The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 06, 1901, Image 3
WOMAN COMMITS 8UICIDB.
Jampa ID a Shallow Well and
Drowns Herself.
Magnolia, S. C , Jan. 31.-Mrs. Walter
Bu Bose, of Shiloh comcrooitj, committed
suicide oo Monday aigbt, Jan. 28, bj drowc
iag herself io the lot well, which is not deep,
bot nearly full of water.
Mr DaBose saja that after sapper be walk?
ed over to a neighbors, near bj, bot had not
bees there long before his little sooti cams for
bia to go home, at the mother bad disappear?
ed suddenly and coa?d not be found. He
went immediately and after a few minores
search, fosad the dead bod j of bis wife in the
well, which was about 20 steps from the
baas?. He said she ate ber sapper as asoal
that night, and acted in a natural manner.
The deceased is a daughter of o<d Mr. Alex.
Lemmoo, familiarly called "Uncle Oho."
Her baabaocl is a grandson of the lat? Hr.
J. P. or "Jack" Plajer whose son, Henry,
-commuted suicide a few jean ago by jump
lag into a "lot well." She attempted suicide
last fall, by partially severing a rein ia ber
arm, escaping death. Tbere are conflicting
SB rn ors aboat the tragedy, ai is generally the
case No inanest was asked for or held.
R.
?. L. I. Prize Drill.
At a meeting of the Sumter Light In fan tr j
held kat Tbar8day night the committee ap*
pointed to 89?g?*t aa entertainment fer the
company, suggested a prise dril? among tbs
?embers of the company and a flag drill bj
the young ladies friends of the company. The
prise drill squad from the companj is alreadj
well organised with act less tbaa sixteen
mentors.
There ?re three medals belonging to the
compas j intended to be worn bj the best
. drilled men, aa? these medals will to given
io the befit drilled mea ia the compas j, first
second end third, betide? which tbere will be
presentad to the best drilled man ia the com
pan j aa individual gold medal.
All those member? of tba cumpa ay who
desire to enter the prize drill and contest tor
the prisas mest be oa head next Taesday
?ight and enroll their aames as members of
the squad.
After that time ne new members will ba
taken into the seuad. A committee of well
driiled officers belonging to the militia will be
iavited to act as judges at the priisa drill.
None of which j ad gee will have any connec?
tion whatever with the company. The drill?
ing of the squad is ia the immediate ch?rge
of Lieutenant* Pisburne and Doar, and Lieu?
tenant Piabbarne bas been detailed to drill
the squad wheo the contest comes off Tbe
sam? judges wiil also pass npoo the merits of
tba fl?e drill and the pris? will be awarded
to the yoong ladj wno makes the test drill.
The yoong ladies, sixteen io number, have
alreadj consented to aodertake the flag drill
and will meet for organization and drill at
the armory hall &t eignt o'clock next
Wedaeedaj night
A Bill to Fix the Salaries of Coun?
ty Officials.
Tho joint committee cf the general assem?
bly appointed io draft tbs salaries of county
officers has reported by bill. Toe salaries
bave been graded according to "population
and the necessary service required "
The following will ba the salaries for the
ot? ce ra of Semtex county :
Auditor and Treasure $1,125, Sheriff
500, Clerk $375, Supervisor $750, Superin
tendent of Education $650, Coroner $200.'
The County Auditor shill receive a fee of
'25 cen ts for each transferor real estate, sucb
fee to be paid by parties making t,r&osfer
The Treasurer shall be entitled to Soe each
..delinquent taxpayer $i for each execution
made against bim
As to Sheriffs, it is provided io section 4
.that these officials shall receive salaries io
Hen of ali costs and feed except 20 cents per
day for dieting prisoners in C08tcdy, and
actual traueling expenses for'himself and
prisoners or lunatics conveyed beyond the
county.
County Commissioners shall receive $3 per
day fsr actual service, the number cf days
not to ?reeed the namuer fixed by law.
The County Board of Education shall each
receive $3 per day and 5 c?ots per mile of
necessary travel, the number of days cot to
exceed 7
The members of the boards of equalisation
shall reeeive-$2 per day and 5 cents per mile,
the camber of dayt not to exceed toree, ex
eept io years when real estate is to be assess?
ed, wben the number of days shall sot excted
five
The township assessors sball receive $1 per
day, tb? number of days not to exceed two
days, except in jeers wben real estate is to
be transferred, when the Damner sball not
exceed three.
Gib Wilson's Sentence Commuted.
Coiambia, Feb 1.-Gov McSweeaev jester
day commoted to 10 jeers the life teotaoce
of Gib Wilson, colored, convicted io Scatter
- county of murder in 1891, and sentenced to
?death. Tnssenteace later being commoted
to life imprisonment by Gov Tillman. Tbe
term uadtr the eommotatioo will expire next
Jl?rcb
T?ry ftrong petitiont were filed by the
jurors and many others Solicitor W??SOD
says the conviction wa? tecboic?lly correct,
bath? has ascertained that the man'? wife
wa* untrue to b m, and ander the dream
it'nees be thinks a pardon proper ; the prov-,
ocat:on to kill, be says, was great
Other asea, such HS former Direcor T. O.
0-it.d?rs, and present Director A. K. Sanders
ffCimmeaded a pardoo.
The governor thereupon granted the com?
ma talion
IA Gripps Quietly Cured.
"2a the winter of 1898 and 1899 I was
taken down with ? severe attack of what is
called Li Grippe, ' eays F L Hewett, a prom?
inent draggist of Winfield, 111. "The only
sediciae ? asei was two bottles of Chamber?
lain's Cough Remedy. It broke up the eo!d
and stopped toe coughing like magic, and I
bave never since been troubled with grippe "
Chamberlain's Coagh Remedy can always be
depended opon to break up & severe eold and
ward o? any threatened attack of pneumonia.
It t* pleasaat to take, too, which mekeo it
tbe most desirable and one of the most popn
lar preparations io ose for these ailments.
For sale by Dr A J China.
State Bar Association.
The State Bar Association was reorganized
in Colombia Monday night. The following
officers wete elected :
Col G W. Croft, of A'ken, president ;
Mr. J- P. Thomas, Jr , of Colombia, secre?
tary ; Mr. William Melton, of Columbia,
treasorer. Almost 50 lawyers from different
parts of tba State were present.
Columbia's New Building
Colombia is to have a tes storj effice
baudin?, costing $185,060. Tbe betiding
Will be built by the Me?s-s Roberteoo. It
wilt ocenpr the present site of the Kendall
Building Tbis building, will bave a steel
frame and will be one of the largest, tallest,
sod finest office buildings ia tbs Sooth.
BishopTille News Items.
Bishopric, Feb 6 -Miss Fancie Williams
returned to ber home at ExstoTer yesterday,
after spending tome time with relatives and
friends in town.
Mayor W K. Crosssell it oat again after
being indisposed for several day?.
Bisbopville is soon to have a nice Opera
House. We bear that tbe town officials have
jost purchased tbe Seignons let on Mate
?treet and will erect in tbe near furore a
handsome twoetory brick building.
Capt. W S James and Mr. L. L. Baker
are spending tbe day in Sumter.
The store of W. B Carnes caught fire yes?
terday afternoon. The bucket brigade rc
eponded quickly ta the alarm, and soon
extinguished the flames.
Miss Daisy Pearce, a bec-uttfnl young lady
from Cypress, is visiting at the home cf Mr
J M. Hearoo.
Tbe most successful dance of the season
was held ber? last Friday evening. The fea?
ture of tbe occasion was a contest among tbe
daneer* for a prize offered to the most grace?
ful dancer. Ten couples contested, but it
was sooc apparent that Mr. R. L. Hearoo, of
Sishopvills, tito Miss Daisy Pearce, of Cy?
press, as bis partner, would be the winner of
the prim. Miss Pearce is one of the prettiest
and most fascinating dancers ever seen in a
dance ball in this town.
Pneumonia Csa be ?rebated.
This atseaae always resalta from a cold ar
an attack of tbe grip and may be prevented
by tbe timely ase ef Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy That remedy was ex iee si rely used
during the epidemics of La Grippe of tb? past
few years, and not a single case bas ever been
reported that did not recover or resulted in
pneumonia, which shows it to be a certain
preventive of that dangerous disease. Cham?
berlain's Cough Remedy bas gaioed a world
wide repu'ation for ns cures of colds aod
grip. For sale by Dr A J China.
Shooting Affair.
Last week there was a shooting scrape near
tbs railroad yards One negra, GusSta?lej,
shot another negro, Jim Job.soo in the
bacic, nelow tbe shoulder. He escaped, run
ning 8way and leaviog bis bouse open
Johnson was not seriously "\ouoded
Bismarck's Iron Herve,
Was the result of his splendid health. In?
domitable will and tremendous energy are not
found wbere Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and
Bowels are oat of order. If you want ?hese
qualities and the success they bring, use Br
King's Now Life Pills They develop every
power of brain and body. Only 25c at J. F.
W DeLorme's Drug Storo 2 6
The Inauguration
The Seaboard Air Line railway announces
the following very low rates to Wash:ogtOB,
0. C , on account of tbe inauguration cere?
monies on March 4 : For individuals, one
first-class fare for the round trip ; for regu?
lar organised military companies and bands
in Emtorm, in parties of 25 or more, 1 cent
per mile in each direction. Tickets will be
sold on March 1, 2 aofl 3, good until March
9.
Sow to Cure the Grip.
Remain quietly at botte and take Chamber?
lain's Cough Remedy as directed aad a quick
recovery is sure to follow. That remedy
counteracts aoy tendency of tbe grip to re?
sult in pneumonia, which is realiy the only
serions danger Arnosg the tenj of tbou
s*cde -xho have nsed it for the grip co: one
c??e bas ever been reported 'bat did not re?
cover. For eale by Dr A J China.
Clarendon Notes.
Orange blcesems in Manning next week.
??iss May Wilson and cousin, M'as Mamie
Anderson, also Mrs Anderson, Dav- returned
from a lengthy visit in Williamsburg and
Georgetown
Mrs DoBose.rwf.e of Mr Warren DoBose
of Shiloh section, while in a temporary con?
dition of insanity last Monday night, jomped
into a well and drowned herself
A unique entertainment known a3 a "Pov?
erie Sosbul" will he give? in the court bouse
Friday night for the benefit of tbs Presbyteri?
an church. Tue town bas sever bad any?
thing like it before, anti everybody should
get os their beet and go -Manning Times.
JUST ABRIVBD
Two car loads of fine Moles and Boree3.
Come and see them. Prlcts right
Jan 30-lw. W. B. BOYLE.
Meteorological Secor?*
The followiog is a report of oba;rvations
of tbe weather taSen at Statebars, by Dr. W.
W. Anderson, for the 31 days ending Jan.
31, 1901 :
Temperature.
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Condition,
53 47
fO 39
41 35
?2 32
57 30
it 30
58 ) 33
63 41
70 : 44
70 53
75 60
69 47
47 35
57 32
68 i 42
65 I 47
58 ! 43
43T
55
54
65
63
56
55
53
48
5l
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23
28
27
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45
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32
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43 5
41.
45 r
52
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61 5
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Killin? fros's and ie-; on ?be 4tb, 5tb, 6:h,
7th, ?4th, I8:b, 19.h and 20th. Tbe tempe?
rature doring the taootb w*s much milder
than for a number of years pas'., 23 having
teen tbe lowest point to which the mercury
fell nt any time, though the month was mod?
erately eoid and bracing.
THE PASSION PLAY.
Kev. Father Daniel Berberich ?
Lecture Next Thursday Night,
Feb 7th, at St. Joseph's
Cfc ap ol.
? Tbe Christian world was deep!j interested
io tbe wonderful passion play at Ooer Am
mergau last summer Thousands from dis?
tant lands visited it, and periodicals teemed
with narrative and description Father Ber
cencb, of Charleston, took the long journey,
to bim a pilgrimage, and was a sj mpatbet c
observer and iisreoer. fie bas made a special
study of the history and character of the
play, ?cd prepared a lecture which will em?
body tba impressians resulting from hts ob*
serration of the performance and bis perso?
nal intercourse with the actors and villagers.
Moreover he ha? procured at considerable
expense, fifty etereopticon views, taken at
Ooer Ammergau last summer, for lecture pur?
poses.
Father Berberich will deliver bil lecture at
St. Joseph s Chapel, Thursday night, Febru?
ary 7tb, at 8 o'clock, aad a rare treat awaits
those who attend.
Tickets now on sale at all the drug stores.
Adults 25c, children 10c.
Weicht by Incite?.
"Forty and a half," sung out the cut?
ter of a Chestnut street tailoring finn
as he passed the tape across a custom?
er's chest. Thirty-eight was registered
"when the measure girded the custom?
er's waist, and then the cutter stepped
back and sized up the patron's height
as compared with that of the salesman
who was recording the measurements.
"Your weight is 165 pounds," he
said.
"One sixty-seven," spoke up the man
who was being measured for a coat.
"How did you guess it?"
"No guesswork about it. I simply
compared your height with that of the
salesman here, who is 5 feet S inches
tall. You are about two Inches taller,
or, say, 5 feet 10 Inches. With chest
and waist measurements and a man's
height figured out I can come within a
pound or two of his weight every time,
as my close estimate of your avoirdu?
pois proves. Of course there are ex?
ceptions, notably the man with the
very slim waist and wide shoulders,
who is invariably much lighter in build
than his appearance and measurements
indicate. In that case I drop about ten
pounds from my figures and manage to
come pretty near the mark."-Philadel?
phia Record.
They Worked on Benches,
The dignified dame was not really
English, but she had mastered the dia?
lect to some extent.
""My nevvew 'Erbert," she said,
"wants to marry a schoolteacher!
Fawncy! A person who works for a
living! To be sure, now that I think of
it, that is not always a disgrace. You,
my dear, write for the press now and
then, I am told, but you don't 'ave to,
you know. That is different"
"Yes," replied the young person to
whom she was speaking, "but I may be
said to have inherited a tendency to
work. My father and grandfather both
worked for a living, and they were not
allowed even the luxury of a chair tc
sit on. They worked on benches."
"Dear me!" exclaimed the dignified
dame, greatly shocked. "What did they
-ah-work at?"
"Well, my father was a judge of the
superior court, and my grandfather
was one of the justices of the United
States supreme court."-Chicago Trib?
une.
Worth the Difference,
In S. L. Powers' story at the Middle?
sex Bar association dinner the lawyer
tried the case for the complainant.
Sne sued a middle aged gentleman for
breach of promise. He married an?
other girL The jury retired, and the de?
fendant also went his way. The jury
returned, the defendant did not. The
jury found for the plaintiff in $S00
damages.
The lawyer met the middle aged gen?
tleman a few minutes later in the lob?
by of an adjacent hotel.
"Squire." said the latter, "how did
the jury decide?"
"Against you," was the answer.
"I didn't think they would do that"
said the middle aged gentleman mus?
ingly. "What's the damages?"
"That ain't so bad!" he exclaimed, on
being told. "Squire, there's that much
difference between the two women."
Boston Herald.
One of Her Way?.
"The ways of the female shopper
are beyond the ordinary salesman's
ken," said a disgusted optician wno is
in business in the shopping section of
the city. "A woman came In here the
other day and asked the prices of all
kinds and styles of spectacles and eye?
glasses known to those In the trade.
Finally, after a half hour's quizzing,
she rustled out with the remark:
**Thank you. I expect to get a pair of
glasses for a birthday present and I
?ust wanted to know about the prices
of them.' "-Philadelphia Record.
A Fated Spot.
About a mile south of the Michigan
state line and near Cedar lake, Indiana,
is a small spot of land upon which
vegetation absolutely refuses to grow.
The surrounding soil, though apparent?
ly the same, is very productive. The
spot is less thaD 1!0 feet in diameter
and Is located in a grove which tra?
dition declares to have been the tor?
ture ground of the Bawbeese Indians.
In every heme there i* trouble Sun?
day morning in finding the man's clean
underwear.-Atcbison Globe.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tbe Kind Yon Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Obeyed Order?.
One of the officials of tbe road had
invited a party of gentlemen to take a
little pleasure excursion over a part of
the line on his private car. Before the
appointed day he was taken sick and
called in his chef and commissary,
j "Eph," he said, "I have asked these
friends and can neither go with them
nor disappoint them. I want you to
give them the best there is in the larder
and see that it is served as weir as it
would be at the best hotel in the
world."
Eph scratched his head and looked
troubled, but simply said, "Yes, sah."
On the return several of the gentle?
men congratulated the official upon
having such a "man," and one or two
intimated that if E!ph ever wanted an?
other position he would have no trou?
ble in securing lt.
Finally Eph reported. "It wa' a great
outin, sah," he assured his employer.
"Yas, sah; dat's right sah: a stupen
dlficious outin, sah. De gem'men all
done me proud, and I tells 'em it wa'
you, sah."
Then Eph showed the bill, and it was
a stunner for length and amount. He
stood hat in hand until the official said:
"Pretty steep, Eph; pretty steep. Noth?
ing left out and nothing but the best."
"Dat's right, sah. I was rusticated
mos' to deaf, sah, but I jes' says to my?
self, sah, ?at dey was no greater epicac
in de lan dan you is, and I bought and
cooked and served, sah, jes' like it wa*
you."-Detroit Free Press.
The Smothering; Scene.
As to stage appointments, there
were no plush or velvet curtains or
couches draped with satin in early
days. The furniture was as unpreten?
tious as the costumes. Indeed on one
occasion when a lady was playing Des?
demona to her husband's Othello a dis?
astrous and at the same time ludicrous
effect, though of course unrehearsed,
had been imminent through the lack of
even a nail or two to m^ke an old stool
steady.
It was the smothering scene, and the
couch was made up of two chairs and a
rickety stool covered, of course, with
the simplest draperies-a red merino
curtain trimmed with yellow worsted
fringe. Imagine a Desdemona endeav?
oring to recline gracefully, all the while
feeling portions "of her couch sliding
from under her. This is how the scene
was played out:
Desdemona-Kill me tomorrow; let me live to?
night. (I'm falling, dear!)
Othello-Nay. if you strive- (Keep quite still.)
Desdemona-But half ari hour. (Oh. hold me!)
Othello-Being done, there is DO pause. (DI
push the stool under.)
Desdemona-But while I say a prayer. (Do be
quick, Robert, it is slipping.)
Othello-It is too late!
Which, indeed, it was, for the bed col?
lapsed, and Desdemona's body lay up?
on the floor, her head upon the sole
chair, which stuck to its post faithful?
ly.-Gentleman's Magazine.
A Dreadful Moment.
A conductor on the Park line had an
experience the other day that is quite
certain to cause him many uncomforta?
ble minutes in the future. His car
stopped at Spruce street to let a middle
aged lady on, and as she took her seat
the conductor gave the motorman two
bells, and the car shot ahead. When
the conductor entered the car, the wo?
man in question was looking out of the
window and did not see his outstretch?
ed hand.
"Fare, please." remarked the con?
ductor.
The woman evidently did not hear
him, for she did not turn her head.
Neither did she hold out the necessary
coin.
"Fare, please," said the conductor in
a louder tone.
But the woman paid no heed. Then
the conductor touched her on the shoul?
der and in a tone of voice that rang
through the car exclaimed:
"Your fare, please, lady!"
Then the woman turned hastily
around and looked at the conductor.
The knight of the bellcord gave one
gasp and fled to the back platform.
The woman was his mother-in-law.
Omaha World-Herald.
The Two Senators.
Congressman Jones of Virginia told
this story of his father: Directly after
the war Jones senior was sent to the
state senate. An old slave who had
belonged to him was also elected to thc
senate. The two drew adjoining seats.
Senator Jones was very courteous and
In addressing his former slave always
called him senator. The old negro
stood it for some time and finally said:
"Massa William, I don't like dis sena?
tor business. Kain't I come down to
yo' house and visit that cook of yourn?
I suhtinly would like permission to vis?
it yo' kitchen."
The request was granted, and while
Senator Jones was in his library the
other senator was down in the kitchen
visiting the cook.
They Laed Clean Ones.
The head master of a boarding scliool
in Sheffield is very particular about the j
behavior of his scholars during meal?
times. A short time ago the master ob?
served one of the boys cleaning his
knife on the tablecloth and immediate?
ly pounced on him.
"Is that what you generally do at
home, slr?" he asked sternly.
"Oh. no." replied tbe boy quietly.
"Wc generally use clean knives at
home."-Loudon Fun.
Sn perlat I ve.
"There's a lucky mau for you!"
"How's that?"
"Why. he's ?rot a butler so dignified
that he even awes the cook into sub?
mission."- Exchange.
Advice.
"Young man." said Senator Sorghum,
"if you wa ut to succeed In polities
never hreak your word."
"But are there Dot times when it is
impossible to keep a promise?"
"To be sure. But you must make
jour arran^ementR so that you don't
break the promise yourself. Put the
blame on somebody else."-Washing?
ton Star. '
Timid Woman, Calions Brute.
There is an F street real estate man
wlmse pretty home is in one of the
pleasantest streets in the older part of
town. He is just an ordinary man,
with no particular sympathy for the
fears of nervous women; he has been
married 15 years, and his wife is one
of those women who fairly revel in all
sorts cf painful imaginings and fright?
ful forebodings. She always makes
her will when she starts on a journey,
and she never fails to forgive all her
enemies before she trusts herself be?
hind any kind of a horse. There has
not been a night in all the 15 years of
her married life that she hasn't either
smelled smoke or heard burglars. Last
week, in the middle of one night, the
husband felt the familiar pinch which
for 15 years has calloused his arm. He
heard the familiar voice say the same
old words:
"Oh, Charles! Do get up! I smell
smoke!"
As usual, for after 15 years of that
sort of thing even an ordinary man
learns not to argue with a woman, he
climbed obediently out of bed and went
to the window. The street below was
full of people, and a fire engine was
puffing away at the corner.
"Oh, Charles!" called the wife. "Is
the house on firer"
Fifteen years have made Charles*
feelings as callous as his arm.
"Yes," said he brutally; "thank good?
ness the house is on fire at last. Now
perhaps you'll stop worrying."-Wash?
ington Post.
Daniel O'Connell's Fees.
In the National Library of Ireland is
the fee book of Daniel O'Connell. This
volume, In its 100 pages or so of paral?
lel columns, laboriously prepared by
the hand of the liberator himself,
shows in pounds, shillings and pence
his early struggles. O'Connell was
called to the Irish bar in 179S-the year
of the rebellion-and seven days later
he got his first brief, from a brother-in
law, who retained him to draft a dec?
laration on a promissory note. The
only other business he got that year
was also given him by a kinsman-a
cousin-and it was of the same kind.
The fee on each occasion was ?1 2s. 9d.
It was in one of his earliest cases that
O'Connell made the retort that attract?
ed attention to him. He was cross ex?
amining an awkward witness, who de?
clared that he had drunk nothing but
his share of a pint of whisky. "On
your oath, now," thundered the young
counsel, "was not your share all but
the powter?'
O'Connell's fee book is an interesting
record of his rapid rise in the profes?
sion. For the first year, as we have
seen, his income amounted to only
?2 5s. Gd. Next year he earned over
?50, and the year after he made over
?400. According to memoranda made
in his own handwriting his income in
1S03 was ?405, and in the following
years. ?775, ?840, ?1,077, ?1,713. ?2,198,
?2,730, ?2,951, ?3,047 and ?3,808 re?
spectively.
Anticipated.
He was a Scotch minister in a small
country parish, and he was sometimes
put to it for fresh pasture wherewith
to feed his flock. One day, however,
he bethought himself that he had
never thoroughly exhausted the sub?
ject of Jonah, and his heart rejoiced.
Jonah and the whale was a sort of
tiling whereby you could easily drag
out a sermon its allotted two hours.
He was in full career and had reached
triumphantly the anatomical peculiari?
ties ol* the case.
"An what feesh do ye think it wad
be?" he cried in ' stentorian tones.
"Aiblins ye think it wad be a baddie?
Na, na. It could nae be a baddie for
to tak a big mon like yon in his belly.
Aweel, aiblins ye think it wad be a
salmon, but I tell ye na, na. lt wad
na be a salmon, for deed I doubt ii
they ever see salmon yonder. Aweel,
aiblins ye're thinking it wad be a big
cod"
Here an aged and weary voice piped
up from the body of the church :
"Aiblins it was a whale V"
**An the deil hae ye. Maggie Mac?
farlane, for takin the word oot o' the
mouth o' God's meeaister!"-Lippin
cott's Magazine.
Condensed Reproof.
Occasionally there is to be found a
proprietor of a secondhand bookstore
who is something more than the nature
of his business would seem to indicate.
He regards his old and rare volumes
rather as a collection than a stock of
goods and experiences a pang when he
parts with one.
A flippant young man dropped into a
secondhand bookstore kept by a man
of this kind.
Taking down several choice old books
from the shelves, he Angered them
carelessly and replaced them. They
happened to treat of abstruse subjects
and did not appeal to him.
"Are any of these bocks for hire?" he
asked carelessly.
"No, young man." sharply answered
the proprietor. "They are for lore."
St. LOHIS Republic
Lincoln Couldn't Do Jt.
"When I was in Springfield. Abra?
ham Lincoln and General Baker, who
was killed at Leesburg, Va., during the
civil war. made the race for the Whig
nomination for congress," said Dr. D.
B. Hill. "Both were Whigs, and both
were keen fer the nomination. Both
had a strong personal following, and If
both niii the Democrat would win io
the district. So a primary election was
necessary to settle the contest Baker
won i?oth men were at Springfield
when the Dews came. Lincoln was de?
pressed. The crowd to cheer him up
caih'd on him for a speech. Getting
up. he said: 'Gentlemen. I'd like to
com ph with your request but 1 can't
ma Kt- :> speech now I expected to re
eeive the nomination, but I failed. If
1 had won. i know Baker would have
got up here and so charmed yon with
his eloquence :is to make you believe
yon had done him a favor by nominat?
ing me. But I can't do iL' "-Argonaut
SV2CTEE COTTON HASSET.
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Columbia 1:30 a. m. ; arrive Charleston 7:00 a.
m. SJceping cars ready for occupancy at 9:01
p. m. bot h at Cliarleston and Columbia. Theas
trains make close connections at Columbia
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Blackville S.?5D. m. "Pullman Drawing Room
sleepers between Augusta, Aiken and New
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man Parlor Cars between Chariest on. Summer?
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Atlanta, via Augusta, making eonu?vt>jns at
Atlanta for all points Nort h and West. (
Connection at Atlanta with Chicago and.
Florida special, daily except Sunday. Mosi.
luxurious train in th? world.
Connections at Columbia with through traine '
for Washington and thc Kost: also for Jackson?
ville and all Florida l'oints ;
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Washingtou, 1). i!.
HOBT. W. HUNT.
Ifcv. Pans. Agt, <(
<:har?cston, S. C- J
S. H. HARDWICK. W.H. TAYLOR!
'4ea. r.-v-i Afc't.. As?J ?4cn. Pass Agt, j
Wasiiington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga. j
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Tra?Tic Manager.
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