The Morning herald., 1875-11-27
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.

The physicians conducting the post mer
tenn on the Vice President assign apoplex,
as the cause of death.
Housekeepers should bear in mind thai
tramps prefer roast turkey and cranberry
sauce to cold beef and piece Of bread.
The Hon. NJ. c. Kerr says that Thomas
Jefferson is his model of statesman.
Webster he thinks was not statesman, but
an orator.
Jones says that if you wish 10 find out
the weak points in the character Of any
one of your female friends, you should
praise her to your wife.
DR.. Chas II. Turner, Of Towanda Pa,was
found dead in his Office, on Thursday
evening last. The Doctor had not enjoyed
good health for several years.
Brick Pomeroy is lecturing upon
Money, how it is made He failed the
other day for $4,000; assets $1,000. He
should tell how he lost so much money.
A neat Spanish proverb: "Have bill to
pay It Easter and you'll find Lent very
short" Another: "In thinking Of love you
begin waen you like and leave of when
YOU can.'-
Official announcement is made that the
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, !,
will be open every day, Sundays excepted,
til November 10. Admission to the
buildings is fixed at fifty cents.
The Lock (stafordshire) Improvement
Company have refused to receive into their
cemetery the following epitaph -
"Twenty-one years dutiful daughter
three years a chaste and yiruous sweet
heart, and forty years loy ing wife,"
A census Of the town of Metz, taken last
month, showed great falling off in the
prosperity Of the place since the German
occupation. There were 2,..55l apartments
vacant, and the population is reduced from
50OO0-as it was before the war-to
10000.
An attempt has been made to organize
the radical party in London on some def
mite basis. 1t was inaugurated by Sir
Charles Dixie, who arranged all details
and drew up a programme Of operations.
But it has totally failed through lack Of
public support.
Wild boars are approaching nearer and
nearer to Paris. Traces of herd of about
twenty having been observed, few days
back, at Creepy (Oise,) a distance of less
than forty miles from the capital, a battue
was organized, and in two hours fifteen of
those animals were killed. The smallest
weighed l20 pounds, and the largest
800.
Spanish trade, Notwithstanding internal
and external wars, proves remarkably elas-
tic, and shows what the resources Of the
country would be if properly developed.
In lS49 the value Of her foreign commerce
was S53,25O,oo0; in 1874 it had grown to
Sl57,Ol6,650. The increase took place en-
tirely under the monarchical form Of gov
ernmcnt.
The results of Mr.. Plimsoll's action in
the House of Commons are not altogether
satisfactory. Many small shipowners have
transferred their vessels to the Belgian
and Others to the German flag, and the
Nautical Magazine pronounces the move
ment as one Of the most d ,ngerous that has
ever been made against the interest of
British seamanship.
In the steppes the trans-Caspian section
Of the Russian army have found the ruins
Of an ancient city, hitherto quite unknown,
with traces Of vast system of irrigation
formerly supplied, according 10 the tradi.
tions of the Turcomans, with the waters Of
the Attrek. Several examples of Arabian
architecture are among the ruins, and the
inscriptions have been copied by Russian
officers.
The Sentinel du Midi gives some de.
tails respecting the loss of the Magenta.
The explosion of the vessel was followed
by showers Of burning wood, paper, wood,
clothes, and iron, which fell into the
streets Of Toulon. One Of the plates Of the
ship fell on the pavement and entered it
some eighteen Inches. Not a single jet Of
gas was left burning in the town. The
windows Of the shops, cafes, and private
houses along the ouays were all broken.