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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21,1894. A VILLAGER. There -?as no lad handsomer than Willie was The day that he came to father's house. There was none had an eye as soft an hine As Willie's was when he came to woo. To a laboring Hie though bound thee be. An I on cy father's ground live free, I'll take theo, I said, for thy manly grace. Thy gentle voice an thy loving face. Tis forty years now since we were wed. We are ailing an gray needs not to be said, Bat Willie's eye is as blue and soft As the day when he wooed me in father's croft. Yet changed am I in body an mind, For "Willie to roe has ne'er been kind. Merrily drinking an singing with the mea. Be *ud come home late six nights of the se'en. An since the children be grown an gone He "as shunned the house an left me lone. An less an less he brings me in O' the little he now has strength to win. The roof lets through the wind an the wet. An master won't mend it with us in 's debt, An all looks every day more worn. An the best of my gowns be shabby an torn. No wonder if words had a-grown to blows. That matters not, while nobody knows. For lore him I shall to the end of life. An be, as I swore, his own true wife. An when I'm gone he'll turn an see His folly aa wrong an be sorry for me, An come tome there in the land o' bliss. To give' me the love I looked for in this. -Robert Bridges. AN AUTOMATIC LIGHTHOUSE. There Is No Keeper, but the Bright Light Blazes Perpetually. A remarkable lighthouse is the one which sheds its warning rays from an es? tuary of the Gironde, in France, where it stands upon an isolated rock in the midst of a treacherous reef. The peculiarity of this lighthouse is that it is unoccupied, and yet its lamp is burning perpetually. The famous Eddystone light on the coast of England, rising from a rock that is only large enough to afford a foundation for the structure, is remarkable because the men having it in charge are able to leave their confined quarters only once in three months, when a vessel comes to them with supplies, letters, papers and a new detachment of watchers. It was to do away with this exacting and lonesome life that the French engi? neers set themselves about the task of devising a method by which the useful? ness of (he lighthouse could be main? tained without so much personal atten? tion. It thus happened that a lamp was invented that would burn continuously for two months without being trimmed cr replenished. The burning fluid used in this lamp is an ordinary mineral oiL The tube in the interior of the lamp is furnished with a wick having a thickness three times as great as those employed generally in lighthouses. Around the burning sur? face of the wick is a cake made of a pat? ented preparation consisting largely of carbonized tar. This protection assures the duration an ? the uniformity of the flame. A chimney made of mica is placed around the name, and this in? sures an increase in the power of the light. The supply of oil is assured by means of a reservoir containing 109 quarts,, the lamp consuming 50 grams each hour. To provide always for the reservoir being furnished with sufficient fuel a gauge is fixed at its side that gov? erns the supply flowing in from another reservoir at a distance, and this gauge permits just 50 grams per hour to perco? late through the little supply pipe into the supply reservoir. The diameter of the lantern is56 inches and it cost $1,490. The intensity of the light keeps equable until the expiration of two mernie, when it is necessary , to visit the lighthouse and replenish the wick. The light can be seen more than 12 miles at sea. The wick is cleansed and drawn up gradually by the action of the tar cake at its mouth. The French government is arranging topntnpothers of these houses, and it is also perfecting an invention by which a perpetual elec? tric light can be controlled by wires run? ning through a submarine cable to the the land.-Exchange. Hard Deposits In Steam Boilers. A very simple method of preventing hard deposits m steam boilers is men? tioned by M. Schmidt, a French en? gineer. There are two boilers in use at tie same time, one being at rest, and the water in use is very bad, being very calcareous and magn?sie, with organic matter, chlorides and a little sulphate of of lime. Each boiler is allowed to go on working for about 500 hours before being cleaned, when it is stopped, with the water in it, and allowed to cool down for about a week. The masonry is allowed to become cold, and then the tap is opened, also the safety valve, so that the water runs naturally out of the boiler, the latter, when empty, being en? tered and simply swept. The deposit, being in the form of damp mud, is easily swept away, leaving the boiler as clean inside as if it were new. This method has been in use some five years and seems to show that the ordi? nary hardening of deposits in boilers is due to the absence of water in them while the mud and the iron are being heated by the brickwork when the boiler has been emptied by the ordinary meth? od under pressure. It is necessary, ho - v ever, under this system, to be able to do without the particular boiler for some eight days.-New York Sun. . voangeable. Fragment of a conversation overheard on Chestnut street: First Girl-He's sort of changeable, isn't he? Second Girl-I should say so. He wouldn't know his own mind if it came np to him and said, "How-de-do?" PhiladelpMa Record. A fountain that stood for many years on "the Hain street square in Pawtuck? et, B. has been removed and set up in a cemetery. Its base bears in big letters the touchingly appropriate word "Welcome." Some women are awfully touchy. A widow has brought an action against a paper which said that her husband had gone to a happier home. Reform Salaries. The following is a statement of the salari?e of the various State officers, ! and what those will receive who are elected to office io November : Governor-At present, ?3,500 ; hereafter, $3,000. Lieutenant Governor-At present, $10 per diem ; hereafter, a per diem of $8 and the mileage of a member of the General Assembly. Governor's Secretary-At present, $1,500; hereafter, $1,350.. Secretary of State-At present, $2, 100; hereafter, $1,900. Clerk or Secretary of State-At present, $1,500; hereafter, $1,350. Comptroller General-At present, $2.100; hereafter, $1*900. Chief Clerk of the Comptroller Gene? ral-At present, $1,500, hereafter, $1,400. Bookkeeper of the Comptroller Gen? eral-At present $1,500; hereafter, $1,350. State Treasurer-At present, $1, 100 ; hereafter, $1,900. Chief Clerk of State Treasurer-At present, $1,500; hereafter $1,500. Bookkeeper of State Treasurer-At present, $1,500 ; hereafter, $1,350. General Bookkeeper of State Treas? urer-At present, $1,500: hereafter, $1.350. Superintendent of Education-At present, $2,100; hereafter, $1,900. Clerk of Superintendent of Educa? tion-At present,, $1,200; hereafter, $600. Attorney General-At present, $2, .100; hereafter, $1,900. Assistant Attorney G?n?ral-At pres? ent, $1,500 ; hereafter, $1.350. Adjutant General-At present, $1, 500 ; hereafter, $1.200. Clerk of the Adjutant General-At present, $1,200 ; hereafter, $900. Tags were issued for the following number of tons of fertilizers by the State Secretary during the years men? tioned : 1890. 170,280 tons; 1891, 227,276 : 1S92, 144,435 ; 1893. 200, 995: np to date for 1894.91,000. "Indications are," says Secretary Tin? dal, "that the number of tons to be shipped this year will not fall short of one hundred and seventy to one hun? dred at eighty thousand tons.*' A short time ?go an old colored wo? man, Louisa Mabry, died, leaving sixty acres of land about two miles from town. She had DO heirs and in con? sequence her property was escheated to the State. The Probate Judge sold it yesterday thereby increasing the funds of the only original Befawm governor $565. Col Joseph Walker and Kev. ?. L. Archer were the pur? chasers -Spartanburg Herald. For Over Fifty Years. Mas. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been nsed for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gams, allays all pain, cares wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diar? rhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle. When Baby was sick, we gave Her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became iliss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria Y. M. C. A. - Until further notice, the Reading Room of the Y. M. C. A. will be open daily from 8.30 to 10 P. M. Dailies, weeklies, monthlies, will be found there. Also, the Library from rhe S. L. I. has been removed to the j tooms of the Y. M. C. A. An earnest invitation is estended to all to visit the rooms and take advan- j tage of the reading matter. Capt. King'sllasterpiece The opening chapters of the popular novelist's latest and greatest story entitled FOES IN IN THIS PAPER! YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS IT ! The Great Farm, Industrial and Stock Journal of the South. oars TEAR FOR $1. Sample copies will be mailed FREE on ap? plication to THE CULTIVATORPUBLiSHING CO., Box 415, Atlanta, Ga. DR. ULVA Mill, DENTIST. Office OVER BROWN ? BROWN'S STORE, Entrance on Main Street Between Brown & Brown and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 9. 2 Liberty Street Next to P. O. SPECIAL ATTENTION Given to Compounding Prescriptions. FIRST Bl JOB li AT BOTTOM PRICES WATCHMAN m SOUTHRON JOB MPFICE SUMTER, S. C HARDWARE. -FOR Everything in this Line -GO TO R. W. DURANT & SON. Paints, Oils, &c, &c. Cooking and Heating Stoves, Guns, Pistols, Cartridges all Household articles and Oct 4. J. F. W. DeLORME, -DEALER IN Agen' Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and all Kinds ot Druggist's Sundries Usually Kept in a :F*?:rst Class ID ir mg; Store. Tobacco, Snuff (and Cigars, Garden Seeds, &c, also Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass Putty, &c, Dye Stuffs. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compoanded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find roy stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Night Calls Promptly Attended To. JE WK LR Y. I Watches, Diamonds, Sterling and Plated Silverware, LARGE STOCK SUITABLE FOR WEDDING PRESENTS. Clocks, Optical G-oods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors, Machine Needles, &c. FOLSOM. SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH. ESTABLISHED 1868. Sumter, S. C. Mentmore, THE WORLD'S GREATEST TYPEWRITER. Tlie Machine that took the only award for Typewriters at the State Fair, Nov. 8,1893. 'NO MACHINE COULD BE ANY BETTER. IT IS PERFECT. Private statement of one of tbe Judges. THE ONLY AWARD WAS ALSO MADE -TO US FOR TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES. County Agents Wanted. J. W. GIBBES & CO., GEN. AG-ENTS, COLUMBIA, S. C. The '94 Model just out is Unrivalled. BOT. 29._ PURE VINEGAR. T MADE LAST SUMMER for my 1 own use a lot of Vinegar, from a mix? ture of FRUITS (mostly grapes) AND HONEY. It is very fine, both in flavor and strength. I have about ten gallons to spare, and persons who will send to my residence can get it for 50 cents per gallon. Satisfaction guaranteed or money returned N. G. OSTEEN. Obtained, and nil I'ATENT J(l>iM.>S at tended to for MOOEUATE h illls Our otlice j? op|K)sitc ttic- U.S. l'atout <>ilie?\ >in<! wo cnn oh tain Patents in Jess time Limn limsc ninnie from WASHINGTON. Send MO Dill., ht: A WING ot PHOTO of invention. \V<- nclyiso .-i- !.> patent? ability free of chaw ?nd we mn kc A" . IIA ??GE UNLESS l'A TENT IS SEGt[UEI>. For circular, advice, terms and rcfeiences to actual clients in your own State. County. City ot Town, write VJ ISMCTgjj?fgWWM^WjK} Opposite Patent Office. Washington, J). Q for Infants and Children " Castoria is so well adapted to children that I Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, I recommend it as superior to any prescription B Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, ?.novm to me/1 IL A. Ascnm. -L D., | Kills "Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di 111 Go. Oz?ord Ct., Erool^rs, Y- I gestion, I "Without injurious medication. "The use of 'Castoria is so universal and its merits so well known tnat ii seems a work ? of supererogation to endorse it Few are the intelligent families who do net keep Castoria within easy reach." C?ELOS MASTYN, D. D.. ::ew York City "For several years I have recommended your 'Castorfa,' and shall always continue to do s? as it has invariably produced beneficial results.' EDWIN F PAKDEZ, M. D., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, >'EW YORK CITY. LOW FOR CASE A CAR LOAD OF Fine Buggy Horses. A Full Line of OLD HICKORY WAGONS, BUGGIES. CARRIAGES, HARNESS, WHIPS, ETC. ALL FOR SALE LOW FOR CASH. W. M. GRAHAM. Jan. ll. .GO TO KINGMAN & CO., -FOR FINE FANCY GROCERIES. New Crop 1893 Nota and Raisins, New Mince Meat, Jams, Jellies, &c, &c. Kingman & Co.'s Reliable Hams, Strips and Smoked Tongues are the finest goods on the market to-day, they are mild and sweet. New Buckwheat, Graham and Rye Flour. The largest line of Canned Goods in the city, all fresh packed and the best goods at Rock Bottom Prices. Glenn Springs Water, Is unsurpassed and invalids fiod sure, and speedy relief by its use Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Hepatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of Liver and General Debility, following upon Malarial Diseases, Dropsy, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation, Hemorroid.s Uterine, Benal and Cystic Diseases, Homaturia, Rheumatism, Catamenial Derangement, and OTHER FEMALE COMPLAINTS, Highly recommended by the medical profession. . For circulars containing certificates, etc., apply to Paul Simpson. GLENN" SPRINGS, S. C. -FOR SALE BY Dr. A. J. China, Dr. McKagen, J. S. Hughson & Co., J. F. W. DeLorme and W. R. Delgar, Jr. T7C7"o Always Lead. First Ol?? s / / WOVEN WIRE SPRINGS/*^* / X v>$^v /OUR At $2.50. AX^ / , We make them/ / -OF while you ^l^^y / Furniture - /4&? / PICTURES COME AND M <C ^^.^V M SEE IT / <2?W / ^ n0W_^?3Plete DOVE. S >K?& Xjust watch our prices. / /They cannot be equaled. CHEAP OAK SUITS OUR SPECIALTY.