Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-17

IL Three muTdereTs are now lying in the 81
Louis prison, who are to be hung on the 18th inst
IL DR.. COnvers, Of London, dissected a per-
who died for love and found the impression
Of a ladys face on lis heart.
IL The municipal authorities of Portland
Me, have ohlolted the sale of fire crackers in
that city, as they consider them dangerous nui-
sance.
IL The proprietor of a forge, not remarkable
for correctness of language, but who by honest
industry, had realized a comfortable Independent
CIV, being called upon at a social meeting for a
toast gave-''Success to forgery.n
1T The latest instance of the boastful charac-
terlStlc or our countrymen we have seen occurs
IN recent number of the Syracuse IN. Y y stand
ard, which seriously AYERS that 1.-The bulnb BILE bee
attains its greatest size and beauty in the United
States.''
II At dinner of the Maine Medical Conven
ton, the Rev. Mr.. B., while abiding to the init
mate relations between the professions of the
clergy and the physician, in all seriousness re-
marked that il was a somewhat singular fact that
'tchsn the doctor raS called the minister tea, sure
10 folioT."
IL According to the Medical World there are
not far from twenty female physicians in Boston
several Of whom are in excellent business They
oonfne themselves generally TO midwifery and
the diseases of their own sex. Their success IN
the former branch tends to establish them firmly
in families.
TO KEEP TEA KETTLES CLEAN.-Water of
every kind, except rain w ,ter will speedily cover
the inside of tea kettle with au unpleasant ernst
this may be easily guarded against by placing
clean oyster shell in the kettle which will al
ways keep il in good order, by attracting the par
tlcIes of earth or stone.
\ GREEN RosEL-One of these extraord nary
natural cuTOsities may be seen at Thorburn's
seed store in Broadway, New York The leaf
stalk, buds and flowers all like those of or
binary roses in form, but all of uniform green
color The parent stalk is said to have come
from Japan.
II A farmer in Germantown, ". j.. claims
.nat ne makes GOO year clear profit from
vegetables for the markets. and uses about 81 OOs,
worth of fertilizers his land From patch
10 feet by $50 feet he has sold $50 worth of pie
plant, this season, and can sell more from the
s1me patch.
LrsUs NAICRE.-The Southern Journal of
Medical and Physical Science states that bow
in the vicinity. eight years of age, has his lower
extremities turned completely round There are
no knee pans the joints bend backwards, so
that when he kneels the lower part of his legs are
In front Of the body. The heels are i'm front and
the toes behind.
IL The London Times pronounces the Mag
ara one of the most beautiful as she is one of the
largest, men-of-war in the world
The London Mechanics Magazine gives a long
and particular description of the Niagara and
Pronounces her without exception the ugliest
ship Of war il has ever seen
This IS quite difference of opinion
IL A meTcha NJ in New York who was on the
verge OF oankrup toy, took a walk one day with
his cashier, who had grown rich and builf sew
raj me houses in a fashionable avenue In his
Prlde OF heart, he showed his employer his pala-
tlal dwellings and asked triumphantly-
w hat do you think of that p,
II think. - said the merchant after a nause
that You had better take nv business and let me
act as cashler.-N. Y. Mirror.
II sort of learned inquest has been held
upon very, very dead language-that of the As
syrians- From report i'm the London Athen5.-
um, IL appears that one of the cruciform in,criD-
tons, containing 81 paragraphs was Autographed
and copy sent TO Sir Henry Rawlinson and
three other pundits- one FTenchmau each bainU
requested to send in his translation i'm a sealed
envelope, on the day named. Dean MiIIman pre-
sided at the breaking of the seals: the transIa
mons were compared and were found substantial
~ the same. verdict was therefore taken TO
the effect that the language Of Nimrod and Nine
web, is not dead beyond recognition
IL In one of his recent speeches at Ieaven
worth, Kansas Mr.. f.. o. Perrin told the follow
ing story of Know Nothing down in Tennessee
who was listening very attentively to the reading
Of the doings of the electoral college:
When the reader came to that mart OF the reDort
which reads, Willard Fillmore eight votes ;;
lie was interrupted by his hearers surprised man
ner, as he exclaimed:
My God Millard Fillmore got ONLY eipbt
votes IN the whole United States->even besides
my own. III 90 down and whip the Gerluan
band | gave them lager beer and they Promised
TO vote for Fillmore. and that would have made
seventeen votes anyhow and they didn't do IN
Only seven votes besides mine in the whole mi
ted States ~
And the American hurried away with a sad
Phlz inquiring for the band he had treated To
Deer II they would vote for Fillmore