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01D GOA THE GOLDEN SITE IS NOW ONLY A VAST AND GRASSY TOMB. Tie Once Splendid Portngmese City In India a IWsgai^cent Wilderness. ? Its Masterpiece of Art tke Tomb of St. Frartcis Xavter. ? It was said that during the prosper ous times of the Portuguese in India yon could not have seen a piece of iron in any merchant's house, but all gold and silver. They coined immense quan tities of the precious metals and used to make pieces of workmanship in them for exportation. The very sol diers enriched themselves by com merce. ? But then at last came the inquisition, which celebrated its terrible and deadly rites with more fervor and vehemence at Goa than in any other pjace. Reli gions persecution, pestilence and wars with the Dutch, disturbances arising from an unsettled government, and, ^tbove all, the slow but sure workings of the shortsighted policy of the Portu guese in intermarrying and identifying -themselves with the Hindoos of the jlowest caste, made her fall as rapid as ther rise was sudden and prodigious. In less than a century, and a half aft er Da Gama had landed on the Indian shore the splendor of Goa had departed forever. The inhabitants fled before **he deadly fever which soon fastened aipon the devoted precincts of the city, -and in 1758 the viceroy transferred his headquarters from the ancient capital to Parjina, about eight miles distant Soon afterward the religions orders were expelled, leaving their- magnifi cent convents and churches all but ut terly deserted, and the inquisition was suppressed upon the recommendation ??f the British government v The place is now a grass grown wil ' iderness. But still the firm and well built causeways of this olden city and its moidering splendors are reminiscent of echoing pageants and, the tramp of armies which once sounded- there. As we tread the ancient wharf, a long, Inroad road, lined with a double row of trees and faced with stone, a more sug gestive scene of desolation can hardly he conceived. Everything around teems with melancholy associations, the very rustlings of. the trees and murmur of the waves sound like a dirge for the de parted grandeur of a city. Towering above a mass of ruins a solitary gateway flanks the entrance to the Strada Diretta, the Straight street so called because almost all the streets in old Goa are laid out in cur vilinear form. It was through this portal surmounted by the figures of St Catherine and Vasco da Gama that the newly appointed viceroys of Goa passed in triumphal procession to the palace. Beyond the gate a level road, once a populous thoroughfare, leads to the Terra di Sabaio, a large square front ing the Primacial, or Cathedral of St Catherine, who became the patron saint of Goa when the place was cap tured by Albuquerque on the day of her festival. Groves of cocoanut palms and mango topes now incumber the ground once covered by troops of horse The wealth, the busy Life and the lux ury of the old place are dead. Kites and cobras infest the crumbling halls which once resounded with the ban "*quet and the dance, and naught but a few old monks and nuns keeps vigil amid its desolation today. But Goa possesses one treasure of great interest. This is the tomb of Francis *Xavier, the great Jesuit mis sionary to the east. It is to be found in the Church of Bon Jesus. It is a mas terpiece of art which is lost to all but the casual visitors to old Goa. Some have ventured to suggest that no other mausoleum in India or even in Asia ex cept the Taj Mahal can equal it. It is i built of rich marble of variegated col ors. The lowest stage is of red and purple jasper and Carrara alabaster adorned with statuettes and cherubs The middle stage is of green and yellow jasper decorated with beautifiul bronze plates representing incidents in the life of the saint. The highest of the three stages is surrounded by a lovely rail ing of red jasper marked with white spots, the adornments, being figures of angels, while its middle portion is graced with columns elegantly carved, whose intervening spaces are surmount ed by arches showing further incidents in- the life of the saint The friezes of the four lateral columns are of black stone and the plinths of yellow jasper. Surmounting this last stage lies the coffin overlaid with silver, a gorgeous receptacle embellished with many ex quisite specimens of relief work. Lumps of silver depending around com- j plete the adornment of the shrine. It j s a worthy reiic of Goa's departed glo ry. The bell of the Augustinian convent still rings forth its vesper peal above this old city of ghosts, and it is impos sible to forget the effect of the deep, mournful notes as they strike upon the ear. Never was jcird a e?oins beautiful or more sadly musical summons than that which calls in vain from the tower of the Augustinians to the forsaken and solitary city. It is all summed up in the eloquent apostrophe of Sherer: "Goa the golden exists no more: Goa, where the aged Da Gama closed his glorious life: Goa, where the immortal Camcens sang and suffered. It is now but a vast and grassy*tomb, and ii seems as if its thin and gloomy population cf priests and friars were only spared to chant re quiems for its departed souls."?St. James Gazette. AltoKe.lier. "How many art- thore in your fam Ily?" "Seven altogether, hut we're scat tered all over the United StaTes."?Bal timore Amerce;: i Why tose? no n-Iiirion this command oefuiv ;s!'. others. Thou <h::U workS A pertsiieii. BUDS AND FLOWERS OF HOME LIFE Pake's Celery Compound Makes and Keeps the Children "Well and Strong. Mothers Make It the Home Medicine For the Little Ones. The children, God bless them, arc the buds and flowers of our homes. Without their prattle and hearty laughter, our homes would be desolate. They should ever l>e carefully tended in childhood and youth, if we expect them to ripen into perfect men and women. In the home and at school, the-children have their times of ill health and suffering. We often note the pallid and bloodless cheeks, heavy eyes, nervous movements, and twitch ings of limbs and muscles. They complain of headache, drowsiness, weariness, dyspepsia, and indigestion. All such symptoms and ail ments mean that the seeds of disease will have a fast and firm hold, unless proper measures are taken to restore a perfect condition of health. ? Thousands of wise and prudent parents have made their children happy, healthy, and vigor ous by giving them nature's medicine, Paine's Celery Compound. In many severe and com plicated cases, Paine's Celery Compound has restored health when the little ones were given up by physicians. If your dear ones are not as hearty, strong, and rugged as they should be, try the health giving virtues'of Paine's Celery Compound. It makes and keeps the children well. 9 The house is made bright and cozy with 9 I DIAMOND DYES I Pillow and table covers, curtains, I portieres, afghans,tidies, and chair i coverings, may be dyed beautiful I and artistic colors. K Direction book and 45 dyed samples free. DIAMOND DYES, Burlington, Vt. THE BANK 8F SOMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository. Capital stock paid in, $75,000 00. Undivided surplus, 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockhold ers in excess of their stock, 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business; also has a Saving Bank Department. De posits of $1 and upward received. Inter est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. Mabion 3?oise, W. F. Rhame, Vice-President. Cashier. Jan. 31. TURNIP SEED, Onion Sets-leading varieties. Aslo assortment of Garden Seeds. Havana Segars. Large line of fine Havana Segars. Toilet Articles. A choice line of Toilet and Fancy Goods to which atten tion is invited at DeLorme'sJJrng Store. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of the Q&estants and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. It prevents formation of gas on the stom ach, relieving all distress after eating. Dietingunnecessary. Pleasant to take. It can't help but do yoa good Prepared only by E.C. DeWitt & Co., Chicagc* The $L bottle contains 2J4 times the 50c. siz& J S HUGrHSQN & OO Estate of Hiram Seymour, Dec'd, I WILL apply to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County, S. C, on February 14th, IU03, for a final Discharge as Execu tor of aforesaid Estate. W. G. S. SEYMOUR, Jan 14?tt Executor. Intellect and Hair. "From the color of a man's hair may be learned a good deal in regard to his intellectual ability." says a professor of the University of Lille who has for some months been closely studying the subject. Schoolboys with chestnut hair, lie maintains, are likely to bo more elev er than any other and will generally be found at the head of the class, and in like manner girls with fair hair are likely to be far more studious and bright than girls with dark hair. In mathematics and recitation these boys and girls, he claims, specially excel. On the other hand, he says that boys and girls with brown hair are most likelj* to attain distinction through their indi- j viduality and style and that those with red or auburn hair do not often excel in any respect. T!t?* Eyes nml the Temper. There are experts on the eyes who hold stoutly to the theory that troubles j m vision often cause serious lapses I from a well ordered life among cbil ; dren and that disobedience, ill temper. ! cruelty, wanton destructiveness and i hysterics are frequently due among I youngsters to aberrations and to ail ments which affect the sense of sight. Such a theory may appear to be car ried so far as to be almost a fad, yet there may be something in it 0 YOU ? A Good Grain Drill ? A Firs-class Hay Press A Mower or Rake ? A Good Horse 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 SXJMTER. S. C. Received to-day a ca load of Kentucky Horses, selected in Lexington by W? Me Graham? Among them can he found horses of all kinds, Including ^pair^, single, driving and saddles. Also a carload of well broke mules* Full line of vehicles of all kinds. A Large quantif y of Native Rust Proof Seed Oats. Suinter, S. C., Sept. 10,1902. MAC0N!|G&. sumhr, s. c. rocky mount, n. o, Artope & Whitt Co*9 Gk 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? MADE AT OUR KENTUCKY DISTILLERY FOR 43 YEARS. and praised by thousands of consumers as the best whiskey in the world for the least money. 4 full Guar'is. 7 year cid.$1.98 4 ?? ' ?? 10 ??.2.49 4 ?? 12 ?? ? ?.2.2S 4 ?? 14 3.98 We Save Ycu ONE DOLLAR on eacii fjaiion, und prove that WE ARE THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND. ERENCES 3 4 * [NCORPOr.ATC 242 to 250 Seventh St.. LOUISVILLE. KY. German Insurance Bask, Bradstree^ or any Express Co [ JOB PRINTING First class work and good material. I do good work as cheap as possible, but do not make a spe cialty of cheap work. N. Gk OSTEEK Land Surveying, I -will give prompt attention to all calls for surveying, platting, terracing hill sides, draining bottoms, &c. BANKS H. BOYKIN. D. S., Oct 19?o Catchai'l, S. C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. R. CO. Condensed Schedule. TRAINS going SOUTH. Dated May 25 '02. j No 55 | No 35 j No 51 pm am Leave Wilmington *3 45 +8 00 Leave Marion ' 655 8 45 Arrive Florence 7 50 9 25 pm km Leave Florence *s 15 *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 K. K.. leaving Charleston 6 40 a. m., Lanes S15 a. m.. Manning 8 57 a. m. TRAINS GOING NORTH. _No 54 j No 53 j No 50 am pm pm Leave Columbia *6 55 *4 55 Arrive Sumter 8 20 615 No 32 am pm Leave-Sumter S 20 *8 35 Arrive Florence 9 35 . 7 50 +7 55 am Leave Florence 1010 S 30 Leave Marion 10 53 .9 09 Arrive Wilmington l 40_1145 *Daily. +Daily 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 Con way Branch leave Chadbonrn 12 01 p. m., arrive Con way 2 20 p. m., returning leave Con way 2 55 p. m., arrive Chadbourn 5 20 p. m. leave Chadbourn 5 35 p. m., arrive Eirod 8 20 p. m., returning leave Eirod S 40 a. m., arrive Chadbourn 11 25 a. m. Daily ex cept Sunday. W. J. CRAIG, Gen'l Pass. Agent. T 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 11 and Sumter. No 73 STATIONS No 72 p m p m 300 *Le Sumter Ar 12 01 3 03 Summerton Junction 1157 317 Tindal i 1125 3 30 Packsville lr 00 4 05 Silver 10 $> 4 40 Billard ?JH 5 00 Summerton 9 47 5 45 Davis 9 34 6 00 Jordan 9 22 6 45 ?Ar Wilson's Mill Le 9 05 p 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 4 20 10 0? ?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 the Sumter Ar 9 00 5 45 6 3S 10 02 NW Junction 8 58 5 43 ?58 1022 Dalzell S25 5 12 7 16 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 11 15 Sou Ry. Jnction 710 4 25 S15 1125 *Ar ? Camden Le 7 00 4 15 (S C & G Ex Depot) THOS. WILSON. President. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs ccpyr5ghts &c Anrone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is prohr.blv patentjibie. Conimur.ica tions strictly c .nudciitial. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Mumi & Co. receive svtcial notice, without chrtrce, in the 'Sciendflc Hiericait. A handsomely ilinsfrntod wopIcIv. largest cir culation of anv RCientiflC journal. Terms. $.5 a vear: four months, ?L Sold by ail newsdealers. MUNMGo.ss,B"^RewYork Branch Office. G25 F St.. Washington, D. C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE ?orfh-Eastars E. R. of S ; nosrr>BN8K?' schedule traTK- (*Of?<j so^tm liated No. >o So 14 1901 tsfi* ?3* Florence 3 34 1 4,6 SingStret ?-' i0 I ?CS? 3 3*> 2 04 p u I an?? 3 ? *j ? -!* '.- ChftriMtci 6 33 J >' 1 ? 5? \-Lsn,v S U> wV? is Laji?^ 5 is * y v- 3 r K'rtiPr.fH- 9 2h 7 3c j Ci ?? r? *? ' ?? ij (-?any TOfti'v exo-i-; ? aside j So. r>2 raoa thror.?.- ?- c^mte? <;ej 1 ft. R. or 3 C Train? Sbs. 7^ cad c >iq vir. Wiie?n or.; liVHtteviils?Soors ?": ? e?i v.?ki.* c?.o& noectioc tci all * o:r.:c Sorte. ^--iins oo C & L?. R. ft. leave Fiorsoc* u i'v erce*rt Sender 9iGs ?t, wye DtcrSng ::;n 0 16 ft Hart? -?l'. 3 i5 fo CD., Chw*-* 11 30 a cz. Wades-bcra '3 if. r; sb, Ceav r!oraoce daily except 3aad?y ] c-.* o a, %: ?ire Dar'icgtor, S 20 er. Btauettsyllli S V ? LU( ?li>50?i 9 ib p ?3 Lfc?Ve ?i :*.?!?'.?* ufid-iy onlv S 3? r.rr:~? .<i'?r;*i,p-tc>' f- &6 a u: Le-.we Oibsou ?Jstij e:-'.-e;i' Sua T,i?, v 0 e, B**)rj2-tpvi?c 7 of- a u\ wrivr rJdjU?? S 00 0 rn, !aav. Da.-?ygioo 3 0 ? ^ r-; ar < 2 Florenc" 9 :.'> a'ff. r^v? Wi*d?sbor' ffily escep* !St:r.^^y ?' CO "3 v., Cfe^rH* ? '?' ? fJartayiile 7 00 s n? ,% ?-'v. ? ?? 'o. arrive ?Icr?f 7 (^1 p m. rtsT^ 0 r ?? cfci y-'""''fw o*?!v "! r r*. ci" *?"? " ?; ce 9 15 a in. W J. C" ' 'o G ? .'. A ; T M R -ifre-jn, T.-e-^ n?1>r^ H. v Erne s-d .*8j;fl"h tTn-ffi?Va h e: Send model, sketch or photo of invention for* ' free report on patentability. For free book,( HowtoSecureTDUnC IIADlfC ^nte' Patentsand l nMUIl-ff!Hn!\? to CA5N0WI. Opposite U. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.O. Pure Corn Whisky o o o $3.00 u 5z ? This is old put up in plain rases, holding Twelve bottles marks to indi This whisky suitable for poses being best quality, erty to have physician test h^s?^ satisfactory re r^^-Vcv expense and I your money, should be with order must than four qua prepaid. c r; 1 s is HEiPaifl - x stock whisky, cotton wood Four. Six and to case. No cate contents, is especially medicinal pur ?ure and of the rou are at lib your family it and if not turn it at my will refund No family out a case. No' call for less rts by express Tf interested in whiskies write for full price list. In ordering remember whisky cannot be shipped C. ?. D., and all orders must be accompanied by cash. Address all communications to E. A. LACKEY, aug 13?6m Hamlet, N. C. FIRST NATIONAL BASE OF S?SITER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE POSITORY, SUMTERj S. C. Paid op Capital.$ 75,000 OG Sarpins and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock holders in escess of their stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175.000 OC Transacts a General Banking Business. Special attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of ?1 aod upwards received. In terest allowed at the rate of 4 per eent. per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed ing $300, payable qaarterly, on first days o January. April, July and October. R M. WALLACE, R. L. Edmusds, President. Cashier SON AND 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. BR AD WELL. The Lamest aid Most MMM South Geo. S. Backer & Son, ?MANUFACTURERS OF SASH, Moulding & Building Material, efiice and vS'irerooms, King, opposite Car non Street, CHARLESTONa S. C, ^9?* Pnrrfeas.^ our make, wbicb we guaranty superior to any sold South, and thereby savp money Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16 o A PAINT kept by a practical painter of" 30 years' experience, where can be got Lead and Oil mixed any color, also Reauy 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, Mtted on Whee.'s, 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 Houses, No> 326 South Main street. H. B. CURTIS. 'Phone 196. I paint signs..