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Show CLIPPED AND CONDENSED. Some time ago a Vienna butcher was accused of murdering his wife, and, the facts in the case being clear, he was condemned. Now a new trial has been secured that during the former trial two members of the jury were fast asleep A true case of liandgage-eyed jus tice. It may' be news to some men who smoke perfectos and Manuel Garcias nt ao cents apiece to learn that the list price of the better brands of Cuban slock runs up to $800 per 1000. This means that they are 80 cents apiece at wholesale. Now, with the duties paid and the profit expected on an article of this kinil they could not be sold for $2 straight or about $2000 a box. These clears are bought by the royal families ofKurope.. There's not much market in America for cigars costing $ J each. The libraries of the German empire are as follows: Berlin Imperial library, 7117,974 volumes; Berlin university, 137,-702; 137,-702; Bonn 'university, 219.0811; B'roslau, 2(8. 0S!(l ; G ( ictti n gen." 442. 37 1 ; G reifswald, 182,78:j; Halle, 180.140; Kiel, 192r00; Koenigsberg, 202,300; Marburg, 142,200; Dunsler academy, 1)5.000; Braunsberg, 14,000; Dusseldo'rf, 40,532; Wiesbaden, 87.012: Erfurt. 48,397. , Besides the 3,000.000 and odd volumes here enumerated enume-rated the high schools and educational institutions possess several hundred thousand books and manuscripts. While Sims Powers was sitting in his library at his house at Prospect Hill. Parkersburg, one evening lately, he heard a noise as of the rattle of wings against a window. On laying down his paper and looking up, much to his astonishment, he saw a beautiful snow-white snow-white owl perched upon the back of a chair and blinking at the light. Mr. Powell captured the bird and will keep it as a curiosity, it is snow white and is a beautiful specimen of thestrix nivia and is the only specimen of this kind overseen in this section of the country. It is believed by some to bo a membor of a species found in the extreme north, or Arctic circle. The origin of bird song is described by an English writer as follows: "Bird song originated in a cry produced by bodily contortion. The cry was developed devel-oped by use in times of danger. It then became a warning note that was elabor. ated into a call note. This note was repeated hy males in varied tone and pilch, aud several influences tended to I make it a reproduction of surrounding persistent sounds. The call notes were repeated by the males to the females and in this manner arbitrary phrases were constructed. Further 'efforts on the part of the males induced greater variety, which took the form of imitation imita-tion of other sounds. A Wood's Holl man writes to the Boston Post: "Ono of my neighbors keeps a store quite near the harbor, and lately he observed his cat bringing in a small fish, which ho laid upon the ilonrand retired. Ho soon returned, however, bringing a second, which he also laid down, as if to give them t his master. The next day he repeated it, ami then his proceedings were watered and it was found that lie went to the shore and watched for a school of fishes to approach, when he would strike out like a flash, fasten his claws into ono of them, convey it to his mouth and scamper off with it. Ho seems to think it an amusing aud useful performance." Jean Thiery. a rich merchant and ship owner in ihe Rhine provinces, died in 1670, leaving a fortune oj 50,000 louis d or m Paris and 800,000 thalers in the V enieo mint. His heirs for some unknown un-known reasou did not draw the money from the depository in Venice, so at the i .-Vi e last cetunry Napoleon found it still untouched and appropriated it to tho use of his army. For tho last thirty years the descendents of Thiery have been trying to find a way of recovering the 800,000 thalers with interest. Three weeks ago they all met in Cologne and resolved to send their lawyers t raiis to move the French government ' ; P: 'fr n indemnity. It was said that ihe I t ench chambers had already considered their claims aud advised the government to pav them. |