4
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SIAM'S tflRS? RAILROAD.
The Consummation of a Long
Delayed Project.
_
After Fourteen Tears of Anxiety Iii?
King Has tae Pleasure of Seelaj
the Realization of His
Fondest Hope.
That is sn interesting announce?
ment, recently made, that within a
few weeks the king of Siam has per?
sonally opened to traffic the first rail?
road in his dominions, connecting the
capitel! Bangkok? with the port of
Paknam, at. the month of Menam
river. On this occasion, it is also made
known, his majesty delivered a speech
in which he referred with eloquent en?
thusiasm to the progress which his
eountrv is now making in what are
conventionally called the arts of civ?
ilization. *This railroad is not nearly
so-great nor so important as ma to?
others in many parts of the world.
Yet, according to the New York Trib?
une, there is scarcely another so rich?
ly invested with picturesque interest
or so suggestive in its proximate con?
trast of high civilization against prim?
itive simriSfet?r The very idea of a
railrol?? Jf^ ?siim seems incongruous.
True, the capital city of that country
has for years enjoyed 'such "modern
improvements" as street cars, electric
lights, passenger eleva torsy telephones
and newspapers. Yet they Al? have a?
exotic air. They seem like curiosities
on exhibition. All around them ?es
the world of centuries ago. In no
other oriental country that has so
much come into contact with Europe
and America is conservatism so marked
and persistent as in the land of the
white elephant. The ancient manners
and customs still flourish intact. The
old-time ceremonials, endless proces?
sions, innumerable umbrellas on dis?
play are still observed. The over?
whelming mass of the people are ex?
actly as they were hundreds of years
ago. Probably the chief explanation
oi this lies in the nature of the people
themselves. They are the personifica?
tion of easy-going.
Somo thirteen or fourteen years ago
the Iring1 deeded thf^?..would be well
to have some railroads built in Siam.
Accordingly he engaged a number of
European engineers to survey routes
and prepare plans and estimates. The
advance of the French in Tonquin. on
his eastern borders, hastened him, for
he was persuaded that a railroad sys?
tem would be a potent aid to defense
against invasion. But rivalry between
foreign speculators caused much-delay.
It was nearly two years ago that the
wor? waVactually begun, the king per?
sonally turning the first sod. The cere?
mony on that occasion was picturesque
and impressive, especially in incuri?
ous mingling of oriental and occi?
dental manners. There was a great
crowd present, including the king and
his ministers. There were many for?
eigners, looking practical and busi?
ness-like, and a host of curious, happy
go-lucky natives. There was much
dignity and formality about it all, as
was fitting. But there was also a great
deal of ease and informality. The min?
ister of public works, a prince with an
unpronounceable name, began the pro?
gramme by reading an address to the
king*. This done, his majesty made a
speech, ostensibly in reply to the min?
ister, but really addressed to the gen?
eral assemblage. He spoke easily and
eloquently, dwelling upon the great?
ness oit the country and the progress
already made m the arts of modern
civilization, and then portraying with
entirely unwarrantable enthusiasm
the great advantages that would re ?
sult'from the building of this railroad
and of other roads which in the near
future would be connected with it.
These formalities concluded, the king
took a spade in his hands and stepped
forward to where a wheelbarrow
was standing. It was a spade of the
most improved Sew England pattern,
but the blade was made of silver, pre?
sumably solid, and the handle was
composed of a solid shaft of ivory.
-The wheelbarrow also was of Amer?
ican design, but was made of ebony
and silver. His majesty thrust the sil?
ver blade of the spade into the.ground,
energetically pressing it to its full
depth with ids royal foot, and then
lifted a goodly spadeful of soil and de?
posited, it in the wheelbarrow. Then
the crown prince came forward, a
handsome and amiable young gentle?
man who had recently celebrated his
coming of age with characteristic
Siamese rites. He took up the handles
of the wheelbarrow and trundled it
along a carpeted pathway, twenty-five
or thirty yards, and then dumped the
spadeful of earth which it contained
upon the ground. The king, the royal
family, the minister of public works
and a number of notable guests fol?
lowed him as he wheeled the barrow
and looked with earnest interest at the
spadeful of clods as he turned them
out upon the ground. Then four state?
ly and solemn Brahmin priests, in their
sacredotal robes, stepped forward and
sprinkled upon the clods a few drops
of holy water which they took from a
vase of solid gold. Finally a brass
band, composed of native musicians,
played the Siamese national anthem,
and the ceremony was concluded.
But the king and his august followers
had scarcely left the spot before the
contractors took possession of it, and
their workmen were busily engaged
with hundreds of spades and wheel?
barrows proceeding with tue actual
construction of the railroad.
Plenty of Ivory.
The somewhat prevalent idea that
the supply of ivory is narrowly limited
and that it is likely soon to be a scarce
article is declared by a correspondent
in London Field to be entirely incorrect.
The writer says that in central Africa
the chiefs have so many tusks that
they do not know what to do with
them, and that in some instances the
king's surround their houses with stock?
ades of ivory. In return for the gift
ot a uniform coat, a cocked hat and a
sword, a state officer recently received
broma native potentate one hundred
ind fifty tusks.
NEWSPAPER WAIFS.
STAOE - "What was Manager Flies
talcing to you about?" Sidewing
**?e was negotiating with me for the
purchase of my new comedy." Stage
"A?, only a little buy-play on his part!"
-Kate Field's Washington.
DISGUSTED CUSTOMER-"What is the
matter with tho elock yon sold me last
week? Ii won't run more than eight
hours a day." Mr. Eisenstein--'*My
friendt, dot was a union lapor clock,
don't yon see?"-Indianapolis Journal.
"TBK senator who has just sat down,"
whispered the guide in the visitor s
gallery, "began his public career as a
page." "Indeed?** said the visitor. "I
judge from his speech that he has de?
veloped into ft vobnue."-Harper s Ba?
zar.
"HAVK your hair trimmed?" asked
the barber. 4tTrimmedr' echoed Farm- |
er Sego&h. "Now, look ye here. I
don't want no jokes. I came here to
git my hair cut, and I don't want no
trimmin's at alL Did ye think I wanted '
ye ter do it up Itt ribbons?"-Washing
NEW CONDITIONS OF WARFARE. |:?
- ?c
Smokeless Ponder to Be Used in Ger- , ;
nany's Military involutions This Year. ; *
This yeal* the Germans are to hold j
army maneuvers on a gigantic seale on t
the French frontier and partly in the (
provinces conquered from France. The
emperor has resolved to surpass all j
former efforts of martial display and is 1 ^
to have a host of potentates and princes ^
as onlookers. Some remarkable re- }
suits may be expected in the use of ^
! smokeless powder both by the artillery j
and the infantry. The difficulties in ,
the way of introducing this powder j
have now been overcome very thor?
oughly, and the strategist has to deal j
with new conditions of warfare in very
long range of weapons and invisibility, 1
which were not thought of ten years 1
ago. The scientific aspect of war is in ,
the ascendant far more than has for- ^
morly been the case. and. according to ^
the San Francisco Call, generals of the
Moltkc type are more needed than ^
leaders of personal daring and dash, 1
whose impetuosity is of little avail in ^
modern tactics. The perplexity into y
which smokeless powder may throw a .
commander was illustrated recently -j
during artillery maneuvers at Alder- ^
. shot, in England. Sir Evelyn Wood, ^
who is in command at this military j
camp, reported that one battery which ^
had been pounding away for some min- .
. utes at a distance of one mile and a j
half was so invisible to the force which ,
it was attacking that for the sake of
practice orders were sent to fire a few
rounds of ordinary black powder in or- j
der that the position might be distin- i
guished and the range found. In ac- ]
tual hostilities there would be no such (
accommodation. The death-dealing ?
guns would be served with energy as [ }
long as the advantage of being unseen ! (
and" unopposed remained. This must : ]
be^egarded as a striking proof that ' ,
the new powder of the British service5 ;
cordite, is answering its purpose well. ; t
Cordite consists of about fifty per cent. ? ?
I of nitro-glycerine and fifty per cent, of , ]
nitro-cotton, which are combined by a j ,
solvent in small proportion, and cam- ]
phor is added to reduce the sensitive- ! ]
ness to explosive action. The material j }
is a paste rather than a powder, and it j i
is made by special machinery in the
form of thin cords or threads, which j >
are afterward rolled into cartridges of i ]
any size and form. Cordite is thus ,
equally suitable for small arms or ar- ,
tillery. An initial velocity of two .
thousand feet per second is obtained
and the pressure within the gun cham?
ber is said to be less than when black ]
powder is used. The smokeless pow?
der called balistite is somewhat sim- 3
ilar in composition and is also prepared
in any shape for use by the soldier or ^
sportsman. One very distinctive ad- -,
vantage this smokeless ammunition of
tiie nitro-g-lycerine-cotton description ? ]
has over gunpowder lies in impermea- j 3
b?itv to water. . !,
IN ? CAVE OF BATS.
Tiley Spend the Winter There Hanging to
the Walla.
Over in the mountains of Center coun?
ty there is a cave which is a curiosity
in its way. It is perhaps three hun?
dred feet in length, from ten to thirty
feet high and in the widest place per?
haps sixty or seventy feet across. A
good-sized stream has its source here
and the bottom of the cave is constant?
ly covered with water from six to eight
feet deep, says Punxsutawney Spirit.
The cave has a janitor, who, like old
Charon, remains at the edge of this
little underground lake, and, provided
with lamps similar to those used for
campaign torches, rows passengers
into the black depths of this miniature
Erebus. He also sees to it that the
stalagmites and stalactites are ??ot
broken and carried away by the re . " c
hunters.
Dr. Warren, state ornithologist and
zoologist, who is now compiling a work
on the animals of Pennsylvania, vis?
ited this cave a few days ago in order
to get some specimens of bats. "The
cavern," said Dr. Warren to a repre?
sentative of the Spirit, "is the most
popular rendezvous for bats in Penn?
sylvania. All varieties and species of
the chiereptra gather here to hibernate
through the winter. They hang in
rows all over the walls and roof .of the
cave. They arrange themselves in
regular rows, like battalions of sol?
diers, the different varieties collecting
together.
4iThe large bats are all separated
from the small ones. In fact, they are
arranged in straight and orderly lines
according to size, with a method and
system that is marvelous. It would
not be exaggeration to say that there
are millions of them. I took a sack
and a pole with me, scraped the bats
off with the pole and let them drop
into the sack. I could have got a dozen
' cartloads of the little animals in this
way if I had desired."
This is a remarkable cavern in its
way, but is as yet little known to fame
or anybody else outside of Center
county. _
Letters as a Profession.
Robert Buchanan in the Idler speaks
thus bitterly of literature: **I entire
ly agree with Mr. Grant Allen in his
! recent avowal that literature is the
poorest and the least satisfactory of
all professions; I will go ever farther
and aflirm that it is one of the least
ennobling. With a fairly extensive
knowledge of the writers of my own
period, I can honestly say I have not
met one individual who has not dete?
riorated morally by the pursuit of liter
j arv fame." But Mr. Collins in the
New Review says that great bon an zes
are now awaiting the successful writer
in America. There will, of course, be
more failures, he sa\*s, but also propor?
tionate successes.
A Philosopher Born.
An Indiana maiden, four years old,
was driving along a prairie road with
her father anda six-year-old brother.
The brother, who is of an anxious turn
of mind, was in great distress at the
sight of an ox that was calmly devour?
ing a large pile of seed potatoes in the
corner of a field. "Oh, papa, stop," he
said, "we ought to tell the people in the
house." "Do sit still, Buddy," put in
his more philosophic sister, "it isn't we
ox, nor we potatoes-"
A CU-L-IV.;00.: HOTPLATE
The Invention of ;i Ut*r?iaa Tailor to
Protect ^Soldiers.
Projectile makers in recent years
have expended much money, time and
ingenuity in increasing the efficiency
of tlic various missiles that come with?
in scope of their endeavors, and they
have undoubtedly achieved some won?
derful results But of what use is it!
all? No sooner is thc projectile im- !
proved to thc extent of demolishing !
the likeliest object of its attack than
some counter improvement is made to i .
defeat the improved projectile. Armor j
plate is made too strong to be pene- I .
trated hy missiles of the greatest !
known penetration, and then missiles | *
arc made to penetrate the armor, and
stronger armor has to bc made- So the ] 1
inventors in the two lines keep playing : 1
seesaw with one another, now one up j ^
and now the other, until it seems as if
their rival efforts must produce about '
thc same result as if neither had ever *
begun, and as if the best way to end it j '
all was to mutually agree to do noth- *
in g.
Ii ??re is a German tailor in Mann- 1
heirn, for instance, says the London i
News, who had apparently defeated ? *
the lately gained and much lauded in- '? ?
creased penetrating power of the Ger- I 1
HE5- rlfi? balL He has invented or dis
?overed some substance which resists
mllets in a way that greatly astonishes
nilitary men, and the army magnates
ire af ter his secret. Military commis
dons have made numerous tests and
leclarcd the results most satisfactory.
The inventor has made the material
nto a sort of cuirass or breastplate in
;ended to be fastened to the uniform at
;he shoulders and the thighs and
weighing only six pounds. The sur?
face of the breastplate is of ordinary
nilitary cloth, and the resisting sub?
stance is put underneath. Of course it
eaves the head, arms and legs ex?
posed. At one of the tests a life size
lummy figure of a soldier was dressed
ip with one of the shields and set up
to be fired at. Not one of the bullets
that struck the figure went through
:he material. They were found im?
bedded in the coat, all of them flat?
tened by the resistance offered- In or
ler to find the probable effect of the
bullets upon a human body the dummy
?vas covered with soft material under
;he breastplate, and the effect upon it
was but a slight depression, less than
L tenth of an inch beneath where the
mllet struck, lt seems likely, there?
fore, that a soldier wearing the armor
would suffer some pain on being struck
>y a bullet, and at a short distance
night even be rendered insensible, but
t is thought he could not be seriously
njured._
SHE GAVE HIM THE GRIP.
\nd Thereby Caused a Commotion in the
Theater.
At the theater one night two ge atie?
nen sat in the front row, next to the
brchestra. Directly behind them sat a
gentleman and his wife. A few mo
nents before the curtain went up one
bf the gentlemen in the front row put
ais arm on the back of his companion's
?eat.
While talking to his friend he felt a
slight pinch on the arm On looking
iround he saw that the lady behind
aim had turned to look up to the bal?
cony, and in so doing had placed her
hand on his arm. Realizing that she
liad done so unconsciously, he did not
move his arm, says the Rochester
Union-Advertiser.
Soon, however, he felt a hard pinch.
Thinking that the best way to call the
lady's attention to what she was doing
would be to ask if anything* was
wanted, the gentleman turned and
asked:
' 'What is it, madam?"
"Sir?" said the lady, and immediate?
ly the husband blazed up.
"What do you mean by speaking to
my wife?" he demanded.
"Don't mean anything," was the re?
ply, "but I would like to know what
rour wife means by pinching my arm?"
Then both mon looked at the lady's
iand, which still rested on the arm.
Both smiled, became a little nervous
ind apologized. During the re?t of
the performance the lady kept her
iand in her muff.
Long-Distance Skating.
Skating expeditions of great length
ire not unusual features of the winter
in Holland. A popular feat is to visit
in one day the eleven towns of Fries
land, an aggregate distance of eighty
miles. It is necessary to have good ice,
practically clear of snow, a full moon,
bright sky and plenty of previous prac?
tice. W. ??. H. Muller, of Haarlem,
accomplished this journey a few win?
ters ago in thirteen hours, of which
>ne hour and fifty-five minutes were
consumed infesting and nourishing.
Another remarkable feat is to skate
from The Hague to Leen warden in
Holland. Its distinctive claim to no?
toriety is due to the necessity of cross?
ing the Znyder Zee, which is only pos?
sible after an exceptionally severe
frost. It is on record that one Reindert
Reinders delivered in one day, during
the winter of 1763-4, a letter from
William IV. to his mother at The
Eague and returned. The distance is
vaguely described by the phlegmatic
natives as a "forty-hour walk." W.
Koopmans made a similar journey more
recently with important state papera
in fifteen hours.
A Civilized Gorilla.
At the aquarium in Berlin there is a
big gorilla whose habits are about as
jorrect as those of the most of his dis?
tant relatives. He gets up at eight in
the morning, takes a bath, ana uses
soap without hesitation- When his
toilet is completed he takes a cup of
milk, after which he eats two loaves
bf bread with Frankfurt sausages and
smoked Hamburg beef, all of which he
moistens with a glass of weiss beer,
lt one p. m he takes a bowl of soup,
with rice and potatoes, and a wing of
i chicken. He uses his knife aod fork
md his napkin; but when he thinks
that his keepers are not observing him
ie discards the impediments of civili?
sation and plunges his muzzle into the
t>owI, as if to give evidence of the mel?
ancholy fact that even a gorilla can be
ft hog
A LITTLE OF ALL SORTS.
TUE Pennsylvania hospital in Phi la?
id phia is the oldest hospital in the
United States. It was built in 1755.
AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON'S autograph,
attached to an official document, was
recently sold for one hundred dollars.
IT is estimated that one out of every
bne hundred and eighty inhabitants of
the United States owns or rides a
bicycle.
ONE-CENT pieces are being introduced
in Oakland, Cal., for the first time.
Die smallest legal tender formerly
used was five-cent pieces.
A TKOY policeman is about to take a
long rest from police duty. His name
ls P. II. Coughlin, and he has been de?
clared heir to an estate in England
ralued at :"3,000,000.
THE difference between thc tallest
and shortest races in the world fe one
foot four and one-half inches, and the
average height of man is five feet five
ind one-fourth inches.
IT is computed that if a man were as
?strongof muscle in proportion as a flea
he could shoulder a sixty-ton locomo?
tive and carry it from New York to San
Francisco without rest.
RESIDENTS of the state of Washing?
ton arc protesting against the usc of
Wash, as ?n abbreviation for the name
bf the state. Wn. is suggested as more
iignified and satisfactory.
A DWARF calf born on thc farm of
Elias Reiter, near Broken Sword, O., is
said to "weigh but twenty-one pounds,
measures twenty inches around the
body and stands only nineteen inches
lieh."
CHURCH ITEMS.
THERE are ?7,672 Baptists in Asia.
CHICAGO has twenty-one Swedish
Lutheran churches.
WHILE San Francisco has a popula?
tion of 300,000, its churches will seat
>nly 55,000 people.
Ix Canada 230,000 more persons re?
ported themselves to the census taker
is Presbyterians than can be found on
:he roll of Presbyterian church books.
OF the 7,000,000 Hebrews in the world
'?,000,000 arc in Russia. Between 00,000
iud 70,000 copies of Deutsch's Hebrew
Sew Testaments have been circulated
imong them.
THE receipts of the board of home
nissions of the Presbyterian church
'orthe eleven months of the fiscal year
imount to $659,014.03 against $605,
102.03 for the same period one year
SELECTED PLEASANTRIES.
WHEN a crate of crockery falla
through an elevator shaft it's a little
the worse for the ware.-Binghamton
Leader.
DINGLE-"By George, I just got out
of a bad scrape!" Dangle-"Attacked
by a hoodlum?" "Ko, by a barber."
Tro3r Press.
HE-"What makes you think this is
the milk train?" She-"Because it has
stopped so often for water."-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
"IT'S a wise monarch," said the man
who abdicated a precarious throne,
"who knows enough to come in out of
the reign."-Washington Star.
"MY ole man," said Aunty Chloe, "is
the wust man for chicken j-ou ever see.
If he can't go and get a chicken no
other way he'll go an' buy one."-In?
dianapolis Journal.
FOND MOTHER-"Ilere is something
about a baby whose head measures
twenty-five inches in circumference.
Is there any danger of our darling be?
ing so deformed?" Skeptical Father
"No, dear; not unless the kid could un?
derstand and believe all the things you
say to him."-Pittsburgh Bulletin.
STUDYING NATURE.
KLEPTOMANIA, on the Darwinian the?
ory, can be called hereditary. Monkeys
often have it in a highly developed
state.
To ESCAPE from dangers which men?
ace them, star fishes commit suicide.
This instinct of self-destruction ia
found only in the highest and lowest
scales of animal life.
FISHES are without eyelids, properly
so-called, and as the eye is at all times
washed by the surrounding water that
gland which supplies moisture to the
eye is not required and therefore does
not exist.
TfTE two sides of the face are never
alike. A German biologist says that
the eyes are out of line with two per?
sons out of five; one eye is stronger
than the other in seven out of ten, and
the right ear is generally higher than
the left.
MR. CLARENCE KING, the well-known
American geologist and explorer, <3on
cludes that the earth's age probably
does not exceed 34,000,000 years-in
fact, that the estimate of the physicists
is approximately correct, while that of
the geologists is "vaguely vast.**
Scientific American.
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC.
REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE plays the
banjo. He prefers the old tunes, "An?
nie Laurie" being his favorite.
A DICTIONARY of British musicians is
now being" compiled, which the editors
are finding a hard matter to keep
within two thousand pages.
AUGUST ENNA, the young Danish
composer, who has been having a bril?
liant success in Berlin, is the son of a
shoemaker and was himself brought
up to the bench.
PADEREWSKI is said to be one of the
most pious of men. and has a private
chaplain, Rev. Augo Goerlitz, travel
with him to conduct morning and
evening prayers.'
JOSHUA PHIPPEI:, who recently re?
ceived the prize of two hundred dol?
lars offered by the National Conserva?
tory of Music for the best pianoforte
concerto, was born in Salem, Mass.,
and is thirty-five years old.
INSIDE THE FAIR FENCE.
IT is said that to see all the "sights"
on the Midway Plaisance, at the world's
fair grounds, will cost fifteen dollars.
OVER one thousand ticket sellers and
gate men are employed by Capt. W. L.
Re m cy: in the admissions department
of the world's fair.
AMONG the articles being exhibited
by thc French government at the
world's fair is a parasol once carried
by Martha Washington.
THE rolling chairs that are being
used inside the Columbian exposition
palaces are propeHed by 1,600 college
students, who will' be paid twenty-five
per cent., of their gross earnings, or
one dollar per day and ten per cent,
of their gross earnings:
FOREIGNERS OF NOTE.
QUEEN VICTORIA never goes to bed
before midnight.
THE pope dines habitually alone and
on the plainest of food.
LITTLE QUEEN WILHELMINA is the last
of the princely race of Orange in the
Netherlands. The next highest title
is that of count* There are many of
these: also of barons, the next highest
in rank.
THE empress of Austria is reputed to
be the best royal housekeeper in
Europe. Everything in the Austrian
palace is under her own personal care.
She orders cooks, butlers, laundry
maids, and is constantly inventing
something new in cookery.
OUTSIDE OF AMERICA.
CHINA'S tea crop promises to be large
and of excellent quality this year.
DUKING last year 1,040 elk were killed
in Norway and 1,672 in Sweden, about
the average number.
A PENSION of six thousand francs a
year has been granted to Mme. Renan
by the French government.
IT is proposed to build a big dam at
Lake Albert Nyanza for the purpose of
giving Egypt a plentiful supply of
water during the low Nile. Experts
say the plan is entirely feasible, and
thc best yet suggested.
OUT OF THE GROUND.
THE export of gold from Cape Colony
during March amounted to ?430,000.
THE Johannesburg gold mines pro?
duced during 1892 1,525,394 ounces of
gold.
IT is estimated that Butte, Mont.,
will produce 130,000 pounds of copper
this year.
CHARLESTON is considered the first
phosphate market in the world. In
1891, 572,949 tons of phosphate rock,
valued at $4,270,000; were taken from
South Carolina mines
B?ckten'? A ru lc? Salvo.
Tho liest Saivo III the worl.t l?r (.'uti?. Urinarr
Sures. Ulcers, Salt Kheum. Fever S?roH. Tetter
Chapped Ha H.is Chilbltiinit, Corni' ?tad all
Skin Eruptions, arni positively cures Pile?, ur
no pay required It is ?uaranteed to give ytr
feet satisfaction, or money refunded, ''rice
25cents per box. For Pale hy I>r J F W. De
Lorine.
Remove the malaria from your system, he
fore going to the mountain?, hy drinking
Glenn Springs Water. You can get it from
W. R Delgar, Jr.
The Watchman and Southron ami Cosmo
politan will he sent to any address for one
year for $3.00 cash in a..vance. Have you
ever seen the Cosmopolitan ? Sample copie
at this office.
LOST-A LAEGE " AMOUNT OP
MONEY
ls lost annually hy parties purchasing worth*
?ess fruit trees, rose?, kc. (?et them from i
firm that grows their own trees, sends out
nothing hut good stock and sells at reason?
able prices. We want the address of erery
farmer or gardener tu your section and will
make you a liberal offer, write for particulars
a?d prices at once, send stamp for descriptive
Catalogue.
Agents wanted everywhere.
Address,
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Waycrosf, Ga.
(Mention tbig Paper.)
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X^lrst Class / f
WOVEN WIRE SPRINGS/^, /
At $2.50. AC^^ /OUR
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We make them / ^^cy X _0F_
while you /^^^ X Furniture
wait / A D
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COME ANO X V^^^V Af
SEE IT / X\^>y X is now complete.
? x /Just watch our prices.
/ /'They cannot be equaled.
CHEAP OAK SUITS OUR SPECIALTY.
Glenn Springs Water,
is unsurpassed and invalids find sme and speedy relief by its aie.
Dyspepsia, Lifer Complaint. Chronic Hepatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of Lifer at d
General Debility, following upon Malarial Diseases. Dropsy,
Diarrloi. Dysentery, Constipation, Rc-tuorroid.s Uterine, Renal
and Cytic Diseases, Ho.-uaturia, Rheumatism, Catainenial Derangement, and
OTHER FEMALE COMPLAINTS,
Highly recommended by the medical profession.
For circular* containing certificates, etc., apply to
Paul Simpson,
GLENN SPRINGS, S. C.
FOR SALK BY
Dr. A J China. Dr. McKagen, J S. Hudson ? Co., J. F. W. D^Lorme
and VV. R. Dellar, Jr.
^ V TRADE 1?> . ^
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MARE.
AN IMMENSE SUCCESS,
The words used by all present at
Our Grand Fall Opening*
We feel more than satisfied with the success of same, and extend thanks to the
Ladies for their presence, which constituted the largest assemblage ever seen in
a ?ingle ?tore in Sumter.
OUR LINE OF
DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS
are the bight of perfection. Our display of French and German Nofelties, in
suit lengths (no two alike) surpass in quantity and richness of styles all prefious
exhibits. As for DreSS TrilBBSiDgS we hafe an endless fariety. The largest
line of high Novelty Silks and Velvets ever brought to Sumter
Remember besides carrying the finest lines of Dress Goods, we have the Cheap
and Medium grades also. Wc start them as low as 12| cents, and even in this
cheap grade you will find prettier styles than elsewhere.
MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.
The Ladies are invited to inspect our line of
HIGH ART MILLINERY.
Our Imported pattern Hats and Bonnets, together,
with the creation of our own Millinery Artists, we feel sure will
please all
Prices Lcxw?
Don't forget our
CLOAK DEPARTMENT.
Which is filled with all the New Style Garments, and we've got
them at the right prices.
REEFERS, CAPE COATS, etc., etc.
Beautiful line of KID GLOVE to
match all dress goods.
The best thing ever shown,
Ladies' Fast Black Bibbed Hose at 16 2*3 good
value for 25 cents.
Large line of Carpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs,
etc.) etc?
Mattings from 10 cents a yard, up.
Our DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT
is open for the Season.
We solicit your patronage.
Very Respectfully,
SCHWARTZ BROS.,
PALACE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM.
On 4
NOTICE.
OFFICE OF
SUMTER COUNTY,
SUMTER, S. C., October 2, 1893
r?^HK regular eX*niiti*tion of person* wi.-li
I ?III; to leitch io the Public Schools ol
Sumter County, will he held on Fr id ny and
Saturday, the 27th and 28th, inst.
For Whit*?, at Sumter Graded School.
For Colored, at Lincoln School.
After ?hi-? dat-, the School Commissioner
will be in his office, only on S*>'utdnv*> and
Sale-da>8 VV* J DURANT,
Oct. 4-St. School Commiiiioner.
NOTICE !
ALL HUNTING, Trapping or Trespassing
forbidden. No timber, nor wood al?
lowed to be cul or taken from the Und of Sil rs -
Hallie C. Cheyne.
DR WALTER CHEYNE,
Sept. 27-1 m. _Attorney.
ESTATE NOTICE.
A PPLICATluN WILL BE HADE on
J\ Wednesday, 1st day of November m?it
to the Judge of Probate for Sumter Coital?,
for final discharge as Executor of the Ks? iee
of Jane C. Haynsworth, dec'd.
J. D. BLAND1NG,
Sept. 27lb, 1893. Executer
THE ONLY LINE
RUNNING
THROUGH CARS
FROM
ASHEVILLE
ANO
KNOXVILLE
TO
CINCINNATI.
DIRECT
LINE
VIA
LOUISVILLE
OR VIA
CINCINNATI
TO
CHICAGO
ANO THC
WORLD'S FAIR.
CLOSE
CONNECTION
FOR ALL
POINTS
H?RTH,
HO H TH EMST,
WEST,
NORTHWEST.
SOLID VESTIBULED TRAINS.
ASK FOR YOUR TICKETS VIA
QUEEN to CRESCENT ROUTE.
Amy Aftat of UM IL * O.. K. T. V. A G.. tr Queen *
CTMCBI, ?Ul gi?. ;M lafemstloa tc ta rou.it*, nut.
W. C. KIR CARSON, O.P.A., CWCIWNATl.O
Kslales, Mrs. Margaret Ina
ghan as?* 'fiaos. M? Mwiaglui,
DECEASED
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Su m tei Cou o ly on November ? Otb, 1893,
for a Final Discharge a? Administrator of
aforesaid K?ttate,-<
RICHARD P. MONAGHAN,
Oct. II, 1893 -41. Administrator.
1
TAX NOTICE.
OFFICE COUNTY TREASURER,
SUMTKB COCNTT,
SDMTIB, S. C , Sept. 20, 1893.
THE TREASURER OF SUMTER County
fives notice that bis books will be
open from the I5ih day of OCTOBER, 1893,
to the 15th dav of DECEMBER, 1893, for
th? collect LUD of Taxes for the fiscal year 1892
and 1893, for Sumter County.
Tb?- following are the rates per centum of
the le?y :
For State purposes-fire and one-half
millson every dollar of 'he raiue all taxable
properly.
For ordinary count? purposes-two and
lb ree-fou tbs milla on every dollar of the value
of all taxable property.
Special county tax for past indebtedness
one-fourth of one mill.
Special county tax for new jail-one
mill.
Constitutional school tax-two mills.
Matesville, two mills extra lew for school
purposes in the town of Mayesviile.
Swimming Pen?, two mills extra levy for
school purposes io the township.
Sumter (outside of city limi:s), two mills
extra iery fur school purposes in the town
ship.
Ose dollar on each Poll between the ages
of 21 ?od 50 years.
The total levy in ibis county is eleveo and
one-half mills.
D. E. KEELS,
County Treasurer.
Sep. 27.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ROBERT T. CARR.
1> .-ires to inform the public that be is fully
equipped and prepared to do
TIN ROOFING. PLUMBING, REPAIRING PUMPS,
and ?ojthing usually done in a first-class
plumbing and tinning shop.
SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE
MANTLES, TILE HEARTHS,
FACINGS and GRATES.
Makes a specialty of putting in Electric
Bells, Annunciators, Speaking Tubes, 4c.
ROBT. T. CARR.
Shop at J. B. Carr's Mill.
Communications left at Walsh & Co's Shoe
Store or through post office will receive
prompt attention. Oct 26-o
Y.M.C.A. _
Uotil farther notice, the * Reading
Room of the Y. M C. A. ?iii be opeu
daily from 8 30 to 10 P. M
Dailies, weeklies, monthlies, will be
foonc there. Also, the Library from
the S. L. I. bi? been removed to tbe
rooms of the Y. M C. A.
An earnest invitation is extended to
all to visit the roo ms and take advan?
tage of the randing matter.
"OLD EELIABLE" LINE.
South Carolina Railway
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
lu affect October 1, 1893
SCHEDULE.
Lv Charleston, 7 15am 7 00 p m
*' Summerville, 7 52 a m ? 46 n ra
" Pregnalls, 8 28 a m 8 28 p m
44 Branchville, 9 lo am 9 10 p ni
" Bamber?, 9 53 a m 9 41 p m
" Denmark 10 08 a m 9 53 t> m
" Blackville 10 25 a m io 08 p m
" Aiken ll 27 a m ll 05 i- m
Ar Augusta 12 15 m 11 50 a tn
Lv Augusta 6 30 a tn 3 40pm
" Alkea 7 13am 4 27 p m
" Blackville S 11 a m S 28 p m
" Denmark 8 26 a m 5 44 p m
" Bamberg 8 39 a ut 5 58 p m
" Branchville 9 05 H III C 25 p m
44 Pregnalls 10 02 a m 7 28 p m
44 Summerville 10 39 a tn 8 05 p m
Ar Chariest*?!) 11 20 a m 8 45 p m
Lv Charleston 1 1!S ? m 7 00 p tu
g" Orangehurg 9 46 a m 9 47 p m
" Ringville 10 32 a m 10 37 p m
Ar Columbia ll 15 a m 11 25 p m
Lv Columbia 4 2o p m 6 50 a m
" Ringville 5 05 p m 7 38 a ni
M Orangeburg 5 56 p m 9 47 a m
Ar Charleston 8 45 p m 12 25 a m
Lv King ville lo 38 a m
Ar Camden ll 58 a m
Lv Camden 3 25 p m
Ar Ringville 4 55 p ir.
Through sldeper on train leaving Charles
ton|?fOO p m, arriva Allanta 6 25 a m.
Train leaving Charles too 7 15 a m, runs
direct to Asheville.
Through trains between Columbia and
Blacksburg via Camden and Ohio River and
Charleston ft R.
Connection made at Pregnalls from C. S.
? N. R. R. for Atlanta and the West.
E. P. WARENG,
Gen'l Pass.*Agent, Charleston, S. C.
J. M. Tuaata, Superintendant.
0? M. WARD, General Maoager.
Atlantic coast Line*
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA R. R.
CQNPBNSEI? SOHBPIJLK.
TRAINS <K)IN<* SOUTH.
Dated Oct I. 1893.: |No. 23|No. 58j
h'vt Wilmington.
Leave Marion.......
Arrive Florene?..-.
Leave Florence.
Ar've Sumter...
Leave Sumter.
Ar've Columbia. .
P. M.
* 6 40
9 56
10 40
N<>. 56
A M
*3 45
5 lu
? 10
6 45
A. M
A. M.
No. 58
*7 45
9 20
No 52
*9 53
n os
N<-. 52 mos through from Charleston via
Centrnl K rt. leaving Lune 8:44 A. M.. Man
uiag 9:20. A. M.
TR \ INS Q OiNQ NO HT?.
|No. S1???."53?"
Leave Columbia.
Ar've Sumter.
Leave Smiter...
Arrive Florence..
Leave FUreace..
Leave M ur ion.
Arr. Wilmington
P M
*I0 00
PM
ll 37
ll 37
1 00
No. 78
* 5 JO
5 51
9 10
P M
. 4 20
5 45|
Nc 59.
* 5 55
7 10
?Daily, f Daily except Sunda>.
No. 53 runs through to Charleston. ?s C., vii.
Central R. R , arriving Manning 6:24 P. M.,
Lane? 7:05 P. M.. Charleston 8.45 P. M.
Trains on Manchester A Augusta K. R. leave
Sumter daily except Sunday. 10:50 A M.. ar?
rive Rimini 11.59 Returning leave Kimini
1:00. P. M.. arrive Sumter 2:10 P. M
Trains on Hurtsville R. H. leave Hurtsville
daily except Sunda j at 6 0?) ?.tn. arriving
FUydii 6 35 a. m. Returning leave Floyds 8.15
p. m., arriving Hurtsville S 55 ?-.in.
Trains on Wilmington Chadbourn a.id Con
way railroad, leave Chadbourn 10:30 ?. m.
arrivent OOH way 1.00 p m . rHurniing !?*ave
?onway at 2.30 p. m., arrive chadhourn 5.20
p. m Leave Chadbourn 7.15 a. tn. and 5 50
p. m., ar-; ve at Hub 8.00 a. m., and f? 25 p. m.
Returning leave Hub at 9-00 a. m. and 6.45 p.
m.. arrive at Chad bourn 9 46 a. m and 7 30 p
ur Daily exrept Sunday.
JOHN F. DIVINE, Ueneral Sup't
J. R KKNLY, Cen'! Manager. .
T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager.
Atlantic Coast Line.
r?drJOCtXiTaT
_m
NORTH-EASTERN R. R. OF S. C.
CONDENSED SC H ED LUE,
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Oct. 1/931
}No. 35'No. 61|No 23|No.53
_
Le Pl*nee
" KingSt
Ar Lanes
Le Lanes
Ar. Ch'o
i A. M.
1 *3 37
4 52
4 52
0 50
A M.
A
*7 45
8 58
9 20
9 20
ll 20
A. M
P M.
? I l oo
12 14
12 32
12 32 *
2 38
A M.
P M.
7 10
8 45
P. il
TRAINS GOING NORTH
IN?? 78|No. 60jNo. 14|No. M
Le Ch'n.
Ar Lanes.
Le Lanes.
44 Ringst
Ar Fl'nc* j
* Daily, f Daily exrept Sunday.
No. 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. ofS. C
Nos. 73, runs solid to Wilmington, N. C.,
making close connection with W. k W R. R.
for all points north.
Train Nos. 14 runs via Wilsen and
Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close
connection for ali paint?. North
J. R. KKNLY, J ?. DIVINE,
Gen'! Manager. 'Jen'lSop't.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
Charleston. Soiter an? Northern R.R
CHAS. E. KIMBALL, RKCBIVKS.
IN EFFECT AUGUST 21, 1893.
AH trains Daily Exrept Sunday.
N B j_
1 j
A M
7 I5|Lv
8 4C?Lv
8 49] "
9 C2 44
9 05 "
9 10 44
9 17 M
9 27? 14
9 42j 44
9 53 44
9 59? 44
10 08' 44
10 16| 44
10 28| 44
10 42!Ar
10 47 Lv
11 00! 44
11 14| 44
ll 23; "
ll 38! 44
11 52: "
12 05 . 44
12 19 44
12 3o;44
12 42' 44
12 56 Ar
1 04 44
1 08 44
1 20' 44
1 33' 44
1 47?Ar
PM !
STATIONS.
Charleston
Pregnall's
Harley vi Pe
Peck's
Holly Hill
Connors
Eutawville
Vancts
Meiriam
St Paul
Summerton
Silver
Paskeville
Tindal
Sumter
Sumter
Os weg o
St. Charles
Elliotts
Lamar
Syracuse
Darlington
Mont Clare
Robbins Neck
Mandeville
Bennettsville
Breeden's
Alice
Gibson
Ghio
Hamlet
At!
Ar
g B.
i 3
! P M
8 45
7 27
18
05
02
44 6 57
44 . 0 50
i 6 40
44 j 6 25
" ! 6 14
4- ; 6 OS
" ! 5 59
44 ; 5 si
4.4 ! 5 40
Lv! 5. 27
Ar; 5 22
*4 5 11
44 4 59
" i 4 50
44 ! 4 37
4 i 4 24
.4 4 12
" ! 3 58
Lv
Lv
3 47
3 35
3 21
3 14
3 C9
2 57
2 44
2 30
P M
BOND BLUFF BRANCH.
No 41 leaves Eutawville 9 45 a tu
dere 9 55 arrive Fergusoo 10.05.
No. 42 leaves Ferguson 10 35 a.m
dere 10 45, arrive Eutawville 10 55._
HARLIN CITY BRANCH.
Bri Vi
Belvi
No. 33 guinif North leaves V?nces 6 5o j.
m , Suells 708, Parlers 7 17, ?tri?es Harlin
City 7 35 p. m.
?o. 34 going South leaves Harlin City 5 1*,
Parlers 5 35, Snells 5 48, ar.ive Vane?s ti 10
p. m.
No 31 going North leaves Vanees ll 15 a.
m., Snells ll 35, 'Wltfrs ll 48. arrive Hal hu
Ciiv 12 10 p. m.
No. 32 going South leaves Harlin Cm 8 30
a. m , Parlers 8 48, Snells 8 57, art ive V?..r?-s
9 15 a. m. _
Trains 32 and 31 connect with N<>. lat
Vanees.
Trains 34 and 33 connect with N??. 2 at
Vanees.
No. 41 connects with No. 1 at Eutawville.
No. 1 has connection from S C., No. ll ht
Pregnalls., connects with Hnrlin CU? Brandi
Trains 32 and 31 at Vanees and connects with
C. C. No. 43 at.Hamlet.
No. 2 bus connection from C C No. 36 at
Hamlet, connects with Karlin City Branch
Trains 34 and 33 at Vanees and connects
with S C. No. 12 at Pregnalls
No. 1 connects with C. F k V V. nt Ben?
nettsville for Fayetteville, connects with Sea?
board Air Line at Hamlet ior Wilmington,
Charlotte, Shelby Rutherfordton; and at
Charlotte with R. k D. Vestibule Limited for
Washington and New York. P?ssenoers can
take sleeper at Charlotte al 8.15 p m
No. 2 passengers by this train hav* through
Sleepers. New Yoi k to Charlotte, coun<ris
with S. A L, at Hamlet from Charlotte and
Noith, and from Wilmington, conners with
S. C. R R. at pregnalls tor Charleston.
Dinner ai Hamlet. C MILLARI*,
Superintendent.
FERTILIZERS !
FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS!
Having bought largely, FOR CASU, a full af
?or tine nt of,
Fertilizers, Mils anil otter Gum
We are prepared to fill arde/* for
?ach at low figures and OD reasonable
ter mt.
C. WTJLBERN & CO..
Wholesale Grotte?,
171 ana* 173 East Bay
Nor. 19. Charleston, 9 0
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