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turn up at home, though they haven
been seen for some time
1t is reported in the British Medica
Journal that, in the course of a post
norton examination at lunatic asylum
in Saxony, a needle was found sticking
in the heart. 1t had passed through the
posterior wall of the left ventricle. The
/ patient, man aged % years, had died
of peritonitis He had always felt well
/ previous to his last illness, and never
/ complained of any cardiac troubles. In
what way the needle entered his heart
/ remains unknown.
TOBACCO has some distinguished
female devotees in Europe. Emily
I Faithful, it is declared, smokes like a
/ Michigan tugboat; the Duchess of Edin-
burg takes a quiet puff now and then,
and the Princess of Wales keeps little
cigaret-case which she hides profoundly
from the smoke-abhoring nose of her
Royal mother-in-law, while the list
mil ht be extended by naming Elizabeth
Thompson, the artist, Nine. RataZZi of
Italy, and others.
A SCOTCH girl was recently sent to
prison for twenty days for cheating
three Glasgow lawyers-an unprece-
dented feat. She was domestic serv-
ant, twenty-three years of age, and rep
resenting to each in turn that she would
inherit a considerable fortune, giving
each instructions how to dispose of her
prospective property" she induced
each of the astute gentlemen to advance
her small sums for present necessities.
THE human race is in debt to the ca
nine race as regards life saving; the
stories of kindness and courage shown
by the St. Bernard and New Foundland
dogs are familiar to the world. Now
the Paris Globe reports a case of a man
saving the life of a dog. The dog was
swimming in the Seine, near the shore;
suddenly it gave complaining howl
and began to sink; thereupOn man in
full dress threw himself in the water
and succeeded in saving the dogs life.
A PECULIAR design has been made by
the Utica On. Y y artist for the proposed
bronze statue of Gen. Herkimer, to be
erected in Oriskany battlefield. The
figure, in heroic size, of the General is
represented as seated and leaning
against a stump, one ankle resting upon
the knee of the other leg, pipe in his
mouth. 1t was in this position that he
gave orders to his men after being
wounded in battle. The pipe will be
remarkable artistic innovation.
A YOUNG Chinaman was brought to
Paris by French merchant who placed
him where he could learn the art of
cooking. The cook, his master, made
much fun of the Celestial, and, after
subjecting him to various other indigni-
ties, cut off his pig-tail while he slept.
Soon the young Chinaman was found
dead, dressed in holiday attire, with his
amputated pig-tail fastened by hair-pins
to his back-hair. He had committed
suicide according to the mode most pop
ular in Japan.
RATS did queer work in a South Had
ley house. In the passing year they
carried off 40 pairs of shoes and hid
them behind some boards near CHM
ney in the attic. They also carried off
package of letters to stow away, one
of which was written by lady in Auro-
ra, n. Y, to one of the BARRIERS at Gro
ton, Conn, about century ago. These
BARRIERS were friends of Whitefeld, and
that farmer divine used to preach from
the porch of their house to the crowds
assembled in front. These letters be-
came the property of descendants of .
the BARRIERS, who moved to South Had
ley.
IN certain sequestered parts of Eng
land an official called the Ale-taster is
still continued as a relic of last centu-
rvs laws. He tastes all kinds of malt
liquor sold in the neighborhood, with a
view of ascertaining whether it contains
Objectionable ingredients. In old times
the use of sugar in ale was condemned,
and the faster had primitive way of
discovering its presence. A quantity
was spilled on bench, and he sat upon
it. in his leather breeches, until it dried.
If, when rising, the breeches stuck to
the bench, the presence of sugar was
evident. If not, the ale was pure.
The town of Havre was lately kept for
more than an hour in state of excite
ment by the escape of an American OK
landed from an English steamer. The
animal ran through the streets, followed
by crowd, many persous firing guns
and pistols at it until, rendered almost
furious by the chase, it at last, wounded
and exhausted by loss of blood, made
stand in the Rue ST. Quentin, where it !
for quarter Of an hour quite |
Il fuSilade of firearms until brought !
down by shot from a rifle. Several |
persons were knocked down by the OK,
and one received stray bullet in his
face.
OF the European nations Germany |
stands first as to fighting trim. She can
put in the field at "A hours notice |
l 100000 men of the line, the reserve, !
and the Landwehr. The grand total of |
the German army is 100000 men, ex-
elusive of 100000 not reckoned on the |
field strength, but deducted as garrison. t
The strength of the second Landwehr
and the Landsturm is generally exag-
gerated, but they are thoroughly eff |
cient soldiers, the best in the army. |
France has a nominal strength of $780, |
600 men, but practically it must be de-
creased to 100000, and even of this |
total large proportion is still in process
of organization. 1t is not believed that |
France could place in the first line more
than 100000 men.
A French Story.