The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-16

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A San Fsa,cisco merchant aaya
. that to picks vi frotn six to 4 dozen
pistol bullets or' his lat roof eyory
year, striking illustration Of tie
iss,, nGmoss e1 ehasoe shots fred ii, ths
Tho daily military journal Of Rus,
sta, tho R00Skt lnUd1ede, causea the
government q ltas Of about Gl2. 900 n
year, and the aggregate loss on It since
1872 has been iOt lees than S8OO. 600.
The monthly Journal, started In 1888.
has involved q less Of $3.50 900. Econ.
omists cry ont for the suppression of
these organs.
.-Stephanie and Rudolph are to re-
ceivo marriage gifts from nearly eycry
large town In Austria and Hungary.
Among these presents will be a mag.
niticont dinner service in or, stai, set
with precious stones; a monstrous
portfolio, containing views of Aus.
trl"h scenery, painted by tho most dis.
tlnguisled artists; and immense uuan.
tltics OF jewels, carpets and LAGOS.
M. Munkacsy, tho distinguished
Hungarian painter, is at work mpom mn
extraordinarily largo pictnre-25 feet
long and 10 wide-for the next Salon.
Its subject is "Christ Before tho
Judges" The saviour,i. representei
standing in the center Of tho picture
before PLATE. He is clnd In white
garments and his hands are bound he.
hind his back. Tie priests are no,r,
ing forth accusations and the populace
fills the background. It is reported
that the painting has already been
purchased by an American for $20, 900.
Mr.. Ellice, recently a member of
Parliament from Scotland, has loft to
several Of his electors $50 each "to
buy mourning ring, In token Of his
grateful remembrance Of their disfn-
tcrcstcd friendship and support during
the long period Of his political conmec.
ton" with them; and he also gives as
u mark of remembrance $25 each to
any other person who voted for him
in his first election IN 1888. Of seven
gentlemen who were entitled to the
mourning ring three are dead, and
there are only six survivors for the
bequeat Of 1926 each.
The philadelphia Times reports
that Lewis Rockwell, who lives Mt
Honcsdale, Pa., ia 1O2 years old. and
has seven brothers and sisters. whose
ages are az follows: Abnm Rockwell.
aged 70, Mrs. Anne Wills, 80: Miss
Sallie Rockwell, 70: Eliza Rockwell,
Y; Mrs. Phoebe Gainsford, rs; Mrs
Katherine Brown. IS, and Mrs. Lu-
cinda Valentine, 70. The aggregate
aye OF this family is 643 years. or IN
average Of over 80 years each. Tn
spite Of the fact that he has many
wealthy relatives, old Lewis Rockwell
has been thrown upon the town. e..
1t appears, by a dispatch from
Vienna, that Count Karolv. who.
some tlmo ago, killed Count Zichv IN
duel, has boen sentenced to three
months imprisonment. Aaron Burr
escaped, after killing Alexander Ham
ilton, with no judicial punishment at
all. The moral reprobation, however.
that attached to the deed attended the
pcrpetrator through life; and perhaps
there has been no prominent instance
IN history when society has more res-
olutclv refused to c0nione this partic-
ular form Of offensc against it.-Neav
York Evening Post. s...
Tho national board of trade of.
terred prizes amounting TO 81 900, at
ita meeting In Washington last Decem-
ber, for "the best East or acts, ACCOM-:
panic" 5y an sssay affaaiKpSsa and .H d''rf5 e.
regulate the sale Of food without i'm.
posing unnecessary burdens upOn
commerce" The Competition closed
On October l aud the committee of
award has just made its report. The
prizes are awarded to G. w. Wigncr,
r. G. s., of London; Vernon Nj.
Davis, Of New York, and William Fl.
Newell. of Jersey City Heights.
Richard Wagner has written n
curious treatise, suggested by his cx-
perience of the hungry multitude at
Bayreuth -four years ago. Two ont Of
every three Of tho pilgrims complained
that they could not get enough to emf
in tho little town, and Wagner, after
much pondering over this phcnome-
non, came to the conclusion that the
majority OF human beings eat a great
deal too much. lie announces tbSt his
"Parsefal" will be executed at the
Bavrcuth theatre in the summer of
1882, and hopes that the multitudcs
who flock to it will not sensualize
their artistic perceptiveness and recep-
t,vity by greedy care about meat and
drink: Humanity requires, the poet
n,uslcian contends, a grander and
simpler food. He appeals to his rev.
erent disciples to- renounce the cnioy-
ment of dcmoralizing flesh-meals, and
to strive in the future to content them
selves with "thc higher food" that is,
with vegetables only.
4 NARROWING TALE.
Not long since Texas man read in
the paper that If a atrino ,,,.,o t;od