, 1870-06-27

assurances Of the French Government; TO
not only Is the garrison at Rone kept in con
stknt readiness, but troops and gendarme
are dietrlbuted In groups along tbe frontier
60 that they May act as circumstances require
Iheze csn be1ho doubt that the who1s OF Ital
Is In very critical state, but Hell-informet
persons say thero will be no serious move
ment I'll the Autumn.
Three murders have lately been com
mltted in Madrid. One was that OF IN nle
lady, contested with the a<istocracy, very tict
and very uaiserly. While she Was in bed
| early ore msrning, her throat Was cut, anG
th. thieves msde OF with considerable eum
! second assassination was double one. Two
brothers and = friend Were coming out OF a
gambling house; 4 dispute aroee, and the
latter killed one Of the brothers the other
pursued P11 M the aggressor and rsn hin through
with the blade OF 4 swotd-st1ck.
"A deor4iR town il 80 healthy that it is
gong to cut up ite cemetery into building lots
In many parts OF London tha plan is
adopted OF placing card with the lettex on
TN the T1ndoNs Of houses where the services
oi ne dustman are required, but It ia little
attended to, One of the great dust contract-
ors WAS lately told OF the inattention Of lis
men, aud answered that his foreman strongly
impressed on hia men the necess tv Tor a.
tendng TO the signal; "Dut," he added, "we
Know no" it ie; the men don't know one let
ter from another" He was aaked, s'Why
don't you teach them their letters?" and r.
piled, ',That would never do. Il they could
read and write, Or even read, they would soon
get hette1 situations"
,-fttaburgh, Pa, has been astouished by
tie curious freaks Of J. gentleman who haa
heretofore been one Of it's most temperate and
&C., economical citizens. First he gave free
S; aIce at shat 1aves9 r. to tho expense
splendid team for $3.50. Then be hired four
men to drive around with him, paying thom IS
q day each. Ills next step was 10 engage u
band OF music at SOS per night, to serenada
him every evening. Finally, lie bought S75
worth Of bouquets and distributed them among
the pretty girls in the streets, and bought
some dozens Of vino, SAYING he was going to
have q grand celebration. Then h1s friends
clappcd him il4to the mad-house.
DR.. Milo, celebrated surgeon Of Kieff,
Iiufsla, has discovered method BY which tho
human body may be literally Illuminated, AZ
our minds are often tguratlvoly said to DO.
OF electricity, and the nkin ard acsl. are made
TO seem almost Transparent. We learn from
the Good Health that the distinguished inven-
tor IN question lectured at st. Petersburg on
THIS astonishing discovery he has made. In
demonstration Of the feasibility Of his pro
cess, he placed a bullet in his mouth, and then
caused the electric light to shine full upon his
face. whoreupon tile bullet became distinctly
visible through his cheek The especial utility
Of bis discovery ho considers to be that foreign
bodies, as bulIetH lodged in the flesh, can thus
hare their whereabouts infallibly ascertained,
without tho danger and maEtyrdom Of perpes-
ua1 insertion Of probes. Dr.. Milo further
maintains TINT III cases where the bullet con-
taips the smallest admixturc OF steel. he can
provide for its extraction By the application Of
magnetism.
"A man in Portland wanted to gain admis-
tn A pnpDrafD1 Mt hH1f miro thn f-r1r11f]
that be had but one eye.
-Callfornia Strawberries arc 50 big they
plug them to SEQ if they arc ripe
-simcoe, Ontario, had turkey hatchod out
recently with an extra pnir Of legs on his back.
Its owner was ashamed Of it aud killed it.
= The Newport NercuYy has entered uponits
one hundre d and thirteenth year Of publica-
tion. One hundred and twelve years ago
{Jupc, 1758), the Mercury was first published
by James Franklin.
"A spectator at a meoting Of tho Scranton
(ra.) City Council, impatlently said to friend
that ho wished tho board would adjourn. Tho
last word caught tho ear Of I sleepy member,
and he, thinking a brother member had mado
this motion, seconded it, and the question
being put, it Was carried unanimously,
Augusta, Me-, furnishes new illustra-
ton Of the unfailing benefits of advertising.
4 lady who lost = valuable ring advertised it
in the Journal Her ulster read tue adyer-
tisemcnt, and it was so impressed upon her
mind that she dreamed about it, and in her
dream tho place where the lniseing ring could
be found was plainly revealed to her: tho
next day the ring was found-in the house Of
the owner, carefully LAID away.
In \ recent letter. Minister De Long
speaks Of the sinking of the Oneida thus:
- II was one Of the strangest disasters ever
known. Excepting Alr. Crowninsheld q trunk,
and cabin sky-,ight, not thing has been
found naoat or washed ashore in the shape of