The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-06-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.

pairing his report descriptive Of his re.
cent journeys in the Indian ocean, OF
the southern coast of Ceylon.
Albert W. Payne, of Bangor. Me-,
has practiced law continuously for
sixty-seven years, having been ad-
mitted to the Penebscot county bar on
Nav %, 1885. He is the Oldest lawyer
in point of continuous service II New
England.
The sale in New York of the famous
library of John B. Burton, of Lake
Geneva, Wis, recalls the fact that it
was Burton who some years ago traded
his 500, 600 hotel in Hurley, Wis, 70
a letter carrier, Byron S. Ross, of
Chicago, for collection OF 5000, 600
stamps.
George Robinson, of Cleveland,
Ohio, who is believed to be the Oldest
man in that city and the oldest Odd
Fellow in the world, celebrated the,
one hundred and second anniversary
of his birth last Sunday. His wife,
whom he lost about a year ago, lived
to the age of ninety-eight.
Senator Mark Hanna writes to a
friend that he must insist that he is
not to be considered in any sense a
candidate for the presidential nomina-
tion in 1904.
Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee,
Ala, held a lengthy conference with
President Roosevelt Monday upon the
subject of southern appointments.
An observing farmer says: " There
are some curious things about corn,
and one of them is, where do the red
and speck1ed ears come from when.
you do not plant any but white corn?
And another is, why can t we find an
ear With an odd number OF rows on
its You can find a four leaf clover,
but YOU never saw an odd row on an
ear of corn yet. It is always fourteen,
sixteen, twenty or some other even
number, and we would like to know
about. its mathematics, and what ob-
jections nature has in these instances
to odd numbers. .
5 Henry Cole, one of the Oldest real
estate men in Denver, will enrich the
Methodist Church of that city by a
Gift of over $3.50, coo. This amount
will be invested in new corporation,
and the interest accrr,ing is to be
divided as follows: Fifty per cert to
evangelistic work, % per cent for
buildings and Improvements, aad the
balance for charities.
For the first time in the history of
the United States the honorary degree
of Doctor of. Jurisprudence was confer
ro5 T,1,esday. af The Aucustinian col
leee of st. Thomas at Villa Nova,
near Phiiadelphig. The recipient was
former President Grover Cleveland.
who has already had the degree of L.
L. D. conferred by Princeton Unlver-
sity. Previous to the conferrlng OF
diplomas ex-President Cleveland made
an address.
The ST. Petersburg correspondent
Of LIE Nlatin OF Paris, writing Of Pres1-
dent Loubet's visit to the CaZar, says
that when the Russian peasants pass
before a bust of the French Republic,
they make the sign Of the cross,
q thinking that Russia'!s ally is the
Virgin Mary. =
S. Holden HOWE OF New Zealand,
the originator of the carrier pigeon
postal service in that country, now
making a tour through the United
States, is thus quoted in the Kansas
City Star: My carrier pigeon ser
vice would not be satisfactory or neces-
sary in the United States or any other
place where the telegraph is used for
the Transmission Of messages. In
New Zealand there are many small
islands where telegraph lines are un-
known. For many years the residents
Of the smaller islands have had no
means of communication except by
slow boats. I established a carrier
pigeon service that is under the con-
troll Of the government. 1t is a
success in every detail The rate for
pigeongrams is 1 shilling or q cents
in American money. came here to
purchase American homing pigeons.
i expect to visit all the big lofts in
the United States before return to
New Zealand. y
One Of the FIRE chiefs in Chicago re-
marked recently that the DAY OF the
fire engine as necesasry adjunct to
a FIRE department in big city was
nearing It's end. This is very strong
statement. And yet it is based upon
practical tests soon to be inaugurated
in Chicago. In the business section
of that city the municipal authorities
are having pipes laid through which
water will be forced at pressure from
40 to 200 pounds. The high pressure
will render the use of engines unnec-
essary, it is claimed, as the water will
be forced through the lines of hose
in as great volumes as at present by the
engines. It is the intention to ex-
tend the pipes into the large buildings
is such way as to have each floor pro-
tected. When fire occurs the water
may be turned on from every floor, if
necessary, without waiting for the
arrival of the fire department. The
fire department will be reorganized
into hose companies and the men will
make couplings to the pipes instead
OF to engines. Otherwise their duties