, 1870-06-08
MISUELLANEOM.

Tho Chinese washe1men in San francisco
havo protective union, and al oatsiders are
tabooed.
the caving in Of q sulphur mine, recently, in
Sicily
Ono hundred and fifty-Bi1 Thousand three
hundred and forty-two persons crossed from
Dover to Calais last year.
During tho past year Austria smoked 762, :
981, 1a0 cigars, consumed 3,30O, los pounds OF
snuff, and used 2s,es6, SOL pounds OF smoking
tobacco.
An extraordinary coolneas exists between
the towns Of Yonkera and Co1sache,. N. T.,
cons1HliDg Of about forty extensive ice-houses.
The formation OF woman suffrage socie-
ty at Prague, and the simultaneous issuing OF
a. wouan's political Journal in that city arc
chronicled.
Railway carriages in Sweden are warmed
! l,y means Ct hot sand placed in caAes along
the eide Of tho cars, md heated aud removed
| at each terminus,
! DIR. Namsas. Of vonice, has discovered
| that after the administration Of bromide OF
potassium as medicine it can be detected in
tho brain, tho lungs, and tho iEer.
J "A graye-digeer in MaTyBrllle, California,
| tns gone crazy. Twice he has escaped from
lis Keepers and been found in the cemetery
resu1recting Ills former interments,
1 notifies tho authorities that If they don't fix
up th.t jail go that the sheep can't get in to
bother him. he will be ploTed II he Will stay IN
| there. .-
among tho Indians, says that the appearance
falliLie pign Of mixed blood. Thezs is not,
therefore, in all the Saginaw and Lake Huron
region d pure -blooded Indian.
There is somewhere in the British Isles a
5Isce called Peterhead, which has 1ately dis
tingujBled itself in remarkable manner. Out
Of eeven ladies who lave recently become
mothers in this paradise Of pattuflt1on, eiz
hnve given birth to twins.
Mrs. Mary Powell, in her lecture on the
Intliane makes n curious atatehent concern
ing children, who arc fastened TO birch bark
and their limbs kept confined till they are tTo
5ea1e old. AZ have seen" she sars, " AZ
mauy as two hundred of them together at one
time. and no noise camo from their lips. TheY
are healthy and comfortable, and have no need
TO cry. Their arms Of course are not confined
only their bodies and 1egR."
An exchange gives the following remedy
for beautfying teeth Dissolve two ounces
Of bora1 in three pints Of boiling water, anu A.
epirits Of camphor and bottle for use. A table:
spoonful Of tlis mixture, mixed with an equal
quantity Of tepid water, and applied with
soft brush, preserves and baautltles tho teeth
exti1pates III tartarous adhesion, arrests de;
cay, induces healthy action Of the gums, ant
makes the teeth nearly white"
"A Massachusetts paper says: "The
ehore Of Waldren Pond, in Concord, n; f.
scene Of Thorcau's hermit ife-is growing
forest Of peanut bushes, the germs Of which
were dropped by munching risitors.' Il
(says tho Detroit 7ribune) the visitori
"munched peanuts, Of course they wert
baked, and they will sprout and grow nearly al
quick as Il boiled potato Besides, peanuts d.
not grow on bushes; 60 that, on the whole
the worshippers Of Thoreau need not weeI
over the lesecration Of his hal1owed stamping
grounds. 60,
After verdict hnd been rendered in lat
Et1ial in Austin County, Texas, the Judge I'D
dressed the jury in this way: "By your yer
!, dict You have said the accused is guilty Of NJ
crime. Your verdict beirg contrary to law
contrary to the evidence, and contrary to tn
charge Of the Cou-t, the Court disap2roYes