Fair play., 1875-12-09
GENERAL BREVITIES.

AN arrest for youdouism has been ma,
In Central Point, Tenn. The prisonc
negro dOctresS, is accused of perfOrr
ing incantations and thereby maxi,
her neighbors sick.
"A FRESH temperance crusade h;
been started by the Connecticut ladie
In several towns the whisky drinkel
have already been forced to buy by til
quart and imbibe in private.
JOHN FREDERICK GUNTER went frol
Chicago penniless to Australia, twent,
three years ago. He now advertises i
the Chicago newspapers that he is abl
and willing to help his relatives, an
invites them to write to him. An
won't he hear from them?
AN Ypsilanti, (Alich.,) woman wa
married on Saturday, whipped by he
husband on Sunday, robbed and desert
cd by him on Monday, and on Tuesday
driven out of the house which, through
the provisions of a former husband
will, she had been entitled to Occup,
until remarriage.
IHE Secretary of War has received
a letter from Portland, Oregon, datet
November 2, and reading as follows
was once in the service of the Unit
ed States, but now am in the service OF
my God. InclOsed find POst-otfice
money order for $40, which belongs to
the Government of the United States. -
TWELVE new columbariums, or bury.
ing-houses, have been discovered at
Rome. Some of the paintings ON the
walls show that these belonged to a very
early epoch, as they represent the events
which took place prior to the founding
OF the City of ROmulus. The relics
found in them are very curious and are
to be preserved and catalogued for the
grand national stock.
AN amusing divorce case has Just ter
minated at Flint, Mich. Mr.. and Mrs.
Newcome had filed bill and crOss-bill
for divorce. The parties being wealthy,
the lawyers expected to strike bio
bonanza. The husband and wife Of
fected reconciliation, thus cutting
them oft, and were slumbering together,
when, near midnight, the lawyers had
the husband arrested for conspiracy and
brought to the lookup, when he COM
promised by paying 5000 attorney fees
for himself and wife.
II. A. HUNTLY, an English philoso-
pher, volunteers his explanation of the
problem of life: "Thermo-dynamical
rs some term it Life
from the lowest organism, a fungus,
or monad, up to man, is simple, and
by gradual cOsmic evolution 4 most
kind of machinery-ism mat
ter-living matter Sensible u kinetic)
however, by cosmic evolution, to-day,
either in the speck of bioplasm in the |
cell of fungus-a dog-Or manor
in the numerous biOplasts of their vari-
Gus textures respectively 1t is odd |
that We should never have thought Of it
in this light before.
THE shooting-fish of Java is quite a
curiosity, and is kept in glass cases by
he natives as 4 sort of pet. A small
stick is fastened in the reservoir, pro-
ecting two feet above the water, and
when the fish is exhibited a fly or insect
5 fastened to this. The fish swims
'Ound the stick once or twice to ex-
lm;ne the object; then, rising to the
urface, remains for a few seconds mo-
iOnless, and suddenly elects few drops
# water at its intended prey, generally
the mark down with the first
hot. If this fails, however, he repeats
lis circuit of observation, pauses again
to measure his distance, and
hen discharges ut the fly once more.
A SINGULAR burial custom has lately .
een followed in Ireland. 1t appears
hat every member of the king-Harman
amily is buried by torchiight, and the
lneral of Hon. l.. II. King-Harman has /,
list taken place in accordance with the
eculiar custom. The family mansion
) three miles from Boyle, and all the :,
pace Is crowded from end to end. A
'ng, continuous line of carriages fol-
WED the hearse from the house. and
of tenants and laborers of
he estate, wearing scarfs and hat bands
nd bearing torches, took part in the
recession. The interment took place
the family vault in Boyle Church.
In various parts of Asia Minor. but q
in the province of Trebizond. II
ERE are entire villages whose inhabit- c,
ITS are to outward appearance Mussul- 81
ans, but have in reality secretly fol- p
wed the Christian religion for ages. I
hey have their priests, who wear the W
rban in public, and their churches are g
bterranean chambers excavated under S
e mosques in which they hitherto cl
I'VE professed to worship. These sim Iii
liar people had recourse to this strata I'll
I'M in the old times of intolerance. til
hen bftter times dawned they might OF
I'VE a9swed their religion, but it ap- X
'ars t6ey enjoyed advantages in their g,
pposed quality of Mussulmans which
ey We're unwilling to forego. 1t was ei
ny latterly when the Government call Vi
out the redirs that, wishing to escape tn
e conSeription, they declared them tn
Ives Christians ~,