The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-06-11

George Chamberlain. Democrat.
q. Baker has been appointed super
intendent of the Charlotte division of
the Southern railway, with Offices at
Charlotte, N. G, vice c. S. McManus,
appointed assistant to the general man
ager at Washington.
In the Georgia primary, the congress
sional representatives now serving,
except ". H. Fleming, Tenth district,
who was defeated by T. ". Hard
wick, received overwhelming majori-
ties for renomiation.
Secretary Root says that Gen. Miles
has not been summoned to Washing
ton. The general, it is said, is now
en- route from Fort Riley, Kas., to
West Point, in response to an invita-
tion to attend the centennial celebra-
tion there next week.
Ring Edward has changed his birth
day from November to May 80. But
the power to change ones birthday is
not limited to kings. 1t is exercised
by thousands of women who have no
royal prerogatives.
James J. Cavanaugh, of Watertown,
Mass, died the other day, in his one
hundred and twelfth year. He was in
the habit Of taking alcoholic stimu-
lants and he had used tobacco for
more than 100 years. Whal other life
shortening vices he had is not mem
toned.
The House of Representatives to be
elected this year will be chosen under
the new apportionment made since the
Federal census of 1900. There are g
additional districts, bringing up the
total membership of the next House
to 3S6, and there is some uncertainty
as to the political changes caused by
the reapportionment in several of the
States
Lord Salisbury at the age of II has
taken to tricycling. Before that he
was, as French writer put it, the
only man "who kept carriage in or
Gler to walk behind it, Of course, he
| walked on the pavement, or what an
american would call the sidewalk, but
the carriage was kept at hand, that he
might more easily dodge an undesir-
able interview.
After. having been in session at Nor
folk for over three weeks, the national
convention of Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers adjourned Wednesday
until the second Tuesday in May,
1903, when they will again convene in
LBS Angeles, Cal Among the most
important business transacted was the
provision made for pensioning all old
and disabled members of the brother
| hood.
The boys of Arabia have curious
way of playing marbles. The marble
is placed in the hollow between the
| middle finger and the forefnger of the
left hand, the hand being fat on the
ground and the fingers closed The
fole6nger of the right sshand is then
pressed firmly on the end joint of the
. middle finger, which pushes the mid
| die finger suddenly aside, and the fore
finger slips out with sufficient force
to propeI the shooter very accurately.
The great English Derby was run
Wednesday and was won by j. Cub
bins brown colt Ard Patrick, I to !
against, ridden by j. b. Martin, the
American jockey, by three lengths,
/ Time, 2:2414. The betting was 100 to
IA against Ard Patrick Mr. Gubbins,
the owner of Ard Patrick, is an Irish
mar, who owns big stud of horses at
/ Limerick. He also owned Galtee
Moore, which won the Derby in 1897.
Mr.. Gubbins subsequently sold Galtee
Moore to the Russian government for
21,oOo pounds.
One of the most interesting demon
strations of the International Aero
nautic Commission, in session in Ber-
lin last week, was that Of Professor
Assnlan's rubber balloons, with auto
matte registers, for recording phenom-
ena in the highest attitudes, where
they finally explode through gas pres
sure. After the explosion parachute
safely lansd the apparatus. The pro-
fesso- sent up three balloons May q,
in the presence of the commission, the
apparatus Of two of which was found.
One of the balloons registered an alti-
tude Of 1000 metres (about 13 miles,,
the highest attained by balloon.