, 1869-08-12

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Tam O'Shanter la DOW painted IN Edinburgh o
his attn gray mare, pursued by Sannie on ve
| loctpetle.
reverend gentleman In Namntor, Virgins
has Invented a machine for picking and cIeauIn
neaDuta II L. claimed that 1t will plck ami Glen
1908 bushels per day, doing the work Of txenl,
men.
A hen down In MIME recently vindicated tn
RagacitJ Of her race by deliberately picking th
eyes out OF ten chickens she had hatched tEon
eggs which had been surreptitionslg folsted upol
her.
Two former French schoolmatcs met after
lapse Of years. $50 you are married, yictor,ne y
Yes" " aarpy:" "Oh, yes, perfectly happy p
"ion have Children, Of course7' ''No, 5ot
know our lodgings are so sma1l!'
The Courtess Of Grey appeals for help for ,tt
East London Family Emigration Committee, which
she says, has already sent out COS cmlgrants &c
canada, who are all doing well, and to send gu,
whom cost out si1penee head.
1t Is understood that 5a9, 0o In gold ant S25 Goa
In Confederate treasury warEaut4 have been found
buried in the State House grounds at Little Rock,
Afk- The money u said TO have been hurled in
Treasurer Cunnpgham's administration.
Old Fhtnoccroees shed their horns, which are not
renewed IKE those Of deer. The operation ia
strictly like that by which human Kind becatue
Of hairs trmly united together into SOLID mas.,
which fail on with age
The ruilw4y accidents In Great Britain Ia 1868
amounted IN Number 10 10I killing ITO pessons
ana nniutng s6a Tue accidents arc clnsscA as
lo'loTs: To passenger tra!ns ~, Killing l0s per-
snns and tnjurnR ;cu to goods and mineral truIns,
Q accidents. Killing persons and inturing 5.
A recent analysis OF sow's milk shows that 1t
contains 1srger percentage OF butter, sugAr and
f1kzt
tic animals or Of woman, and 10 It's proportion Of
chcrsy matter It ~ only exceeded b5 ihst Of the
eve. On the whole, It contains 1fly per cent more
nptflurc element than that OF the caw, md Its
IL suggested 10 medicinal cases where 4 highly
concentrated liquid food ID desirable
The police statistics Of New YORK City HhoR
thet, In 15Gs OF ss,s4s men arrested In
hat city by the police for a violation Of
The law, $500 were single and 1920 were
married; and Of 21,5s9 women arrested, IL, III
were single and s,s%3 we're married, max
Ing total Of Z3,eA single, and -, ,6ss married,
o. nnjorifI OF 1l,1os tlngle persona
Commissioner De1ano holds that Assessors have
1nl power to investigate returns, and TO judge
WHEELER gentlemen who lIrc at the nate OF ten
thousand 5car and paJ taxes only on one, make
honest statements Of their Incomes THIS Will TO
adlFsgreeabe sort OF thing for some people 10
submit to; but tie Commissioner Is right II we
have the law al all, We ought TO enforce Il
The new Post oflce In New York Is to be con~
ncctcd With the various newspaper of1lecs ~
means OF pneumatic tubes, h5 rhich thu editions
Intended lug the malls can be sen, directly Into the
tancsneni Of lite Post Ofcc anl there distributed
In the niAtl DaRR. An arrangement Will then pros,
ably Ike made by which the papers eau be folded
On the postal cat, and tina IN hour or Two Of val
liable tne will be alSed TO the ptoprietors Of the
paperx These tuhcs Will be laid under ground,
Ax-nI lvt$l fh1
general aysten Of tulscs connecting the vaHoas
sut.staiions Throughout New York Ct with the
general Post Once.
Therc vii! be an International Medical conveu-
ton al Florence, 1tn1y, on the s9ih pro1. II will
be presided over BY II. Boulllsud, who succeeded
Orr1la As Dean Of the Medical Faculty OF Paris,
but retired from that position In consequence 0!
divers qua1rcts with hts colleagues. Among the
subjects to be discussed Will bc the causes anil ef.
tcets Of marshy m!as1nata; the ,reatmeu, Of gua.
shot wounds: the best methods OF hospital aIl-
mlntsiIaEon, the influences OF rntlway travelling
on .hc human constitution; and The advantages
derlvatle from Rivera
Admiral Porter proposes 10 make change by
Which the services Of q large number Of naval en-
Ripcrss viii be dispensed HIth. His ilea now L.
to employ several nachinists on each vessel at
salaIJ OF nifty Eve dollars per mouth, who shall
live forward and do the duty OF 1rst and second
assistant engineers, With q regular engineer IN
charge OF the machinery, who will be the respen-
able officer. This arrangement Will at drst be
tI1ed on shrd aad TO- rn.clAss vessels, and II sat-
1.fhctory, It will then lie extended to The larger
! seskels Of lie navy. The cng,neers Of the navy
have already been reduced one G1aAe BY Admiral
Porter, and 1t IS said that Senator Wilson, Gener-
Alh EauIs and Butler, and other leading members
OF holh houses OF Congress- will, a, the next ses-
ston, take ncttTe measures to have engineers ru,
upon the same footing ther have always held, aud
prevent any lurther reduction Of their rank
In paper read before the BriuAh chronological
socici{, Dr. King shows that "teforEl.tJ Is iu~
crcasing IN civilized tile in consequence OF the de-
plurabe fashion Of nurslng children 1t one hreas1
only." TIE ch1Ids head being thus Kept con-
ttantlF Inclined either to the right or 70 the lett"
the brain bulgrs Il one way or the other, md so
rs the skull consoNiates, develops lops.dc H,tie
wretch And the babies thus teppleti over BY the
head ne suderr., rtcAleasly to suck their thumbs
" with the index rnger PLACED as a rest on the
nasal bonef, ann thus nclning the nose e1dewtee"
DE. King rfnlscs the Esquimaux womca for ca17J-
tnr ihelE tatAcs On lbct1 hacks In this way, he
ohse1ycs, 'b5 snruG OF the shoulder the child Ia
brought under the right or left arm Is the mother
dcslrcs; the consequence OF which Is, that the
Lead, tnclintpg alternately TO one side ortae other,
hecoucs symmetrical, ard the tace therefore