The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-02-06

In England they are applying the lay
against the adulteraiiOn of tea so rigorous
~ that the dealers have been driven 10 IN
necessity Of having samples analyzed be-
fore purchasing. in order 10 avoid beln;
caught with the adultcrated article on thei
hands.
The Prefcct of Versailles recently dc
clarcd that in the department of the Seine
et-Oise the mortality of infants is from q
to 20 per cent. A large proportion o
these children are habitually put out {,
nurse through the exigcncies of fashion
and the influence Of habit among Partisan
mothers.
An elegant little steam yacht of 2sC
tons for the khedive of Egypt was launched
the other day at Hull i'm England. She i,
lj2 feet long, and will draw only six feet
Of water. but will MAXI about lG knots an
hour. The destination OF the yacht il the
Bosphorus, after which She is named. She
will be stationed there for the khediye's
service during his visits on the Sultan.
Most Frenchmcn. when they commit
suicide, like to do IL i'm a way which will
render them celebrated in the papers, such
is the inherent vanity of their nature.
A coachman living at Montmartre invited
his friends to dinner recently, and on ar
rvng there, instead OF finding Their host
at the head of the table, ruddy and joyous.
they discovered him dead, hanging on the
bedpost. He had taken the precaution TO
provide bread, cheese, and wine for his
guests.
The Dairy Reform Company of Lon
don has appointed board of examiners.
under whose direction medical and vete-
rinary examination of the employees and
stock on each farm is 10 be made each
week. These reports are TO be posted on
bulletins at the companys city office, where
they may be inspected hy customers and
the public. This measure is result of the
recent typhoid epidemic in London. and
designed to secure the public confidence.
The executors of the late Charles
Dickens. with the sanction of the Dean
and Chapter of Rochester, have just erect
ed To his memory in Rochester Cathedral
handsome brass tablet on the wall OF
the southwest transept, under the monu-
ment 10 Richard Watts. a local benefactOr.
The tablet records the dates of the birth
and death OF the deceased that he Is buried
in Westminster Abbey. and that the tablet
is erected "to connect his memory with
the scenes in which his earliest and latest
years were passed. and with the asSocia-
lions of Rochester Cathedral and it, neigh
borhood. which extend over all his life"
The Ashantee war is bringing TO no.
tice some of the queer practices Of the na-
tiyes. The King of Ashantec, desiring
one of his generals TO return with his
troops, sent by a messenger an "emblem
of recall consisting of a circle OF beads.
The order was dsregarded, and one more
potent was sent by the irate king. Its
form was that of small shield made of
iibers of palm. and its significance was
well understood by its recipient In ac-
cordance with native usage. when a gener-
al will not return from war i'm accord with
the message of beads. the king takes this
miniature shield and solemnly swears
upon il that he will kill himself If his or
der j. again disobeyed. The troops were
filled with superstitious horror when the
symbol was received. and the general no
longer disobeyed the order to retreat.
-. There are rumors.' writes the Lon
don correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercidl. that Dr. kcnealy will indemni-
fy himself and pocket "A huge fee by wri-
ting book with some such title as 'Ihe
Secret History of the Tichborne Case
and that in il we shall have full confirma-
ton of one or the other of the whispers
that, though this be Arthur Orton. he is
the natural son of the elder Tichborne-or
of Lady Tichborne by some lover, who
deposited him in babyhood with the Or
tons-and that. having always known this
the fellow had studied up the family. and.
when the Legitimate Roger persisted. had
undertaken. on the strength of some re-
semblance between him and the Itch
hornes. 10 step into the youths shoes.
This may seem wild to you. but here we
are ready To believe anything about the
Tichborne ease. and the above legend ac-
cords but too well with the moral rcpute
of the Tchborncs."