The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 25, 1901, Image 3
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THE WELCOME MEETING.
A Large and Well Pleased Meeting Sun?
day Night.
There was a delightful service held in
the^ First Methodist Church Sunday
night, in which all denominations
united in welcoming the new Method?
ist pastors, Rev. R. H. Jones of the
First Methodist Church and Rev.
Fairey of the Magnolia Street Church.
Rev. C. C. Brown was in charge of
the meeting and made an appropriate
address. Excellent speeches were
made also by Dr. N. W. Edmunds and
Rev. F. M. Satterwhite. Mr. Fairey
was absent on account of services pre?
viously announced at his church by
the Presiding- Elder. The speeches
abounded in fraternal sentiment and
Christian love, and truly indicated the
unity which prevails among the
churches of Sumter.
The "large congregation present
seemed to enter thoroughly into the
spirit of the occasion. Such a meet?
ing was most timely and will be pro?
ductive of good results in the future.
Financial Report United Charities of
Sumter December 20, 190!.
Number of members, 179
Total contributions, $1,207.70
Amount collected, $628.95
Amount expended, 515.85
Cash on hand, $113.10
Seventeen families have been assist?
?e! by the society regularly since its ?
organization and thirty-six people j
have been aided from the emergency '
fund. Medicines, ice, milk and nour?
ishment were furnished to a number of
sick people during the summer.
A fund has been set apart for the
purchase of wood during the winter
and much suffering has been prevent?
ed by this timely provision. There
have been a great many demands made
upon the society by persons thought to
be unworthy, or who could not prop?
erly receive aid from a local institu?
tion. These were denied assistance.
It would be an easy matter to exhaust
the annual income of the society in less
than half a year if all calls and de?
mands were granted as they come.
The Executive and Ward Commit?
tees have tried to be careful and dis?
creet. The policy has been to respond
in every case that comes properly with?
in the scope of our proposed work, and
make the means at hand do all possi?
ble good.
Fire at Mayesvifie.
A telephone message from Mayesville
at 12 o'clock last Friday reported that
the depot there was on fire. Later, it
was found that the fire had been caused
by a defective flue and had been extin?
guished without any material damage
being done to the building.
City Board of Education.
The City Board of Education met
Friday afternoon to consider a com?
munication from State Supt. J. J.
McMahan in reference to the organi?
zation of all of the boards of educa?
tion of the State. Mr. McMahan
hopes to effect the organization during
the meeting of theJS. E. A. in Colum?
bia next week and asks all boards to
send two representatives to this meet?
ing. Supt. S. H. Edmunds, of the city
schools, will represent tfee board here
and one other delegate may go.
"The Overall Kids "
Messrs. Jenkins. Bros. have just
completed a bicycle of their own man?
ufacture which they intend to send
down to the Charleston Exposition
where it will be seen in the Sumter
County exhibit.
We have seen this wheel, and as a
combination of grace and strength it
equals anything we have yet seen in
the shape of a bicycle.
These men have given their time
persistently and exclusively to the
selling and repairing of bicycles, and
a close examination of the wheel that
they have just finished, and built out
of the rough, will convince the most
skeptical that they have not thrown
any time away as; far as making them?
selves thoroughly familiar with the
minutest construction details of a bi?
cycle is concerned.
In the near future this firm intends
to add to their now prosperous busi?
ness another branch, which as a much
needed institution in the city of Sum?
ter, we are sure will be cordially wel?
comed by all.
They are making arrangements to
open a thoroughly equipped plumbing
establishment, and engage the services
of an experienced plumber who will
handle with ease everything that is
put before him. The " Overall Kids''
are to be congratulated.
Death in Bishopvilie.
Bishopville, Dec. 17.-Miss Albert:;
Dixon, third daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. "William R. Dixon, died yester?
day morning after a lingering illness.
The funeral services were held at the
Presbyterian Church today.
Woodmen Elect Officers.
At a meietng of Hollywood Camp,
No. 19, W. of W., on" Wednesday
night, the following officers were elect?
ed :
P. C. C.-Marion Dorn.
C. C.-C. M. Hurst.
Adv. L.--W. JB. Murra v.
Clerk. R, S. Hood.
Banker-F. A. Bultraan.
Escort -J. M. ISrogdon.
Watchman-D. J. Auld.
Sentry W. S. Reames.
Manager A. T. Buddin.
The donation of $10 to the charity
fand for the poor was ordered. The
action of the clerk, Mr .R. S. Hood,
in donating $10 to the poor fund was
sustained.
Zt Dazzles tko "KTorXa.
No discovery in medicine hap eve- created
or.e quarter of the excitement thnt has been
caused by Dr King's New Discovery for Con
gumption. Its .-everest *es"s have been on
boreless victims of consumption, pneumonia,
hemorrhage, pleurisy and brooch kip, thousands
of whom it bas restored to perfect health. For
coug'is. cold?, asthma, croup, bay fever,
hoarseness and whooping cough it is thequ ck
?-gt. surest cure in the world. It is poid by Dr
J F W De Lorine, who guarantees satisfaction
or refunds money. Large bottles 50c and $1
Trial botpes fre?. 1
Mayesvi?e News Notes.
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Mayesville, Dec. 20.-Wehada small j
fire here today which for a short time
looked like it would destroy the Atlan- j
tic Coast Line depot, but hard work j
and the tin roof combined managed to j
save it. The fire was caused by a J
defective flue The railroad has just !
been doing a great deal of work on j
: the deopt and it would have been a j
i pity to have had it burned.
; Mr. J. M. Shaw leaves tomorrow |
j for Ensley, Ala., where he expects to j
; go to work-.
. Misses .Mayme Mayes and Dayse ;
? Bradley are at home for the holidays. I
j They are attending Chicora College.
Messrs. Hamilton McKay, Chandler
i Mayes, W. S. Chandler, Lucian
; Strauss and McBride Rhodes are home
! from King's Mountain Military Acad?
emy, for the Christmas holidays.
Dr. R. Clyde Garland, a young
medical student from the S. C. Medi
j cal College is spending a few days in j
town with his brother, Dr. T. M.
McCutchen.
Miss Fannie Ryttenberg returned
home last night, she has been spend?
ing a short while with Miss Fannie
Strauss. C.
Christmas Tree.
Although we had a bountiful dinner
on Thanksgiving Day, we wish to give
the children a treat for Christmas: so
friends if you have anything to spare
in toys, fruits, candies, and such that
would bring joy to the heart of a boy
or girl, please remember us. Contri?
butions may be sent to Mrs. J. S.
Richardson, Church Street, or
Mrs. C. L. Crane.
The exercises will be held on Friday
evening, December 27.
F!RE THURSDAY MORNING.
There was an alarm of fire Thurs?
day morning at 7.30 o'clock. A small
frame building on Canal street, occu?
pied by negroes, was found to be on
fire. The fire began on the interior of
the house and it was almost destroyed
before the fire department reached the
scene. All the contents of the house
were destroyed, as well as the bailing.
The house was the property of Mr.
Ernst Bultman.
Hampton Lewis Returns Thanks.
Mr Editor will you Please alowe Me
the Space to Put a fue comperements
in your paper and a Bli ge me. Miss
Annie Lizzie Joye and six others little
Lady's scholars witch opened ther
tender littel Harts towarts the Jenitre
and Rewaded Him with some Hand
som Present witch Have been gladlay
Receive witch there jeneyrallay dose
every year and, I will say God will
never sheate up His Hands A ginee
Sish Pepels and the Blessede techers
Remember me all sore As usel in giv?
ing to the janitore there gifts witch
pat the old usel smirel andjtip hat and
Scrapt foot with meny orther c?mpre?
menos No more, I remine yore ser?
vant, H Lewis
Pisgah Correspondence.
We are uneasy about the oats. If
they are killed it will be a severe
loss, not only to the farmers, but to
the country at large. At this time it
looks as if they are all killed or se?
verely damaged.
Christmas don't appear to put any
life in the people. A few may get the
4 ' red eyes" and be happy. The new
year may open brighter for us all. We
hope so.
Some farm work has commenced al?
ready for another year.
The schools have closed for the holi?
days, and the little tots, and big ones
too, will enjoy their vacation. There
will be several Christmas trees next
week.
Marriages in this section are things
of the past. Reading from a magazine
the other day we find that "Washing?
ton's mother was about 16 years old
and his father 40 years old at the time
of his birth. The same article shows
that George was a gay fellow, that he
courted more girls, and got more
kicks than a little. All rejected him
but the widow Custis, and no doubt
she was the one intended for him.
The same authority said he threw a
silver dollar across the Rappahnnock
river, near Fredericksburg, which
was over 150 yards wide, and the dollar,
was afterwards found. This was a
"dollar of the daddies."
He also threw stones across the
river. He once jumped 22 feet at a
jumping matehand won a young girl
for his wife. He did it to win her
fer a fellow she loved who could not
win her in that way, and to keep a
rival from getting her. It was the
fashion in those days to jump for your
wives or perform some other great feat
to win them. The poor girl in question
was much distressed when she found
she was won by another, but Washing?
ton soon made her happy by leading
her to the man she loved and giving
her to him. This shows what a gener?
ous nature he had. They were ever
afterwards his best friends.
This little bit of ancient history no
doubt will please the young folks and
refresh the memory of the old ones at
this time when all should be gav.
Pisgah, Dec. 23. J. E. D.
Christmas Exercises.
The children of the Lutheran Sun?
day School will hold a Christmas ser?
vice in the Lutheran Church tomor?
row evening at 7.MO o'clock.
Richmond. Va., Dec. 2.'>. James
Stiff, the third man shot in thv West?
moreland tragedy by Herbert Marx,
several weeks ago, died at his home
in Westmoreland county, this morning.
Allentown, Pa., Dec. Five per?
sons were killed and a number injured
tonight by an electric car jumping the
track at the foot of Lehigh Mountain,
between here and Coopersburg, which
was due to the wet and snow.
Strikes a Sich. Find.
"I was troubled f"r several vear.? with enron
ir. indig?*.*ti' ii and nervous ilebil?ty," writes F
J Gr*?en of Larcn'ter, X H. "No remedy belp
id rnc unti! I begin u>;ng Electric Bi?ters,
which cpd mc iu'?re good than al! the medi?
cine-- I evjr used. They have also kept my
wife in excellent health f.?r yenrs. She says
Electric Bitters ?re just tplendid f.?r female
troubles: inst they are a grand tonic and in
vigora?or :'*or we:tk, run down women. No other
medicine can t;jk? its place in our family
Try them. Only 5Cc. Satisfaction guaranteed
by J F WDeLormo 1
BOERS FIGHTING HARD.
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Sn Qrange River Territory-Ad-1
mitted by Lord Kitchener.
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London, Dec. 23.-Lord Kitchener ?
in a dispatch from Johannesburg, Sat?
urday December 21, sends reports of
shrarp fighting in the Orange river
and Transvaal colonies. The engage?
ments occurred December IS, Decem?
ber 19 and December 20 at points
widely apart. The casualties so far
as known, aggregate about 105, equal?
ly divided, but heavy British losses,
the totals of which have not yet been
reported, have occurred in the Trans?
vaal. In the last mentioned fighting
200 mounted infantry, in the neigh?
borhood of Beginderyn, were divided
into parties and were searching farms
when they were attacked by 300 Boers
and 40 armed natives under Com?
mandant Britz. The Boers charged
determinedly in overwhelming num?
bers. Beyond the fact that the Brit?
ish casualities were severe, no details
have been received.
Lord Kitchener also repors that dur?
ing Gen. Dewet's attack on the Brit?
ish force, commanded by Generals
Dartnell and Sampbell, at Langberg,
December 18, the Boers charged
bravely and fought desperately for
several hours. Dewet was driven off
with the loss of 20 men. There were
12 casualities on the side of the Brit?
ish.
December 20.-C. M. Botha with
800 Boers surprised Coi. Damant's ad?
vance guard at Tafelkop, Orange river
colony. The Boers rushed a kopje
commanding the main body and the
guns, but Damant rallied his men and
drove the Boers from the kopje.
SAMPSON'S LAWYERS FILE PROTEST
"Washington, Dec. 20.-The objec?
tion of Admiral W. T. Sampson to the
portion of Admiral Dewey's report of
the Schley court of inquiry in which
he says "Admiral Schley was in com?
mand at the battle off Santiago and
entitled to the credit for the victory,"
was filed with Secretary Long today.
The document was brought to the
navy department by E. S. Theall, of j
counsel for Admiral Sampson and
handed to the secretay. It is signed
by Stayton and Campbell and E. S.
Theall, counsel for Admiral Sampson,
and is addressed to Secretary Long.
It follows:
Sir: As counsellor Rear Admiral
Sampson we have the honor to request
that the department for the reasons
below stated, strike out or specifical?
ly disapprove that portion of Admiral
Dewey's opinion filed in connection
with, "the proceedings of the Schley
court of inquiry in which he stated
his view to be that Commdore Schley
was in absolute command at the naval
battle off Santiago.
The Panama Cana! Company.
One side is always good until the
other side is heard, but on all the
facts at hand it .appears that Senator
Morgan's attack upon Mr. Hutin,
president of the^Panama Canal Com?
pany, is fully justified. Weeks ago the
Courier-Journal noted and commented
on a report that Mr. Hutin had
decided to cast in his influence with
the transcontinental railroad lines in
opposition to any isthmian canal in the
event that his exorbitant price for the
Panama concessions and work was not
paid. Reference was then made to the
impudence of a foreigner in endeavor?
ing to control the legislation of Con?
gress in his own interest.
Of course, the Nicaraguan canal
project is of vital concern to the peo?
ple engaged in the work of trying to
construct a canal across the Isthmus of
Panama. Should both canals be com?
pleted there-would necesasrily be com?
petition between them for business,
with a corresponding diminution- ? of
patronage to each. It may be readily
conceded that only one canal is needed
and that two could not be financially
successful. But the interest of the
Panama people goes farther than that.
A canal projected and backed by the
United States is certain of comple?
tion, because there will be no trouble
about getting the money needed. The
Panama route would be altogether un?
certain if there were no other project,
because the necessary funds are not
in sight. There is plenty of capital
in France, it is true, but so much has
been wasted on the Panama project
by bad management and corruption
that the enterpise has lost the confi?
dence of investors. The one chance
which it had to get the money neces?
sary seemed to be to get the route
adopted by thc United States.
To offer the work done at Panama
and whatever concessions were trans?
ferable to the United States was a
perfectly legitimate business step. It
was just as proper as it is for us to
offer to the people of other countries
our cotton or our wheat. The Canal
Commission was authorized to investi?
gate the Panama route, and hence was
obliged to seek information as to the
terms upon which the work already
done could be had. Mr. Hutin, it
appears, has represented this as an
offer on the part of the United States
to buy his canal. As a business man J
he must have been informed that the
commission was simply endowed with
power to inrvestigate and bad no au?
thority to purchase. His suggestion
that the difference as to the price
ought to have beer, submitted to arbi?
tration is extremely ludicrous. The
commission made a simple calculation
and found that the Panama route, at
the price named, would cost more than
that across Nicaragua. There was
nothing, therefore, tb arbitrate, to
say nothing of t ho absurdity of sum?
moning a court of arbitration to
decide whether two parties shall
make a contract <>r not.
Mr. if ni i ii bas l>:ul his day in
court, and the time has come for him to
subside. There was at least a possi?
bility of his selling his wares to the
United Slates if lie had named a fair
price, but ne either could not or
would not seil al. such a price. In his
attempt to defeat the winde project
because he was not paid muore than ?
his property was worth he is no longer ?
within his righls. If, is an American
question with which he as a citizen of
France has nothing whatever to do.
Luckily his unwarranted intrusion is
more likely to hurt than to help the
transcontinental lines in their effort to
defeat the canal bill. Courier Jour?
nal.
&BGENTIN? ?ND CHILE ?BREE.
King Edward Will Act as Arbi?
trator. ^
Washington, Dec. 23.-Secretary j
Hay has received a cablegram from j
United States Minister Wilson, at j
Santiago de Chile, confirming the re- !
port that the resources of diplomacy i
has been exhausted in the effort to
settle the dispute between Chile and
Argentina, and that diplomatic rela?
tions had been broken off
through the withdrawal from Chile of j
the Argentine minister. Touching
the proposition emanating from the
Argentine side to refer the dispute to j
Great Britain as an arbitraor, the
Chilean representatives claim that this
was their own original proposition.
This being the case, it is believed
there is a way open for a peaceful ad?
justment of the trouble.
Both the Chilean and the Argentine
representatives were at the State ?e
partment today in reference to the con?
troversy.
The 'United States government is
watching the progress of negotiations
and is standing ready to exercise any
service in the way Fof a peaceful solu?
tion that is agreeable to both the
parties. The submission to Great
Britan is entirely satisfactory to the
authorities here and they will aid in
having both governments accede to
this manner of solution.
The President's Horses.
It is refreshing to note that Presi?
dent Roosevelt is opposed to the cus?
tom of docking horses' tails. The
three carriage horses which were pur?
chased for him not long ago in New
York are Kentucky thorough-bred
with long tails and manes. Mr. Roose?
velt impressed upon his agent the fact
that he must consider no docked
horses eligible to a position in the
White House stables.
Most lovers of horses like them best
in their natural condition, with only
such modifications as careful groom?
ing and becoming harness, but the
President's action is important in that
it sets the example for a great many
thousands of horse owners who do not
think of the animals' comfort, or of
anything else except being in the
fashion. If the fashion of the White
House is not to dock the horses' tails
the flock of fashion-followers will go
that way like so many sheep, and ani?
mals which have not already suffered
from this babarous and cruel custom
will be allowed to enjoy immunity.
Aside from the cruelty of the process
itself-and despite the reports of inter?
ested persons, it does involve torture
to the victim-a horse is maddened
almost to the point of being danger?
ous when fly-time comes and the
natural brush is not there to whisk
the tormenting insects way. In the
case of the cropped ears and tails of
dogs intended to fight there is the
slight excuse that the dog will be in?
jured more severely by the teeth of
other dogs, if his ears are left long,
than he will be having them clipped,
early in life : but there is no excuse
for the docking of horses' tails. A
horse is not beautiful with his tail
snipped off so that it looks like a j
shaving brush, and he is cerainly not
comfortable. It is to be hoped that
the ?fashion may disappear as com?
pletely as the habit of wearing nose?
rings.
Mr. Willard's Boy.
The Topeka man whose son was ex?
pelled from school for refusing, under
the father's orders, to take part in
religious services at the opening of
school, may live to regret his course.
It appears that the schools in the
Kansas town are opened with some
kind of religious services, presumably
singing and prayer, and possibly the
reading of a chapter in the Bible. J.
B. Willard, a prominent grain dealer,
objected to his 10-year-old son partici?
pating in these exercises, and when
the boy was expelled, expressed a de?
termination to take the kcase into the
courts. ?
If there is anything wrong about the
Bible, any mental poison there, surely
the antidote goes side by side with it,
for the whole object of the schools
and the millions spent for instruction
is to ascertain the truth. These are
not the dark ages. Science and truth
and freedom of thought all travel
along the same route, and if the Kan?
sas boy does not want to believe the
scriptures he does not have to.
If the Bible can hurt Mr. Willard's
boy he ought to be ienced off from
the rest of humanity, and his father
should thank the school authorities
for expelling him.-Atlanta Constitu?
tion.
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Slavery in Africa Soon io Disap?
pear.
Slavery will soon be completely
eradicated from thc soil of the dark
continent, where for ages beyond the
historic chronicles it has been in
existence.
Several days ago the German govern?
ment issued a decree which paves the
way for thc gradual abolition of slav?
ery in German East Africa, and in
view of the fact that other colonizing
powers have heretofore taken similar
steps there is absolute safety in the
prediction that it will not be many
years before slavery is wholly un?
known in Africa.
Under the terms of the decree re?
cently issued by the German govern?
ment the slave is given the right to
purchase his freedom from the mas- |
ter, while the masler is required to
give the slave one-third of his time in j
which to acquire the means for pur- j
chasing Iiis freedom, and in cases of
sickness and old age the master is to
care for the slave. If this plan is car?
ried out slavery will be completely
eliminated from German East Africa
wi I? i ri less than twenty years.
With slavery wiped out of Af rien,
lhere will be few portions of the
earth's surface upon which the blight I
of this great evil will still rest.
Atlanta Constitution
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It Girdles tho Glob:.
Tho famo of Bucklen's Arnie:! Salve RS the
best in the world, extends round the earth. It's
the one perfect healer of cu's, corni, burns,
bruises, sores, sci Ids boils, ulcer', felons,
aches, pains and ?ll -kin eruption?. Only in.
fallible jile cure. 25c a box at J F W De
Lorine's. 1
THE MAJORITY REPORT.
Submitted to the Secretary-No
Reason for Case to be Opened
Again.
Washington, Dec. 20.-Judge Advo?
cate Lemly and Solicitor Hanna today
submitted to Secretary Long their re?
port upon the bill of objections filed
by Admiral Schley, through his coun?
sel, to the findings of the Schley court
of inquiry. In substance this report
is an argument suplementary to the ar- ;
gument made by the writers before the
court of inquiry. The principal '
points are an insistance upon their '
contention that the first report is the j
unanimous report of the court of:
inquiry: that the court was justified
in rejecting Admiral Schley's evidence
by the number of witnesses who took
issue with him and that there is no
sufficient reason for a reopening of the
case as requested by Admiral Schley. ;
If adopted, the report will be forward- ;
ed to Admiral Schley.
The report, as appears from the text,
is solely the work of Judge Advocate
Lemly and Solicitor Hanna, and as
such was laid before Secretary Long.
The secretary stated that he would
not act upon the report today. He
added that he would withhold action ?
today on the other matters pending j
connected with this issue; namely, <
Admiral Sampson's appeal, Admiral I
Schley's request to be'allowed to bel
heard by argument on the court of in- j
qui ry itself. There was an intimation, j
however, that all of these matters >
would receive attention tomorrow and
would be finally disposed of as far as ?
the department is concerned.
Sunny South Ice Bound.
Atlanta, Dec. 20.-The cold wave, |
which for the last week has covered I
the south, today equalled all previous
records for the first 20 days of the
month of December since the year
1884,and lowering in some localities all
former minimum temperature read?
ings. As far south as the Louisiana
and gulf border intense cold prevails,
though no serious damage to vegeta?
bles has been reported. Some snow
fell in Nashville early this morning,
the mercury dropping to 2 degrees
below zero, the thermometer register- j
ing the same in Chattanooga. No !
serious interruption has occurred to j
the traffic farther than boats plying j
from Memphis are tied up by heavy !
floating rivei ice. The centre of the J
high area will move eastward from j
Texas tonight, causing colder weather j
in the southwestern Atlantic States,
followed by rising temperature.
Pension-Grabbing in Virginia.
The proposal to increase the pension
fund of Virginia S300,000 may well
create deep concern in the minds of all
who recall the financial vicissitudes of
this State.
After more than thity years of deep
financial trouble, Virginia has at last
placed her feet upon solid ground.
To have this ground now washed away
by a pension flood would be a disaster
so far-reaching that it is difficult to
contemplate it with equanimity.
We bei eve that our record as loyal
Confederates is without a blemish and
it is no lack of sympathy either with
the Confederate cause or with its de?
fenders that makes us most earnestly
protest against this perversion of
legislative power under the guise of
showing appreciation of the Confeder?
ate heroes. Exactly the same claim
has been made by the politicians in
the North who wanted to strengthen
the Republican party by an abandoned
recklessness in dispensing public funds
to Union soldiers. The fraud and cor?
ruption which have grown out of that
abuse of power haye undermined the
character of the North, and patriotism
is now regarded mainly as a purchas?
able article, and civic virtue, if not
dead, is in a moribund condition. To
increase and spread the germs of this
poison in Virginia would be most in?
jurious to the character of our poeple
and would be as a premium upon all
sorts of corruption. Ther6 is no
reason why any old Confederate sol?
dier who really needs assistance should
not get it from the locality where he
lives through the properly-constituted j
authorities of his county.
Let this means of bidding for popu?
larity be once Started and we shall see i
in Virginia the same proceedings which
have disgraced the United States Con?
gress and the Pension Bureau. The
whole thing is not only wrong in
principle, but disastrous in result, and
but for the timidity of politicians !
both in Congress and in the Legisla
ture it would be denounced in terms i
which it deserves.
In face of the combined forces of the j
timid and the designing it is inspir- I
ing to see the sturdy courage and j
integrity of Senators Glass and Kee
zell, who are opposed to opening this
box, which has all the ills Pandoras1
ever had, without a residium of hope, j
It would be interesting to hear the j
reasons which are assigned for this !
wild and hasty zeal for the old sol?
dier. Does it spring entirely from j
sympathy for the desolate and forlorn, !
or is there some shrewd, if not sinis?
ter, political move which is using the
old soldier as a stalking horse?
Who knows? We do not, and car.
only inquire.
That there is something in the wind :
more than appears, seems highly prob- ?
able.-Richmond Times.
Married Him to Save Him.
A wealthy Bookiyn spinster has mar?
ried an ex-convict to keep him irom
backsliding. Miss Sarah E. Mangain
was a philanthropist and religions
vvorker. Thomas Syren was the black
sheep of a poor bat respectable Welsh
family and had served two sentences,
one of them in Sing Sing.
Miss Mangain helped to get Syron
ont of prison and soon he professed
conversion under her teachings. He
was given a position at the mission,
where he did some light work, and a
few days ago Miss Mangam astonished
her friends by the statement that it
was the will of God that she marry
her ward to save him from perdition.
All the remonstrances of her mother
and relatives were unavailing and the
marriage tock . place. The bride's
mother refused to permit the daughter
to bring her ex-convict husband to her
fashionable heme, and they will live
elsewhere. They are now on their
wedding tour.
This is a new way to get a husband,
but one that will commend itself to
every convict in the country. As for
Mrs. Syron, she may discover her
mistake laterFon. Syron is described
by those who have known him ali his
life as a fellow who would rather steal '?
than work. Matrimony can hardly f
improve the nature of such a man. '
The Brooklyn spinster may have been
in a listening attitude like the old
maid in the story, who, going into
the woods to prry for a husband, heard
the ''whoo- whoo" of an owl and
gratefully responded : 1 ' Any one, good
Lord, will do." A mistake equally
as grievous may have been made by
the Brooklyn spinster as to the origin
of the message commanding her to
marry the ex-convict and she may
regret that she did not let him go
lumbering on down to perdition by
himself. -Constitutif n.
Washington, Dec. 23.-The secretary
of the navy has approved an opinion
by the jadge advocate general that the
Phillippine islands are United States
territory so far as the statute of limita?
tions applies to naval offenses.
"Concord, Mass., Dec. 23.-William
Ellery Channing, the last of the
brotherhood including Thoreau, Haw?
thorne and Emerson, who made Con?
cord famous, died today. He was born
in Boston, Nov. 29, 1818 He was an
author of marked origins lity and poe?
tic power.
WKMIW
New Orleans, Dec. 23.-The Turpen?
tine Operator's Protective Association
was organized today with a member?
ship which includes the leading turpen?
tine men of Louisiana, Mississippi
and prominent operators in Alabama
and Georgia, the purpose being for
cooperation of turpentine men for es?
tablishing the trade upon a more stable
basis.
EirsrsbeJl Flowerpots.
Eggshells may be used to advantage
in starting delicate plants for trans?
planting. The half shells are filled
with earth and set in a box also con?
taining dampened earth. A hole is
made in thc point of the shell to allow
drainage. A single seed is then plant?
ed in each shell, which is easily broken
when transplanting is done without the
slightest disturbance of roots. This
use of eggshells is the discovery of a
French gardener, who claims that they
are vastly superior to the little pots
generally used for the purpose by fior
isis.
Hovr tho Fcsn Started.
"That hand me down suit you're
wearing." remarked Rivers, "reminds
me cf an unripe watermelon.*'
"Why?" asked Brooks.
"Because it's so diff?rent. One isn't
cut to fit. and the other isn't fit to cut."
It was then that Brooks blazed away
at him.-Piek-Me-?p.
How Ccstoa33 Vary.
She-In some parts of Australia
when a man marries each of the bride's
relatives strikes tum with a stick by
way of welcome into the family.
He-Yes. and in many parts of Amer?
ica when a man marries each of the
bride's relatives strikes him with a
loan by way of welcoming him into the
family.-New York Times.
Talking: Scn<Iay Co?lec??ocs.
An old and not yet. obsolete mode of
taking a collection in a Scotch church
is by means of a ladle-a small wooden
box at he end cf a straight wooden
shaft about four and a half feet long,
the top of the box being sufficiently
open to receive contributions cf money.
For all special collections this was the
?sual mode in the chief churches of
Edinburgh when I was a bey at school
there 50 years ago, but it has gradually
gone out of fashion and is.net often to
be seen nowadays^
For ordinary Sunday collections the
general custom lias heen to have a
metal plate or basin on a small tabic
at the church entrance superintended
by an elder-a mode which was often
called the brod. When ladles are used,
they are handed round the congregation
hy elders after the sermon or after thc
last psalm, and the common Scotch"
phrase to "lift" the collection may have
come from this custom.-Notes and
Queries.
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