The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-10-18
BRIO A-BRAC.

B!luo-cyod "Ouida" braids her
hair.
,o3,'' Ivan Ivanivitch is Russian for
Llszt has long, sensitive fingers,
and ne loves to play aeoct,<rnes.
Chicago bank presidents are
studying up on the advantages of
rapid transit.
Harvard boys who do not 90 70
church receive censure marks
twcnty-four hours.
Earl Russell, the great English
statesman, is SO old and feeble;1
ne is lifted into and out of his car
riage.
Tho superstition about the in.
fluence of the evil eye increases
among the common people of Scott
land.
English military critics do not
seem to have any doubt concerning
the ultimate success of the Russians'
The planters of Madagascar who
have recently taken rage for coffee
planting are opposed to q liberation
of tho slaves.
Two Tennessee men swapped
wives the other day and were we'll
pleased, but officers of the law broke
up the arrangement.
1t IS nice on Sunday afternoon to
walk to church over in neighbor-
ing town and bring home your coat
tail pockets full of chesnuts.
The British government has asked
the aid of tho New York Dost,office
in intcrccpting packages, Containing
the Colorado beetle, sent by fools
from this side of the water to thoir
friends in England.
The Dubuque Qowa) Times thinks
that tho abolishment of tho death
penalty for murder has contributed
to tho increase of crime and of
lynching.
The Detroit hree Press thinks
that General Hood should bring his
family North and let some promi-
nent man count them. Some papers
Say he has from one to five children.
and others assert that he has from
seven to sixteen.
Colonel RuckIe, printer Of
indianapolis, was elected sheriff as
a workingman, and by saving and
specializing he made quarter of O.
million dollars. Reverses came.
and now he is foreman Of the
ooanW0l job rooms.
Four~ffths of the convicts in the
California State Prison are Demo-
Gratis and most of the other fifth
are Cinnamon. This shows that
the Democrats and Cinnamon are
easy to catch.
Martini, the Hungarian rifle in
ventor, founded his idea upon an
American invention, Henry, who
! made combination for the English.
was the Edinburgh gun-maker. Tho
Turks use the Martini-Henry rifle.
In the boxing matches of the
Russians each of tho adversaries
stands up and receives blows, the
merit being ascertained by the
number of bruises man may re-
coive without asking for quarter.
No skill, but much endurance.
A lettor enclosing 100000 in
exchange on Now York has Just
been received from the government
by paymastor in Arizona. It has
history. In May mail carrier
was chased by tho Indians, and
dropped the bag which contained
this letter. The Indians riAed the
bag for valuables and left tho
letters on the ground. After the
lapse of six months this letter was
found. Such was tho dryness of
the atmosphere of Arizona, that it
was not in the least injured.
The Berlin police have followed
tho example given by the Hamburg
authorities in forbidding Adele
Spitzeder, former actress, who
committed gigantic md wholesale
frauds on poor, ignorant people in
Bavaria, from public reappenranco
on tho stage. An enterprising
manager had engaged her at a con-
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