The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-29
BRfC-4- 3RIC.

. &LongfcllOw, Emerson and Holmes
arc to write poems for the Moore Con-
tonnary celebration at Boston this
month.
The jenny Lind Of to-day is de-
scrlbed as 70 pale, worn, gray-haired
woman in . white mob cap and white
cashmere shawl"
Tho Washington correspondent Of
tho New Orleans Picayu0o saws the
present Congress is composed of the
uglicst looking lot ofmcn ever assem-
blem under the Copitol dome.
The Bosten Post has discovered
that the difference between clignon
OF false hair and q well known deadly
weapon is that one is II jute back and
the other bootjuck.
The question is often asked whcth-
or women really vote In England.
Women who arc the heads OF house
holds vote for all officers except
members Of Parliament.
Mrs. Charles Dickens, widow Of
the novelist, is dangerously i'll. She
has suffered severely at times, since re-
.cciving an injury at The Prince Of
Wales thanksgiving, several years
ago.
The Springfield Repu6Ncan SAYS
that Senator Edmllnds has one of
those astutc legal minds, cat able of fix
ing his eye SO closely upon fly on a
barn door that he cannot sec the barn
1T all.
The Rothschilds, Of Vienna, have
had magnificent railway carriage
built, which is to be run between
Paris and Vienna for the special con-
vcnicncc of members Of the firm in
those cities.
-Garaba,di is now scvcnty-thrco,
says the New York SuH. 1t is twcn-
tv-ninc years since he was soap and
candle making on Staten Island; and,
to Use Lord Bcaconsticld phrase, "a
great deal has happened since then"
1t is now said by scientific au-
| thority that sleep commences in the
feet and extends to the head. Possibly
the custom Of sitting with the feet
toward the pulpit may have something
to do with it.
The printing press which Napo~
leon carried with him TO MDScow, and
which fell into the hands of the Rus
slams during his retreat, is now at st.
Petersburg, and the owner offers to
sell it for 900 roublcs Cs730.)
The following appears in Bos-
ton paper: "Wanted-A reliable
t.coachman; must not be under sixty
years Of age; Il lame, onc-cycd man
preferred. Must be good, careful
driver. a wife and children no Oh
jcction."
Miss Townsend, of Nyack, who
married her coachman, had four
ladies in her confidence, and proposed
to keep the marriage secret for some
time to come; but some how the news
got out. 1t must have been the Off
ciating pricst.-BMVulo EDpreSs.
The man who first made mincc
meat an article Of commerce has lust
died in Philadelphia. lie was very
wealthy. lie never put any minced
horse in the standard article, but may
have slipped III Il pony of brandy and
considerable nightmare.
The police of New Orleans stepped
in'o Il select ballroom the other night,
and made Il collection OF scvcnty-nine
| pistols, without searching the women
or the tildlcrs. ltiS supposed that as
many more were picked up in the
back alley next morning.
=, rt~,,I scott writos from
Florence that lie has been greatly
benefited by his trip to Egypt. TIc
purposes to pass the summer in Eu-
rope, and hopes to sail for America in
September "thoroughly invigoratcd
and in stronger and better condition
than have been for many years."
Let us just whisper a word to our
young friends: "Don't waste any
dime 'lcarnin' to write poetry" Be-
come n lc(l-handed batsman. You can
name your own terms, and, by stand
ing III with managers Of the game,
make more money in a single season
than the yearly receipts OF any poet
who ever wrote an English verse;
Ioicfl0 Blade.
The sixtv-tAird anniversary of the
American Bible Society was held in
New York last week. The annual re-
port was read, showing that the So
cicty employed in this country Is su-
pcrintcndchs and 81 county agents,
and had 1920 volunteer distributors.
The receipts. for the year were Sl2G,-
274, or 1920 in excess of those for
the previous year. There were 1885,
03S Bibles printed during the year.
He wasa venerable and agricultu-
raj looking man, attircd in tic latest
ANSh 'SioS luSllloil, uHN llC SlOOu OH q
street corner near Washington Market.
Holding up his left hand, and gazing
rciectivcly upon three pieces Of string
tied around an equal number IF fling crs,
he soliioquizcd: "Thal'S to remind
mc--get a spool Of cotton; tother
means don't forget the calico. But
what in the thunder's this one for?
All, by gum! that's don't get drunk
again !"-Broohlyn Eagle.
Queen Victoria is said to object
seriously to the fashion Of wearing the
hair in fringe across the forehead.
1t Is stated further that she instructed
the bridesmaids, who appeared at the
recent wedding Of her son, that they
would not be permitted to wear their
locks in that fashion, nor to don
mgh-hcclcd boots, nor to wear tied
back gowns. Last year, it is reported,
one Young lady who came to q
drawing-room with her hair over her
yes, was informed by the Lord Cham
berlain that until her hair had grown
she need not attend any more at the
. Palace