, 1869-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

] Of late, headed, Where u your boy at ntghtf'
An uIchtn suggests another Article. Where
daddy at night I"
! Ata recent grand dinner party uear New Tosk
the napkin at the plate Of each gnest Was folded
| to represent swan, which held In bis bill rose
tied with pink satin rthbon.
4 tipsy Iuahman, as funeral procession wal
passing By, Was asked who WM dead. II cant
exactly sa5, sir, sald he "hut presume It's tht
| jtutlenan In the coffin"
Mr. Wm. @. Swan, engineer and superintendent
Of the suspension bridge at Nlasata Fails, denei
| the report that engineers have pronounced tne
bridge n1safe, he saJs the bridge Ia al1 right II
every respect.
| Ii Is found that the loss OF currency By wea,
and tear Ia more than Sufficient to pay the expense
Of printing ind Issuing It. The aTesagc life Of g
bank Eote i8 three Jea1s, and that Of 5racsiona
| currency much Aho1tes time.
The revenue Of the new Dominion for July Il
reported ut s1,10s, as0. and the expenditures al
a. &so, ISL. The Canadians, It Is 10 be feared are
getting extraybgant On their calculations OF annex
alton, and are running too ftst.
Shave you seen D. Lately ?" inquired gentle.
man Of 3 medical friend. "Whsti don't you
know :" waa the reply, ave were dining to,
geiher few days ago; the next dsy he fell III;
attended him; be died in the evening. Poor TEL
lowl dissected him this morning"
= 10c experience VI d }u4H8 lAoJ h4u h2s 4poss
lab enough to permit Wo1ld-be lover TO express
Ills feelings, Il thus described:
9fs r ~ e:aS St e. ssSst
When he had gone, found that "a =,
4 quarterly magazine recently established in
Cinciunau announces the price ot tts lssues as
follows: "So particular sum Is required to OBJ
tain Hine's Quarterly. Any amount from 20 10
90 cents WILL purchase single uumoeri and II
persons desire 1t and cannot afford tho price as
well as noi, thcF hare bnt to ast for It, and It Wt
be forwarded, postage prepaid"
Al Pasha Il said to be Ii correspondence with
Cardinal Anto!neri In regard to the appointment
OF q Pnpal Euncto at Constanunope; to which,
however, Franco Is said to be opposed, the Roman
Catholics Of the LeTaut hastny been from ttme
tmtnemor1al under the protection Of the success.
sors Of ST. Loula The Sapoleons are anxious to
retain the influence enjoyed by the old Kings OF
France; and the voyage Of the Empress Eugenle
to Turkey and Egypt Is intended to enhance this
ancient prestige Of the Franks In the Orient
The following call appears In the Augusta tGa>
Ee7nb'it0n "IQ T1ew Of the prospect Of q large
lnnnI OF foreign emigration to the State OF Geor-
gta. and the corresponding advance IN the vaine
Of real estase Of eTe1y k!ud and character. couse.
queDt upon an increaso Of population, coupled
OF labos; uotlce La hereby gtYen thai convention
Of colo1rd tahortn2 men Eil Be hell In the city OF
M1oon, on the 18th day ol October uext'
A man living In Douhey, France, recently fell,
from ovcr-tnduigence Ia drink, into state OF
1etba1y 20 complete thas he WAS believed to he
dead. The NAN Has laid ont, and his friends came
to pay thelr farewell v1siL One WOMAN, however,
rems1king that one OF the arms Was hanging
down, took Il up to replace It On thc bed when, at
the touch, the apparent corpse suddenly opened
lts cJes and looked around the roou. 4 doctor
waa at once summoned, and the man recovered
In MchEerd, Va, Inst week, fTa young girls
from the county, daughters Of distinguished
Virginia family, were brought before the Mnyof
having been taken from house Of nl-rerute by
the police At the Instance Of relative, anxious 70
reclaim them from life Of ahame. One Is fifteen
and tue other eighteen, and both are besrtHai
Alleged cruelty On the part Of their father, AMI
ter In the haunts Of vice
The Pittsburgh Commercial statea tntt m 1h-
yeutoT. OF that city, has constructed f1rnacc 10
which pan OF water has been 10 arranged that
tho water Is decom posed, mi the oxygen elected
into the me, rendering combustion complete, and
eaving nfty per cent Of tho fuel. Anotaef ez-
change claims that q tinlIat arrangement vas
invented IN Europe lew years ago, but fa.lcd to
saye fnel because It required as much hest to de-
compose the water a. w1s gained By the use Of
the oxygen .-.....
Menzei, IN bis new work On the "Modern Signs
OF the Times, =" states that humanity wa5 at lis
zenith In the fourteenth century. when 1t was con
troIcd By Christianity and Getmsofc supremacy,
but tha: the period Of decadeuce set IN With tho
conquest Of Constanunope By tie Turks at thc
end Of the fifteenth century, and WAS followed hy
The Renaissance, which revived Pasauism and
Ronaut1cts1n: and these, he THINKS arc now ruln-
ing the world!
An English paper states that out Of twelve jurJ-
men who decided upon the merits Of q cazc heard
at tho recent Ner1onethshlEe ass!ses, only fonr
could Ereak or understand English The evidence
was g.rcn in Engltsh the counse! SPOKE In EnsIsh,
md his iordshirs charge WIS given in English
nlso- And eight Of the jasJnen understood not
word! rpon the four who did, deyolSed the uE-
pleasant duty OF explaining the facts OF the casc
md making clear to their fellows what wos before
dark No wonder they were some time In arriving
at verdict, and that the four Eagitsh.speaklng
jnrymcn vowed they "neye1 had such job to
tackle aforc+" .... ....
In a New England State the passage CT the
Maine law was prevented one year by 3 person
sayipg 10 weli-known ruddy-fAeed temperance
member, while tbs tnal rotc VAS being taken-
"Fur Heavens eake donr voin for the Maine law
with face Ike that!'' While laughing at this
assault on hts EulncunditJ his name vas called
unheard, and prourt motion to reconsider, and
its denial prevented the Eember from rendering
his To,e, which would have carried the measure.
Landisburg, Penn, boasts Of woEau who
!s tic mother OF thirteen children, md goes into
The field, partially ar7aYed In male utslEe, and
swings the scythe with all the ease. gEnee and
efficiency Of any farmer. Abo7t the eleventh
hou. she rep.lrs to her couicIe, prepares tie
f1usnl meal for sclf and family, and after the
repast, with rake IN hand, does duty for the
remainder Of the day.
It Is sald that celebrated Cuhhu cigar Mann-
lecturer Aking into consideration thAt the cEc'ate
Of Key West, Florida. waa similar 10 that OF Gu.
ha, Determined to t1J the nanufacture Of ctg1fs
nj that point. The experiment rEoFcd soceess,
q large facto1J WAS erected; the best tobacco Is
brought to II 1ro cuhan tclds; aud aoo 0oa clga.s
per month arc now being turned ont non, the keJ
West establishment. They arc said to equal IN
ravor the finest brands Of c1hau cigars. and can
be furuiAhed to American coo1uue7s At frpm 80 10
20 per cent less than the present prices asked and
paid for einllnr articles More factories viii be
speedily established At KeJ West, and Altogether
there Is good prospect ahead for smoeegs-
TWO women, evidently once Of respectable TO-
cial postt,on, made their appearance nj Durham.
n. J., year ago, and hATc a.oce lived exposed to
Ill INC e1senclA Of the weather. They beg tae.r
food q. the farm houses, and sleep on come bye
road OF pathway. The farmers who t1ter1osAte
.hem Is to their history receive In rrp!y merely
ircohercut rutter1ng regarding "the 4AnsShts's
Will" Last winter, after heayJ fall Of Bno~,
when the ground WIS covered To a depth OF sey-
ernl feeh these women were found on the t1uHay
tack, euowed oses and nearly unconscious After
this they changed tbel. camping ground, and are
now TO be found on \ bye-road between New
Sweden and rnIou HILL They kAd, some time
scp, that II they could get Sufficient money to pay
their passage to 1rclsud they would quit she
nciShborhood. but when money wA o1ered they
rejected IL