The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-01-19
BRIC-I-BR1C.

The Comic de Paris, it seoms, is
still hard at work upon his History
OF tho American Republic, which is
to extend to eight volumes.
Mr.. Voorhees,, tho now Senator
from Indiana, has yellow hair and q
heavy rcd moustache and imperial.
He has rosy face and IL largo body
and is more than six feet high.
A cloth made from tho down Of
birds is coming greatly into favor
III Paris. 1t is water proof, and
estimated to be five times lighter
and three times warmer than wool.
During tho first nino months of
tho past year tho amount involved
by the failures in tho United States
and Canada exceeded 120,000,00O Of
dollars.
The Jurslim II T-lcclimotion, Paris,
has number Of Esquinsaux with
their dogs, slcdges, etc. They aro
to stay at the Garden during
winter, camping out of doors.
lfome can boast Of I'll. first luna.
tic asylum established in Europe.
1t was built in 1S4S. The Pope is
a libcra1 contributor to this humane
institution out Of his own private
purse.
The Chicago Tribune of Deccm-
bor 3Oth published q large list of
names Of persons who would re-
coiVc calls on Now Yoar's. Tho
list occupied over six columns of
the paper.
The population of Georgia is
l,2G4, ,0G0 and tho number of hogs
is l,2Gl, ,l4O, Or one hog for every
person in the State, and 200 hogs
left over with which to rcgalo the
strangers that may happen within
their gates.
Seth Wilbur Payne Of New York
IS preparing Tile LiYes cfImerican
s/""7"o1ists, an encyclopedias Of the
the editors and editorial writer's OF
the United Statos. He has pru-
IDENTIFY excluded their attempts to
write each others lives.
The Chinese Ambassador to Enp-
land attributes the famine in India
to SO much land being devoted to
tho cultivation of tho poppy for
opium. It is estimated that 1,O33,-
900 acres OF the best land in India
arc devoted to the growth Of the
poppy.
Oh, do not be DISCOURAGED,
Stanley, with only Ill fighting
natives, whipped 2,100 hos tile
Africans in q fight lasting fitteon
minutes, and he lost but one man
-hrec Press. But, then romem-
Der that Stanley is his own, his
only war correspondent.
The United States utilizos in
agriculture ten per cent. of it's area :.
Great Britain fifty eight per cent.
France and Belgium, cighty-threo ;
Austro- hungary, eighty-cight and
Holland seventy. This shows con.
clusivcly whence the agricultural
growth must spring.
a contemporary asks why the
government will not coin half
dimes? Simply, because somebody
owns nickel mines in PENNSYLVANIA
who has succeeded in palming the
metal upon the government instead
of silver. The nickel nuisance
should be abolished
During the extra session Of Con-
Grcss there were presented in tho
House of Representatives not less
than 1,G30 petitions; of which
l,3O0 were of a private nature, %
were for an increase of salaries Of
letter carriers, 40 related to cur
rcncy, and 28 were for tho repeal of
the bankrupt law.
The overcrowding in london is
so great that she same bed is often
occupied by two sets Of people
during the same night. Certain
classes attending the theatres every
night-ballet dancers, supes and
the mob which is attached to the
pantomine-let their beds to market
people, who are just ready to Get
up and go TO work when tho
theatrical folks come home.
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a SACRED OLD REILc.-A colored
man yeater day turned anc;ioueer to
work OIL two old stoves for dealer
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