Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-12
Miscellaneous Items.

s Miscellaneous Items. @fa
On Saturday evening, Ha-Ya :Ta.Kee, the
chief of the japanese troupe, lately performing
at the Academy of Music, in New. York, died
rather unexpecedly at his residence The
deceased arrived In New York at the close OF
last year, accompanied by his mother, aged 81
years, bis wife, two sisters and three children,
aged respectively four, five and six years, and
corps OF performers l:,s }lJ.XLA& Id q
The project of tunnelling the Niagara river,
as proposed by that practical engineer, W N. ::
Wallace, esq.,, in the year 1912, and 80 strongly
urged upon the consideration Of the Common
Council of Buffalo. In the year 1855, by Ei
Cook, Mayor of Buffalo, has been revived
and is in the hands of capitalists and practical
men, both in. Canada and New York.
1t Is a common error to suppose that girls
need clothing less substantial than their. broth.
ers,, because they usually spend Hess time in
the open air. This is rather an argument for
warmer clothing, that they may feel the change
less Too thin clothing for girls is a radical
vice in our household economy. ~
s In Melbourne a new play, entitled 'sMaxi-
milan" has been produced. 1t is founded
on the recent troubles of the late Emperor OF
Mexico and,his Queen Carlotta. The play is
crowded With melo dramatic situations.
z Itwould seem from the testimony of a very
successful cultivator of the pear that this deli
cious fruit can:be made a source OF equal if not
greater profit than even the peach. . TE0 i
Some of the most fashionable women in
4 Paris have appeared there Of late dressed in
red-hats, plumes, CATERS, and gloves. III
s Upwards of FIVE thousand pupils, eight per
ct. of whom are females, are: daily receiving
music lessons in Boston. - t.1s >,
Charlotte Cushman has sent home from TIA
II three beautiful works of art, as a present to
the Boston Music Hall.
The parish of Quebec has contributed So,
600 toward furnishing the Canadian Papal
ZouAyes ~ ~ & s - = s-tS < & s1r,ay
An exchange says that advertising for a wife
lis about as stupid as getting measured for an
umbrella. i,s.l5&asssg& }a:2 .s..3 &5@; f@s'
"A Nashua, New Hampshire man has inven-
ted machine which shears sheep in three
minutes.
The Indians make bread aud COTE from the
seeds of the pinion tree Of the Rocky Noun.
tains. = 3l@s@$- -
The school committee of Cambridge, .Massa.
chusetts,2 have abolished corporal punishment
of girls. Z@fEGAS.aa u. =. ,>@s ..,. o.
The Germans in Philadelphia are to have q
new hundred thousand dollar theatre.
''Windy Saturdays" are what Philadelphia
paper calls, Congressional debatrng days. s1
Boston has lost over $50, ,0O0,0 since 1861
by speculations in mining stocks. .Es,ars,3 :. !
Thad., Stevensis President Of hose compa-
ny in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. '..s2.s:i.-'
Ohas. Dickens was ffty-six years old on
Friday. -s.. 1..s j. 80 ia an.ae-sahi4aa
"A LONDON DINNER CLUB. The London
Clerks Club, opened two weeks ago for the.
purpose Of: providing good dinners at reasona-
BE prices, Is asco-operative society, with TWEEN
ty-6ye thousand shares Of FIVE dollars each
The London Nsws says: q; gs@;dieza -a1arsa''
'The premises of the club are at 1872 Lead
enhall street, and consist Of spacious luncheon
bar upon the ground, and a commodious dining
room upon the first floor, both of which are
plainly, but substantially furnished. Above
these are the Kitchen, two or three rooms in
which private dinners may be obtained, and q
smoking room. The reason tor the establish
ment of the club, as stated by the promoters,
Is, that at present the charges fora satistac
tory lunch or good substantial dinner are far
beyond the means of q large number of Lon
don clerks, particularly juniors. To remedy
this evil they propose to give a good lunch OF
cold ,meat, bread aud a half pint of ale or
porter for sixpence and a substantial dinner
Of hot meat, vegetables, bread and cheese, with
half pint of ale or stout, for q shilling with
additions or alterations of fare at equally mod
crate prices. From calculations which have
been nmade, with the assistance of persons well
acquainted with the subject, they. believe that,
hoos 4 have
business Of the club so as to secure fair inter-
est upon the capital invested, and at the same
time insure to the shareholders good food, well
cooked. and comfortably served. Eg
TIE MosQUETo. "A Frenchman, who has
not quite mastered the English tongue, but has
obtained an intimate knowledge of that lively
American bird, the musketo, does justice to
winter in the following lines:
Petite mosketare, your time it have come !! f.
Ze frost he have call for you-go. you now
All of you z-ze-buz into my ear. ns,.gr
NowI am rid oft; skeetare, my dear
Yen to my bed in my garret 90, ssp$: aiE5 a
Zen viz your Eeosic you bozaire me so, /? El73'
Viz your tin trumpet you sing all. re night, :,
Mr. Jack Frost now he freeze-a-you tight. 81
Ali vat blessing ze cole winter be,
Ven he kill all ze skeetare and heal
Zen till ze spring time warm yedder sail bring.
Monsieur Hosketare, no more you will sing /!
DRIsToL. BRICK POWDER; WASH.
BOARDS, &c.-Just received a;supply OF
Bristol Brick Dust in Boxes, which we sell at
low fgure by the gToee or retail also, a. large
lot of Zinc Wash Boards at less than usual
pticss. Ohm r. CREIGHTON & SON, q
Jan 81 agss z-z@g# q j45zH No 49, King street.
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20 beQRIO, GOVERNMENT JAVA, and
sSAMlllA COFFEE, received, in store and