The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-12-05
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Berlin and Vienna are now connect
ed by telephone line.
A large number of sugar re6oeries
have closed down.
English occulists are intensely. inter
ested in the case of Manchester weaver
whose eyes magnify objects TO 80 times
their natural size.
One is surprised, in view of the rela-
tive size Of Japan, that she can wage
war at such rate Blu; if the United
States we're as thickly settled. our popu-
lation would be nearly $50, 100000.
No one should attempt to do more
than one thing at a time. When you
have finished slandering your neighbors,
go and say your prayers; but don't
attempt both at once.
..Didn't the Chinese invent gunpow-
der Z" Eyes; and now they're mighty
sorry they did,
A trite Jewish proverb says that he
who teaches not his son trade, teaches
him to be a thief.
If the members of the legislature
would do something substantial for
South Carolina, let them drop every
thing else aud 60 to work on the roads.
-Yorkvslle Emqirer.
The PopuIist party is greatly dis
turbed over the probability of the
formation of a national silver party.
A call for national Pop. meeting has
been issued.
The U. S Treasury gold reserve has
risen to $103, 100000, as result Of
the recent issue of bonds.
Speaker Crisp advises that the COM
ing session of Congress should do
something to permanently settle the
financial question.
A colony of eighty persons has been
organized in Pittsburg, Pa. Fifty
thousand acres of land have been
leased.
The regular passenger train from
Charleston to Columbia over the South
Carolina and Georgia road was derailed
near Kingsville Thursday night. The
express, mail and baggage cars were
burned, catching FIRE from an overture
ed stove. No one was injured.
Coant Constantine Nigra, the poet,
at present Italian ambassador at
Vienna, relates IN his latest book that
as child Of 6 be once played the role
of an angel at some private theatricals,
adding this comment: Gas child, an
angel; as q man, q diplomatist-how
are the mighty fallen"
A large slice of the water front Of
Tacoma, Wash, caved in aud slid into
Puget Sound, carrying wbarfs. build
ings and warehouses. The loss Of
property is very great, and two persons
are known to have been killed, while
others are missing.
The W. G. T. o., of New York has
started crusade against the living pic
tu.es exhibited in that city. Inspector
Byrnes detailed special policemen to
visit the places where the pictures we're
exhibited and make a report concerning
them.
The Wheelmen's Tournament in
Madison Square Garden is exciting
great interest. The greatest wheelmen
Of the world are competing.
Prof. John Fiske, the Cambridge
historian, who was elected president of
the immigration Restriction League
of Boston recently, has announced chat
he will accept the position, which in
wolves a vast deal of labor
Lord Beeforth, the present mayor Of
Scarborough, England, and one of the
wealthiest men in England, was born in
one Of the poorest district of London
He owes much Of his money to his as
sociatiou with Gustave Dore, with
whom be founded the Dore Gallery.
A rather peculiar "fake' appeared
on Lyons, Ia, paper the other day.
it was the story Of suicide that had
Ieen written up, even to the headlines,
before the suicide occurred. The editor
bf the paper wrote the story. sent it to
the printers, and then went out aud
threw himself in front of train, ac-
cordingto programme. His paper had
the story on the press at the time the
tragedy was being enacted. his "meas-
ly contemporary" was beaten, and the
editor scored big triumph.
The correspondent Of the Central
News at Toxic telegraphs as follows ::
"Details of the fall of Port Arthur are
now beginning to arrive. The num-
ber of Chinese killed 10 the engage.
ment was about 1000, most of whom
were slain during the cannonadiug of
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