, 1869-12-01
K{SCRLLAKK0UR,

The recent STRIFE Of the P1z1s cle1ka haa proved
to be good thing for tia charming demo!selles ct
that FAY capital Who a1r rapidly taking the pisces
Of tho sr1ke1s.
A Nj. Otto, sculptor, hA4 been engaged ia the
construction Of 10 Imitation OF the CatdiE giant.
TIE mold u nearly finished, and the i1aSe, which
vii, b perfect simtl< of the Onoodags adals,
will be cast thts week The material used IL to bo
gypsum snd z1asb1e-dnst
An English IouHnA1 coasidtrs thtt there are
orly tFu persons IN the United staiea who have
not communicated their vtews on the Byrca ques-
lion 10 the newspapers, and they arc citizens Of
Cape Cod, Who went on m2ckegol nahiog sen
weeka ago, and have rot retursed.
A Few wntd has been added 10 tic stock OF po-
Mtieaa phraseoloRJ out In Western Virginia 1t
Is "1etuppet7," and means tha, wing Of tho Re-
publican party WHO are disposed to atetupvon
or show liberal spirit towards those who acted
or EupAshlsed with the rtheis IL their late A.
tempt 70 pgeTthtnw tho government
In wkltAau. Vt, lass week, girl years Of
age, nudin9 her dreas In t4mea witt remarkable
presence OF mind suothered the dse, aad cut Oh
her burning sp1on with psF Of scissors, while her
little hands we're being burutd to b,lsters aud nst
only s2yed her own life, but that Of tho bapJ
a1so, bJ Eeepl1x away from 1t until the 1re WAS
put out
A man living near Dadley. Bedford County,
IL uU14clEA LIE &un On lXAA dQ1k24fs lie ACu
TO ahuslEg hls vile The son loterfered. and pat
the old man out Of tho house, bat be rt9alned ad-
nittanra. and, on entennG, struck the boy.
Knocked him down, and, immediately setting
upon him with stooe, beat his btalnx oat. He
WAS a11eAted.
The French paper1 are e1adually getting "ea.ef-
prtalDg." Ono Of them publishes poem, tbs
author Of whicn objected 70 IT. hArtng publicity
4. present, ~ 1t IL to appear tn 4 book In . few
FH1 fhA }tNR at% k6zfA &f
bic to Conquer The poets tetucsaoca. "a little
suhtsrfuge "hAd 10 b employed, consisting IN
sending short-kano writer 10 I tnextrs Mhers
the verseA we're 70 b. resd At benefit
A noEet AnootinE match occurred 1t Randolph,
VI, tho other day. A stake WAS driven IN III .
ground eight rods Away, and ! wncelbaErow was
the m13a11e. TIE oontesAnis were succel4lvely
hoodwinked, and With this popular vehicle started
for tbs state to wiz turkey. Out OF AlA.9e num-
Der not ope succeeded IN hitting the ms stt, while
the great majority wern no nearer to 1t q Etop-
ping than when they stated, and ono Wheeled
tnio the river, which MAS greater distance tn the
opposite direction.
TAs Atfhsdssk the er9an Of tho lay delegation
party Ii the Methodist Episcopal Church, regrets
tue extrrne hFevitJ Of the receAt rcpor: Of the
Book Committee. The Church, 1t says, 2nou1d
| know tho amount OF It's iosset By misnaAageuent
1 The fnlt explanatory documents incident TO tho
AlA1V CO14AlAll% 1l4Aul AN>AAb RQ4
| he given to the public Those who arc undie1ted
by the 1acts should hare the benefit Of publicity,
and these WHOM the facts condemn should be ex.
posed. The agents Att rcspoceble for their " mis-.
I management and care1essnesL"
| Tho Eip4 Of Prussia has fepeleved murderer
sent.ocel to death. The1eupou tbs PAU Adt
Gusrtt< tndulkea IN aome r'easant Sarcasm: "1
would be asfncaas 10 imagine Casa IN which 1ns
| ro{1l prcrogattFe OF mercy could be exsrcket
with greater propEie,J. Ms. Whitman had mar
de1ed his four wives, one after the other, and biz
two children: and the painful position ii whlcl
| he wAS placed, owing to these nct4 OF indl&cre
tion being brought home to htn, naturally Gale,
forth The warmeat sympa,tiea Of al who yai1,
tia tscredness Of human ifc.''
4 letter trom OTau, A'R1erts, atatea ths: the sea
wall OF thA: port, for length Of 6N net1ea, VA
completely destroyed By ~ immense t..iAl wave
The Mediterranean had been raging with Ctta
violence daring the preceding night, and about /
In the mo.ring Eeaa brtaca, forty feet wide
wAs made, and, from that moment, the wall tAp
| 1y broke up, the immense blocks Of stone beln
swept away like catdbcard bo1os- Tae SPA
from some OF The waves reached ketg ht OF NOR
than 100 3ardf. AAnJ vesse1A were Tor ttne 1
Rstat dAnxes, but weze n lensst moved 70 i plAc
Of saIety.
Al historical ro!l Of bread hss coms to light
| Vienna. In lssd The price Of bread had sises
ia h1ghss>, and the "rofa" Of the baker, d
created in .ize day BY day. Ons day an acss
named scholk appeared IN the Carl Theatre In
kind oE cneusette. which excited general htt1r1t
for, itateAd OF being fasteaed with the ordlnal
buttons, \ pair Of the dimtnuttvs rolls taksd
|, that time were used Tor the purposa- Seholz v,
| punished By the city Authsritiel for h1a 1ok
The rolls OF 1s+s, the.sio.a. have become htsto,
ca! n yIenn2, and o1e sf tbs Identical shirt hn
ions hxs been carefully preserved By an ant.qu
r.aa ever elnee> Not Lang ago tue city aatner!u
!. decided to found museum Of zntiq1ttiea re!at,l
to the atstory Of the city. Asd called upon the
, | hAbitAnts 10 contribute to ths insttsato1. One
} the rer4 rrat "hlstortc2l" objects received r
SchslIt historical bread roll ahtst buttons, whc
: hsweycr, the authorities returned with the I
{ Eack that they were rot going to begin Z Gale
tsA Of cat1osttep, but ret Of hAtor1cal archlvt
9 Mr. Daniel Fanny, Of Rochestes, las onsf
SO, oo0 for the Csrdln giant Tho oBer was
fused. III. HIgRtna refused ts5,o 900 for oxe tish
4 interest In ths nRuFe. Some idea OF tue excl,
: mert which tbs stone nan 10 ereatlae Will bo Q
t ssik*d by reading the following paragraph fro
!. tie syr1cuse Journal; "The greatly
n creleed attendance upon the exh1siuoa
i the Cardiff Giant indicates thA. there
i NO abatement OF the r1hlc interest ln t
= wonder. The fact that the statue IL to
takeA to the Eaat Induces thousands OF peo1
from Ill psfts Of the central counties to cot
:. here and see It. All the railroad lralns arc all
!, | with the cur1ous, and the v1s,lors yeste3s3sy
! to-day, hare outu0mtesed those who have 1t :
t rrevious time a,taaded. They ove1crord-d I
{ ptaec o! tle exhibition. A petition, nume.oa
tiensd by leading citizens and busi1ess men, v
a To-Day presented to the prppnetosa OF tho E.a
1 ast:ng The continuance ot tho exhibition Ill /,
j. rubl!c interest II n:ote.fu1ly satisfied"
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