The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 14, 1911, Image 2

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ROYAL ETIQUETTE. In England It Assume? a Number of Curious Phases. THINGS THE KING CANNOT DO He It Barred From Acc?f ting Gift? From Individuals, Hs Mutt Not Be* long to a Club and May iMot Marry Without Parliament's Content. It may sound a little curious, but there are quite a number of Things whnh, deep*.to bis exalted |>ositlou us sovereign of the realm, King George V. cannot do. These dlssbill ties rango over sil sorts of matters aud concero etiquette, politic*, rellglou and law. To begin with etiquette It Is an estab? lished pr.icti.-e that his majesty must server call upon or grant sn audience to a foreign monarch except in (i.e. presence of s responsible minister. Etiquette slso precludes him from ac? cepting s gift which a loyal subjsct may wish to make him. Should, how? ever, the gift be a Joint offering the prohibition does out apply. This eu ahles King George to accept gifts which are subscribed for by s number si people together. A sing never writes a letter to any? body outside his family circle. All other correspondence has to be con? ducted through one of his secretaries. Wor does King George accept Invita? tions to dine or stop with a subject. What he does when he wishes to pay such a visit is to Invite himself. An ?the: strictly observed point of etl fette Is thst on ascending the throne g king shall withdraw from any clubs so which be baa hitherto belonged Similarly he cannot become a Free Mason, and if he happens to he one at the dats of Iris ascension he must re? sign from the craft. King George, however, has not beeu Inlt'ated. Even in affairs of the he trt a sover? eign mutt bow to the wll of others Although King Cophetua might have loved and shared his thr.no with a beggar maid, the royal marriage act w??uld render the occurrence of any such romantic onion Impossible in Eng? land. Members of tin blood royal must hare the sanctlor of parliament before they can marry, and this would certainly not he accorded nnless the etrth snd position of the lady were beyond reproach. ? An FnrMsh king's position toward 1 the law is somewhat peculiar. Theo reUculiy he is above the law. in prac? tice, however, he has to obey It. Just as have his subjects. He mast oh ssrvv the established legal system of the country. Any royal proclamation wbfeh he leans* Is only binding In so fsr aa it Is founded '<ry,r' SB eSnStis kt It caunot alter the common law er create a new offense, nor can a king set ip prfvute tribunals inch as the star chamber of add ti. the Juri diction of s court By s special set of parliament it has also been decided that if his majesty were to lose an g*> tleo brought against him by the reve sue authorities be would be liable for the paysaeut of costs sty the law of the land the king can fid* possibly commit an offense. Any Injury or wrong suffered by a snbject St his hands has to be attributed to the -mistake of his advisers;" hence It happens that King George is the only person tn Great Britain who cau? not arrest t suspected felon, even if such a one were to be seen by him en tsrlng Bocktnghsm palace or Windsor eastie The reason for this is because no action for wrongful arrest could lie aruicst him. and therefore if the person arrested by him were proved Innocent there would then be a wrong without a remedy Another legal dls ability of the king Is that be la barred of all tights In matters relating to land , after a lapse of sixty years. He is also , prohibited from serving on a Jury or i from giving evidence Until so comparatively recent a pe rlod as 1870 If a subject were convict- I sd of treason or felouy the king could claim bis property. Another lapned , prerogative of the crown is one known as "corody " Inning its existence a king who wsnted to advance the in tererf* of a royal chaplain could com- ' pel a b.'sbop to support such a clergy? man until a benefiee had been found for him Nowadays he has not even the right of founding a bishopric or creating erele*laNtlcal Jurisdiction. Similarly h > must always be a mem? ber of the Church of England and cannot charge his religion. The theory that the king "reigns, but does not govern" is amply borne out by the political system of the conn try. While the members of par? liament are his majesty's "faithful commons." they have certain prtvi aw* which he himself does not poa sea*. Thus King George cau summon sr prorogue parliament at will, but he csnnof prolong It beyond a definite perbal. JMmllnrly he is uh*otnt*?ly de? barred from imposing any sort of tax? ation whatever without first securing the consent of parliament. Bo JetuV snstv guarded Is this privilege that a king cannot create new officer* with new fee* or annex new fees to exist? ing officer*, as stich a course would be considered as Imposing a fresh tax. ' In bygone times, however, when an English monarch was In want uf funds he would levy taxes right and left and without asking anybody. The fra.tfis* does not extend to Eng- ; 11s b mo nan ha King George is ons ef the few men possessing a genuine stake tn the country without he priv? ilege of recording s sots. ? Loudon Bellman God pays, but not every Saturday.? A) phones Ks it. Pit a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.?Burton. Pur?? V?r?u? Passport In Russia. Should a cltiren of tho United State? attempt to enter Russia without a passport be would be turned buck at the frontier. Should be arrive In Rus? sian waters be will not be permitted to disembark until be has produced the necessary document properly vised by a Russian consular or diplomatic off! cer. Indeed, the mere posseaslon of uu American passport Is not sutneieut for the regulations of the Russians prescribe that the credential must be rfacd before the frontier Is crossed Detter to lose one's purse than one's passport In Russia. Funds may be ci bled for and received In the course of a few hours, but It is a question of weeks where a passport Is concerned Russian officials are usually courteous to American visitors who do not dis? play too much curiosity about certain unspeakable Russian institutions, but let them find a traveler In the Interior without o passport and the luckless one will speedily see the inside of a Russian Jail, and sooner or later be conducted to the nearest point of the frontier.?Travel Magazine. Astronomical Facta. The diameter of the sun Is reckoned 1 St 882,000 milea This diameter, ow lag to its loss of beat and the couse quent condensation, la steadily bel?g shortened, though at a very slow rate, of course. The whole solar system? the sun and all of Its planets?Is mov? ing through space at a pace estimat? ed at about 150.000.000 of miles annu ally. Those who are supposed to know about the matter assure us that, owing to certain causes, too numerous and complicated to be dealt with in this place, the planet on which we live receives only the 2,250-milliontb part of tbe tent that Is thrown off by the sun. Even as It is the earth receives annually from the sun an amount of beat that exceeds by a million times the heat producible by the combustion of 280,000.000 tons of coal.?New York America a Thackeray's First Poem. Thackeray's momentous ?rst appear- | a nee in print was a satirical poem, published In the Western Luminary during one of the happy holiday times which he spent In Devonshire when still a scholar at the Charterhouse. A certain Mr. Lalor Shell was to have delivered a speech upon Penendon heath, but tbe crowd refused to bear hint lie had taken the precaution, however, to send copies of bin intend? ed oration to all tbe leading Journals before leaving town, and these, of course, printed It This ludicrous in? cident Inspired Thackeray to write a little Jen d'esprlt entitled "Irish Melo? dy." telling bow "Mister Shell" when the men of Kent "began a grievous shouting'* fouud comfort in reflecting: "My speech 1? safe tn the Time? 1 wot And ?k? tn tbe Mnrnteg Chronicle." --VYu*t:nhn>u-r Gazette Ru?in?*? Before Pleeturn. Fussy Man ?burrybig Into newspaper offlwb/?l'vo tomi uxj aptctt lag where, and 1 want to advertise for them, but 1 can't see to write without them, you know. Advertising Clerk (likely to be business manager some day>?I will write tbe ad. for you. sir 1 Any marks on them? Fussy Man? I Tea, yea Gold rimmed, lenses differ I ent focus, and letters L. Q. O. on in- i side. Insert It three times. Ad vert is ! lng Clerk?Yea. sir. Ten shillings. ; please. Fussy Man?Here It Is. Ad- j vertlsing Clerk?Thanks. It gives me. sir. great pleasure?very great pleas? ure, to Inform you, sir. that your spec? tacles are on top of your bead. Fussy Man?My stars! So they are. Why didn't you say so before? Advertising Clerk?Business before pleasure, you kuow.?London Mall. Csts In Anoisnt Walse. An ancient statute ascribed to Uowel tbe Good, a Welsh prince, who ruled In W8. regulated tbe price of cats. A penny was tbe price of a kitten before its eyes were open, twopence until it bad caught Its first mouse aad four , pence when It was old enough for com? bat He who stole a cat from th.; royal granaries forfaited either a milk ewe, with Its fleece und lamb, or as much wheat as wou d cover the body of the cat suspended by Its tall, with Its nose touching tbe ground. A penny was a coin of great purchasing power In the tenth century. I The Et?rnsl Feminine. From the fresco paintings of women | In the Cretan palaces of the period about 2000 U C. It Is learned that the women of that time pinched In their waists, had flounced or accordion skirts, wore nn elaborate coiffure on their heads, shoes with high heels and bats which might have come from a Parisian hat shop, while one woman might be described as wearing a Jupe calotte. Wanted tbe Beat IT nein Ras berry walked Into a drug store. "(ilmme one o dem plasters fob my back." be said. ?*One of the porous plasterer" ?'No. 1 don't want one o' de pores plasters. 1 want one o* de bes'."~ Washington Star. Legal PUssantHea. Tho pompous lawyer assumed his most Imposing mien. **Oentlemen of the Jury.** he begun Impressively, MI once sat upon the Judge's beuch In the state of Maine and"? "Where was the Judge?" Interrupted the opposing attorney.?Housekeeper. The Angel'? Wing a **Why do they cull a theatrical back? er an angel I He hasn't wings?" "No, but his money bus,"?Baltimore American. Mr. K. M. Cooper, of Wisacky. was In the city Tuesduy. Hi* Great Generosity. "We are getting up o subscription," began the lady who waa carrying uround the paper. Her voice trembled as she Ipokc, for the iH?rsou she was uow bracing happened to he the richest fellow in the community. Bbe hoped against hol*? that she would get souie tbillg fut from him "You are getting up a subscription'/" echoed the millionaire, with a sweet smile. "I'm sure you'll bo very suc? cessful. And what can I do'/" "Would y? u? could you"?she nearly fainted at her assurance?"would you p-p-put your uame down on this papal for a h-h-humlred dollars?" There it was done, lie wouldn't have missed a thousand, but she was pretty courageous to usk for as much as she did. His gentle smile reassured her. "Will I put my name down for a hundred dollars"/" said ho. "Why, niy dear joung lady, I don't charge that amount for the use of my name when charity is the cause I will put ray MOM down, of course, but not for, a hundred dollars. I won't charge you a cent for It. It Is a flight service." ?Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Female Housefly. | A female house rty which has hiber? nated in a dwelling house, or else? where, may produce in the spring, at the lowest estimate. 12?) eggs. Assum ing that one-half of these hatch as fe males, and allowing that the breeding goes on without check for four months, we have as the descendants of u single hibernating individual 214.r>r?7.844,:il>t Ut?UHXM*>l,0Ou Hies. Now, a house fly measures exactly one-fourth of an inch in length; the distance around the earth at the equator is said to l>o 24, 800 miles. It would take, therefore, 3,088,312.000 flies placed end to end to go around the world once. Using this number as a denominator, and the number of flies produced in four months from one mother as a numer? ator, we find Hhe will give rise, in the course of a summer, to enough llies to encircle the globe at the equator (1,000 times and have plenty of progeny to spare.?Professor P. L. Wushburn in Popular Science Monthly. 8evere. A story is going *he rounds at a certain university regarding one of the sarcastic professors, who was recently conducting uu oral examination in a very scientific study. There was one student, handsome, easv and self possessed, who appeared to be utterly ignorant of the simplest phases of the subject. Professor W. put question after question to h'.ra without receiving one intelligent reply. Finally the student said naively: Tin very unfortunate, professor; you never nsk me anything I know." The professor said nothing, bnt gravely tore off a til v \ levo of paper from u convenient \ .id "Here, Mr u.." he ssidj handing it to the student "write a?l you know. Take ptentj of first <! ? re'* i* hurry." What Rhymes With Babe? A common Knglish word for which there Is only one rhyme is "babe," and it was Swinburne who used It with exquisite appropriateness In "A Rhyme." Babe, if rhyme be none For that sweet small word Babe, the sweetest one Ever heard. Right It Is and meet Rhyme should keep not true Time with such a sweet Thing as you. Love alone, with yearning Heart for astrolabe, Takes the sun's height, burning O'er the babe. "Silence" is another word beloved of poets thut has no rhyme. Mrs. Brown* ing went to the very limits of her pas? sion for assonance when she rhymed it with "islands!" Oddities About Alphabets. When the Portuguese first explored Brazil they made great fun of the na? tives of that country because they had in their alphabet no f, r or 1?a peo? ple, the lnvailers declared, without fe, ley or rey?without faith, law or king. The Mohawks, again, have no labials and vowed It was absurd when the missionaries tried to teach them to pronounce p and b, "for who," said they, "can speak with his niou'n shut'/"?Black wood's Magazine. Something Was. Hirers' was smoking ji cheap cigar. "Seems to me," said Brooks, "I smell something like cloth burning." But Hirers was game. He touched the lighted end of his cigar to his shirt sleeve. "No wonder," he said, exhibiting the burned spot. Chicago Tribune. The Trouble. Gramerey?We can't afford to give a dinner in the house. Besides, we haven't the things. Mrs. Gra mercy? Pshaw! Wo can borrow the silver. Qramercy?Tea, and have the guests cany most of it away as souvenirs.? Judge A Second Washing. "I've just washed out a *uit for my little lw>y. and now it seems too tight for him * "He'll tit It all right if you'll wash the boy " Megfendorfer Blatter. Changed |hs Geography. "This goulash was spoiled In cook lag, sir Shall l cross it off the bill?" "No, you champ! Put It down as goulash a la Busse under the head of special dishes."* Jugend Tlie grand essentlali to happiness in this life uro something to do. some thing to love gsd something to hope for Hon, Mendel lRmlth "f C Linden, i ? > In tin <ity for ;? while Tueadsy, Men Who Cry on the 81 re et. "I was standing on the street cornel waiting for ti car," said a caller at the Deaconess home in Chicago, "and I suw a man walking along with bowed bead, erjrtn.v! NvX be bad not beer drinking. lie looked Ilka a reapectabli workingman of ruiddlo age. I wanted to ?peak to him. but I didn't What do you suppose w-es tho matter"*" The deaconess whom he was address ing said nothing, but she knew wh.t some "respectable middle aged men' walk the city streets crying Visions rose before her: A man who had Jusl visited his boy, in Jail for stealing?a man who has Ixnm bunting work foi throe weeks and "lo>t out" every time till the dearly loved wife and baby a! home were literally starving-a mar. who had just had a flashlight of lib own degradation and was comparing It with the Innocence of tbe clean hearted lad that used to cuddle intr his mother's lap. The men go weeping along the street! sometlruos, but often j er far they go too dead at heart tc weep.- Christian Herald. Tho Desth Psin. A reporter asked a well known sur geon whether his experience as a med? ical man had led hiiu to believe that death is painless. ? ''Speaking generally," he said, "the death agony is very rarely attended by pain, because the system is always prepared for death by u weakening, of the vital lor es. by the circulation of impure blood through the brain and by the ObtundingOf the nerves. Of course some people huve more pain than others, and this is very largely^Jeter mined by temperament a nervous man?all other things l^elng equal? suffers more pain than a mun who has enjoyed robust health, because the nervous man's sensibilities arc stronger, but the pain of deatli is more in the anticipation of It than in the reality. Men of education face death with greater fortitude than meu who are not educated. Women are almost always pluckier than men. They en? dure pain much better."?London Globe. Tho Biter Bitton. A Philadelphia man wont to u dealer to purchase a dosen homing pigeons and was both surprised and delighted at the extremely low price asked foi the birds. The bargain was finally Concluded and tho pigeons delivered. Two weeks later the gontlem.au hap penod to be passing, when the dealer stopped him and asked him how tht birds were getting on. "I dou't know," replied the gentle mau. "I have not heard from my friend." "Your friend?" "Yes; I bought them for a man in San l-'rauciseo." The dealer's Jaw fell in dismay, and then, with a rueful laugh, he admitted that be bad sold the birds so cheai because la- ' nea that on being rele: ad they woul Immediately return their v Id home. But from "Sau Fr: Cisco] It was a clear ease of the bit being bitten.?St. Louis Globe-Dcnio cruL Lifs of s Gown. "A lawsuit in which women's clothes are the center of litigation teaches even a woman many things she never before sus|K.vted about the clothes she wears," said a well dressed woman. "Last week I was present at a trial in which a woman was attempting tc secure full lnsurauco for gowus dam aged by tire. In the expert te*?tiinouy it was asserted no dress has a money value in law after it has been worn ten times. According to that theory, every gown owned by the plaintiff had outlived its usefulness before tho lire came along to complete its destruction, and witJi the exception of a trifling sum representing the actual worth ol old material the insurance company was absolved from its obligations."? New York Sun. One View of Mountain Climbers. Mountain climbing, now a popular part of an outing at home and abroad, was regarded in a far different light in its earlier days. "Murray's Guide to Switzerland." published iu 1*38, in the section devoted to Mont Blanc, soberly related that "it is a somewhat remarkable fact that a large proportion of those who have made this ascent have been <>f unsound mind" This quotation will console many timid souls.?A rgonaut. How Lincolnshire Shepherds Count. Van (1?. tan (2), tethera (3), petbera (4). pimp t."o. setbera (6), lethera (7), hovera (8), eovera (0), dik (10), yau-a dik (11>. tan-a-dlk (12). tethera-dik (13), pethera-dlk (14), bumplt (13), yan-a bumpit (10), 'tan-abumplt (17), etc., Jiggit (20b?From "Shepherds of lirlt ain," by A. L. J. G?sset Chinese Busineee Houses. Most of the Cbiueae business houses are owned by partnerships, and most partnerships are of a largo number of persons, The Chinese who has saved lino local currency will at once lu? vest it In a mercantile business and become n partner. Goldsmith's Poverty. Goldsmith had to sell his "Vicar of Wakeiield." that masterpiece of Eng Uab fiction, for a comparatively small stun In order to pay his rent. Want often pinched him to the con*. Juries. Formerly a Jury in England who COUld not agree were sent to prison, and during Queen Elizabeth's reign s banquet was usually given to the Jury by tbe successful litigant To die for one's great ideas Is glo? rious and easy. The horror is to out? live the**?lohn Oliver Hohbes The weather man Is tat-hing up uiib the deficiency in rainfall. earn_.-pi.u_wsesam mn ?? . WHEN Till: MAILS LEAvE Latest Schedule for ( losing of .Mails Prepared for Servier at the vum l< v Post Office. ? ?* ? Tl following eohedule whli ii lias recently been prepared for nervlce at the pottofhee will bo of interest to the patrons of ihat ollice. Tiie schedule shows when all mails are closed for the various mail trains which take mail out from this ctty. This schedule waa In effect Friday, September if>, Lvl 1. I Ti n in No. ?! ?"?, Florence and Augus? ta, due to leave 5.47 A. M; mail clos? es M6 P. aM. Tiain No. 54, Wilmington and Co? lumbia, due tO leave 7.40 a. M.; mail closes 7.00 a. M. Train No. 4 0. Florence and Or* atlgeburg, due to leave 9.10 a. M.; i mail closes 9.10 a. M. j Train No. 52, Greenville and Charleston, due to leave :?.4i a. II.; mail closes 9.10 a. M. Train No. 6s. Gibson and SumUr, due to leave 9.4a a. M.; mail closes 9.10 a. M. Train No. 71, Camden and Sumter. due to leave 9.45 a. M.; mail closes M0 a. M. Train No. 51, Wilmington ad Co? lumbia, due to leave 11.30 A. M.; mail closei 11.00 A. M. I Train No. 73, Sumter and Wilson, due to leave 3.30 P. M.; mail closes 3.00 P. M. Train No. 50, Wilmington and Co? lumbia, due to leave 5.55 P M.. mail closes 5.15 P. M. I Train No. 09, Camden and Sumter. I due to leave 6.31 P. M.; mail clones 1 8.00 P. If. I Train No. 36, Florence and Augus? ta, due to leave 6.35 P. If.; mail clos? es 6.00 P. M. Train No. 53, Greenville and Char- , leaton, due to leave 6.35 P. M.; mail cloaea 6.00 P. M. Train No. 56, Gibson and Sumter. due to leave 6.50 P. M.; mail closes 6.00 P. If. Train No. 47, Florence and Orange Mirg, due to leave 8.25 P. M.; mail, closes 8.00 P. M. Train No. 55, Wilmington and Co-i lumbia, due to leave 9.30 P. M.; mail closes 8.45 P. M. GEO. D. SHORE, Postmaster. The situation seems to this: The more gold . . less we have.?Boston Herald. There were :;4 would*be colored teachers to tak.- the teacher's ex animation which was given last week at the Lincoln school. It would be a tine thing for this country if Italy would ?all home all of her ''blackbanders'1 to help fight the Turks. Memphis Oommercial Appes L Monday the cotton receipts amounted to about CSS hales, about halt of which waa weighed from wag? ons and about half from cars ship | i <1 In here from surrouding points. !;:< k Johnson says he will never *. rhl again. Put retire as champion, it will never do. It is in the hooks that "Jack" must get broke and re ? 'iitf r the rir.K' and pet licked to a fi laale.?Houston Post. City Council has authorised the purchase of an auto pumping fire engine, but the hardest job is left to the fire department committee, which will have to decide what make of engine to buy. A Wllte Motor truck was used Tues? day in demonstrating the feasibility of using a motor driven apparatus as a tractor for the steam fire en? gine. Th(* steamer was attached to the rear of the motor truck and drawn through the Streets. There is no doubt about the motor truck having ample power to propel Itself and carry the steamer as a trailer, but the problem is, whether it is practicable and safe in regular Service, the danper being that the haste to get to ? tir I the speed limit may be exceeded and when the at? tempt to turn a corner is made the Steam engine trailer may be over? turned. Of course, if due care is exercised at all times, no such ac? cident is possible, but will due care he exen Ised ? For Sale. Wheat, rye. barley. OStS seed, rice Hour, bay. grain, and International Sugared horse and cow feed. Booth Ma rby Live Stock Company. s-29-St. LIME. DEMENT. ftorn\?m Ho v ( irain ? ' ? :B Bran iiy, vudin. Mixed " ? . I chicken Feed. Horses. Mules. j)u-.; .u*????? "J No Order Too Large Or Too Small. Booth-Harby Live Slock Co. SUMTF.R, SOUTH CAROLINA. Take the Right Path. The path to success in business is the path of common sense. Bank on and with m Farmers, Bank & Trujft Co. And you will be in the right path. Carolina Special Hi?h Class * LI e c tr i c a 11 y ' Lighted Train Between CHARLESTON AND CINCINNATI -VIA Southern Railway In connecting silk 0 N. ??. and T. P. Pal way Consisting of Com? bined haggage ami Pmoklng far. First t'iass Coscb, PnllSAai Lrawing KtK)iii Sleeping Car. Pullman Observation Bleeping Oar ami Lining tar Service. Solid between Charleston and Cincinnati on the following eonven-2| lent schedule* i WESTBOUND NO 7 Lv Charleston '?.WAM F ASTBOt'ND NO. 8 Lv Cincinnati . t> VI PM Lv SummetviMe .9.Ml AM Lv Aaheville 10 25 AM Lv Orsngebwrg 11.17 AM Ar Spenaoboti .140 PM l v Columbia.I SO PM Ar C olumbia . 4.45 PM Lv Spartanhurg . 4.15 PM Ar OfMSJSbwrf 6.15 PM Ar Aaheville .tJf PM Ar Kumtnervdle 8 4? PM Ar Cincinnati . .19 00 AM Ar Charleaton 8.45 PM Connectlni ;it Cincinnati with thronet? trains for Chicago, Cleve? land, Detroit, Seattle. Bt Louis, Kansas City, Denver, *an Prsnrlsoo. and Points West and Northwesti For further information CSll 'Southern Hallway Ticket office. B. II. McLKAX, 1>. 1?. A. \V. B. McGKE, J. H Ml I K t'oludmln, S. O. 1>. P. A. A. G. P. A. U. II. COAPMAN, S. IL HARD WICK 11. F. CARY, V. P. and ii. M. P. T. M. G. P. A.