, 1870-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS

I
The Chinese relieve neuralgia and gou' by I
pplstng oil Of peppermint ores the part affected,
Nth a eame1's hair pencil
in Boston It Il now the style for Young Ia !
lies TO be accompanied on the streets by their !
0Aits, Ia Paris
The German forces In France will receive q
Of o5er l30 900 suea by the execu+
Ion Of the decree raising tie bastalious Of the
Lacdwehr 70 strength Of 900 men each, by .
further levles-
San Ftauc1co vAgrants luxufiAte in "an !
elegant Iron setting, ornAmented with 1ftY-hx
pound cannon shot" while employed On public |
works
London prints LIT Of about three hundred
Americans spending the winter. Bruksels, Gen.
eva, Dresden, Frankfort, Berlin, Florence, and
Rome al hare large Am.r1cao colonies, also.
-Au6t1a il giving At least one proof OF nnAn-
cial economy: The item hitherto included In the
budget OF the Minister Of Foreign Affairs at vlen-
ma for suos1dles to the press has this rear been
struck ont By order OF Count Beust The follow
ing are the amounts which have been appropr1at-
ed for this purpose since 1851: 1861, s9o3, 900;
1865 1890 1896 f1+l,o 1867, 5000; 1855,
sso,o1o: 1850, $4,000: and 1870, <75,o0o.
"a ~ould.he hlghwayman, near Providence,
selzed gcntemana horne, when the owner
EpEaDg out Of hts wagon aud gave him a sound
thrashlng, courageous lady passing by rolun-
teerin0 10 to!d the horse during the ceremony.
The lottery fever has broken ont among the
stnoo'ruo1e III atssa 'allr5s ea4lofulA Lucy i.
nave got up 91aaa e1lt sche1he tne nfst rEtze W
lie IL, ,oGo marbles, ami the lowest 1e marbles; the
tickets are to be sold for marbles and the surplus
marbles. after paying expenses. will be given to
lane boy, who cannot play well enough to win
any Of those 50 necessary elements In boy'd hap
pnese."
"a new Invention mas been adopted By toe !
Fafls COMMITTEE ot pe1enes. II 10 longer su1-
ncea 10 drive hali fnso tne Sent OF a cannon 70
make II useless. 4natfon,eh1s nave been maae ny
"pien ube aal1s are epeeoA5 e4uac1eus ioe IT,
senoon 1s oeeesloea ~ smh1l tolpeoos "1scn ID
lnsenea N 1ae NOUN OF sae cannon. LIS expo
tou causes longitudinal INSURE and renders the
piece Atogetnef unsefF1eeaole-
-An e4eeAuee sases "a aeaa II nuuAa SHAPE
was engaged Ii p'anxfng Sidewalk In ceftan
Western clts' *nen woman u gorgeous anpttel
stoppea nea[ tae eee1e ol ~ iaoo!s 70 ena. WIN
aNtna. Het lam nun8 o'e1 tae 'as1 planh ne
nae put II postiop' ano ne 4uteuy suu aaotae8
une @ aMHSe,ae " ~ Ae seeutsy sPneo II oo"n-
ioe nend eaea meo' away ~ olonss
-aae iouoH.as aa.seo sl .a.nna " .uu1.N ..t,e
noaGe teesnt9 appsa4.u - Lseton u91s
,1 nTla! = sases 10 ns,.s.. =. tSas,s
| invited to ss.ead. Bnrtai a. CONVENIENCE Of IAN.
| tly.r
The Berlin pAr1efs mentjp the formation Of
new elite corps which Is about to proceed to the
| scat Of war. They zte the reserve Jage1 battal-
tpna. and beside volunteers, consist chteay OF
crnertencet1 fnrestern who are sure pf their atm
| Az ms,k Of honor The oo1cers se, over tnem by
| the Kipp are all pefspns who hare gained the
| Irnn Cross IN the present war: They arc espe.
c1ay Designed for the ca ne of railroads and tele-
t1aphk. The usst two hstss,lons are called the
| lorraine lager Dat,aloue,
The Hartford 7im<x eays that. oFinp to thu
unparalleled 1arks Of rain during the rear 1870.
! the people Of Connecticut Rare likely 10 have
| an uupIeasant winter, Farmers complain that
they hare to drive their csttle long distances TO
| watet,-no rain having get reached the lower
sp1ings slnce March or Apr1l In sotue cases the
| owucfs Of stock have to take them distance Of
TWO Or three miles for water, Manufacturers
also feel the yuns OF water.
I N,,,,,.. x-hi,h ra,,a ,cr.- h.fo-a ,s.r +,,-, y.
eItpas0 "asa NnIA,'..'. ae 'N..a "s.n Auo"n ~
.am asen;s A.. -, os ae,ar.n ."'''A'as VI
VIVA s l.e ~ ~ snt.o!
"A correspondent, writing about the zuike In
the anthracite coal regions, stFs: VI might say
somethins OF Inc danger OF ie" great eompa.
nses obtaining monopoly Of the anthracite coal
market, but do NOT regard ihas danger as innl-
nent The outlets from the coal regions are In the
complete control OF six companies, and slx men
II aGIdnE n GonGf1f G2pa 1G Rniats tne HI
nrnsn-ct of tnese comnan,es coming to any aezee.
: ment. Thev ara ali immensely powerful. and
,helr r.ntas ara constantly increaaine By tho ex,
panston Of THAR 1.natuesS. Combined, they rcpfe
sent about k1se, ,0Qp 900, and probably fnrniAh EN-
p1ovment to not less than $4,000 men. Dutthc Oh
e,acles to thes netting In concert arr well nigh IN
. | superab3e.n
The P{lstkA FLA, UtralI Ei7es the following
arenunt of*a contes, between bear and an all!
GATOR. which came o6 near that place; "A cdl
. orra man was fishing close BY the scene Of &C
finn II the time. when he heard the roar an1
. ,.,I,,z ~ h,th .n,m,Ya he Una 3isnnsed n css
E a~av hta nsh,nr tnct.c eua nm. hut eudlpg TIA
~. s,,.s ~ rte conf1.ct came no nearer. he csu
s-sa, ,S1ouo,, sse tunric and theTe vi,
d messed tne comoa~ o!uln anu nAs aussee, a"stA,n
were N "asct aooot e'snssa %ss sar-,,,1a tn
naht was long Ana ~. .sa snd tns enc
man saio, " see ao~ ssortir- - VI, peculiar tat
: osae!. fo,a inc atii9sso. In his huge a1n
}, ass ,r1 aad over they rocd In the water, unit
. stfa.t the hear came on the victor, leaving b
y encny dead.n
u The TTastfau ahip Flora arrived At DAntzi'
;. lately, under command Of the second o11cert ~
y reported that she hsd been empia.ed. previous
= the announcement Of hpst1ltftes. to take load
!, valuable WOODS from the North Cape to Roch
n fort, France. for tue French Government. B
y fore leaving the North cape she had been fu
- nsbed with PASS, In case OF meeting Fsen<
a. rrni.crs. hut wnen che Was about to put cut