The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-24
FACTS IN FEW LINES

was ran Mill. LUIS was LII Jdhuois,
1907.
France and Italy run national pawn
shops for the benefit Of the poorer Sec
tion Of their population.
The coal output of the United States
in 1900, according to the geological
survey, amounted to 414,O39.5e1 short
tons. having value Of $512,610,I44.
An old plan for a ship canal across
the narrowest part Of Scotland has
been revived and Is being pushed by
business interests Of Edinburgh and
Glasgow.
One apple stump Of an Oregon farm
er has been successfully grated with
twenty-three varieties Of fruit, includ-
ing peaches, plums, prunes and even
some nuts.
Since the opium act came into force
Chinese tradesmen in Shanghai and
other large cities have been making
big money by selling alleged cures for
the opium habit.
DR.. Erasmus Herring, who has re-
Gently died in Germany, rivaled the
famous Cardinal Mezzofanti as lin
guist, having been able to speak and
write thirty-three languages.
Frank Truesdale Of Naugatuck,
Conn, has a pair Of horses that can
spot snake In the grass much quicker
than a man can and will always stop
when they see one Of the reptiles.
4 horse becoming frightened at an
automobile at Stamford, Conn, ran
into the house Of Mrs. Mary Murphy
and trotted upstairs into the parlor.
He turned again, however, and ran
down to the street uninjured.
A man In Chile recently had to pay
!, ,expressage on a large box which was
sent him. from Atlantic City, N. j.
When he opened the box he found that
It contained a barber's pole that q
friend had sent him as a joke.
Hartford, Conn, is probably the only
New England city that raises hon toy,
gui lung and lot ju. These are Vege-
tables dear to the hearts Of the Celes-
tials and are raised on the two acre
farm Of Quong Now and his American
wife.
Scottish emigration has not attract
ed much attention, but it Is, compare
lively speaking, heavy. During this
years emigration season, from the end
Of March to the end Of June, $4,000
persons sailed from the Clyde for the
United States and Canada.
The cutters Of Rio de Janeiro ran
with beer for several days recently.
The municipal laboratory having dis
covered that practically every beer In
the local market contained danger
GUS amount Of sulphuric acid, the au-
thorities proceeded to destroy all
stocks on hand.
The murder of a family In a lonely
country in Hungary has had a remark
able sequel. Gypsies are suspected,
and every tribe and caravan In the
I province surrounding Budapest has
been placed under arrest On suspicion.
It is believed the government Will
utilize the occasion for stamping out
nomadism in Hungary.
Keeping up a telegraph line In South
Africa is no light task. The postmas-
ter general Of Rhodesia says In his an
nual report that owing to lightning,
yeldt fires, raids by elephants and the
theft of wire by natives for the pur-
pose Of making bangles telegraphic In
terruptions during last year were more
frequent than for many years past.
F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, the New
York sculptor, who was chief Of sculp-
ture at the st. Louis exposition, has re.
ceiyed from the state Of South Carolina
$4,000 commission to execute FOR
statuary hall, in the capitol at Wash
inyton. q statue Of John G. Calhoun,
senator, secretary of state, vice presi-
dent and author Of the doctrine OF
notification.
Wives are still obtained by purchase
in some parts Of Russia. In the dis
trict Of Kamyshin, on the Volga, FOL
example, this is practically the only
way in which marriages are brought
about. The price Of pretty girl from
Ia well to do family ranges from SlOO
to $500, and in special cases much
HIGHER sum is obtained. In the vii
lagos the lowest price is about S25.
An institution has been opened IN
London by a society woman for the
purpose Of teaching debutantes how to
act at a drawing room. They are
taught to enter, to bow, to courtesy
and to depart. Strange to say, the
school has been an enormous success
for there is nothing which makes young
women so nervous as the thought that
they will be doing the wrong thing
when they are brought into the pres
ence Of royalty.
Cotton powder cases are to be aban-
doned by the American navy to guard
against the possibility Of ignition by
a spark. This was the cause OF the
recent fatal accident on the battleship
Georgia. Powder cases for eight and