The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-05-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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--Misprints on occasions are Of
! very painful nature. The editor OF; a
temperance paper who wrote, "GastlHH
drunk is folly" was horri6el to read
In the sheet the next day that "Getting
drunk Is jolly"
During his stay in San Reno,
Italy, Doctor Mackenzie, Of London,
| composed an overture TO Shakespeare'a
Twelfth Night" The work Is said
to reflect the life and humor OF the
comedy.
During tho past ten years no less i
than six species Of North American
birds have become extinct, aud 1t Is
claimed that the English sparrow has
been the main cause OF their disap-1
pearance.
Germany has now more than
| seventy manufactures Of t'clampagne
francais.' or 45O.O0O bottles i'm.
ported annually by Russia. Germany
provides 100000.
| The stones of Temple Bar, after
having been exposed for eleven years,
have been built up into gateway of q
brewers residence. 1t is now called
''Temple Beer.'' 81
| 20. III. Jackson and George Fl.
Jackson, father and son. are expecting
to graduate in June, az Hlllsdale
| (Mich.) College, and are pushing each
| other for class honors.
There Is to be- a grand interna-
| tional exhibition In Berlin next May
OF hunting trophies. Of all sorts Of
| game, ancient and modern arms, and
implements used In hunting.
| The famous Goodwin sands in the
British channel are disappearing. They
have receded toward the Kentish coast
half mile within short time, and
show signs Of generally breaking up.
The number OF hides imported into
| England for home consumption Is esti-
! mated at 10000 per annum, which
together with the domestic hides bring
| the total number to about 10000, 600.
1T would take, according to calcu-
lations, 8.340, 900, years to transport
| the whole Of the solid land down to the
sea- Should the whole Of the solid
land be reduced. to one level under the
ocean, then the surface Of the earth
| would be covered by an ocean with q
uniform depth Of about two miles.
| John Quincy Adams at the age Of
fourteen, was secretary to Mr.. Dana.
| then minister to the Russian court; at
thirty he was himself minister to
Prussia; at thirty-6ye he was minister
| to Russia; at forty eight he was minis.
| ter to England aE fifty-six he Taa Sec.
fetary OF State. and Pres ident .at. .fifty.
seven. 8, e4s VI
+ There have been twenty PEea-
idents Of the United States, Ave OF
Hrhe., ,rcsc 3.;;Ssll, az iiSty y-sovou anu
six attained that great Office before the
| age OF fifty. Three military men. past
sixty, have been elected. Two died
very soon, and the other was General
Jackson, and he was but sixty.one
when elected.
According to writer in BLACK,
,oood's Magazine the gypsies OF Tran
sylvanla teach young bears to dance
by placing them on heated iron plates
while the trainer plays on his fiddle.
The bear, lifting up its legs alternately
to escape the heat, involuntarily OBJ.
serves the time marked by the violin.
and eventually learnssfo lift his legs
whenever he hears music.
--Pasteur has among his patients in
Paris William Chapman Chamberlain.
Texan ranchman who was terribly
bitten in the face by wolf supposed
TO be suffering with the rabies. Out
Of 306 cases treated by Pasteur only
two, he says, were, failures, and his
| system was not observed In either of
them, while there have been fatal re-
suits i'll z QUITO al untreated cases.
Every man when he takes up his
cards at a game OF whist holds one out
Of 636, ,O13, ,569:G00 possible hands. AS
for the total number Of variations pos
slble among all the players, 1t is so
enormous as almost to exceed belief.
RuhhQro oo1o s.
| OOO men were to be engaged. dealing
cards at the rate Of one deal each min,
| ute, day and night, for 100000. 900
years, they would not then have ex-
| hausted all the possible variations or
the cards, but only oO,O00th part Of
| themt
Among the books Abe Lincoln
read when boy was ''ZEsop's Eables.'' :
He was always O good story teller, and
| 1T was told by one OF his early acquaint-
ances that '.he could tell more stories
than anybody In school but Hazel
Dorsey.'' Asop's stories helped him
immensely, and he soon was O. better
story teller even than Hazel Dorsey.
"A lake at Kirknttz. in the Aus.
trian alps, mas for many years mysti-
fed every one by drying up at one
season of the year and filling with
water and overnowlng at another. Dur.
Ing che dry spell the people raise very
good crops in its basin. Recent explor-
ations show In one part Of the basin an
immense cave, which, when the water
has reached a certain height, begins
sucking it UP till the basin is empty.
The cave leads to a long series OF
underground lakes. all connected with
one another by continuous current.
General Grant was elected Presi.
dent at forty,six; but when a young
man, In the Mexican war, he so distin.
guished himself at the battle of Mo-
limo del Rev that Ganaral Scott nnt,nna