Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cjft Sdlalcbman aiti ^ontiiran. r??4KlMM] Wednesday and Saturday. ?BT - ?STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTBK. S. 0 Terms: 11. do per annum?In advance. Ad tee flMBHM I Square nrnt insertion.$1.09 subsequent insertion.60 its for three months, or win be made at reduced rates, auleationa which sue a pvtwate Interest a will be charged aw ae>ertteementa sseemrte* and tri Mi tee of respect ee charred far. TS? sumter Wstchrean was found? ed In 119* and the True Southron In it** The Watchman and Seuthre arm he* the cor-M>tned circulation and f beth of the old papeiH. %t seanrfestty trie beet advertising In Sumter The farmers by throwing theil OOV son on the market, regardlesi of price, have deMrowd any possi dllty of higher prices In the Immediate fu? ture and the few who are holding Will have to wait until the glutted saarket Is relieved. Those who can hold until the mill* need the cotton aext spring will prohahly receive a fhlr price, hut unless the South de? sires a repetition of the low pritN? and hard times of the Nimtws, plans should now be made to reduce the acreage of next year's cot? ton crop, and curtail production and to ri ?x i.*e w ..vs ind mein* to finance the making and the marketing of the crop next fall. For one thing, the (Himers who buy supplies and f ;rtl Users on credit should arrange to have their obligations mature In December. January and February, fnstead of September. October and N. >\ember, and then they will not he forced to sell their cotton so etrly. This a-lll help some, but the secret of higher prices Is a small or med urn steed crop, and as the farmers do have to plant the whole earth In cotton they can reduce the cotton use less fertiliser and make >re money on fifty bales of cotton ia they are making this year on a hundred bales. They cannot mike a profit on ten cent cotton, and the more they make nest year, the poor er they will be. ?'4 /IT ON I i TVHKS ?.A!\ it I pMard M -ii UK'nt t tu, u r I Miton IVIccm Hoartiic. > New Orlear '. Oct. Id.?A reaction of $2 a bale ?n the price of cotton **ame this morning within an h ?ur utter the opening of the week. This the tiret sudden upward move ment In futures since the long de? stine started, a decline that Saturday night amounted to almost 13-4 cents a pound or nearly 125 a bale. The market opened at an advance ef * to t point* and kept on rising uatd the December and January de? livery were 12 points ever Salut? da> * close. Other active months maue gains of 11 to 43 points, hut the nrst two named months attra i eJ dJMH "i the trading. neral rainy and cloudy wtather ever the cotton region, a storm warn? ing for the Texas coast and the forecast of frost for ??kUhorna and the Fanhandle of Texas were the causes of the rise. Shorts were. hgXftVJ buyers from the nrst call on and it was said that on- .-i m<>i? iinmri.jo' (in ?s ->f ehorts were being c??v? r< ?1. Heavy huylng for thi lets] account was In *?\ Id' hce and wa.n >>w ,< l.irg ?r scale than ary previous s**? plon for months i m,uedori houhe* were larg*- hay era Wlsl ! i Wai tuken to mean hat the outside public was earning in on th>- null *iu\?. luiter in the day the rise wss checked by trie front-taking operations of st-u Iprig laags. S'rj 'e '' *t*afeJNp> A throo sn a r???ve i uilt sesth In In* eat ? ftrkei Ii h she.I at Walla. 8o**? **e* fea'sad Neigborty, Anyhow. Maybe it Is design or maybe It fust accident Anyhow, it certain j does look funny to see all the prloxl pal taxicab stations bang up agalnct drinking fountains (or horses?Nee York Man Keeping on the Safe tide. Ac actor was recently at*ked to give a recipe for a successful play, snd this waa sis reply There are two ways of having a successful play Ova Is to make tnooey with It; the other Is sot to lose money There >? so sure recipe for the former To ale acutely Issure the latter-don't pro? sue* th* play " Our Life's Werk. We are no* seat Into this world to to any hing ico which ?? canned pur our hearts We hsve certain work to do for our bread and that Is to be done strenuously; other work to do for mir delight and that Is to be done heertllv neither Is to be done by halves of shifthut with s will; and sjlfjl , pa ?vorth this effort It not t* he done at *i? - John Russia TRAPPING EAGLES. Tfce Chinese Get Thsm With a Batted Net and a Decoy Bird. Every year, according to an old cue- i torn, in the second quarter of the Sep? tember or October moon. Uie Inhabit? ants of the Chinese province of Shan- ; tung go to Mongolia to bunt the eagles which abound In that region. The , huntsmen march In troops along the roads, carrying on their shoulders long t poles from which are suspended their baggage and provisions and on which are perched tame eagles to be used an decoys. i The hunters make use of a large net. spread open on the ground and baited with small dried fishes. In the midst of which Is placed a tame eagle. The decoy naturally begins to devour the halt and thus Invites Its wild cousins to follow Its example. When the birds bave alighted and are feeding the hunter, from bis Tiding place two or three hundred yards distant, quickly closes the net by means of cords and thus captures the eagles. Eagle hunting Is very lucrative. The feathers are used In the manufacture of fans and are sold at a high price even In China. There are three sorts Kkpet black with white centers; Che ma. white spotted with black; Tout sing, half white and half black. Saw oral eagles contribute to the making of a fan, for only a small part of the plumage can be utilized; hence these fans are very costlj. ANIMAL EVOLUTION. ! Changes in the Partridges of the Cs nary Islands. A remarkable example of the effects of environment and changed coudl tlons of life upon the forms of ani? mals Is furnished by a species of par trldge living In the Canary islands Over 400 years ago the Spaniards lu treduced the red legged partridge from Europe Into these Islands, and the bird has continued to flourish there; but, as recent examination proves, it has un? dergone modifies tic ns clearly brought about by the conditions under which It Uvea. Its buck has turned from russet color to gray. Thi lo-ks like pro tecttve coloration, since the bird passes Its life among gray volcanic rocks. i Its beak has become one-fourth longer and thicker than that of its ancestors and of Its European rela j fives, and Its tegs also have increased j In length and grown stouter. These changes are exactly such as ' were needed to suit It to the life that It Is now compelled to lead amid the rocks and on the mountain sides of the Islands, where a more rigorous physical development Is required than was needed in its former home.?Har? per's Weekly. Mightr Qua** T?ie negro on oocasbvn- display* a ' Lue discrimination In the Cbolcs of word*, say* tho NajttoojU Monti . "Who's the test whltewasner tn | tower inquired the new resident. "Ala Hall am a bond atlat with s | whitewash brush, sah," answered the colored patriarch eloquently. "Well, tall him to oocne and white? wash my chicken house tomorrow.'* Uncle Jacob shook his bead dubi? ously. **Ab don't believe, nah, Ab*d engage Ale Hall to whrfesvash a chicken house, sah." "Why, did at you say he wan a good whltewasner 7" "Tos, sah. a powe'ful good white washer, sah. bot mighty queer about a chicken house, sab: mighty queer.** Tsfwiveon's Bird Bounds. Perhaps the best word for the cry of the cricket Is that of Tennyson, "Not a cricket chirr* d," he writes in **ln Me mortem.*' But Teonyson was always curiously exact in his vocal rendering of the songs of Mrth What could be truer to sound than "the moan of doves In Immemorial elmsT" Then, too. tbe linnet, the sobln and the thrush "prpe." the woodpecker laughs** and "mocks." the lark and the neuror -whistle," the jay "serttches." the par? rot "screams." the peacock "squalls." tbe blackbird "w^rtden/* while the ocean fowl "shriek" and the eng??? "yelps."?Loodon Ornpfrlc. H ipts P*t*sf%oe? "What makes him look so solemnV He gets bis month's setary tomorrow." **That*s Just the trouble. Ills wife and bis mother-inhiw allow him .*Vn cents a week out of It end he's trying to make up his mind to strike for u i dollar:"- Atlanta Cooetltution. Bellied. "You got a rabjo in pay. didn't you?" "Yes, but it didn't do me any good " "Why notr "I talk In my sleep, and my wife found out about It"?Toiedo Blade Pretty Steady. "That Jones boy who used to work for you wants to hire out to me Is be steady?" "Steady? If he was any steadfc* he'd be motion leas."?Judge. Great Britain's Groat Seal. Measuring six Inches in diameter and made of silver, the great eeel of Great Britain is kept in the custody of the I lord high chancellor, and a new one | is prepared for each reign. Actions. Every roan's actions form a center of Influence upon other*, and every | deed, however trivial, has some weight In determining the future destiny of the world Our history contains the nnme of no one w<nth remembering who led a life of ease ? Roosevelt M' T i ? it i< ^house, of <toltini Ms, was tit tie- cits Monday AN INSPIRING TRIBUTE. rt Made a Remarkable Scene In the House of Representatives. A touching scene occurred In the bouse of representatives a number of years ago when an aged member from New Jersey urose and for the first time addressed the speaker. All eyes were turned in his direction as he stood calmly awaiting recognition. lie was tall, spare and erect. Ills vener? able appearance und kindly expression, coupled with most courteous manners, at once commanded attention. As in husky tones he again said "Mr. Speaker" there came from the farthest end of the great hall in a whisper, but distinctly heard by all. the words, "Sweet Alice, Lien Holt.'* A moment later and from the tioor and gallery many voices blended in the familiar refrain. "Don't you re? member sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?" The ovation which immediately fol lowed was such ns is rarely witnessed In the groat halL Business was sus? pended for the moment and the hand of tho new member warmly grasped by the chosen representatives of all parties and sections, it was an inspir? ing tribute, one worthily bestowed. The member was Thomas Dunn Eng lish. author of the little i>oem. sung in palace and cottage, which found its way into all languages and touched all hearts.?Adlai E. Stevenson in "Some thing of Men I Have Known." CURIOUS ESKIMO LIVING. The Pallet Rooms In Homes Entirely Devoid of Furniture. "Furniture is quite unknown in a common Eskimo home." writes the wife of the Danish governor of Green? land, Anna Bistrup, in an article on "Eskimo Women In Creeland" in the Century. "The bouses of the Eskimos are all built of stone and turf, with the win? dows opening toward the sun. the one entrance always being on the side that is least exposed to tbe wind. Along the back wall runs a platform, a pallet of boards, raised eighteen inches aboxe tbe floor. It is from six to eight feet deep, and through its whole length it is divided into rooms or spaces of eight or ten feet Each room is sepa rated from the neighboring room by n partition of board or skin. An open passage runs the whole length of the house along the pallet rooms and serves for the truffle of all the Inmates but each pallet room claims for its own the bit of passageway adjoining "Each pallet room is occupied by one family, and there they stay night and day. The best pallet room is the In nemost and is always occupied by the owner of the house or the oldest If the bouse has more than one owner." Worthy of tSe Higheet rsj tali iad turned <o ux? orphan children of Henry Donm i f Cherry rtlle Tbe former resident asked rbe stage di'lfej bow (bay had pro* ?eead "They've done first rate, wa? the hearty response. "Both of them have done first rate, "Joa Eddie, be learned the carpenter's trade and has worked right along, and as for Emma Susaa?well, 1*11 tell you what somebody from over the Center said to roe only last week about her to conversation regarding her husband "Emma Susan married Frank Bax? ter, one of the James Baxters, Well, that man from the Center, he said to mex 'I hear Frank Baxter's been cho? sen selectman. Well. I don't know but what hell do all right for you,' he said; 'but, whether he's the man for the place or not, there4* one thing certain If ever a woman looked suitable to the position of select man N wife and would do ft credit Emma Susan Baxter's that womanV "?Youth's Companion. i Too Many Books. * Bamaby Hieb In his preface to "A New Description of Ireland," published In 1600, writes: "One of the discuses of this age is the multitude of books that doth so overcharge the world that it is not able to digest tho abundance of idle matter that Is every day hatch? ed and brought into the world, that are as divers in their forms as their authors be in their faces. It is but a thriftless aud thaukless occupation, this writing of books. A man were better to sit singing In a cobbler's shop, for bis pay Is certainly a penny a patch! But a book writer, if he gets sometimes a few commendations of tho Judicious, be shall be sure to reap a thousand reproaches of the ma? licious." No Use. Pocahontas had saved the life ot Captain John Smith. "What would have been the use ot killing him. anyhow, par" she saht "There are millions of other John Smiths, ami there wouldn't have been a line al??it it In the [Kipers.*' Her news instinct was unerring Saving the caj tain's life made a first page story of the affutr. ? Chicago News. Black Eggs, The black Cayrta duck, a South American bird, frequently lays black eggs. The coloring does not penetrate the shell, being due to an oily pigment which can he rubbed off. In succes? sive layings the coloring fades and dis? appears. The Usual Way. She?What would you do if you bad money enough to supply your Deads 1 He?I'd start tu to make a lot more to supply my wants.?Exchange. His Occupation. Doctor?I think, perhaps, your occo pation Is depriving. Can't you find a more cheerful Job 7 What is your w<*k? Pttleilt?] am a Joke writer Mr .1 ii. .lohn.?..ii ?cM t.? Colum bla Mondaj morning. CREEPING CACTUS. Curiou? Plants That Will Travel Aero6e a Desert. **The Isolation of the desert lowlands of Lower California, combined with i alternations of long continued droughts ; ani heavy ruins, has resulted In the development of the richest and most extraotdinary desert flora In the world," says E. W. Nelson tn tbe Na? tional Geographic Magazine. "Cactuses of muny kinds abound, varying from giants standing with massive fluted trunks fifty to sixty feet tall to little et niggling stemmed species too weak to hold themselves Upright The fruit of many of these cactuses Is edible and much sought for by birds and mammals. They were OUTS one of the main crops of the in- j dians who lived in this arid region, j The cactus forests often form thorny jungles through which it Is Impossible to pass. "After months among these thorny plants we supi>osed we had seen them In all their eccentric variations of forms. One morning, however, while crossing the I.Inno de Yrais, in front of Magdalena buy. I rode out from a dense growth of bushes into pn oi>en area and pulled up my horse in amuse? ment at sight of the most extruordi dinary of them all. Before me was a great bed of the creeping devil cactus, which appeared like a swarm of gigan? tic caterpillars creeping in all direc? tions. These plants actually travel away from the common center of the group, and 1 saw many single sections twenty or thirty yards a^ay from the others. The part of tl^ stem resting on the grourd sends down rootlets, and the older stems die in the rear at about the same rate as they grow in front, so they slowly move away from the colony across the flats vbere they live." A SECRET LIBRARY. Important Papers That Were Stored j Away by Queen Victoria. Within the walls of Buckingham pal? ace ind constructed on the "strong room' principle is a room known as the "secret library." and in this are stored documents and private letters which were they sent forth to the ?world would doubtless set the whole universe talking. From the very commencement of her reign Queen Victoria assiduously stored away in nice order all family ami other iini>ortant papers, her only assistant in this duty being a secre? tary, who entered her service within fourteen years of her accession to tbe throne and who retained his place un? til her majesty's death, though be him? self bad no access to nine-tenths of the papers which are docketed, the late queen alone retaining tbe keys of th tafst r.nd ^??binets In which her "scerer libran ' was ji ntsined. .tUHt brf'.-f ? her de.tth ?er tnaj.'sty added tc the ibM of hat papers a batch of letters of the moat pi rat* tad cod fluent in' Iml add tied by the lau j prince consort to his brother. iu* Duss Ernest of Coburg, and it is a well as? certained fact that when possible she aoqulred every scrap written by her late consort to bis private friends. It is said by those who are qualified to surmise that the "secret library" not only tells of royal marriages, births and deaths, bur that it Is virtually the private history of Europe during the last half of the nineteenth century.? London Tit-Bits. Escopesn Civilisation. The first pavements in Paris were said about the year 1200: tn London, about 1417. Berlin was without pave meats fai Into the seventeenth cen? tury. No bouses bad glass windows before tbe twelfth century, and as late as the fourteenth century anything might be thrown out of the windows of Parts and Ix>ndou after three times calling out. "Look out.*" Shirts were not known until the time of the cru? saders, and tbe One clothes which la? dles and gentlemen wore were seldom washed, but only occasionally "scent? ed." So late us 15?0 there were to be found in Baris but three carriages, while in England couches date from 1580. Porks were unknown, und table manners were exceedingly "unsightly." Occupation of Idols. Some strange occupations figure on Indian census schedules. At the last census in many villages of Haidarabad and the central provinces enthusiastic and devout enumerators returned the village shrines and temples as "occu? pied bouses." The occupant was the idol, whose occupation was stated as "grantlu? boons and blessing*, living on contributions from the tenants.' Other callings returned on the sched? ules include collectors of edible birds' nests, receivers of stolen goods, witches, wizards and cow poisoners.? Tall Mall Gazette. Stumbled on the Will. Wills have often proved a stumbling block to the novelist. Oue flagrant case may be mentioned. A popular writer causes an old aristocrat to have his "hist will and testament" witness? ed by bis butler and his housekeeper, yet be nkes them both benefit ander it Bj so doing he renders the win invalid. But the author does not know It i Every Woman's Privilege. Mrs. Byram That's the kind of ? husband to have: Did you hear 1st. Dike tell his wife to go and look at some $100 hats? Mr Byram My dear, have I ever deprived you of the priv? ilege of looking at siuo hats?- Chicago News. I - Venus will not charm so much with? out her attendant graces as they will without her - i.ord Chesterfield Mr. and Mrs i . t\ Manning, "f Wlsacky, wer - in the clt) Monday, BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure Economizes Butter, Flour, Eggs; makes the food more appetizing and wholesome The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS Number of Cases Continued Noi Prossed. and been The following cases h ive Continued or nol pressed: Jack Johnson, larceny from field. 2 cases, nol prossed, Paul Hutler, appeal from Magis? trate's court, appeal dismissed. BS, A. Johnson, nol pressed. fi cases. Jackson was convicted on one charge, but was paroled by Oov. Bleaae and is now on parole, Oliver Potts, larceny of bicycle, nol pressed. Potts is now on the chalngang for ten years, serving a sentence for stealing a bicycle. W. P. Kelly, violation of dispen? sary law. nol proceed, 2 cases. Horace Mack, larceny of car brasses, nol prossed. Arthur Pinekney. forgery, nol pronged. John Washington, appeal from Itccorders Court, continued. Jno. W. Coffey, breach of trust with intent to steal continued. J. A. Kiser, obtaining goods by false pretense, nol prossed. Sam Blngletary and H. T. Edens, rule to show cause why bond Should not be paid, continued. T V Schwerin, appeal from Re c-ordei 1 court, ord< r ? , ... sp peri ]. Daniel f. Qi ills, assault and ittery with intent to kill, continued. Town of llayesvllle ?galwet w. H. Bwinton. appeal from Intendant's court. 2 cases, order dismissing ap? peal. 111 rant\ White final ? A very large assortment ir. long and short. Cashmere. Corduroy Si'k. $1.50 up at Schwartz Broi County Treasurer B. C. Wa opened up his office on Monday ?01 the collection of taxes, and was pleased at the way in which taxpay? ers came in and paid up their taxes. He stated that it was probable thut he would collect considerable more taxes today than he ^ia last year upon th<- opening day for the col? lection of taxes. Are Vou Buying Crom Us The Children's Shoes? Cut on na? ture's iast. Fit easy and will Wear. Try them please. Schwartz Bros. Court resumed its session Monday morning with a new venire to ( hoose from. The case of William Vaughn for arson, was taken up and consumed all of the morning. New Silk Petticoats. T . and soft :*rv: --\ h I K. Dtp at GET IN THE HABIT Of trading at THE BOSTON STORE, THE FAST GROWING STORE. MY STORE is filled up to its capacity with Rare Bargains. Coat Suits, a big assort? ment to select from, $5.00 to $15.00. Serge and Panama Dresses from $3.00 to $10.00. Black and White Petticoats from 50c. to $5.00. Children's Dresses from 50c. to $2.00. Voil and Panama Skirts from $1.50 to $10.00. Ladies Long Coats, Caracle and Broadcloth. Silk and Knitted Scarfs from 25c. to $2.00. Aviation Caps from 25c. to $2.00. Sweaters of all kinds from $1.50 to $3.50. Don't forget the baby's comfort. Our Br.by Caps, we have 50 dozen to select from, bought them in a job and can offer great bargains in them. 50c CAPS.tie 75c CAPS.50c $1.00 CAPS.75c $1.50 i \l*S.98c Baby Boottees, beauties for the price. Don't fail to see them. Centre Table Covers, Pillow Shams, Pillow Cases, Bureau Scarfs, White Aprons, in fact we carry everything in Notions. Ladies', Men's and Children's Fleece Underwear in all sizes and quality. We can fit you, come give us a call and be convinced. My line of Clothing and Shoes to suit everybody. We have no space to give you particulars. Come and see them for yourself COUNTRY MERCHANTS. 1 represent Krasnoff Bros. Co. of New York, whole? salers in Notions. 1 can save you from 10 to 15 per cent. Come to see me and let me figure with you in the Notion line. 1 carry a full line in my stock and you can buy in small quantity as you need. The Boston Store, PERRY KRASNOFF. Prop. The l ast Growing Store, 41 N. Main street.