The daily gazette., 1876-05-04

n NOullS " " ~ thhS t'N
second honor ut the next Williams
College commencement. His class
mates think the selection Jew
dicious one.
A pressing machine for the use
of smugglers has been invented,
whereby forty yards of ribbons,
worth some $50, can be carried in
an ordinary watch case.
The residence of Leland Stan
ford, the President of the Central
Pacific Railroad, at San Francisco,
cost $1,000, 900; yet the railroad is
not making any money.
Oil is to be poured on the
trouble between England and the
King of Dahomey. In other words
Great Britain will let him alone
in consideration of 100000 worth
of palm oil.
How terrific must be the mol
ocular action in the brain of n man
who comes homo at O'Clock in
the morning, singing, "Too raj,
coral, eddy" and mistakes his
wife's patent hustle, standing pale
and rigid in the corner, for the
spirit of his deceased mother-in-
law.
There is said to be great
warmth in paper. Ono of the two
inebrlates who slept out one night
during the late cold snap, and
were found by the police, had
both of his hands frozen, while
the other sustained no such
injuries. The latter had on a paper
collar.
The most valuable forests for
shipbuilding in the world are
those of Oregon, Washington and
British Columbia. The yellow fir,
, which grows there in great
luxuriance, has no equal for ship
timber, nor is there anywhere Il
supply so abundant and SO ac-
cessiblc of even inferior timber.
1t is believed that there is no
industry Of the Pacific coast more
certain OF n great development
than that of shipbuilding.
A singular instance Of female
precocity in juveniles came before
the Warrington magistrates in En-
gland Il few days ago. A girl
only eleven years old, was charg-
cd with stealing 6s from the per-
son ola woman. A bag contain
ing G2 was found in her pos
session, and when questioned she
admitted that she had been sys-
temat cally engaged in picking
pockets for three years. Proud of
her skill, the child illustrated it
in the presence OF the police by
emptying the pocket Of "a woman
with attracting her atten tion. The
bench ordered the delinquent to be
imprisoned for one month and
detained in a reformatory for three
years.
ADvIcEs from the East state thai
the plague in Mesopotamia is in
creasing. AT Hillah, from April
! to 7 inclusive, ia persons wer,
attacked with the disease and 81
died. On April 9Th there were 2.
attacks and 13 deaths, and OF
April 8 81 attacks and IL deaths
At Bagdad, from April 9 to
inclusive, there wore 256 attack.
and l69 deaths: on April 0, y
attacks and l3 deaths, and OF
April 1886 attacks and 2G deaths
The highest number Of case.
registered in any single day wa,
= on April 8. Some cases have oc
L CURED in the military hospital!
and garrisons.
The two countries of the world
: leaving Central Africa out o
i. account, about which least i,
Ii, known to outsiders, are Thibet
e and Corea, both OF them populou
Id and both ruled by despots of tn,
: old Oriental type. The numcrou
attempts made to open them up t,
travel and commence have hereto
fore pro yed failures, and they
remain sealed against all the in
flunces Of our form of civilization
But mankind will presently gail
-, entrance into Corea. By the treat,
IA. through which war has bee
to averted, and the long standin
QUAR- el closed between Japan an
Corea, two of the Corean port
y will next year be opened to con
merco with the enterprisin
Japanese. This is a signal trump
Of Japanese diplomacy. 1t ha
T, gained that which all the menace
and all the negotiation of Britis
and other European agents hav
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