Revolting

JOie journais ot öwoden publish details of a revolting scène at au exocution in that country. Two men named Hjort and Fektor wore guillotinod for the irmrder of a railroad engincer, whoso carriage they bad mistaken for the mail, which they intendcd to rob. A large crowcl of spectators assemblcd aronnd the seafl'old, and aftor the crimináis liad been dispatehod drank or licked the blood, taking it up wkh spoons or witn their iingers from the wood of the platform, ïherc appears to exist among tho peoplo a belief that the blood of a criminal is a remedy or a preventivo against many diseases. San Francisco has a matrimonial bureau -vith separate departments for gentlemen and ladies. The photographs of lady elieuts are huug up in the geutlemen's department, and vice versa. TIwí feo for onc month's effort on the part of tho bureau is $5, aud if the eiïbrt is msnccossfol the money is refunded.