The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 22, 1902, Image 8
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.TECHNICALITY I
By Morrill Hazzari j?
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j? Copyright, 1901, by A. S. Richardson. ??
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It was to be a clandestine meeting
with Elaine. If Vincent thought of his
duplicity at all, he simply hugged him?
self for the inspiration of it He was
elated by the change in her attitude
toward him since she imagined him to
be the man who had curbed her fright?
ened horse in the park.
Springing from the train, he glanced
up to the overhanging bluff and saw
her outlined against the autumn land?
scape, firm and erect upon her own
Kitty and leading the mare's riderless
companion by the bridle. He hurried
to her side, blushing crimson, as he al?
ways did in her presence, with the
thought of the lie he was acting heavy
upon him.
In their greeting was the brevity of
good fellowship. He swung into the
saddle, and she smiled at his strength
and agility. Surely, she thought, if he
were not her preserver he had been
most wonderfully endowed to play the
part She was satisfied to believe in
him, whatever the violent skepticism
of her Aunt Buford.
She studied him as they rode along,
but he was like the sphinx, unreada?
ble. Again she strove to draw him
forth regarding his gallant deed.
"What made you run away from us
after your splendid conduct?" she ques
IT WAS A FEARFUL RISS,
THAT.
PACE LIEZ
tioned. with true womanly persistency
in pursuing an intensely personal topic.
He bantered her.
"There was no room for me upon
your horse, was there? Besides, I did
not stop the horse."
**Oh." she laughed gayly, believing in
him anew, rejecting his disclaimer as
he knew she would.
And yet- She bit her lip with vex?
ation. She wished that Vincent would
avow the deed more earnestly. She
wished the glory of his deed rested ou
something more substantial than the
testimony of her younger and more ro?
mantic sister Evelyn. Moreover, she
could not forget the persistent skepti?
cism of her aunt, who openly branded
Vincent as a fraud.
She tried to put ber doubts aside.
She scouted the notion that Vincent
would stoop to false pretense. And yet
-he smiled so oddly!
* * * * ? * ?
As though enraged by the lingering
of autumn, long blasts of chilling wind
swept down from the west and north,
shrieking and roaring among the hills
and proclaiming the reign of another
king throughout a,conquered land. The
gaunt remains of the wild flowers were
beaten down upon the face of the
fields by angry scouts of the tempest
and hung quivering in one terrified di?
rection. Across the ground like routed
armies innumerable companies of dried
leaves scurried madly before the fierce
invader. The mournful trees bent low.
At last the dusty road was mottled
with raindrops, and in the air was the j
odor cf moistened earth. .
Elaine was riding ahead, and her
pace was slow. Behind her Vincent
marveled that she did not press her
mare to a faster gait, for they were
still far frcm a place of shelter.
On the brow of a sharp declivity
she checked the restive Kitty. Below
the country road wound tortuously un?
til it joined acutely with a broad white
pike. Vincent, overtaking her. was
startled by the changed expression on
her face. She raised her whip high in
air just as the black dome split, re?
vealing a universe of fire. The crash
of thunder and the cruel blow from
Eiaine's whip fell simultaneously, und
the high strung beast rose upon her
rear hoofs, stationary, but a-tremble.
The clean fore limbs hung motionless
in the air.
Vincent cried . cut hoarsely, but
Elaine again used the whip, and the
gathering energies of the animal were
released like the second bolt, which,
suddenly rent the bulging clouds with
a streak of flame. Eluding him. the
maddened mare plunged down the
grade. A cry from Elaine was borne
back to him. The mare was beyond
her control.
Already Vincent had spurred on his
steed in pursuit. The brave animai
caught the man's spirit. It was a fear?
ful risk, a pace like that among treach?
erous rocks, but he was overtaking
her._ _ . ... j
"Leaning farther forward upon the
rigid neck of his flying horse, strain?
ing the ?mimai to the limit of its
strength and speed, he saw only
Elaine, thought only of Elaine.
In places the road was like a ruined
staircase, the level pike beyond sepa?
rated from the gully only by a low
stone wall. Here Elaine would pay
for her rashness with her life unless
she fell before they reached the wall,
for the runaway would certainly leap
to destruction.
Into the broad, white road the mare
shot like a living projectile and made
for the wall with the thunder of hoofs
behind her. Taking the obstacle, she
swerved from the force of equine hab?
it.
That was the moment.
Vincent's horse crashed upon the
mare, and both animals reeled from
the shock. The fugitive went over the
wall, but Elaine was safe in the arms
of Vincent. Her foot providentially
slipped from the stirrup, but he was
hard put to keep her from slipping to
the ground.
He heard her mutter incoherently:
"I did it on purpose-to see-if you
actually would do it-and she-she
really ran away. Oh, Vincent:" And
thus they clung together while the del?
uge poured upon them.
? f ** ? * . ? *
"There they come at last," said Mrs.
Buford, with satisfaction and retribu?
tion mingling in her tones. "He is a
stupid impostor, and he cannot deny
the proofs I now have."
Two rain soaked figures mounted the
steps and came into the house. Like
an avenging angel, Mrs. Buford barred
their entrance to \he library. In one
hand she held a photograph, in the
other an open letter.
"Mr. Vincent Merrill. I believe you
call yourself?"
"That is my name," was his proud j
reply.
"I may inform you, sir, that the de?
tectives whom I employed to find the
real savior of my niece declare that
you are simply masquerading as the
individual in this portrait" She drew
herself up several inches. "The genu?
ine hero turns out to be a poor denizen
of the east side suspected of some pet?
ty theft and anxious to avoid publicity
through fear of the police. That is
why we were unable to locate and
properly reward him. My younger
niece's unfortunate blunder has placed
Elaine in a most awkward predica?
ment In fact she has been, your
dupe."
Elaine gasped, but Mrs. Buford con- ;
tinned remorselessly:
"And now. Mr. Merrill, what have
you to say for yourself?"
Vincent's glance fell to the floor,
where water was oozing from his boots
in muddy puddles.
"Well, to be perfectly frank, Mrs. :
Buford, we were caught in a frightful
storm and sought shelter at the Meth- j
odist parsonage.^ and-and while we
were there we just thought we'd oe
married; that is all."
Bow Glass Is Polished.
It was formerly thought that the
processes of grinding and polishing
glass were continuous, but closer in?
vestigation of the subject has proved
that this is not the case. Glass grind?
ing is effected by thc use of emery
powder cf various degrees of fineness.
But it has been shown that this grind?
ing cannot be carried beyond a certain
point, however tine a powder may be
used. In fact a continuation of it un-v
does the work and breaks the surface
up again.
The most finely ground plate, if
largely magnified, is shown to be cov- i
ered with tiny bits which no grinding i
will remove. The work is therefore j
continued with rouge carried cn a pad !
of resin, which gradually smooths j
down the elevations between the pits. ?
Hydrofluoric acid gas corrodes glass
very rapidly, but a weak solution of it
melts away the roughened surface and
leaves a fine polish underneath. This
method is used where very fine adjust- ;
ments of the surface are required-as, '
for instance, in lenses for telescopes |
and microscopes.
Diet and Offspring.
A veteran lumberman told the fol- j
lowing story the other day. lt may be :
recognized by some as a familiar ac- j
quaintance in new clothes:
"Tlie commissary of subsistence in ;
a large lumber camp in the northwest
drove 150 miles to get a change of fare
and returned with two crates of live
poultry. Grain being out of the ques?
tion, the fowls were fed on cornmeal
made into dough. That proving very I
expensive, our commissary mixed saw
dust with it in the proportion of three j
parts of meal to one part of sawdust.
The chickens ate as usual, and the :
hens began to lay.
"By and by as the meal grew scarcer
the proportion of sawdust was increas- !
ed until the food became a mixture of I
three parts of that woody product io j
one of meal. One of the older hens
manifesting a desire to brood, twelve
eggs were assigned to her, and at the j
end of twenty-one days what do you :
suppose siie hatched? Eleven wood- I
peckers and a chick with a wooden i
leg."-Xew York Tress.
"Sot Qniic Snre.
"Yes. I had all the fellows in the 1
place for my rivals when ? was court
rag."
"And yet you carried off the prize?" I
interrupted his enthusiastic friend.
"Well/' corrected the other slowly if :
.not severely. "I don't altogether know
about that, but I married the girl.''
Her Authority.
Mamie-She is trying to keep her
marriage a secret.
Maud-How do you know?
Mamie-She told me so.-Baltimore
World.
The man who wants to prove every- ?
thing he says advertises the fact that |
hi? word isn't to be credited.-Chicago ?
News. I
The Railroads of The World.
Some interesting statistics have re?
cently been printed concerning the
railroads of the world, and especially
the railroads of the United States. It
is shown that of the total mileage now
open to traffic North America has
226,657 miles, Europe 168,605, Asia
35,580, South America 28,364, Africa
15,860 and Australia 15,282. Mexico,
which in 1873 had but one railway
264 miles long, from Vera Cruz to the
capital city, now as a network of 9,603
miles, while the Canadian systems*
now cover 17,657 miles of track.
This shows that America is wall in
the lead in railroad building, and it
is also well in the lead in the opera?
tion of railroads. In an article in
the December number of "Traction
and Transmission," the monthly sup?
plement to the London Journal, Engi?
neering, is an article by Robert P.
Porter, which is reviewed in the
Sunday issue of tbe New* York Sun.
Mr. Porter draws a striking contrast
between the condition of railroads in
this country now and five years ago.
He points out that at that date nearly
one-half of the enormous sums invest?
ed in ralways, amountin? in the ag?
gregate to about twelve thousand mil?
lion dollars, brought no returns: that
the loss of railway revenues by the re?
duction of rates between ?890 and
1895 was in round numbers 800,000,000
of which $5,000,000 was due to reduc?
tions in passenger rates and $85,000,
000 to reductions in freight rates. He
says that 70 per cent, of outstanding
shares paid in 1895 no dividends, and
that this was true also as to the int?r?
?ts on 17 per cent, of the bonds of
these companies, which means that
five thousand million dollars worth of
these investments were non-produc?
tive.
But the situation is very different
today. According to this writer the
payrolls of the railway companies of
the United States have increased from
$440,000,000.in 1895, to $577,000,000 in
1900. Machinists, carpenters and
other skilled workmen classified with
them grot $28,000,000; trackmen got
$21,000,000: engine drivers and fire
men got $$18,000.000: conducutors got
$6,500,000, switchmen, flagmen and
watchmen got over $5,000,000, whereas
the total sum paid to officers of these
companies was something less than
$925,000. It is further pointed out
that while $577,000,000 went on the
pav-rolls, the stockholders and bond?
holders received $392,000,000.
But tbe railroads of this country
are becoming more and more prosper?
ous and mere and more renumerative
to those who own stock, and it must
be remembered that the stockholders
are by no means confined to the rich
class. Railroad stocks and bonds are
held very largely by men and women
in moderate circumstances, which
means that they are regarded now rs
good and safe investments, while in
former days their value was for the
most part speculative. These good
results have been brought about by
better management and by enlarge?
ment of the principle of "community
of interest," as it is called. Railroads
have been incorporated into systems,
and the systems have been operated
in harmony, thus avoiding in a rgeat
decree disastrous rate c.itting.
We do not know it to be a fact, but
it is said by those who have made a
study of the subject that in the Uni
ted States, where the railroads are
owned and operated by private corpo?
rations, the people have better and
cheaper facilities than are afforded in
other countries where the government
is in control. A great deal has been
said and is being said about the dan?
ger of railroad consolidation, but for
our part it seems to us that the bene?
fits of consolidation have been far
greater from every point of view than
any disadvantage that has come either
to the railroads themselves or to the
general public.-Richmond Times.
The Happiesi of Women.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, in a recent
address to the Fortnightly Club of
Chicago, said she was convinced that
the American woman is the happiest
in the world. No higher testimonial
to our civilization could be- desired
no better tribute to the American man
could be asked. Under our civiliza?
tion women are very largely dependent
upon men for many of their conditions
of happiness and when conditions are
prosperous and pleasant for the women j
of America it is convincing proof that
the men of Amerca are behaving with
comparative decency and coming up
to the neighborhood of their duty.
The fact that the number of men in
this country who are supported by
women has become very large and is
increasing steadily has elevated the re?
spect and the pity also of the true
men of this country for women, but
to the superficial observer it would not
seem to have added to the sum of
woman's happiness. The theory that
it could not have done so is based
upon ignorance of woman's nature.
Some of the shrewdest observers
have declared that woman never reach?
es the heights of her possible happi?
ness until she bears the burden of
trifling man's support. All of us have
seen illustrations of the strength and
splendor of woman's character under
snob conditions. Many of us have ex?
pended our compassion upon such
women and our indignation upon the
men for whom they made un
S] eakable sacrifice' but in doing
so we have proved that we real- .
ly know very little abouc worn- i
an's nature. The happiest woman is
the one who is doing most of the work
that the man who should be ber depen?
dence should do. Siiil we trust that S
this is not the reason why Mrs. Patrick |
Campbell asserts that the women of j
America are the happiest in the
world.- -Allanta Journal.
CE?LD MILLIONS.
"My child is worth millions to rae.""
says Sirs Mary ihre of harrisburg, l'a
"yoi I would have lost her l>y croup bad I
not purchased a bottle of <)ae Minute
Cough Cure." One Minute Cough Caro is
sure cur:- f'.,r coughs, croup and throat
and lang troubles. An absolutely safe
cough cure which ?HMS immediately. The
youngest child can take it with entire
safety. The little ones like the taste and
remember how often it helped them. Ev?
ery family should have a bottle of One
Minute Cough Cure handy. At this sea?
son especially it may be needed suddenly.
J S Hughson <fc Co.
We Told Ton
in our Fal) Announcement wc predicted a ?ate and consequently a short
season, and we believe the results e<> fur have proven ibe truthfulness of
(?ur prediction We have a very la'ge stuck of goods which weare anxious
to convert into money' and wi?? do so on aa reasonable a margin of profit as
1? gitim3te merchandising will justify
owcM^G^We Have no Special Sales For Special Days*o^o*o>c
But purpose making eve?? day tr<.ra now until Cnriatmas, one of Special
-ales We reabze that the needs of our country friends next year will be
much more'tban usual, owing to the fai'ure of the corn crop, and we are
willing to
Sacrifice Our Profits That we ma? be able to 868ist them
- We can't buy Oom with Clotbiog, Shoes
and Hate, IT TAKES MONEY Tnerefore every dollar you spend with as j
enables us to help you.
Our Clothing Department ?> oo,d d,? cred?t t(>an excias?ve
- city store Here yon will find
snits to fit, from the smallest boy to tbe 300 pounder Our boyer bought
200 BOY'S SUITS, sizes 5 to 1?, "under the hammer"-Gooda worth from
$1 50 to $2. but tbe price paid for AA. -VT?-ppf-rr -fi-r/p Ponte
them justifies us in selling them mety-nve oems.
There are several styles, come early or the choice may be gone
Oar better grade oi Boys' anita from $2 up, have double jagg and double seat.
Every mother know8 where a Boy ? Paute firet givee way, so this feature
ought to be appreciated We have
Boys' Overcoats, sizes 5 to 12 years, from $1.00 to $5.00
Youths' Overcoats, sizes 12 to 19 years, from $2.50 to $8.00
-OUR LINE OF
Men's Overcoats *8 probably the largeet and best assorted you
- will find to select from, the prices rr.n from
$2.50 tO $20.00 T?e man mD8t be vei7 fastidious, indeed, who
- cannot get a suit to please him in our eetab
hshment Our line embraces 8 full stock of Piain and Fancy Worsteds, Mel
tone, Cheviots and Granites, in slims, stouts and regulars from $2.50 to $20
If you need an extra pair of PANTS, you will find our stock a good one
from which to select, as we carry them as high as $7 50 per pair. We
had aboct
200 Pairs PantS sightly water dsmaged in transit Then* were
-some worth $2 p*r pair none les* than $1 50,
we put them ali down At ninety-five cents per pair.
vVhile we are devoting most of this ad. to Clothing, bear in mind we are
not neglecting our
Dry Goods and Shoe Stock T"n wil'.find the^deP?rt?ent8
--- thoroughly up to date and DO
better values for tbe rodney to be had in the city Our faciiitiee heretofore
prevented our carrying as complete line-of
Ladies' Cloaks our *rac*R squired, but we have no hesitancy
--- in paying now that eur stock will compare favor?
ably with any in the eily From a $1 50 Jacket to a $20 Automobile Coat
we CSD suit you.
Kemember we will not be undersold and our
motto shall be,
"Sell as Cheap as We Can, Not as Dear as We Might."
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We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell whiskey
as low as $i.io per gallon, and mind you ; distilled whiskey-not a decoction
of chemicals-hut of course it is new and under proof.
Our "Mountain Dew" 5 year old whiskey is a liquid joy ! It is actually pro?
duced by honest Tar Heels in the Mountain Section of North Carolina, by the
old time hand process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood fires, in
old style copper stills, in exactly the same way as distilled by our grandfathers
a century ago. First rate -whiskey is sold at ?5 to ?6 per gallon, but is not
any better than "Mountain Dew." It is the best in the world and must please
every customer or we will buy it back with Gold-and the Peoples National
Bank of Winston, North Carolina, will tell you our guarantee is good. To more
fully introduce "Mountain Dew,': we offer either three or five gallons (in plain
sealed box.) at the special price of ?1 95 per gallon cash with order. Positive?
ly no larger amount shipped. On future shipments we will require the usual
price, viz : ?2 95 per gallon. Express prepaid to all regular customers. We
have branch warehouses in Denver. St. Louis, and Cincinnati, but all orders and
remittances (in stamps, cash or by check, etc.) as well as requests for confi?
dential price list must be addressed asfolloics:
"57. S- CASPES CO., "Winstcn-Salem, 2T. C., TX. S. A.
Main Office and Warehouses: Nos. 1145-46 Liberty and J, 3. 4, 5, Maple Sts.
In Season
Do You Run a Gin or Jlachfncry of Any Kind ?
Then come to us for
BELTING, either Leather or Rubber,
PULLEYS or other fixtures,
Machine Oils, Gin supplies In genera!.
Your attention is invited to our fine line of
SADDLES, HARNESS, WHIPS.
Full stock of
And everything in the Hardware line at. reasonable prices.
J. B. DURANT,
The Hardware Man of Sumter,
Sept 18-x
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Schedule No 4-In effect 12 Ol a
Jone 15, 1901
Between
Camden 8 C . aod Blacksbu
Read down Rand up.
*35 33 Eastern time 32
ara pr: STATIONS
8 20 12 50 Camden i 2 2. ;
8 50 1 l? Dekalt. 12 02 ?
9 20 1 27 Wwjtr?k- li :.<
10 50 2 00 ??eraba? ll 3? )
11 20 2 12 Heath Spitnga ll 20 0
12 20 2 37 Lancaster 10 i- i 7
12 40 2 50 Riverside 10 40 , <:)
2 30 3 10 Catawoa Junctor- IO V, 30
4 00 3 40 Rock Hil: l? OG 5 2" .10
4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 9*5
5 20 4 18 Yorkviik 9*15 10
* 41 4 34 Sharon 9 00 8 ;0
6 05 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 4: 7
6 20 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 7 )
6 50 5 26 Black9bnrg 8 if 7 . ?)
p ra p a a C: . ?
Between
Blaoksbrirg 8. C , a? d Mano.
Read down Rt-.d up
?ll 33 fineitero orne *32 l
a rn Dm STATIONS ? .-j
6 45 5 25 Blacksborg 7 4* . -}
7 32 5 49 Earls 7 31 . . ?
7 45 6 49 Patterson Spring? 7 2' i
8 20 6 00 Shelby V 1 . . >
9 00 S 21 Lattimore S 55 - :
9 10 6 30 Hooreeooro S *b 3
9 25 6 41 Henrietta 6 3:- 1
9 55 ? 59 Forest Cit; 6 2C : ;
10 30 7 15 Ratberfordton S O'
12 00 7 50 Thermal City 5 36 2 '
12 25 8 10 Glenwood 5 li 2
1 GO 8 30 Marion 5 0. 2 -3
p m p m em
Gaffney Divisioo.
Re?ii down Re*d ?ip.
j EASTERN TIME
15 I 13 1 STATION'S 14 . -
praam - :.. c-j
1 00 6 00 Blacksonr^ t -.f 3 0 '
1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40
1 40 6 40 Gaffney ; >.? 2 2
praam >
.Dany except Sunday
% 20 minutes for dinner
Trains Nos 32 and 23 aro operate^ daily
Trains Nos Ti, 35, ll. 12. 13 14. 15 and 16
arc cperated daily except Sunday.
CONFECTIONS.
At Camden with Southern Ry; S A L and
A C Line.
At Lancaster with L ? C R R.
At Ca'awba Jct with Seaboard Air Line
A' Rock HUI with Southern Railway
At Yorkville with Carolina & orth Wett?
ern lt ll.
At Blacksbnrg with S- utbern Railway
At Shelby and Rutherford'on with S A
At Marion with -onthern Railway.
S A MU Sb HUN 1\ Pratd*-:
S. TRIPP. Superintendent.
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