The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1890-08-05
NEWS En- BRIEF.

NEWS EN- BRIEF.
There is a firm in Cincinnati wh,eh
each year beats 21 600 gold dollars into
gold leaf. and as each dollar can be
beat into u sheet that will carpet two
rooms 164 feet square, some idea may
be formed OF its tenuity.
Flowers are said to be rented in-
stead Of purchased at WASHINGTON, and
q clever florist recently used the same
flowers at an early afternoon lunch, at
q O'Clock tea and q card reception In
the evening.
More bridal couples are said to
have visited Washington this Spring
than ever before. One OF the hotels
makes present of a bouquet to earh
bride that enters iss dinfng-room, and
its flower bills this season has beea
enormous. 52s'
"A portable house Of paper lately
constructed IN Hamburg, for use as
restaurant. has walls with an inner
layer impregnated against fire and an
outer one against moisture. The paper
Is fixed in readily connected frames.
The dining room Is ninety feet long.
"A use for flowers that was noyel,
if not altogether new, was made on 9
train at Jersey City by q convict He
carried huge bouquet in his hand to
hide the handouts which encircled his
wrjsts He was being taken to serve
ont hls sentence.
"A little chicken, which, though
healthy and fourishing, win always
have to be fed by human hands, az
tracts attention in North Plain6eld, N.
J. The upper half Of Its bill % rolled
back In q tight ball between the eyes.
The lower half is natura! and perfect.
Mrs. Hulin2, a Rhode Island wo-s
man, being thrown into the water by
the filing Of boat in which she and
two lady friends were rowing, escaped
drowning by clinglng to her dog which
swan with her to the shora Her
friends were drowned.
The sum OF S55. 5.Ooo in gold coin
was sent from San Bernardino to San
Francisco by mail recently as second
class matter at one cent an ounce. an
insurance company took 9 risk on tho
coin, and the bank saved $50 b.: using
the mail.
The old Aquidneck mil at New
port. which has long been idle, has been
purchased, It is said and Is now betng
converted into an ice factory to supply
the Summer demand. Asfeature which
the factory viii introduce snl be
'.carafes frappes. . or frozen water.
bo. ties. These have been used LOT
twenty years in Paris.
A French sayanG has been calcula-.
ting the time required TO perform =
journey around the world with this ~;
lult:s man walking day and ns
4s8 days; railway tEasR
,,8nud alta medium temperata1
sbufs; a cannon BSll, 2l4 h6drsf iignsss
~ tride over one-tenth Of Second;
electricity, trida under one-tenth Of 8
second. ~
Patti gets e8e0 a night. In 1921.
the entire fees paid to vccalisss Tor 2
season at the London Opera House,
from March 10 to August 18, were
e8,636, while e1o, 600 went for the bai-
let. The only singer WHO got more
than a thousand pounds for a season
was Camporese. Two ballet dancers
received 81, ,7S5. and 81, ,5S7 respec-
tlsely.
in the Catholic Cathedralof Wells,
England, a clock was put up as far
back as 1925. There is also mention
made IN old records Of a clock OF new
construction invented by the Abbott OF
St.. Albans, Right Rev. Robert Walnn--
form, in the following year: Down 70
the time OF Henry VIII. this antique
timepiece was In flne running order.
An interesting event took place on
the Clyde recently in the launching OF
a Japanese steel-plated war vessel She
is 900 feet in length by ~ feet IN
depth. Her tonnage Is 2450; she has
twin screws and three masts with mill
sary tops. She carries twenty-sesen
guns and three torpedoes, and is
manned by crew OF 800. Viscountess
Kewase, a japanese lady, christened
the ship the Chiyoda.
The ways of the itinerant vendor
Of the delicacles Of the season ara often
amusing if trying. Through suburban
street toiled cart whose diver yelled,
!: stWatermelons! Nice ripe watermelons!'
in the tones Of stentor. Called 70 9
halt by a housekeeper, he confessed
;; that he had nothing but potatoes 70
! sell. eWhy did you call water1aelons
then?', was the indignant question.
"To attract attention, mum; everybody
has potatoes. %
a seeb5gSly caught in the River
Parker b fishermen Of NeWbuIy-
port. Mass, was day or so afterwards
returned to the river, "but It refused 70
be left behind and followed the men
back to the wharf. crying to be taken
into the boat. Finding it impossible
to force the seal to leave them. tney
made little house for it on one OF the
wharves, and every day since It has
gone into the water to get food, return-
Ing at night to be locked up In Its new
quarters. -
"A singular case OF blood poisoning
is reported from Nyack, n. u. Am
brose Cells, young man well known
there. lost a favorite chicken, and be.
ing anxious to know the cause OF the
fowls death, he proceeded to dissect lt.
While cutting the chicken his knife
slipped and wounded the hand OF hli
wife. who was assisting him. The
woman's hand soon after began swell.
ing. as did also her entire arm and fase
-nfny1fay