The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-06-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.

years old, died recently from the bite
OF cat that attacked her while aho
was at prayer.
An English peer, whose revenues
nave been reduced, has accepted q pO-
sltion as drummer for q piano fOrto
manufacturer.
The sheet iron trade employs 1OO,-
GOO persons in this country at wages
from two to three times those in ELg-
land and Germany.
Tho Salvation Army conducts
9lOO professions weekly through the
streets Of the British Kingdom, on an
average Of 1900 per day.
I'm the Grand Court Of the Kre M
lin, at Moscow, there is TO be erected
monument In memory OF the late Czar,
at an expense OF $650,0UO.
or all the countries of the western
hemisphere ChilI alone has honored
| Christopher Columbus by engraving
his face on her postage stamps.
| 1t has been calculated that II 49,.
| OUO.OCO people should clasp hands, they
could reach around the globe. Very
likely, but some of them would get
their feet very wet.
"A Louisville young woman is said
to have been made insape by dyeing
her hair. She was found in her room
seated among broken mirrors, crock
cry and pictures. raving maniac.
The Siberian Pacific railroad has
been begun in earnest. With bridges
over the British channel and Bshring
strait there might be a continuous line
OF rail- from New York to London.
1T ls said that Tennyson sometimes
spends hours on a single line. We
can rattle off a single line in the
twinkling Of an eye; it is the second
line That exhausts our poetic genius.
The slaughter Of the birds to deck
Women's head gear may be judged
when one London dealer says that last
year he sold 100000 small birds Of
every possible kind and color, from
the soft gray Of the Wood pigeon to
the gem-like splendor Of the tropical
bird.
Yellowstone National Parks 1876
square miles are filled with geysers,
hot springs, rivers, falls, mountains.
valleys and forests, making it a verit-
able wonderland. The Old Faithful
Geyser sends into the air every hour a
stream Of hot water, 200 feet In
hight.
Conductor Stillwell, who was In
charge Of the ill-fated train that was
wrecked and burned near Chatsworth.
ILL.,, and whose hair turned gray from
the shock Of the disaster, Is still In tho
service Of the road. His hair is now as
white as suOW.
Sir William Magnay, who is part
nathor Of @ new Lo"don, play, BARROW.
Land" is the son of the Lord Mayor OF
London who was made q baronet OH
the occasion of Queen Victoria OPEN
Ing the Royal Exchange. few months
after her accession to the throne.
Francis l., of France, was the Grsk
monarch who introduced ladies at his
court. He said, in true style Of gal.
lantry, that drawing room without
ladies was like the year without the
spring, or the spring without flowers.
A stock company with capital of
2.O0O,OOO, equally divided between
English and Minnesota capitalists, pro,
poses to ship wheat direct to Liverpool
10y the way Of the lakes. The princi.
pal object Of this new plan Is to avoid
the mixing In transfer elevators, hith-
Ierto found so hard to prevent.
Lake Michigan, according to Chi
Icago engineers, is this year foot
lower than year ago and one and SIX,
tenths feet lower than in 1886. Th
effects of the low water are felt at all
most every port on the lake, but speci.
ANY at the mouth of the Chicago river, =
Where extensive dredging will have to
Ipe done 10 make a proper channel.
An old musket that is supposed to
ne relic OF the time when Colonel
Bouquet was commander at Fort Pitt
was dug out Of the bottom of the
Allegheny River near PIttsburg re-
Gently. The gun is flintlock of
French make and Is somewhat rusty.
but otherwise we'll preserved.
IA cat died in Boston recently that
had an eventful history. Many wears
ago she was shipwrecked in the Pacific
Ocean, but managed to catch hold OF o
piece OF wreckage, from which she
was rescued by sailors from q passing
vessel. Pussy was brought to Boston
and was for years a noted attaole Of q
Hub store.
Printed matter Is measured by
oems.' the letter ''m'' being the unit.
Tne following compilation Is by Pro-
lessor A. 2. Lyon: The Bible contains
$500. 600 ''ems,n Webster's Diction.
ary 10000, 900, Chambers Encyclo.
poedia 68,0U0,000, Johnson's CycloS
poedia $4,000, 900, Appleton's Cyclos
poedia GO,OOO,000 and Encyclopedias
Britannia lao COO, 900 ''ems.''
"A correspondent Of Southern
newspaper points out the fact that
the nickel five cent piece may be used
as a unit OF measurs In calculating by
the metric system. 1t is exactly two
centimeters In diameter ana weighs
five grammes. Five Of the coins placed
edge against edge give the exact
length of q decimeter.
Mrs. George w. Childs Is q fire..
quent and cordially welcome guest az
Atlantic City. A correspondent at
that resort says that Mrs. Chllds pos.
sesses one Of the finest collections OF
jewels to be seen, though as a matter
OF fact she wears, as rule, very few
and simple jewels. She possesses.
among other things, rare East In,
dian gem, that seldom gets beyond the
borders Of that land, and of which
there are very few specimens In
America. ~
-->Nesdles have somewhat of rem.
tation for travelling the human body.
and now cactus th0rns seem to be seek.
ing fame in the same respect. Abo,1t
seven years ago George w. Mitchell.
OF the Palatka (Fla.) Ne,Ds. falling