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ASD.now Boston physician says that
long walks before breakfast bring or
dyspepsia.
SEVERAL young awyers OF Boston,
who live in suburban towns, ride to bus
mess in fair weather ON bicycles.
Mr.. ALLEN, the American accredited
as Hawaiian Minister to the United
States, appeared at the recent dip
lomatic reception decorated like his
peers. He wore across his chest the
Hawaiian grand order of knighthood
aud its broad blue ribbon.
PHILADELPHIA has a society for
Outstanding the jews at yearly ex-
pense of about 5000. During the last
fiscal year the Secretary baptized two
infants and two adults. In five years OF
its existence it did not report single
conversion.
The Chinese are not so generally adj
-dicted to the use of opium as is CON-
monty supposed. The Chinese RertesC
makes a calculation on the subject,
based on the amount Of opium imported
and grown in the country, from which
it appears that not ten per cent. of the
adult males can possibly smoke opium.
Mrs. URSULA HUMPHREvILLE, Of
Mortified, N. H., is centenarian who
reads without spectacles, and last au-
tumn, to show her energy, drove NOW
ing-machine round a meadow at coun-
ty fair. Her descendants of three gen.
CREATIONS number forty-six, and twenty
nine of them are living.
BEN HALLIDAY is for the twelfth win
ter before the United States Senate with
his claim for 100000 for losses sus-
tanned by Indian depredations while
carrying the overland mail. His route
was 1,200 miles in length through the
Indian Territory. and he used to employ
$50 men and LOO horses.
BALD MOUNTAIN, North Carolina,
has again become an object of dread TO
the residents 10 its vicinity. Seven
shocks and rumblings were felt and
heard on the 28th and goth ult., and on
the 10th inst. the noises were heard at a
distance of seven miles The people
are expecting the mountain to fall to
pieces very soon.
A LITIGANT at Owen, o., said to his
counsel, sAbuse the defendant, and III
take all the consequences. So the
lawyer spoke of the enemy as aperjured,
thieving, murderous villain, and got
soundly whipped for it as soon as Court
adjourned. He has now sued his client
for damages, on the ground that the
promised protection was not afforded.
The new census will show that, while
there has been an increase of population
in Lewiston, Biddeford, Portland, Bath,
Auburn, Saco, and one or two other
large towns and cities in Maine, there
has been decrease during the last ten
years in every county in the State
except Aroostook. The county towns
have almost all lost, some very heavily.
Mr.. DUDLEY A. SARGENT, Director
of the Harvard gymnasium, says that
of the large number of students he has
already examined at least one-half
suffer to a considerable and in many
cases an alarming extent from palpita-
ton and other affections of the heart,
caused by excessive cigarette smoking
and drinking strong coffee.
THE daughter of Spotted Tail, a tall,
ungainly young woman of Is, is study
ing in the Government school for
Indians at Carlisle barracks, Pennsyl-
vania. She has lately married the half
breed interpreter employed at the
barracks, and when sent to do some
scrubbing, the other day, her lordly
husband interfered. His wife was of
royal blood, he remarked, the daughter
of chief, and he wanted her to learn
only what the white ladies do.
SOME people have queer ideas of what
constitutes holiday recreation. A Har-
ward student from Yucatan went to
spend his vacation in his native equa-
torial latitudes, and passed the entire
time in fighting in one of the periodical
revolutions INDUCED in by his country
men. Refreshed and invigorated by
this delightful sport, he returned in due
course to pursue his peaceful studies al
Cambridge.
A NEW method of reward for those
who are diligent in the business of the
Government has been established in
Japan. 1t consists of no decoration OIL
gift of money, but takes the form of 9
great national portrait gallery, in which
those who sufficiently distinguish them
selves in the opinion of their superiors
will. henceforth, have the privilege Of
seeing their likenesses placed. The per-
functory and lazy win have no habita+
ton there, but only those who are noted
for zeal and energy. Already a vast
number of applications for a place have
been made with che result, in the opin-
ion of the "Hochi Shinbun," that the
gallery will have "more of quantity thar
quality in it,"