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%\t ?Malt!? aw Sairtjpra. WBPHB8DAY, MAY 2. 189*. BEGINNING OF MAN. DR. BR1NTON FURNISHES INTEREST? ING DATA ON THE SUBJECT. ; ?General Agreement on tba Discoveries In the "Drift" -The Glacial Age Sand? wiched In Between Warm Periods. Where Maa Opened His Eye?. "The Beginning of Man and the Age of the Race" is the subject of an article in The Forum hy Dr. Dan el G. Brinton, one of the foremost anthropologists of the time. The very earliest deposit in which there may be said so be a general agreement that man's remains are found is that called the Drift, a series of gravel beds in the valley of the 'Thames in Eng? land, Somme in France and the Manza? nares in Spain, and elsewhere m western Europe. In these beds his stone tools and weapons are found lying in un disturbed relations with bones Of animals long since extinct, and which nnder the present con? ditions of the climate could not exist in that locality, these animals belonging to a tropical or subtropical fauna. From this one is led to believe that man lived there at an early date when the climate was much warmer than now, and that he had fired there for a long time, for thousands of his implements have been found in various strata and scattered over a wide area. After this warm period a period of ex? treme cold descended from the north over central and western Europe. Enge glaciers covered Scotland, Scandinavia and Switzerland, and the forests of France were the haunts of arctic qua? drupeds and hirds, of musk ox, reindeer and the white fox. Man, however, weathered this cold period and contin? ued to roam the woods and fish the streams, transferring his habitations to nato ral caves, where evidence of his hunts and his battles are still to be found. This period of cold is what is called the "glacial period ," and by some of our most learned geologists the length of this "icy age" has been placed from 30,000 to 30,000 years. Adding this to the former calculation, and allowing a reasonable time for prime? val man to develop and spread over the ' area in which he Jived, we have as the approximate lame since man has ap? peared in Europe-where, up to date, we have found, the earliest trace of his ex? istence-about 50,000 years. This Mr. Brinton regards as the minimum allow? ance for him. Some writers of eminence have required 200,000 years to explain a& these changes in climate, in organic ?fe and in geological deposition, but Mr. Brinton points out that the tendency of late years has been toward a reduction of these figures, especially by field geol? ogists, who seem to be more impressed with the rapidity of natara! actions than heretofore. Coming next to the consideration of the origin of man, Dr. Brinton declares that ''there is no trace anywhere of the missing link, no evidence that man de? veloped oat of some lower animal by long series of slow changes." Nor does he accept the doctrine of specific crea? tion as a scientific explanation. There isa third possible theory of the origin of man which Dr. Brinton holds is as good as another-namely, that called "evolu? tion per saltum," or with a jump. "It is that process, whatever it may be, which produces 'sports' in plants and 'cranks* and 'geniuses' in respectable families. No doctrine of 'heredity' or I 'atavism' or 'reversion' can explain these prodigies or monsters, as they happen to be. A family of we know not which of the higher mammals, perhaps the great tree ape which then lived in the warm regions of central Fiance, may have pro? duced a few 'sports,' widely different physically and mentally from their par- ] en ts, and these 'sports' were the ances? tors of mankind. This is a theory which asks for its acceptance no blind faith in j the dogmatic assenions either of science or religious tradition.'' As to where man first appeared Dr. ? Brinton says: "In fact, we are limited by \ a series of exclusions to the southern ( slope of that great mountain chain which i begins in western Europe and Africa < with the Atlas mountains, the Cantabri an Alps and the Pyrenees and continues 1 to the Himalayas and their eastern ex- J tensions in farther India. Somewhere g along this line in southern Asia orin \ southern Europe or in northern Africa I we may confidently say man first opened his eyes upon the world about him. Up to the present time his earliest vestiges have been exhumed in the extreme west of this region, but that may be because there search has been more diligently made, but the fact remains that, speak- 1 ing from present knowledge, we know of 1 man nowhere earlier than in England, i ( France and the Iberian peninsula."-Be- ! . view of Reviews, i} Goes Gunning at Ninety-six, John "Walters, who lives about two ? J miles west of eatonsville, is 96 years old j i and is probably the oldest man in this j t part of the state. Mr. Walters is an ex- j i pert shot, and at his advanced age takes ? * great pleasure in gunning. Recently he walked about 12 miles in the morning in " pursuit of game and in the afternoon t walked to eatonsville and return, a dis- j c tance of 16 miles, in one day. Mr. Wal- i ters' mother died at the age of 105 years, -eatonsville (Md.) Correspondent. Not a Romance. Mr. Farwest-I met my old school mate, Lakeside, today, for the first time j _ in an age, and I thought from the way he acted when I mentioned you that you ?, and he must have had some romance or ether before we met. ! c Mrs. Farwest-No romance about it. ' a We were married for a few years, that's ' ?H.-New York Weekly. ; fi The Becky Mountain Tunnel. i . The Rocky mountain tunnel on the : Colorado Midland railway goes through two miles of granite, cost a million of dollars and shortens the distance by r eight miles, besides doing away with what was the most expensive.railway j & climb in the world.- - " I P A Stone In His Heart. James O'Rourk? died in Fitch hos? pital recently. Postmortem Examiner Thornbury held ah autopsy and found imbedded in the center of O'Rourke's heart a stone about the shape of an Eng? lish walnut, which weighed between four and five ounces. The heart was abnormally large, being nearly four times as big as a man's heart usually is. It took up a large portion of the chest cavity which is usually occupied by the left lung. The stone was in the aortic cavity and almost completely filled it up. The only opening through which the blood could flow was a space about the size of a small goose quill, and for a long time past the heart had been able to do only about one-eighth of its work. The formation of stone is of a calcerous na? ture. The case is without precedent and opens a new field for surgical re? search.-London. Dispatch. A medical journal commends the in? vention for discovery of a method of treating certain disease by a doctor in Trinidad, but says that "unfortunate? ly" he is deterred from putting it into practice in his country owing to the scarcity of these particular diseases there. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Hiss, she dung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria FOR -FULL ASSORTMENT BEST NEW GARDEN SEED, -FULL LINE CALL ON J. S. HUDHSOIN & CO., Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET, Feb 8. SUMTER, S. C. . m iMftnaitA FOE EITHER SEX. Thia Ttme&v I m KRI?N S injert? directly to the seat of l?la Sr ll wi? W those ?is? ses oftbeGenitoJJ?taMT Or. -?' ? 1 ?? requires BO chango of diet or fc B?secas, mercurial cr poaeaocs med ??pk^^^^?ipt iones a te taxen internally. Wbea BB Af, In *AS A. PREVENTIVE ^Lfl \Ar |US byeitlcrsKitisinpossitletocoEiricr ^Pn*N ~~ aay venereal disease ; bet in the case of r ^tboaealreailyUaToatOTatKLr iirjcm . - - -J with Gonorrhoe and Gie?, we guar.m. B" TT ?3E ??teeacure. Price by rcail. postals paiu, W VaC*aHaiperboz,or6Uxs9ibr|i. For Sale by Dr. J. F. W. Deloraae. LADIES ?0 I0U KNOW DR. FELIX LE BRON'S STEEL ,fil PEJ?HYR?YHL PILLS ire Ino original and only FRENCH, safe and re? liable cure on the market. Price $1.00; sent by maiL Genuine sold only by gg DR. J. F. W. DELORME. VITAL IU MANHOOD. DB. E. WESTS NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT? MENT, a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Fits, Neu? ralgia, Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental Depression, Softening of Brain, causing insanity, misery, decay, death, Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power in either sex, Impotency, Leucorrhoa and all Female Weaknesses, Involuntary Losses, Sperma? torrhoea caused by over-exertion of brain, Self abuse, over-indulgence. A month's treatment, Si, 5 forts, by maiL With each order for 6 boxes, with S> will send written guarantee to refund if not cured. Guarantees issued by agent. WESTS LIVER PILLS cure* Sick Headache, Bilioutness, Liver Complaint, Sour Stomach, Dyspepsia and Constipation. GUARANTEES Issued only by DR. J. F. W. DELORME. THE FABME8S' MUTUAL tNSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF SUMTER COUNTY, ls a CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION oper iting nuder an Act of S. C. Legislature, 1891, ?hieb makes it the safest Insurance in the ?V oriel. Being Co-Operative it is the strongest ; rarrying three-fourths of the risk by Fire, iVind and Lightning at about one-tenth of >ld line rates for fire only, it is the cheapest. They can disband bj paying all losses, but bey cannot fail to pay their losses. Don't >ay all you make to enrich foreigners. See >ur Pamphlet, save money, secure yourself md help build up your own section. ?T. F. RHAME, H. G. SHAW, Treasurer. President. A. G. WARIEN, Agent. Jun. 3. 4~EQ-U-AL=12. i. e. Four Weeks by our method of teaching took-keeping is equal to Twelve Weeks bj j he old style. Positions Guaranteed, under j lertain conditions. Beet patronized Business | College in the South. 500 Students in at endar.ee the past jear. Eleven Teachers. Nashville is the educational center of the South. Cheap Board. 2io vacation. Enter ?ny time. Home Study. We have recently irepared books on Book-keeping, Shorthand j md Penmanship especially adaptable to ! lome Study. Nothing like them ever issued ? ?efore. Sent on 60 davs' trial. Our Free '. Ilustrated 80-page catalogue will explain all. ! 5eod for it cow. Draughon's Practical ? insiness College and School of Shorthand j md Telegraphj, Nashville, Tenn. N. B -We pav $5 cash for ali vacancies as j look-keepers, stenographers, etc., reported to j i8, providing we fill the same. L.D.JOHNSTON,; SUMTER, S. C. j -THE Practical Carpenter, Contractor and Builder, 0ULD RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Sum er and surrounding ! ountry that he is prepared to furnish plans, j md estimates on brick and wooden buildings. All work entrusted to him will be done j irst class. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. tm m ia" _ i rHE WASHINGTON HAND PRESS heretofore used by The Watchman and I 'outhron, will be sold low for Cash. It will i riot an 8 column paper. . ? The Cheat Farm, Industrial and Stock Journal of the South. ONS TOE SI. Sample copies will be mailed FREE on ap? plication to THE CULTIVATOR PUBLISHING CO.. Box 415, Atlanta, Ga. RE10VAL. LEVAN'S BARBER SHOP has been removed to the room over Mr. B. J. Barnett's store, in bis new building on Main Street. Thanking my friends for past favors I solicit their continued patronage in my new stand, wbere I am better prepared to r ve tbem with satisfaction to them, as weil myself. Respectfully. JOSEPH LEVAN. Dec. 6-4. Liberty Street Next to P. O. SPECIAL ATTENTION Given to Compoaodiog Prescriptions. ST US JOB WORE AT BOTTOM PRICES* WATCHMAN A NH SOI) f H RAN JOH UFPICE SUMTER, S. C J. F. W. DeLORME, DEALER IN Agen* Toilet Soaps?, Perfamery and all Kinds ot Druggist's Sundries Usually Kept in a First Class Drug Store. Tobacco, Snuff fand Cigars, Garden Seeds, &?., al*o Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass Patty, &c., Dye Staffs. Physician's Prescriptions carefully cora po anded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock "of Medicines complete, warranted genuine and of best quality. Call aod see for yourselves. Night Calls Promptly Attended To. Densmore, 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 the Judges. THE ONLY AWARD WAS ALSO MADE -TO US FOR TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES. i County Agents Wanted. J. W. GIBBES & CO., GEN. AGENTS, COLUMBIA, S. C. The '94 Model just out is Unrivalled. NOA. 29. I wish to state to the Farmers of Sumter and Clarendon Counties that I have gotten in a car load of McCORMIC REAPERS, SELF-BINDERS, MOWERS and HAY RAKES. It is a settled fact that theMcCormic Co., makes the lightest draft md most durable Grain j aod Grass cutting machinery made in this or any other country-. ! Our prices are very low and terms easy. Write to me for catalogue, which will be mailed j to you free of charge. It contains cuts of all machines aod gives full descriptions of them. ? GEO. F. EPPERSON, Agent. SUMTER, S. C. Mcb 21 Office at Epperson's Livery Stable. ALSH & I.OMPAWY THE LEADERS -Have a New Feature Ipi Bargain Counter,!! On which will be placed all remnant lots of SHOES In which most of the sizes have been sold. On this counter from time to time will be placed -Some exceptional Drives. Don't fail to come and look over, you might find your size, and if you do not we will sell you a pair from the shelves almost as cheap. We have a full stock and we must sell them. Our line of Dress Shoes for Ladies and Gents will please anybody. WALSH & CO., Monaghan Block - Sumter, S. 0. April 18. for Infants and Children " Castoria is so well adapted to chiklren that ; recommend it as superior to any prescription -own to cc." IL A. AHCHER, D., ill So. Csiord St., Crooklyn, N. T. "The use of 'Castoria is so universal and its merits so well known tnat it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it Few are the intelligent families who do net keep Castoria w:thin easy reach." CARLOS "MARTYN, D. D.. New York City Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di? gestion, Without injurious medication. "For several years I have recommended your4 Castoria,' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results.1 EDWIN F. PARDEE, M. 1/., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. THE CENTAUR COMPAKY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORE Crrr. SCHWERIN ? CO. New Orleans Molasses Li Barrels, Half Barrels and Kegs. Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Crackers, Meat, Lard, Cheese, Starch, Soap, And everything nice in the Grocery Line WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Call and See Us. Our Retail Department is Complete. Schwerin & Co. Feb. 7._? ~~ JE WELRJV Watches, Diamonds, Sterling and Plated Silverware, LARGE STOCK SUITABLE FOR WEDDING PRESENTS. Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors. Machine Needles, &c. FOLSOM. SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH. ESTABLISHED 1868. Sumter? S. C. THE INTERNATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. A Modern Work of reference for the Home, Library, Office or School 15 Royal Octavo Vols., 50,000 Titles. 125 Double Page Maps, 150 Double Page Illustrations. Cash or easy paj'ments. Write for terms to CHAS. H* CHAPMAN, P, 0. Box, 195, Charleston, S. C, * General Soothero Agent. Feb 14-x LOW FOB CASE A CAR LOAD OF Fine Buggy Horses* A Fuli Line of OLD HICKORY WAGONS, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES. HARNESS, WHIPS, ETC. ALL FOR SALE LOW FOR CASH. W. M. GRAHAM. Jan. ll. I RETAIL White Com at 75c. per bushel in sacks, Mixed Oats, at 55c. 44 Sbip Stuff, at $1.25 per 100 lbs., in sacks. Choice Timothy Hay, $1.20 per 100 lbs , in bales. Cotton Seed Meal, at $1.30 per sack. Cotton Seed Hulls, at $4 50 per ton in bulk. Lime, $1.25 per barrel. I ALSO SELL Rosendale and Portland Cement, Plaster of Paris, Fire Bricks, Flue Pipe, And Other Building Material. Cow Hair, Sewer Pipe, Special Prices on Large Lots, H. HARBY.