The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-23
JIRTETTES.

Georgia grows the tailcsi men in the
United States; New York averages the shortest.
"A ballet is preparing nj St. Petersburg, in
which The stage represents II pi0noforlc key
board, upon which tie danscus, goes through
her steps.
An Indianapolis iinancicr proposes 80 cI-
tipguish The public debt by subsiitutin. Treas
ury notes for bonds and keeping, them in
circulation till they wc.,r ont.
Brigham Young's theatre has produced
"Gri1th Gaunt.' Tic moral, of course, is
that Griffith should have cmigrltcd 10 Utah
and enjoyed both wives in peace.
"A circus proprietor. whose show was
seized for debt in Cincinnati, claimed his per-
forming mules rs his home stead, hut the Judge
did moi regard them in that light.
A man in ILLINOIS has invented 4 spring to
be attached 10 the feet hy which person is
relieved Of the labor OF walking TO great cx
tent He claims that his invention will enable
man to walk ten miles an hour with ease.
-"ProfessOr," said student in pursuit of
knowledge concerning The habits OF animals,
"why does cat. while eating. turn her head
first one way and then The c,hcr?' ''For the
reason" replied The Professor, '',hat she can,
not Lurn IL both ways AT once
"A matcri;liist surgeon OF Paris lately show
ed to one of his friends one Of his instruments
the handic of which was carved in bone. $40
yon know" he asked. ''of what this handle is
nade,r ''Of ivory, suppose" No said
the doctor, while tears almost chokcd his
voice, ''li Is the thi"h-bol;c uf my poor aunt
The uuthurcss oil ''Eust Lynne (AIrs.
Henry Wood,) speaks in her last novel '.Ro-
1a,,
concealed care OF Round's face. which brings
to mind Miss Barncy's remarks ON 'ilc-sud-
dcn-a observation-disclosures fronl-linscring-i!-
ncss-o!tcn-prcyiously-c death Of Mr.
BarncyS Wife.
In the Supreme Court or the District of Co.
lumbla, objection was made TO ali interlnpa-
tion in an indictment. the Instrument havn.
been written in black ink, and the Interpolation
in blue Ink. Judge Carter said: 'sNow. in
this riod of the abolition of all distinction OIL
account of color. it appears to ne that this
criticism Is hypcrcritical.'
The Sun, describing new hotel in Filth
avenue, New York, says: ''Thc walters are of
ineGable elegance. and or III intellectual cast
OF cOuntenancr. They look like graduates Of
Harvard. They wear two clean shirts and
two white chokers day, and change their
aprons three times an hour. \ spot on Il
bosom or crease in Il tic involves instant dis
missal.
"A Chicago paper tells Il story OF election
night, which il thinks shows the enterprise of
young Chicago. party of boys were seen
getting together the materials inr II bonfire.
When they were asked what was The news,
they replied that they had none. ..Wc don't
dabble in politics. We built the fire 50 that
when the news comes we can sell il otli To he
side That beats =
"A short time ago u cos2-iisird farmer on
the Sandy River, i'll Maine, died. after drvsing
one dollar 10 his only sun. The old gentle
man was duly buried in The venerable church
yard, which sui;rrcd terrible washing away
by the late Hood. anil 8: short tine ago his
body was found opposite the sons place, hay
Ing been brought down the river long dis
tancc. When the tcntler-hearlcd sou WAS in
formed OF the lnct, he made the touching re-
mark: probably come back after that dol
lar"
--Onc Of the simplest and best cure, for
stammcring is 10 beat time with Tie thumb
upon the forein.cr before commencing to
speak, and while speaking. One is then
almost obliged TO speak rylhmicaily and dis
tinctly. Another so-callcd certain cure con-
slsts merely In the frequent and rapid pronun-
ca;tOn, with due emphasis OF the following
gibberish: Hobbs meats SnobDss:i,i Nohbs:
Hobbs mods 10 Snoob:, ana rob, NobDs' iobs:
that. says Hobbs. is tie 80. Sc for Nobh.' fobs.
aud Snobbs sobs.
-tlss Laura kcenc's company. at tle Chest
nut-strect Theatre in Philadelphia. is playing
drama cnttlcd t. Bogus" Which Is highly
successful, in spite OF the critics, who say that
there is not particlc of merit in It, But as il
is announced to run for some lime, II Is sug-
gested that little variety might be made by
giving all the womens parts 20 men. ana the
mems parts TO women, for few nights, and
then TO give u fresh impetus to the play by
varying tic order OF the acts, beginning some
times at one end, sometimes III The other, and
then in the midtllc--;.ll OF Which they think
can be done without injury TO the consecutive
sense Of the play.