, 1869-07-21
MISCELLANEOUS,


Shoes and stockings OF The same color are the
coutug fashion In Paris
The A1aska 7imes clatus to furnish the news to
territory Of G1eater Rize thnn that OF my other
paper In the world.
Punch, speaking Of the French cable, faJs:
"StraiQht from the Brrst Of the shore, 1t plunged
in tho Bosom Of oceau-"
Pine apples art being cultivated In the Penin-
sula Of Florida With the greatest succesa, They
are larRer than those grown in the West Indies,
and fully equal 10 them IN Sweetness nud naynr.
They hare D new grain In Paradise yaEeJ, Cal,
grown from seed taken from the crop Of Wild
swau. 1t is described as being lie d cross OF
wheat and rye, with heads ten Or twelve inches IN
1ength, and yielding at the rate Of 100 bushels to
the aGr
The magnificent block Of rose alabaAter dlscov-
cred At the Emporium Ronanum has been sue
cesa1ully raised, and Ia now found to measure o1e
hundred cubic mctreA The d1ssers have M
ea1hed four more columns Of African marble.
each Of them twenty Ave metres In length
II ig 6nId that The Introduction OF the watel8 Of
tue Mediterranean to the lakes, BY the Isthnn1s Of
E1ez, has sensil,y increased the hJgro1neiEic hu-
rdity OF the atmosphere, and That fossr as dsaso
nh those OF f4zt. have been observed n the tasn-
lees district.
La F1aou, a paper published at Barcelona,
Spain. Ia nlusirated With nigh-colorad nthoRraphs
Of the P,eethood In all conceivable aspects Of RIOT
aud rtbalory. The motto Of the paper u as fol-
lows: "1uritstioDs TO breakfast, to dueis Of the
Crst blood, and 10 ducs Of death, will be received
1T tho edIsoYH residence, No. II Gale de Codols" "
A new description af lava Is being thrown from
the crater Of FesGrtuK since the As eruption,
btet!Dg Of beautiful mass OF rJstRluzed ta1t THIS
has hitherto been Unknown IN volcanic nAtura
hlstorJ and Ecientt1c bodies arc occupied In nyes-
hfattpG The cause and competition Of the crJsta1s
"spa!n, "fa}k aTaris letter IN the Journal du
Hdrrt, u tas asked tor the good oldces OF fraoee
to Intervene with the United States TO Induce the
last-ua1ned country To observe more cloSelJ the
lavs OF neutrality towards tha Island Of Cuha-
The Marquis de Ia Talette declined to DO 80 Alone
bus offered to invite England to take part In !
Joint application"
a man named Ieoeau, Of luxembourg went
the olher day TO confession and The communion
The next morning he chopped q friend Of his, Ar
tus By naune4 into small pieces, and stole sun OF
money In notes, which he Ind Bome days before
Eeen ATtus receIyc. After he was condemned for
the murder, he requested hla brother to pay for
some masscs for the repose Of the soul Of Artus.
It reported that the Trustees Of Cornell un1-
EerElty bare decided to admit one hundred girls,
and arc deyistn9 meanh for their employment, that
they may, Ike the male pnpiis, by their own labor,
pay the whole or part Of their expenses for board
and education A FEW, It Ia thought, can at once
be received and pIsccd NJ domestic WORK OF dt-
lescnt Kinds. An oner has recently been made BY
nromlneut business college in New York city, to
instruct flttJ women IN bookkeeping without
charge
4 recent conversation IN the British House Of
Commons disclosed the fact that the adulteraton
Of ca,tlt-teed and manufts wns carried on to q
perfectly unlimited extent Guano WAS adulter-
ated with chalk, gypsum md sand 10 The proper
ton Of 20 per cent Snlphate Of hmmo1ia Tas
AtulteEAted with worthless sa1ta- The purcst 1iQ-
seed cafe often contained 40 per cent OF adu,tera.
ton, the substances used sometimes being abso-
lntely poisonous Phosphate manure w1s sold Of
which only per cent YVES pu1c, per ceot eand,
and S. pcE cent water.
A yorng lad at Lake Station, MtsZ, Ind q large
lite presented to hun, nbont stI feet by four In
lie, which he attempted to nJ the other day Just
al the wind was Increasing and . storm was
threatening. The wind drew the Kite so heavily
ns to drag the boy along rlso. To prevent losing
his fayorite, he wound tho cord around his body.
At last the wind bore the kite and bog upward,
until the young Ete-nyeF caught IN the top OF q
tree, and wns suspended 6eyeuty-1re feet above
the ground, A nood OF rain came On, siactening
the line, nbsing tie wind, aud allowing the little
sufferer to De rescued. ne VAS found to be nn'
conscious, and SO brul:ed and natred as to be
scarcely recognized, bnt vas restored the Same
evening md tS now doing we'll.
The locEsmtth Eho picked the lock on the outcz
door OF the vanlt Of the Oceaa Dank, New York,
has repeated the feat, the lock having been 6et
this time as it was on the night Of the robbery.
lie was at the work about four hoarHt aad after
he had flushed said that be would open the locs
at any other COMBINATION in half an hour. The
bank oferz rcmard Ct SIS coo for the arrest and
lnal conviction Of the robbers, tweaty-nSo pei
cenl Of the amount Of money ret1rhed, ten PEI
cent on the Price Of United States bonds returned
Rnd liberal percentage on other eecunttes
The French Court Of Cessation, under the ncW
Law permitting tie rehabilitation" Of unjustlJ
condemned persons after their deaths, has Just
declared innocent tHo men, named Le!ouaru and
nanet, who were found guilty BY the Assze Court
OF Hepnes, In 1s:4 Of robbery with violence, and
sentenced respecttyey the enc 70 penal sety1tule L
the poor wretehes died IN the Drtst hulk1 few
months after his sentence, aud the other at Cay.
cnne The next year. It Is now proved, On the
clcatest evidence, thst the crime for which they
suffered YVES committed by other parties, wht
have been aimee tried and convicted The re!a
t!vcs OF The deep'y-wronged men, being too poo
to y1ndIcate their names before the Supreme
Court, the Minister Of Justice TOOK upon himself
the duty officially. The Empress has sent q
handsome present to the bereayed families