, 1869-06-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

young lion 10 Madras had his tail cheWed by
a tiger. lie was put under the influence Of chic
rolorm, and had the injured nppendage ampu-
tatcd.
A nrn In Scranton, Pa, adyertlaea as follows:
aTbcir parlor furniture is elegant; 'aeir bedroom
furniture Is rich; their mattresses are doHny;
sselr coftns are comfcrtabie.''
1t. Van der Weyie says clarat can be rnade BY
allowing wnte1 To- "oak through sh2r1n9s, and
adding thereto Certain propoEtior OK sogwood
and 1afta14c acld. Ihls produces Htnt hsrd1y TO
be distinguished In havor ard color from clares.
The New York Exprsas says: "ColonA Ryan,
m Irishman, knocked down several Ir1shmeu sent
TO arrest him, and then took q ting and departed
for Cuba. It IL easy TO understaud the kind Of tug
he took. Tor wien Greek meets Greek then comes
the tug OF war"
The hon Amos Perry, American Consul At
Tunis in his work on Z" Carthage and Tuu1s.
says: Female aovocates arc found 1t Tunts,
whose distinct office II is to manage the cases OF
female plaintiffs md defendants coming before
the highest tribunal In the land, and also to plead
tie csusc Of condemned female criminals who are
subjected to unrtaso2ab!e Panishnen.s,"
The Rev. Mines C1amplt, an eccentric preacher,
wns holding firth In Santa Clara Valley, Cal a
young man rose to 60 out, when the preacher
said, "Young man. II you'd rather 60 to hell than
hear me preach, you may The sinper stopped
and rejected moment, and then. SAYING, re-
specially, swell, believe would, !" vent on.
An Engllshman having discovered making steel
on rlan claimed to be superior to the Deasemer,
In the manufacture Of which nitrate Of soda large
If enters, the dscoEerer has written to the autor-
tiles TO know Il Perm could supply all the nitrate
thai he would require. A letter from there says
he can have 3, 600 tons per month Il he wants it.
AntoInette Brown Blackwell has wntten 4 book
IN which she talks sf the .salmos. rational co-or-
dinauons Of cfystallogenic forces; an appe-
tency for numbering, co-ordinaIed with objective
sttmulauts ~; "sensient but irrational ustures,
constituted according TO seuaient or quatiee prin-
ciples, co-ordinaled with mathematical ones, ali
alike incomprehensble 10 the Irrational natures
themselrea''
During the early part Of the session OF the Mas
hachusetts Legislature a hill was passed to be en-
crossed. but the draft Of the bill remained In the
bands Of the committee, Shortly before the aa-
journment the same bill, re-engroHsed, was
brought TO the Governor for his signature.
" Why" /" said the Governor, I hare signed this
bill once ana turning to his Secretary, requested
him to look ovef the docket. He did SO, and, sure
enough. tho record mas there. Sending the bill
back to the Ell. tossing Committee, the reply was
returned, that It had beeu 80 long ago they had
entirely forgotten It,"
The London correspondent OF q Prnsa,an paper
describes how the turf has desenerased in Eng
land, as well as the breed Of horses. Hesays that
not only DO P1nsRian coach-horses most Success
fnl1y compete with EngAHh ones at Paris. but It
has even come to pass that English dealers are in
the habit Of going th!ther on purpose TO 0ny up
tho Prnssian toach-horses for the English market
He ADDS that much difficulty L. noE experienced
in mounting the Er ssllsh cayalry, and that Yorz.
shire, In particular is practically almest denuded
OF horses, brood mt-:a being exported to Prussia
| In enormous numbers ria Hull and Hatwich.
4 prom:aest military officer In Russia, was very
anxious to conclude matrimonial Alliance with a
| itch hc!ress but found considerable difficulty In
| winding up his bachelor at!sirs A claim was made
/ upon hlu., which he repudiated, but which grew
! II amount as the day appointed for the marriage
| advanced. At LIST he had to choose between pay
ing toerbaly large SUN and having his a6ntre dc
! eeur exposed. The General thertupou took 8
middle course, and caused the attorney Of tho in
| jured ono to he arrested day or two before the
ceremony. and 10 he kept IN close confinement
until the kno. was fairly tied The olcer Is 10 be
| superseded.
| 4 new artificial fuel has been brought cut In
Paris. 1t consists Of an ACCOMMODATION Of the
slack and du.t OF COAL charcoal or peat, and other
vegetable fucl By means OF res.nous vegetable
products and particularly By the resin obtained
! from the maritime pine THE slack end dust arc
mixed, while hot With I'VE per cent Of the regcta-
bic resL1, and formed INTO various sized Jumps or
cake7 These cakes are piled up, and, With the
crystalzation OF the rcsln, acquire a remarkable
QeRTEe Ol HGTuutsd. Ablue lIO!H tEOu1LulC CQu.
alterations as to cost, 1t ls said that this prepared
| fuel has heating power exceeding considerably
| that Of coal.
An attempt Is In progress In England, TO OBJ
tam the passage OF bill providing for The opening
| OF the British Museum and other like pieces on
| Sundays and the olnel day member OF PatlIa-
ment presented 4 petition praying for this boon,
| Epned By 5000 a1tisans OF London. He was
somewhat taken ablck when another member
arose and sail that he had proof tha. q certain
agency 1s1n had forged the names Of 5000 per-
sons TO this petition; but, In hts turn, was
| dumbfoundereG when q third member Bhowed
that the same hrm h1ld been employed by the
Lords Day Observance Association TO forge 10,0 000
fictitious signatures to ren1onstrance against the
proposed measure
At Faeuza, Italy, d few weeks ago, there Fas
double duel--the parties being four very young
men. The conditions agreed upon were, that each
combatant should be supplied with d pistol, and
that knives we're to terminate the fight II the are
arms lid not prove decisive In both cases the
pistols were arel Of without cnect, and the sec
oDd act OF the drama began. One pair OF combat
ants fought with great furJ, and In few Elnutes
both men were On the ground, one With five
wounds aud the other with seven. fortunate
accident put an eLd 10 the second encounter, for
one Of the knives coming Into contact with hut
ton or SOME other hard substance, was broken In
| Two. and the light vs. Discontinued 4 medical
| man who Was called to the spot pronounced the
| recovery Of the two wounded Iads - be al but
! hopeless
| Thirtythreo years ago an old woman named
Lister disappeared very mssteriously from Stock
ton-on-Tees, EnRland snd sone months after
ward her dead body MAS discovered in d hedge.
Her only son, wFo bore bad character, WIS sus-
rected Of having murdered his mothcI, the susp!.
cion ariRng 1aaIn1y from the ci.cuustanct that on
| the morning before her disappearance the old
woman said her son WIS potsu!ns her to murder
| her and to 1.'b ner Of two pounds At the Coro-
| ners inquest an open verdict was returned, the
u1r nclln.ug to the opinion that the deceased had
committed suicide, from the fact that razor was
found lying aside the body. The sou died few
doys ago at Hull, and, conscience-sttcIen,t he
confessed on his death-hed that thirtyth years
| ago he murdered his mother.