, 1869-07-31


AIscELLA IE0Cs.
A b-d Of green nottlc4l granite. the FIRST ever
found In this country. has been discovered on the
line Of the AdIroalaek Railroad, IN New YORK.
"A New Orleans paper says that 5oung widow
IN that cIly, who writes well, Is training herself
ior an editor" Prentice hopes that be ID not the
edtcr she is ua!nlng herself for.
Father Sccchl has discovered a celestial con-
naeratou He has turned the spectroscope, to
the variable star r. IN Gemlni, and he has found It
hll ahlaze.
abstinence from awakening stlnuaut was the
c2use OF 1ac 3last Hope disaster, according TO the
unfortunate GtlMn, the man upon whom 1t Il
sougbt TO throw the whole responsibility thereof.
An awful warning from The GBll0w8 was given
by the man hung at ST. Louis few days ago He
said: +" Look where am to-day; look where an,
m5 friends. See what q woman will bring man
10, Ece that wife Of mnc; Bne Brought me here y
The Car OF Russia has issued decree, under
which parents In that country. forcing their chill
dren 10 marry or 10 enter nonssserles or con-
yentg are l1able 10 an imprisonment Of from four
mouths TO years duration.
The yiceroy Of Eg5l1t has poor optnton OF
banks; and, to meet Ills expenditure IN England.
came furnished with twelve boxes Of caf, boand
with brass, each box being eighteen inches long,
nine inches high. twelve Inches ii width, md con-
ta1nng gold and notes.
Frut, sts1ns may, 1t is said, be removed By
1notstenins the article Affected with solution If
fe71zed taaric acid, which IL to be rubbed on The
stain, which will then soon begin to disappear, and
the article eau be c1eanse1 with warm water.
Earth cIose.s-a new method OF preventing Of
fensire odors from arising from tlnks and retiring
npa1tments-area at present undergoing eIamlna-
ton By commission Of the Engineer Durcsu OF
Shp I!yitcA Seatea War neonrftntrt. II ia Urr.
posed Ia substitute the Garth closets for water
closets at barracks, hospitals and other military
establishments Of the United Stated
Avoiding mixture, By which cast.Sseel cal be
ioined to casBteel ordinary steel, or to iroD
Is prepared by mixing calc1ucd botaI with caletred
line and ca}eined sat-ammoniac and steel dItngs-
This, when applied TO the surfaces to be Joined
Will promote tncir union at caerrJ-rcd heat. anu
consequently, Without altering either the quality
OF shape of the two portions thus JoioeL
AMI. McMckcn left 10 the city Of Cincinnati
property valued at SS0o, 600, for the purpose OF
rounding 1rstclass university. Two 5eara or
mare have elapsed, hut nothing has been hecom-
plished except the accumulation OF income Row
the Trustees ask the City Council for permission
to use temporarily tho Orphan Asylum building on
Elm street, but the Council refuses, and SO the
enterprise Ia ut nstand still
Cape May Is said to be the moat fashionable Of
the watering places this s1nmer. It Is estimated
that s. oOl 900 left At Newport By summer Wis
ltor. every sear. Rye Beach. New Hampshire.
has Six miles OF sea coast, olc-thlrd the entlre
coast Of the Stale II 15 fasor1te resort for
Western tourists One hotel Is called the "Ch!-
csgo House." Very pretty little basket wagons,
nIed With Light colozcd Eils are driven o5 the ID.
dle2 at Newport.
1t Smtthr!le, N. C., on the 18th inst, the
daughter OF Captain Hunter Of the steamer Fair
banla, was struck by a PLANK and knocked over
board. Miss Kate Stuart being on the dock at the
time, Immediately plunged in, and being capital
sximncy, cangnt the g1Ti as she came up the Fec
ond time. Miss Stuart Immediately struck ont for
the shore, and though the cbid was hcarJ, being
- Years Of nge. succeeded In landing ssfely with
her rreciDns burden ThiA Is the second time she
naa saved huI,an life.
Mr. Nadrpu, q resident OF STAFFORD, n. H.,
caught COMMON striped turtle short time since,
and took ont the heart, which ls d curiosity from
the TACT that II seema to retain signs Of io after
being taken from tho body Of the tuftic- The
heart WAS pierced Nth needle and otherwise
e1perinented with, after which 1t was fhroTn
out, and ono OF ME. Waldron's hens was seen TO
swallow It A few days after; Mrs. Wadsoa
broke = number ot eggs, snd II the centre Of
ono Of them found the turtles heart
By mcars Of The following pfpccBs the presence
OF wool in piece Of silk less than half M Inca
EHQ4fes Cx0 bG 0GIeCtt1 a fe|J bQ0tL H1nE. a
hall grain oi the material Is To be boiled IN about
half cubic iuch Of potash lye, 70 which about ten
utre as much distilled water Is to be added. To
one-thtrd Of cubic inch Of thd liquid few drops
Of = diluted solution of Dttro-rTneside Of sodium
arr to be sdded. II no violet tlngc II dere,ored,
the e1pertmentcr may be assured that there Is not
the least fragment OF wool mixed with the silk.
A girl named Clara Traverse committed suicide
At Aar5ssfle, Cal, July l. The evidence On the
Coroners inquest showed that she hat: been Te1y
badj! treated BY her parents THIS caused crest
Indignation against them. The parents had male
preparations for her funernl ifu1 their house but
; large number Of citEcps obtained possession Of
the body, had services performed over It IN =
church, and. In lengthy procession, escorted tac
remains 70 their naaI resting place. white r3a:
bic s,ah was erected over her grave, bearing tae
tnscEptoa: "claza, who died Of 4 broken heart,
aged IS ycArz"
The gigantic naa,iug dock. which WEE built II
England for bermuda. arrived At one OF the Aa-
de1ta Islands on rhe 4th CT July, having trCs ac-
conplished one-thtrd Of It's voyagc Some Idea
may be formed Of the enterprise Of sase1J CouyeJ-
ing such h1ge monster acrpss the Atlantic BY
reading the following account Of her dille1sio1s:
Height above water, g feet, With II below total.
~ breadth from side to side 81 fees, With thtet-
ness Of 20 feet Of hui! either s,dc making In all
ls3 Icet acruss Length, ast feet Her n'tng pow
Ct Il elua1 70 /, 80 tons- The dock left England
JUG %, thus nallng the yofase 10 Madeira II
| e.cyc1 days.