, 1873-01-27


their own pork and poultry, kcop tfotr own COW,
and DO ablo to glvo q uta d1onneur any day to
tho friend who may pass their way. And Coles
tino'6 is tho oyerY day marriage Of tho Trench
working olassos.-1R tho Tear Round.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Fifty doaths from nmall-po1, at baltimore,
oauso aomo alarm thoro.
Judge Turney, Of tho Tcnnegaoo Supreme
Court, recently decided that man aid woman
who woro married in MissiBsippi, could not 1.-Two
in Tonnesaee, bocauso the man Ia white aud tho
woman blncls.
Tho quantity Of malt liquors returned as
sold By tho brewors Of phadolphta during 1870
soa g. 'ole9 So l4' o'Fr'''' 1S''' S2'''22' 1872
About 1000 acres aro cleared Of timber encl1
weekday in this country. OF the annual crop,
s76,ooo, 900 worth ,goon, to fuel, md twice as
try consume no loHs than 1000 cords year,
or 600 horoa q year.
In Luttorworth, England, two daya before
Christmas, threo c1ergymon, sitting aa magis-,
seven days, Tor tho crime Of having tfbroken
stick from farmor's hodge, thereby, intlicting
damages to tho amount of one penny"
but biz tondor foollngs prevailed. ana lo told
tho urohin to take Ills coat oil, hung It up and
yol lustlly while II was whipped. Tho boy
oboyod ordors, but spoiled Lis chances for
to tho whole neighborhood.
"A gold enun-box was recently sold for $4,000
francs at tho Hotel Drouot, Paris. It Waa orna-
mentod with enamel and diamonds, and covered
ports Of Bordeaux, Rochelle, nochcfort Toulon,
and Maracilles, by Liou1 do savagnao. The box
vas ~ hi.torioel hi1ou, offered to Louis XIV. by
tho city Of Bordoaux.
in Now York exercise tho right of search upon
tloir subordinate clerks, porters, and caeh-boya
to remove all cause Of suspicion; II the Credit
for q searching committee to examine tho pool-
cts Of Congressman aB they paAs out Of tho
Capitol each evening. But, thon who will
search tho eoarchcrs7 Quis oustodies ipsos
Jay Gould'a restitution Of property to tho
Eric Company is tho subject Of writor in the
London Telegraph. Tho fact that oycn tho
restoration brought to aogld yery large tor.
girl whom ho met in London afterhaviug known
her an o homely-garbed village maiden. Hiu
wonder at hor bodiancnod appearance was d diaai-
pated by tho airy question, "Lawk, sir, didn't
you know that was ruined?" -
"A sixth Atlantic cablo is being canvnsacd
tor among capitalists in England, to bo laid from
Liverpool to New York direct, 5000 miles, at 4
cont Of s5,0o0,000. A. new Fronoh cable, for
| is to DO 500 milea ahortor, and is to possesa T.
carrying capacity Of twenty~aeyen words por
minute, which il said to be double that which
can possibly be obtained by singlo direct line
aftor tho first 600 mfloB tho resistance OF the
cablo ia tmmonsely increased.
-somobody has boon summing. up tho fate OF
| Kinga and EmpcroGs numerically, and ii they
have Ind an uneasy time Of it While reigning,
their exit alao hasn't usually beon pleasant. We
have no time to verify tho statement, but it is a.
follows: out Of 2,6!o Emperors. or Kings over
] G4 nations, 800 wero dethronod G4 abdicatod, 20
committed suicide, II went mad, 100 died on tho
battlefield 1923 woro mado prisoners, 25 nero
pronounced martyrs and saints, 151 wore assas-
sinatedt ca were poisoned, and 108 were SON.
toReod re to death. Total, oos. Who wouldn't ba
| Tho holiday amuaemonts Of London are Pc
culiar. On Chrstmaa day there was o swiul-
ming match in the sorpentine, tor which thero
were twenty-one entrio9. Tho distance Was 100
yards. Tho race throughout was an exceedingly
good one, although several Of the good swim
| mora were unable to go tho distance, owing to
tho numbing otfects Of tho cold wator: Ono
tloman, over eighty years Of ago-has beon in
the habit Of bathing ovory morning, wintor and
summer, since tho commencement OF tho present
century. Aftcr tho race wns oyor tho competi-
tors assembled round ono Of the seats On tho
banks aud drank rum and milk. Tho "Hea!th
Of tho Queen" and other loyal toasta wore given.
a poor aeamstress WAS arrested tho other
in @ n X sa sn ss"rgs a of g9ane to saW
employed by certain Miss pllsbury, Of New
York City who paid her II conts for making four
paira Of pantaloons, 50 cents for making twelve
pairs Of drawers, and 25 cents for milking six
Shirts She did not finish tho rantnloonn aB soon
aa she ngrood to, and the gentlo pillsbury ro-
fused to pay her; Whoroupou sho pawned tho
| articles to keep her family from atnr.ing. Az
sho could not havo belonged to the Tammany
ring, Il Is probable sho wno sont to jail for throe
| months.
! -1Ir. Darwin illustrates tho curious ofFeots Of
.R.,J.n &zn1 atm
dinner party was givou in honor Of m e1tTomely
ahy mnn who, when Lo 1oso to roturn thanks, re-
hoarsed the speech, which ho had evidently
utter single word but ho noted as it he were
speaking with omphssis. His friends, perceiv-
Ing how tho oaso stood, loudly applauded tho
imaginary bursts Of eloquonce, Whenever hia
discovered that he had ronaaincd tie vhols tirea
eilont. On the contrary, 10 afterwards remark'
cd to my friend, with much satisfaction, that ho
had succeedod unoommonly we'll"
| --A family IN Sullivan, Hancock County, Me-,
consisting Of father, mothor, and four children,
have suddenly gone crazy. They wore steady,
Industrious people until about four woeks ago,
whom they auddcnly ceased to work and declared
their house haunted. Numerous nocturnal visl-
tors preambulated about their house and threw
so1no eporiic substance into tho windows, ea1.-
ing them to fau esleop at any momont. stb8e
quontly the doyil ontorod tho house and toos
possession Of tho various articles Of furniture,
ture and diBEeB. All tAcHo assertions each
monber Of tho family will make and swear TO-
They armed themselves With revolvere and rcn.
1orod tho whole vicinity dangerous by shooting
ht imaginary witches who woro 1uApple trees In
front Of the houao These witches they declare
to be their noghbors and relations.
l. pcstllcncc.
From tie Cincinnati Commercial.
4 private letser from business man in Rob
inBon, Crawford County, ILL.,, undor date Of tha