, 1870-06-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

In Louisiana women teachersrecciYe the sam,
wages az men,
..sevepteen duels helped to enliyen Paris
They have "neo-photo-ccramo-gzaphs :"
abroad.
in London, a single firm makes 100 differ
ent patterns Of iron and brass bedsteads
Vermont is proud Of being able to shin
statua1y marble to italy.
The Napoleon (Ark.) Ne,cs says there i:
not much danger to be apprehended from
drought in that region, as the ground is damI
!. Two feet above the surface. .
"a London chimney-sweep has been fined
forty ehi]linge fot stoning some people " who
prevented him from Roasting two thrushes
alive"
"A Trarpist monk is svia to hayo invented
new rotato-peeling. machine, BY means Of
which man can easily geel. COO pounda OF
potatoes per hour.
e1piIitipE the lost eye, which be has preserved,
in eEI.its Of wine. He lost it when child by,
An unsuccessful attempt Of his father to play
E-One Of tho feasts given to tho Duke Of.
Edinburgh, in India, was greatly enliyened by
the blnnder Of native waiter, who poured Z
disll Of peas into tho car-trumpet Of an old:
lady, held ont to him to BET areply to her 4ues-'
ton.
"A Nashua (N. ~ Iishman, while being
lowered into deep we1l for cleaning PURPOSES,
the other day, when about half way down got
frightened, and shouted, "Let me up, or III
The clerk Of a Sacramento undertaken
spoiled one Of lis employers collins, the other
day, By getting inside it and then cutting his
throat.
"A French resident Of Mgeria has invented
an insubmcrsible boat It consists OF two
constantly moves IN complete calm, thus
greatly increasing the vessels speed. In case
Of accident tho different parts separate, and
thus become transformed into 1ife-boats. !
The following bill Of fare and prices Of a
leading Montgomery street restaurant, in San
francisco, appeals to the feelings both Of the
stomach and the pocket: "1ce cream, Is;
Strawberries and cream, 70: oyRtetH, stewed
and raw, IS; clAm 1ritters, Is; two eggs, Is;
ham and two eggs, 20; tendeEloin steak, 20
ei1loin STEAK, 15i mutton chops, 10; porter
honse steal, 50; bottle Of ,si3 white Tine. 20;
green PEAS, s; tomatoes, s; asparagus, s."
The piper money issue Of the North Ger:
manic Confeder.t!on is officially pu. down At
1885, 600 OF the whole amount, namely,
10,400, 600 in treasury notes Of i've and 1850 900
The Concord Patriot rcporta that ono
New Hampshire boy OF Is yearH is now six
feet five and half inches tall, but it does
not brag about him Jet, as he has not got his
growth.
"A Boston hackman, after being directed to
bring down trunk frcm the third story OF 1
residence in that city, waa requested TO take
OF his boots. that be might not soil the stair.
carpetiug. Ho declined to do it.
Tho prospects Of the famous Comstock
lode, in Nevada from which s135 200 900 Of
gold and silver bullion has been taken, are
dropping The newspapers Of Virginia City
and Gold Hill contain notices Of 'saesess-
ments" upon the stock OF several Of the
largest mining companies, including the Yel-
low Jacket, Savage, Ophir, Lady Bryan, and
Occidental. Some Of these mines are now
worked ut q depth Of I, 100 feet, Rnd the "pay
rock" is becoming scarce and poor - they de-
scend. The most prohtabIe Of the twenty or
thirty mines on the lode at the present time;
is the Hale Norcrosa," which is quoted at
lSG. Tho "dould / Carry" which once stood
at 300, l. now quoted at 123.
Tho New York Times says: "AIl Boston ia
Dragging about young lady OF that city be-
cause, being invited on Saturday night at II
o'clock to make tour of Europe. aho WAS
ready md sailed OF 8 o'clock on tbs following
Monday morning, They think that was really
quick work! But tDoston must do better. Il
would not be thought anything Of here. Why,
New York girl on Saturday received de-
epasch by cable from London, dated 4 p. M.
and saving Come aud At q p. H.. that very