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BICYCLING IN JAPAN. Interesting Account of a Pleasure Trip by the Sea shore. If my previous Setters have found favor m the eyes of toe friends at borne, this one surely will, as it de scribes a trip through the prettiest part of Japan I have seen. I left Kobe on Saturday afternoon with two friends, about 2 o'clock We rode oar wheels to the steamer whose dock was about two miles from the office Only one of the party had ever been there before, and he soon lost bis way in the maze of Japanese streets. We finally got a Jinrikisha man to leave his cart and show os the way, and as we were late and afraid of missing the steamer, he did a fine piece of running, hanging on to one of the saddles. We were bound for the island of - Jew aj , which has no foreign p pala tion and is never visited by them Tourists never have been there, as there are no accommodations for them, and in the history of the coan try the island bas been visited by about fifty foreigners only. It took us three and a half hoars , to get there on the steamer* The steamer was a Japanese boat on which a white man seldom went. We bad to climb aboard and hand oar wheels ap, as there was no gang plank, and as for chairs, there was not a chair or stool on board. The Japs never ase such luxuries. The saloon was only 6 by 8 feet, with a carpet on tbe floor and a kind of sideboard at one end. You had to remove your shoes to go in, as is the custom in all Japanese places I tried to stand up straight and got my bead bumped for my trouble. Sat down for a while and played^ set back, but found the deck more en joyable. Of course we were a sensation when we landed and rode to the tea bouse. There are no hotels, and a Japanese tea bouse answered the -purpose for us. We were followed by such a crowd of children that the police bad to disperse them, but they soon came back Then I gave them such a scare with a big foot pomp ' tbat they left as alone for awjile. We carried on oar wheels most of oar chow, but added some fish and meat the Japs famished. After chow we went for*a short ride at eight, one of the party having a large acetylme lamp which caused . every one to run oat of oar road. We soon returned and after having a little fan around the house went to bed Our beds were the real Japanese , ones, a heavy comfort on the floor and a lighter one for a cover. The mosquito neto were very good and their mode of hanging them very ingenious They aie almost as large as the room, which in itself is not so rauch, and was suspended from the four corners of the room by as many cords. When it-came to washing in the morning we were furnished with a bucket of water and a big copper pan Fortunately when I went for my tooth brush I bad picked up a big towel and strapped it to my wheel, and it proved valuable before we g6t home. Our breakfast was tea of our own making, eggs furnished by the Japs, and jam and bread, &c , from oar supplies We then took a short ride along the seacoast until we found a convenient place and went in for a swim. Imagine oar bathing in the sea, our clothes lyeing on the rocks, and the mountain rising almost per pendicular from the water's edge Down the mountain came a trickling stream of water from which we drank when thirsty Ocr one towel {a large bath one) was used sparing ly, then washed oat and pat on the rocks to dry, the same as we did. When we returned to the tea house we found a lot of Jap soldiers had the rooms next to ours (separated only by sliding screens), and were having a jamboree or party of some kind They had girls playing the samoseen, something on the order of a banjo, also a spread of dainties on t**e floor. They came in to sse us and invited us to their party. We went and enjoyed it, and, though we could not eat their food, we supplied them with some of oar bread, which they enjoyed. Beer flowed freely and our hosts getting hilarious we left. Before leaving each one gave us bis card written in English. Oar tiffin consisted of canned pork and beans, canned meat, bread and batter, tea and beer The latter we bought but all the others we carried with os. At noon we started on our trip. Think of it, starting a bicycle trip in the middle of Jane at 12 o'clock in j the day. Well, it was the finest bicycle ride I have ever taken in my life. I have ridden on the cinder path to Manhattan Beach, also on thc Riverside drive, which are consider- j ed the finest anywhere, but they can not compare with this one. The read extends ll around the island, but we : only went from end to end, which j was abv>ut 25 miles VVcrd3 can scarcely describe it. Fancy liding; ou the side of the mountain, ihe road only 6 feet wide cut out of the rock in most places, the sea breaking on the rocks 20 to 40 feet below you and : the mountain rising above you almost | ! perpendicular I have never seen j ; mountains rise right from the sea so j I straight or without any slope as j ? those do The road wae as smooth j j as asphalt, the inclines so gradual j j you did not feei them going up, and i then to coast for half a mile some- j I timos At times we were over two! j hundred feet up and then gradually j i come down to 20 feet or to the sea j ? level. The first eleven miles we i j made without any effort in one hour, j i including the time required to climb j down to the beach at # bad washout caused by the recent storm. The j ; road follows the Hue of the sea with | all the sharp turns and twists which added to the scenery At no time on the entire trip were we more than 100 yards from the sea and then only j when going through some fishing villages. The balance of the time we could spit in the water without dismounting. When about half way we found a stretch of beach and went in for a surf bath which was de lightful. Occasionally we would meet a horse with a load and quite 2, few Jinrikeshas One horse with a pan nier on bis back was so frightened that be laid down in the road and the last we saw of him he was 6tilldown. Our costumes, well they would only do in Japan-slouch bat anda handkerchief fastened in it to protect the neck, negligee shirt, bicycle pants turned up above the knee, no bose and shoes It was cool, and that's all we cared for as the climate here is warmer than in South Caro lina when there is no breeze We arrived at the end of the island and went across to the mainland in a nat!7e sail boat. The ten mile ride borne was very pleasant, though it did not compare with the island. We arrived in Kobe at 6 30 p. m. Sunday, and thus ended the finest bicycle ride I have ever taken in my life, not excepting the road to Bat wick's or the old tram road in Sum ter. Of course the friends at home would bave been preferred for com pany could they speak Japanese; but for Englishmen my two new friends were all right. I have been thrown with a good many Englishmen since I am here, as well as Japanese, but give me an j American every time Yours friendly, Irving A Ryttenberg. Kobe, Japan, June 12. '99 Treasury officials have refused to allow an item headed "traveling ex pense?/' io the personal accouDts of Roger C. Spoor, er, special Indian agent, 1 'temporarily" io charge of the Indian warehouse io Chicago, because-, the aforesaid traveling expenses were incurred by Spooner io goiog between his home in Wisconsin aod his office in Chicago, and are not considered to have been necessary to the proper perform ance of hts public duties. Spooner is a brother of Senator Spooner and bold? bis position by a trick. The position of superintendent of the Indian ware bouse is supposed to bo under civil service rules ; also to be vacant Nearly a year ago Seoator Spooner carried an order to Secretary Bliss from Mr. McKinley, telling him to provide a good place for his brother. It was done by appointing him a special indian agent aod puttiog bim in tem porary charge of the warehouse in Chicago, where he has been ever since, f ihog a positioD that is in the classified service, without ever having even taken an examination. Still, there are some otherwise level-headed men who will get "outiy" when the civil service rules are spoken of as the humbug they really are.-Spartanburg Herald. A pouod of raw cotton is worth about 5 cents When it is spun and woven into fabrics it is worth from 25 ceots to $1, according to the figures of a Boston correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune. Massachusetts has 8,000,000 spindles, and annually manufactures 1,250,000 bales of oottoo This cotton she buys from the South at 5 ceots a pound. After she has spun and woven this cotton she sells a very large part of it back :o us at 25 cents to $1 a pouod That is why Massa chusetts is rich and the South is poor "Tho South, says the Picayune, "hew the wood aod draws the water ; it docs the drudgery of producing raw material for thc North to manufacture and get rich upon. It is this wbioh keeps the Sooth poor, and always wiii, until the Southern people shall manufacture their owo produc s." WasbiDgtoo, July 6.-Gen. Joseph Wheeler was today ordered to report to Gen. Oas at Manila for service in the Philippine inlands. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Initial Correspondence Paper. To S'ippij th? wants of our c::etomcrs wl c ! dem-ind finer corrpsr-or;derjC3 p2prrs with j steel die S'^onped illuminated i;:iti-ils wc r<-; c?ntlj placed an ordvr with a factory for -1 ! speen:! lot of fine p<:p?r. This paper bas jost ! been received, aad we ire no;--- offstuvg : to j O'jr patrons. Tba paper ia o tz'r. q ialtty. j and berri1 ..fore siuuiar paper Las been obtain- ; ab*e only by specie: order for ench indi vid- j aal. H. G. Os'een & Co. j THE STORY OF UNION. The Union Times relates an inter esting aud valuable story of hov the town of Union embarked upou the then somewhat dangerous sea of cot lon manufacturing. It is a tale with a morai but above all a:> account cf pluck and business daring which is not often (quailed. We suspect, nowever, that lhere waa also a good deal of Round business judgment and isagacity which prompted tbe citizens of Union to do as they did. The Times teils the story in this way : In 1893 a few of Union's wide awake business men decided to build a cotton mill-ideas indefinite-but something like a $100,000 mill. Our broad minded mayor, John A. Fact, and that phenomenon in mill con etructiou, T. C Duncan, waited on our citizens for subscriptions and secured about $34,000 Nest week they made a contract for brick and material for a cotton mill-with a board o directors who had nerve to endorse the mill paper for thousands of dollars, the building was com pleted aud machinery mstalled at a cost of about $150,000. The stock jumped to 125 and sufficient issued to take up outstanding liabilities Ic 11896 The contract was given for 4,000,000 brick for the new 73,000 spindle mill with hardly any subscription pledged ; only the direc tors and machinery men intimated that they would see President Dun can through He did some sweating before he completed the largest mill in the south, but he did it-bas every dollar of stock placed and paying good dividends to the iucky stock holders This determined action of Union's citizens displayed a strong confidence ip the future of the cotton mill indus try and a commendable spirit of local pride. There was behind their move, of course, a personal money backing sufficient to make good their obliga tions, but few men, especially in this, part of the couutry, arc; willing to act as these Union men did There are towns in South Carolina stagnat ing today, wherein live men just as well off, perhaps wealthier, than these men of Union But they pre fer to remain "town killers'' not "town builders '' A more liberal spirit, a greater degree of confidence in the future of their locality, and a desire ta benefit others while at the same time adding to their own store ! of worldly goods, wouid make Unions out of other South Carolina villages But Union's progress has not stop ped. The third mill will soon be built and three miles of railroad wiil be constructed to connect it with the town. President Duncan will then control The Times claims, the largest milling interest under one management in the south, the capital stock aggregating about two million dollars. That is nearly sixty times the amount of money which he actually had behind bim when he started. The judgement of the Union people and those who aided them is amply vindicated The Times can well afford to challenge the south for another such record This interesting 6tory of The Times was called out by reason of some de- | spondent words of exortation which the County Recorder addressed to the peopie of Bisbopville, as follows : We understand that there is some hitch in the oil mill business on ac count of the fear entertained by some of the subscribers that they may incur libility for the debts of the corporation. This is absurd. The law specially provides that the stock holders of banks shall be liable beyond their stock for an equal amount, but there is no such require meet as to industrial enterprises While the controlling conditions are possibly different, the contrast between the case of Union and that of Bishopville ie very great, and other towns besides Bishopville out to profit thereby. There is such a thing an being over confident and reckless in investments and that course is as disastrous as simple stagnation, perhaps moro so in its tendency to discourage other en terprises, but the Story of Union's growth can but do good and furnish an encouraging .example for others There is nothing like knowing ins. when to take the floodtide which 1 ieade ou to fortune.-The State. i our stomach is cue of the first symptoms of a coming dilliuus attack. Cure it with a few doses Dr M A. Simmoos Lirer Medicine. Rau-ove causes of menstrual suppression, exaggerations ar.d irregularities by taking Simmons Sq:aw Viee Wine cr Tablets -^ .?.? ? -^ Cali, see and buy, embossed or floral Crepe Paper H. G Ostsea & Go. Digests what you eat. It;irtificiariyd;ge> > ]icfoodan Aaids : Nature in strengthening and recon- | structing the exhausted digestive or- 1 an>. It is the latest discovered dipest- ! ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in eflici< ney. lt in- ! sta ni ly relievestand permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, | Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, j Sick I ieadache, Gast raigia,(.'ranips, and ell other results of imperfect digestion. Prepared by E. C. DeV.'it'c A Co. Chicago . For * aie in Sumter by flambs ia-Ligon Co. j iLANT LIFE, to be vig orous and healthy, ra ust have Phosphoric Acid and Nitrogen. These essential elements are to plants, what bread, meat and water are to man. Crops flourish on soils w ell supplied.with Potash. Our pamphlets tell how to buy and apply fertilizers, and are free to all. GERriAN KAL! WORKS, Nassau St.. New York. FIRE ! FIBE ! is an ominous eonod to the mao who isn't iosured, wheo he sees bis home disappearing io fi mes aod smoke. We can hardly have any compassion on bim, when it is so easy aod at socb a small outlay to provide against ench loss A policy io the Hartford Iosnr aooe Co. costs yon bot a small sum wuen we draw it for you, and gives you security as safe 9 the Bank of England. A. C. PHELPS Cfc, Gen'lIcsuraDce Agents, Sumter, S. C. Mcb 15-o NEW SPRING MILLINERY. The Ladies of Sumter aod County are solicited to cali and bay their 'Spring Hats FROM THE i NEW I MILLINERY $ STORE I of Mrs. L. Atkiosoo. Our goods are ail new and the very latest New York style. Our l rices are low-Our terms strictly cash. Call and see os before buyifcg. We will be glad to help yon select a be coming bat. Respectfully, Mrs. L. Atkinson* Next door to Bank of Sumter. Mcb 29-7 LANDS WANTE PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALE are requested to put th>im in my bands tor sale. I sm in constant receipt of so many letters of enquiry about landa from Northern and Western parties, that I may be able to effect sales for those who will gire me accu rate detailed descriptions of what they have No charge will te made unless satisfactory sales are made Description J mast be such ss can be guaranteed and mutit give: No. of acres, location, character of land, proximity to railroads, post oSces, schools, churches and to*..ns, kind of improvements. Communications strictly confideut, when so desired. JAMES G. GIBBES, State Land Agent, Nov. 10. Co'ncobia. SC BOARDING. HAVING TAKEN the House on Main Street second door south of the Nixon House, I am ptepared to accommodate a lew jeguUr boarders, und also lodging and meals to transient customers. Terms reason ^le. Mas. W. B. SMITH. Sept. 8 NEW MAN SN TOWN. Blacksmith and Wheelwright. IHAVE OPENED ON LIBERTY Stree J near corner of Harvin Street, and sol ici any work in my liue and guarantee satisfac tion. Horses Shea for SOc. all rotm&j if Eorso is in gcod. condition-Cash or Equivalent. Girral repair work of ail kinds done at correspondingly low prices. I have rc-fcrercrs from best people of Maycs ville where I wmk'd the past ^ear and ircm Caxden, where I did business fur 17 years. Special prompinr 9 piven to work for physicians ai d eas*-? nf urgencv. ' W. T. HALL, Wheelwright and Biccksmitb. I' di The iSs^ut Sfor Hiss but price the same as ortlinary brand*. Orujrsrtsis : buy Anv lrSodai:) bu kam sell it ai five.ceuisaii j ounce, (iroeers sell it i:; packages^: 10c. a pound ..r '.'> !1 undi; for 25c. H Ss Exactly thc Same Sodlss Trt ge the >e?l you must >;i packages put Dj> by cheiuanuiacturor with the " ANVIL BRA ii O TRADEMARK. Glenn Springs, So C. Special Rates for June. A GREAT OPENING. The Glenn Springs Hotel has opened with most gratifying results for the season of 799. The list of visitors for the opening is not only much larger than usual, but it comprises the best names in the State. This famous resort has come to be recognized as the best, and the health and pleasure seekers from all over the South go there. Spartanburg takes a pride in this great resort, and the indications point to the most successful season in the history of the Springs. The fact 13, the water of these famous Springs is, for certain diseases, a specific, it is unequalled in the United States. The new hotel is provided with all modern improvements and conveniences, and whether for health or pleasure, no finer place can be found. The reputation of this resort is made. Nothing The Herald could say can add anything to it, but it is gratifying to know that the prospect for the season just begun is most flattering.-The Herald, Spartanburg. Glenn Springs is an ideal spot for health or pleasure seekers. Being ose thousand feet above the sea and OD the summit of one of the many foot bills of the Bine Ridge mountains, tbe air is oool, light, *< nd invigorating. The grcunus comprise one hundred acree and are well-shaded by aagnificeafc native osks. first, class livery will be 00 the grounds for those wishing to visit the many points of interest Lear tbe Hotel. Some of the other amusements are Billiards and Pool, a Dew Ten Pin Alley, Shooting Gallery, Tennis Court, and all other amusements usually found at first-class resorts. Those who do not care for the other pleasures and amuse ments offered will be charmed by delightful music by an Italian Band from Washington, D. C., which will play morning, after noon and night. Water for sale in Sumter by the Drug Stores. For rates of board apply to : SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Jute 14 Glenn Springs, S. C. SEROUS OPIE DOLLAR ~ ^m>^^ ' Cu? this adi out arni send to us with 41.00, and we will send von thia W^SS^^fo _^^S^ lj& rcW 3PR9V2I>AC3K QL'Kt.NI'A'.aO lOKoAS.byfroi^iiCC.Oi 1).". sobj et ^-~-^L- jl| tocximirs !i n. You eau examine it at y nearest freigftt d spot. and ^ L iL Lk.' ^ ^f- fjr^^MmmflE ir you find it *;xa'.*tl7 as represente!. e< nal zo organs that retaii at 'rtf i?^ ^^^8^^^^p ^^^*!% STS.uOto ISM), a , the greatest vain vj ou ever yaw anti far better than * j ^^^>B^x^^.f^^S ^S^.\ onran? advertised by others at roer- aonr , jay the i.-ei^hca^-enccur 3 JJHgpj^Tp? ^^^^i'fKft^ h^ Bl nerUI !)0 niter price, SCI. -i, less theil, cr& 0.7 and freljhtchar es. J]^MSi', IHBj KKsl&i $31.75 !S OUR SPECIAL 90 DAYS FKCE, g^ g TUC IP*!'* f lJCCU JJ oaeof tbo ;icstiiurah an'i w -to *toned in- Vi--e:.'? Pf'' ^Wlly^&S^ j .iE". A tVlC yUCl_H strurncntscver ade. From theill^tration jj^''' M^^^^^LWBS^ soma idea o its beaotifol appearance. Made iron: Solid g s <A=^ ^^- - --j^-^-: B $ j^Hal Quarter Salved Oak, antique nish, handsomely decorat- ~~j =-~y-IS|^5B8S53L jQa8 5P edandor;-..i::: nted, latest 5399Style. TliK AfUi: qi'EK^is ^^^^ ^g^^^^^^^^^^Ej 559 pound*; contain:, 3 o-:aT <,n stopsa^ follows-. l>iapav>n, /'tt SB^SS^^^ ^T^ ^^^fSS^^SS^^^^ Principal, E alciaca, r -do la, Ceifst-, Crestona, Baw Cocp er, f'ff^PBc^SBc^gB^^^B^^^^^j^aB^^CT TrpS:.i Coupler, !>Iapr. .n erle. Principal Kort-, and Vox Murna- 1 f^g-^SSS-1 "^^^^^^^^^^^^^BB^^^3 Sweet Ulidia K^d , 1 S ?t f 37 CbarniB^ly Krlllian Ole.te , fe: - T"^'' ^^--^^-^ BBS1 ^gSl !te"di, 1 Se: of 21 RlraSelio^Saoolh Diapason Scads, 1 Sst of ? j~ .' fjgsCI ^^^^^^ ^?^^^ iff I iffil TUT p iC flllCCN ac iou consist of tho celebrated jj JO B G AK 1 )frW^U3^SS ^w S W A int Abffik^UCCil Se**! Sec*, which are only u.-^ed jp| gK;ctJ frjy V y& jf^ fl l^ j moi Co*np <Tn w! Yoi Humana, ali?o bestPcteefelts, leat'.iero^^^^^^^jip:1' ? j. .'. fi ; j j P]S B] il P| and'nnes loather i:!'valve^ TH E ACrV E^UEEN B | " I ll % J' " }l !3IG E1 finished with a 10x1* beveled plate French mirror, nickel gT3&S;!!,'.''i ? ? : R. ." .. V ??'.:.] ' 'IWSJS&SM plated pedal framer and every modem improvement. WR <253^\$' ' 'igr -s>-~ .'. $; ? ?!?! ! "j '' .'y SsES rt Kl UN;;::: FCEK a handsome or^an stool and th* best organ || S2?> p j t f* f ii RELi S L ty IS ESTABLISHED ' ?^^^^^^^^^^M cot dealt with ns ask ynnr neighbor abont us, write ^^y^^z^-^i ^ ^~^^' '' -v/'^iS"? .a^5) the publisher o thia paper, or Metropolitan National g ^^^^g^Bss I.. : " "^_>i^>-3.::.;k c--i^r tank. National Bank of the Kepabltc. or l'.r,nk of Commerce; Chicago: or Ucr?nan Exchange Bank- New vorJc 0P any railroad or express company in Chicago. > ha .- a ca,,!; ! 0f ot -r 450. i n.(:o, occupv enti-e one of t e lam est bt:si:ie?s blocks In Chicago or. e:.tp'...y over OSpeop e >n our own building. WKSK .L OKGiNsiiT Sa:' 00 aad op; PIANOS, $1^5.00 jd an: a:.-'> everything io musical instruments : t lowest wholesale prices, v.'rite io a sperini organ, ;>iano and musical in .trument catalogue. Ad !:.?.. .. " * - SEARS. ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.). FuItDn. DesolainesandWaymauSts., CHiCACO. LL. J. Hf. ROBSON & SOW Commission Merchants, And dealers in AND COW FEED. KAY, GRA Consignments of Eggs, Poultry and Farm Produce Solicited. Weights and Goods Guaranteed. No Hobson & Son, Charleston, S. C. Feb 16 -x Caveats,and Trade-Marks obtainedand all Pat en: I ?. . scoaducteufor woo CRATE Fees. iOr? Crmz is OPPOSITE U. S. PATC.N r O-ICE1 .. . wc eau : p : nt ;:i lv.es taac t:ua ht - jo:cfro.-n Washinstca. Send model, drawing cv pkoto^ v.-!:!i dr?;crip . .n. Wo advise, it patentable or not, free off abarre. Octfce not due till patent is secure _ i ^ PAMPHLET, '* li' Ol ' :-: mts," v th< cost ct same irr thc U. S. and foreign ccuatricsj at free. Address, THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. and County Depositary OPP. PATENT OPPICE, WASHINGTON. D. C. t A\vvvwvvvvi^'vvvvvi'*vvvyvvvv T City Capital stock p id in, . . $75.000 CO Undivided surplus, . . . 16,000 GO [adi~iduni abil tj of stockholders io excess of their stock, . 75,000 CO Transacts a ren rs] bankinp; bi inejs : also h .'. Savings Bank Department. Deposits of 1 and upward received. In tero?? a! owed at tbe rate ol -i j er ceri:, per aon-du?, pavabie sera i-ancoallv. W. F.'B. BAYNSWORTH, President. MABI S MOISE, W. F. RHAMK. Vice-Presider, t. Cashier. Jin ll