The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-03-27

The drainage of the cup or basin 10
which the City of Mexico was placed
has occupied three hundred years, has
cost two hundred thousand lives. mostly
Of convicts. and is only Dow approach
ing completion.
japanese shoes vary for the use.
Mud stills four inches high keep them
up in sloppy weather. Wooden clogs
are ordinarily used, but big straw
sandals, costing only a cent or SO a
pair, are used in walking or mountain
climbing.
Edison is interested in the new con-
stituent Of the atmosphere discovered
by Lord Rayleigb called ''argon." The
American wizard says it sis a fresh
evidence of how little We really know"
He says: Here is a constituent ex-
listing in the atmosphere to a consider
able percentage, and yet the air has
been analysed for more than fifty years
without its presence being suspected"
An exchange makes this suggestion
for business men: I'm the towns where
a newspaper is published. every bust
ness man ought to advertise 10. it. even
if it is only a card stating his name and
the business he is engaged in. 1t
helps sustain a paper-lets people at a
distance know that the town is a bust
ness town. The paper finds its way
into thousands Of places where hand
bills cannot reach. A card in the
paper is a travelling s%ignboard and can
be seen by every reader.
At a reading by George W. Cables
at Pittsburgh. the other day, 10 his
conversational style be asked the au-
dience, Lets see, when ! was here
before did I tell you the story Of Sa-
langadou :" Promptly came the 40
swer 10 a woman's voice from the mid
die of the hall. Yes, sir" The au-
dience broke into peals of laughter,
and when the merrimert subsidized, Mr..
Cable said. apologetically, "But |
want to tell that story again. which
he proceeded to do.
1t is the boast of Eastern Shore Vir-
giniaus that a man in those parts can
with a string, a piece of raw meat for a
bait. and q broken clam she'll for sipker
catch in a few minutes enough crabs to
buy a complete fishing outfit; that with
hook and line be can soon catch enough
fish to buy a boat, and that with a boat
be can in a few seasons catch enough
oysters to buy a farm. With a farm
any Eastern Shore man is contented and
independent Of the world.
Pistsburg is thoroughly 10 earnest
about its ship canal from the Ohio
River 10 Lake Erie, and has placed
three parties of engineers in the field
to decide on the route. 1t is admitted
that the canal will benefit other lake
and river cities also, but Pittsburg
takes the broad view that what helps
other cities will help it even more as
oDe Of the terminal points.
On 1st March the Agricultural De-
partmens reported that the wheat on
hand amounted to Is. 900, 900 bushels,
or about one sixth of the crop Of 1894.
This of course is something of a guess.
The private investigators make the re-
serve more than double that quantity
a big difference. On 1st March the
guess. called estimate. is that there
we're SO per cent. of the 1894 corn
Weld still on hand-or 75,564,450
bushels. That makes a very small
supply. aud it is probably an uuderesti-
mate. Quite six mooths must pass be-
fore the new crop of corn is ready for
use.
MIR. Gladstone attributes his long life
to a faithful observance of the seventh
day of rest. 1t was a most blessed and
merciful ordering of Providence when
the seventh day was set apart for the
rest of man and beast Without this
the machinery Of manhood wears out in
perhaps two-thirds of the time it now
lasts. When men overdo the thing and
toll seven days the seeds of decay
spring up and the life ends long. before
the term of those who rest. 1t is a fact
that the clergy of Massachusetts, average
Ga years of age. while the printers
who work at night last but 80 years.
We remember 10 our boyhood to have
heard that the wagoners from the up
per couuties to Richmond and Peters
burg did net accomplish as much IN sew
en- daysasin six when their teams rested +.
Both men aud horses wore out sooner
when the seventh day was not observed
by them Wilmington Messenger.
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