The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-20
ODD NOTES.

Isaac Marks, recently hanged in Lon
don for murder. was the first lsraelite
England had legally put to death in two
hundred years.
A caprice of the moment with young
ladies is that of wearing long black kid
gloves with light evening dresses; they
have the effect of making the hand look
small
A Detroit baker had two barrels of
crackers spoiled by turpentine, and he
not only gave them to the poor, but Sc
cured reputation of liberal-hearted
man.
A young Madagascar brought into
France inquired fall the Frenchmen are
doctors Asked why he thought 50, he
replied that they all took his hand and
asked after his health.
A San Francisco man, with a two
thousand dollars a day income, has a
Penchant for getting his moneys worth.
Considering the saucer part of the cup,
he insists on both being filed when he
orders a cup of coffee.
The London Lancet defines Moderate
Drinking as that which consists with a
clean tongue, good appetite, slow
pulse, a cool skin, clear head, a steady
hand, good walking power, aud light, re-
freshing sleep, and asserts that q" odd
glasses of beer and spirits in a forenoon
do no. come within the range of moder
ate drinking"
Following in the wake of the academy
of sciences, some OF the French papers
are discussing the the anesthetics, nota-
bly, protoxide of azote-laughing gas-in
the practice of dentistry. 1t is urged
that while it's use may be popular in the
United states, where life is cheap, it
should not be encouraged elsewhere.
Mr.. Walter, NJ. P, has presided at a
temperance conference at Newbury, and
strongly advocated the brewing of a
lighter and less heady beer, resembling
that of Germany, and the establishment
of CATS after the model of those on the
continent, as the best antidOtes TO the
widespread drunkenness of the working
classes.
Romance outruns civilization. Spot
ted Tails daughter ShonkoO, or the
q Red Rose" loved Lone Elk, young
brave. Two Sisters of Charity persuaded
Spotted Tail to give them his child and
bring her up in a convent. Shonkoo said
nothing, but at night she eloped with
the darling Lone Elk, who pacifed the
old gentleman by the gift of pony.
From recent details which have been
received of the great fire at Toxic, in
Japan, it appears that not less than lO,-
600 houses were burned. Among them
were eight buildings belonging to foT-
eigners, including the residence of the
Austrian minister. 1t is supposed about
ixty lives were lost. About thirty of
these are believed to have perished in
the Simabara, which was considered the
DesJ tIIesttoG IA Japan
At Leu Saint Remy, in Belgium, an
appalling sensation has lately occurred.
A young man of eighteen years, who
was believed to be dead, was placed in a
coffin and buried. A great number of
mourners accompanied the funeral. One
of them pronounced a eulogium uron
the character of the deceased, the usual
prayers were recited, and the coffin was
lowered into the grave. The grave-dig-
gers had begun to fill it in with clay
when they heard several knocks given
from within the coffin. Terrified, they
ran to call the curate and inform the
mayor, in the presence of both of which
personages the coffin was opened. " IIor-
rible spectacler' says the paper from
which this is translated. "The unfor-
tunate youth, who had been buried alive
while in a state of legarthy, had made
desperate efforts to break open the lid of
the coffin, but uselessly, and had died of
esphyxia."
When Edham Pasha, the present
grand vizier, was a boy he was sold as
slave to the Turkish statesman KhOsrev,
who, upon discovering mis- extraordinary
abilities, gave him his liberty and sent
him to Paris to be educated. He was
born in 1923 at Chico, his parents being
Circassian. After remaining at Paris
three years his patron Induced him to
study mining engineering. and for four
wears he followed this pursuit in France,
Germany, and Switzerland. Returning
to Constantinople in 1889, he WIS az
pointed captain on the general staff,
and ten years later was made an aid-de-
camp to the sultan, subsequently attain
ing the ranks of general, chamberlain OF
the palace, and member of the council OF
state. He had also been minister of
fereign affairs and Turkish ambassador
to various European courts. His polit-
ical affiliation is with the young Turkish