, 1869-08-03

OF the sBlutatortan In 1919, nifty years ago
A lat1y At Newport has ring cut out OF 4 solid
diamond, md said to be the only one In this
county.
A party Of young women at uolyoke, Mass..
chartered the Kalhr1na, tho Other evening,
DDd took d moonlight excursion mp the HscE. nc
men being allowed on the boat except It's otllcers
A Madison avenue belle writes from the While
Mountains a. follows: :" 1t'a aHfuly cold; I'm
wrappeA up In shawA and have q fe1rially rcd
nose. Thcro are no eligible fellows here. and
wiih my sell again At Saratoga
A dying toad. now In Washington, wls captured
in Eclre al Cape Henry. fen days htnce- 1t Is
OF most singular conformation and Of beautifully
varegn.cd hues: measuring about SIX inches In
length; with perfectly dat, boDy back eyes Wide
apart and IN the centre OF circle; carae!ous
mouth, and ms As large IL wings about the cen-
trc Of the body on each s!de-
The superiority Of steam over wate1 as dre ex.
liugulshcs ls ut present att1nctng the attention
Of scleutinc and skilled Insurance agents hs the
East. It's superiority is iascd on 1ta properties Of
Instantly arrcstlpg tho Bptead Of tho nhmcs by
nl,tpg crcry part OF the burning room, aud thus
Bubduing the DIRE, or holding 1t in complete check
unit water IS applied.
The twelfth annual rcpsrt Of the Commissioners
OF Ctutrul Park, New York, ahow that t249. .s92l1
Lns been expended during tho past year, 4i3 feet
OF ga. pipe WIZ aii aud o. 1s9 aluarc feet Of conf
position walk was finished. The whole number of
visitors 10 the park during Tho year ts s.atel at
,,u30 7p5, the entrances at The cato having beet
Pedestrians, a,t9i,la1; cqncslrlans 1904; veht-
clcR, ,993 163.
The London Lancet statcs, on tho authority Of
Professor liIoXatp, Of Kings College, thnt mix
tuIc Of tiuctuEt Of guataeun md solution Of per-
oxide OF hydrogen In ether, instantly produces
with blood or blood.stotDs. q beautiful blue tint
liz had extracted single liuen nhru In tho sample
Of biool.htain twenty years old. and with M al-
most iDnppr.cinble anount OF st1in on 1t, nna he
found tho characteristic blnc color was !mmcii-
ateIy induced By thu test. ind readIly detected 6y
n,icfoscop!cal examination
Tie 1its OF Uoston have bitter cnemy, who
does lhen more damage than NIL tho 'ny paper
und Insect pow der thAt man can manufacture.
htrnafd eraAa % Tho natDn OF vosacions little IT,
sect hclongtng to the orlcr He7nipttra-'uga This
species sucks the fuid from va1lous weaker !n-
Ecctx, including b.oW-ncs, house d!es, etc fre-
quenuy using up twenty OK thirty OF the latter for
lta breaXiaht
A Hanson Cab Company Mil commence b1si-
tess IN New York By tho end ol September. 4
directory haa been chosen constAItng Of leading
merchants and the following rates Of fare have
been agreed upon: For one mile or less. 50 ccpts
1or one passenger or 40 cents for two, and NEe
sum for each mIe OF fractional part OF mile over
one II hired By time, tho rates are 10 oc: For one
sons 81, and similar sum for every hour or frac-
tioDal part thereof additional Fifty per cont
more Ia added 10 these fares for night dpty. These
are the Daxiynum rates, which may be reduced In
the lutc1e.
According to the Scientific American, there arc
produced annually throughout the world a21s.-
100000 cwt OF coal: 191 800 600 OF iron; 1osI 900
OF copper; 1927 800 Of 1ead: 600 OF zinc: be-
rides o,sss pounds Of gold, and 600 pounds
Of silver. Great Britain produces more than half
the coal nearly half the iron, and more than one~
third OF the lead Australia produces onoth!sd Of
! the copper, and America nearly third. Half Of
the zinc Is from Prussia, md moBt OF the rest from
Belgium. North and South America proInce AtK-
scyenths Of the silver, And Australia and America
each produce nearly hair the gold
| The American Social Science Association vii!
hold two meetings in October; Its annual business
meeting on The 18th Of that month, at Boston,
when an amended draft OF the constitution will
be submitted for acceptance: aud three da5s'
general meeting at New York on the esth, 2tth
and 2sth Of October. At the latter, papera Will be
read BY George " Curtis, Speaker Blaine, Gen
eral Garfield, D7. Elisha Halris Professor Lowell
c. r. Admins, Jr., and others Of equal 1oScc- In
the Lowell Institute course Of lectures on Isoc!al
science, at Boston, during the winter, twelve
speakers Of reputation vii! take part, each giving
. single lecture. Among them will be Dr.. Eliot
President VI me ASSOCIATION. Samuel T. RuSs!es,
| Of New YORK; MI. Godk1n, General 8. L. DuncAn.
Of Warrington, DC.
4 good story Ia told Of An amateur agricultural
Lat, IN Berk shire County, Nass. who Was advised
| by one Of his ueIgnbors to plant sunfowers With
bis beans IN order to pbyhte the task OF polling.
| lie followed the advice; IN due course Of time
beans and tundowcrs came ur and wt1ed strong,
,nc beans coilng arout the EupdoWer stalfs bcau-
| t!tullJ; and he congratulated himself upon the
fact that he had discovered m ccctuat method Of
raising beans without being driven TO tho disagree
able necessity Of tolIng bcaupoles from the for
est But RiaA for hurnau expectations, his beans
we1r raised out OF the soil, roots and all, IN few
| weeks, by the rsp,d growth OF his new fashioned
.eau-poles, and there they hung w!tnerus be-
| ween heaven and earth.