Litchfield enquirer., 1870-08-25
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 The Turkish bath is thing to be avoided by right-minded philanthropists; for their money is expended, not on the poor, but on the sham.poor.
 A newly discovered Chinese poem, ':Li Sao," written three hundred years before Christ, is said to prove that the existence of America was known to the Chinese at that time. H5 g..G
 Persons who prefer stale bread can have their taste gratified by sending to Pompeii. where they have loaves which were baked over eighteen hundred years ago.
 A young lady of Boston, troubled with large ears, is reported to have had couple of inches trimmed from them all round by an ingenious surgeon.
 An eagle was shot a few weeks ago in Austria, in Bellye, bearing collar with the date 1648, and some arms partially ef- faced by time and exposure to the wealth CT.
 A well-known and lively lady novelist of ! rank is said to be about to publish 8 fresh book, with the amusing but decidedly nov ell title, Naughty, Naughty. but So Nice!" Since Queen Victoria took her place on the English throne. thirty-three years ago, every other throne in Europe, from the least to the greatest, has changed occu- pants
 The German Patriotic Aid society, of New York, have sent to the central com mission at Berlin about $57, ,00O collected in New York city.
 In 1900 there were not one hundred na- tive protestants in all Irdia and Burman. Now there are not far from eighty thou sand church members.
 ''My dear," said sentimental wife, ''home, you know, is the dearest spot on earth ''Well, yes," said the practical husband; cit does cost me about twice as much as any other spot" A Minnesota school-board, by vote of gerous, as they attracted lightning, and ordered one off the building oyer which they presided.
 There was on old party at Rome Lived under wonderful dome! He said, 'I can't err, Which made quite stir,
 Did that senile old party at Romel The Missouri Democratic State Central committee have issued a circular to the democrats of that State setting forth their reason for recommending that no democrat ic State ticket be put in the field next fall. | Pope Plus TX. finds himself ignored by Europe, and complains bitterly that he has recieved on the occasion of this great tri- umph of the Catholic party, not single letter either of felicitation or of reproach from the foreign ambassadors or from the commanders of the late army of occupation.
 It is said of popular lecturer, that on announcing to his wife, who had her own opinion about his talents, that he was go- ing to lecture at Sheffield, the lady replied, ''At Sheffield! I'm so glad; I always hated those Sheffield people,"
 1 A Photographer in one of the country towns in Mass. was recently visited by Q young woman, who, with sweet simplicity, asked, ''how long does it take to get your photograph after you have left your meas ure?'
 | A young lady from the rural districts went to Des Moins to see an elephant. In the street-cars the conductor said to her: ''Miss, your fare." "Well, if I am" she re- piled, ''I don't want any more of your im- pertinence."
 A prominent gentleman from South Car. ollna, who has lately arrived in Washing ton represents that the indications through out that state were favorable to the success of the republicans in the fall election. He thinks there is little possibility of any such result as that in North Carolina.
 A correspondent of the Waterbury An,er- acae says that more than one hundred dwellings in Tariffville are vacant. The burning of the Hartford Carpet Company's mills took three thousand people out of the place.
 'I sympathize sincerely with your grief," sad French lady to recently widowed friend. To lose such @ husband as yoursG An, yes, he was very good; and then, you see, such misfortune is always great, for one knows what kind of a hus- band she has lost, but cannot tell what kind of man one will find to succeed him."
 It is said that when stable is on fire. there is only one way of inducing horses to make their escape, and that is by throw. AH5 OOAAOOAAAS OV0I OAS1 eyes GO O10O1Ol0 them, when they can be led out with the greatest ease, just after they may have re- sisted every attempt to compel them to go.
 MT. Ripley, (whose correspondence by the way is the aDlest and most interesting that comes from Europe,) says in letter to the Tribune, dated at Cologne: Ger many is united. There is no German to be found who is not with Prussia in the pres. ent struggle, whatever his opinion may otherwise be-. Volunteers are Hooking to the army, but are not accepted; there is no need for them. Up to the present those men are only drawn who have already served. But there remain still hundreds of thousands who have been free from some cause or other, and who, in case of need. in six weeks can be sufficiently drilled and distributed among the different regiments. Things would, however, take an unfortu. nate course for Germany if she should be obliged to resort to this source. Yet it is well to remember that Germany would have no difficulty whatever in forming an- other army of one million soldiers: conse- quently no one who looks at things with open and impartial eyes can have any doubt as to the final result of the present war.n