The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 27, 1899, Image 6
A Truce on Christmas.
BRITISH AND BOERS OB
SERVE CHRISTMAS TO
THAT EXTENT.
. Loadno. Dee 25. 4 80 a. at ? Tbe
fjar ofttt bu rtoeirtd a cablegram froee
IN* Foreotter-Wolker dated at Cape
Taft? yetttrday, ?atitf; "Hat* eo
, farlbtr ttwt of Iba geoeral Sittetioo."
Il aaay bo almost eafely predioted
tbal aotbiog will ooaar today A
kW, eilbar foreaal jr ioformal, ia
beteg kept by ibe oboarteooe of
Obhataaaa by Iba oppootot, foreoe
Tbe Dak a of Oooaaogai again preened
bo |a> allowed lo to to tba frool. bet
Ibe gotaruaaaet daeiieed lo gita tie
??00*11 Tbea wairieg eoeeidart'iooa
ef raak, be of er ad bia aar tiara to Lord
it aar tepaetty at a ataff
L?rd Roberta ooeoeoted, but
age gettraaaeel agate dealtoed
Tee Merotog Poti'a eorrotporaaet
as Obieralty. telegrepbieg Mroday,
Deo It. aed eoelrajiog iattlligtoeo
already oabltd, taya : "At dawn
wfdey Ibe ootaato atraek oatep tod
tofttod a at* eea tbree an lea to tba
eagtb. twtog lo ibe aoaraity of water "
A dtapalab frost Moddtr rtear,
dated Dee II, taya : -Tba Boera
o?lie we tittediog tbe trtotbtt
Twey gear bate etarly SO bailee 1of
tear to tbt d tterkt dat aorib of tbt
Irillib eaetp. vbieb aleo it it ae
tjgtjtiaiit peeitioe for dtfaeat, at tbt
ttjaiuatdiag ewwttry it perfeetly Ittel.
Tbe Beere, eaoreoeer, erej toot pol lad to
kmm a foree ettititiad ai 20.000, in
m$m m eeateie tbt Briiitb eoioojo
A twffcw' aaetber ef Lord Nttboeo'a
tyeaadtd baft rsoortred tad art rttdy
.^ee fwfntlt tbtir platte Ig tbt rtoki M
A dioptteh lo Ibe Daily Ntwa from
Madder rtter, waled Pee 18, taya:
Wt art tee? waiiiag oatil fiogltod
?wall baft reejiied ibe aeiaal faett. It
km lo be admitted ibtt. aaae for man,
fjg baft lowed oerttlttt pretty wall
L bei tbt Bear bat alwayt Iba
ef poaiitoet
"Let artglaad tbta bto^mt alirt to
wee weed ft a fort bar 100.000 mao
r*Bta% a foree will prort tbt treett tooo
eeiy ia ea?l*eoed tad treat art."
A et tog atitor oewa iitatt it it an
agaattd tba! Ool Maebioaoe baa beao
oaiiiilid lo eoeitlaod tbe tity of Lot
dee Itafetitl rolee teere Tbe Sit
teoatb Laeetre bare beet ordered to
freat Boat bey to ibe Capo to
ibe prtttitg ated of oaralry
Tig Otatdiat Col Kette rd bat bete
Bfa? rated to Ott. Frtaeb't ttaff
It it restored ibat ib? Prot Statt it
ggggt to ntofa ibe eeat of goftraattot
rreei Bteeojfoeieie to Witoipeg, tbt
former btiog itdtftttibit
Dr. Leyda. who bet agtio bett in
bar fit f/ad, tteerti ibet tbe Boera beat
aeiple traft tad emmtottioo, daeltriog
tagt taey bttt Maaaara teoogb lo gite
?nab ogrgber two and at equal comber
gf Marttoi Httryt
'Tba guraitg popart are aererely
tr itieitieg ibe ftoi ibei Ota Sir Cbtrlet
Warrto'o ?iftb dif itioe it btiog oul'i
to rwiafored tandat poiatt, ioitttd cf
betei oooeeetread el oaat.
A BOER ACOO?NT OF
i TUOBLA.
Pretoria, 8oodey, Dat 17 ? Oter
iff baadred Brttieb prteoeero, oeptarod
wt Ibe battle of Stornborg btft trnrtd
gare. Tee? beta beta taktt lo Wtttr
rail tt joia ocber prioooero.
Aa offiotal teeoaai of tbt Boar
eeeaalitaa at Ibt be?tie of Tagtla Riftr
tart ibirtf rata were killed or wooodod.
Ota Sebeikberger'e report of the
bittli ditpttabtd froej tbt bead laager,
Bag 18, tayi:
"Friday at dawo tbt day loog ti
peettd r ,'ittd. Tbt Prttorit detaob
eta at ef artillery gare *ba alarm Ota
Bo liar'a Lady am Hb relief oolamo tu
ig beult array, adfeeeieg ob Ibt Bier
getttiot, tloat tt ibt Togtla aed
Gelttat Tbt etoirt eooaiattd of ao
immeoae troad of ioftgiry, Itokad oo
aaab aide by ?wo belteriat, with atroog
beditt of eate ry eapporiiog Tbt
Boer artillery proeorrtd tbtolatt ti
leett, tot dteeloeiog itt potittoo Tw
wettertet came witbiu rille diittoet of
aar for o moot poeitiot tad Ibt B>trt
tbtt opetad Ire with dtadly (ff ot
Oer artillery tlao tommetoed aod
tppereetly abaoletaly eoefeatd tbt toe
aty, who aero tlloaed lo tbiok tho
bridge wee opoa for tbem lo orott
Tbeir rigbt 0tok. ta ibt meantime,
etuekad ibe Boert' ooeibefmoot p >ti
tito, tat ibt Mtater nfla art aaa to
trtatttdoat ibal tbty note rolled bttk
?be t tptti Witt, loatiog ridgta aod
ridgtt of dttd ttd dyiog hemaoiiy ba?
bied. Agate tba Britieb adraoatd lo
tae ttieeb, bot again fall bttk, twtll
ttf ibt beep* of dead Tbatr oaralry
aberged lo tba rirer, where tbt tirmelo
eeateiaedo oommeoeed oeoh a morder
eat Irt ibat iwo bettaritt of eaonoo bad
le be abeedoetd. abiob tbt Bsero era
gtitg lo briog btre Taiet tbt Britiab
eatayed to brteg borttt to rttiott
abtat Tht flrtt liatt Ibty aeoooed-d
ia bittbieg oe lo oot otoooo. aod oo
tbe aeaoed Irial Iba borttt too mto
ftll ia e baep.
"Then tbe Bmitb atrt io foil re
Iretl to tbtir oaap, wbeo tbty aoot a
beery abrapoall fir . oo Kulwtr bridge,
aerae? tba Togtla, lo prartol ihn
bargbtra fr?re rttorering the oanoon.
"Tbo Fragt! aMoobo. Villtbus. ond
ibt Oorojto attache, Braun r-ay tht
igbl eooid not hate hwn impmfed
apoo by tbt araai^a nf Korope Oeoa.
Botba aod Tneiot wort alwayo ai tbe
taoet daogaroea poiota cf tbe ftgbl.
"Klefea aaabolaooea r tooted tbt
Bai deed ead
"Such a trsmeodouH canoooacie h??
?eldom been heard Tbe veldt for
Bailee wee oovered with deed aod wound
ed. It was a moet omening British de?
feat Nine of tbe oaaooo have etooj
beeo brought across the river.
"The British asked for aod were
granted a twenty-four hour. ar
mistiee ?
?MB? ???? -
Gataor* Issue. Reconcen
trado Order
Oape Towo, Monday, Deo 18 ?
Ge? Getaore, io order to oheok intur
reetton among tbe Daten oolooists,
aod to prevent dieaffeoted pereoos
givieg information or other assistaooe
to tbe Boers, bes tanned a modified
reooooeotradn order. By tte terms all
melee over 12 veers of age, of what
ever eatiooality, reeidmg outside of
towoa or villagee, bot within a radios
of 12 miles of military oempa oow
established, or hereafter to be establish*
ed eortb of Stork sir oouo, era required
immediately to vaoate their plaoes of
resideooe aod either to remove to tome
plaee eateide the 12 mile samp radios
or to form a eamp io eloee proximitj to
the nearest military esmp?the spot to
be seleeted by tbe ofteer oomminding
?where they most reside ontil farther
ootiee, providing for their ewo oeeds
All persoos foood within the radios
wit hoot passes will be arrested.
Advioee from Oolesborg asssrt tbst
oot maoy oolooial Dateh have joined
Ibe Boers io that district.
Certain residente of Malmesborg
eelebrated Gea Qetaere'e repulse at
Strom barg by a dinner
Better Feeling in Cuba.
Statements of Gen Wood Give
Patriotic Assurances of
Honest Purpose.
Haben a, Deo 24 ?The evente of
the laet few days bare had a great
effect oo Cobau politics The oir
oumetancee atteoding the arrival of
Gen Wood and departure of Gen
Brooke, taken with tbe epeeoh of the
former nt tbe fere well baoqoet to the
letter, in wbioh tbe iotentione of tbe
United States government were
restated, have satisfied the Cubans
that Cuba will oertainly be indepen
dent within n reeonnble time
More than thie, the arrival and
Eublic and private utterances of
Loratio Robena beve increased tbe
reetful feeling thnt now apparently
exists among all olasses
Mr Rubens bee, without doubt,
considerable influence. Wherever
be goes he ie cheered by tbe people ;
bie room at tbe hotel ie thronged
with Cuban offioiala eeeking an inter
view, end altogether be ie regarded
eomewbat in the light of an oraole
Every influence ie being brought
to bear to atop tbe proceedings
against the custom boose appraiaere
oow under arreit on obargee of
fraud
Tbe judges, the supreme oourt,
fisoal and many other important
officiate ere releted to tbe persons
under suspicion Gen Wood eaye
that if the appraisets are guilty tbey
must be puniehed, no matter who ie
bort If their relationebip to the
judges ie euch ae to disqualify the
latter from giving them ah impartial
trial, judge or judgee from eome
other province will be aeeigned to
try them
Gen Wood dec!area that if Judgee
deolioe to perform their duties, tbey
will be iropeeohed io Cuba juet ao
tbey woald be anywhere elee
The Patria, commenting upoo Gen
Wood's remorks at tbe farewell diu
ner to Gen Brooke, eays :
"It wee a moat aatiefaotory apeeob,
with a pleeeing military eiraplicity
Obviouely tbe Uoited 8tatee intende
to fulfill tbe terme of the joint reeo
lutioo, and Gen Wood ie tbe men
eeleoted ae tbe inetromeot for tbie
task "
Two Murderers Lyoobed.
Boltoo, Miss, Deo '23 ?Two negroes,
oamed Jim Martin eod Fraok West,
were lyoobei oo the Biker's Creek
bridge, e qaertor of a mile weet of thie
plaoe, ehoat 8 o'elook tooight, for the
marder of eo eged erd highly respected
oitig)u, oemed Miltoo S Haire, and
eo attempted crirrioel assaolt oo his
oieoe, Mies Cerrao.
Tbe murder was oold blooded. Hob
bery wai the iooeotivo, tbe negroes
being ooder tbe impression that a large
sum of money wee concealed in tbe
buose Martio aod Weet were cap?
tured about 10 o'elook tbie morning
It nqmred a whipping to make tbe
former confess, whso be broke down
aod related tbe whole story. Tho towo
marehel brought the prisooors to towo
aod plaeed them io the eity prison
About 7 o'elook a mob of ISO unmask
ed meo broke opeo the plaoe aod took
the two meo to ibe bridge west of town.
Nooses were piaoed around their neck*,
th ? other eod of tbe ropes being tied to
(he orose tiee. aod they were told to
jump off the bridge Martin at onoe
plunged into epaoe, but West had to be
pushed off
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the /^laf S/frf^ 5
Signature of TttZSXiU
Squandering Public Money.
Washington. Deo 25 ?The moat
notable thing about the present
attitude of the Hanna McKinley
machine is its apparent recklessness
in arranging for legislation that will
result in tbe extravagant ezpendi
tare of public money They seem
to take it for graoted that tbe people
are too dazed to see through their
schemes, ono of the most costly of
which is the ship subsidy job which
is to be started with an appropriation
of $100 000.000, to be disbursed in
ten years. This job wss endorser!
by Mr McKinley in his message, and
by the republican National Committee
at its recent meetings, and it is to
posh it along that Assistant Post
master General Perry, and Com
troller of Currency Dawes have
been selected ao long in advance of
the campaign, and in absolute
defiance of the ?Jivil Service law to
prepare literature- to be distributed
by the natiooal committee The
principal duty of this republican
literary bureau for several months
will be to try to fill republican papers
with demands for the passage of tbe
e'trip subsidy bill by Congress, in
order that tbe weak kneed repobli
cans in Congress, who are. disposed
to balk on this subsidy business,
may be made to believe that the press
of their party is demanding tbe legia
lutioo If this job goes through
Congress, aod is signed by Mr
McKinley, it ought to and probably
will, make thousands of democratic
votes in the Presidential campaign
A nd that isn't tbe only contemplated
job Io fact, it looks as though the
Hanna-McKinley machine, in its
recklessness to spend public money
in the interest of its fsvored
eopportere, would furnish a first class
lot of vote making democratic cam
paign material
Boss Plstt hss already half won
hia fight against Secretary Root as
tbe nominee for vice president on the
McKinley ticket, as Boss Henna has
publicly said that there was no dis?
position to force Mr. Root on the
l ioket if he was not acceptable to'the
New York delegation But Platt is
not to have everything his own way,
?nd it is praotioally certain that he
will not be able to get 'hie man. Tim
Dthy Woodruff, on the ticket Uanna
played a strong anti Platt card when
be got a boom atarted for Cornelius
Bliss, who was Mr McKioley's first
isoretary of tbe interior, and who is
every bit as objectionsble to Platt as
Root And he dropped a hint for
Plstt when be said that if New York
wanted a second place on the ticket,
it would have to present a united
delegation at the convention, other
wise tbe nomination would go to
lome other state Already Attorney
General Grigge has a minature boom.
That Mr, McKinley does not re
gard his re-eiectieo as an assured
thing, may be judged from the fact
lhat he has already partially made ar
rangements for an across tho conti
nent stumping tour, similar r> tbe
one he made last fail The excuse is
Io be the launching of the battle ship
Ohio, st San Francisco, which is to
take place sometime in September or
October Mr McKinley will attend
the launching on a special train,
going by oue route and returning by
another, and will make rear platform
speeches wherever the party mana
gers may oonsider them necessary
Similar trips are to be made to the
New England states, all of which
?hows that Mr. McKinley isn't ex
peoting the walkover that less
?brewd members of his party are pre I
dioting.
Subscriptions to tbe fund tbst is
being raised for the widow and chil
dren of Gen Lawton, who was killed
in the Philipinea, are oomiog in quite
rapidly The total now exceeds
$11.000
Tbe administration has refused to
order Geti Wheeler to either re
main in tbe Pbilipiues, where he is
said to be much dissatisfied with the
command given him by Otis, or to
return to Washington lie got a
friend to endeavor to get Mr Mc
Kinley to drop a bint on the subject,
and that is the sort of hint he got.
If Gen Wheeler returns, be will have
to resign his commission as brigadier
general of volunteers
Senator Marion Butler, chairman of
the national people's psrty commit
tee, has sent a letter to each mem
ber of that committee asking for tbeir
views as to holding a national con
ventiou to nominate a presidential
ticket He thinks a convention will
be beld, and tbet it will nominate
Col Bryan. Speaking of tbe con
vention, Senator Allen, of Nebraska, |
who ie a member of tbe national com
mittee, eaid that it made no differ
ence whether the ecu vention was
held before or after tbe democratic
convention, because it waa already
settled that Col Bryan would be
nominated by both conventions Sen
e'or Allen says tbe B-yan elcctore
will carry Nebraska by 25,000 ma
jority
It should be perfectly natural for
tbe army and navy to act together in
offensive operations against a com
MOB enemy, but tiperitnoe, both in
Cuba und in the Philippines having
shown that they do not slwny * do so,
tho recommendation of Inspector
General Breokenrldge that oougreas
provide for a joint army and navy
board, tbe duly of which shall be to
arranged for the co operation of tbe
two blanches of tho army.
A COMEDY OF BLUNDERS.
It TauKhl One Mnn More About
Horses Than He Knew Before.
This Cass aventM resident knows
about as much of horses as, ho does of
the technic of tiger hunting, but a
few weeks ago lie paid $200 for a $10C
horse and since that ';as looked upon
himself as au equine authority. Sun?
day afternoon he was in the bay win?
dow enjoying his morning paper and a
cigar. Hearing a cllckety-ellckety
click on the asphalt, he looked out.
glared, dropped his paper and eye?
glasses and dashed out as though he
wore going to pull a tire alarm.
"HI. there! Stop that team!" be
shouted. "Halt!" And all the prome
naders on the block obeyed, but the
horse trotted along. "Ten dollars to
the man who brings me that horse
dead or alive!" whooped the citizen,
now too much excited to be lucid.
"That Infernal liveryman has hired
him out. and me paying the highest
price for his keep. Til show him! Ten
dollars, dead or alive/* in Richard III
voice, "for that horse!"
A lusty bicycler grasped the situation
and two minutes later had caught the
bit of the horse. The man in the buggy
protested, swore and threatened, but
the grinning wheelman trotted the
whole outfit back to the excited citizen.
"Unhitch him!" he shouted. "Some?
body will pay big money for this! Call
a patrol wagon. What's your name?"
Then the citizen turned pole and
gasped:
"Three white feet! My horse has but
two, and he's smaller. My mistake,
gentlemen and ladies," for there was a
crowd now. "Beg pardon." And he
started for the house.
But the man in the buggy Jumped up
and wanted to flght. The bicyclist de?
manded his $10, and the crowd Jeered.
A policeman came In time to referee.
The wheelman got bis $10, the real
owner of the horse accepted a humble
apology, and the liveryman raised the
board tbe next day.?Detroit Free
Press.
TRAPDOOR SPIDERS.
The Carious Nests That Thea? Iua;e?
nlous Insect* Construct.
A curious species of insect Is the
trapdoor spider, whose nest consists of
a tube excavated In the earth to the
depth of six or eight inches. It Is al?
ways lined with silk, and it is closed
with an ingeniously constructed door.
One sort of door closes Into the nest
like a cork iu a bottle, another Is as
thin as a piece of paper.
In all cases the door opens outward,
and when the nest Is placed, as it usu?
ally is, on a sloping bank, it opens up?
ward, so that there is no fear of Its
gaping. The object of the trapdoor Is
to conceal the nest, and consequently
It is always made to resemble the gen?
eral surface of the ground. Sometimes,
however, an enemy attempts to open
the door, and theu the Inmate brace*
Its legs agaiust the sides of the nest
and holds it as fast as possible.
Still other spiders have inner doors
besides outer, so that if their first de
feuse be carried they may have anoth?
er behind which to retreat. More curi?
ous still Is the ingenuity of the branch
trapdoor?that is to say, a door that
opens from the main tunuel of the
nest into a side branch, which the
stranger could discover, since there Is
nothing to distinguish it from any oth?
er part of the main nest. So, then, If
an enemy should effect an entrance
the lawful occupant of the nest can
quietly slip \u*o the side branch, close
the door and there remain in security
while the Intruder wonders what has
become of her.?Our Animal Friends.
A Fountain of Anta.
The house 1 was then occupying was
a buugalow. and, as is the ense with
many bungalows, the Inner walls were
constructed oif merely sun dried bricks,
and In the recesses of one wall a col?
ony of white ants had established a
nest. It was evening. I heard behind
me n buzzing sound. I turned, and
from a hole near the bottom of the wall
I beheld n-fountain of young white
ant 3 ascending. They reached the cell?
ing, and then the descent commenced.
Tbey alighted by thousands on the ta?
ble and there shook off their wings. In
a few minutes the cloth, the plates, the
glasses, even the lamp shades, were
covered wLth the little white feeble
crawling creatures. The fountain of
ants continued to play for at lenst ten
minutes. When, next morning, the
floor was swept the wings that the
ants had shaken off filled a large bas?
ket. What became of the ants them?
selves 1 cannot say.?"Haunts and
Hobbies of an Indian Official."
A Famous Distillery.
The poor receive all the profits of
one of the most famous distilleries in
the world, that which Is connected
with the monastery of St. Bruno, In
the department of Dnuphine. which Is
better known as La Grand? Char?
treuse. The distillery Itself is a con
slderable distance from the monas?
tery, but it stand* on land heloilglug
to the order, although the French gov?
ernment has a claim over it.
The monks of St. Itruno. although
they are sworn to poverty, have con?
trol of an Industry which produces
ntxjut $100,000 a year profit, of this
one-third goes as a contribution to
the fund known as IVter's pence. An?
other portion is devoted to the mam
tenancc of hospitals, and the remainder
Is devoted to subsidizing poor churches
throughout France and to the per
aonnl relief of poor applicants, without
distinction of ulltlfcli or creed. It Is
Interesting to note that those who have
control of this lucrative business an
expressly forbidden by their vows :<
cany on a trade which could resiil
in a profit to i hctUHclvcM.
Matty Mitenipts have Immmi uiade to
purchase the business, otic notably by
the Rothschilds, but all hitvt* failed,
liecnusc the heads of the order consider
that they are pot justified in selling the
business to ii firm thai would make a
personal profit by it. Cincinnati ICfcV
qulror. ,
DREAMLAND.
I heard hhn laugh in Iii? deep last night,
1 heard him laugh in Iiis rli-op,
And softly up to Iiis bed I crept.
As softly as I could creep.
And I bent above him as he lay,
1 bent and whispered low,
"O beautiful dreams that to ch'ldhood come,
I, too, your joys would know!"
And I listened as soft hr laughed again,
I listened, and the n I sighed.
I wondered where he was wandering
While DrtanlSUd'S gates stood wide.
For I could not follow where he went,
For my wings had been clipped by care,
And only those who can soar on high
May enter sweet Dreamland fair.
Bot I could patiently watch and wait
An?! love Inm as there he lay,
tor Dreamland's wonders he'd tell to rne
When back he came with the day.
So I was glad when he laughed in his sleep
Was glad, and I knew no pain,
For, led by the hand of my laughing boy,
Dreamland was my own a^aln.
?Morning Guide.
SHOOTING OUT THE LIGHTS
An Occnwlon Whrn the Old Ranch?
man Saw tu? Trick Done.
"According to western stories," said
a former ranchman, "one of the favor?
ite amusements of frontier despera?
does Is 'shooting out the lights.* I nev?
er saw It done but once, but the luel
dent made sufficient Impression on my
mind to last me for life. It was at
Benton. a small camp on the old 'Stake
Plain' trail. In northeastern New Mexi?
co. I was staying there over night
with a couple of cattlemen, and we
naturally gravitated to the only resort
in town, a sort of combination of bar
and gambling house, ;n a rough one
6tory building, containing a good sized
single room.
"The bar was on cue side, and on
the other were two cr three 'Mex'eau
monte' tables, over er.ch of which were
several large coal >il lamps la wall
brackets. In the center of the place
was a chandelier containing three
more, altogether giving a good deal of
light. We were sitting at one side
smoking and talking, when in rushed
half ia dozen drunken cowboys, beaded
by a well known ranchman named
Bill Wells.
"The crowd were out for excitement
and didn't care how they got It. They
took several drinks and theu clustered
around one of the monte tables. In a
few moments Wells insisted upon mak?
ing a bet over the limit, to which the
dealer objected. 'If you don't turn for
that bet, I'll shoot out your blankety
blank lights!' bawled the ranchman.
'The leemlt es feety dollar,' said the
Mexican dealer, and the words were no
sooner out of his mouth than Wells
and his gang pulled their six shooters
and began blazing away at the lamps.
"About 25 or 30 shots were fired, and
almost at the outset the place was in
complete darkness. Of course there
was a stampede, but 1 remember being
surprised that I had heard no crash
of glass. Half an hour later I wem
back and found the place lit up as
brightly as ever, Wells and his cow?
boys having been taken a\vay by
friends. The roof was full of holes,
but not a single lamp had been hit.
What had put them out was the con?
cussion of the shots in a confined
?pace." ? New Orleans Times-Demo?
crat.
An I i:sonulit Pnrilon.
Among the stories of that former
governor of Texas familiarly known
as Sam Houston is more than one
amusing tale. ,
There was a financial agent of the
penitentiary who had warmly opposed
the election of Governor Houston, but
was particularly anxious to retain his
own pleasantly lucrative position. Con?
sequently the governor was soon In re?
ceipt of a petition in which the man's
ytars of faithful service and special
qualifications for the place were set
forth iu glowing terms by himself.
The governor sent for him and said
gravely, "It appears from'this petition
that you have been in the penitentiary
eight years."
"I have," was the reply.
"And during that time you have per?
formed faithfully every duty that has
come iu your way to the best of vour
ability?"
"I have," answered the agent, his
courage swiftly rising.
"Then, sir," said the governor, with
the air of one conferring a priceless
favor. "I pardon you out!"?Youth's
Companion.
Jn?t In Time.
"Hello! Is that Mr. Highmus' resi?
dence?"
"Yes."
"Is that you, Fanny?"
"Yes."
"Are you alone?"
"Yes."
"So am I. K very body else at the of
'fiee hits gone. I want to talk to you a
little. Dar"?
"'Sh! Don't you know the girl at
the central office is listening?"
"Darkness. 1 wns going to say. may
come on before I get around this even?
ing. It's a nice day. isn't it? Well,
goodby."- < 'hlcago Tribune.
Ha* It Had.
"Why, I didn't know she had the golf
craze."
"Yon didn't? Oil. it's a terrible ease.
Seems to have struck In. She sold her
canaries awhile ago and won't have
anything but bobolinks In the house
now."- Chicago Times-Herald.
Dunned With n Purpose.
Debtor Don't be so anxious to col?
lect this bill. I'm not goiug to run
away.
Creditor Rut I am. Baltimore .Tew*
Ish ('omment.
^ft CUBAN RELIEF cures Colic,
JJv Neuralgia and Toothache In
live minutes. Sour Stomach and
Summer Complaints. IVieo 25c.
Sold bv rlagbsoe-Lifoe Co
?S CUBAN OIL cures Cuts,
k [turns, Uruises, liheumsv
lam and Sores, Prloo, 25 vts.
Sold by Hughson-Ligoo Go.
Atlantic Coast Line RaiM
Company of Sooth Carolina. ?
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
Id effect November 19th, 1899.
SOUTH. NORTH.
No No N No No
?35 t57 ffi6 ?32
8 02 Lv Darlingtoo Ar 8 05
8 45 Lv Elliott Ar 7 20
9 25 Ar Sumter Lv 6 40
3 f6 L?r Somter Ar 6 03
4 ?9 Ar Crettoo Lv 5 15
5 45 Lv Crestco Ar 3 50
9 15 Ar Prevails Lv 10 00
5 29 Oraogeborg 4 46
6 12 .Denmark 4 17
kid ?in pmpm
?Daiij. tDmIv except Sunday.
TrAioe 32 aod 35 carry through Pollmao
Palace Buffet Slee^iog' Cora betwaeo New
York aod Macoo via Augusta
TM EMERSON, B M EMERSON,
Traffic Manager. Gen'i Paaa. Art.
J R KBNLY, Oeo'l Manager.
Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure*
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food an A ald?
Nature In strengthening and recon?
structing the exhausted digestive or?
gans. It is the latest discovered di Test
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach it In efficiency. It in?
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn.
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea.
6ickHeadache,Gastralgia,Cramps,and
all other results of Imperfect digestion,
x Prepared by E. C DtWItt 4 Co.. Chicago*
For sale io Sumter by J S Hogbeoo k Co
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
Jsra?
North-Eastern R. R. of & C
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH
Dated No. No. No. No.
Nov. 19,|'99. 36* 23? 53? 51?
a? p m am
La Florence 3 25 7 46 9 49
La Kiogatree 8 55
Ar Laoee 4 33 9 13 pm 1103
Lo Laaaj 433 913 6 20 1103
Ar Charleston 6 03 10 50 8 ?0 12 45
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. No. No. No.
18? 32? 62? 60?
am pm am pm
Le Cbarleatoo 6 33 4 49 7 00 4 00
Ar Laoee 8 03 6 14 8 32 6 39
Le Lanes 8 93 6 14 5 39
La Kiogetree 8 20
Ar Florence 9 20 7 20 7 05
am pm am pm
?Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
No. 52 runs through to Colombia via Ceo
aal r. r. of s. O.
Trams Noa. 78 and 32 run via Wilson aod
Fayetteville?Short Lioe?and make close
connection for all points North.
Trains on C. k D R. r. let va Florence
Joily except Sunday 9 50 a m,arr**e Darling?
ton 10 15 a at, Hartaville 9 16 a m, Cberaar
11 30 a is, Wadeeboro 2 25 p m. Lea v.
Florence daily except Sooday 7 55 pm, ar
rive Darliogtoo 8 20 p m, Beooettsville 9 17
did, Gibsoo 9 46 p m. Leave Florence
Suoday omy 9 30 am. arrive Darliogtoo
10 06 am
Leave Gibson daily except Suoday 6 00
x m, Benoettsville 7 00 a m, arrive Darling?
ton 8 00 a m, leave Darliogtoo 8 60 a m, ar?
rive Florence 9 15 am. Leave Wadeeborc
daily except Suodoy ft 00 ^ m, Cberaar 4 4 5
p m, Bartsvilla 7 00 a m, Darliogtoo 6 29
p m, arrive Florence 7 00 p 03. Leave Dar*
liogioo Sunday only 8 60 a m, arrive Flor?
ence 9 15 am.
J. R. KENLBY, JNO. F. DIVINE,
Gea'l Manager. Geo'l Sup't
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Maoager.
B. M EMERSON, Gen'1 Pass. Agent
Atlantic Coast Lina
WILMINGTON. COLUMBIA AND AW
GUbTA RAILROAD.
Condensed Schedule.
Dated November 19, 1893.
TRAINS GOING 80UTH
No. 66 No. 35
p. m.
Leave Wilmington ?3 46
Leave Marioo .6 34
Arrive Floreoce \1 16
p. m. a. m.
Leave Florence ?7 46 *2 34
Arrive Sumter 8 67 3 If
No. 62
Leave Sumter 8 67 *9 40
Arrive Columbia 10 20 11 00
No. 62 runs through from Cbarleatoo via
Central R. R , leaving Charleston 7 a. n,
I Lanes 8 34 a m, Maonmg 9 09 a m
TRA1N8 GOING NORTH
No 54 No. 63
a. m. p. m.
Leave Columbia ?6 40 ?4 15
Arrive Sumter 8 05 5:5
No. 32
a. m. p. m.
Leave Sumter 8 05 ?6 06
Arrive Floreoce 9 20 7 20
a. m.
Leave Floreoce 9 60
Leave Marioo 10 30
Arrive Wilmingtoc 1 16
?Daily fDaily except Sunday.
No reruns through lo Charleston, S . O.
v.a Central R R , arriving Menn.og 5 41 p
m, Lanes 6 17 p n , Chailtatcn 8 (>0 p m.
Titttnson Con way Branch leave Chad* ouro
f> 35 p no, arrive Con v.a*. 7 40 p tn, return?
ing leave Conwav 8 3<> a m, arrive Crma*
j bourn 11 20 am, leave I h? dt ourn 11 tO a ra.
arrive Hun 12 25 p tn, re'urniDg leave Hub
8 00 p m, arrive CfcedbaatO 3 35 am, Daily
except Sunda) .
r. R. K KM Y. Grn'l V.M. per.
T. M. IMBRbOM, Tteffir Manager.
H.M.EMERSON Gtn'lPaea Agent.