The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-07
E0HoEs FROM ARRoAn.

DfuhkennesS Is spreading so much
In Germany that q new measure for its
punishment and prevention is being
prepared for presentation to tho Im-
perial Parliament.
rhere is rumor that another inn
portant factor Is about 10 be imported
into tho affairs of the Scottish peerage,
by the marriage. of the Dowager
Duchess of Roxburghe with CON-
moMer.
In the last published list Of ap.
pointments and promotions from tie
British war Office, Colonel Dickens, of
the Twenty-eighth foot, has been
placed on half pay, and Captain Thaok-
erav, OF the same regiment, is pro-
lnotcd to- be major.
In consequence of the elevation Of
Mgr. liassoun- to tho Cardinalate. and
Of tho tact That His Elninence retains
his seat on the patriarchal throne, the
Papal court has raised it's vicarate in
Constantinoplo to the rank Of nun
ciature.
The Prince of Wales birthday
was not forgotten OH Deeside. The
Queen gaveya dance in tho evening to
the servants, tonants and gillles of the
Balmoral: and Abergeldie estates in
honor OF the occasion. Her Majesty
and the Princess Beatrice were pres
ent.
Sir Charles Gavin Duffy's Yownq
heta'ad is great success, and an ex-
ample of opportunism seldom sur
passed. 1t was published OH the 9th
inst; OH the 10th tho publishers had
not q copy loft. This sale is exclusive
OF an edition of 1900 for Australia
alone.
A number Of American families
who have long been regular ha6itues
OF Paris have announced that they do
not intend to "keep house" there this
winter. Several are intending to win
ter in Italy; others have gone home.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Mackay arc going
on tour in the East.
-"Whv," asks Mr.. Edmund Yates.
'why will my sporting contempora-
ries persist in calling tho pleasant and
popular Leo do Rothschild? If re-
gardcd as German, he is Won Roths-
child; it as an Englishman, Roths-
child. But tho old fashioned belief
that all foreigners are Fronchnlen dies
very hard"
English politeness through Ger
man spcctocles. The following notice
appears in a well known and much
trequcntcd cafe III the Inter den Lin
den, Berlin: For Gcrmans-"Es qvSyd
ge6etan, ntcht zu rachen." For French
mcil-"On est prie de ne pas fua,c,.
ssct." For Englishmcn--"No smoking
here"
-Grcat excitement was lately caused
in Paris in the Galleries du Palais
Royal by the visit Of M. Chang-vu-
Sing, q Chinese giant. People left
their shops and fastened to have
look at tho huge man, who measures
2 metres 45 (eight fcct), is thirty-three
years OF age, and weighs 180 kilo-
grNmmcs (360 pounds).
There was regular riot at tho
Auleull steeple chascs tho other dav,
and Baron Seiliierc, the brother of tic
Princcsse dc Sagan, had q narrow es
cape OF being lynched by the public.
The riot arose from the running OF his
morse Doulon, who, after having been
easily beaten few days before when
great favoritc, now started at long
Odds was heavily backed by. his stable
and won in q cantcr.
-German tramps so greatly abound
in Switzerland, Eand have lately be-
come such an htSlsrahFaa jhtsSdlssrtFemenfs OF the
German authorities render their extra
ditlon SO difficult. that the federal
councll nave been constrained to apply
10 frinco Bismarck for q modification
OF inc treaty which regulates the re-
turn OF the neccssitous citizens Of the
Two countries to their respective domi-
Giles.
-Mouldings are now being taken ofI
portions of Amicns Cathedral, one OIL
the finest specimens Of Gothic architec-
turc extant, for the Museum Of Com
parntiye Scripture about to be opened
at the IrocadcrO. The main portal,
the statues of the Virgin and the
twelve apostles, and several other
pieces OF sculpture have already been
foproquccd, and ere long most of the
mouldings will have been placed in tho
new museum.
Whenever member Of the Eng
lish royal family is buried fec for
"brcaking the ground" of f25O is de-
manded by the Dean and Chapter off
windsor, although not an inch of|
"ground" is disturbed, but merely a
stone taken up in the contre of the
choir of st. Georges Chapel, which
gives entry to the passage leading to
''o loSht vault VI 'tOnlD nOuSG." q
spacious chamber, to which the Quceu
has recently paid more than one visit.
The following appears in Dublin
daily paper: "Sir-I, last night, re-
turned from collecting rents, all the
time protected by two armed consta
blcs; so l have fellow feeling for Cap
tain Boycott, and enclose E1 for his
protection fund. Your obcdient SER
servant, Alfred MacDcrmott." The
humor of the thing is that the writer
is the brother-in-law Of Mr.. ParnclI,
and the rents he was engaged in COL
Letting were those OF Mr.. ParnelPs
own brother.
Tho Chairman ofthe Committee on
Astronomy hcavcd deep sigh and re-
ported rs follows: "Dis committee am
well awar' Of dc fack dat q comet has
recently bin diskivercd about GO,OOO,-
600 miles on dc road TO heaben, an dat
it am now supposed to be approachin'
de y'arth at Il rapid rate, but do COM
mittcc secs no special occashun to got
excited. 1t viii be a month or so BE- |