The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-02-10
TEe S1el')v!;!S:. :..:i|!l' :ai|!lll'l D?erald
TRI-WEEIIIY EDITION.
Mi3Cel.oney.

MIR. Sturgeon is going to the
South Of France to recruit his health.
Mr. T.. d3akin, tho: editor of tho
Ndt50H, has in press Il work on
government.
An Armenian has arrived in Lon
don with power from tho Turkish
government to negotiate The sale
OF the Holy Lnd.
There is Il report that the Pope
proposes to subdividc Scotland into
diocescs, and that Cardinal Manning
is assisting him in the scheme.
A comprehensive school inspcc-
tor asked m Aberdeen class ii any
one could tell him anything rcnarkH-
bic in tho li;c of Moses. Boys
''Yes, Sir he was the only, man NIho
broke all the com!nHnImlnts at
once
The warmth Of tho . ,sun throum7,-
out Franco has been 50 singular tlnt
tho storks have not yet migratc,t
and the wi q ducks nnl geese have
remained in their Summer ularter<;
Tao storms also have brought 10 the
coast creatures frcqu"nting worry
different regions.
The Empress F,a@>ui,, viii rrturn
to EnGlan'i III j'".'";lNry. !!cr Aia
jcsty's visit u Rome docs nu!
appear to have given her so mncn
satisfaction as she anticipated The
*
it is to be hoped il is 81 i,cn;hy sign
The Prince is ropulur with all
classes.
At Paris masquerade ball linr
was brought in by Il procession Of
people, who, leaving tho candies
walked sol"Hnly out. Tho mas
qucradcrs ch'tird The man who was
lying on the hic", anl enc, more
vcnturcsomc thnn the other, lifted
tho pail disclosing o corpse, with Il
dagScr through It's heart. The
French are always funny.
One day, on tho Boulevard p,,ro;rc,
Paris, a mad dog started in pursuit
of vclocipc,lc mounted by boy
of fourteen named Dupraty, living
in the Boulevard, No. 1G. Iho cha.
was a terrible one, and ended in tho
fall Of the boy. Happily it WIS in
the iron of tho volocipodo wheel that
tho too5h of,the NAL bulldog closed.
There ondcl the hrst act
Of the drama. The second follows
In an impulse of passionate JOY on
seeing her son saved from SO great
danger Nlmo. Dupraty pressed
her lips to tho wheel Of the vcloci.
podc. Somo hydrophobic virus had
remained on tho iron, md after an
agony of II fortnight the poor
mother died, raging mad.
A French ssoldicr was sitting,
short timo back, on tho summit of a
hill overlooking n garrison town
his horse was p:c!lctc,l near by the
man was smoking loislrcly, and from
time to timo glancing from the os-
planado to Il big official envelope ho
had in his hand. y comrado passed
and said, "What arc you doing
therc,?" II am bearing the prcsi-
dent MacMnhon's pardon for our
friend Flchman, who is to bo shot
this morning" replied tho smoker.
"Well, then hurry along with it," said
the comrade. "Oh no! Sec, there
is hardly IL soul on tho csplannlo
and tho firing platoon has not yet
been formed. You surely would
not have mo rob my appearance of
all dramatic effect
An amusing anccdoto is related
about the ''Danubo Bicu" Of Johann
Strauss, which proves that it's au.
thor is not SO great an enemy to adj
ventiticl's publicity as is generally
supposed. Il man remarked to E.n
on ono occasion IL worry mu,h ad
mire the tito Of your waltzca.
There is one, however, which I can
never explain to myself, and that is
tho Danube Blou ) why that color ?"
~ know as well MS Nou,"' .replicl
Strauss, "tlat the Danube is) .ordi-
narily Srccn, and sometimes yellow,
but never blue could not, how.
ever, have called, my waltz the erccn
d anubc or tho yellow Danube, as no
ono would have taken to the title,
while tho danube Blcu' has slight
tngo of poetry which plcascs, and
thus tho SUCCESS Of the, piece. has
been great. 49,.