, 1869-08-16

eleven were either absent from the examination
OK failed to sztisfy the e1auine11-
"A meeting Of the dealers aud fedners Of petro.
,eum was held in New York on Thursday. The
attendance was rt1y large, and the subject nat-
ter discussed xas Of character casca,aied, car
He'd out as proposed, 10 WORK q complete 1eso!u-
don IN the petroleum tr1de.
4 clergyman 'candldating 'ln Ru tl2nd Conn,
recently. got :" "setued.' though not ores the
church. bJ sntuticiousl5 zetnatt1ng thai "When
women falI INTO sin, they aut1er feHs frum CON-
puuct!on OF conscience than men" The ladies' Of
the congregation Immediately determined that he
wusur The shepherd for thai dock, and the candi-
| Gate LEFT
The cttlxena Of Dorchester, which town has been
! recently annexed to Boston. met on "Wednesday
laz., and agreed 10 appropriate f1s7, 900 for I'M
prur On the streets and Tor building engine
houkeA TheF thought as they we're about to as
suu1e their shart Of the large amount OF the Bos
| ton city debt, they had the ZANE right 70 have an
equivalent for their responsibility The town debt
Of Dorchester, 3car ago. vas under t+o.uu0.
The works for cutting through Mont Gems arc
advancing SO rapsdlJ, as is shown By the monthly
accounts Of The progress accomplished, that the
| tun1el Will lie completed In 1850, AID may be open
for trat1c at The beginning Of ISL, when the re-
| tatn!ng walls shall hare been Terminated. The
Italian Ministry Of Public Works, having no doaos
Of ihat efe1t, has conceded the construction 0!
| line between S1sa and the opening Of the gallery
| at BazdonHeche, as the same time imposing the
condltten that this railway STALL be ready ~ tae
| required Moneut
| The following memorial TO Congress Is being
! largely circulated al the East:
- tl+ H4t,era. Seaats oni os.e n Representatives.
| IN s'o-7rr.s as.<rnsf<d:
.nss Is tas sia'ns a.. "a
.:s yevs j1d 81 ;sfsst .ass a be o
%sSa i 'fs sFy yess e Hsse
| yeIrnl Lceess3ty. md not \ lu1ufv." ..-
Recently, resident Of Rockltn. Cal, discoFcseo
= ntEt OF eggs. and carried them 70 ass ~ue' ~
marking that ne could NOT EAT whether they "ere
GOOD Of not. HIS w1fe examined ono OF f*o "
\ the sunlight: suggested that they looked fathel
| dark, bnt she would IT them; and LAD then
avsS IN drawer Ii which she Eept her Enltss
| forls and dpoous. Two or three days sfterHasu
hearing sstt1ing among the cutlery. she opened
| the drawer and discovered t,uckhnE paddiiof
| around In search Of foot. The little stranger "as
I placed with brood Q! soAn8 ce1cks' aoo ID He1
ting along nEely- ............ ...-...
| Petroleum has been discovered nt Auburn, y
T.. and there Ii much excitement IN consc
| auence. The discovery WAS made whit
disQtnR for a cellar. msn lisin9 wEhtr
| 100 yards from the place wher. the discovery VIA!
| made. has made similar discovery On his OFT
land a spot In bis gar'!en has for long time re
! luhEQ ~ OEA HUE VI tERELA14Es. A14Sl
several trials winch hare resnited In signal tail
ures, the effort 10 cui,.yate II has been abandoned
On Tuesday he proceeded to test the earth for oil
| Ao1 bis labor Was soon repaid By an inaux o:
1 water noattug an oily ecuun.
The 1cehndef3 have curious custom. aud q
most eGeftual che, OF preventing horses from
stra3ib Two gentlemen, fot Instance, are nI!cg
| together without attendants Wishing to allsnt
for the purpose 0! visiting some objects 81 dis
tance from the roau, they tis the ta Of one horse
10 the head OF the other. and thu head Of this t0
khe tail Of the former. In this ttate It IL utterly
| EEihe that they can more either backEar,t o1
forward. one pulling one way and the other thu
| revere; and, therefore, II disposed to move II
all, 1t "tu he only in circle, and even shtn there
must be an n3recment 10 haye thelr hea4l5 In the
game direction.
Ii wlfted nUxers hare khous half aa Inch oi
| their 6:ens cut OF, AID the stalk thus trimmed
inserted into boiling wsier, they will IN few mo-
1ntnts resume almost thasr original ire>hne:s.
The process e most applicable to colorei flowers,
as fuses, gershiumB, azaleas, 4c,, white ones 1uru
ing .ell0H. Thick petalled flowers chow the nlost
| marked Improvement. Another excellent method
| Of restoring frcshDees to old uoWers Il to rtace
them In water, aud cover with q glass shade
| Finely powdered cqxrcoal placed IN the bottom o!
the wafer IN vases, and the stems Of 1oEeFs In
serted TITO II, hus marked eject In maintaining
them fresh j long time. and keeping the xatet
| aweeL
| Miss Mafy -, daughter Of 4 respectable and
wealthy family Of Glen Coye. Long Island, elopeu,
| q few days ago, With her mothers coachman- Thf
| IoEing couple drove In Il farm wagon 10 another
| foEn, aud wero made man and wife ThE bride
| ut once returned home and announced her change
| Of condition, which produceda q scene- Shortly
utter her Arrival and While tho family were g1tey-
ing over what they considered their ilAsrace. the
coachna1 appeared, probably fully prepared tc
| knecl and Ike forgiven. That ne did moi lneel Il
! TO be attributed to his rapid election from the
/ house. He Is represented TO be m !gnorant tel.
] low. Possessed Of no uuusual share OF good oota
All endrayorB to separate the bride from her bus,
| band proved unaGailng, and her family were
| forced to buy the man OF It ts understood that
$4,000 has been o1ered him to relinqnlsh MI Claim
to his bride and lease the country. 1t u expected
that he Will accept the oner.
invisible electric light 1t Is stated be detected
! ty meaDs Of the Photographic process Thus,
I seine Jexss ago, photograph uf bronze Etasne
wns taken At berlin Bestdea tho image It shnwr4l
| few Elaal, faint streaks Of Light, one OF which
| shot upward from lne point Of spear held In the
hand Of tho statue. The cause Of this appearance
mas explained BY member of the Russian Aea.i-
| esLJ Of Sciences, who suggested that the hR'lre
wns In cu electric condition white IL photograph
| was taken: that streams Of electric light were
/ passing on At various points, aud that these,
though Invisible TO the eye, were detected by the
| photograph. This explanation hAs recently been
verified, aud 1t Is reported that By sending All
electric cus7cnt through Geiss!er y tube % 9Asn
tube alu,ost completely exhausted Of at.), an In
feYtor Light Is produced. which cannot bc seen ~
iaylIsht, but which Is distinctly shown Ii photo
| gFnp5 Of the tube.
| 4 mechanic Of Nottingham. England, has 1c-
Gently Patented yery great improvement on The
stenp engine, uhch consists In forcing heated a,1
into The boiler Of the engines now Ii use-the all
/ aud stcan together pSaainE from the boiler to
/ work the epEinc+ The inventor h1s devised Sep
| atate apparatus for pumping aud drawing the cold
atf through coll pf pipes, unt 50 heating II BIZ
tere It entets the boiler, hut sha cold air iuaT also
! In taken directly into the boiler. and be made to
tnkt up It's heat entirely from tho TaseE In Il The
advantages orerrs1 by tho nse1Mou arc stuffed to
ae three+told. First, saving oI mose than forty
PER cent II fceE; eecond15, an Increased amount
| Df motive power Compared with the efa-
| nasy stram engine; ald thrifty. diminished sup
| ply OF water for boilers. 4 further advantage fs
atso zaid to deserye attention. Ftz-: that the ac-
| yton Of the air on the water IL FelJ beneficial,
Eecpnc It in q constant perturbation, thus teuu-
| inE to prevent tncrustauo1s
| At a meeting, on Wednesday, Of the New York
Fruit GrpWera' Society, the Chairman said he hatt
! tecn frut In the w1naors on broadway, labelled
Caliiornla pears, 1nd he supposed they were from
I Call1ortla- Who could tell. Nr. AcE.ruy quot q
| member Of the club said he had eaten sone Of
these pears for dinner. AMI found them very de-
lictous. He had beard something OF thet. history.
| TbeE were shipped At San Francisco, aud Reached
| thicago In good condition. There neglect sad
| rough handling began, End they were delivered In
I New YurE ytE5 much damaged. The shipper
| would lose r. 000 on the lot from this careless
handling. The soupd fruit sold at SIS 3 case, cou-
| talnipg about S pearl Thty we're EeEA!.etl ua
| broadway at 70 cents each TheJ We're tfaTt!ctsS-
Mr. Fuller sail this vas the Oh! story Of the utter
nrg}ett and wAnton destruction Of fruit Oh all fae
railroads IN the slcinsty Of New Yurk.
| IN. British Medlcsl Association has CON
| rueEced It's annual session IN Leeds III the sec-
| ttop on surgery EetJ curious and Interesting
! pract!eo! application Of physiological fact nas
been exhibited by DT. 3. II. Richardson, +. r S.
Ii has locg heen known TO Surgeons tha; an ialas5
verJ rapidly inflicted Is not attended With sCdeF-
| Ing aad on this principle Dr. Richardson h1s con-
s.r:etetl hat he cslis " painless knife 1t con.
sts:s Of Keen circular blalr, 80 connected With
wa:chwosk !ha. 1t can be made 10 7rro.Ec With
yerI great ranlditJ. II ts found tbs. whrn speei
| OF IN tnty-nge complete revolutions In second
| has bten obtained the edge Of the knife may ot
applied to the animal body, aat tns& It will dtrie
the scf1 parts without pain OF eEca consciousness
| The lower a1Eass a-c used 10 display what car
he cone Oh man and III. Richardson vas asslt II
cut the ears Of rabbi, into strtps while the tts
| creature ~as conttntedly munchins green stun
IN enttre ignorance Of the way In which I: was he
| Ing ilJIrc1l- Unfortunately the kntfe, the olsI
one CT lts E1nd al present existing, WAS AccIlensal
u broken b. some one to whom 1t was hsnle1 fo
inspection, and thas the experiments with 1t Vel.
brought to J freua.ure conclusion
POLITICAL.
general Butler, IN recent letter. thus Fpeaks Q
! Sena.o rTuson: 7" | have received fout Letter t