The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-07

The German government has issued
an .edict to the effect thassthe names of
new babies must be taken only from
the bible and the roll Of priaces aad
nationa heroes.
"A new coal vein, Of immense wealth
has bsel opened in Missouri. Il can
Be mised for 25 cents per ton. the
owners say.
The Chinese have become demor-
allied and are abandoning the defenses
Of Moukden, against which the Japan
ese are marching. Foog Wong has
been taken, but portion of the forts
at Port. Arthur are still held by
Chinese.
W. j. Shelton travelling agent for
the Columbia Register, has been ar
rested for embezzlipg funds belonging
to the u S. Government Mr.. Shelton
is postmaster at Shelton's and has been
for. ten years, and it is for shortage in
this Office that he has been arrested.
He states that he has had nothing to
do with the Office for five years, an
assistant discharging all the duties of
the Office.
The boss moonshiner at Hancock
County Tenn, is a woman who weighs
600 pounds. The Internal revenue
fellows don't like her ways, bot she
bids them defiance, as there is nothing
wider than footpath up to her fort,
enough of them couldn't get around
her to carry her outa
MANDY" said Farmer Corntossee
wouldn't You like to be 'mancipate
woman, an go ter the polls. an vote p
..No SIR" vas the positive reply
81 don't think it's fair ter the men fur
women ter be tryin' ter grab the OH
ces."
"Why not p
because er woman is allus smart
enough to turn her hand ter anythin
thes comes along. but politics is all
some men air 6t fur. - Washington
Star. rYfg HIT
s TIE peculiar deposit often noticed on
tAe upper surfaces of lesves, especially
upon those of the Eastwood and the
hickory, has been accounted for in two
ways BY the excretion Of species Of
minute insect called aphides. and also
as an exudation of the leaves themselves.
F. may bgaruthfuny ssidthatsthecause
sf this exadation which is a sacchar-
Inc liquid of wonderful sweetpess) is
still an unsolved botanical mystery.
Gray says: 1T seems to be caused by
something peculiar. 10 the atmosphere,
and occurs most frequently on trees
erewiogsupou islands in temperate la'i-
tudes."
Mecca was visited last year by
:between 250, 900 and 800 aO0pi!grims,
q much larger uanssbek tbansusdsi as
,fhe priucipsl aayoashs plgrlna@ hap
.psned to M in SFadas go D0N aama
81 sea, of whom nearly II. 600 died Of
cholera, while of those who went by
Hand, most of-tbem,from British India.
5000 perished. The mortality was
temper cent. Of al. the pligsins.,e~.-'~s~
Cbauucey W. Church nine months
ago started an altruist community on
about 400 acres of land south of Flint.
Mich It was announced Monday that
the scheme is failure Jealousy auds
dissatisfaction have resulted, 10 drssipg
the members of the colony away udsai
not half a dozen are left It is likely
that the scheme will be abandoned 81
once. The profits to each member Of
the colony for the past,ssix months,
exclusive Of living. expenses. were $73.
A Cawtordsvifle. Ind.. man has
adertissd his: home tor*sale as follows:
.tIn 6reer To sfaisezsuf6ciens funds to
supply my 15-year-old daughter with
ali the tomfoolery required BY the high
school faculty as starter for. an edaca-
tion yia our boosted fioe educational
institutions find that, my salary being
insufficient. l am compelled to sell nay
home, At the rate the school faculty
is going they won't turn ou: scholar
With enough common sense to set a
dinner table"
Last May Queen; Victoria visited
Manchester for three hours to open the
new ship canal. The bills for the ce!e-
bration. amounting to $4,000. are
now being investigated. Among the
items is one Of $1,000 for badges for
the city council. At the banquet they
ate strawberries at $1.40 pound.
at 81 bunch, and pine,
apples at So apiece. It cost $l1O to
look after the queens horses and car
riages. The auditor reported that it
looked as though something else had
been opened besides the canal.