The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1893-12-30

| .onspiring against hing = ~,
Worshipers are not crl E by h -
ireds under the wheels ofThe car o.!
Juggernaut. The car has not been
taken out Of the temple for many
years, and such deaths as formerly
occurred were exceptional or acci'
dental.
Columbus did not make eggs stand
On end to confute his opponents. The
feat was performed by Bruneleschi,
the architect, to silence critics who
asked him how he was going to sup,
] oort the dome OF the Cathedral OF
Florence.
The siege Of Troy was mostly q
myth. According To uo!ner's own
figures, if there ever was such Il man
as Homer, Helen must have been at
ieast sixty years OF age when III" first
met Paris, and even in the heroic
period Of the world women Of that
age were trilie paSse.
Louis XVI. did not behave with
overwhelming dignity at his eNecu-
tion. On the contrary, lie screamed
Tor help, struggled with the esecu-
tioners, and begged for mercy. Nor
did the attendant priest say, ''Scn OF
st. Louis, ascend 10 Heaven" That
expression was used for him by :.
Paris Paper. gg
The army Of NerXes has always
been greatly overest;mated by his.
torians. Commonly computed at
200, 900, the best evidence goes to
show that, camp followers and all,
it did not exceed one, the increase
being due to the natural inventive
ne.s Of the oriental imagination and
to the vanity Of the Greeks, who
prided themselves on having defeated
its numbers. His thousands Of
ships" numbered only l-200: to begin
with, and Of these 400 We're lost in a
storm, 50 that he reached the coast
Il Greece with about 500. ="
There is nc reason To believe that
Tarquin insuited Lucretia. His
power was o7erthrown in popular
| tumult, which is the only basis fol-
tae story.
Pocahontas did not save the life Of
John Smith. It has been asceTtained
that this worthy man was the most
able bodied preYaricator OF his CEN
! tuTy.
The story Of King Arthur and MS
round table is myth, although what
purports to lie the round table is still
| to be seen in a South Of ENGLAND
town.
Alfred the Great did not visit the
Danish camp disguised as a minstrel.
There is no good reason to believe
that be could either play the harp OF
speak Danish.
The maeIstrom is not whirlpool
which sucks ships down into the
depths Of the ocean. 1t is an eddy,
which in fair weather can be crossed
in safety by any vessel.
Queen Eleanor did not suck the
poison from her husbands wounds,
as she did not accompany him on the
expedition during which the incident
IS alleged to have taken place.
| Cromwell and Hampden did not at,
tempt to sail TO America lust before
! the outbreak Of the English TeIo!u'
tion. A number OF their friends did,
aut they had no thought OF going.
The Man in the Iron Mask did
not wear "a mask Of iron. 1t va:
black yelvet.secured by steel springs.
D.: The wonderful, Damascus blades
! that cut bars. of,iron In TWO were not
! 5uperior to the Toledo blades made
today.
| T. ca sar did not say. EFT tG. Erutus. "
Eye witnesses to the assassination
depoSed that he died lighting, but
silent like a wolf"
Richard III was not huIcnhach,
| but a soldier OF 1ne form, some pre-
tensions to good looks and great per
sonal strength and courage.