The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-17
MIsnallane0ns Items.

No fly will light on a window which
has been washed with water in which
a little garlic has been boiled.
The late Major Charles o. Rogers
of Boston left an estate valued at
100000, independent of the journal
establishment, which IS said 10 be
worth 100000. His widow viii con-
duct the Journal on her own account.
A series of articles called sketch
es Of Early Life In Boston," said to
be written by a distinguished New
England divine, are now appearing In
Applet0n's Journal. They contain
some very curious facts of early Boston
life, and possess marked interest.
The principal bands Of New York
have arranged to be present and par
tieipate in the performances at the
Grand National Peace Jubilee In Bos-
ton. including Grafula's, DOdworth,s IS,
Wallace's, and DOwning's, besides
four hundred musicians, who will also
assist in the grand OratoriOs.
Within a distance of two miles on
the James River, IN Virginia, there Is
unimprOved water power enough to
carry 100 factories with 20 sets of ma
chinery each.
Liquid glue, superior to mueilage,
may be made by dissolving glue in an
equal quantity of strong hot vinegar,
adding "A fourth of alcohol and little
alum. This will keep any length Of
time when placed in closed bottles,
and will glue together horn wood &,
and mother of pearl.
The Hon. Eugene Casserly 81 Omitted
States Senator, California; outside
lands In the city of San Francisco.
have been assessed at s., 6S5, 200, $50, =
425 worth of which have been appro-
priated for public reservations. Mr.
Casserly owns, also, extensive tracts OF
lands in Santa Cruz and San MateO
Counties, besides valuable productive
real estate IN the heart Of San Fran
cisco.
The Erie Railroad Company have
completed II 900 tuns of steel rail on
their road--not broken rail since.
They have purchased the New Jersey
Iron Works and those at Elmira, and
IRE now turning out about 1000 tuns
of steel rail per month. Within a
year the whole line will be relaid.
At New Orleans, lately, very
hOmely woman was arralgned before
a magistrate for some petty Otfense
What are you up here for?' inquir-
ed the Judge. My beauty, l reek.
on. Your what2" My beauty.
Are you sure of that2" "Oh bedad
there's no mistakel" Then | dis
charge you--you amt guilty. and
the acquitted lady took her departure
Thomas Carlyle's letter on the
future state is being extensivel,
copied The idea of it is that the
question Of Immortality mo man car
answer that good Is immortal, Will,
evil is mortal, and hence the idea OF 1
state of eternal evil is of human III
ventiOn.
The prospect for tobacco crop il
Tennessee Is dismal A large portion
OF the early plants were destroyed b,
the cold weather of March, and tn,
plantations look sickly. Besides this
the ravages OF the fly have caused
many cultivators to despair of crop
A Smart Little Boy.-A little fiv,
wear old boy was being instructed il
morals by his mother. The old lady
told him that all such terms as BY
golly;" "B thunder !" BY lingo,
&c' were only minced oatRs, and bu
llttla better than any other profanity
in fact, she said, he could tell a pro
fame oath by the prefix of "by"-al
such wereOaths. "Well, then, moth
er, said the little hopeful, there's
big oath in the newspapers-'by Tele
griphl " The old lady gave it up, anC
the boy Is bewildered on morals.