The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-10-21

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North Carolina newspapers arc dc. .
mandinS d law for the protection of
iosoot- destroying birds.
| Railroad employees in Nevada.
from tho conductor to tho fireman,
carry firearms, for tho purpose Of
putting gamblers and other thieves of
the trsins.
| K. NJ. Schrof, of Bombay, India,
q fire worshipper, is in Boston, in.
speoting tho public sohools of that
city, with n view of introducing
similar institutions into his own
country.
A man having bill against dis.
tant merchant, sent a letter of in
quiry to a banker in that locality.
Tho roply was: "IIc is doad but
ne pays now as we'll as ho ever. did"
An English physician during a
ieotare TO female audience, on tho
uso of alcoholic beverages, asserted
tibet tho "babies Of London are never
eobor from their birth until they are
woaned."
Of the four Marshals now on tho
French army list, ono comes from the
| polytechnic School, two from the
| School of St. Cyr, and one rose from
the ranks. Of tho 81 Generals now
IN active service, l8 Generals of
Division and 80 Brigadiors have
rison from tho ranks.
"Nevet bet on horse race nv
son. 1t is wrong to bot, and, be.
sides; the horse that ought to win il
hkely, In nine out of ten cases, to bo
Jookeyed to tic roar. Do not bet
at all, my soh +; but, if you bet on
the horses, get acquainted with the
riders before the contest, and sec how
tho thing is coming OUT
! 1t is alleged in tho Sprinpneld
Republican that some members of
Plymouth Church endcavorcd to
organize among the clergy domon-
stration of welcomo to AIr. Beccher
on his retGrn to Brooklyn. Several
ministers wero asked to join in auoh
movement, but they all doclired
and tho project had to be abandon
ed.
At tho National Science Congross
in Breslau on Sept. 22, trial was
mnde of DR.. Reclain's apparatus for
the cremation of the human BODY.
The result was that half an hour
after tho corpse was placed in tho
fdrnacb the soft parts of tho bodv
were thoroughly consumed, and in
one hour the bones were reduced to q
The sword Of tho celebrated
French gronadier, Latour d'Auvcrenc.
who was killed at Obcrhauson in
1900, has been left by his nephew to
daribsldi. The custom of calling
out tho name of Latour d'Auvcrgno
first at roll call, and somo one rcply-
ing, "Dcad, on tho field of honor"
Which aftor may yoars had at last
been abandoned in his regiment,
hus juat been introduced by tho new
colonel, Aubrey.
According to the t'reeman's Jour.
fialy Gen. Sherman is not Catholic.
but when he oourtcd Miss Ewing no
was toddirod, before Father Ryder
could marry them, to promise rs an
officer and gentleman that he
would nover Interfere with his wife
in tho practice of her religion, and
that her children should bo bioupht
up Catholic. The Journal adds that
the pomp and fuss attending Miss
Sherrtlan's woddihg belong to some
ching besides religion.
The death of DR.. Austio, tho Lon:
don physician, so widely known from
his RESEARCHES into the nature and
causes of neuralgia, was said to have
been caused by exposure to sowor
gss when examining the defects of
sewerage at q school in Wandsworth.
Two prominent physicians, however
now say that his death was primarily
caused by o needle puncture received
"hilo he was making post ortom
examination but that tho exposure
to sewor was prcdisposing cause.
a writer in the St, Paul Press
tells now story of lloraoo Greeley.
Horaco wrote noto to brother
edltor in New York whose writing
was equally illegiblo with his own.
The recipient Of the noto not being
ablo to read it, sent it back by the
same messenger to Mr.. Greeley for
elucidation. Supposing it to be
tho answer to his own note, Mr..
Greeley looked over it but likewise
was unable to read it, and said to
tho boy "Go take it back. What
does tho damnod fool mean Z" ayes
sir" said tho boy, "that is just what
lie says"
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