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Of course, it can be scarcely expected that the occupants 
will receive the attention, the food and the pettings that they 
would have from their owners, if they had such. And, again, 
it is rumored that in some of those pounds the processes resorted 
to in freeing the boarders of the sufferings of this wicked world 
are far from being humane, death being more or less accom¬ 
panied with unnecessary pains, which sometimes have to be 
repeated before the result is obtained. 
Paris has a pound, of course. But the French foumere 
enjoys a terrible reputation for carelessness, want of attention, 
and rough treatment of her inmates. 
America has also pounds, whether better or not, I do not 
know ; but in the eyes of many Americans who are living in 
Paris, as well as other benevolent French people, a home for 
lost dogs is much needed and must be erected and kept. 
A.subscription has been organized, and funds are pouring in 
from all directions. The New York Herald's French edition, 
has headed the list with $200, and every day it is increased by 
donations of all kinds. A poodle, u Dick,” sends $100 ; a fox- 
terrier, “ Dick Freeborn,” sends $10; “ A Pomeranian,” 
“ Chiffon,” u Bob,” and many others send $5, $ 2—and to this 
date nearly $1200 have been collected. 
If it continues, as there is every prospect it will, it will not 
be long before the new home for dogs will be one of the curiosi¬ 
ties to visit in the great city, just as is already the cemetery, 
which exists in the old island des Ravageurs near Asnieres, 
where tombs are neatly arranged and kept, some with monu¬ 
ments on the graves, which in time to come may make the 
place a rival of the Pere Bachaise or Montmartre. 
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The Congress of Tuberculosis will be held this year in 
Bondon, from July 22 to 26. The King of England has ac¬ 
cepted the Presidency, and will inaugurate the congress in the 
great room of Queen’s Hall. 
The Vice-Presidents, 48 in number, are taken from among 
the medical, political and nobility of Great Britain. 
