The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.

lit has been calculated accordipi
10 Professor Proctor, that man of n
mas consumed twenty wagon loads. O
eighty tons, Of food, solid and liquid.
An elephant has been sent by LORD
DuRerin 30 the Shah Of Persia as ,
GIT IL IS very flne one, gorgeously
caparlsoned and attended by thirty
Hindoos.
"A patchwork quilt made by child.
rem In the United States, and an Indian
shawl. the gif5 Of Queen Victoria. wore
buried with Jenny Lind at her re-.
quest. .7il - =
--"Carolus Duran. Cabanel. and
Bonnat," says the London WorII
among them have painted almost
every living American who is worth
more than $5,0OO,OOO.
| -Des Molnes, Iowa, las been stlvred
up over an attempt at grave robbery In
cemetery on the suburbs of that CITY.
Inc ghouls were medical studenCs anc,
narrowly escaped lynchlng.
! The Arabs exhaust their green's.
ana blues, and puppies. and reds. and
black upon the walls and ceilings and
make their apartments perfect kaleido.
scopes of c0lors, and with beautiful
ACoullo WlulJdis
| '-Ihere Is Shakespeare Hotel in
SCratford-upon-Avon, and instead Of
numbers the names Of plays are upon
the room doors. ''Take the gentle-
mans luggage up to Romeo aud Julietn
is q common order.
Tho common thistle, which now
covers large areas in southern Chill. IS
SAID TO have been introduced there by
an Englishman, who imported bushel
OF seed and sowed it under the delu.
sion that the plant would prove valu-
able for fodder.
The orange tree and the lemon are
both descended from tho citron. The
history Of the orange tree is said ia
date back to the crusades, the return-
Ing pilgrims carrying it into Europe
ZOO or 800 years ago.
There is 9 bookkeeper in q New
YORK wire factory who has merely to
glance at broadsides Of figures. row
after row, filling a whole sheet of
legal cap, and declares the result in
stantly. He doesn't know how he
does 1t. nor does anybody else. n,
1T Is curious to note that accord
ing to Thomas Wilworthy's "Guide to
the English Tongue" which was &C.
cepted as o standard In pronunciation
oy polite English society Of q century
ago, the vowel sounds in file are foil.
bile and boil were pronounced alike.
as also were those in tour and tower
are and air, dew and do.
--Between December IL, 1903. and
Nov. IL, 1900, 1852 porsons were con-
nned In the New York Debtor,s
PRISON. None OF the debts exceeded
S2o: The debtors principally received
sustenance from the Humane Society,
Many persons use the phrase sin
trlce," who have no conception of ita
meaning. A trice is the sixtieth patt
OF second Of time. The hour Is d.
vided into sixty minutes, the minute
into sixty seconds, and the second into
sixty trices or thirds.
One Of the smallest manuscrIpta IN
the world to be sold. sale. n grain In
OF rice with the whole frat chapter nf
the Koran written on It: given To an
English officer in 1912 by an "A American
gentleman, who received it from an
Arab sheikh, whom he had cured or n
dangerous fever in the desert.
The prince Of Naples. who has
JUST come Of age, has received the
order OF tho golden fleece from the
emperor Of Austria and the black eagle
ffom the late German emperor. It is sriR.
gested that, in view Of the close
friendship between Italy and England.
he ought to be invested with the garter.
"A Hartford man started good
IRE IN sheet iron stove in his Office.
forgot to close the draught, locked the
ONCE aoor and went to drive. When
came back he found the fire out: but II
mad Ia made itself felt before going out.
everything In the room was scorched.
apples en shelf were baked. and
Dog that had been locked In was dead.
evidently suffocated.
Iii Hung Chang, the vIcerov of
China, is six feet tall, 65 years old well
Oul!t, gray and swarthy; his eyes ara
lark and piercing and his teeth dark
md uneven. When receiving Ameri.
,an guests he wears o gray Astrakhan
'urtout with long, flowing sleeves.
oose sllken trousers, felt shoes and q
laring hat with the button of his rank
IN the top and peacock's feather
sticking out behind.
1.-Two boys who attempted TO learn
he amount Of petroleum in the oil
'anks on q car at Flint, MINI. recently.
oy letting down lighted lantern
through a hole in the tank, were very
nuch disappointed with the result.
the explosion Of the car followed. and
he flames shot two hundred feet in
he air, lighting the country for miles
'round. One boy was hurled twenty
eet and badly burned about the head.
ace and neck, and his companion was
'nly slightly burned. but thrown fifteen
II twenty feet. f =
An accident happening at the Vic.
oria Theatre. In Berlin, Germany.
upplied the new and interesting OK.
erlenca that electric light does not
I've perfect security against the danger
l iire. During the performances Che
o., oai or an electric lamp, in a state OF