Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-10-24
NIsCILLAYEOUS ITEMS.

| One thousand men are employed in the United States
in the manufacture Of sewing machine needles, aud the
profits them amount TO aearly 100000 year
Since the Introduction OF sesing machines, the sale OF
spool cotton has ncrt ascd 70 the extent OF more tan
milion and halt annually.
An English writer says that every earthly thing sold
in London, from prncpaes aud territories, down TO
he sediment Of her ecrns a,d the dir. in her cutters
from turtle and nrbot TO stacspats and ancient mack
erc.
| The blessings Gf knowledge are often harpcd on and
doubtless incalculah!e; but how much happiness We
owe TO ignorance nobody n4a undertaken to tell us
though the amount must be considerable.
The EIgish literary journal. are debating vigorously
the relative merits OF Wobsteis aud Worcesters Die
onsres. Il singular that the two great dictionaries
of the English language shoui both be the work oi
Americans.
In some of the English churches, guta percha tubes
have been fitted up from the pulpit and reading dek, TO
peSs occupied by people afflicted with deainess; ane,
notwithstanding they may sit upward OF thirty feet from
the pulpit they can hear every word perfectly.
Gavazzi has made proposition 10 knock the heads on
the colossal equestrian statues of Charles III aud
Ferdinand, aud substitute kencsses OF Garibadi aud
Victor Emanuel The proposition however not ac-
ceded to- and Canovas celebrated works remain unin-
jured.
An editor in the western part of Michigan is 10 FIX.
He dunned subscriber for Lis subscriptions he refused
pay and threatened fog the editor if he stopped tie
paper.
Rats and mice speedily disappear by mixing equel
quantities OF strong cheese and powdered squls They
deyour this mixture with greeduess while it is perfectly
harmless to man.
The expenses of governing France amount to 81 600
600 per day, including interest the public debt: This
il about 80 year to each inhabant. The navy alone
costs $9S, 900 ayear.
witty word speken by a rich relative is a very witty
affair when the wit Is not veryapparent bn' o,,
d q o aaGsi Ct s 4! tSoE tSs vi! Of '"'" :"
The Journal De Romo announces that the total amount
raised in all parts OF the country for the Government OF
the Pope by the levy Of Peters pence, is GOOOOOOi
which it states, is very satisfactory result.
There was a destructive inund4tOn in the valley of
the RhOnr Switzerland the lst OF Sept The crops
are mostly destroyed.
Kossuth has written letter to Giribald advising him
not attempt anything against Hungary, as that coun'
try is not yet ripe for revolution.
Respect for wealth is respect for power What res
pect those who possess fortune is the ability TO do with
| il what WE cannot do without it.
The more our ladies practice walking, the more grace
ful they become in their movements. Those ladies a.
qurc the best carriage who don't ride in one.
You can generally tell the Brccknrdge men by their
long noses A Brcckiuridge is so habualy led by
that member that i, il naturally elongated
bomb shell brought from the Crmea to Scotland has
been put peaceful and happy use by bird which
built It's nest there and hatched her young in safety.
There ia both Spanish aud French proverb which
says: A melon and woman are hard to choose"
ANYTHING Midas touched turned into gold. In these
DAYS touch men with gold, and they'll turn into any
thing
"Gold" says Joseph Bonapirte, "s in its last analy
sis the sweat Of the poor aud the blood Of the brave"
What wonderful metamorphosis sG hundress subject
toY She goes TO bed a awdress and gets ap fine linen
Swinging ia said by the doctors to be good exercise
for the health, but many poor wretch has come TO his
death by it.
Manageable ladies should make point Of visiting
the theatre before the curtain Is drawn up; they would
then be OF an overture
Mr. Yanoey stood upon platform that we car
approve We presume he never will till he is about "a
| be huog Lou Journal.
Good works will never save YOU but you never be
saved without them
An English manufacturer invites the public to come
and see his invisible wire fences.
| He that has never known adversely is but half &C
| quaited with others, or with himself
wag states that he always looks under the marriag'
| head for the news of the weak"
The Jamaica people discussing the policy OF an
nexing that colony TO the United States
movement is on foot at Mobile, Alabama, to erect
monument to General Walkers memory.
Tartary and Persia presumed TO have been tl'
original counties OF wheat rye and oats