The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-11-01
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

| savings bank.
This is a great country. Between
' her wheatfields and the battletlelds
! she has glory and money to burn.
Recent events suggest that new
leader may soon he needed to WELD
| the baton over the concert Of Eli
rope.
Russia's disarmament plan would
leave the German emperor with an
| alarming pile OF old junk on his
hands.
Events have spoken so loudly that
there is no need of people who used
to make sport Of the Cnited States
navy to 90 to the trouble Of making re-
| fractions.
Admiral Dewey's comfort when he
returns to this country would be great
" enhanced if he could find some man
who looks like him to do the hand
| shaking.
1t is said that many people in Maine
are so offended at the advertisements
painted on boards and fences along
country roads that they refuse to deal
with the firms which so advertise.
Considerable trouble was recently
caused in a Chicago court when Z. K.
! Barnes. a prominent lawyer OF that
city. brought suit against a butcher
because his meat caused "schleros-
| toma-pingue-co -colisteritis.
1t is a humorist who suggests the
formation of Il society for the protec-
ton Of Admiral Dewey from promlscu'
Gus kissing. From recent happenings
it would seem as if such society
would have plenty to do when the gal
liant Admiral returns home.
Medical examiners say that the high
collars so much worn by both men
and women are productive of dire
physical results. The head is thus
thrown forward to relieve the back Of
the neck, and this narrows the chest
and decreases the lung space.
Americas conquest of large slice
of the tropics is a boon to the people
in the light of science, and it would
be folly to surrender one inch. face
tiously remarks the New York Herald.
Professor Crookes declares that trop-
ical foodstuffs must be the reliance OF
the world in the future, wheat already
showing signs of q failure to keep
pace with the worlds population.
Writers in the press in France are
making a strong protest against what
they are pleased to term a new ana
dangerous attack Of Anglomania sui
fered by the graceful French women,
who are arraying themselves in mod:-
ncaIDns of masculine attire s-e.r:s5I,.S
a.s--ssaa1xl4zEe1EIf5s mon0cfes. Some Oh
the blame for this is laid to the bicycle
and the bouleversement in feminine
taste which it has wrought.
The taxpayers of New York city will
be asked to contribute S77.00,000 for
the maintenance of that municipality
next year. This is more than the com
bined budgets of Philadelphia. Chica-
20, Baltimore, Washington. Buffalo
and Cincinnati The deniZens Of
Gotham may reasonably inquire Of
each other if they are deriving bene-
fits that justify such vast expendi-
ture.
Not the least difficulty with which
Gen. Kitchener had to contend was
the liability of his troops to sickness
from the trying climate of the Soudan.
Yet he seems to have managed it ad-
mirably. At no time was there more
than tive per cent. Of the force in the
hospital, and the fatal cases We're
comparatively few. Special attention
was given to keeping the men busy
and cheerful, the latter by sports
thoroughly enjoyed. Football, theatri-
cal performances and river excursions
were lively variants on the stress Of
war, and did much to maintain the
health of the command.
A curious plan for elevating morals
has been formulated by well-known
citizen of Atlanta. He proposes that
each country shall decide by vote on
January l Of each year who the worst
man in the country is, and that the
man receiving the highest number Of
votes shall on the ensuing February l
be hanged. 1t is claimed for the plan
that it would induce bad men to emil
CRATE, and that the complimentary
vote received by those who had just
begun to be bad. but were not general
" recognized as such, would tend to
create a desire within them to be en-
rolled among the well-behaved.
\ Chicago police justice holds that
the word lobster applied to a hu
man being is not one of reproach, in
suit or abuse. and that the person to
whom it is applied has no reason to
complain. AS the lobster minds its
own business and is one of the most
important and cherished elements of
civilization. contumelious use Of its
name is not to be admitted. says the
New York Sun. with quiet humor. To
call = man 4 lobster ought to imply
that he is public benefactor and a
person of taste. Even slang should
respect one of the chief characters of
sea and land.
The Treasury Department figures up
the deposits Of our people in saving
banks at an aggregate of nearly two
billion dollars. The exact figures are
81. .939.376.O35. This represents the