, 1869-07-05

EbcifcrAted 10 IN offender: Friend, do for
goodness eake, let the door be open. believe II
Fcrc preaching IN bottle, you would put the
cork tn"
cu1ious experiment MAJ performed In Frauc1,
recently, to aseeEtaln whether 1ih could Tive IN
great depths OF water. The nsh were placed in
rcase1s OF WnstT made to sustain 90 atmosphe erts
under which they used snd preserved their health.
II ID, therefore, concluded that dshes may pene-
trstc TO sery great deptha In the ocean With I'M
PANTY, As a pressure Of 100 ntmospheres co1Tn-
spends TO depth OF Is 60 feel or about tTo m1es
and u half.
rccept Incident In Pats ttfe reads as u 1t 6ere
from BalEac. 4 widow, occaPJtng . ya.y re-
hlectahie and comfortable osit'o In society, had
sItge latd to her heart b. midowcr. They agreed
10 he married; but In moment Of He3knesa the
widow yielded TO the solicitations ot her future
husband. In ihe morning Judge Of her horror On
nnttnX the nra1 deal BY her eide Bhc had to
apprtse the authorities At once Of her position and
shane-
An electrical blasting machine haa been suceess-
fully ieAied IN San Fraadsco, The advantages
claimed 1at II arc: Frbl Ba1esJ. No fnse u nBed.
aud the blaat can be nrtd from any d!Etance. Sac-
ond, tFelve or fifteen blasta can be nIesi atmui.
taneously and without danger. It will work either
With nitro glycet1ne or the California powder It
can be used as a submarine OF land battery. The
nnaehine tseli can be easily carried onaez ene
mans arm.
In Victoria, rabhtts arc great nuisance. 4 let
ter from farmer OF Co!ac Was read IN the 1ca1s-
latiyc Assembly Of that colonF, stattns that be-
Tween April, 1866, tnd the close Of the yeaE, he
had 100 men employed In e1ttlpatiag them, anu
they Killed 1900 800, 1t RI expense to the employer
Of Es,tOO. This year ha has sixty men engaged IN
the tap,c worI. It Is thought llke1E that Lie in-
possibility OF exugpattng the pests on large runs
will hasten thr division Of the land into ANAL
faf1nR
4 eiugrlar ROBBERY wns perpetraied In Ma2o9,
Canada, one day Lest week A Ar. Allen notified
Mr.. David Thompson thus he would pay certain
note Thompson held against him for IS II he
would fetch It to s house. Mr. Thompson went
10 Aliens accordingly, bat Alien gave so1ne es-
cEse for not paving. On his return home ThoDp-
! son met Alter IN G piece Of woods; Ai'en de-
uapded the note. at the same tine drawing q
knife, and, sezing Thompson " the beard, threat
euxd to cut hta throat unless he gave II up. Cu-
der the circumstances Nj, Thompson thonSht 1t
best to comply with the demand. Alien has been
arrested.
| su}pho-cJanite Of ammonium dissolved IN water,
| II has recently been discovered. will produce au
Intense degree OF cold. Many salts. more especial.
| II satts OF nmnoni3, lower the temperature ol
wafer while llRsntyilg, hut no compound produces
thIs effect In 10 marvellous q manner ~ Hulpho.
I cyapftc Of ammonium. In one experiment, e3tH
XEatns OF this sAt dissolved rapidly In II plnta Of
wafer at q temperature OF = degrees Fahrenheit,
caused the the. snoneter IN few seconds 70 tall to
| II degrees below zeru. The moisture Of the at
tnCspheIe Instantly condemned itse!f In thin plates
Of iee Oh the outside of tht glass Tcasei continuing
the water.
The Springfield Hepubliron aaJs that It q Of a
uenbes Of the Railway Committee Of the Aassa.
chusetts Legislature, AnHo Dptiat 1863 that this
| s.ar. ts told: UepE on visit, with other uen-
beEs Of the Legislature. to Lowell, during the win
ser, they we're called to beautiful new steam
engine In Of the factories. The VISITORS In
pressed not only With The beauty, but With The 81
| aelt majesty Of Its movements, walked slowly
atout II, OF stood In quiet al,ulrattou- The nrs1
one to speak WIS our hero. Turning To bis neigh
! oer, be sstd; "l'retH. 1snItt- Docs the thing 90
| BY Hater or steam -
The Marquis Of 1iertforl1 lends 10 duellists hig
| walled park at Bagatelle, near Paris In this
| charming retreat an af1llr Of honor took place,
recently, between two gentlemen, Etscount GAS
| ton du Ian and Il. Earle des Pc111tfes. On mr.
| rlrng tn their carriage nj the Marquis OF Hert-
! iozds pottef's lodge, they were gsactonslY se'
| cEtEed b. His Lordsbtp's steward, who at once
showed them desirable spot for the settlement
Of their LITTLE affair." aud archly Whispered to one
Of The seconds thnt II bud been often used before
[oy Ike purpoeea- In the course Of five minutes,
| the Flbcornt du 1au IVES disabled hI q sword
| wound In the ATIp honor H25 declared satisfied,
| ali parties shook nands and separated, after c1-
changing ASSURANCES Of the highest esteem 10.
| each other.
Tue ground on which stznda 1Glnalla, Egypt, q
town With 5000 people, wax only few years ago,
| 2 sandy desert. All Is nov transformed The otd
! dried up baslo Of Lake Ttlsah has been Rgai1
n1led with water from the Nile By 8 fEeah. Tatcr
canal Trees, 9h1abA, and p'aats Of AL descz.p'
tions grow rapidly wherever tho soil Is irrigated
| and the Artificial oasis Widen3 fast Gnttl TIC
! 3.ars ago rain 6as unlnpwn, buf IN twelve
months ending In April last there MAS actual,
fourteen days which rain fell, aud lately fhers
| fell tremendous shower Of raIn, phenomenon
! which the oldest Arab had never previously Wit
peksrd. natn ccases 10 Iall on u comfy depryet
o. is forests, only falls In violent storms Hcrt
| the trees.
The Paris cour1s hare bcen debating the prtet
| Of merchants nose 4 merchant WIS IN tht
habit Of taxing. every Saturday evening, the trail
| Known - the "husband1' ltain," to zee his wtft
I md oi.yt branches at the seaside To reach tht
little village, 1t Necessary 10 travel some raes
by public vehicle, aud on one occasion, owing IA
careless dtvtnE, the coach W2s upset, and the ner
| chnnt thrown agalnat rock, and thereby he los
+ hts bose The court nj Roueu awarded him J ,oo
/ francs damages. He appealed. The compan,
! aNcge,t that, be Nas young. unmarried taan
! the ioss Of such An ornament would mMltat
| against the chances Of q match; but, a. b.
! was married no great harm had been done. III
| Court ruled t1at nar1tcd man hnd greater Wan
of TIE perfec, aprenaagc, aud Increased the dam
! nres nFefpfd,