Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-02-25

ES Aunt Betsey is shocked to hear that
"Mr Smith keeps Sally Amanda Safe in his
counting house" What would his wife say
MATERIA MEDICA Credit is given clergy
men In notices of marriages. Why should
not notices of deaths be equally civil with
physicians?
6S@ There are In the English language 10
900 nouns, 40 pronOuns, 200 adjectiyes s, 600
verbs, 90 inteyections, &c In all, there are
about 46, 600 words.
I Lemon juice is relied on by the phy.
sicIsns in London for curing rheumatism.
Three table spoonsfuli per day is a dose for q
man.
sAt Nashua, the other day, q Canadian
horse having slipped during the day at his
work, when embarrassed at evening immed;.
ately went of on his own accord to q black
smiths shop.
r. The report of the Joint Committee of
the General Assembly of Ohio upon Public In
stitutions and Buildings, announces a total of
detected overcharges and stealth Ks from the
State, amounting to S279. 1888.
tY@ The Hollsnders take so much care Of
their cattle that they put lesthern shoes on
their feet when they are taken to pasture, lest
tie dampnesS of the soil should induce rheu-
matism.
B%At the Isle Of Shoals it has teen colder
this winter than ever known before, and the
weather acted disastrously upon the small
f hes that seek the shallow waters. CuDners
and the like have been washed upon the
shore dead, in carloads.
EJohn B. Stanley, of Florida, s the
greatest hunter of the age. Besides his almost
daily presence on his plantation during the
last twenty-five years, he has killed at least
ten thousand deer, one hundred wolves sixty
panthers, and twelve bears.
ARTIFICIAL FUEL.-The Euglish journals
speak in terms Of warm commendation of a
new kind Of fuel the ingredients Of which are
simple coal dust and coal tar pitch, in certain
proportions, amslgamated by chemical means
peculiar to the inventor. Ii is stated that 200
tons Cf this fuel will perform the some work,
in generating steam, as 300 tons Of coal, such
as is generally used.
s A New York paper gives mysterious
account of " marriage in high life, intima-
ting that Mr.. S b, an habitue Of the Fifth
avenue. has feathered his nest by espousing
spring chicken only fourteen years old, who
has $3.50, 900 in her own right. The child al
luded TO is Miss Lorillsrd, whose elopement
from Miss Haine's boarding school has occs-
stoned quite futtering.
~ 1t is related by the celebrated histo
rian, Herodotus, that Histaus, the Milesian,
being detained prisoner by Darius, and all
correspondence interdicted, he shaved mans
head, wrote a despatch upon il, and kept the
man out Of sight till his hair was grown. The
living letter was then sent, and the person to
whom it was addressed, upon shaving the
messengers head, found the news there In
'cribed
T A singular effect Of the cold weather is
recorded by the Nantucket Mirror 1t says
that when the ice broke up last week the
whole eastern shore Of Long Pond from Jere-
my's Cove to the bridge at the NarroWs, was
was founi filled with cells to the depth OF Two
or three inches, so that a spear thrust IN a.
random, by way Of experiment, took out ten
Where such an enormous body OF eels came
from is a mystery.
rz= The Wiener Zeitung contains the text
of = convention for the mutual " extradition'
of criminals which has just been concluded
hetween the Austrian Government and that Of
tbe limited States The crimes for which
malefsctors are to be delivered up TO the au-
thorities Of the country in which the offence
was committed are murder, assault with
murderous intent, piracy, arson, forgery,
false coming, and embeIzlement of the public
funds
T Permanent liquid glue, q good fuid
glue, ready at all times for instant use with
out any preliminary preparation, is one Of the
most useful articles of stock with which the
workshop can be furnished To make such
glue, all that is necessary is to melt three
pounds of glue In quart of wsfrs, and tnen
drop in gradually small quan'ify OF nitric
acid. When this ingredient is added, the
mixture is to be removed from the hre ana al
lowed to cool. Glue 50 prepared has been
kept ia an open bottle for two years, and still
ready for use on the instant.