The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-11
PEN AND SCISSORS.

The property OF the Trinity Church
corporation, New York, is said to reach
the immense figure OF S2O0,OoO,oOo.
This fund is under the control OF a
board of trustees selected from the
vestrymen OF oldTriisity and st. Paul ;.
Il is well that is out of reach Of slip
perry Bank President or Cashier.
The following is good enough for a
place in the HERALD AND NEWS: i
prominent citizen was called upon to
contribute in the erection OF ! church
building. He excused himself, but
promised to consider and give his an
swer next morning. When again call
ed on. he said. After youreft, l took
up paper, and there read that OF 100
people IS years of acc only - live to
the age of 10. l am 80, and according
to that l have scarcely 10 years OF life
left, the probabilities arc l shall be
among the 81 who die before reaching
that age. All that l have to do must
be done quickly. l thought after you
left would give You $40. Here is my
offering, with my best wishes and
prayers" The envelope contained a
check for one thousand dollars, with a
slip pinned on bearing the words.
s'The time is short" This is 4 noble
example of laying up treasures.
The Star Arcterus is reported as
speeding directly toward the eartA.
It is coming at the rate OF 320,O
miles day. There is no cause for i'm
mediate alarm though as it will not be
here for $4,000 years.
Miss F. c. Smith, 4 young lady OF
IS. from Southport. Conn, jumped
from two-story window at Bridge
port with the intention of eloping with
married man and broke her>ankle.
She now lies at physicians Office.
unable either to eiope or return nome
Mrs. Skidmore, OF New York, is one
hundred and twenty years old, has had
five husbands, has smoked the same
pipe for- fifty years, and was once kissed
by George Washington.
A scientist says that the reason kiss
ing is so pleasant, is because the teeth.
iaw-bomes, and lips are full Of nerves,
and when the lips meet an electric cur
rent is generated. lie should explain
why it is the electric current does not
work when he kisses his mother-in-laW
to please his wife. Science cannot MP
set our religious notions about Kiss
ing.
It was Boston lady who asked the
waiter in a restaurant to bring hel
''somc detached propellers Of the am
phibious animal Of the gems rama
| When he found out she only wanted
frogs; legs he became Z raving maniac
Two boys threw dead cat in the
face Of a-young married woman as She
sat at the window Of her parlor in Bal
timore on Tuesday. The shock threw
| herinto conrulsions during which she
gave birth TO Il dead child, dying her
self in few hours.
4 personal canvass among the
clerks in the big stores in New York
such as Bates, Reed & Cooley'S, Rogers
Peet & Coz, Macy'S and Simpson
Crawford & Simpsons, shows heavy
gaias for Cleveland over Hancock, th(
Increase being frequently several hun
tlred per cent. As many OF these cs
tablishmcnts employ from $50 10 3Gt
voters such gains count heavily.
4 new journal called The Honey moo'
has just appeared at Brussels. The
proprietor will be happy for month
Bet wait till the paper wants new
| dress.
In Burmah editors receive elephant:
in payment for subscription. IN thi:
country the paper itself is abont al
the elephant the editor cares TO keel
in stock.
4 country newspaper recommends
newspaper worn across The chest as
protection against cold: Those who
have been warmed by newspaper cal
testify to its thOrou@hncs:.
Reports from Southern Arkansas say
that the destruction OF domestic All
mails along the lower Mississippi by the
buffalo gnats is said to exceed all for.
mer experiences in any one year. On
the Mississippi side the losses exceed
by far all former records. Within q
radius OF ten miles from Grenada siS
hundred mules have been killed By thi:
rest