ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 821, 11 January 1878, Page 3

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

o A proof of the improved relations between Fiance and Germany is given by the publication of a French journal in Berlin—The Olive Leaf—with the motto, “ War against War—Right surpasses Strength.” Bull Fights will probably he held in Paris during the Exhibition this year. They are to bo on a mild scale, however, as no bull is to be killed in the arena. The Suez Canal has caused a noticeable difference in the depth of the Mediterranean, according to Engineering, which states that some Marseilles engineers have discovered that the level of the waters has sunk 3j inches since the opening of the Canal. A dainty dish for epicures is mentioned ift the Live stock Journal, which states that the Parcs Jardin d’Acelimatation has re ceived two edible dogs fiom China—tiny fat animal?, resembling pugs about the head. They are usually eaten when two months old, after beiftg fed exclusively on rice ana milk, and are roasted and served up in slices with Soy.

Tiger hunters eager for sport should go to Sumatra, where tigers fairly swarm in the forests, as the natives are too apathetic to hunt their foes. In one part of the island alone forty-two men -were eaten in six week's, yrt the Sumatrans resignedly ait down, and say that, as Heaven has so willed it, so therefore it must he, making no effort whatever towards the destruction of the tigers.

. The grape crop in California is s6 enorthis year that the growers are unable to turn it all into wine, as there would not be enough ca-ks to hold it fir i sufficiently ieady sale.

| Herrings have reappeared ou* the roast of Denmark after 300 years’ absence For centimes Ihe herring fishery was an enormous source of revenue to tire Danes, and it is now hoped that the industry will once more prove lucrative.

A Horse Cow.—There is now in a meadow opposite the residence of Mr Barnard Morris, Little Cobham Hall, WeatherSdield, shape of a colt in all respects of the nature of a horse, with the exception of one leg, which in that of a cow, having a small cloven hoof. We have ourselves seen this animal, which is about three months old, weakly, puny, and walking with difficulty. The Shah of Persia is going to revisit Europe next spring. This time he will travel incognito.

A curious relic of martyrdom is advertised for sale in a Gloucester paper in the following terms : “For disposal, the remnant of the stake to which Bishop Hooper was confined at his martyrdom, and dug up some years since on the spot in St- Mary’s Square. l'o>- particulars apply,” &c. The inhabitants of Gloucester recently erected a monument to Bishop Hooper ’on the spot where he suffered death.

Cremation has extended to Salt Lake City, where, the New York Herald tells us, on July 31, the body of a Dr 0. F. Winslow was duly consumed, the ashes being sent to the grave of his wife, near Boston. The Czar of Russia has conferred the insignia of a Knight of the Order of St. Stanislas upon Mr Archibald Forbes, the special war correspondent of the Daily News,for his courage and intrepidity at the battle of Plevna on the 30th of July. An extraordinary collision took place on the railway between Tayport and Glasgow lately. It is said that the driver, fireman, and guard of a train left it untended and went to a pr.biic-house. While they were absent some one set'the train in motion, hut reversed the engine, so that it ran back along the line and ran into a train from Perth, the fireman of which was badly injured. Seventeen carriages were smashed and one of the engines pitched over the enbankment, the damage being about 1,8,000. The men who deserted the train have been arrested.

Hippnphagy continues to increase steadily in Paris, and during the third quarter 0f1577 443,310 kilogrammes of horseflesh were sold, while during the same period last year the corresponding quantity was 373,410 kilogrammes.

“ Paragrammakleptis” is the title by which literary “borrowers” are in future to he termed by the San Francisco News Letter. Another coined word, invented by a TKansas editor, is “ Czarsparilla,” which forms the heading tc the war news in ’his paper.

An interesting manage, Mayfair tells ns, was celebrated lately at Moscow, the bride bing a lady of considerable beauty, 'boundless wealth, ami aged tfrerity-two. The bridegroom was four score and six, and his profession was that of begging. Tire Fact is that the young lady’s fortune could come to her only upon marriage. Her relatives had fixed upon a par.ti who was particularly obnoxious to hel. Still she wanted her fortune, and accordingly she cast her thoughts upon ah old beggar ma'n to whom she had been generous for some years, and sbe undertook to pay him 30!) roubles if he would marry her and straightway depart, ncacr to see her any more. Those conditions he cheerfully accepted, and the marriage took place, all the beggars of the town a gembling to see the ceremony.