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Show FOREIGN SCRAPS. The Northumberland fishing trade is said to be remarkably prosperous. Three young ladies have been admitted ad-mitted as students in the Vienna Uni. versity, and one in the philosophical faculty of the University of Prague, A fourteen-year old acrobat named Powell fell from a trapeze at Taunton. England, and unfortunately laHditig on his head, was rendered incapable ot performing the feat again in this world. Mr. Rosderer, the well-known champagne cham-pagne manufacturer, who has lately died at Rheitns, has left 100,000f to the poor of that place. A man so accustomed to sham pnin during his life ought to be able to appreciate the sufferings of those who have it not. The London Observe? understands that Sir Ch:irles Mordaunt intends to appeal from the derision of the Court of Divorce to the House of Lords at the arliest oppon unity, and thus to obtain a hearing of his suit against Lady Mordaunt. The Carnarvon JUerall states that Mr. Bright's health continues steadily to improve, and thu right honorable gentleman is able to take regular walking walk-ing exercise, the weather being mild and favorable. Mr. Bright still stays at the St George's hotel, with Mrs. Bright, and the family remain at Oakley Oak-ley house. "A curious police regulation for the punishment of intoxication exists in Russia. Persons found drunk and incapable in-capable in toe public thoroughfares aie taken into custody and condemned to work for a day at sweeping the streets; consequently, wed dre.s. ed of fenders are sometimes seen performing their task, bioom in hand ' It is added to the above information that "This lesson is intended for individuals who have not lost all sense of sliame. " Pum h and Judy gives a remarkable illustration of "proof positive": Wife, (who has been "sitting up ") "Well, this is a petty. tim-1 to come home. Four o clock!" Husband (who has taken but one glass ot a curious com-poanl, com-poanl, spoken of, by himself, as "whiskanwarra.") " ha you mean, madam, by 'Forklock?' Unfort'nly for you, madam, it sho 'aspens, curi-ousienuff, curi-ousienuff, I pasn'd Big Ben, mad;iin, and beard it strike one (hie) several times, madam ! ! ' - (Ke'ires to bed in triumph iu bio boots. ) Dr. Trousseau who much esteemed the-late Dr. . Cabarrus, the French homeopathist, attacked one d-iy the minute doses of his system, in the following prescription : "Nothing is better for convalescents than homeopathic homeo-pathic soup, which is made as follows; Purchase tour pounds of bony meat, and bind it with packthread ; then go to ihe font de Ann, and suspend it by a siring in the Seine. Allow it to infuse for thne minutes; then leave and go to Uavre. There take a phial of water .from the river, and pour it into a pail already fall. ,Giva, each morning, a spoonful of this mixture to the coDvalcsoent, who will find his streegih promptly re-ertsblrihtd." - |