The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 12, 1902, Image 8
KISSING THE HAND
^The Practice Was Instituted by the
Early Roman Rulers.
The practice of kissing the hands
was instituted by the early Roman
rulers as a mark of subjection as much
as one of respect, and under the first
Caesar the custom was kept up, but
only for a time.
These worthies conceived the idea
that the proper homage due to their
exalted station called for less familiar
modes of obeisance, so the privilege
of kissing the emperor's hand was re
served as a special mark of condescen
sion or distinction for officers of high
rank.
No such ' restriction, however, was
placed on the emperors themselves,
who, if they wished to confer signal
honor on any of their subjects, kissed
either the mouths or the eyes of those
they wished specially to favor, the kiss
generally intimating some promotion
cr personal satisfaction for some
achievement.
Roman fathers considered the prac
tice of kissing of so delicate a nature
that they never kissed their wives in
the presence of their daughters.
Then, too, only the nearest relatives
were allowed to kiss their kindred of
the gentler sex on the mouth, for in
those days, as now, kissing was not a
mere arbitrary sign, but it was the
spontaneous language of the affections,
especially that of love.
Under the Romans if a lover kissed
lus betrothed before marriage she in
herited half of his worldly-goods in the
event of his death ?te?ere the marriage
ceremony, ancTlFshe died her heritage
' descended to her nearest relatives.
A PANTHER'S DEN.
dean and Bright, In Decided Con
j traat to th? Popular Idea.
-J? It was my good rortone to discover
the newly abandoned lair of c: cougar
family and further and to me new
evidence of that fastidious cleanliness
Whiek is a marked ? characteristic of
the animal This retreat was notatali
the-typical "panther's den" of tradi
tion, but a bush grown harborage un
der the edge of a rock with just enough
of shelf to keep off the rain. I should
not have found this breeding place but
for a certain well gnawed array of
bones scattered over a little smooth
bench above a creek channel. From
this boneyard there was a very tracea
ble path leading through grass and
"brush to the retreat where the dam
had housed her young. The evidence
here told plainly of the cougar's long
immunity from annoyance and attack
and of a thoroughly cleanly habit of
life. There was no bone or other sign
of feasting about the ?air. The dam
had carried her kill to the creek bench
m every instance, and the emp?ren had
been called to the dining room. As
bones which would have been crunch
ed of eaten by grown animals had
been perfectly cleaned by the kits I
was able to-judge of their summer's
diet This had consisted mostly of
jninor game/rafibrts, marmots, grouse
and the like, with an occasional small
t?eer. At least one whole family of
badgers, old and young, had been
served, pussy having probably ia::n for
them at their hole 'until th?y. were all
In.?-Franklin Welles Calkins in Out
ing.
Th? Horse Is Useful Even if Dead.
The whale can be put to a great
number of uses when dead, as can
also the Horse, the various parts of
which are utilized as follows: -Hair, of
mane and tail for haircloth, stuffing
mattresses and making bags for crush
ing seed in oil mills, etc.; hide and skin
"tanned for leather for covering tables,
etc; tendons used for ghie and gelatin;
flesh for food for dogs, poultry and
man; fat used for lamps, etc.; intes
tines used for covering sausages, mak
ing gut strings, etc.; heart and tongue
for food; hoofs for gelatin, prussiate,
fancy snuffboxes, etc.; bones for knife
handles, phosphorus, superphosphate
of lime and manure; blood for manure
and shoes for reuse or for old iron.?
Spsre Moments.
In Suspense.
"So you don't knew whether you
"Want to go to work or not 7"
"Well, sub," answered Mr. Erastus
Pinkloy. "I'd like de refusal ob de job
a little while."
"But I need somebody right away.**
"In dat case I'll have to let it go by.
Vze jes' bought a policy ticket an' 111
hafter wait till aftuh de drawin* to see
.whether I'ze gwine to work at ail or
0?t"?Washington Star.
Tho. Time Honored Spanker.
- ?nce ray sifter Floy was sent on an
errand for some things for my mother.
-There was a traveling man taere
who was soiling carpet spankers, and
he asked her:
"Has your mother got one of these
spankers?" ?
"No, sir/' she replied.
"Wliat does she use?" he asked.
"Her hand," was the prompt reply.?
Chicago,. Chronicle.
Hade His Mark.
"Hivens. Mpike, th' eye a ye! Phat's
the matther?*
"I sthruck a^man yisterday r.n' he
gave me a receipt for it."?Ohio State
Journal.
His Favorite Remedy.
"Mamma,"* said Tommy, 'does sugar
ever cure anybody of anything?'
"Why do you ask, my boy ?"
"I thought I'd like to catch it," said
Tommy.
A Way She Has.
Inquisitive Neighbor ?I hear that
your sister is engaged. Is that true?.
Small Boy?I dare say. She gener
ally is.
Mus? L?e Good.
Young Husband?My r!ear .Melanie.
I must say that this putlding tastes
very bad:
Wife?AH imagi;:.:::.''", dear: it says
in the cookery l col: ?Uc.t i: t::s:es ex
cellent:
urne Very Olt! Pronunciations.
"Laylock," the pronunciation of lilac
once -very common, has now almost
entirely passed away. It is hardly
likely to be found in dictionaries or
glossaries except such as profess to
give provincial variations of spelling.
Sixty years ago, however, it was by no
means a provincialism or a mark of the
uneducated; I well remember that
Walter Savage Landor always spoke
of "laylocks," as did my own mother
and most people of that generation. It
belonged to the age, now almost en
tirely passed away, which called Rome
"Room," gold "goold," St James "St
Jeames," with other variations of
sound now deemed vulgar. I have
heard my father say that George IV.
always spoke of "my loyal city of
Luniion," while "obleeged" and "cow
cumber" were heard from the most
refined mouths.
I can distinctly remember on the first
Sunday in Advent 1S25, hearing the
officiating clergyman at St. Mary
Woolnoth give out sonorously when
reading the first lesson "like a lodge in
a garden of cowcumbers," and my
dear old rector, Julius Charles Hare,
twenty years later adopted the same
pronunciation, saying at table,
"Obleege by passing the cowcumber."
"Yilets," as a dissyllable for violets,
was equally common among people of
good education.?Notes and Queries.
Merely Symptoms.
"Life is a failure," said the tired
looking passenger in a grave and far
away voice. "Man is a fraud, woman
a bore, happiness a delusion, friendship
a humbug; love is a disease, beauty a
deception, marriage a mistake, a wife
a trial, a child a nuisance; good is
merely hypocrisy; evil is detection.
The whole system of existence?life,
morality, society, humanity and all
that?is a hollow sham Our boasted
wisdom is egotism; generosity Is im
becility. There is nothing of any im
portance but money. Money is every
thing, and, after all, what is every
thing? Nothing. Ar-r-r-r-r!"
"Glad to meet you, sir," said the thin
little man with the ginger hued whisk
ers, extending his hand cordially to
the speaker. "I have the dyspepsia
pretty bad at times myself."?Chicago
Journal.
Australia's Stony Desert.
The, great stony desert of north Aus
tralia was discovered by Captain Sturt,
an Australian explorer, in 1S45-46. It
is north of the river Darling and is
about 300 miles long and 100 broad,
consisting of sandy dunes or ridges.
Its want of trees, except aiong the
creeks, gives the country a sterile ap
pearance. These ridges were probably
formed by the joint effect of winds and
a gradually retiring sea.
According to Captain Sturt, these
waters were gradually lost by evapora- j
tion or carried to some undiscovered
sea. The only vegetation, growing scan
tily, are prickly acacias in full bloom,
all of stunted growth. Water is scarce
except in the creeks which are shelter
ed, and this is generally brackish.
Few travelers care to traverse this in
hospitable desert,
Sueking^ Poisonous Wounds.
Among all people the sucking of the
wound has ever been considered the
most effective remedy of immediate
application for snake bites. In Africa,
a cupping instrument is employed in
emergencies of the kind to draw out
the poisoned blood. The ancients fol
lowed the same methods, and when
Cato .made his famous expedition
through the serpent infested African
deserts he employed many savage
snake charmers, called "psylli," to fol- !
low the army. They performed many
mysterious rites over men who were
bitten, but the efficacy of their treat
ment appears to have consisted in suck- 1
ing the wounds.
A Musical Beat.
The Courrier de Paris relates that a
party of men, sitting in front of a
boulevard cafe, were recently ap
proached by a man who had a clarinet
In his hand and who said: "Gentlemen,
excuse me. I have to make my living,
but I suppose you would rather give
me a sou not to hear me." They took
the hint He repeated this perform
ance several times till one day one of
the men said he felt like hearing a
tune and asked him to play. "I am sor
ry," said the man with the clarinet,
"but I cannot play a note."
Kot Work to Preach.
A minister who used to preach in
Somerville had a little boy. A few
days before his father left the city to
go to his new parish one of his neigh
bors said to the little boy, "So your
father Is going to work in New Bed
ford, is he?"
The little boy looked up, wondering.
"Oh. no," he said, "only preach."?
Trained Motherhood.
The Dead Sea.
The daily average of (5,500,000 tons
of water is received into the Dead sea
from the Jordan. There is no outlet,
and the level is kept down by evapora
tion only, which is very rapid because
of the intense heat, the dry atmosphere
and the dry winds which are con
stantly blowing down from the gorges
between the mountains.
Good Reason.
"I wonder," began the man with the
investigating mania, "what makes ba
bies cry?"
"Probably," butted in the practical
fellow, "contemplation of some of the
things they're in d??nger of being like
when they grow up."?Baltimore News.
Appropriate.
The professor of painting has just
entered the classroom, where smoking
Is strictly prohibited. Here he finds
an art student holding in his hand a
newly filled cherry wood pipe.
Professor (ironically)?What a queer
paint brush you have got there! What
are you going to do with it?
Student ? Oh, Pm going to make
clouds with it!
A Good Grain Drill ?
A Firs-class Hay Press ?
A Mower or Rake ?
A Good H orse or Mule.
A nice Buggy, Carriage,
Wagon, Harness, or any
Farming Implements.
If you do call on or write to me for
prices. I can supply your needs, and
the prices will please you.
W. B. BOYLE.
Oct 22
SUMTER, S C.
Received to-day a car
load of Kentucky Horses9
?elected in Lexington by
We 51? Graham? Among
them can be found horses
of ail kinds.
Including pairs, single, driving and
saddles.
Also a carload of well
broke mules*
Full line of vehicles of all kinds
A Large quantity of Native Rust Proof
Seed Oats*
Suinter, S. C., Sept. 10,1902.
M&GQNj G6,
SUMTtRi S, C. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
Artope & Whitt Co.,
Gr. E. RICHARDSON, - - Manager.
Marble and Granite Monuments, Head
stones and Iron Fencing.
Large Stock Finished Work on Yard.
You will find our prices much lower than you
have been paying. Investigate, call or write
for designs and prices.
Special discount for the next thirty days;.
Office and works 33 E. Liberty Street, Sum
ter, S. C. Aug 11?
Y $11 GALL
We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell whiskey
as low as $1.10 per gallon, and mind you, distilled whiskey?not a decoction
of chemicals -but, of course, it's new and under proof
"Casper's Standard" 10-Year-Old whiskey is a liquid joy ! It is actually
produced by honest Tar Heels in the Mountain Section of North Carolina by
the old time process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood fires, in
old style copper stills, in exactly the same way it was made by our grand
fathers a century ago. First rate whiskey is sold at $5 to SG per gallon, but
is not any better than "Caspers Standard." It is the best produced and
must please every customer or we will buy it back with gold?we are incor
porated Under the Laws of N. C, with an authorized capital of $100,000.00
and the Peoples National Bank and Piedmont Savings Bank of Winston
Salem, N. C, will tell you our guarantee is good. This old honest, mild and
mellow whiskey is worth one dollar per quart, but to more fully introduce
"Casper's Standard" we offer sample shipments of this brand at half price,
(packed in plain sealed boxes) 5 Quarts $2.95, 10 Quarts $5.00, Express
Prepaid Anywhere in U. S. All orders and remittances (in stamps, cash or
by check etc.) as well as requests for confidential price list must be addressed
as follows :
W. S. CASPER CO., Winston-Saiem. N. C, U. S. A.
MAIN OFFICE AND WAREHOUSES: No's. 1045-46 Liberty andl. 3,4 and 5 Maple Streets.
WHISKEY $!J GALL
aus 29
Land Surveying.
I will give prompt attention to all calls
for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides,
draining bottoms, <fcc.
BANKS . BOYKIN, D. S?,
Oct 19?0 Catchail, S. C.
ATLANTIC COAST UNE R. R. CO.
Condensed Schedule.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated May 25 '02. ? No 55 j No 35 ? No 51
m am
Leave Wilmington *3 45 *6 00
Leave Marion 655 S 45
Arrive Florence 7 50 9 25
pm am
Leave Florence *815 *3 45
Arrive Sumter -9 30 4 48
No 52
pm am
Leave Sumter 9 30 *9 50
Arrive Columbia_10 55 11 10_
No. 52 runs through from Charleston via
Central R. K., leavimr Charleston 6 40 a. m.,
Lanes 8 15 a. m.. Manning 8 57 a. m._
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No 54 L No q3 j No 50
am pm pm
Leave Columbia *6 55 *4 55
Arrive Sumter 8 20 6 15
No 32
am pm
Leave Sumter 8 20* *6 35
Arrive Florence 9 35 7 50 *7 55
am
Leave Florence 1010 8 30
Leave Marion 10 53 9 09
Arrive Wilmington 1 40_ 45
*Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
No. 53 runs through to Charleston. S. C via
Central R. R., arriving Manning 53 p. m.
Lanes 7 35 p. m., Charleston 9 20 p. m.
Trains on Conway Branch leave Caadbonrn
12 01 p. m., arrive Conway 2 20 p. m., returning
leave Conway 2 55 p. m., arrive Chadbourn
5 20 p. m. leave Chadbourn 5 35 p. m., arrive
Elrod 8 20 p. m., returning leave El rod 8 40 a.
m.. arrive Chadbourn 1125 a. m. Daily ex
cept Sunday.
W. J. CRAIG,
Gen'l Pass. Agent
M. Emerson, Traffic Manager.
H. M. Emerson, Assistant Traffic Manager.
Northwestern Railroad
TIME TABLE NO. 2.
In effect Sunday, May 25, 1902, at 6 a m
Between Wilson'sM II and Sumter.
xVo 73 STATIONS ?o~72
?m m
00 i Le Sumter Ar 12 01
3 03 Summerton Junction 1157
317 Tindal 1125
3 30 Packsville 1[00
4 05 Silver 10 35
V? Mmard V?
5 00 Summerton 9 47
5 45 Davis 9 34
6 00 Jordan 9 :
6 45 t Ar Wilson's Mill Le 9 05
m am
Between Millard and St Paul.
73 75 STATIONS 72 74
pm am am pm
4 15 9 52 Le Millard Ar 1015 4 40
i 20 10 02 ?Ar St Paul Le 10 05 4 30
Between Sumter and Camden.
Southbound Trains._Northbound Trains.
69 71 STATIONS 70 68
pm am am pm
6 36 10 20 ?Le Sumter Ar 9 00 5 45
6 3S 10 02 NW Junction 8 58 5 43
6 58 1022 Dalzell 8 25 5 12
716 1032 Borden 800 4 58
7 36 10 42 ' Remberts 7 40 4 43
7 46 10 47 ? Ellerbee 7 30 4 3S
8 05 1115 Sou Ry. Jnction 710 4 25
315 1125 ?Ar Camden Le 7 00 4 15
(S C & G Ex Depot)
HOS. WILSON. President.
50 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
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ATLANTIC COAST-LIME
North-Eastern R. R. of I
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOCTH
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Tra?as Noe. 78 aac S2 ran via ^iiso- ac
'r.yftteville?Short Lire? aod make c;c?
-csnectico for all rcir.t? Forth.
T'??aa oc C. & D. R. P.. Isare Fiorea*
lei'r except Sunday 0 50 a a^aerv? Oar?as
od .0 15 a in, Harfsv?Ie S 15 a . Cher**
Il 30 a ta, Wad?sboro 2 25 m Lear
Florence daily ezeept Surety ? 5S ? r?, a:
rire Darlicgtor i 20 a:, Bennettsvil?e 9
o m, Gibson 9 <? r? Le.^re Fior-tv.
Sunday on!** 30 ?. arrive Dar?icprti'
10 05 a m
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THE SUINTER SAYINGS BANK,
STJMTEE, S. C.
ESTABLISHED SEPT. 26,180],
CAPITAL STOCK - $25,000,
Does a Savings Bank business. De
posits received from 25 cents uppwards.
Interest computed quarterly cn the first
days of January, April, July and October,
at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum.
Deposits may be made by mail or ex
press and a bank book will be promptly
returned.
Call in and see the Home Savings Bank.
This is something new and will interest
you. We lend it to you free of charge, the
only condition being that you have a de
posit of $1.00 with us. Try one of these
Banks and the amount you can save will
surprise you.
HORACE HARBY. President,
I. C. STRAUSS. Vice President.
G. h. RICKER, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
Horace Harby, L C. Strauss, Marion
Moise, J. M. Knight, D. J. Chandler, G.
A. Lemon, H. M. Stuckey. fyl2o
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SBMTER,
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE
POSITORYj S?MTER, 8. C.
Paid op Capital.$ 75,000 00
Surpius and Profits - - - - 25,000 00
Additional Liability of Stock
holders in excess of tbeir
stock.- - 75,000 00
Total protection to depositors, $175.000 0?
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Special atteation given to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 acd upwards received In
terest allowed at the rate or 4 per cect per
annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed
ing $300, payable qoarterly, on first days of
JaDuary. April, Joiy and October.
R M. WALLACE,
R. L. Edmukds, President.
Cashier
GUN AHO LOCKSMITH.
I take pleasure in giving no
tice to my friends and the pub
lic generally, that, having re
gained my health, I have re
opened my shop, and am ready
to do any work in the
line of Guns, Locks, Sewing
Machines, &c. Prices reasona
ble, work done promptly and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop removed to No. 22
West Liberty street, two doors,
from Osteen's Book Store.
R S. BRAD WELL.
Ite irpst ?t Most Complete
Geo. S. Hacker & Son,
-MANUFACTURERS OF
000BS, SASH, SUNOS,
Moulding & Building
Material.
ofSce and Warerooms, King, opposite Can
non Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
.^SEF* Pnrchae? oar make, which wegoaracti
superior to any sold Sontb, and
thereby save money.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty
October lS-o
A PAINT SHOP
kept by a practical painter of
30 years7 experience, where can
be got Lead and Oil mixed .any
color, also Ready Mixed Paints
and Paints for different use,
such as Floor, Roof, iron, Var
nishes, Bronze, Sandpaper, Put
ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors, Calso
mine, etc. I want some work
painting and upholstering. I
will paint your house, Kalso
mine or paper the walls cheap,
for while at work I am very
apt to find a Sofa. Rocker, or
Sideboard that' needs scraping
and varnishing, also upholstered.
I have some pretty colors in
Morocoline, Hair Cloth, Mohair
Plush, or I may find a Car
riage or Buggy that I will paint
for ten dollars and give you a
set of harness free, or paint the
buggy for five dollars and no
gift Buggy tops ?9.00, Etted
on Wheels, steel tires, painted
and put on ready for road,
?10.00 per sett. Shafts, paint
ed and trimmed, $2.00.
Agent for Council's Self-lu
bricating Axles.
Office in Curtis House, No.
326 Sou/h Main street.
E. B. CURTIS.
'Phone 196. I paint signs.