, 1870-12-28

II cGsts New York 81, go day foE csgs |
American pianos ase popular In England, and !
ornament many Loni2u dra.iuE-room.
Maryland IL to have an inebrtate asylum for !!
women.
in the northern part OF Maine The SHOW Ii tso |
feet dter,
Japan uotlncs Chinese residents that xhey
muzt not sinoke op'aIn uadcr pain Of puctsh-
ment
On Saturday, woman rrsIliEg nea: phila-
delphia gave birth 10 four Gne children. The
relRhaote, by way o. Assisting the prolific dame to
bea: up under the visitation, made subscription
III her behalf,
-Elsb,-1ees-nisn fountains o, 1ub,ns extracts
Etls be features OF the New YORK Seyeatn Reg-
itnent reception. j
Travellers arc warned against sleerlng at
Lese, De'g.Nm, because bell weighing l7.6o0
pounds has been hpisted over the cathedral, and
Is to he 1unR regularly ut N.
The coloretl people ef Shreveport, La.t object
to telrs compelled TO have mixed schoolas taey
want The races educated separately,
An Atlanta tGa.l paper OF last week says: IA
lady in this city tied her hubb5s hands and fcci,
tho other dag, just for fun, and then wcut through
his packets tot certain billet. doux. and found
II. Hts physician tells him that his face VOLT he
hadlr scared, though he 1nay remain permanent
u bald.-
Railway collisions don't pay in England, 80
lat If Tue COMPANIES a4E CAuEclue0s q lGQ4u1
correspondent whites that II is the opinion Of al
least one Official Of the Locion r Northwestern
Railway Company that the recent accident At
Harrow will cost not much less than ftO0 bA1 In
damages.
The Art Medical says 1t Is q mistake to sup
rote some journals assert that the neah OF tue
deg ts good for food It is 30 onlr under certain
oct dltiopt. when fed almost exclusively on yrgc
table tnatter-1hat ls, III manner unsnited to 1ts
| natural organization. The Chinese, Greenland
| ers, ard E.QuEmaux, who live On this food, feed
! their dogs In particular manner for nome time
helore they arc killed for eating. The street dog
Il net nt for food then and there, even In q be-
sleRcd town.
| One Ct The celebrated restduyattur& OF Paris
! has discovered the way TO make delicious dllh
| with rats lie dresses them with champagne and
apiece. He cannot tu!hl MI the orders he re-
ectvcs- In short. the last chic Is 70 eas rat The
market for lbese ls1Ie beasts Is held IN front Of
! The Hotel dc VILE. Tie rnts are shut up In 4
great cage where the buyer selects his rat, which
IS thcn driven By the seller Into I Small cage,
where It Is a1oae. A bulldog IS then bronGhl the
c.He is shaken. the rat tusheA cut and il seized
h5 tho dog, which gives 1t squeeze. aud de-
| pos!ts the dead ra. deicately at tie feet OF the
! pu1cnaker.
A man riding from Syracuse 10 New YORK.
recently, Informed the conductor that he had
heen made the victim Of pick pocket "But,
adds the victim, "here are my rzpuk checks
keep the1u until rtach New ToyK.~ The checks
were considered equivalent to fare to the netEop-
clIs. When New York WAS reached lady up
rearcd and demanded the trunks. Somebody
had taken the checks from her pocket sac
named the articles In the trunk and the prop
city waA surrendered
The Whtpring.post Is agsln coming into use
In firEtnia- Five persons convicted Of theft werr
noCGed In Petersburg the Other day. OF the prac.
dee IN Alexandria, the Gasetft OF thzs city, says
The Mayor does mol cause tegglug to be IN
| ulcted unle Is II the option Of the offender, who
psefeIs 1t to the alternative lines or Imprisonment
No disutct!ou is made on account OF color Thret
*h!ic men were noEged one day last week The
cn,rrs has uuc imposed upon him; he says he
cannot Or wi1 not pay It; he IS then sentenced Il
imprisonment IN Inc wnsthouke, nut, I!
thas would be bar1snsome to the city
Is told that It Is optional with him to serve ou
tue term o. take togR:nR. II he elects the lat
| feF. he Is led to the Station House, lnttchet
:,fouc upon = bench. under which his hAnts ar,
'nanAcled: policeman then sits upon his Ancies
while Rnother, with deal beard, applies til
i. Blow, varying Ia force and number according =
| the character Of the o1tnse with which he 4
, charged. Often. after the dfst whac1. the MAJ
! rcpense OF bis cholce and demands that It shal
| CEASE, but when once commenced It is Aw1J
, | n1ishtd.~