The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 05, 1901, Image 7
A BIT OF DIPL03IACY.
CLEVER TRICK OF AN ENGLISH GOV?
ERNOR OF THE PORT OF ADEN.
Tbe Carions Story Connected With
tie White House of Bab-el-Mandeb.
A Monument of the Undoing: of a
French. Admiral.
On the foreshore of the Arabian coast
in the strait of Bcb-el-Mandeb, at the
southern entrance to the Red sea.
stands a large white house concerning
which the travelers to the far east may
hear a curious story. In the middle of
the nineteenth century, when M. de
Lesseps, after many difficulties, had
successfully floated the Suez Canal
company, the governor of the British
port of Aden, about 100 miles distant,
was surprised one morning by the visit
of a French squadron of very unusual
size for that part of the orient which,
having encountered a terrific storm off
Sokotra, had put in for repairs.
In the mind of the governor curiosity
was at once aroused as to the destina?
tion of so large a command, a curiosity
which increased as he found it impossi?
ble to extract any further information
from the French admiral or his officers
beyond the statement that they were
upon an ordinary cruise, an explana?
tion which the former was not the
least inclined to believe.
Firm in the belief, therefore, that
some political move of great impor?
tance was afloat if not afoot, the gov?
ernor, in order first of all to gain time,
gave orders to go very tortoiselike on
the repairs and then set to work to take
the Frenchmen off their guard by giv?
ing a succession of such entertainments
.as both his slender means and the aw?
ful barrenness of the place would af?
ford.
But though at the end of two weeks
the French and British officers had got
upon the best of terms the immediate
.destination of the French squadron re?
mained as mach of a mystery to the
governor of Aden as before, and in
?pite of all possible delay the repairs
were nearly completed.
Now, it happened that the wife of
the governor possessed an Irish maid,
who had been receiving attentions
from one of the French petty officers
attentions which the girl did not regard
?seriously. It occurred to the governor
that by such means something might
be learned of his unexpected visitor's
plans, and a private conversation be?
tween the governor's wife and her
maid resulted in another between the
latter and her French admirer, by
which it was discovered that Perim is?
land was the objective point
At this information the governor
?opened his eyes wide indeed, for, if the
Suez canal were cut through, Perim. as
?commanding the southern entrance to
the Red sea, in the middle of the strait
?of Bab-el-Mandeb, would be a place of
^rreat strategic importance, over which,
.without doubt, it was the intention of
the French admiral to hoist the tri
.color.
Secretly giving orders, therefore, for
a gunboat to immediately embark a de?
tachment of soldiers and steal away in
the night for Perim island, the govern?
or then announced a farewell banquet
and ball for the day but one following,
a final act of courtesy w:!th which vthe
French admiral would willingly have
?dispensed, for he was anxious to sail,
but which he could not well refuse on
account of the use he had made of the
British supplies and machinery at
Aden.
So the dinner and party in due course
.came off, the governor being in high
apirits, because in the meantime he had
received the news of the occupation of
Perim. which under the circumstances
would surely be followed by the longed
ior promotion, and the French admiral
was equally happy, for he hoped on the
morrow to add the same important lit?
tle speck of land to the dominion of his
own country, thereby covering his
breast with the stars and himself with
maritime glory.
Next day, after an interchange of
?cordial farewells, the French squadron
sailed away to an apparently unknown
-destination, until, when clear of the
land, the course was laid full speed di?
rect for Perim island.
Then what was the dismay and dis?
appointment of the French admiral and
his officers when, on coming in sight of
their destination, they beheld the Brit?
ish flag flying and a company of sol?
diers drawn up to give them a proper
salute. It is said the French admiral
was so mortified at being thus outwit?
ted that he first fi ung his cocked hat
overboard and then followed it himself
into the sea.
Be this as it may, ?s Perim was
clearly already occupied by the British,
the only counter move which the
French could make was to take posses?
sion of a strip of the foreshore on the
opposite Arabian coast, where they
built the fortified white house in ques?
tion, but as the place was entirely at
the mercy of the guns on Perim island
it was shortly abandoned, to remain to
this day as a monument of a French
admiral's undoing.-Exchange.
KeacBins an inaerntan?ing.
The young man was visibly annoyed
at the questions which the heiress' fa?
ther insisted on putting. At last he
could endure it no longer. Ills ances?
tral pride flamed up into his cheeks,
and he exclaimed:
"I would have you understand that I
am no ordinary fortune hunter."
"That's all right." was the stern re?
joinder. "I am just as particular as
you are. I'd have you understand that
I am no plain, everyday duke chaser
either."-Washington Star.
A Remarkable Liniment.
The humorist of the Cynthiana (Ky.?
Democrat remarks: "One of the sur?
geons of Cynthiana has discovered a
valuable liniment. The other day he
used it on the leg of a politician who
had scarcely been able to walk for sev?
eral years Now the politician is run?
ning for orh"? e Another trial was on a
friend's arm The friend Immediately
struck bim for ten."
FAUST'S W?LD CHARGE.
I It Sent Marguerite Flying In Terror
From the Stagre.
i The name of the hero of this anee
! dote I shall not give you. for he has
! long since been gathered to his fathers,
j Let it suffice that in his heyday he
was one of the greatest tenors who
Ever sang to a breathless and enthusi?
astic audience. Ile had a penchant,
however, for the red. red wine, which
I in the end proved his undoing and ulti?
mately provided a pathetic ending for
an otherwise great career. In his prime
his drinking seemed only to affect his
legs, but never his head or voice. He
could always sing and sing true, but at
times he had no more ability to guide
his wandering footsteps than has a
sufferer in the last stages of locomotor
ataxia.
At one time, when he was singing
Faust to Emma Abbott's Marguerite,
he appeared at the opera house in an
apparently hopeless condition. The
management was wild, but there was
no one to take his place, and so they
had to chance it with him as Faust.
All went well until they came to that
scene where Faust, in leaving Margue?
rite, crosses the stage and then, giving
way to an impulse, rushes back and
kisses Marguerite yet once again ere
taking his departure.
Faust on this occasion got to the oth?
er side of the stage all right, but trou?
ble arose when he tried to get back.
Marguerite sits in the window of her
cottage, and Faust comes back and
kisses her. through the window. Faust
measured the distance with a wabbling
eye. but made a start when his cue
was given. Then he seemed to lose
control of himself. One-quarter way
across he was trotting, one-half way
the trot was a run, and the remainder
of the way it had become a gallop.
Up to this point Miss Abbott stood
her ground bravely, but that rapidly
approaching figure awed her, and with
a frightened scream she fled. Faust,
poor Faust, charged on. He reached
the place he had last seen Marguerite
and essayed to clasp the atmosphere in
outstretched arms. Then his impetus
??arried him through the window, and
all that the astounded audience looked
upon were his waving legs. Somebody
pushed him back, and, absolutely un?
disturbed, he finished the opera, sing?
ing in an unusually superb manner.
Not so with the unfortunate Margue?
rite, however, for from then on she was
suffering from a case of "rattles,"
which in simple justice should have
been the property of Faust-^-New York
Tribune.
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PRETTY IRISH GIRLS.
Why the Lasses of the Emerald Isle
Are Beautiful.
The Irish peasant girls have long
been famous for their beautiful, clear
skins and healthy complexions. They
owe much of their loveliness to the
moisture of the climate and the sim?
plicity of their lives. Plain, wholesome
fare and rainwater for the wash basin
tell their own tale. No matter how
homely axe the features of the genuine
peasant girl, her skin Is almost invaria?
bly soft and firm, the arms nicely
rounded, the eyes brilliant and express?
ive.
There are no eyes finer than those of
the healthy daughter of Erin's isle.
Soft and tender one moment, to flash
with passion if aroused; dark blue,
gray or brown, the Irish eye is pecul?
iarly lovely and possesses a luster all
Its own. Long lashes shadow these be?
witching orbs-lashes that curl upward
to sweep the cheek when the face is
betrayed Into blushes.
So much time is spent out of doors
that the feet, usually bare, become en?
larged. The ankle, however. Is usually
well shaped and neat, the instep high
and the skin of baby fineness. The
Irish girl of humble station is proud
of her shapely feet and believes that
walking through the grass before sun?
rise in summer enhances their beauty,
which, of course, it does.
No need to powder that fair skin-it
owes its peachy bloom to health, happi?
ness and the freedom of outdoor life;
no need to resort to the rouge pot-the
roses are there bard and fast nature's
own coloring. The hands may be rough
by hard work, not diminutive, but
shapely; the hair burnished and often
luxuriant.-London Answers.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
It came to the Englishman's turn.
"That reminds me," he said, "of a
lleueed clever conundrum. Ah, let me
Fee. What is that that is covered with
feathers and stands on one leg and
barks like a dog?"
"Covered with feathers, stands on
one leg and barks like a dog, eh? Give
it up. What is it?"
"A stork, of course-ha, ha!" laughed
the Englishman.
-Ohr
Iiis companions were silent for a mo?
ment. One of them scratched his cheek
and looked puzzled.
'Tm sorry," he said at last, apologet?
ically, "but I don't quite tumble. The
feathers and the standing on one leg
are all right-but how about barking
like a dog?"
The Englishman smiled and stroked
his mustache.
"Well, to tell you the truth," he said,
"that was my own idea-to-a-make
the answer more difficult, don't you
know."-New York Sun.
In Former Days.
Tears duns to the long lashes of
Egypt's queen, to say nothing of the
headless slave who weltered in* his
blood at the foot of her gorgeous divan.
It was plain that the daughter of the
pharaohs had received evil tidings.
In the streets the newsboys could be
heard hawking The Evening Monolith.
"All about the football game! Corinth
Latin school. 10; Alexandria Polytech?
nic, 6." t?iey -rere shouting.
"Nov.-. wou/dn't that scald youl" fal?
tered the queen and burst into tears.
Detroit Journal.
MOST COSTLY OF DRUGS.
Some Sell al Retail For More Than
Their Weight In Gold.
"The price of many drugs used in
medicine is astonishing to those who
are not acquainted with the subject,"
remarked a druggist. "There are sev?
eral that are worth their weight in
gold (about $20 an ounce), while $2,
$3 or $5 an ounce are quite common
prices in pharmacy. I filled a prescrip?
tion the other day that cost $25. But
there is one drug that I can recall
which is worth much more than its
weight in gold. That is pseudo physo
stigmine. I don't think that it has a
popular name. It is too rich for that.
In the pharmacists' list it is quoted at
$1 a grain, or $437.30 an ounce. The
seed from which the drug is made
grows in India and Brazil, as well as
in parts of South Africa. This seed,
tradition says, was once used by na?
tive chiefs as an ordeal. The ordeal
generally resulted in the death of the
man upon whom it was tried and so
was considered as a great truth finder.
The prepared drug is sometimes used
now in prescriptions for the treatment
of heart disease.
"Another drug which takes the palm
for costliness is, curiously enough, the
one which is perhaps the most widely
known by name of them all to the gen?
eral public-namely, musk. Its retail
price at the present moment is about
?50 an ounce. $G00 a pound apothecary,
or 21/!? times the value of pure gold, 24
carats fine. It is obtained from the
musk deer, a very rare animal, and is
contained in a follicle, of which there
is only one in each animal, so that an
ounce of the drug represents approxi?
mately one of these precious animals.
As it is largely used for scent, the de?
mand constantly exceeds the supply,
and the price has been steadily ad?
vancing. There is no reason why it
should not go to $250 or $500 an ounce
during the next few years, as the musk
deer is gradually vanishing from the
face of the earth."-Kansas City Jour?
nal.
BEWARE OF THE STRAP.
A Possible Sonrce of Infection to
These Who Ride In. Street Cars.
The connectionNbetween the microbe
and the street car strap has frequently
been discussed and at least one recent
instance has proved somewhat distress?
ingly that danger is likely to lurk in the
piece of leather which helps to support
so many women during the rush hours
of the day. It was to protect a fresh
pair of white gloves that a New York
woman, compelled to stand, held her
handkerchief inside the strap while go?
ing to the theater. On her way home
she was again compelled to stand, and
once more the handkerchief came be?
tween ber glove and the leather.
Whether it was after that or during
the evening at the theater that she
once thoughtlessly put the handker?
chief to her face is a detail that she
does not recall, but two days afterward
a pain on her lip became so intolerable
that she was compelled to see a doctor,
who found her suffering from incipient
blood poisonrvr. which it was already
too late for him to prevent. The most
that he could do was to watch her care?
fully through a long attack of illness,
which at one time threatened to end
fatally.
He attributed this to some poisonous
substance which had passed to her
handkerchief from the strap, and that
was his diagnosis the moment he heard
the story of the ride on the cable car.
She fortunately recovered, and her phy?
sician thinks that the present disfigure?
ment to ber face which resulted from
the necessity of an operation will not
be permanent. The case has convinced
this physician, who is a man of consid?
erable experience in surgery, of the
dangers that lurk in the street car
strap.-New York Sun.
One Improvident Family.
The minister in an adjoining Tennes?
see town was very much wrought up
over the pitiful condition of a parish?
ioner's family. He went to their home
and, finding they were almost starving,
decided that something should be done
for them. He accordingly solicited con?
tributions for their relief. Receiving
a liberal response, he promptly turned
over the money to the suffering ones,
thinking that all would be well.
The first thing they did. however,
was to go to the photographer of the
town and have a dozen pictures made
of each of the five members of the fam?
ily, exhausting the amount, leaving
them in as bad condition as they were
before he had given them assistance
Memphis Scimitar.
Ingratitude.
"No. I won't give you a piece of my
apple." snapped his sister.
"And who was it" the boy inquired
reproachfully, "that spoiled the piano
so you didn't have to practice for a
week?"-Philadelphia Times.
Pasy.
"Fame." said the youth with the ear?
nest intellectual expression, "is so hard
to attain! It is so difficult for one to
get himself talked about:"
"Humph:" rejoined the woman with
cold blue eyes and a firm jaw. "You
just ought to live up in our neighbor?
hood."- Washington Star.
Preparation For Confession.
A priest was engaged in instructing
and catechising a Russian boy. Pres?
ently he said, "Now, my boy, tell me
what you must do by way of prepar?
ing for confession and penace." "Sin.
your reverence," was the unexpected
answer.-Loudon Telegraph.
Inopportune.
"I just saw the young Widow Weeds.
She looked just charming in her mourn?
ing." said the pretty woman.
"I suppose." remarked her crotchety
husband, "that you wouldn't mind be?
ing a widow yourself."
"Oh, it's hateful of you to talk that
way, when you know I've got a blue
silk waist that I haven't worn yet."
Iliiladelphia Press.
Mrs. McKinley's Condition Again
Critical.
Washington. May 30.-Mnch anxiety
is felt at the White House tonight as
to the condition of Mrs. McKinley.
Since her return to Washington this
morning she has not rallied as was ex?
pected. On the contra ry she had pass?
ed a very uncomfortable day, and the
j president had to abandon his intend?
ed participation in the Decoration
Day ceremonies at Arlington. The
President has been by the bedside of
his invalid wife the greatest part of
the day with Dr. Rixley.*
This evening Mrs. McKinley's con?
dition was regarded as serious enough
to justify the calling in of Dr. W. W.
Johnston, one of the most distinguish
j ed ''last resort*' physicians in this
vicinity. Surgeon General Sternburg,
of the army, has also been called in
consultation, and the gravest appre?
hensions are felt as to what the result
may be. The journey home from Cali?
fornia is said to have been made at the
earnest solicitation of Mrs. McKinley.
-R. M.L. In the News and Courier.
GEN. SCHOEMAN KILLED.
Pretoria, May 23.-The Boer Gene?
ral Schoeman and his daughter have
been killed and his wife and two oth?
ers have been badly injured by the ex?
plosion of a shell.
Gen. Schoeman, his family and some
friends were examining a 4.7 inch
lyddite shell which they kept in the
house as a curiosity, when the shell
exploded, killing the general on the
spot and mortally wounding his daugh?
ter and severely injuring his wife and
two other persons.
Gen. Schoeman was a great Kruger
ite. He led the commando of Coles
burg and surrendered on the occupa?
tion of Pretoria. He was afterwards
captured by the Boers and released
when the British occupied Barberton.
The general then went on a peace
mission, and was taken by the Boers
and was again released when the
British took Pietersburg. Since that
time Gen Schoeman has resided in
Pretoria.
The editor of the New English Dic?
tionary points out in his note to "In
Infer" that those who are interested
in the length of words wiil observe
that incircumscriptibleness has as
many letters as honorificabilitudinity.
viz, twenty-two. The authority quoted
for the former word is one Byfield, a
divine, who, in a treatise on Colos
sians, published in 1615, wrote: "The
immensity of Christ's divine nature
hath . . . incircumscriptibleness
in respect of place." In the recent
biography of Dr. Benson is an entry
from the Archbishop's diary to - the
effect that "the Free Kirk of the
North of Scotland, are strong antidis
establishmentarians, " twenty-six let?
ters.-London Temple Magazine.
Beriin, May 28.-Special dispatches
from St. Petersburg assert that Dr.
Hendrik Muller and Dr. Leyds, repre?
senting the Boer republics, have ap?
pealed formally to The Hague Arbitra?
tion Court, promising to abide by [the
decision of the tribunal regarding the
issues involved in the South African
war.
3 Washington, May 28.-Ninety-seven
per cent, of the machinists in the em?
ploy of the Southern Railway have
voted to strike for the nine-hour day,
and are now only awaiting the orders
of President James O'Connell, of the
International Association of Machin?
ists, before going out.
St. Louis. May 2S.-At a meeting of
the board of directors of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company today
the recommendation of the committee
on organization that President Francis
be given authority to arrange to re?
serve a site for a Louisiana Purchase
Exposition building at the Charleston,
S. C., Exposition was approved.
?mt ? ? ?
A Georgia newspaper says: "A gen?
tleman near Durango owns a bird dog
which is especially good at fetching
things out of water. In order to show
a friend what the dog could do, he
threw a 50 cent piece into the water
and told the dog to fetch it. The dog
dived and brought back a two-pound
cat-fish and 3b cents in change."
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
Sorth-Eastarn R. R. of 3. C
CONDENSED SCHEDULE
TRAINS GOING SOUTH
Datei No. . No. No No.
Jan 14, 1901 35? 23* 53? 51*
im pm sn
Le florence 2 34 T ?6 9 '<
Le Kingtree 8 46
Ar Lanes 3 33 9 04 pm' '.I I'
Le Lansa 3 33 9 3'j 6 45 11 2C
lr Charleston 5 Cl 10 55 3 2, 1:
TRAINS GOING NORTri.
No. No No. N<
Y?.? 32? 52* ?0*
a m om a .o :>
Le Ch&r?saz-?n 6 33 i 4S 7 Of 4 0'
kr Lanes 3 16 ?515 S 31 5 '
Le Lane? 8 IS G IS > "
Le Kingetree 8 32
ir Florence 9 25 7 25 7 -
a ra p aa -D r r
ftDaUy jDaily except Sunday.
No. 52 ru:j3 thronen to CoWm'-?a O .
-KI R. ll ni S C.
Tram? Nos. 73 a:i? 32 ran via Wv.eoa an
~avetterilie-.Short Line-arv! n?? rvoj
;onnectioi for all points Norta.
T-*?o3 on C. AD R R Irave F?oren.
l?yv exce&tSonda? 9 50 a :ti,arr;ve Darlios
:ou 0 15 a rc. Hartville ?> 15 H m, C?ner*<.
il 30 i ra, 7vT:MJesboro 2 25 pm. Leav
?loreno? i?-.i!y eieept Snnday 7 55 P m, a"
-?ve rWLnorton S 20 p m, Bennettsville 9 1
3 ra Gib?or. 9 45 p ra. L?z~2 Floren--1
3tin*>tv o'.?ly 9 30 a m. . arrive Darlingto
10 05 a ni
Leavi? Gibbon daily except Snnday 6 0
i m, Bpnnottsvj??c-r 7 00 a m, *rriv<? Darhns
8 CO a m, ?i?ave Darlington S 50 a m, a'
rive florence 9 15 ? :n. Lenvo Wrtdeabor^
lai ly except Snoday 3 00 p ra, Ob?ra w 4 4"
;> m, Hartsv/rie 7 00 a ra. Darlington 6 2
? m, arri vp Florence 7 00 p ni. Leave Dar
.?nerton Sunday owly 3 50 a ns, arri vs Flo
nee 9 15am
J. R KENLKY, F9Q F DIVINS
Gen* I Manager Of o'! Scr-'t
5. M. 2&S5S0N. Trofflr- S*aae?r.
T. * BMKR30N. Gw> Agent
ron
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tles of MOTHER'S FRIEND. If you had the
pictures of our children, you could see at
a g:ance that the last one
is healthiest, prettiest 2nd
finest-looking of them all.
My wife thinks Mother's
Friend is the greatest
and grandest
remedy in the
world for expect?
ant mothers."
Written by a Ken?
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-Law.
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crisis quickly and almost painlessly. Il
assists in her rapid recovery, and wards
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livery.
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Biltmore for best exhibit.
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City and County Depositary
Capital stock paid in, . . $75,000 00
Undivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00
Individual liability of stockholders
in excess of their stock, . 75,000 .00
Transacts a general banking business ; also
bas a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of
$1 and upward received. Interest allowed a*
the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable
semi-annually.
W. F. B. HAYNS WORTH, President.
MARIOS MOISE, W. F. RHAMK,
Vice-President. Cashier.
Jan 31.
Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
This preparation contains all of the
digestan ts and digests all kinds of
food. It gives instant relief and never
fails to cure. It allows you to eat all
the food you want. The most sensitive
stomachs can take it.' By its use many
thousands of dyspeptics have been
cured after everything else failed. It
prevents formation of gason the stom?
ach, relieving all distress after eating.
Dieting unnecessary. Pleasant to take.
lt can't help
but do you good
Prepared only by E. C. DE WITT & Co., Chicago
The $1. bottle contains VA times the 50c sizer
J S HUG-HSOW & CO
Onion Sets-leading
varieties.
Also assortment of Garden
Seeds.
Havana Segars?
Large line of fine Havana
Segars.
Toilet Articles.
A choice line of Toilet and
Fancy Goods to which atten*
tion is invited at
DeLorme's Drag Store.
The Air
We Breathe
Contains Oxygen and Ni?
trogen in the proportion
of one to five.
ORS, STARKEY & PALEN'S
CtMPOtiND OXYGEN
OoDtaiDS Oxygen ano Nitrog?o*^
the former greatly io ixcees
iznoe^aoa is very solaable io wa?
ter. Heat liberates it ; it is taken
info the luogp by iohaiatioo, ab?
sorbed by tbe blood, which ic
purifies aod so goes directly to
ihe s'-at of ail diseases. Seod for
oar 200 page treatise ; seor free.
DRS. STAKEY & PALEN,
1112 Girard Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Sm Frsocisec, Cai. Torooto, Cal.
Feb 13-621
Tie Largest ii Isl Complete
EstaMisiiit Senti
Geo. S. Hacker & Son,
-MANHFACTURERS OF
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS,
Moulding & Building
Material.
office PO? Warercorns. King, opposite Can
non Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C,
p3B* Pnrchasp our make, which we guaraott
superior to Any sold South, and
therehj ?>ftve money.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty
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