, 1870-05-21

is found In tho flowing etirts and crinollnc
worn by the lAtteT.
In London It Is proposed to paint tho cabs
OF different coforB. CABS It sixpence per mile
arc to be painted yellow, those 1t ninspence
scarlet. and those at q shilling blue. They are
also to hare colored lamps.
"A queer annoyance occurred ut rccout
wedding in LtchEeld, Conn. Tho parties and
pareon we're ready, but no certi6c4to could bc
obtained, aIl the officials who could givo such
document being out Of town. rostponemcnt
WAS out Of the question. 60 aftor much run
lcctmen was got together, =. new. Assistant
Town Clerk appointed, Hho issued certif-
cate, and the ceremony went on.
One Of the most fertile poltious Of south~
err California was taken possession Of BY
Germans, especially for the purpose Of max
it did not pay to make it. Heavy mortgages
on the rine-g growing farms followed the dull
sale- And tho German population in large
numbers aze cutting up their yiueyards Into
homestead lots, and turning their attention to
more profitable agricultural labozs.
-Opals are s&id to bring bad luck and toarB
with them, md are never safe to be given Is
m engagement ring. .
a ball WAS given lately by = Russian no
bleman in Paris, which IL said to have cost
over two million francs.
"A boy on the Staten Island boats plays on
in roll, instead Of bow.
A lady, Ii trying to euro her husband Of
EmokinE, has learned to smoke tho weed her
SELF and complains that it is rather an e1-
penEive habit for t~o."
"A picture-broker in Wilmington, Del, l.ss
been convicted Of obtaining money under false
pratenses, for selling painting - the work
OF the marine a1ttst, Hamilton, which had
never been touched by his brush.
a bill hhs been introduced in the Conneo-
ticut Legislature, providing that when an in
| to1icated person commits IN injury to person
or property, the party who sold him the liquor
| upon which he got intoxicated, shall be liable
for all damages: aud, in case any one Is killed
| by an intoxicated person, the person who fur.
! niahed eueh drunken person the liquor shall
lie liable for Ill damages to those who are
dependent upon the murdered man tor sup
| port ;
Tie Toledo Blade (which is Nssbya paper
asks this de1icate}y modest question: "Wert
ne in error in giviDg the pepa OF euch writer,
as the author Of the Mgelon Papers, Or th,
Eaehy1 Letters, or Esst's uneaualed pencil, II
equal place NTH tho sword Of the patIlo
soI9is5' I'D I i'll the overthrow Of oppression in Til
"A public dinner given in Boston reconn
afforded opportunity for novel designs in th
display Of tempting viapds- Wild ducks etoo
at the brink Of . miniature pond, 5r24 feet il
size, bcraezed With Enoss, md containing liz
trout. snipe we're standing b! the edge 9
Upon pigeon-house, built Of bark in rusti
style and shaded BY d willow, pigeons We,
| perched. An enormous goose occupied th
ccntre Of the table. All these birds had the
feathers on, and preserved a Gfe-lke appeal
ance but . touch Of the knife removed th
feathers and revealed cooked birds, ready Il
eating:
Fifty Mo1nous, in two CATS, paase
| through Alexandra, Va, d few days sgo, q
their way to Utah. II all the females belong
ing to tha !. Saints arc ~ unprepossessin
in their appearance as these, local pApt
thinks it is no longer q matter Of surprise tts
man can have Al many Of them a. he wan
I for wives.
1t il said that there ia line in Lower c.
iforuia dividing tho weather and the seasol
70 that on one side OF this line these are ju
The reseree ot That they aro on he othe
/ mate By the etock-raiseta, and when dron
occurs in one section, the cattle and hoIses =
drivenin into tho other, where tho pastures a
green for the rett Of the Season.
Tho Methodsts Of the Southern Confe
eucc, in Session in Balt,rore, have expnng
from their Htunl tho concluding paragraphs
the communion service, rs possibly teaelli1
: transubstantiAtlon. The paragraphs are us
i in tho ench1ristic service Of tho Episcor
, Church. and are ~ follows:
, .tTtr body Of our Lori Jesus Christ, which +
aSe ne q neaS
that Christ died for thee, and feed Oh him LII I
; hc1I1 BY faith With Thanksgiving:
a "Thc blood Of our Lord Jesus Christ, which v
shed for thee, preserve ths sou! aa'i body uni,
: er!asting lifr. Drink Tits in remembrance II
chrtsth blood was she'd for thee. an.t he thanktu
Japan has population Of fifty milliuus
eoula. aud yet is without railway. Now, ho
y ever, tho Japanese want road, and thoy .
= negotiating in England for = loan, tho procee
i OF which are to be appliel as follows: fed<
y the present capital Of Japan, contains poi
Il lation Of over two millions, and from tlis Pc
to Hiogo line Of railway is to be CONSTRUCT
: and opened within from three to five ye'
i for the choice Of engineers, one by way
Osaka, town with million Of inhabitan
"al engaged in trade, aud another ria kio
; the ancient capital, and the centre OF 7sea
:: aud commerce Of the empire" Within
period two other railways are to be compile
y from Yeddo 10 Yokohama. an open port, i
VI the great outlet Of the silk tra1c, and fr
ia OSAKA to Tsuruga.
Or the through route from Sidney to L
10 don. ria San Francisco, the Ha,eaitan Gag
IN gives the time table, - follows: ''Sid
al TO Auckland, days; Auckland to uonoll
San Francisco to New York, days; New Y
IL to Liverpool, days-lG days right throug
-a Uron the arrival Of the fiIAt steamer,
~ Wonga Wopgn, At Honolulu, the Gazette ss
OF "IAe superiority Of this route for mails
in passengers from Australia to Great Dri
in over that by the way Of tho 1sthmus Of St
il evident aa shown in the time occupie
nj making the trip On the two routes; that By
way Of Suez being ffty-one days ria Marseil
and dftx-eix days direct to southampton,
latter being tho route usually taken, while
us proposed time by this route Ia fo1ty-aix i
bo Inate OF the latter route. Tho actual tra
ling c1renFea of the Sucz route for 1trst-c
er- passengers, ia SG00, willie the same e1pel
ng on tho San Francisco route will notex'
an Sic0."
eu The agony Of having nothing 10 wea
.ba Cuban ladies'. While the troops exercise
,r invention born OF necessity upon tho consl
~ ton Of clothing from the fibrcs Of trees
40 Ecraps OF leather, the ladiea work up the 81
lan Of Spanish soldierB into garments in sont
c, gree suitable to their sex- Bits OF coats
pantaloonh, military hreeches md eioaks'
Sc The treasures which tho fighting patricia
to tue Tomen's camp when they aro 60 Il
nhte Is to give a few spaniards no further
for those articles, and, though trains
honnces and ruf1ies arc hardly possible
the such materials, feminine ingenuity pat
2no them into feminine shApe.
for land, May 7, BayH: "A most awful occur
sty, happened at an advanced hour last nigh
was EANie&een, in the parihh OF Durluiu. fe
SO day y boat from that parish picked up 1t
ara large cask Of paraftna oil. It wxs broug
shore into house, where they divided it
lor- 60 doing it iguited and blew the roof o!
had house. Four persons, a man and
nty women, are dead and their bodies burned
Of cinder."'
en- -Eeland's only Manufacture OF import
itu- at the breaking ont Of our war was linen,
ing employment to 3S,525 hands hnnr
Jar. $3.50 males and 23, So females. Six ycar
and teswards the game branch Of Lish labor
rom ployel 57,05O operatiscs-16,7 ,76a i
md. and 40,eGS females. During tho
ter. from 1862 to 1868, Ireland
1rce greatly extended her woolen trade.
tSGI shs had only 8G2 petsons employ
ase. woo@3rn factories. but in 1865 tho nun1s
un- operatives amounted 10 10, 49,: Most oi
clu- Increased employment occurred in the c.
d a Down, where, ii 1861, not singln vi
: factory existed. That county, though POI
a}th ing only ono factory now, employs n ii u
.rs.~ than . 0.sOl men. women and chilare1. II
otetl | in 1868 had thirty-eevcn woo1len fact
ouis employing 1850 hands; Of these, Cors
the | II factories: Down, l; Dublin, 8; Kids
el il Meath, 3; Queens. !; Tpperary,3 Watel
oso Wes tmesth, 2; Wexford, l.
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