Fair play., 1874-07-30
HOME AND FOREIGN GOSSIP.

GcS0ta. Icu his l1iiliiN OH stpitH Ciiichcus
for month. He didn't know it,hOwever.
but thought he was patroniZing an honest
poor boy in buying them.
A PENNSYLVANIA toad swallowed fire.
hy. The local paper says: "While the
latter was exploring the interior of the
toad, the light of his lantern was visible to
outsiders through the skin of the detested
rep!ile.''
A ROCHESTER drunkard crawled under
bush Oh the verge of Genesee Falls. and
slept there until his uneasy twistings
brought his legs over the abyss. A pO-
liceman found him Just in time to save his
life.
The pOOrma>tcr in Troy was called upon
by woman who said that her husband
was dead and she was destitute. A visit
to her home found the body in IA sixty-tlOl-
lar ca>ket, and three carriages in the fun
eral procession.
ITpays in France to feed horses for the
butcher. From SIG to $50 is given for an
animal in fair condition, and about thirty
thousand Of these animals are eaten annll-
ally. Horse mea: is sold for about halt
the price of beef.
FRENCH statistics show that there are
cities Of fifteen thousand inhabitants in that
country without physician. The same
figures also indicate that the pcrccntum Of
mortality is lightest where there are few
est physicians.
The Chinese. hitherto rather coy about
adopting the manners and customs Of the
Americans. once in a while take kindly to
the ways Of the ''Outsi,lc barisarians." One
Lon Fat. who ran a shoe and slipper fac
tory ut SACRAMENTO. has abScOndcd. lcav-
ing debts unpaid to the amount of 5000
Several cOnfiling Celestial creditors levied
attachments on the concern. but Mr.. Fat
left very lean stock.
THERE is a society in London for pro.
noting window gardening among the
poor. Under its auspices a show was re.
Gently held, at which prizes were ava rtled
for the best boxes of plants. Books on
horticulture were also given to those sug.
SeSting the best plans for floral decOrai.
ton with growing plants. The poorer
districts are said to have been greatly
beautified and improved by the encourage.
ment of taste for flowers.
Now is your chance for nice long poem
Not long ago a break was discovered in
one of the large reservoirs of the Bliss
Brothers. at Indian Hill. California. Mr.
X. ii. Bliss discovered il. and instead OF
flying down the valley. shouting words OF
warning i'm theatrical manner he plump.
cd his own body into the breach. Being /:
large man-220 pounds is his fighting
weight-he stayed the torrent until the
water was drawn off by the gateways.
4 FEMALE slave is still held in Covert
n. Y. She lives in the TunisOn family
and is probably over 100 years old, al
though her exact age is not known. II
seems that the act emancipating the slaves
in that State contained Il humane claus,
providing, in effect, that no persons above
Il certain age, or unable from any cause to
maintain themselves. should be liberated
and turned out upon the ''cOld charities OF
the unfeeling world.' In accordance with
this provision the person alluded to was
held and is kindly and tenderly cared for
in her old age.
In Minnesota the new railroad law Great
ed Board of Commissioners to regulate
charges. who have just issued Il circular
fixing the rates. The general maximum
rate of passenger fares established for the
Minnesota railroads is four and One-llali
cents a mile. Five cents a mile, however.
is allowed on the completed portions of the
Northern Pacific and the 81. Paul and Pa
cific Railroads. On the g river division -
of the Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad,
which is the most Travelled line in MnnesO-
TO. the lowest maximum rate is fixed, three
and One-half cents mile.
The following is said to bc the form Of
pledge taken hy the members Of the
''Anti-Treating Society of Albany. y.
V: 'Since it has been acknowledged by
every thinking man that treating is the
great sore of public social life. and the
main cause of excessive drunkenness in
America, we. the undersigned, do solemn
ly declare and promise by our signatures
never to offer or accept a treat of any arti-
Gle cOnsumable after May l. 1874. the fol-
lowing cases accepted: First. it is sallOwed
to receive treats and to treat persons from
other places who are on 4 visit. but only
such persons; and, second. it is allowed to
offer such articles cOnsumable to ladies'
And further, it is allowed in eases where
the strict adherence to the rule would i'll
terfere with the transaction Of business" :"
MARRIAGES in Kentucky are not always
performed according to previously-ar-
ranged programmes. Quite an unexpect-
ed inteIlude occurred i'm ceremony per-
formed by Squire Payne. in Franklin
county, few days ago, between very
small lady and a siX-and-a-half fOOter.
When the magistrate asked the question
whether there We're any lawful Ohiec-
tiOns why the two should not be Joined in
the holy bonds of wetllOck." one of the
company stepped forward. and. with much
gravity, objected to further proceedings in
the case. on the ground that one of the
party was too short and the other too long:
that ii wouldn't begin to do, rs there was
no match in the case. After some confii-
sion with the Justice and cOmmOtiOn i'm
the company present. the Squire Overrllled
the objection rs frivolous. and proceeded
to perform the marriage rites.
IN London. on July J. DIR. Lancaster
held an inquest on the body of Miss Caro-
line Cough. aged Ii years. On Monday
night the deceased (who suffered from
pains in the headl attended an evening
party in Brunswick Square. and returned
home and went to bed. In the morning
her maid was awakened by her restless
ness. and applied cold wafer to her tenn
piles, which revived her little. after which
some tea was given her. and she appar-
emily went to sleep. Some time after.
the maid was alarmed at her appearance.
and aroused the household. and doctor
was sent for. who pronounced her dead.
The post mOrtem examination showed
rupture of an artery and extensive effil-
sion of blood on the brain. causing DEATH
The Coroner remarked that it was pity
to say anything against SO healthful and
pleasureable an exercise as dancing, but
il most certainly produces apoplexy in
certain cases. The jury returned YER
diet accordingly.