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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2472, 19 February 1881, Page 4

A young musician, remarkable for his modesty and sincerity, on his first appearance before the public, finding that he could not give the trills effectively, assured the audience by way of apology that he trembled so that he could not shake. Portia fans are greatly in favor at the present moment in Paris. They are made of ostrich and peacock feathers, and the plumage of the golden or Impeyan pheasants, Other feathers are employed, but these are the favorites. The centres of these fans are sometimes adorned with heads and wings of small brilliant colored birds. An English officer gives an incident that occurred in the Crimea which illustrates the impulsive ardour of the Irishman. While lying wounded at Alma, a man stepped over me and said, ‘ Will you be so kind as to tell me, sir, if you are alive ; or, if you are not, perhaps this dhrop of dhrink will help you ?” The engineer of a train near Montreal saw a large dog on the track. He was barkimg furiously. The engineer blew the whistle at him, but he did not stir, and, crouching low, he was struck by the locomotive and killed. There was a bit of white muslin on the locomotive, and it attracted the attention of the engineer, who stopped his train and went back. There lay the dead dog and a dead child* which had wandered upon the track and had gone to sleep. The dog had given the signal to stop the train and had died at his post. Mrs Theresa Eeinschneider, alias Graw and a dozen or more other names, has been arrested in Brooklyn for bigamy and grand larceny. She is a handsome woman, about 25 years old, and it is said has married 18 men, robbing and deserting each one at the earliest opportunity.