The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-01-12
BRIC-I-BRLlC.

| supposed to bo: "Braco up!'
Counting out tho number of lost
IN tho present war, Russia has still
somo 70,o00,000 mon
Tho old maxim, ':Bo chasto and
you'll he happy" is contradicted
point blank by u Black Hills man,
who was recently chased ten miles
by a party of redskins.
The annual report Of tho board Of
revision Of taxes in PHILADELPHIA
shows total depreciation of $50
ooo,0oo in taSahlo property as COM
parod with last year.
The Brazilian parliam ent has voted
a yearly subsidy of $1,000 during
ten years for limo Of steamers to
the United States. This is ono of
the first fruits of Dom Pedros Con-
tennial visit.
The farmers in Scotland have
suffered severe loss this year by bad
weather, and their aggregate reve-
nue. will fall short of that received
IN good years by m estimated
amount of s4o,ooo,ooo.
A band of Portuguese amateurs
have started out from Lisbon to
explore Central Africa in Stanley's g
tracks, and to negotiate, if possible,
treaties Of commerce with the ma :
tivcs along tho route.
A farmer residing near York, Pa,
has kept record Of the number Of
tramps visiting his premises in
quost of food The number from
April !, 1877, to November 18, was
545, OF an average of about sixteen
per week.
Says the Phoebe (Nev.) Record:
Tho latest curiosity or freak of na-
turo is apples without seeds in them.
They como from Utah, along with
the regular seed apples, and cannot
be told by the outside appearance
from them, but on the inside they
present no appearance Of ever
having contained any seed.
A man, praising porter, said it
was SO excellent q beverage that,
though taken in large quantities, it
tho timo," said another, sswhon it
mado you lean:" "When, I should
be glad to know z" inquired the
eulogist. "Why, no longer ago
than last night-against a wall"
Notwithstanding famine and TO-
wards, noxious animals multiply in
India from the religious dislike of
Hindoos to killing anything.
Cobras, lucky reptiles, arc held by
them especially sacred, and, with
othor snakes, managed in 1875 to
kill 10000 persons but 270,186
snakes were killed, The loss of
cattle from THO same cause way very
heavy.
What's in name? A Chinaman
in San Francisco found there wero
thirty days. He stolo Frisco
mans door plato and fastened it on
his own door as m ornament. He
didn't know that the name would
betray him as he thought that was
morcly carved on for tho beauty of
the thing. The Chinaman now Ian
guishes in prison, another victim to
the mysteries Of English orthogra-
phy.
The Arizona .Ni,,en tolls laugha,
bio story of friends who were ree
Gently attacked by Indians in that
State: They were both on mules
and the arrows were whistling by
them in clouds. The mules were Of
unequal powers Of speed, and the
foremost man sang out, "Joe, why
don't you como along 2" Joe, whose
arms and legs were flying in the air
like a runaway windmill, repliod, as
an arrow grazed his ear, "Do I look
like a man who is throwing off -
PREpFY WELL, I THANK You
"Why, howdy do, Mrs. Crippins;
arc all tho FOLKS we'll q asked one
woman Of another, in market, the
othor morning. sOh, yes, tolerably
80, thank you. Father is laid up
with his side again, and mothers
rheumatism has got so bad she
hasn't been able to get down stairs
for week, and Martha Jano had
another fit yesterday, and Billy
cut his foot with hatchet, and
Tommy can't speak above whisper
for O. sore throat, and Eliza has q