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Bovs under sixteen who smoke in the
street* of Cobleotz. Saarlouirf ahd Trt*
ves are fined or imprisoned. ■* •
The Chinese in Nevada are becoming
as good stock gamblers as any “ Mali
«“ ” n>™l>en. of the fraternity.
The Cincinnati . ~1 —"T"** Oomm^rruaf C .n .
Hays?
“Last year a family of seven persons,
living noar Wilmington, Ohio, by actual
count consumed 1,165 pies. This is a
An exchange states that Ilachette &
Co., Paris, is the largest publishing
house in the world. It employs five
Uiousand persons, turns out a book a
day, an<! does a business of £ 1 , 000.000 a
year.
In a case of robbery tried at Aberdeen,
Scotland, recently, the prosecutor identi¬
fied a XI note by the following couplet
which hail befcn written by a previous
owner on the back of it:
This canoe to me in time of need
And went away with railway «|»eed.
In the “Court News" of an English
paper reoently appeared this remarkable
item: “ Tlie queen drove two oows yes¬
terday Denmark to visit the Lisburuo king and queen of
at the House.” For
" two cows,” road “ through Cowes.”
Miss Roe, of Dublin, had a wedding
cake eight feet high and weighing .‘100
pounds. It was ornamented with the
arms of the Roe and Gordon families
and six bannerets with arms and mono¬
grams, and strewn with orange blossoms
and myrtle.
The celebrated “ Keoley motor,"
which all the scientific journals have
pronounced a fraud from the beginning,
is now pretty well ascertained to be
driven by compressed air, secretly in¬
troduced into strong iron tubes, which
are thus “ sensitized ” before the ma¬
chine is shown.
Foreign journals state that the total
Humber of “recompenses ” of all sorts
to bo accorded to the exhibitors in the
PariR exhibition is definitely fixed at
20,500. They will comprise 2,600 gold
metlals, 6,400 silver, 10,000 bronze, 10 ,-
500 honorable mentions. The number
of exhibitors is 53,005.
A Persian populace is not like a Euro¬
pean one. Iu Europe a monarch return¬
ing to his people after a lengthy voyage
would be reoeivod by loud acclamations
of joy and weloome, but when the shah
recently lauded iu liis own dominions,
on liis return from his European tour,
the he people of merely the towns bowed through dowu which
passed their
heads in silence.
_ Harrington, . of Spnugtleld, . .
Ohio, *. rftu elojHM , with the pretty dtuigliter
of Oolouel Doltz. One of the first per
sons they met on tlie tram was Elder
Knight, the young man « former pastor
in Maysvillc. Prank told the elder that
he was looking for a clergyman to marry'
him and the clergyman volunteered to
do the job then aua there, no, when
the oonductor aame along, he was pulltni
into the s<vit as a witness, and while the
train wa> epeeding tbWy-flT« miles an
hour, tlie two were made one.
Auburn, Alt’sW IS. i., to aTS Australia, oonsisteil
of thirty-three wcmls, and cost S6L98. fol
rhe course of the message was as
lows : From Auburn to New York ; to
Heart’s Content, N. F.; to Valencia;
to London ; through Germany, Russia,
Siberia, to .Vladiwoodstock, a point on
the coast of Mautchooria ; theuoe
through the Japau Sea to Nagaski, ou
one of the Japan islands ; through the
Yellow Sea to Shanghae, China ; theuoe
down the coast of Chiua through the
C hiua Sea to Saigon, Siam ; to Singa
pore, Malay; thence to Batavia, on the
coast of Java ; theuoe to St. Darwin, on
the northern coast of Australia, aud to
Sydney.
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The present German parliament is
composed of oue field-marshal, one lieu
tenant-general, oue colonel, one ambas
sailor, st'veu miuisU'ra, eleven presidents
of governments, seven councilors of gov
ernmeut, forty-one judges, five crown
prosecutors, twentv - four barristers,
'
thrav direct, trs of provinces, fifteen
laudrathe (directors of circles), thirteen
professors, eight burgomasters, four
directors of gymuasiums (silunls pre-
paratory for the nqiversitie*), five
stefens,* thirty^four officer* of various
ranks, twenty-fftux clergymen, their incomes twenty
six tn«r persons fortunes, living 1 on landed proprietors, or
n
thirteen authors! nd journalists, thirty
four manufactory and merchants, brewer, and one
bookseller, one tu. > ,er, one member.
one photographer. pong the
ar,i ^ oe duke, -winces twenty
ttevefi counts, and 120 4 .<ty nobles.
Of eight hundred ---\ peV * suddenly
the ns
submerged iu the river Thanes bv the
™^Tae1r < Ti2rby r, -^SI. the river s is
reason is that at that place
little better than a mass of sewage. It
regularly carries away the liquid refuse
of the city of London, and at the instant
of the collision there was being ponred
into it near the fatal spot the contents of
two great cesspools. The immediate
effect of immersing a person in sewage,
say the chemists, is asphyxia, and the
eight hnndred excursionists must have
become r numb, and incapable of anv "
effort. * mi The L bodies, 1 - when recovered, .
undergone strange changes. Identifier#
tion was difficult. Clothing had changes!
color, and the decomposition had been
swift. Everything pointed to the action
of some powerful chemical substance.
mi The ... telegastrcgrap , . cr „ is . a . hypotht ... t
ical invention of startling • novelty. By
its aid people can eat and drink at several
miles’ distance from food and beverages
—at loast they can enjoy whatever deli
<«i™ aro aen-ed, and even become ex
Ullarated with stimula^ s. I IiO modu-8
operandi is suppooed V ( >e something as
follows: A dainty <lisl» witl pluoed iu a re
ceptaelo connected ‘ powerful bat
tery. Wires are attachti ^orresjiouding
to the number of guestt livited, and of
sufficient length to rtC/ti their respec
tive live abodes aooaes. Al At loe the aitbointed appoiuieu tliuner dinner
hour each guest eLlel» places the Wire m Ills
mouth, nim.tl. ana nn,l im immediately ra iU the a full f n l| flavor
of the dish is transmitted to him. More
over, it sense of repletion is experienced
proportionate to the quantity of food
consumed—or rather the length of time
the wires are held in the mouth. Hut.
diflooDLeoted unfortuutttely, u» »wn tbe b.ttery, ee the »iree tUe are
nom W
the remains only a pleasant memory, and
guest is as hungry as before the
banquet, and ns thirsty as ever. Whether
viands and wines are consumed or not in
this process is not ou record. Such is
the luventor’s dream.
Modern playwright* on the watnh for
a new sensation could hardly ask one
more dramatic or more dire than
catastrophe that happened at seu not
loner mug ago, iin'ti on on ine the African African iviast ivmsi Two -two
dozen boats full of Greek sponge fishers
were getting water at Maudrouka, when
XS3 irumw oi money money “ml ana kmhI fmStr lor t'he tlm privh pnvi
lege. they were dnveu off after a
bloody fray, just with their anunuuttiou contraband
gone; but then a
aellev of powder came on the scene with
vessel. The fishermen hurried to
hi m> «nd got his promise not to sell
p 0 m f er to the Arabs till after their own
departure next morning. He gave the
pj^ge but then, refleetiug what a gtxnl
thing Uo haa lost, broke his word, and
hmded a ftnv bftrre i 8 at midnight. The
fl.hermeu rushed aboard his vessel,
T 0 j nb i e w ith reproaches, and, it is said,
t*nc*k him. The enragc<l trader <lrew
hi. revolver »mi Ami into his
barrels, when a terrible explosion tore
to shreds the vessel and all ou board.
01 th " , ‘" v ™ , T Or " ok fi “ hOTm ™ «•?»»
fifty-five - the Isle of
n^nalied, were from
galkis ; the others were mostly Kho
diaus and sailors from Calymnos.
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The sleep of winter and that of night
are different in those animals which
torpid for months. The bat, the hedge
hog, the tawrie, the marmot, the ham
s ter, the tortoise, the toad, suukes, mol
l U8ca , spiders, bees, flies, bears,
badgers, etc., retire to their closed holes,
and, iu various degrees, undergo a
temporary death for four, five, six and
seven mouths of the up* year. They usual
Iy roll themselves but bats suspend
themselves iu caves. Those who lay up
provisions use them before they become
torpid, aud ou reviving before they
venture abroad. Their temperature
lowers; their respiration is less fre
queut and at intervals the circulation is
reduced ; they lose their feeling, the di
Restive organs are iuaetive and they
suffer loss of weight. The confined nir
in which they shut themselves, added
to theoold, is a cause of their torpidity.
Facts lead to the belief that some birds
hibernate.
Mr. John McKeeman of Norristown,
P*. has invented a wagon designed to
rua without steam, water or horse
power, and has made application for a
patent.
From Arolr lo (;krMl( .
i* an e »-y stage in cases of dyspepsia- A
slight attack of indigestion especially when
more 0 bt,u n ate form of the disease. It is well,
therefore, to adopt preventive Stomach measures liittors early.
Although Hostettera persisted in, of dyspepsia over
comes, if cases of
,on J> {J ^°*
other bodily evils, such as disorders of the
liver, constipation or undue looseness of the
,^^ to v ne ^ P^ d l j” r < j^!’ b -TP oc b 5?J ri( L” a,B e f p r
, t
.^“remedied bv the Bitters; but bow much
better to check them in their outset with the
great alterative, than to wait until they estab
fo°thoM in the system, rarely
"f »dn*a b.hty of this must be appar ent.
M ii ■*;«-«’ Title,
■However varied may lie the opinions con
tbe validity of Hayes title to the preei
there is not a question m the minds of
t j ier pemocrats or Bepublicans upon one
important point, viz.: The unquestionable
right of Dr. Bierce’s Family Medicines to the
title of the Ht&ndard ltemedfcs of the age.
Listen to the v<ge of the sovjeignpeople 10th 1878 :
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Dk ,, y
l*ar .Sir—Your Pleasant Purgative Pellets
weem to be particularly adapted to the wants
of the people in this warm climate, where
bilious affections are particularly prevalent. I
{‘®g^ rd the best cathartic I have ever
r.eK^’Silo.T'v J ‘ "* , . *
Dll n v 1 '
. . .
Jkar Sir —Your Golden Medical Discovery
has cured my boy of a fever sore of two years’
standing. Please accept gratitude. '
our
Yours truly, Henry Whiting.
Perfect purity is restored to the circulation
when contaminated, if Scovill’s bleod and liver
syrup is taken. Scrofnlons, syphilitic and
mercurial disorders are completely ‘ vanquished ^
b ‘
J it in h th u f tb rom lv ^
i n **^ . *$$£*** ron i to 1° tCCOmpllah a cure, bmp
tions of all kinds, sores, chronic rheumatism,
gout, liver complaint and goitre yield to its
remedial action, and it not only purifies the
Vlt alize« the system. Bold by all
KS "*
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yornpwanisof thirty years Mrs. WINSLOWS
,or ° hU *y
the bowels, cares dysentery diarrhcea,
whether arising from remedy^a teethu| after causes,
An 0,(1 411(3 well-tried bottle.
Familiarity is necessity with the to writing^ w^wishes u^Kie great
poets a any one thrill to
appear well in company. For 10c. send
a l>ook of 100 selections from the bear'ful mel
^
Hongn. Desmond & Co. ,1)15 Baoe nt., Phila.
A cough or cold taken between now and
Christmas _ frequently lasts all winter. This is
( , t , rtHtIllv the case with people who have weak
Tll e most convenient, reliable and in
expensive remedy is Johnson’s Anodvue Liui
mt " U ltil l i , ' ^ int « ,r °» l ' T
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will put him in a wav to supply yon.
J * 3>,KK A Co.. Chelsea, Mass.
Hon C. R. ParRons raavorof Kochester was
radically cured of Bright's Disease l>y Craig's
Kidney Cure. Depot 42 University PI., N. Y
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