, 1869-11-02

=: MISCELLANEOUS,
CArlise, England, WIS lately yt.tted with heavy
fhower Of spiders which rcsembled arts but
were very much smaller than these lnsi.ts.
There is q man IN New jersey who tnaists On
having biz tAHtaze ceremony repeated every
ytaf. going through the whole ceremony Of new
dFets for hta vile, dinner 10 hia rE.snda Ac,
San FrAucisco barber, named WIDE, has in-
vented "thampootng helmet" 1t 4ts cIose To
the hend acd haA no c1pwn. The euda arc POURED
In. "sloshed about, =" and tnen t1kcu OF By mcans
Of tube.
SINE persistent rascal broke Into three d,ner.
enf ro2ns Of The Eipnuc, r l., depot the o,he,
night, and "net1ed" " exactly aix cents to reward
hun for ha labor A Providence paper thinks th1,
nan who Will go to SIpmue to steal Is nndoubs-
cdly tnsaue.
A 1tindoo 1ady has brought sult in the Ca,cutss
cour.a for damages. by having au idol atolep from
heE- She explains the trouble which the Loss oi
the image have brought upnu her ihua: "I have
10 Children lwani my bones back. I an stary.
ING, md ~ crying hate become thin"
fuiious'J written eI'Istc wns found posted on
the Widow Of The San Francisco Dank Of Ca!,sor.
n1a few moTpinRs ttncc- ItBtn,ed that the writer
was ut the head Of 100 men sworn to nassecse
every Chlnnuan and Chnssonan In the city Of
San frltco 10 miles Rount bout" II they
4 recently sppoihted Pos.mlsiress At a poss
Once on the pislna tcrds her rfst quarterly NJ
port to the department with the following foot.
note: " For ~eefs past bare slept with a stx.
shooter ~ mg tedsIde and carving knlie under
my pillow. expecting At break o.day the Indians
<oulo come foE my sca1p, Int all Of this has not
been half 70 lasasalpg TO ny mind ~ the making
out Of one quarterly report"
In Bangor, Me-, feH da5s ago, man noticed
Sr{4h ter
tnsll one caught the ~ and xas Carrying hin on.
when the large one a1,acketi him, TOOK possession
Of the ~ ard marched I'd. The little one crent
up benlno lhe large one, BIT him On the leg, aud
ran AWAY tut dear utc- instantly the large spIder
commenced dwelling, and IN I've mlnutes was
dead.
An English faahton. magazine says that, IN the
Fauboofg St. Gcrmulu, Paris, league IL forming
amoug the nosl favored BY fortune, rank. anu
beauty, TO retst the further Entertainments Of
ecsentr1ci'y and cxaggerAtlon In dress. Several
ilnI ostant notifications hare already been de-
cloed upon. Ono Of these fclAtcl TO tho loNuess
Of the bail dresses and the b&rrenneAs Of the asa
The tali dress which Is spoken Of ~ q future nod
el, shows only the upper part Of the shoulder and
covers tue A1ms ~ lar - the elbow. The lower
paris Of the arm, left hare, Will be very richly or
uAmented with bf4celetx
A correspondent says thtt some Of the slaves IN
Nchmoud have accumulated considerable for
tunea. One who began TO s1Te while he WAS
slave, Ia now the poasessor OF au excellent ltyev
hnsiuess, and Il said TO be worth 50 coo; another,
plaeteref By trade. owns "a houaes and lots and
II vacant lots-he Is worth f25,ooo: smother. WIN
u half hactman aud hall parzou, Is doing nuc
nnslncas and oHns property worth 5000; there
are dozen worth &, oto to 5000, ant quite q
number with q, GOO foEtu1es. Some OF them boy
real eatate, but Investments in horses, mues
hzcfs, wagons, little stores and stocks seem to be
the fnoas attractive. One congregation hn1 pQlk
land paid ior> church coating $4,000.
The l'prt Jervts a. T. Uaton saya that HMr.
sllas T. Horton, the <ell.knoWn tn1u.ance agent
At Goshen and Cratgrtlle. Ia the tlscoyeret Of q
mineral heretofore unknown to science, which hss
been named uoE1ouollte, by Professor Brush, Of
IAc College. This r1re and curious mineral IL
translucent. and Of m olive Rreen color IN thin
pieces but black IN the mas8: his 4 necn,i.r Nm,
IKE piece Of Eetal, and IA essentially efasa of
lron, formed, no Doubt BY the intense heat Of yo-
cshtc nics, at some remote age. Ii contains
ABOUT 60 Per cent Of the pufess tron ever known
aud Will. probably. prove Of large pecunia,y yaloe
TO The owner OF the property, i. r. Pa1ro;t, Esq,
OF Greenwood, which fact was at once made
Sho~n 70 him By Nj. Horton This m,peru /.
similar IN composition 70 the ere from which the
eeRosa1eu DHmaacoa steel was made, uted BY the
rna 80. :. g. ."sn h4.aer'
eo,a,,a '..n aA s4uAe' Venice, "neFa
Tne.n ~. 80 - Aeoe' sto never AMI up.
-,.... ~ ao.sa ~ Auooo no snatsesn 10 the
~. S"us y. 'neu hase oeen open Aoce
-" .,s y! ."e sn.' Napoleon, has1ns been
on9 t".cc ~ AZ taa1 ume-oncn In 1s+s,
aeo eeeoIo aNe ID lsst', when they were cleared
u"t y inc rol1ce. These t1}*s 4fe the ceLtres OF
venetian sIfc. They are the drawing rooms Of the
seou5 anu aHstocsacJ-shc pa1lors aud club
oohs ol tae people People receive Wits and
!fantaet oustness ut the cafts a u they were u
noMe. Ladies and school girls 60 there Whole
families sit down 10 coffee, aud turn The PIAZZA
mo ofAti1g-rnofo, the batd playing there at
c~ftsfn hours anu the whole te1u monde OF Venice
pasaoT through.
GtEa tut Spltner, Ia bis Frpors, will recommend
an 1ncfcase ct compensation for department
cletkt, and also takes strong gruunda Ia favor Of
inc classification Of female clerks large number
o. whtn are employed In Its bureau. lie says
hat there Is certain class OF work in bis otnee
IL Which the women clerks far excel the men: Tor
instance, counting coupons calculating interest.
aId copy Ing and preparing mut!.atctl currency lor
destInc'tou. lie thiuks that hero q female c,crk
does twice the work Of = map, ahe snouId refciyo
Al least m equal compensation. dc THINKS ths,
ali clerks should be paid aceor,Ilpa to the xork
the, accon pl1th- THIS would e,ye ,ht women an
cQoal opportunity with the men. and nr thtntsn n
such ru1e we1e established, the women wouti
make tie most money. The wnmnn h, .a,v 49,