, 1873-05-15
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Another Iowa woman hnB boon giving herself
helrs i'll tho matter Of. four pairs Of twins in
.oycn years..
Tho proposed Y. NJ. G. A. California ozcur-
sion has beon abandoned because tho railroads
would not make satisfactory arrangements.
Tho New. YorI. Tribune is beginning work
Nassau and Spruce. II will be eight storica high,
and cost e4oo.000.
Tho Boston Post has purchased, as ioca-
ton for its new building, the site Of the birth
place Of Boniasnin Franklin, lot adjoining tho
Transcript estate on Milk stroot. Tho Advertiser
building ia on the site Of Franllins first print
ing-oflico.
a commondably noat Massachusetts mnn,
having occasion to cut his throat Last week, con-
sidoratcly wont out on tho back piazza with
pail, over which lo held his head during tho
operation, in order to avoid making muBs. :
"A Now York gentleman, WHO las occupied
tho saMo lodgings in M uptown houHe ior sew
eral years, is about to move because. tho man
above liui, who weighs 400 por',ds, has, by tho
advice Of i. physician. taken to clog g-dancing, in
order to check his obesity.
- -Intolligonce has como to us from tho Pacific
coast TINT tho experiment. made BY soth Green In
tlansplanting tho shad OF tho Hudson to tho Pa
cito waters has been successful, mud tho slad
OF the Hudson takon to tho Sacramento have
boon caught In the Bay Of San francisco Of d
Hizo for the table.
Tho Bendors. of Knnsas, according to an
Onaallu paperc Bllould bo put Oh reservation,
DO we'll fed, hayo plollty OF prcrents, and should
bio kept from tho oontatninating influence Of tho
frontiers,nen. They. aro too goua 10 bo ''choked
TO death with rope"
Tho Fort Wayne Qnd.) Sentinel very .teraely
and elegantly says Of q late railroad accident:
| "uo wAg fast aHleop, firmly clasped in tho arms
Of both Morpheus and Somuus, and was only
awakened by tho glorious light that shone from
tho jnagmcnt-aoat III tho world6cyonather river"
| WAS much hurt or not, our anxiety will be ro-
| loved.
-Nallrond responsibility is not legal fiction
in England. at al ayonta. An Official statement
| submitted to tho uouao Of Lords shows that,
from 1867 to 1871, tho companies paid over s8,-
600 600 (god) for liberties taken with tho lives or
limbs OF their patronH, and 9ll, $40 for de-
stroyed or damaged property Conn Common en oarriers
pains to dellycr thoir luggage, animate and inan-
imatc, in good order.
| Tho Now Orleans Opora-IIougo, m elegant
ntruoturo, which originally cost 500, 900, was
sold by the BheriH tho other day for 0,O00, Or
less than ona-1ifth Of itB first cost. Tho people
! Of. Now Orleans hayo had molodramatio
ulalargo OF tragedy and low comedy played on
their stroota Oh 30 largo scale Of lato that they
cannot bo expected to patronizo theatres no.
render the legitimate drama profitable. SO tho
Sheriff collects tho admission foo from tho spec
| tators, who aro also actors or supornumorarleH
! --LouisuiNa CouJier~Jou'7as
Moro evidence that the English tongue II
fast becoming tho language Of the world colnca
from far away Siam, tho King Of which realm las
iust established Two Englal schools for the aall-
cation Of the sons Of his nobles. Iheso future
Aaiatio aristoorats nyc to be ablo to converse
with and read tho litoratqre Of tho people Of
urcat Britain apl tho Untod States. Fsench
may ro,,atu tho language Of European courts,
but tic commercial tongue Of tho world ia url-
loubtodly tho English, and Tile knowledge OF It
is spreading with every freBh port III Aala and
Atrica open I'D to commerce, with tho advent Of
each American IN Japan, China, aud Egypt.
.-Tlloso WHO ooat the State out Of ta3os, by
unleryalnatou Of their personal property, often
loHo moro than they gain by tlloir rascaiity. II
tho property IL destroyed by ro, 1t usually turilH
out TINT 1t haa boon inRurol at a much highor
figure than 1t iB ostilnate.l ut Oh tho Assessors
books, and comparison Of tho oaths made to
tho Anhcssor aud in tho proof against the inaur-
anco company III apt to develop tho discrepancy.
Tl.ia Ii goo1 thing to bonr i'll mind when tho
Asaossor oolnos round. 4 gantlensn II Clnoiii-
natl. who Inns insured library for 81 ,eoo. wliGh
il only rated at $500 for taxnt!on IL IN trouble
about tAls matter ,-Ht. Louis Democrat