Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-04-21
ODD NOTES..


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.
\ Detroit baker had two barrels 81
crackers spoiled by turpentine, and he
not only gave them 20 the poor, bu: Sc
cured reputation of liberal hearted
man.
y young Madagascar brought into
France inquired ifall the Frenchmen are
doctors. Asked why he thought so, he
replied that they all took his hand anu
asked after his health.
A san Francisco man, with two
thousand dollars day income, ha,
penchalt for getting his moneys worth
Considering the saucer part of the cup
he insists on both being filled when he
orders cup of coffee.
The London Lancet defines . Moderate
Drinking" as that which consists with 4
clean tongue, a good appetite, slow
pulse, cool skin, clear head. a steady
hand, good walking power, aud light, re
ireshing sleep, and asserts that "Odd
glasses of beer and spirits in a forenoon
do nos come within the range of moder-
ate drinking
Following in the wake of the academy
of sciences, some OF the Ere paper
are discussing the the anesthetics, nOta-
bly, prOtOxide of azote-laughing gas-ir
the practice of dentistry. II is urged
that while its 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
lighter and less heady beer, resembling
that of Germany, and the establishment
OF cafes 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
Z" Red Rose" loved Lone Elk, young
brave. Two Si.ters 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 pacified the
old gentleman by the gift of a pony.
From recent details which have been
received of the great fire at Toxic, in
Japan, it appears that not less than TO-
900 houses were burned. Among them
were eight buildings belonging to fo:-
eigners, including the residence OF the
Austrian minister. II is supposed about
sixty lives were lost. About thirty o:
these are believed to have persisted in
the Simabara, which was considered the
best theater in 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
coffin and buried. A great number of
mourners accompanied the funeral. One
of them pronounced a eulogium upon
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 CLAW
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. "Hor-
rible spectacle :" says the paper from
which this is translated "The unfor-
tunate youth, who had been buried alive
while in 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 boy he was sold as a
slave to the Turkish statesman Khosrev.
who, upon discovering his extraordinary
abilities, gave him his liberty and sent
him to Paris to be educated. He wa.
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
years he followed this pursuit in France
Germany, and Switzerland Returning
to Constantinople in 1889, he was az
pointed captain on the general staff.