The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 13, 1904, Image 8
FOOTBALL.
> The Old Fashioned School Game
Wherein Everybody Played,
There is no such spirit in the school
today as in old times. They have a
football eleven, it is true, and it holds
its head well up among its mates; a lit?
tle above 'em, too. most of the time
the old school's the old school yet, I
'tell 'ern-but, after ail, it isn't the old
same nor the old spirit I go out some?
times to watch them and think, "Well,
its a queer game they play now and
?li football !" They trot ont in such
astonishing toggery-padded a nd guard?
ed from, shin to/crown, welted, belted,
strapped and buckled beyond recogni?
tion. And there's no independence in
the play; every move has to be told
*em. Ifs as if they weren't big enough
to run alone, and so they hire a big
stepmother cf a university "coach,"
who stands round in a red sweater and
yells and berates them. Not a man an?
swers back; he doesn't dare to. They
-don't .dare eat plain Christian food, but
have a 'training table" and diet like
invalids. I've seen 'em at a game not
dare take a plain drink of water. When
ifcey got thirsty they sucked at a wet
sponge, like babes at the bottle!
. It was not so in our day. No apron
string: of a university coach were tied
1 -to us. We were free born men. When
we wanted to play we got together and
went down to the old pasture, to the
big oak tree that stood near the middle
of it, and there we would "choose up"
sad tafce off our coats and vests and
-oeckgear and pile them round the oak
and walk out on the field and go at it
everybody-not a pitiful dozen or so,
wbile<the rest stood with their hands
Ja their pockets and looked on, but ev?
erybody! And it was football; no play?
ing half an hour without seeing the
? hall In the air once. We kicked it all
the time except when we missed it
and then we kicked the other fellow's
shins. And when we got thirsty we
"^-werit down to the spring and took an
-honest drink out of an honest tin cup.
Cr. H. Teeple in Atlantic.
A WHISTLER STORY.
Tile Climax of a Dinner In'Honor nf
the Eccentric Artist.
At the close of the case of Whistler
against Huskin. the former, find'tt-g
himself very much in need of rest and
j recreation, decided to make a southern
trip. When he arrived in Venice his
American friend thought to cheer him
hy giving a little dinner in his honor,
to- which were bidder* several friends
of the artist, principally Americans
?nd some few Italians. During the
fceal there arose a discussion which
Jef.t an opening for Mr. Whistler to*
ase upon his host one of those keen,
incisive, verbal thrusts peculiar to bim.
which left wounds extremely difficult
to heal. The whole company was
startled, but the host merely smiled,
seeming to notice only the brilliancy of
the attack. Presently, however, the
?dinner came to an end and the foreign
guests took their leave. Then the host
turned upon Mr. Whistler and. in a
voice trembling with suppressed anger,
said:
^Minnnie, do you know thai yon bru?
tally insulted me tonight?"
\? "Yes," replied the artist thoughtfully
".Well/' coutinued the best, "I held
my tcrper while tuo?? We're others
than our own countrymen present, but
do yo-1 know wfcht ? shall do if ever
**^OU speak to me like that again/f
"What?"
?TU grab the nearest watei bottle
and smash it over your head."
The rest of the company sat quite
?611. horror and dismay in their hearts,
while their angry host glared across
the table at his antagonist. After a
few seconds Mr. Whistler said in a tone
of childlike inn<*.*euce:
**Tben I know what I'll do. I'll never
say anything like that to you again."
ILoodon Academy.
In Prosen IluKsia.
In Russia, where the cold in winter is
. very intenso. the markets are very curi?
ous things. The meat is frozen, tho car?
casses of dead animals, as shoop and
pigs, stand upright outside the stalls:
everything, even arrimo and poultry, re?
spires to be tba weil l>ofore i? can DP
cooked, and the market people's dress
-4s as picturesque as it is warm and
comfortable.
Then tiie rivers are frozen over all
the winter long, ami so thick is the io?
that every one can skate anywhere and
any time. Stalls are put up on the ice
and busy markets held there.
In thv Asiatic part of Russia the peo?
ple live chiefly by hunting and fishing,
and the fur of the Russian animals ls
very beautiful-the ermine, fox. sable, i
sea otter and others.
At the end of the winter, wheu the j
snow melts, the huntsman pursues tilt- I
elk. wearing long shoes, in which he j
can glide over the snow very quickly,
"while the poor elk sinks into the snow |
bleeper and deeper every step and is at |
last overtaken and killed.
His Two Purchases.
A story ls told of a louisiana mer?
chant who came to New York deter
-samed to secure a bargain. Ile wanted
cheap cloaks, and after trying in vain
lo suit himself at the wholesale houses
ie bought a job lot at auction. He ex?
amined the goods hurriedly and had
them shipped home. In due time he
was confronted by an excited head
salesman who said the garments were
?st of style.
^They didn't look that way." said the j
merchant.
"But they are," replied the clerk.
The merchant persisted that the
f doaks would se1!, but they didn't. In
desperation be returned them to New
York to be disposed of to best advan?
tage. On his next trip to New York he
again visited an auction house and
hough t a lot of cloaks. When he re?
turned home and examined his pur- ?
done he savft that he had bought the j
?eoe lot as before.-World's Work.
ASSASSINS AITACK
THE KING OF SPAIN.
Anarchist Throws Bomb at King
Alfonso in Barcelona.
The King Escapes Unhurt, But
Two Bystanders Were Killed
and Others Injured-Assas?
sin Captured by Police.
LondoD, April 7, ll a. m.-A renort
received this morning from Madrid
states that a man supposed to be an
anarchist threw a bomb at King Al?
fonso, jest as he was leaving the main
building of the Barcelona Exposition
this morning. The bomb fell short
and the King escaped unhurt, but two
peasants in -the crowd of sightseers
were killed and a number of* others
injured. The man who threw the
bomb was instantly seized by the po?
lice and placed in prison. Intense ex?
citement prevails in Bacelona.
wJULO Stir
WHISKEY SHIPMENTS.
Measure Favorably Reported to
Give States Police Power
Over Importation of Orig?
inal Packages.
Washington, April 8.-A favorable
report on the Hepburn-Dolliver bill,
granting the State police power over
original packages. of liquor shipped
within their borders as interstate com?
merce, was filed in the house today by
Representative Clayton of Alabama.
The report says the bill is not a pro?
hibition measure, but its sole purpose
"is to allow each State to carry out its
own domestic or internal policy in re?
gard to the control of intoxicating
beverages within the boundaries of
the State. ^'TL- ^'^r rSSt^.
The sole effect will be to permit the
State, if it-so wills, to circumscribe
the sale of intoxicating beverages
within its boundaries to the 'full ex?
tent that it may desire to restrain
such traffic or to regulate the sale of
the same through the medium of its
own laws, including local option, high
license laws, or dispensary laws."
Charleston's Whiskey Profits.
Columbia, April S.-The dispensary
profits of the City of Charleston,
which were taken away by 'order of
the board last December, have been
ordered restored. This will include
the profits fer the months of January.
February and March, which have
been sent up to the wholesale dispen?
sary since the order. The total amount
returned amounts to about $4,500 or
$5.000. The profits for December will
also be returned after n sufficient
amount has been taken oct to pay
the expenses of the*litigation. !Just
what this will be is not known"yet,
but it will not be very great.
New Fork City will send a souad of
white uniformed street cleaners to the
World's Fair to take care of the
"Model Street.'' They will shew the
latest devices in cleaning the streets |
pf the metropolis.
<-1? .. JJiMjP I III ???
TLe Old Jcycvish Wedding Ri nar.
The old time Jewish wedding ring
was quite a ponderous affair of filigree
gold, enameled in colors. A dome or
temple in miniature, which rose from
the middle of the hocp, was a favorite i
device. Sometimes the hoop was about ?
three-quarters of an inch wide and had
raised edges.
One ring of this kind is described by
an authority as having five elevations
on the upper part, the center a hex?
agonal tower, with penthouse roof slop- i
ing down to tho hoop, the gables and
sides pierced with fourteen holes, or
windows, and the roof scored to imi?
tate tiles. On either side of this was a
smaller tower without windows. No
other ring could find room on a wom?
an*^ finger besides this.
A Xe%v Breed.
"I think ho's the most intelligent I
hunting dog in this country,*' said the
owner of tho animal, proudly exhibit?
ing him to his friend.
"When ho makes a 'point.* he turns
his head and looks at mo a moment
and asks as plainly as if lie spoke it,
"Shall I go ahead and flush that
bird r "
.i seo." said the friend. "lie's an
interrogation pointer "
Where They Eat Tobacco.
Perhaps there is nothing more pecul?
iar about the Eskimos of Point Bar?
row than their methods of using tobac?
co, which, of course, they procure from
the whites. They know good from bad
tobacco. When they get hold of a few
plugs. they show a marked apprecia?
tion of it. The habit of chewing the
weed seems to bo universal. Men. wo?
men and even un weaned children keep
n quid, often of ?mormons size, con?
stantly in the mouth.. The juice is not
spit ont. but swallowed with the saliva
without producing any symptoms of
nausea.
Self Control.
"There's om- li.ing 1 will say." re?
marked Mr??. Cumrox. "and that is |
that my daughter Arabella has a fine
dispo.-i'io"."
"Indeed'i"
"Yes. sir The way she can sit for
bou rs listmiing to herself play on the
p:::t;<> s!???..vs remarkable soif control."
Kxchauge.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tbs Kind You Han Always Bough!
Bears the
Signature of
A Battle of Langaa^es.
Three or four languages strove for
mastery in ancient Gaul, which is now
France. German was spoken by the
12.000 Frank invaders. Popular Latin
was spoken by G.000.000 Gallo-Romans.
Literary Latin was the language of the
church and of literature. Low Latin
was afterward tho language of the ad?
ministration. Gorman was the first to
succumb. In four centuries it ceased to
be' understood by the soldiers, and in
seventy years more it had become an
object of ridicule. But it survives in
more than OOO words, expressing the
things of government, law and war.
and thus forms no insignificant part of
the French language.
Charity.
Every good act is charity. Giving
water to the thirsty is charity. Remov?
ing stones and thorns from the road ia
charity. Exhorting your fellowmen to
virtuous deeds is charity. Smiling in
your brother's face is charity. Putting
a wanderer in the right path is charity.
A man's true wealth is the good he does
in this world. When he dies mortals
will ask what property has he left be?
hind him, but angels will inquire,
"What good deeds hast thou sent be?
fore thee?"- Mohammed.
Broa<l Ertongrb.
A large and stout woman called oh a
friend and while waiting for her was
stared at so intently by the friend's lit?
tle children that she asked one of them:
"What are you staring at, little girl?"
"Why, you see, mamma said you
were so narrow in your views, and I
was wondering what view she got"
Philadelphia Ledger.
Sot to Be Blamed.
He-A self made man is common
enough, but we never hear of a self
made woman. She-Considering the
kind of article the men who are in the
self making business turn out, you can
hardly blame the women for not taking
it up.
The I sun I Way.
Nodd-Awfully sorry to hear your j
house burned down. Did you save
anything? Todd-Oh, yes! After some
very lively work we succeeded in get- j
ting out all the things we didn't want, j
-Town and Country.
An Improvement.
"I soe the agent has sold y cz a car?
pet sweeper, Mrs. Maginnis. Is it as
good as tho ould fashioned broom?''
"lt is an' better. Mrs. Mulduckie. 1
can knock Maginnis twice? as far vrid
it"
Eskimo Mask*.
The Eskimo are the greatest of all
mask makers. During thch' religious
ceremonials they impersonate their own
various gods, wearing masks for the
purpose, but tba most curious thing is
that t?icy wear little masks on their
fingers :ts '.veil as big oars to cover
their faces. These finger masks, the
like cf which are unknown anywhere
else in thc- world, usually represent the
sun. They are of wood, carved with a
laughing or weeping face, and the rays
of thc sun are represented by white
hair from the belly of thc wild rein?
erer sot around as a fringe. The ?un is
the most important of the Eskimos' di?
vinities, and tho principal object of the
winter ceremonial is to persuade the
sun god to come back from the south.
Die and Save Money.
At the Metropolitan club of Washing?
ton one evening Justice Harlan of the
supreme court had introduced to him
a well known New York business man
who was given to boasting of the Htrge
income he enjoyed.
With the apparent purpose of im?
pressing those about him. the New
Yorker remarked that as near as te
could tell he supposed his income .ex?
ceeded $100.000. "And I simply have
to make that amount," he added.
"Why. with my expenses it costs me
$S0:000 a year to live:"
"Dear me!" said Justice Harlan
blandly. "Really, that's too much. I
wouldn't pay it. It isn't worth it"
Saturday Evening Post
Rope and Graphite.
Graphite is stated to be au excellent
preservative for manila rope. One
rope manufacturer treats the inner
yarns of each strand as well as the
core in a bath of lubricant, the in?
gredients of which are graphite and
oil. This lubricant thoroughly per?
meates all the fiber, thus overcoming
internal wear, while sufficient comes
to the surface, and the lubricant does
not injure the rope.-London Engineer.
LOIIK Enough.
A rather pompous orator rose once to
make an extended speech at an English
electioneering meeting. Ile be^an in
this fashion. "Mr. Chairman, I have
lived long enough"
"Hear, hear!" yelled a member of the
audience, and such a storm of laughter
broke out that the aspirant for honors
was forced to resume his seat.
A Battered Legend.
A hotel in Switzerland bore on one
of its walls tho time honored inscrip?
tion. "IIospos. sjilve!" ("Welcome, stran?
ger!") After rebuilding the legend had
to bo restored, but the painter, who
must hare had some experience as a
traveler, made a very slight alteration
In one of the words and caused it to
read, "ilospes. solve!" (Pay. stronger!") j
The Day?.
The days are over divine. 1 hey come i
and *:o like muffled and veiled figures
sent from a distant friendly party, but
they say nothing, and if we do not use
the gifts they bring they tarry them
ns silently away.-Emerson.
The >lT*ter.v of !t.
"I can't nnderstan"." said Uncle j
Eben, "how it is dat some folks kin be j
too proud to work an' at de same time
?nimble enough to let de fam'ly give ,
'om board an' lodgin' free."-Washing- j
ton Star.
Ti
mt
k C?AL CURE FOR
^ 3R IE ? m
lt has rer--mly been discovered thnr
?he germs t..?t produce Malaria, Dreec
and multiply m the intestines and from
there spread throughout the system
by means of the biood. This fact ex?
plains why Malana is hard to cure by
the old meLhod of treatment. Quinine
Iron, etc., stimulate the ,nerves r.r.d
build up the blood, but do not destroy
?he germs that cause the disease.
Rydale's Ionic has a specific eiTect
upon the intestines and bowels, freeing
them from all disease breeding mi?
crobes. lt also kills the germs thai
infest the veins and arteries. . It drives
Vom tlie blood all poisonous mattel
jud makes it rich and healthy.
R Y DALE'S TONIC is a blood
?uilder, a nerve restorer, r.nd a Malan?
destroyer. Try it, it will not disap
Doint you.
Without Music is Eke imt>o
your using some otiser
. 9
?
srid to be
"JUST AS GOOD" AS
matins
When
Yon
Can
Get
PALMATINA
THE PUREST
VEGETABLE FAT
How to Make Money.
Agents of either 89x should today write
Marsh Manufacturing Co., ?38 Lake
Street, Chicago, for cuts and particulars of
their handsome ALUMINUM CARD CASE
with jour name engraved on it and filled
with 100 Calling or Business Cards. Ev?
erybody orders them. Sample Case and
100 Cards, postpaid, 40c. This Case and
100 Cards retail at 75 cents. "You have
only to show sample to t ecure an order.
Send 40c. at once tor case and 100 enids
before some one gets ahead of you.
Sept 16-8m
TRADE MARKS
DESIGNS
COPYRIGHTS &C.
Anyone sending a sketch and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
invention is probably patentable. Communica?
tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents
sent free. Oldest atrency for securing patents.
Patents taken throuch Munn & Co. receive
special notice, without charye, in the
Scientific American.
A handsomely illnstmfM w*?cklv. T nrrest cir?
culation of any ??cioiitlti<: Journal. M i nns. f3
Tear: four months, tl. SoU byull p**wwles?lers
*WW JP. Pl 331-roaSa,. f'~y Yt)!-''
GUN ANO 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- j
hie, work dore promptly and
satisfaction guaranteed.
?hop removed to No. 22 ?
West Liberty street, two doors
from Oteen's Brok Store.
R S BRAD WELL.
FIRE INSURANCE.
We are pleased to announce thal we have secured the agencv
for the "German American," "London & Lancashire," and
1 Orient7' Fire Insurance Companies, than which there are none
better
We will appreciate a share of your business.
For Real Estate or Insurance, see,
WHITE & MCCALLUM,
OFFICE KO. IS S. MAIN STREET
PHONE NO. 143.
Mch 3-3m
N. G. Osteen, Jr.,;r D n M n
SURGEON DENTIST, ^ r\ USieen, iYl. Lr.
No. 18 W. Liberty St., No. 18 W. Liberty St.,
(Over Osteen's Book Store )
SUMTER S C (Over Osteen's Book Store),
Office hours, 9 to 1.30 ; 2.30 SUMTER, S. C
to 6.
We have another
Car Horses and Mules.
We are also selling BUGGIES, WAGONS and
HARNESS almost
The usual stock of Lime, Cement, Fire Brick,
Flue Pipe and Builders' Supplies generally.
DIXIE STALK CUTTERS.
We have secured, the agency for these cutters
in Sumter county.
BOOTH LIVE STOCK CO.
PERUVIAN GUANO,
NITRATE OF SODA,
fl URI ATE OF POTASH.
Are Headquarters.
WHISKEY I MORPHINE) CIGARETTE I ALL DRUC AND TOBACCO
HABIT. I HABIT. ? HABIT. i HABITS.
Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C.
1329 Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicit^
*. ti
ii fie Coast Line
Effective Januarv 10, 1904.
Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter.
Train 35
" 54
" *57
" 52
" 46
" 53
" 32
" *56
? 47
" 55
?< *43
Florence to Augusta Arrives
Columbia to Wilmington "
Gibson to Sumter r "
Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves
Orangeburg to Charleston (Tnesd'y, Thursd'y, Saturd'y) "
Greenville and Columbia to Charleston "
Augusta to Florence u
Sumter to Gibson M
Charleston toOraugeburg(Tuesc'y, Thursd'y, Saturd'y) "
Wilmington to Columbia
Florence to Sumter,
Arrives
15 am
05 am
20 air
21 an
25 Rji.
15 pur
30 pu.
50 pm
15 pr
25 pr
15 am
Freight Trains carrying Passengers.
Train *19 Sumter to Robbins, Leaves 3 40 am
*24 Sumter to Hartville " 10 00 am
u *11 Floreuoe to Sumter Arrives 1 40 pr
" *12 Sumter to Florence Leaves 3 10 pi_
" *25 HartsviIle to Sumter Arrives 7 40 on
" *2? Hobbins to Sumter /' 8 00 pm
Northwestern Railway.
Train *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am
." *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 36 an
" *H8 Camden to Sumter u 5 45 pn
" *72 Wildon Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm
" *73 Sumter to WilponMill leaves 3 30 pm
** 76 Wilson Mill to Somt* Monday Wednesday. Friday, Arrives 9 00 pu
" 77 Sumter to Wilson Mi?!,Tuepdny,Thurpday, Saturday, Leaves 4 50 pn.
M *69 Sumter to Camden ,'% 6 25 pu
Trains marked * dailv except Sunday ; all other trains daily.
For farther infornistion. apply to
J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L.