The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-10
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Az old proyerb says a sereue autumn
makes a windy wiu,er.
A 6ne Arctic owl. snowy white. has
been added to the London Zoo
Iu l4O7 the severe cold weather
killed all the small birds in England
Last year more than $4,000 seals
were taken on the Pribylof Islands.
A few grains of borax put into milk
will prevent it from becoming sour.
Fifteen of the forty.6ve pensioners of
the war of 1912 are over 100 years
old.
Pennsylvania has 5000 square
miles of territory, comprising 29.44o.-
900 acres.
In certain Partisan restaurants a
shilling is charged for the use OF table
cloths.
The field of Waterloo is covered with
a crop of crimson popies every year.
Among the old French orders is that
of the Bee, a female society founded in
1892.
Authorities declare that the growth
of children takes place entire when they
are asleep.
Ammonia is extracted from the
Thames mud, aud the residuum. after
the operation, is mixed with iron ore
and made into brown paper.
Dews are less abundant on islands
and on ships in mid-ocean. Seameo
nearing land can tell that fact by reason
of the deposits of dew on the vessel.
The loan bureau started last year by
St. Bartholomew Church. New York.
has since May loaned $4,000, and in
no instance has had to foreclose a mort
gage
The wings of the owl are lined with a
soft dowo that enables the bird to 6y
without making the slightest sound.
1t is lawful for any p:rson to skill a
grave robber in China the instant he is
caught in the act.
Germany reports 289 instances of
suicide among school children during
the last six years.
During 1894 but 2O,So3 patents
were granted in the United States, be-
ing a little more than half the number
applied for.
De Quincy ence said be: expended
more thought on 1.-The Logic of Politi-
cal Economy" than IN all the rest of
his books.
Herrick prided himself on his Hes
perides." and oot at all on mis- o
he once said Il preach for pay and
write poetry for love"
A bill has passed the New Jersey
Senate which prohibits the holding Of
any election in the barroom any hotel Of
where liquors are sold.
Ireland seut out 8 $3.50 emigrauss in
1894, 12.787 less than the year before.
Il is the smallest pumber recorded since
1861, when the statistics of emigration
yer FIRST collected.
Oscar Fingal Faahertie Wills Wilde
vas the name the esthe.ic. drsmatist
gave at the recent libel suit in london.
It is announced that an eagle, measur-
ing from tip Of wings seven feet eleven
inches. has been captured IN the ISL
ands of Bressay. Shetland.
With the exception Of Belgium,
whose debt has been incurred for inter-
nal improvements, European national
debts is io great part a war debt.
The terror inspired by the japanese
armies 10 the East is greatly enhanced
by the fact that they make no noise.
They march with nc bands. no drums
beat reveille or tattoo, aud in action the
japanese utter no cheers. The officers
have a code Of signals by whistling that
serves to direct the movements of the
troops.
Billiard balls Of cast steel have been
made and used at Stockholm. They
are hollow. and weigh about as much
as the ordinary ivory balls. A lathe is
used to turn them to perfect smooth
ness.
The shipping of all nations is Of the
approximate value of 100, 900. 000'
while the HOO 600 locomotives at work
represent a value Of 81, 900. 600. 900.
The railways give employment to g.
$4,000 people, while shipping employs
only 100000
The Irish political prisoners, O'Cal-
lahan and McCsnn, have been released
after serving twelve years Of their
term.
The most deusely-settled state is