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 Rh being drunk and disorderly will have to have his photograph taken, at his own expense, and dis tribute it among all innkeepers, barkeepers, etc. The idea is that publicans will then be able to refuse to serve anyone whose portrait appears in this original gallery; but when the law has been in force for a few months, it is probable (says the London Sketch) that the collection of photo graphs will be rather unwieldy, and, if a customer has to wait until the landlord can be satisfied that his photograph is not there, he is likely to remain thirsty for a long time. The photographers, how ever, ought to drive a roaring trade.

Court houses are sometimes built with little regard for the needs of the counties. Out in western Kansas is a court house costing $20,000. With scarcely a load of wood in the county, there is a handsome fireplace in every office. The total population of the county is but eighteen hundred, and the bonds of the county have not yet been reduced. Several court houses, through the pro cess of mechanics' liens and other legal processes, have come to be owned by individuals, who have been puzzled to know what to do with them.

A few years ago, while the American Bar Association was holding its annual banquet at Saratoga, General Sherman, as an invited guest, entered the room. Just before his arrival, Fleming G. du Bignon, Esq. (now practicing at Savannah), arose to make an address upon a subject which had been as signed to him. As he arose, ready to speak, General Sherman's arrival was announced, when the audience arose and greeted the general. The lawyer remained standing, and, when quiet was restored, stated, in substance : " ' Sherman is coming! ' That was a familiar sound in central Georgia, where I resided in 1864, being then a small lad, but the owner of a pet rooster and a pony. I determined to defend them at all haz ards. When Sherman's soldiers came they con fiscated my rooster and pony, notwithstanding my earnest protest that I would report them to General Sherman. As I have now an oppor tunity, I make my report to the general." The above was the whole of his speech, but it

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brought the house down, and General Sherman sought an introduction and congratulated the speaker. CURRENT EVENTS. There is in Russia a district which is wholly ad ministered and during most of the time exclusively inhabited by women. It is the province of Smelensk, and comprises a district of about fifteen square miles, from which all the able-bodied males emigrate in the spring and proceed to neighboring towns and districts in search of work, remaining away about nine months of the year. In their absence the women cultivate the fields and manage local affairs generally, under the presidency of a woman mayor. Before nightfall the women assemble in a sort of club house and play cards till one or two o'clock in the morning. Virtue there is compatible with unlimited cakes and ale, and though the hours are late, and so much time is given to amusement, the commune is prosperous, dis order is unknown, and it is one of the best conducted portions of the empire. The Czarina takes an in terest in it and is proud of it. Venetian coins of 1570 and 1577, bearing the name of Doge Aloys Mocenigo, have been found in Mashonaland, in the interior of South Africa. A steamboat service on one of the Bavarian lakes has introduced a curious innovation in the matter of children's fares, which are in future to be regulated by measure. Children under 60 centimetres in height go free; children measuring over 60 and under 1 30 centimetres pay half-price. Presumably this regula tion has been introduced because parents, however capable of cheating as regarding their offspring's age, cannot deceive the company as regards their height. There are 250,000 Indians in the United States, distributed throughout twenty-five States and Terri tories, the largest number, 72,000, living in the In dian Territory, with 35,000 in Arizona, 18,000 in South Dakota, 13,000 in Oklahoma, 12,000 in Cali fornia, 10.000 in Wisconsin, 5,200 in New York, and 2,800 in North Carolina. Recent statistics show that since the end of 1869 the postal traffic in France has nearly tripled, the telegraphic network has increased about nine times, the tonnage of the railways and interior navigation has doubled, deposits in savings banks have risen from $1 50,000,000 to $800,000,000; and other items of economical prosperity have shown corresponding growth.