GENERAL EXTRACTS.

Bush Advocate, Volume IX, Issue 796, 24 June 1893, Page 5

GENERAL EXTRACTS.

A French lady, Madame Ziegler, living at 71 Rue Mademoiselle, in Paris, received a telegram the other day informing her that her husband had been run over by an omnibus, and was at the hospital of La Pitie, The poor lady lost no time in going to the place where her husband was supposed to bo lying seriously injured. What was her surprise (says a daily paper) when she found that the officials knew nothing of the matter. She then went to her husband's place of business, and found him, to her great joy, safe and sound. At first it was thought the whole thing was a hoax. The real explanation was found when the lady returned, home. In her abseiico her placo had been stripped by burcrlars, who had adopted, a most heartless ruse for getting her out of the way. Little vices have their inconvenience, as a Parisian burglar has just discovered to his cost. It appears that the other night a shop on one of the boulevards was broken into, and a strong box was found in the morning wrenched open, and with the contents missing. At first (reports the " Daily News") it was thought the burglar had left no trace, but on a careful examination of the floor a piece of chewed tobacco was discovered. This caused suspicion to rest on a former employe who was given to using tobacco in that particular way. Ho was sought out, and eventually such proofs of his guilt were forthcoming that he was convicted. M. Amadee Pieeon, who was one ot the German Emperor's professors, has stated in a lecture (says a Paris correspondent) that his Imperial Majesty is well grounded in classical and current French and is a great reader of French poets. But his taste is different from that of his grandmother, the late Empress Augusta, he dislikine Kacine and liking SullyPrudhomme, Coppee, Bouchor and Bourget. M. Pigeon describes the Emperior as being original and ardent in the discharge of tasks which he regards as duties. As a child he showed this bent. His intentions are upright, and he honors truth and tries to live according to it. A sad story is told of a poor married couple, Russians, who (says the "Daily News") had settled at Great Dombrowka, in Ur>per Silesia. About two years ago they received an order to quit the territory, but on arriving at the Russian frontier they were not permitted to enter, "for," said the Russian official, " the woman is blind, and Russia is not in want of such cripples." The couple returned to Great Dombrowka, but lately received another notice to leave. The Bussian officials were still obdurate, and, sick at heart, without work or home, the husband grew desperate. When the wretched couple came to the Przemsa.tho stream which separates Russia from Germany, he caught ihis blind wite up and threw her into the river. He then went to a tree and hanged himself. " The Barley Mow," mere famous as " Ye Olde Codger's Hall," in Salisburysquare, Fleet street, London, was last month put up for auction at the Masons' Hdll Tavern, Basinghall 3treet, by Mr E. G, Sim. The discus3ion forum here was formed in 1755, unionist its members being Judge Keogh, John Wilkes, and Daniel O'Connell. The property is freehold, with an area of 1410 feet, and the auction room presented a very crowded appearance as the time of sale arrived. Biddings started at LGOOO, but were anything but brisk, and when L 7640 was reached the auctioneer withdrew the property.