The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-02-06
Gbe al daatf5n1an ann Sontgror.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8. 1895.
ITEMS.

4Augusta CAron;cle:: When clegymsn
makes the remarkable statement that
s'forty barrels of rum are sent to Africa
to every missionary" We are moved to
inquire shat be wants with so much
A description of Rbodar Broughsor
is given in 9 certain Oxford letter, in
which the writer speaks Of the novelist
as .tthe snippy lady with the girlish
figure who was drinking tea upstairs" !"
Every city Of the United States in
which there is large number OF Jews,
excepting San Francisco. has at least
one Jewish hospital There are 49,
600 jews 10 San Francisco. and the
sum of $4,000 has been raised among
them for hospital.
The Winter quarters of Prof. Will
liam Gensry's equine and canine show
was destroyed by fire at Bloomington,
Ill. Eleven trained ponies, thirty
Eve dogs and monkey were burned.
Loss $1S, coo.
.sThe Jew" says the Jewish Re-
riew, '.has little in common with the
temperance movement, be it for the
reason that, in his ceremoniols, he be-
comes accustomed to look upon the
vine when it is red, or because bis
average mental capaci6es enable him to
resist the insidious temptations Of the
flowing bowl. The Jew cannot be a
total aostainer; the forms aud cere-
monica of his ritual have forbidden it
for ages"
Rev. Edward Davis, Of Oakland,
Cal, recently illustrated sermon on
Eternal Judgment by assuming the
character of Richard III, and quoting
- a dramatic manner the famous
soliloquy IL the FIRST scene and also in
the 6fth act of the play The
preachers acting was realistic. There
was big audience.
The Philadelphia Record says that a
Philadelphia Sunday school teacher who
has class Of bright boys. undertook
last Sunday to teach them the names of
the apostles, beginning with Matthew,
the publican. Ooe little fellow started
the mischief by asking if all the other
apostles were democrats, and second
ch;med in With ,s.Say, was Quay
named after him Z" A third suggest
ed that the original Matthew must have
been in the combine. for he was we'll
fixed for Doodle. The young teacher
breatbed sign of relief when the bell
announced the close of the lesson.
DR.. Arnold tells an amusing story Of
a Jew who bad forsaken his religion,
bus who always: when there was thuu-
der aud lightning, placed an open
Bible in his window says the New York
Sun. Upon one occasios, when be was
greatly alarmed. he made mistake by
selzipg the first book which be saw,
and putting it at the window. The
book was copy of the ARABIAN
Knights Entertainm sut" Y etthe
lightning did not strike him.
Mr.. Bunch. of the State Lauatic Asy
lam, has herd of about eighty cattle
that be thinks it will be bard to beat as
far as results are concerned. He kssss
been having experiments mads>aud ac-
tual results observed. rke COW that
heads the list las. year netted s155.76.
This is figured Cut in this way: The
COW ve2.8S4 IL gallons Of milk at
aclaal l@eight, which at fraction over
8 cents a gallon. the market value,
less the cost of keep. S95, would net
s156.76. Mr.. Bunch figures out the
cost of feed at 26 cents per day iu this
way, so pounds of ensilage II cents; 10
pounds of bran 10 cents aud 4 pounds
Of cotton seed meal at 4 cents. The
attention is put down at 4 cents per day
and this is counterbalauced by the
manures. The cows is the Asylum
herd 60 from this down. and of course,
some Of them have to be kept at loss
The exigencies of the situation 10
which we are placed calls for the exer-
clse of the wisest state uanship aud the
most conservative leadership. All
factiona, lines, for the time being at
least, should be obli,erated, aud all
differences healed There should be no
logger any rubbing of old sores or say
ing or doing anything to keep alive the
passions and prejudices Of the people.
Men should be selected as delegates
to that convention not because they are
Reformcrs or Conservatives. but be-
cause their judgment can be trusted
and their patriotism uuGaestloned. If
this be adopted much ofthe evil which
We fear will be the outcome of partl-
san convention will be prevented and
a wholesome and ju constitution
alopted.-Leoingtoa Dispatch.
Au illustration Of the marvellous ac-