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Wonderful Feats of the Philip? pine Boatmen, MALAY PIEATES' DESCENDANTS. Very Formidable Foes Under Favorable Conditions-Killin? tbe Great Cayman With a Creese-Fish and Fishermen-Tho Deadly Manila Water Cobra. n When his steamer enters Manila bay, e traveler sees immediately that ne has encountered a strange race and civ? ilization by a glance at the native craft d boatmen. The commonest boat is a "banca. " It is long, narrow, but very staunch and seaworthy. It requires no thought to realize that the yesseljs & descendant of the canoe made by hol? lowing out a great tree trunk. It ranges from 25 to 30 feet in length, 2>? to 5 in width and 3 to 6 in depth. There are little decks and closets within, which serve as compartments and keep the t afloat if filled with water. Over waist is a house, or hood, which tee ts passenger and freight from sun d rain and in the nighttime serves as a shelter to the boatman, his wife, children and assistant. Many boatmen live in their bancas; as the Cantonese . junkmen clo in their clumsy craft. Somewhere inside is a crucifix or scapu? lar, and with it a carved figure. The ;> owner says it is for luck, but in reality it is an image representing the sea god or the storm spirit, which was worshiped v by th? Malays long before Christianity or Islam came to the archipelago. The bancas are capacious, carrying many passengers 2nd much freight, and for their size are very swift. Some are fitted with mast and sail and make good time with a fair breeze. There are no stays to the mast, this enabling the boat A BANCA. OE XATTVE BOAT. man to swing the sail completely around and so sail backward and forward alike, s This ingenious trick belongs apparently to the Polynesian Malays alone, no oth? er race seeming to have discovered it In going into rough water an outrigger is employed consisting of a long, thick bamboo or stout pole parallel with the length of the banca and held in place two to four feet from the side by cross? pieces of ironwood or Manila hickory. Thus equipped the brown man will sail into the stormiest sea and will carry enough sail to make his light craft fair? ly spin along the waves. This catamaran arrangement enabled the Malay pirates in the old years to overhaul the swiftest sailing ship or escape the dreaded fri? gates and sloops- of-war sent out against them. The boatmen form a class all to themselves. They are descendants of the pirates of the olden time, and it is easy to see what formidable foes they might make under favorable condi ti on s. Lithe, . muscular, lean, tireless, patient, intelli? gent and fearless, they are the stuff of which good seamen and warriors are - made. They supply the Manila quarter? masters employed on the China coasters and the crews and subordinate officers of-scores of British steamers in Asiatic waters. They are wcnderinl swimmers and divers and personally very clean. They find rare sport in attacking sharks, diving, creese in hand, from their ves? sel and coming up under the fish's belly. Their bravest swimmers attack the cay? man, or crocodile, in the same way and cut its throat or stomach with their keen edged and pointed knives. The danger is great, for a blow from the reptile's tail or a single snap of its massive jaws means the loss of limb or life. An interesting and ingenious contriv? ance is the fishing prahu, or "fishing derrick," as it is called by our sailors. The little vessel is a flatboat or substan? tial raft At the bow two poles or masts are fastened one on each side and meeting at the top, so as to form an in? verted V. The fastening at the sides is accomplished by a trenail, or stout wooden axle, through an auger hole in the bortom of the mast. This allows the V to be raised or lowered at pleas? ure. Sospended from tho top by fonr ropes is a square frame from 12 to 25 feet square, to which is attached a huge fishing net io the shape of a bag or pocket. When not in use, the V is .up? right and frame and bag are high in air, where they can ??e kept dry. When the owner uses them, he slowly lowers the frame and bag into the wa? ter by letting the V incline forward. When the bag and frame are resting on the bottom, bait is thrown in. After a brief wait the V is raised rapidly, bringing with it the net, usually well lined with leaping and wriggling cap? tives. With ordinary luck there will be from 50 to 100 fishes at each cast. When among - these -there are devil? fishes or young sharks, the fisherman's joy is complete. Ordinary fishes bring 1 or 2 cents a pound wholesale in the market, while the octopus and tho shark's tail ard fins bring from 5 to 25 cents a pound. To keep the fish alive nearly all the prahus carry fish tanks, and in the fish market these are also employed. In watching the patient fishermen at work in the strong tropical sun the traveler is often startled to see them seize poles, boathooks and soap nets, beat the water furiously, scream to their neighbors and behave generally as if demented. This excitement is caused by the discovery cf the Manila water cobra, a venomous serpent found only in Manila bay, the Pasig river and the Lake of Bay. It ranges from a yard to 12- and even 14 feet in length and frons l to 4 menes in diameter.' lt is a pow? erful swimmer, a good fighter and aa insatiable eater of sea food, which it catches alive- Its bite is poisonous and said so be deadly- The fishermen say that it constricts as well as bites, a rare combination found only in a few snakes, such as the distira of Ceylon. The Ma? nila sea cobra has a more striking pecul? iarity in its indescribably repulsive ap? pearance. It is clumsy and misshapen. Its color is a mottle of green, brown and gray. It sheds its skin not in whole, as land snakes do, but piecemeal. This, with the slime on its old skin, gives it she appearance of poisoned sores and decaying raw surfaces. While the Philippine territory is famous for the number and variety of its snakes comparatively few are pois? onous. But the nonpoisonous ones are enough for every purpose. They cul? minate in the great boa, which is said to reach a length of 35 feet and a thick? ness of 18 inches. Throughout the Philippines an Ameri? can is impressed with the universal em? ployment of the buffalo instead of the horse for hauling, carting and supply? ing power. Though they are very use? ful they are not handsome. All of the varieties are larger than our domestic cow and have enormous horns. The skin is almost devoid of hair and re? sembles an elephant's hide. One variety is pinkish white and is said to be an albino, like the white elephant of Sia^. The rest have a blue black color, strangely like the hue of a well dried ink blot. Their harness is usually made of rope or plaited cordage, and most of the carts to which they are attached have solid wooden wheels, which creak and scream as they revolve. The great brutes are as strong and docile as Nor? mandy horses and can draw equally largo loads. Though apparently stupid both the white and black buffaloes are very intelligent. In this respect they surpass both the os and horse and equal or almost equal the dog. On the street or road they will stop, back, go ahead and turn to right or left at the word when the driver is 50 yards away. In the evening, when work is over, a com? mon occurrence is for the driver to say, "Go home, old pig," and the unwieldy creature will start off and find its way home alone without trouble. In the morning the call, "Come here and get harnessed, lazy beast, "will be obeyed promptly, even if the creature i3 enjoy- j ing some tender herbage. On holidays j and Sundays children lead the buffaloes | to convenient ditches, or pools, where they lie and roll and wallow in the mud, suggesting overgrown hogs rather than bovine animals. When young, the buffalo is broken in by being tied up and having a hole bored in the partition between the two nostrils in which a steel ring is placed. To this a cord is attached with which the great beast is led or driven. It is so docile that a child can lead it, and, oddly enough, it seems to prefer children to grownups, to borrow a word from Kipling. The she buffalo gives a rich sweet milk, from which the natives make cream, butter and cheese. Let no American sightseer confuse the domestic buffalo with his savage ancestor, the wild one. Many natural? ists deny the kinship and declare that they are different species. The domestic is docile, kind, ugly, slow, unrevenge ful and peaceable; the wild one untam? able, ferocious, handsome, swift, com? bative and fearless. His horns are long, strong and sharp and are used with ex? traordinary skill. He seems to believe that man has done his race a grievous wrong and that it is his duty to exter? minate the wrongdoer. If you see one coming and you have a rifle, shoot, and shoot to kilL He does not mind the fire, noise or wound. If you are unarmed, follow the Spaniards' example and climb a tree. Don't be in a hurry and j don't talk to the brute. He will paw the earth and buck the tree in the hope ! of shaking you down. He will not go away when he finds he cannot get at you, but will wait around for hours in the hope that you will get tired and come down. He is a queer creature. Originally like all the oriental buffaloes, he was a marsh dweller. He has not outgrowr. his love for wallowing in the mud, as he eelects his home in a forest MALAY BOATMAN KILLING A SHARK. near marshy soil, where during the day he lies in dirty water up to the neck. In the nighttime he leaves the forest for the open country, preferring when accessible tilled land and growing crops. His flesh is finer, sweeter and richer than the best beef or the choicest veni? son. It tastes about half way between a sirloin steak and a roast wild boar's head. The skin of the buffalo is stronger than rhiuoceros hide. It was used for shields by the Igorrotesaud Tagals, and is employed today for whips, straps, harness, boots 3nd small belting. When well tanned, it makes a leather which is handsome, strong and almost inde? structible. For the sportsman tho Phil? ippine buffalo is as good a foe as the tiger or gri/.^y. TV-,T.-'",1,^3, Fatal. He-There is Miss Glover over there. She is superb. She is considered per? fectly formed. She-But very imperfectly ?riormed. -Boston Transcript. Partial Returns Second D?mocratie Primary. Held September 13,1898. YOTING PLACES. Atkins. Bandana. Bossard. Concord.*. Earle. Farmers-. Gaillard'sX Roads... High Hills. Laborers & Mechanics Manchester. Mayesville, Dem. Pleasant Grove. Privateer. Providence. Rafting Creek. Salem. Scarboro. Shiloh. Statebtirg. Sumter....... Swimming Pens. Taylor. Wedgefield. Zoar. Company M. Total. GOV NOB. SEC OF ST. ST. SUP. OF ED. ADJ. GEN.:H. K. COM. SUPS V E. SU?. OF ED 5 I ? EC ? ~ ! s o s cs i o ! o s ? ! H : ? W : K i : O 13 1 13 I 2! 40! 37! 126; 266! 288 10 ' 13: lol ? ?s 171 41; 57! 32 701 66| 35 40! 13; 33? 19 50? 6; 24; 32 64? IO1 64 9 46! 41 44 41! I 18! 31 17: 31 13! IO: 17, 0 15 8; 23: 2' 38, 39 1 4 98 13! 31 30 12 46: 16 49? 13! ot 85 28 25 68 71 13 23 39 41 238 j 0 4:; 14 2 8 24 30 16 14 30i 28 47! 54 17? 33 43 16 aa tc ti i ll O I rr PS 12 i 30 lOl 13 li o 4 12 57 48 19 10 18 36 li 40! 2 51 214! 173 21? 12 ll 14 45! 12 31 69 25 28 12 44 13 60 39| 43 24 10 13 o 20 20 j 9 24 'A 17 38 23 189 6 6 44 6 1 17 195 17 39 18 o 1-1 1-1 o O I 3 14| 2 10 27 321 28 391 65 38 47 33 j 51 101 8j 18' 14 10 41 35 24 13 52 5 39 42 222! 178 20! 56 i 10I 60 14 6 92 35 36 67 48 16 9\ 5 j 18 145 17 29 34! 18 21 29? 21 The vote for Magistrate in District No. 2, was r Ingram 116, Hodge 110. The indications are that Dorn .is elected for Supervisor and Rembert for County Super? intendent of Education, as the votes cast in the first election at the clubs not yet reported -if the vote should be the same and all votes of Dinkins and Young go to Seals and DuRant-will not overcome the present majorities for Dorn and Rembert. Washington., Sept. 12.-The follow? iog report bas been received at the Marine Hospital bureau from J. S. Hunter, secretary of tbe State board of health of Mississippi : "One case of yellow fever in Jackson. Thoroughly isolated by cordon of four blocks, with anotbar cordon outside of this. No other case in city ; not even another of suspicious nature. AU steps have been taken to stamp out and prevent spread of the disease.'' No new cases have been reported from Franklin, Orwood, Holy Springs, Galveston or Key West. $50 In Gold! WK! be Paid to any Man or Womar. It remains for tho celebrated finn of physlcicni ind specialists, D.\ Hathaway & Co., (Regulas jraduates Register-.^), to place a genuino bo?: aes8 propoeition before the public, which b?? aever been mr.de before. We agree tc: treat any parson afflicted with ac* ironic disease a ai cure them, furnishing medi .ices and every:..; ui s nece?-rar? for their case, cs orieit $50.00 in froid, providing the patient faith :aliy follows treatment and directions, and th* zasc is a curable one. This off or is plain, and there is no catch to it ind furthermore, theoifer is good and tho moc6? rerfectly safe because we are financially res pea jibic. Dr. Hathaway ? Co.": experience duri :g fe? last 2Cyears ha? prov*: the fact that they h'-.r? cured thcue&ads o i cases where ot!i;-r de*> tors have f?ilc.2, arc this carrai is them ii zr.akhss this res-.a r?a ble offer. Ali person* who are sui?crirc frc ti. any chronic diseca have now an opportu? nity to test thc tre-i*. ment of the ackson ledged leading r-h^si. cians and specialists cl this couxitry, with ai absolute surety of to? ing coreo. S?c-^ai di? seases, each aa ? is. r bleed poison, ?reatees* >f men and women which affect the delicate er?ani ind private diseases of all kinds, rhiu.-naiism. .tricture, varicocele, rupture, female iroafciet. skin eruptions, ulcers, kidney and urinary di? seases, liver and stomach difficulties, li?uvr; Dpium and morphine habits, or any chrcG?i disease. Onr treatment can be taksn at horri under our directions, or, we "will pay rcii road fare and hotel bill to all who prefer io cotr&e to our office for treatment, if we fail to cure. Wi have the beet of financial and professional refer xsnces and transact oar business on a str>*-]j professional basis, promising nothing but w ha' we can fulfill. We do not believe ia any OL thi free prescriptions, free cure, freeeampie or C.O.D frauds, but think it ia best in tho end to be hon est with our patients. Write us to-day; don-1 de lay. We have carefully prepared Symptom Blank* No. 1, for men; No. 2, for women; No. 3, for skii diseases; No. 4, for catarrh, and new 64 pug; booklet which we will send Free to ail who reah: desire truthful information, about their conr?? fcioii. Cali or address, "_ DR. HATHAWAY. & CO., 22* So. Broad St., Atlanta, Ca Mention this paper. Estate of Jas? R. Odom, Dec'd. IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County, on October 16 tb, 1898, for a Final Discbarge, as Administratrix of aforesaid Estate. Mas. CLEO TROUTMAN, Sept 14-4t Administratrix. The experience of over half a century bat been concentrated into tbe making of SHEFF You get the benefit of all this labor, skill, brains and capital. Standard I Pianos , Taning, Organs j For Rent. ' Repairing. Accommodating terms. Write for Illus? trated Catalogue. CHAS, M. STIEFFj BALTIMORE WASHINGTON 9 North Liberty St, 521 11TH ST. N. W. Master's Sale. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Mary M. Bland, Plaintiff against Rachel M. Hollcman, heir at laic of Hiram HollemaR^ deceased, Defendant. BY* VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in the above stated case and dated March 16, 1898, I will sell at public auction in front of the Court House in the City of Sumter, ia said State, on Monday, October 3d 18S8, being Salesday, between tbe hours of IL o'clock io the forenoon and b o'clock in tbe afternoon, the following preajis?s, to wit: All that lot or parcel of lied, situate, lying and being in the Town of Mayesville, County and State aforesaid, and on the horthweat side of the Wilmington, Columbia and Au? gusta Railroad, containing one acre and thirty-four perches, and bounded cn the Northwest, North and Northeast by land of T. D. Foxworib, oo the S. East by land of J E. Atkins and on the Southeast by the said Railroad igbt of way. Terms of Sale: Purchaser to pay one-third cash on day of sale, balance in one and two tqaal annual installments, secured by bood and mortgage of the purchaser on said prem ibes, bearing interest at seven per cent, from the day of sale, payable annually. Purchaser to Day for papers and rerording. W. H. INGRAM, Master for Sumter County. April 6 _ C ARR IAG? s iggy BEB rimmmrW A CAHHIAGE "WORTH HAVING for comfort, health and recreation is )ne of our fine canopy top pba-tone. 3ur stock ot fine carriages ie worth pour inspection, if only to keep up .vith the times, and see the exquisite Jtyle, iinish and unexcelled workman? ship that is shown in our up to-date 19 jrtment. Our prices are ss at ractive as the vehicles themselves, md they are handsome as a picture. H. MARBI, THE ELECTION. VERY CLOSE BETWEEN ELLERBE AND FEATH? ERSTONE. McMahao, Floyd and Garris Probably Elected. South Carolina yesterday held the closest primary eleotioo ever known ID the State for governor. Although The State has received reports ac conn t io g for practically 40,000 votes, possibly two-thirds of what the total vote will be, it is at this stage absolute ly impossible to predict whether the ship of state will be guided for the next two years by Gov. Ellerbe or Prohibit? ionist Candidate Featherstone. There is only a small differeoce between their respective votes-so Email as to amount to nothing. The vote stands,' Ellerbe 22,498 as against 22,299 for Featherstone at 2 a. m., the governor leading by 199 votes only. Friends of both candidates are apprehensive of the rural districts. Cooper leads Tompkios, present secre? tary of state, for that office by 2.836 votes ; MoMahan bas a lead of 5,669 votes over Brown for superintendent of eduoatioo ; Floyd beats Blythe for adjutant general by aboutlO.OOC votes ; Railroad commissioner Thomas is beat? ie: reelection by Mr. Garris, who has a lead of 16,183 votes-much greater than Thomas' whole vote. It is impossible to predict bow the race for governor is to end. The offi? cial count alone will tell. The probib ironists are feeling good. Mr. D. E. Finley beats Attorney General Barber for congress in the Fifth district.-The State, Sept. 14. What Senator Tillman Told a New England Paper. Manchester. N. H., Sept. 8 -While Senator Tillman, of South Carolina was visiting the mills here he talked upon the industrial situation north and south, with special reference to cotton manu? facturing, in which bis State is now largely engaged. He said that the southern cotton mills and operatives were prospering. "Uar machinery is modern., while ihat of the north is obsolete/' be con? tinued. "Our cotton mills are mostly segregated in the country, while the J northern mills are grouped in cities, j Our operatives own their own homes, j while yours are crowded into tenement I houses. Can there be any comparison I betweeu 'laborers thus situated ? Our J laborer?, are satisfied ; yours are not. i Ours are growing rieb, while yours sre : growing poor. Aod there can be but I one outcome of all this-your people I must sick to*the level of Kuropean \ labor or your mills must go south. You ; northern people have had a monopoly ? of the colton business for years. You mu^t now seek something else. We are going to beat, you at it. We have got : all the natural advantages and you have none. You batre legislated agaiost j everybody and everything to protect your ootton mills, but you cannot legis late God oat of existence nor stipend tbe operations of nature's beneficent, laws. "Tbe north ig not satisfied with a protective tariff that shuts out foreigo goods from this market, but bas bad the nerve to introduce a bill io con? gress to protect one part of the country against another. This Lovering bill, asking for a constitutional amendment regulating the hours of labor, is a di? rect blow at the constitutional rights of the States to legislate for them? selves, and we will fight you on that all summer, and until we beat you. We won't have legislation of that kind. The only thing we have ever lacked in oar State io the way of natara! advan? tages is capital, and we are now getting that in abundance."-^-New York Soo. John Bright Prophecy. I_ What He Had to Say About America's Future Years Ago. Kansas City Journal. Col. Birch tells in a Pittseurg pa per of the following conversation he had thirty years ago with Col. Vin? cent Marmaduke, and its application to the present conditions is such that we give it to the public. Every Missourian knows that Coi. Marma- J duke, like his brother, waa a decided Confederate, and during the war he was the bearer of dispatches from Mr. Davis to Mr. Mason, who repre seuted tbe Southern Confederacy in England. Marmaduke says that one evening Mr Masou said tc him : "Mr. Marmaduke, John Bright is to make a speech to-night in the house of commons, and I think it would be to your pleasure and interest to go down to hear him " It wili be re membered that at that day Mr. Bright was the most conspicuous figure in England. Marmaduke went, and during his speech Marmaduke says that Bright stopped, and chang ing his line of remarks, said : "Mr. Speaker, if our kinsfolk on the other side of the Atlantic settle their civil war satisfactorily, and get back to gether in peace, in forty years there will not be a gun fired iu the world without their consent." This state ment at that day seemed preposter? ous, and no one but a man with Bright's comprehensive mind could have dared to make such an assertion to go before the world. It has been but thirty five years since Mr. Bright made that statement, and yet events have happened in the last few months which give to Mr. Bright's words the spirit of prophecy, and no one would now hesitate to reproduce it. Col. Birch asked Marmaduke bow he felt as he listened to such remarks from the then greatest man in Eng? land, as to the future of the Ameri? can people when he was engaged in breaking up that great country. Marmaduke admitted that it gave him uneasiness of mind in connection with his own conduct, and that for the first time he began to realize the won derful power and influence which the American people were to have on the destinies of the world, and added, with tremor in his voice : "Like all other southern men, I am glad that the Almighty has preserved us for purposes of His own, which will some day be unveiled before the world " - - . ? ? . -- Portland, Me., Sept. 12.-Returns from 150 cities arid towns give Pow? ers (Rep ) 22,61:3. Lord ( Dem ) 12, 862. Same towns in 180-1 gave Cleaves (Rep.) 27,728, Johnson (Dem ) 13,046. This shows a net Republican loss of 17 per eent. and a Democratic loss of 2 per cent. On this basis Powers will have about 27,? 800 plurality. Dr. Stokes Betiims Thanks. Editor Watchman and Southron: Permit me space for a brief acknowledge? ment to tbe people of the District in general, and of Samter county in particular, for the handsome endorsement given me in the re? cent primary. As a mark of renewed and enlarged confidence, it carries an added re? sponsibility that I sha!! strive to meet and to discharge. I will be pardoned, I inset, for feeling hon? est pride in the fact that every county in the District gave me a g?nerons majority. lu some the endorsement was magnificent-ap? proaching four to one. lu the whole District this was au average of 2 to 1. Here is toe vote by counties as it appears in the Hews and Courier of this date. Stokes. Brantley. Qraogebnrg.2,166 882 Dorchester. 700 395 Berkeley. 781 236 Colletoo. 977 720 Lexington.1,805 526 Lee-. 787 518 Sumter. 992 563 Richland. 107 78 Camp Lee. 89 34 Total .8,404 3,922 It will appear that Dr. Stokes bas a ma? jority of 4,482 ia the District. It is scarcely necessary to say that I par? ticularly appreciate and value the endorse? ment given me by old Orangeburg county, where I was born and reared. A compari? son of tbe recent vote with th two years ago, shows that the opposition to me, wben centered upon a man from my own county, cast but about 300 voi?s more in the county tban were cast two years ago when my oppo? nent was from another county In the whole county my majority was 2J to 1. In my own club it wasoearly 3 to 1, while the city of Orangeburg gave me nearly 2 to 1. For the first time since I have been before the people both the clubs at the court bouse gave me a majority. AU these things, I repeat, but add tc my sense of responsibility. They will stimulate me to greater activity in the future To? ward those who opposed me honorably, 1 entertain no animosity. They exercised their inalienable right. I shall endeavor to represent them impartially and worthily. With ill will toward none, and charity toward all, Very truly, ^ J. WM STOKSJ. Septeiber 5, 1898. Good Sewing Machines from $10.00 up at Randie's. Ordered to Jacksonville. Columbia. Sept. 12 -Lete this after? noon Col Wilie Jones received orders that the Second Regiment should leave Columbia for Jacksonville at 5 p. m. Wednesday. The order was somewhat of a surprise as Col Jones had been informed that the regiment would be given a margio of seven or eight days between the receipt of orders and the day of departure from Columbia. At least 150 men are off oo furloughs aod they have been notified by telegraph to return at once to the regiment. Kingston, Jamaca, September 12 - , According to advices received herc j from Barbadoes. since the death of the | Hon Mr Pile, Speaker of the Assem-I bly, oo September 2, from the effects j of the recent attempt to assassinte him, | the Governor and five public officials have been warned anonymously that a similar fate has been decreed for [ them "as a reward for their oppres- f