, 1870-04-20
OLD AND NEW.

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-RoEe.e. the sculptor, is 1t work on q EeT
group called " Willing Sietiusa." II is of three
aLd his Lrile.
The biggest vomen's shoes ere sent to
Utah. the smallest 70 Havana.
Laura A. p1ngto.n, OF Burlington. Vt, Is
acting Register OF Probate for thAi district,
though unable legally to hold Tie otise. Tna
Judge sigma Ler orders without 1oa4ine. and
tlnr eEpws tiat ei,e = " v ~ gns1 a. : mn
Tho 1.ist1ee+ OF 4 d;zsrie. echool in town
Of tits State has tho follow; ecyti.icat: from
cue oi toe Prudential LAammit.ee: "a veary
stod Ctocl for suluall Selai-a.s,i think tuat
u :.:arlsaIs hes leszaas ana i Ike tine Caooi
in !atA number OF the fnaian Nal, the
death Of IN English gentleman is thus re-
ccrded:
Nix. H. afterwards went ont fora walk. aud
threw himself downa khud. The EhansaE1Ahat
the dawk.bungslov promptly got ].nran,
and eent him to KAlka- On the way be e1-
pired-"
The hope ii expressed that the friends O. the
unfortunate gentleman hAEo some more
definite information Of the circumstances OF
Eis death ~.
"A French Jenkins speaks OF ballroom as
- lske OF snow! tosoms. surrounded BY all |
the h1illiancy Of intellectual Paris.
An ara1icious es:nt: - Wien 10 psays. he
cl.<ns his hands With such ferroE that It is i'm
roseib!c to open them when the contribution
boz co.uct around"
"A prudent French husband made II \ rule
81 ,he close Of every evening 70 Klss hls wife
| u the forehead, with the remark '' forgive
you." Tbia hy way OF rrecAutiou-
An English idclatcr Of Ra1z.c. visiting the
Lou3o At Tours where the novelist WAS born
and lost = tooth. unable to be born again in his
honor, had one Of lis teeth drawn so says
| Figaro.
Tho CERTAIN in the Munich Theatre was
| shout to r1se Oh Schiliera 3iail Of Orleans,
when IN order arrived from the King OF Lava
ria, in tltee worla:
To-day, in tic Maid, ali the rala characters
will alrtat without beartls."
Oh. theu and there was shaving IL hot haste;
Talking Of anolynoua letters, IL cried
an Irish journalist, u despise them ~ utterly
tLas never open eue-
antiquity OF the Horld. Dumaa the younger
was asked bis opinion.
| s1he world seems to me-" esid he, tt.o re-
eernhle an old coquette, who eonceals her ase,'
In the year 1sSs, l0,563 new works we're
published in Germany, and in tho year 1863,
there were issued in that country Il, ,so5 new
books.
Family clubs, where gentlemen 20 with
Their wives and daughters, arc getting popular
in Paris.
In The Bzitish army soldier gets pension
After twcutJ-one Jea1n serSite.
New York city estimates its population as
1.ooo, 600, Of whom l5,o.O own al the real CD
; Charles Reed, = bartender in Dneton, Is in
jul for marrying . couple last week who
! thought he was qualified to perform the cere-
,, mony, aud have governed themselves accord
= ingly.
found, ataiued With blood, tha clothes Of =
. missing dad, aud on . boAt near by note
:. written in pencil, saying: :" Not tie man vi
wanted"
The Pa1is police say that 1t the present
a tims there aee in that city more penniesa
Americans and American deAd-besn than
a there were even during the great exposition
a | OF 1861.
= -Mr. John B.ight's phyaiciAns protes
4 against his return to the Hohrd Of Trade
- -Jcn, Davis lives ut the Peabody H0use. il
:. Memphis He ID President Of tho Ca7oln:
. Lie Insurance Company, on salafy
It $4,000 or az, 900.
;. Tho Hon. John A. Cobh eldest ton OF tn
! | late Howell Cobb, owns and manages II, ~
j acres Of rich land in one body, about fou1tce,
Il miles from !Anae1icus, Ga
il = Laly Anbcrley, dauehter-iu-law OF Ear
= Russell; Mrs. FAwcett, wifs Of Professor Faw
strznlaer. have undertak en- to lecture in Ems
= land and Scotland On tho " Political DisabiiGe
u OF Women"
-Ihcprcclamat,cn making American silver
legal tender ct 20 pef cent discount III csuad
took effect on Friday last, ....
D. ~ twenty-one pound front, two feet uiu
inchea long, has been caught in Lake VIM
| risoGce.
'e' -The Warden of tho Now Jerrcy ssai
Prison requires all lady visitors 10 take dow
e9 their Iack Lair il, his ~ifes bedroom in ordt
- to prayellt them smuggling tobacco In Il
- - chierons 10 tho prisorcrs.
~. The Doetou Adrt7tsstr says: -, =.
~ worthy old lady In Connecticut. VT
Il e seto1s unawa1es. hsr upon her parlor-msnt
y. ~ one Of Aunt Thomrson's busts nf Edwl
~ Booth, and on its iase, III illuminated text, 81
~ the words, 1t j. finished No amount Of e
~ ~ postulasion can convince the riaus woman
- - her mistake
W. Tile Womcn's Branch OF the Nociety 4
-. -. tho Prevention OF t'rueltr to Animals. held
" meeting last week in Phtad.1vhia. One Of Il
al Journals Of that city cnters a aiii rFose
~ against the length OF the title Of the Asaoci
"W. b. 0. I. S. F. I. +. y. c. T. A" l.
~ ~ dog question came up before it, and the ind
~ " nation OF the ladics over the circumstance IL
Of a Nav York journal had referred to tue r.
'eIs expressed. The whole project has been {
Il tireiv changed by making the aIayor I
,aJ ~ President Of the institution; and cali
9 91;. it. instead Of home or hospital. a " Shel
~ ~ for Dumb and Other Animals" The Ma,
W. declared his intention to cary out this objc
az and urKeI the ladies' to -'ltt no eyprcsaiC
ing my which Son may in the Newspapers or el
nd. ~herp deter YOU from your duty.
~ "A scientific expedition TO Brazil has lie
';n,, Mn, organized By the Cornell University. I
LIZ .aa Eeoogint Of the party will be Professor G..
is, Harti, the assistant OF Agassiz iu the latte
II : exploration OF the Amazon region. T
ed- outanast ~ ~ us - =. ~ - NI,
@ @uau Natural Science in the institution will Il
f1e part in the expedition, the clief object
-. which IL TO make collections for the univcts
~ mueeurns. With the view o. alforlinG the
rlorers every possible facilitE, instruction
III tho Portuguese language has been given, d1
,.o.. .en ing therast term, to such members Of
tho univ @etRitv a. intend to accompany tho par
- ~. | The expedition will eail 1t the clnae OF I
Hn3 spring Term. and will spend son1e four 1nnn,
NV IN Hrazil, passing through the extensive reg
~ lying between lao Janclro and Tho Amaz
,,rn. collecting botanical geological md zoo'oel
r. | specimens. The brazilian Government
,ent promised fts I'D and fqlthcrancc, III every r
. Tho Chineae in san francisco began
SUNDAY, the sd inst. their annual Feast Of
d;as Desa, which il celebrated in the spring Of
ss va year, and kept ur for several days. Throu
W. cemetery all sorts Of eonveyancer loaded '
;e.,s roast pigs, tlits, pastry, dc. There all
49, dclicacieH were spread over the graves 81
~; Parted friends. and around theee they all kl
and bowed number Of uInes- Friends =
"a then invited to paEtake with them Of the
AIu treatments which they returned
asu1 1aat1 town. On Monday the ~ea1thier Chinal
80 J. ~ rsraircd to tile cemetery, and went th;o'
~ the snme ceremonies
% GI -Mr. Galtur. in his work rolAting to her
)" - ta1y xbl}iy, states that interm2ETlage
49, heiIeeses is notable agent III the e1tinc
pa Of families! An exhaustive search Am
~ records at extant end e1tinct reeragcs sh
- that one-ffth Of the heireeeee have no I
Tould s,sn, a. .sx.al ~ l,,sths h,rn nj +oovr ,
nI;I. two. II has been the salvation of MANI 4
t lies that tho husband ouAved the he'll
.t,a;S whom he first married. and was able II L
nie1 1ssne y st. ~ ,ta 1rrth ~
| nj in + mol i'll