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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 207, 1 September 1868, Page 2

The Attorney-General of Victoria has intimated his intentiou strictly to enforce the provisions of the law against lotteries and raffles —provisions which have, for a -considerable time, remained virtually in suspensiou. A New Orleans Jury declared a man to have come to his death by 'an unknown cart.' About on a par with it is the Philadelphia verdict, in which" a man had been crushed to death in a mill, where the Jury added to their verdict, c No blame can be attached to the machinery.' Another invention from America is reported in French papers, one which promises to be as useful as the steam man — hebes postiches, or artificial babies, for promoting the comfort and tranquillity of travellers who dislike company. These infants when wound up utter such dreadful cries that chance passengers avoid the carriage which contains one. They are advertised thus: — The best kind with voices very shrill »nd mechant, ranging over five octaves at will, ten "dollars; the same, but without cessation, fifteen dollars. Of the second class, uttering screams not eo loud, but lamentable and insupportable, five dollars. Third class, ordinary intermittent cries, as if from alarm, can be carried in thd pocket, two and a half dollars. These infants are warranted for a year, and in elegance and natural appearance leave nothing to be desired.