The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-04-21
Miscellaneous Items.

i Miscellaneous Items.
chicago merchants are taking measures to import
directly from China and Japan as soon as the Pacific
railroad is completed.
Ireland drinks less whisky than Scotland tbouoh her
population is twice large. The late budget shows
that while the latter country drank in 1868 9O fo1
gallons Ireland drank but 10 gallons; England
at the same time consuming more than both together
over eleven millions of gallons.
Jews Of London celebrated throughout the world
not only for the great wealth of their rich men, but for
the Judiclous and thorough means provided by them
for the relief of their poor-all the more striking be-
cause 1t IS brought into comparison with the failure
the English poor laws in London.
| The new Calf House erected at louisville and f,r.
nished at cost of 81 000 o0O will be opened on Mon
day. 1t said to be the largest hotel in the South or
West. -
When is young mans arm like the Gospel When
it maketh glad the waist Places
Mr.. Stanton, it is said wears steel collar when he,
sleeps. His object is supposed to protect his throat
against the bony fingers OF Mrs. Surratt.
Concord, N. H., presents I" the champion aceiden-
tallst IN man who has lost one of his arms broken
one leg four ribs his collar bone and lost one eve by
accident.
young woman in Montana was charged with "put-
ting on airs when she refused to 90 to ball bare
/ footed.
Each steamer of the Prince of Wales feet on the
q
boat.
Hon. Horatio Seymour is still at Keokul Iowa laid
up by the injuries he recently received by tile railroad
accident near Peoria, Illinois.
The New ork Sun says that Grants recent annoint
ments III that city are defeat of the Radicals and
triumph of Seward over Greeley and that they indi
cate that the Administration intends to leave Greeley
| and his friends out in the cold
me only State out of debt is Iowa She las 81 ,ooo
| 900 surplus.
Don Piatt mentions rumor that serious difficulty
has sprung up between the French Minister and bis
confessor. The holy father gives his diplomatic ini.
qulty, as penance, all order to read the morning
Washington Chronicle every day before breakfast.
The Minister replied that he would see himself snr
ually condemned first.
The area of London as defined by the Registrar
General IS about $4,000 acres, nearly 122 square
miles. On this stand 400 900 inhabited bouses
with an average of nearly eight persons to a house
1t IS nearly eight years since census was taken and
the population can only be estimated The latest es-
innate is 3,226,6 635.
Two young misses, discussing the qualities of some
Young gentlemen, were overheard thus: "Well,
like Charley but he is little girlish he has not got
the least bit of beard" i" I say Charley has got
beard, but he shaves it off, No, he hasn't neither
any more than have' g say he has, too, and [
know it, for it pricked my cheek"
Eminent physicians assert that change of physical
type is periodic, and that, since 1862 the plehoric
type has been gaining on the nervous Men can lose
oiood now according to their statements, who could
not four years ago. 1.-The nervous type" says one
physician, came in with the first cholera epidemic
and has lasted about third of century,"
REDUCTION IN CABLE RATEs-The directors of the
Atlantic Cable Company have resolved to reduce the
tariff on messages to four shlings sterling per word
which is about one dollar and twent-seven cents in
currency. The reduction will commence on the first
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lars and twenty cents i'll currency for each word
A new made widow went lately to a life insurance
Office to receive the amount of policy on her bus-
bands life, which had providentiay been made pay
able to her The President thought it only proper to
condoe with her on her bereavement. '' | am truly
sorry, madam to hear of your loss" " That's always
the way with you men, You are always sorry when a
poor woman gets chance to make little money"
subscription has been started for the purpose of
presenting sum of money to exSecretary Stantelf
whose health is said to be completely broken down
a toa ding Republican being applied to- refused to sub
seoe anu declared that he was satisfied his subserp
ton to the Grant and Sherman funds were mistakes
and ought not to have been received by them.
AN EDITOR ON TIE RAapAGE.-An Ohio editor IL
getting particular what he eats. Hear him: "The
woman who made that butter which we bought last
week IS respectfully requested to exercise more ude-
nent IN proportionng the Ingredients. The last batch
ad 100 ucn har In 1t for butter and not quite enough
or waterfall. There is sense in making Yourself
if butter is thirty five cents pound"
James P Newcomb, printer and formerly fore
nan of the American Flag, San Francisco and now in
exas, has fallen heir to s., ,0oo 600 by the death of
eat;ve in Germany. [Yreka (Cal) Union.
WIFE WANTED.-The following amusing matri.
nonla advertisement is going the rounds:
Wanted-A young of respectable parcntagc
nd good looks desires to correspond with young
,dy of similar qualities, with view to matrmony.
he must be related to Gen Grant. None others need
pply Cousin preferred but no objection to an aunt,
not too aged.