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WEDNS8DAY, JAN. 23? 1801. The Sumter Ifaic/tman was toundeo in 185? and the True Southron in 1866. The Watchman and Southron now has the com bined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly the best advertising medium to Sumter. LOOKOUT FOR HIM. Mr. L. L. Thomas, of North Caro? lina, who te ai presset spending seve? ral months with his soo. Mr. F. E Thomas, of Wedgefield* io this county, has derided to fill ia his tima by acting as traveliog coUeotiog agent for the Wat ob man and 8 oath roo. Mr Thomas ia an old time gentleman with pleasing manners, and bas had some experience ta the Hoe of work he has taken io band for os. We think he will be able to make his calls pleas? ant to oor friends as well as agreeable lo as. We commend bim to oar fe tends and citizens generally and ask them to help him along, and also to be on the look? out for him. Senator Manning last week introduc? ed a wide-tire bill and will renew this phase of the ight for the improvement and preservation of the publie roads. The bill has oom moo sense theory and practical resales to recommend i^and it should be courted. I A bill bae been introduced io the legislature to abolish, corporal punish? ment in the schools. Some genius should cow ?ntroduoo a bid for the elimination of the old Adam that ia so -often a large part of the school-cb i ld 'nature Morai suastoo and school .management bf tove alone are beaoti -fut theories, bat in practice an applica? tion of hickory, oil is sometimes the only efficacious means of reaohing the -seat of a school boy's fee?ogs Street Commissioner White is * making sucht eisaocess with clay and Band sidewalks that we believe it would be a good idea to make clay and sand streets instead of waiting Tor,good streete until the oily is able to pay for macadam. The firemen who serve the city without remuneration and at consid? erable personal sacrifice and expense object to being fined wheo oircom stances render it necessary when going to a fire ot night for them to ride a bicycle without a lighted lantern Thew contend that ss the policemen are permitted to ride at. eight wtthost lighted Inc te ros the firemen should have the same privi? lege wheo k is necessary to ride without a lantern. The position taken io tfet? matter by the firemen appears to be reasonable, and we tra?! the OHf CoacoU will, at the next meeting; lake the matter under consideration The lynching methods adopted in Kansas and Golo*&do exoeed in brutality aaytfeiog of the kind that ever occurred in th ie State and the only paralied eases recorded in the Sooth happened io Georgia and Texas severa! years ago lt seems that the ordinary lynching methods so long in vogue in tbe South do not appeal to the highly civilized and humanitarian tastes of the descendants of Kansas abolitionists who' Toved the negro race at lor>g range Pardoned by the President Columbas, 0 . Jan 21 -The Dresi. ?eoe bas gran tod a pardoo to ?lames W. Alias John fi agaa, convicted of forgery and seoteooed to two years io the peoiteoitary of South Carolioa. Hagan was a student at Norway Uni? versity Bis crime ?as the forging of the name of a pavee to a postal order while secretary to the postmaster at O angebarg AMERICANS BITTEN. New Vork. January 21 -The Evening Pest saye : American hold er6 of British Government bonds to? day made koown the fact that the ? per cent income tax had been exact? ed from them by the British Govern ment. This unexpected exactior bas materially lessened the return or their investment, and disturbs al actuarial calculations undertaken a the time the $28,000,000 allotment o exchequer notes was made in th( United States. There is trouble ia the Columbii duck mill between the white aw Don't you think it worth while to save quarters, halves and dol? lars on Underwear ? All the lots we advertise are strictly new goods bought for this season's trade, and it will pay any one to buy now even if they have no immediate use for it, as a good woollen suit of Underwear will last for several years. Regular price Cost price 25 pr ct off price Men's natural Wool Shirts and Drawers, $1?0? 83c T?C Men's elastic ribbed Wool Shirts and Drawers, $1.00 T8c T5c Wright's health Underwear Shirts & Drawers, $1.00 83c T5c Wright's health Underwear Shirts & Drawers, $1. %$? $1.23 ?#113 Wright's health Underwear for Boys, t*?C 4tlc 38c Cold winds and blustery weather for the next ninety days, you had better lay in a supply of Heavy Underwear at the above prices. STILL SELLING All Overcoats, Winter Suits and extra Pants for men, boys and children at Quarter-off Prices, which means that we are not getting actual cost for a great many goods. Terms strictly cash. D. J. CHANDLER, The Clothier. THE THOMAS SCHOLL BILL Thc bill introduced io the boase bj Mr John P. Thomas, Jr, of Richland to provide for expert supervision of the public schools is one measure that we oao aod do endorse in so far as i's general features aod parposes are eon cerned. As to the details of the bill we are Dot prepared to express a deci? ded opinion for the reason that we have I QOS had an opportunity ro examine the fail text of the bill. Tbe parp?se of the bill is to remove the office of coun? ty superintendent of education from politics aod to have ooly eooneteot and trained educators appointed to this office. If tho Srate is ever to have a public school system worthy of the oame there mast be a radical departure from tbe methods ?od management heretofore io vogue io the counties. It has been tbe exception to elect ?thoroughly qualified teacher to the office ; the rule has been tc elect tome mao who wanted the office, tod his personal popularity oat weighed any question of incompetency. More ofeen than otherwise the me? elected have had cone of the qualifica? tion? of training io school work aod management, oor even of education, absolutely necessary to the intelligaot aod efficient discharge of the duties cf the effioe of county superintendent The result bas beeo unsatisfactory to the public and the effect oa the publie school system has beeo deplorable aod injurious io the extreme. The State has bsd a public school system io same ooly aod the people with children to educate bave flocked from the country to the towns, despairing, after years of waiting, of any improvement. The election of cono ty superintendents of education by popslar vote bas oot beeo the ooly obstacle in the way of secur? ing the right men to Bil the office ; the question of salary has beeo folly as influential in keeping thoroughly com? petent men oat of the office. The salary raoges from $300 to $600 per year, a a few eoaotie8 paying a little better sal? aries. The eonseojuenee has been that the meo best fitted by training and ability would not aceept the office, even if it bad beeo offered them, for their services are io demand at remunerative salaries to the graded schools cf the towos aod cities and in the bigh schools and Colleges. What mao would aceept ao elective office at a salary of, say, $500, wheo ha oao always obtaio a position that will pay hf ca from $800 to $1200 a year ? Few, if aoy, and oo one blames them for not sacrificing their time and talents. As we understand the Thomas bili, it is first to remove . offioe from politics, make it an ap? pointive office ana to provide a salary sufficient to seoure the services of the most competent moo. If the bill becomes a law thc schools will have export supervision and a sys? tem will he evolved from the chaos now existing so that in a few yeare thc good results will be apparent to the least dis oerningobserver. At 5rei, however.tberr will bo much local dissatisfaction, arid we greatly fear that tbe new order cl things may not be given a fair trial before it is.condemned. LIFE AND TIMES OF QUEEN VICTORIA. The Changes in Govern? ments-Development of Science and Art. From The News and Courier Victoria Alexandrina was born at Kensington Palece, May 24, 1819 She was the only child of the Duke j of Kent, the foortb son of George III. ?nd the Princess Lonisa Victoria of Saxe Cobonrg Her parents, who had been for some time residing abroad, hastened to England jost be j fore ber birth in order that their child j might *'be born a Briton The j Doke of Kent died a few months after tbe birth of his daughter, and the general education of the young Princess was directed, under her mother's care, by the Duchess of Northumberland Until within a few weeks of ber elevation to the-throne, her life was spent in comparative retirement, varied by toora through different parts of the United King dom Queen Victoria succeeded ber uncle, William IV, June 20, 1837, and her coronation was celebreted in Westminster Abbey. Jone 28, 1838 On February 10, 1840, she married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg Gotha, known in history as "The Prince Consort," by whom sbe had nine children. Prince Albert died in 1861, to the great and inconsolable grief of tbe Queen, wno cherished his memory to ber dying day with tbe most profound devotioo. Tbe "Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the j Highlands," published by Queen Victoria in 1869 give a most inter esting view of the private life of the Queen and ber Princely husband ; and the "Life of the Prince Consort," complied under her Majesty's di rec tion by Sir Theodore Martin, dis? closes a picture of domestic happi ness ?-?rely attained by tbe occupants of*' s Prince Albert was a man of rong mi Dd and of a broad'and varied culture, and he left a deep impression upon Soglieh society and j politics After his death the Queen j withdrew very much from purdie j view, though s^e always continued to manifest the deepest interest in ; all that concerned the welfare of ber j people, and io the moral, social, in j tellectual and artistic progress of the ! nation. In spite of ber popularity ; she did not entirely escape the usual j penalties of greatness. Her life was j several times attempted by crazy ! fanatics (none of whom, however, was put to death for the treasonable crime,) and in each case she display? ed a royal courage and dignity. The political events of the reign which has just closed are of too varied and extensive a kind to be even glanced at ic the present sketch When Queen Victoria ascended the throne she found Lord Melbourne in office, and non? of her prime minis tere, except Lord Beaconsfield, ever held so close a placo in her pprsoral friendship as he did Sir Robert Peel, Lord -lohn Russell, the Earl of Derby, Lord Aberdeen1 Lord Pal moreton, Mr Gladstone, Lord Salis? bury, Lord Rosebery and Lord Salis bury again also at diff?rent times during her reign controlled the Government, and through all the 6tnics and vicissitudes of partit s which these changes of administra tion indicated, the Queen berne her Her knowledge of business was remarkable, and it is stated on j authority that ber personal attei I was never absent from thc adm tration of the affairs of State, that while yielding entirety tc course of Constitutional Governm she impressed ber own views wishes very deeply upon the pc of her various ministers Knowle is power, even in Courts and C neta, and a sovereign whose min a store bouse of political history precedents necessarily affects, frequently in a very important deg the action of successive generati of ministers That this inflaenc Queen Victoria's case has beei judiciously and discreetly exercit is a striking proof her political * dom What ? wondrous change since Qa Victor iascended the throne. W change- iu the aoadition of peop What a wondrous mareb in science i literature What marvellous gro* and development everywhere On the continent of Europe there i a civil war in "p&io, ending to banishment of Queso Corittioa ; German customs onion was foonde there wai the Freoeb revolution 1848 ; there were three iosorreetii in Vienoa ; conflicts io the street! Berlin ; a republican rising lo Bads the siege aod capture of Rome by Freooh, and its oeoopittoo by Fret troops, which was to last no til 186 the election of Louit Napoleao as pre deot of tbe Freoeb republie In 184 49 there was the war betweeo Aust Land Sardinia, by which the whole of i ! Lombardo Venetian ktozdom was at jeoted again to Austria ; the uprisi and defeat of the Magyars ; the wi of Schleswig-Holsteio aod Deomsi Theo came thc "eoap de etat" Fraoee, and tbe proclamation . Napoleon III as emperor of the Freoc the war between Russia aod T?rke and the Crimean war Another gre event was tbe abolition of serfdom Russsia by Alexaoder II. Tbe Fren aod Eoglish expedition against Chit was not particularly creditable, for grew out of the opium traffic. Th? came the frightful mutiny in lodi which no Eoglisbmeo speaks of, to th day, without a shudder. France at Sardinia ejrgsged in war with Anstri Fraoeh won at Magenta aod Soifcrio and Lombardy was ceded to Sardioii Franee took Nice and Savoy. Garr baldi now loomed np ai a disturbio element, oeoupied Naples aod ultimati ly foreed Victor Emanuel to marc upon Rome. Tbe Southern States < the United States of America witbdre from th? Unioo, with consequences wit whioh we are all familiar Napolea persevered with his Mexican expeditio tn thc expectation that tbe South an North would remain separate ac independent of each other Maximi lian, the likeness of an imperial crow! put on, aod before a lino of muskets, prisoner and discrowned, at Qaeretaro In 1861, William I, of Prussia, wa crowned and Bismarck became preei dent of tho ministry. Developing rapidly her military strength, Pruesii fought Austria tn 1866, and defeats hor decisively at Sadowa There wa Venetia op^ed to France to be ceded u Italy. The next great erent was the Franco Prussian war, whioh ended io tbi downfall of tho French Empire, th' capture of Paris hy rho Germans ano the coronation o' King William at Emperor of Germany R^me b^cam* the scat of the Italian G >vornmi*ni, anl thc Capital of Taly. Spain, after a taste ot a Sardinian Priooe a? it.? monarch, became comparatively f-u? qui1, under the rule of Alphonse Xii. The war between Russia and Turkey began. Witb the Russian army in eight of Constantinople, Lord Beacons? field played his tromp oard in orderiog 10 OOO Indian troops to Malta The Ooogress of Berlin patched np a peace, aod Beaconsfield harried home to proclaim that he bad seoored peace with booor. Tbe Freoeh Bepablio, born of tbe woes aod losses of the Franco PruFsiao war, grew io strength aod solidarity. Then followed the death of William of Germany, the accessioo of Frederick to the German throne aod his death, ansi theo the accession of William II, the present Empero*- of Germany, and the graod son of Victoria There bat also been the war becweeo Greece and Turkey aod tho ooDqaest of Egypt. Witbio tbe last few years Spain has beec driven oat of the New World, and tbe United States have extended their possessions across the Pacific * * * # Fidelity to ber responsibilities as sovereign was a marked characteristic of Qaees Victoria's esreer Sba was not tn sympathy with Liberal ideas, or with aught that savored ol' Radicalism. Tbere vas evideoee of this in the difference between her treatment of Mr Gladstone aed her treatstsnt of Mr Disraeli. Tbe precedents were always complied with, and Mr Gladstone was authorized to form a mi tis try, whee thc party which he ?cd bad defeated its opponents ; bat tbe recognition was always reluctant, nograciots. Tbere was no accord between thc great English Tribune sod tbe deseeedent of a loog linc of "German lairdies " Mr Disraeli was on a totally different foot? ing. IQ bis subtle way bc pretended that he sought only to know what wa? her majesty's will, while Mr Gladstone explained what was the people's pleas ure. Toe Qaeen was as autocratie and as obstinate as Qaeen Elizabeth bot, like the greatest of the Tudors, she know when and where to stop, and never went coo far. Whatever else is said, there is oo difference of agreement upoo ose point Though sbe was autocratic ia tempera ment, there is always tbe prond and vivifying fact that she purified the Eoglisb Court, sod kept it pure ; that she was fair bf al as wife, and as mother : tbat, in fino instead of abus iog tbe opportunities that raak and power gave, she made herself a bright and beauteous illustration of all that, in womanhood, is noblest aad highest, most gracious and best. - - -IM? - A Prominent Chicago Woman Speaks Prof Roxa Tyler, of Chicago, Vice-Preai* dent Illinois Woman'? Alliaace, io speaking of Chamberlain's Coa^b Remedy, says: "I suffered with a fevere col? th is winter which threatened to rou into pneumooia. I tried different remddies bat I seemed to grow worse and the medicine upset my stomach. A friend advised ms to try Chamberlain's Congb Rem? edy and I found it was pleasant to take and it relieved me at once I am now entirely recovered, saved a doctor's bill, tims and Buf? fering, aod I will never be without this splen? did medicine again." For sale by A. J. Chiaa. VENEZUELAN CASE CRIT ICAL. Lcodon Jan 19.-A dispatch from Carawa, Dutch Went Indies, to lieu ter'a Telegraph oom pony, says the relatioD.? between inc United State?? std Venezuela have not improved and that the United Sta-rp minister, Mr Fraocis B Loomis, bas sent a strongly worded .iote, which is even described as b.Mog praotioaily an ultimatum, to the Ven ezuclan government. Hazlos Will be Slopped. i Washington, January 21-The Congressional committee that investi? gated hazing conditions at West Point will make a report tomorrow ! and recommend legislation which the? believe will result in the aboli t?o a of hazing for ali time at the Academy. The committee will find that the inquiry developed that haz? ing bas been generally practiced, and that in many instances it has been of a brutal character, and will also find that Booz was brutally hazed, bat v^ill not ascribe bis death to the re so't of the hazing The majority of tho committee favor a statute which will provide, not only for the expel i sion of a cadet who is found guilty of hazing, but a provision that a cadet expelled for such canse shall not be eligible to reappointment, and shall be forever disbarred from boiding|a commission in the aimy of the Unit? ed States. This probably will be the legislation recommended to the Boase. The Cuban Constitution. Habana, Jan 21 -The central com? mittee of the Caban constitution ii convention reported at the publie tee lion of thc convention today tb* propos? ed constitution. The document con? tains tome modifications of thc original drafts. After il bad been read the confection adjourned until Thursday. Thc central ?oca mutee are not anani? mons with reference to several feat? ures of the scheme, and that there is likely to be considerable discussion I' before fioal action takes plaee The propeled legislation does not contain aoy providions regarding the Hotted States and Cuba. In thc project submitted there is a o'aase, in addition to the original draft, providing that 80 days after the adoption of the eleetoral law the ooo 8titutioe shall go toto effect. The electoral law will be drawn np ns soon as the oooftitutioo is completed. t Be Fooled the Surgeon*. All doctors teid Reniek Hamilton, of West .iefferioo, O., after suffering 18 moBlhs from Rectal Fistola, ba would die un ?ess a costly oporation was performed ; bot be eared himself with fire boies of Bock lea's Arnica Salre, the mre?t Pre cure OD ?arta, ?nd the best Saire ia be world. 25 cents a box. Sold bj J. F. W DeLorme, Druggist 4 WE are prepared to negotiate loans ?a improved farming lands in Somier ina Clarendon Counties on long time in amoaats of $300 and upwards at* sere:? per cent interest, and with no expense to the borrower except a small brokerage commis? sion We can also negotiate loane in any amounts at 8 per cent on terms to m.t the borrower. Applj to LEB k HOI3F, Dec 19-2m Sumter, S- C. ASK YOUR FRIENDS! YOU FINO THAT TEBRB ARE KORE Csed by people who know a gocd piano 'bat any otter make. It6 because Sticff Pianos are bcttfr and cost iei?S 'non otKrs. Movtng, Tuning and Repeling J Accom? modating Terms. Catalogne and book of suggestions cheerfully giren. CHAS. M. STIEFFj Warerooooe, 9 North Literty Street. Factory-Block o?" B. Lafayette Ave. A ikon and L**v *pt* BALTIMORE, MD.