, 1864-01-16
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Samuel r. Scars, D New York merchant,
died few days since from inhaling laughing
gus, chemically known as NITROUS oxide gas.
He inhaled tue gas for the purpose Of having
~ Tile steamship City Of New York, Of the
German line, made her passage hence to
Queenstown in eight days and si1tren hoHTs-
the fastest sailing ever made by screw
steamer.
-Messrs, Carter, organists of Toronto,
Montreal md Quebec, arc in this city, en-.
route for Boston, where they VIII perform
upon the new organ In Nusic Hall, on Thurs
div. They are experienced cathedral organ
i5ts, formerly Of London. =
The following is a singular calculation
Of the number Of stitches In shirt: Stitching
Tia cellar, four rows, 5000; sewing the ends,
500; button holes, and sewing on buttons,
$50; ecWing the collar and gathering tho neck,
1,eG4; stitching wristbands, l,eeo8; sewing
| The ends, G8; button holes, 13S; hemming
the sllts, a64; gathering the sleeves, $40; set.
| der straps, three rows each, 1850: hemmipg
tie bosom, S9G; sewing tho sleeves, 2,53.
DIR. Van Duzec: Of Buffalo, has purchased
| and mounted telescope which Is one Of the
largest mounted achromatfc rcfracting tcles-
cores in tile world. 1tis 18 inches clear npcr-
| turc, 81 feet focal length, with magnIfying
power Of 5000.
I tile 1u1Ql OF clcFhb u1u OLuGl O1AEtA!a
in the various departments at Washington Is
thus given In round numbers State depart
meut 50, treasury 1z00, interior $50, war 500,
uayy loo, post oflicc I'D, agricultural depart
mcnt 80, commissioner OF public buildings,
10, Senate 100, House LEO, police $50, white
house, courts, &c, 100. Add to these 600c
men employed BY the quartermasters depart;
ment in this city, and at least 5000 more ai
the navy yard, arsenal, and on the works ut
the capito1 and other public buildings, and
one can form m idea Of the army Of occupa
ton paid by Uncle Sam.
In Montreal couple Of ardent sympa
thizers with each of the contcnding parties
of the American war, llavo wagered S5oo tha
Grant would never take Atlanta, $500 ths
Charleston ~sould not fall, $500 that Rich
mond would never be taken, $4,000 that tn
South would never be conquered
High medical authority states that snaal
uox NAV very easily be distinguished from
from other eruplive diseases In its earlics
stages. Dy pressure. with the finger upo1
tic eruptions, a small hard substance may b
| felt as Il There Ind been fine shot placed NJ
der the cuticlc ofthe skin.
The French academy Of sciences has II
cciyed from Madagascar lately discoyere
/ | SPECIES Of quadruped that Is Is inches long
has long and woody fur, has monkeys tac
and hands bare and black, and utters or
like distressed person. "What is it::'
- Toads arc LEO dozen in London.
1T costs nearly $50 to kiss married We
, man against her will at Cincinnati.
j. Admiral Lessoneky has written 1ette
{ teet te xasii Vii visit Boston in the spring.
I In tract distributed by the Mormo
J, preachers, tic following question md answt
4 occuse: .sWhat shall be the reward Of tho;
9 who have forsakcn their wives fornghteou
J. ness snkey 4 hundred fold Of wives her
q and wives everlasting hereafter"
In Eric county, Penn, lake, coveriC
: Two hundred acres, froze over SO sudden
7 rcceptlv, that the fishes hadn't time
: dive to tho bottom of the lake, were froze
! IN in the ice and have been cut cut BY bu5hel
. . | FsEhy, isn't 1t?
= California is bad place for insurnn
= companies. 41he losses more than double II
a premiums. English companies have bet
:. | fhc beayicst losers.