Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-15

ia tradesman in the South advertises
that he has always large supply Of
leeches on his hands"
nTA man out west is getting up new
style ofhogs. He thinks that. by giving
them pewter with their corn, he can raise
pig lead from them.
" An Edinburgh paper states that an
American has invented a machine which
is to be driven by the force of circum-
stances.
% The Prussian government has pur-
chased large extent Of land on the
northern coast of Chill, for the purpose
of forming a transatlantic colony thereon.
~ Bendigo, ex-champion of the ring.
is now in lunatic asylum in England.
~ An ice cream saloon has Just been
opened in New York, containing mirrors.
it is said, which alone cost $4,000. The
ornamental work of the ceiling alone cost
$4,000. Whether the quality of the ice
cream is to be improved by all this lavish
expenditure is not stated.
~ Mr.. Mexican Buchanan, at last ac-
counts, was meeting with great success at
the Queens Theatre, Manchester, Eng
land. His Othello and Mahom1ned were
very highly pra Sed.
BEWARE OF TIGHT LAC1NG "A lady,
well known in the first society in Paris,
has Just died of an unknown and myster-
ious malady. Ona post mortem examina-
ton, it was discovered that three ribs
were crushed into the llver-the result of
tight lacing.
ETA novel entertainments announced
in the Hartford papers, being no less than
:" Swimming Excursion" or exhibition,
10y the pupils of a swimming school. The
entertainment takes place when, accord
ing to the Hartford Times, "the partici-
pators in the trial for superiority will 60
Up in boats as far as the Railroad Bricge,
ard swim down opposite the Bathing
Place, where floating supper tables will
await them, and the swimmers will swim
as they eat. 2"
NAILS GROWING IN THE FLEsH.-A late
writer in the Ohio CulttUaicy gives the
following remedy:
Cut notch in the middle Of the nail
every time the nail is pared. The dispo-
sition to close the notch draws the nail
from the sides. 1t cured mine after / had
suffered weeks with its fostering.
UThe total number Of persons in
England and Wales, who are absolutely
houSeless ard dwell in the open air, or
seek a lodging in barns or out-houses, is
$1,000. Neither Ireland nor Scotland is
included in this calculation.
What business do you follow 2"
inquired a landlord OF penny. .s-liner,
who had been boarding with him week.
Il am CREATOR" he replied. "Ah what
do you createe" Anything" Indeed I.
what do you make it out OFF," Nothing"
''Umph should like to see some. -
Most happy to CRAFTY you" The board
er left and never returned. The landlord
looked On his book, and saw an unool-
lectabIe bill of seven dollars.
~ A good story is told of Connec-
ticut parson. His country parish raised
his salary from $500 per annum to S400.
The good man objected-for three res-
sons. First, said he, because you
can't afford to give more than three hun
dred dollars. Second, because my preach
ing isn't worth more than three hundred.
Third, because have to collect nv salary,
which heretofore has been the hardest
part Of my labors among you. If have
to collect an additional hundrei it will
kill men'
" A new guanoisland, tits said, has
been discovered by Capt. Sinclair, on his
voyage from Liverpool to San Francisco.