The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-17
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-st Petersburg Mas ave dsly papers, four
published I'm Russian and one in French.
Trembling rosds aid flowers covered WITH
ants are used In Paris for bonnet trimmings.
fLA'mRnwh has had his say-Wiiam Tell.
A man who has had HIS day-1he Dey Of Al
giers.
A German philologist at jena, predicts
that IN tive centuries ERglish will be the uni
versal language.
The loss sustained by the bush fires in
Canada, the present season, is estimated at
over s., o ,000.
It is now forbidden the singers at the vi
emma opera house To respond 10 encores, ex-
cept botwoon the acts.
MANY of the most noted negro minstrels
cannot read a note ofmusic but have to learn
all thor Aonge by rote. ..fI sHl
The new law in Ohio compelling all ply
sicians TO suspend practice who have never
received regular diplomas, goes into effect Dc
tober 1. - r..
Female medical students are now admit
ted TO all the privileges OF the medical school
of the University Of Paris on the samo terms
as men. .r. Id. n-.frH.al a.. \.
The losses 10 American marine insurance
companies for August amounted to f2ls,0OO,
and for tho fret eight months OF the year,
ft0, 800,O 900. 49,,
rs-A d~isrespectftl writer says that the En-
press Eugene exertA her woman's privilege
quite royalty, by being in al almost perpetu-
al quartet with her husband,
"A valuable jewel, stolen from the royal
treasury at Lisbon, two. years ago, was re-
gently ssaa yT Ts, tign "a tc Athens 4 was a d'a-
IRA Young gentleman, speaking Of a young
] beauty's fashionable yelloVish hair, called II
pure gold. ut ought TO be-" quoth K, ut
looks like twenty-four. carrots.
The cost Of the water works at Portland,
I Me-, will be about $1,000, 600. The conduit
Involves the heaviest expense. The reser-
Yuir whom built will cost 5000, 0O0.
Tho anniversary OF the landing Of George
popham'a colony ON tho ancient peninsula ~
Sabine, at the mouth'of the Kennebec river,
in Maine, was celebrated ON Saturday of last
week. .1
Another accident u ~chronicled among
the tourists in switzerland. A young Eng
hsh lady while climbing mp the mountain at
Chamounix. was crushed by a huge block Of
stone rolling down.
-SOmesno in Paris writes 60 tho Eyene-
ment that no thlnks he ought TO have tho
Gross Of the Legion Of Honor, because he has
lived sixty five years in the city OF Paris and
has never been run over.
Foreigners who have visited the newly
discovered gold and silver mines in China re-
port tavorably. on the ease With which they
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would but sanction the undertaking.
Tho manufacture OF wood-solod boots
and shoes il one Of the latest Boston novel
tics. 10 il claimed that they will last much
longer. are impervious TO water, and only
cost about ono-half as much es leather.
An attempt was made, last week, 70 con-
test the will Of Matthew Naesar, OF POugh-
keepsic, which failed. He gives $4,000 to
the College, and s%nrrenders mortgage Of
$751; 600 which he held against tho insttu-
ton.
"A boy oiRhtyoars Of. age was seized by an
eagle in TipPoH county, Miss. and carried
some distance into. the air. He was. finally
dropped, but died in consequence OF the fall
and OF tho WOUNDS inflicted by the eagles
talons, = s- ID
Mr.. Cuihbort q. drundy publshos in the
English papers the fact 81 tho discovery, by
some workmen digging in a cellar In Black
pool, Lancashire, Of ahUiifg oystor, "hrmly
imbsddod in the day at depth of five feet
hon the suriace.' "
Tho available funds Tor the erection Of
4 the Harvard University Memorial Building
now amount to'SlS2, 600. Charles Flint Nor
ton has resigned AZ a member OF the building
committee, aud Charles w. Elliott has been
elected IN his place.
Recent explorations have led to the dis
covery that the asphaltum deposits of Swit-
Zerland are worry mach more extensive than
has been supposed. Already forty Thousand
tons annually ave produced aud sold and the
prospect is Of a large Increase.
"A Gre recently took place at Northum,
berlatd House, London, by which about
$500 worth Of pictures and rare obIecte Of
art were destroyed, especially a collection of
Sevres wares given to the Northumberland
family by Chples X. Of France.
-Mamfacluros are %royiving at the South.
Tho cotton factory at Fredhcksburg Va
commenced operations again last week, and
the Briarheld Iron Works nj Selma, Ala. are
daily turning out large quantiti0s of cotton
tics and bar non Of eErellont quality.
A Go man farmer in Woodbridge, who
was digging under o. large boulder on his
farm, To bury IL, ON Saturday, was crushed
beneath the premature fall OF it, After con-
siderable labor, aud thoi help OF cattle, the
stone was removed, but life was extinc
MIR. Beocher's recipe for making coffee Is
an suggestive AZ II ID BeocheIish: 1.-THE best
way'I know OF to make good coffee IL TO 60 to
tho principal hotels, restaurants, railroad
eating-hnuscs, etc and ascertain just how
they make cohee-then make it as they
don't"
"A caricature Of a young lady with the
GrGnian bond. and p%anniers was posted at
Congres7 Hall the other day. II was Thought
to resemble a young lady from New Jersey.
The artist was detected ard forced 10 leave
the house. The y~oung'lady now carries her.
self upright r ri sHH W.. Hrf
- "A neodlo has lately been successfully ro-
moved from tho vindpipe of Mrs. Martin
Clace. OF Taunton, Mass She accidentally
drew itint0 her lwnHhpipe a fortnight since,
and would probably have died m consqquenco
but for the relief Afforded by a successful sur
gical operation, t.
"A young woman, meeting a former fol-
low servant, was asked how she liked her now
place.
"lhen You have nothing TO complain OFF"
Nothing. only master and mistress talk
worry bad grammar ".
There is great excitement in municipal
circles ia Quebec, caused by the disappear
apce Of a large amount of funds belonging 20
the Water-Works Depart ent Of, the. Corpo-
ration. The amount mi sing Is pun down at
5000 The treasurer in charge of that de-
partment has suddenly disappeared. I
l. HTheF male Picsnic Association, composed
ofa number Of pretty New Haven girls, who,
for 1--WE years, have had annual pic-nies in the
woods all by themselves, with NJ hOrrid men
around TO modest or make afraid, has been
discontinued, but tue members are to have a
re 'mion hye years hence as "'old maids Or
widows
-"Rringle" is the sobyiqge Of a funny
man who Is contributing articles TO the Star,
of Schenectady, N. Y, He says that on cats
he "don't 60 very heavy. Not so much on
account Of their staying ont 40 late mites, dis
ponsing~ 1nournful liTricks, an the habit they
haye OF going intew ftsaud playing Mazeppa
on the coihng,HJ al4 IaHl 1.-Nne1 gI
Affected young hdy, seated in a rocking
, chair, reading the Bible, exelaimed:g 'M0th-
or, hero's a grammatical error in the Bible.
Mother, lowering her spectacies and ap'
preaching the reader M a very semtinizinp
attitude, says; XIII iIl Kill it'll II ID the
very thing that mas been eating the leaves
and boolrmarksl" ..l..t
.l-At the Isle of Man regatta The other day
, a pleasing novelty was Introduced III tleshapr
! / NJ "a hOat Topp omen 10 lady gQmnptItOVs pUIg
: The prize consisted OF two handsome lOekati
. a InnknL Ton nanh narhMnmAm. IA Lla BONN