Rejected Manuscript

A London court decided not long ago that the editor oí' a newspapcr or magazine is bound to return a rejeoted nrtiolo if it is demanded, when it is still extant, lmt is not bound to gi ve componsation for its destrüction, if lio lias destroycd it beíore it is demanded. A case of the kind lias lately bcon decided at Paris. The director of a paper there recoived the manuscript of a story, and gave a receipt for it. Aí'ter severa] months the author asked for the insertion of his work, its restitution, or compensatioii. The director asserled that he gave np the manuscript to a representiitive of the author who came to reOÏftim it, but does not seern to have produced pioot of this. and added that the üotice at the head of his papor, to the effect that manuscript "vonld not lx; vetui'jicd, was snffioient to relieve him from all responsibility. The Tribunal ui' Commeree of the Department of the Seine, looking to the faot that tlie reoeipt of the ariiiele i i ; n I ■;■■!! acknowledged by the editor, gave the author damages to the amount of-f2éO Petbified sea turtles and cocoanuts have been iound in earth monnds in Southern Colorado. These mounds form ii v;!st range, and are flfteen miles from the foot of the Rooky mountains. One is four milr in circumferenfe at the base, has A thriity gi'owth of trees. Potrilid nnd igatized wood is beneath the siirfaoe. The monncCs aré thönght to hiive ;if;(s ao Í ; ■(-] s hiiids ut' Hea. An Jiislicc of t,lie Sil))i-cnic üourtof Uic Umk-tl S(:.(cs;':'!;.-ii.(l(H) a year. Tiic J i'dge et' the Commou Fr,in, oí'Ntíw Vm,'K, jete 116,000,