The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 03, 1902, Image 8
Broke tiie Rule.
A Boston man recently regaled a
party of friends with a story about a
certain nameless club in Boston which
bas strict regulations against gam
bling.
A Quartet of club members decided
: to -break that rule by a game of poker
for small stakes. So they adjourned
to one of the small rooms ofthe ciub
and called the old colored servant to
bring a pack of cards. When lie
: brought them, one of the members
queried:
"John, I suppose it would be some
thing utterly new in this ciub if we
should do such a thing as play tor
money with these cards:" .
The ne^ro scratched his head and
deliberated, finally answering:
"Boss, Fze been wid dis club a long
time and Fze seen many things."
"Yes, but what have you seen?"
"Fze seen ebry rule ob dis club vi
olated 'ceptin'.one."
""What rule is that one?"
"De rule 'gainst gibbin' tips to de
serbants."
And straightway th?.t rule was re
lieved-of its lonesomeness among its
fellows?New York Times.
A Concession In Price.
"People in frontier towns," said a
Klondike pioneer, "get used to paying
big money for'trifles, and $2 for a box
of sardines and $5 for a pound of bad
coffee become reasonable prices. I
kicked once upen a time because the
price asked was toe small. It was like
this: I had a jumping toothache, was
nearly wild with it, when I went to
the shanty where I was. told there was
a dentist A rough looking fellow told
me that he was it, and I asked him to
draw my tooth. He looked me over,
got his forceps fastened on my tooth
and yanked it out after a couple of
hard twists. .
" "How much? I asked.
" 'Well, $2, I guess/ said the dentist
jr * paid him, although my jaw still
ached pretty badly.
" 'That's the cheapest thing I've seen
around here,' I said.
" 'Well,' he saie, thought I'd make
it low because, on account of the bad
light, I pulled the wrong tooth.'
"I had to go the next day to' have
the bad tooth out, and he made mat
ters square by charging me $10."?
Xew York Tribune.
Tne -entor of tS.e Corfc.
Don Perignon, a poor blind monk,
first thought of ccrk for bottle stop
pers. He was employed in a royal
monastery as overseer of the extensive
vineyards, being himself a manufac
turer. Indeed, it :is said he discovered
<by experimenting with wines and
grape juices that highly effervescing
beverage known as ehampange. Ne
cessity in his case was doubtless the
mother of his inventing 4he cork stop
per,, for his champagne must ' have
needed a better stopper than was then
used?merely a bunch- of flax soaked
in oil. If he was the first to put a cork
into a bottle, the world if! indebted to
him, since its impermeability, elastici
ty and lightness render it invaluable
for this use.
Italian Rlngrs.
Rings of Italian wcj-kmanship are
remarkably beautiful. Venice partic
ularly excelled in this ait In the Lon
desbcrough collection is a fine speci
men. The four claws of the outer ring
in open work support the setting of a
sharply pointed pyramidal diamond,
such as was then co veted:, for writing
on glass. The shark bears a fanciful
resemblance, to a serpent swallowing
a bird, of which only the claws con
necting the face remain in sight.
It was with a similar ring Raleigh
wrote the words on a window pane,
"Fain would I rise but that I fear to
fall," to which Queim Elizabeth added,
"If thy heart fail thee, do not rise at
all," an implied encouragement which
led him on to fortune.
Candy Por Change.
"Some people wonder why we carry a
stock of cheap candy, penny candy,"
said the man who keeps the railroad
newsstand. "Well, you see, it's this
way: I have a lot of regular customers
who want it They take it out in
change. For instance, one man has
been buying two evening papers from
me every afternoon for several years.
If he has any pennies, I never see them.
He always throws down a nickel, picks
up his two papers from the pile and
then takes three pieces of candy, which
he chews while waiting for his train.
Other men saw him do this and fol
lowed suit, and now it's quite the regu
lar thing.*'?Philadelphia Record.
Eating: From the Same Piate.
In former days it was usual for a
couple seated together to eat from one
trencher, more particularly if the re
lations between th-^.m were of an in
timate nature or, again, if it were the
master and mistress of the establish
ment Walpole relates that so late as
the middle of. the eighteenth century
the old Duke and Duchess of Hamil
ton occupied the dais at the head of
the room and preserved the traditional
manner by sharing the same plate. It
was a token of attachment and tender
recollection of unreturnable youth.?
**01d Cookery Books."
Russian Police Regula tions.
One of the regulations of the Rus
sian police refers to the censorship of
price lists of goodss notes of invitation
to parties and personal visiting cards;
also for the censorship of seals, rub
ber stamps and business cards of indi
viduals or corporations. Another or
der regulates the sale of soap, starch,
toothbrushes and Insect powder, and
another controls the printing on the
paper used in making cigarettes.
The Only Way.
"Ah. Reginald, dearest*' she sighed,
**but bow can I be sure that you will
not grow weary o? im* after we have
fceei? ioair?ed a little while?"
"I don ? k::f?w ** ? > ?aswered. "un
ites we ts"i ;? :;?<? t?l ;??? " --Chicago
Record-II? :; !..
Wclsey's Household.
Cardinal Wols?y's palace no ?ess
than 2S0 beds were provided fer stran
gers, with superi) canopies and curtains
of silk or velvet. There were bed
steads of alabaster, quilts of down and
pillowcases embroidered with silk and
gold. The chairs of state were covered
with cloth of gold; the tables and cab
-inets were of the most costly woods.
Much of the splendid furniture was
emblazoned with "my lord's arms/'
Everywhere was impressed the car
dinal's hat. The same magnificence ap
peared in the decorations and orna
ments of the chapel, but the forty-four
gorgeous copes of one suit and the rest
of the sacerdotal pomp displayed there
were eclipsed by the majesty of Wol
sey's secular equipment.
The annual expenses of his household
exceeded ?30,000, an immense sum for
.those days. His retinue of 500 persons,
his kingly stud, #his sumptuous open
table, are mentioned in every history.
When he rode to and from Westmin
ster in his character of lord chancellor,
his mule was attended by a long train
of nobles and knights on horseback;
his pursuivant, ushers and other offi
cers led the way in rich liveries, while
footmen with gilded poleaxes brought
np the rear.
The Mississippi 400,000 Tears Ago.
Did you ever figure on what'was the
probable condition of the great Mis
sissippi river 10,000, 100,000 or even
400,000 years ago? Scientists suggest
that the erosion of its bed was ac
complished by a mighty cataract;
which began far down the river, prob
ably at the place where it then emp
tied into the gulf, and by gradual re
trogression dug out the valleylike
gorge through which it now flows.
That this- theory is tenable may .be in
ferred from the high, wall-like bluffs,
features so characteristic or the upper
part of its course.
A wearing away of a monster cata
ract would of course necessarily leave
high walls or bluffs on either side.
These are the well known features of
the father of meandering streams. It |
would seem, according to this theory,
that St Anthony's falls constitute the j
remeiant of what was once the most
stupendous cataract in the world. Ge
ologists estimate that it has taken the ?
river 400,000 years to carve out the
mighty ditch through which it now
Cows.
Bones For Bread.
There is an interesting child's story
called "Jack ,the Giant Killer," in
which one of the giants is supposed to
use the expression "fe-faw-fum," or
something like it when#Jack has climb
ed a beanstalk and been hidden by the
giant's wife, the rest of the growl be
ing, *'i smell the blood of an English
man, but be he alive or be he dead I'll j
take his bones to make my bread."
Possibly it has not occurred to many
to ask where the idea of making bread
out of bones originated, as we do not
often seriously investigate fairy tales.
It is a historical fact that during the
siege of Paris by Henry IV.. owing to
famine, bread, which had been sold
while any remained for more than $1"
a pound, was made from the bones in
the charnel house of the Holy Inno
cents. Tins occurred in 1 G4.?New
York Press.
How Xey Faced Death.
Marshal Ney was the son of a hard
working cooper and had risen from the
ranks of tiie army. He was a child of
the people, and whatever may have
been his vanities he threw them all
aside in his last days.
When he was led out to death, an of
ficer ordered a bandage tied over his
eyes.
"Why should you do that?' said Ney.
"Haven't I been accustomed for twen
ty-five yeais to look bullets and cannon
balls in the face?"
He himself ordered the soldiers to
fire, standing and facing them.
His career summed up in one life the
spectacular heroism of the past.
Sippets.
Sippets, mentioned often in English
sto?ies, may be either of bread or of
toast. Sippets of toast are thin ob
longs of tread toasted to a golden
brown, slightly buttered and piled in
one or two layers, log cabin fashion,
without breaking, on a folded napkin;
or the sippets are of untoasted bread
arranged on a hot plate, the juice from
roasted beef cr mutton poured over. -
A Weather Glass.
A simple weather glass is made thus:
Obtain a glass jar, such as is used for
pickles, and put some water into it:
then get a bottle with a long neck, if
possible, and put it in the jar, with the
neck downward, till the mouth just
touches the water. When the water
rises in the bottle, it is going to rain,
and when it is down fine weather pre
vails.
Expanded Them.
"What does this mean, daughter?
Here is another lot of milliners' and
dressmakers' bills. Don't you remem
ber that I expressly ordered you not
to contract any more debts without
my knowledge?"
"Certainly, papa, but I haven't con
tracted any debts. On the contrary,
I've expanded them."
He Fonnd It Was.
Judge (to prisoner)?You are charged
with having seriously injured your
wife by inclosing her in a folding bed.
What have you to say for yourself?
Prisoner?Your honor, I wished to
see if it was possible to shut her up.
Unkind.
"I think," she said, "I should like to
marry an imaginative man."
"Well," said her friend, speaking
very sweetly, "what other kind of a
man can you expect to marry, if he
has a chance to see you in daylight?"
Do you roast people to their face or
oehind their backs? The last trick is
cowardly, the other foolish.?Atchison
Globe.
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A Good Grain Drill ?
A. Firs-class Hay Press ?
mi
A Mower or Rake I
A Good Horse or Mule,
A Dice Buggy 5 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. . BOYLE,
Oet 22
S?MTER, S. C.
f? *
eceived to
of Keiifwcky Hor? ?5
?eleetedl in .Lexington by
? M? Graham.
*m can be foui
of all kiisds,
Including pairs, si?gle, driving and
saddles.
Ali? a carload of well
Full line of vehicles of all kinds
A Large quantity of Native Rust Proof
Seed Oats.
Sumter, S. 0., Sept. 10,1902.
M?GONj ??. S?MT?R, S. C. ROCKY MOUNT, . C.
Ar?ope & Whitt Co
Gr. E. RICHARDSON, - - Manager,
Marble and Granite Monuments, Head
stones and fron 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
WHISKEY $11 GALLON.
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 Hetis 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 $6 per gallon, but
is not any better than "Casper's 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
Sal em, 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-Salem, N. C, U. S. A.
MAIN OFFICE AND WAREHOUSES : No's. 1045-46 Liberty and 1. 3. 4 and 5 Maple Streets.
WHISKEY $141 GALLON.
an?
Land Surveying,
I will give prompt attention to all calls
for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides,
draining bottoms, <fcc.
BANKS H. BOYKIN, D. S..
Oct 10?o CatchaiL S. C.
ATLANTIC COAST UNE R. R. CO.
Condensed Schedule.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated May 25 '02. i No 55 i No '?5 ; No 51
Leave Wilmington
Leave Clarion
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
Arrive Sumter
Leave Sumter
Arrive Columbia
pm
^45
655
7 50
pm
*8 15
930
pm
930
10 55
am
eoo
8 45
925
am
*3 45
448
So 52
am
*9 50
1110
No. 52 runs through from Charleston via
Central R. E., leaving Charleston 6 40 a. m.,
Lanes 815 a. m? Manning S 57 a. m._
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No 54 ! No 53 I No 50
Leave Columbia
Arrive Sumter.
Leave Sumter
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
Leave Marion
am
*6 55
S20
am
820
935
am
1010
1053
pm
*4 55
615
No 32
pm
*6 35
750
Arrive Wilmi njrton ? 140
pm
t7 55
830
9 09
1145
Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
No. 53 runs through to Charleston. S. C. via
Central R. R., arriving Manning 6 53 p. m.,
Lanes 7 35 p. m., Charleston 9 20 p. m.
Trains on Conway Branch leave Chadbourn
12 01 p. m., arrive Conway 2 20 p. m.. returning
leav? 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 11 2d a. m. Daily ex
cept Sunday.
W. J. CRAIG,
Gen'l Pass. Agent.
M. Emerson, Trafile 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 11 and Sumter.
No 73
m
300
3 03
317
330
405
415
4 40
5 00?
5 45
? 00
5 45
m
STATIONS Ne 72
Le Sumter Ar
Summerton Junction
Tindal
Packsville
Silver
Miliard
Summerton
Davis
Jord:ui
Ar Wilson s Mili Le
m
:?2 0i
57
1125
l'OO
10 35
iO 15
9 52
9 47
9 34
922
905
a m
Between Miliard and St Paul.
l? IO
pm am
4 15 9 52 Le
4 20 10 02 f Ar
STATIONS
Millaxd
St Pa al
72 74
am pm
Ar 1015 4 40
Le 10 05 4 30
Between Sumter and Camden.
Northbound Trains.
(58
Southbound Trains.
69 71
pm am
6 36 10 20 ?Le
6 3$ 10 02
6 53 1022
716 1032
7 36 10 42
7 46 10 47
8 05 11 15
3 15 1125
STATIONS
Sumter
W Junction
Daizell
Borden *
Remberts
Ellerbee
Sou Ry. Jnction
Ar Camden Le
(S C & G Ex Depot)
HOS. WILSON. President.
70
am pm
Ar 9 00 5 45
S5S 543
8 25 5 12
800 458
7 40 4 43
7 30 4 38
710 4 25
7 00 415
Trade ?Yjar??s
Designs
Copyrights &c.
Anyone sending a sketch and description mny
quickly ascertain onr opinion free whether an
invention is pro^abiv pntentuble. Communiea
tions strictly coni dentini. Handbook on Patents
sent free. O'ldest aeency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive
spectelnotice, without charee, in the
"dee Herl?
handsomely i'Jnstrated weekly. Lnrcest cir
culation of any scientilic j-vjrna). Terms. S3 a
vear ; four montes, $L Sold by all newsdealers.
MM ?Co.3S?Sroate'- New York
Branch Of?lce, (T? F SU Washington, D. C.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
Sortii-Eastern R. R, of S (
CONDENSED SCSBDULS
TRAIN? GOING
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?rr.o<- r?ca. 72 and 32 . t?;, Wilson ?b<
'rvy?uevii?e?Short Lins?ac? -r.rak? cica
onnsi'tioo for ali points *?rtb.
V-ftins on O. & D. R. H. I'ja70 Fiorsnc
lavv exee-.t Snaday 9 50 a , wrr?re Erling
:or: 0 16 c cr.. Eart3T*Us 3 1*3 a ni. Cher**
il 30 a ra, ^Tadcsfccro 2 25 ra' Uav,
ftereece cailv csax>\ Sunday 7 56 o m. ar
rive Dirlir^ton 5 20 m, Beuaettevills 9 ?'
} rn, Gibson 9 45 ta Lea-? F?creoa
Snnday oc?y S 30 ?. rn. arrlvs Darlinjrto:
10 05 g?t:
Leave Gibson siiy ei3ept Saii^ay G 0'.
j m, Bsnceti8vi;j5 7 00 a m, Arrive Dariia;
:oa 8 00 * rn, !eavc Darlington S 50 0 m, w
riva Florence 9 15 ss. Lasve W&dcjbor.
iai?y except Sund&y 3 00 pro, Cberatv 4 4?
m, Harrsv?le V 00 a m. Darticprtoo 6 2?
d m, arrive "IcrsDce 7 00 ? en. Leave 0*r
liagton Snndaj oniv 2 50 a ta. ar-:ve
eace 9 15 a rn.
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THE SOMIER SMS BUI,
S?MTSE, S. C.
ESTABLISHED SEPT. 26,190],
CAPITAL STOCK - $25,000.
Does a Savings Bank business. De
posits received from 25 cents uppwards.
Interest computed quarterly on 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 an:1, 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 $1.00 with us. Try one of these
Banks and the amount you can save will
surprise you.
HORACE HAEBY, President,
I. C. STRAUSS, Vice President.
G. L. RICKER, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
Horace Harby, I. C. Strauss, Clarion
Moise, J. M. Knight, D. J. Chandler, G.
A. Lemon, H. M. Stuckey. fyl2o
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SUMTER,
STATE, OITY AND COUNTY DE
POSITORY, SUMTER, S< C.
Paid up Capital.$ 75,000 CO
Surpius and Profits - - - - 25,000 00
Additional Liability of Stock
border? in excess of tbeir
stock ' ? '. 75,000 00
Total protection to depositors, $175.000 CO
Transacts a Genera! Banking Business.
Special attention given to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of ?1 and upwards received In
terest allowed at tbs rate or' 4 per cent, per
annum, on aacnnt3 above S5 and not exceed
ing $3G0, payable quarterly, ou 6rst days of
January. April, July and October.
. WALLACE.
P. L. Edmusds, President.
Cashier
era AgO LOCKSMITH.
I take pleasure in giving no
tice to my friends and the pub
lic generally, that, having re
gained my health, 1 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 Xo. 22
West Liberty street, two doors
from Osteen's Book Store.
R. S. BR AD WELL.
Is Lamet aid Ml Cornili
EfiaiMsesi S??
Gerf. Sa Hacker & Son,
-MANUFACTURERS OF?
doors, sash, bunds,
Moulding & Building
Material.
office and Warerooms, King, appesite Can
non Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
^33B* Pnrokash our make, wbicb we gaaran??
superior to any sold South, and
thereby save money.
Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty
October ?6 c
AINT 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, Tar
nishes. Bronze, Sandpaper, PuJjP
ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors, Calci
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, fitted
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.
Of??ce in Curtis House, Xo*.
326 South Main street.
H. B. CURTIS.
'Phone 196. I paint signs.