The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-02-22
Foreign Notes. L.

General Garibaldi's health is in q
most critical lstate: Z e :
Luceca made $5O,Ooo by her fare.
well tour in Germany.
Sweden has declined to take part
in the Paris Exhibition of 1878.
Sir Walter Scott's house, No. 25
Georges Square, Edinburgh, has
been sold for f3,752.
A dispatch from Berlin says the
goods traffic has been resumed on
all the Russian railways.
Mr. Adrian Stephens, the invent
or of the steam whistle, died in
England, at tho age tofaeighty- one. i
Speaking of the Canadian meat
trade, the London Times says the
new venture already appears to have
conferred Il boon on the working
classes. .5IlN'1.i +
Rev. Mr.. Denton, Who has travel,
ed in Epropean,> Turkey. says that
in sixty years the 'Mussulman popu-
lation' Will have perished and that
only the Christian will remain
At Hamburg tobacco swcepings
are mixed with alcohol, and when
the nicotine is extracted the fluid is
sent to England, where it turns
Yorkshire cabbage leaves into nice
tobacco.
A handbi1l, signed by b Rev. Mr..
Baxter, is being extensively circus
lated in London, England, announc-
ing the approaching, translation to
Heaven of Id, 1000 Christians with
out dying. u '''.. ''''
The Archbishop of York, in q re-
cent temperance sermon, said that
f140,00O,O00 were spent for intoxi-
eating drink in Great Britain, and
to give an idea of what this large
sum meant, he said that you might
lay $50 upon every letter Of the
Bible before you would exhaust this
amount.
None but n Frenchman could
write such dedication as Oflenbach
has placed in his book in compli-
ment to his wife It is this: "You
have desired that 1 should make q
book ffoh1. these | letters written ut
odd times. This is the first sorrow
you have caused me. Still I bear
you SO little ill-will therefor that
dedicate you this volume, not for
what it is or may be worth, but be-
cause 1lopc to write everywhere my
esteem apd affection for you" :" -
A firm of umbrella makers in
Glasgow have lately filled On order
for forty enormous sunshades, which
are to be sent rs presents to African
chiefs; Some of tho pprasols are
thirty fee tin schc9m ference, and the
rest about eighteen feet. They are
covered with rich, variegated damask
silk, fringed around the edges,
ornnmonted at the top with gilt
balls and lined with finished cloth.
The handles, which are of lance.
wood, are armed with spikes for
tenting purposes, and q bayonet
joint on each stick renders the
whole more portable.
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A TRAMp's Love FOR LABoR.-Tho
aversion of the lordly tramp to any
form of manual labor receives fresh
proof almost daily. An ordinary
able~bodied tramp will work harder,
suffer greater privations and expend
moro brain force in an effort to beat
somebody out Of nickel than would
be required Of him to earn an honest
living for a Week. AtLogan, Ohio,
few days since q number of tramps
were arrested and'pplaaceed in the lock-
up preparatory to being p5utto work
on the roads, afcording TO q pleasant
custom in vogue among tie miners.
The naughty, instincts, Of the tramps
rebelled ct The prospect Of shovel
ing. It was foE them a moment = OF
awful trial, but Ingenuity born :roi
desperation, triumphed.t, =, In their
lonely prison cells the stramps, care
fully removed what clothing they
had and stuffed, it in ,he~ roaring .
stove, aha Wien The, cruel task ask
masters came to;marshalc them forth
with pick and shovel, ,qiti needed nc
arguments ,tooeconvince them tKa,
the DrisOner yvara II, M a. onS,l: