The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-04-20
NEWS IN BRIEF,

@AooO oVoIy uOnVu CulS year.
1t is thought that this year will SEQ
4,O00 miles of new railroad built.
"A terrible drouth has, depopulated
O number of districts in Mexico.
The blind staggers is decitnatihg
the the hogs In Sullivan county, ,.llls s.. B 4
S-1n Searspprt, Maine, are 1B1 sea
captalns--one TO every three voters.
The P1eblos Cal, nail works will
use Kegs made Of compressed paper.
-Mlscreants are slanghtering fish In
like county with dynamite cartridges.
The national debt of the United
states amounts to $50 for each inhablt-
ant.
"A colored woman In Ellington,
Conn.,, lately celebrated her 1O1st birth
day.
The hop crop in the neighborhood
OF Syracuse, N. Y, Is very large and
fine. D..
The crop Of apples IN North Caro-.
ma This year promises to be larger than
ever.
Herr Val1sch Is the first Protestant
purgomaster Prague has had for 200
years.
About four thousand roses are re-
qulred to make one pound Of altar Of
roses.
.--Fourteen kinds of dogs can be dis
t1ngulshed In the Greek and Roman
records.
Queen Victoria has ordered that
buckingham Palace be lighted with
electricity.
--Sweat potatoes are being shfpped
Virginia.
- The pearl fisheries Of the Persian
Gulf afford support to about $4,000
families, O''''
The crocodile is said to swallow
stones sometimes, like birds, to aid the
gastric mill.
-Ihe human skull contains fewer
pones than the skull of most animals
excepting birds.
"A woman at Augusta, Me-, has
ordered set Of false teeth for he1
aged pet pony.
Medical science has progressed
until 1t Is now able to make q man
new nose by grating.
len and fifteen year old girls in
Italy earn IL cents for II hours' work
and save half Of 1t. :
forty thousand do'lars' worth OF
CheWing gum Is gathefed annually In
the State Of Maine.
Wisconsin tobacco srouara And
their Sheds too small to accommodate
their immense crops. %: ;. ,
The people of this country maid
last year more than $4,000, 900 for Inn.
ported precious stones.
There is two weeks old baby IN
Canajoharle, N. Y, which only weighs
two pounds ten ounces.
Last year 1908 wolves we're killed
IN france, mainly on the border lands
or Germany and Belgium.
The number of persons killed on
railways In England IS proportionallv
Twice as great as In France.
Five thousand German pbvsic,ana
have petltioned the Imperial govern,
ment In favor Of cremation.
Wooden pavements have teen
given up In London. and the old Nc
Adamized system returned tc.
William Ayres, Of Sharon. was
killed recently while breaking up fur
mace slack with dynamite.
"A Kansas farmer cut the horns off
ftom fifty OF his cattle last week in
order to save building room.
The Sultan employs two German
apothecarles and pays them each Sc. 600
year with free board and lodging.
Recent London fogs are said to
have been pinklsh. but from what
cause or probable cause Is not stated.
The area Of Paris within the fortf.
hcations. pretty we'll covered with
buildings, Is twenty-eight square miles
The malaria fats on the Potomac
exist no longer. After years of ex-
penslVe labor they have been reclaimed.
The milk Of the elephant contains
less water and more fatty matter and
su ar than the milk Of any other ami
NAL.
The area Of olosely-built stores and
residences of London, including the
most populous suburbs Is 12O square
miles. .-. -. - 1""A'
Including the interest on the pubJ,c
debt 1t requires about $4, ,0OO. 900 a wear
20 pay the municipal expenses OF Balti.
more. -
1t Is reported that defective hear.
Ing Is on the increase in this country
and that 1t is largely owing to defective
teeth.
Principal Dawson, of the Mcgiu
University. Of Montreal, has received
the honor Of knighthood from her
Majesty. o'
Mile. Emma Nevada. the nav
singer, Is Of Irish origin, and waa horn
In Nevada City, Cal. Her right name
Is Wixom.
The large, prominent eyes of the
brilliant dragon-fy or DEVILS darninp-
needle are each Furnished with % il50
polished lenses.
The latest device of a Paris news.
paper Is the engagement of two eminent
physlcians to attend gratuitously upon
Its subscribers. r,r|"'I,
Yale college founded In 17O1, now
has ninety instructors, between 100
and 200 students and property valued
at over $5, 100000. %@F 1a'
"A stripping who Is attending school
IN Cooper township, Webster county.
Iowa, Is reported to be SIX feet six
inches In his stockings. G#
Manhattan island, the site OF the
city OF New York, was purchased from
the Indians In 1926 for $2I. Now II ~
worth more than $4,000. .OOO, ,OOU0.j
druid park, Of Baltimore. contains
6OO acres. 1t was, nnrchaeadf, ,fnr .t