New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

CrnN,> TREE E-FRoGs.-Returning IRON the tn-
yersity OF Giessen, brought with me about Dozen
Green tree.rocs. which l had caught in the wo"ds
near the town The Germans call them laub troscn,
er leaf frog. They most difficult to things 70 mug,
on account Of their color 80 much resembling tn1
leaves on which they live. l have requentiy neard
one singing in a small bush and though have
searched carefully, have not been able to mud hin.l
The only WAY il to remain quite quiet tlli ne sgnn
begins his song After much ambush worx' ~ s,ns'p
Icolected dozen frogs and put them in bottle.
s,syted nj night ON my homeward journey by the hi-
eepce ard Iput the bottle containing the frogs into
the pocket inside the diligence. My ytellow.passengersT
were sleepy old smoke dried Germans; very ttle con-.
yersaton took place, and after the first mile, every
one settled himself sleep, and coon all were snorsg
suddenly awoke with start, and found all the slsep-
ers had been Ioused at the same moment. On their
sleepy faces were depicted fear and anger What had
woke us all up 40 suddenly The morning was just
breaking, end my frogs though 10 the dark pocket OF
the coach, had found il out; and, with one accord, al
twelve Of them had begun their morning song. Ask
at given signal they, and all If them, 6egsn To-
crook as LOUD rs ever they could. The roi.c their
united concert made seemed, in the closed compar-
ment Of the coach, quite deaisaingi wen mshs sae
bottle and all out of the window, but l gave tha
bottle good shaking, and made the frogs Keep quiet.
The Germans all went TO sleep again, bot ! wss
began to croak. II was lucky that did so FOR they
tired 10 begin their concert AGAIN Two or three uues.
Buctsnds Cu;ioses OF Natural History.
PrRsoNs EMPIolEp os BRrIsu RAILROADS "A
return Of the tnliDtT anu VI PDf5o"'
ployed on the railroads of the United Kingdom on tb
Both day Of June 1851. has just been published, by
order OF the House Of Commons on the motion OF Mr.
Lowe, M. l.. The length Of line open at the period
named being S9i2 miles tfor the whole OF the United
Kipgdom) and the total number Of stations amounting
to 32, II appears that there were employed On tucn
railroads 22l secretaries and Managers ~ treasures,
$50 engineers, 1913 superinendehts, lgS storckeepenp
.0l cashiers accountaDts 99 inspectors or time
ke,pers 247I ttaion. masters, 404 ticketcoIectors,
lJG draughismen, S7l2 clerks, ,3S forensp, a5SS,
engine-driven, 3,6f1 assistant drivers or hrensns
37i6 guards or brakesmen, Q, ,337 srtidcers, 3,2s
syitcbmen, 99s gatekeepers, 2,3i9 police ofwstch-
men, II 09l porters or messengers, no plaseayens
26.s5 lsboreis ard SO persons in miscellaneous
ways. The grand total number Of employees on the
open railroads of the United Kingdom, at the end Of
June 1856, was lG9 H. whereas the grand total num-
Der Of the employees, list Of whom has Just been
gone through, was iG9,66o. On 3 1873 miles Of IN.
opened railways there were employed, at the end ox
sst june A G6 persons no that the railway business
of the empire required the services OF lS6 pefons
of all grades aud capscites. OF those employed
1864 were in England and Wales 10 l72 IN Scotland
and IG s9l in ireland.
RUSSIAN MoyEHTSrs rs PALEsTIsE.-A letter from
Jerusalem says:
r" Numerous caravans Of Russian Greek and AYn,ss
MAN pilgrims have arrived here from different paris
Of Russia and Turkey. The Greek Patriarch y at the
present time making extensive purchases o. hGsses
and land both insi ide and outside the city. kaeuA v
also making considerable purchases for the purpose %
constructing religious establishments Of different kinds.
For some time past the Greeks have been maAin&
use Of all TO become sole or part propetors oS
the ruins Of the old habitation Of the knights OF 81
John of Jerusalem, at Q short oistance rom the
Church OF the Holy Sepulcbre.'
RApETsEY. WLL.-Ths Austrian papers give soma
curious details Of Radetskys viii. The buk OF kia
property goes TO his only surviving son. lie has efe
10 bis daughter Countess Wenklen, two OF his Feld-
bate ns all his orders of which oss
in diamonds one OF bis swords u honor, Eoble dn-
in silver for ,ixty covers, and great por-
ton Of bis funded property. Iii. swords, pistols A.
cers. The head servants oil receive lcgacies. ss1
tbcse Of low degree one years wages each. ..
JoIsT-sTOCK CIGAR COsP.sY.-Seyeral Briisb no
b. emen and gentlemen, a short time since, cJas
cerned in stsrtDg joint-s'ock company 70 provide
the public with the hecessaIies of lie; now ob.
served few persons Of title getting up an sssocs-
tiop, with limited liability, 70 supply all Engian4
with genuine cigars. On the direction OF ths Gu
riOus enterprise two resr-sdmirals, one OF wbc
j. baropei; lord, who ie pryy counciliori M' u
colonel
STrAnyRs yoR JAPAs.-Three steamers se b~sS
built in Dutch doekyards for the Emperor OF JspsA-f
One called the Jeddo, is about to paddle away 10"
under Captain Gerkens; y nae se'eni-'
&c library ON board. -
Al seoTcu FRrScHHAs.-Inthe second DAY liai "si
The Great Dumas lawsuit about the part MAquete.sDS
in ,se fabrication Of eighteen ronsnces bearns Ae
sndres ti,ular authority turns out thai the cho-
an, Sor ut,yary distinction snd ~ OVM Is the s,a nt
A. IYi.b,nan Sr scotchnan named MscQGsy or Ma
kay.