, 1870-06-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

FIty-two persons were killed by the e1-
plosion Of kerosene in 1859, and tbs total SUI
ferers were ono hundred and eight.
1t ia Eaid that young mulatto girl Of
great beauty IL no# being traiued tor the
American Etage by retired actor, once great
celebrity. She will make her debut as Cleo
patra.
-.-Gcrrnan achool-teachers, in convention at
Vienna, are in favor OF having no other religion
than that OF nature taught in schools, and OF
excluding all doctrines, even those Of Luther.
AT Eatonton, Georgia, cabbage-head four
feet aeroes has been raised this wear.
"A young factory operative in Lawrence.
Mass, borrowed - OF 3 lady friend recently,
and subsequently, took her to the circus. On
payday he returned the amount very prompt
y, after deaucting fifty cents her circus ticket
cost him.
Tho Freen.an's journal Roman C.tholic)
Of New York, comments upon Dickens death
as follows I" The great English novelist died
one day last week, rather suddenly in London,
We never shid word in his favor during his
life. He is nov dead-and his works will fol-
low him."
The Dublin F3eeman7s Journal refers to
the movement for " the establishment OF a
local legislature in Ireland, which IS sosnas, g
it saya, " to be taking root rapidly and spxead
Ing widely among the mercantile and profess
Bior.al classes Of Dublin, as we'll as among tha
likely 10 assume is.a 4 demand that The local
affairs Of Ireland be managed and controlled
by . local assembly in Ireland, and that all i'm
perill Affairs be controlled by an Imperial As.
sembly, in which ireland, England and Scot
land shall bo respectively represented
The Canadian Illustrated Neeos bad, last
week, cartoon which represents John Bull
very comfortably cnthroned on lofty but very
limited pedestal, and kicking away with Lis
foot the ladder, representing the colonies, by
which he reached his high position. Tho
British lion crouches beside him, with droop-
ing tail and e1poetulatory glance.
men for Highland regiment toward the end
Of the Peninsular war. In ono district Of
CaitAneEehire he raised two hundred men, all
under 25 years OF age, ali above aix feet in
height, and al sons Of small tenants on the
Duke Of suthcIland's estate. This same gen
tleman travelled last summer over the district
in Caitbuesahirc whero he h1d formerly enlist
ed these men. From one end OF it to another
be never saw eingle human being.
The English national debt at the close OF
tho Inst ycaT was E748, PIG. 1888, and aince then
the sum Of s., ,o00, 600 has boon converted into
a Temporary annuity. The debt is now less
tLan il Las ever been sinca 1913. Tits no less
than El2O, ,0O1, 600 below tho amount it stood At
in 1916, and E70, ,G00, 900 below the return of
1857, at the close OF the Crimeau War and In
dian Enutiny. Tho interest Of this debt il
EGG, 81, 600 year, but fi SOC, 900 is tempo-
rary only, and will expire in 1856. The per
manent charge il less than it has ever been
since 1912.
: AN avalanche recently fell upon train on
the Swiss line from Geneva to Aunuuaak.
Three passengers were killed, and five others
more or less severely injured Ihe disaster
the diver Of the engine noticed tho mass ia
motion and put On all steam, 90 that only tho
last three carriages woro struck. -.
, The New England physicians are very
muck agitated by q proposition from ono OF
their number to send to France for supply
that it can BE- procured without any special
ter, Of Boston, says: Ever eince 1850 lten
years ago] / have made efforts to collect
vaccine virus from kine. MFi c1perieneo
extends to over 800 kino that l have
steers, yearlings, cows, hei{ers and calves. I
can say that there is, and has been q1dgsng
from my cxperience), in the United States,
COW po1 yIuB-or7GinaI spontaneous nnd not
humanized. I have some now, that judge 10
BE- snch' in my possesnon' taken 0nty ''S'
An address with over 800 signatures has
been transmitted by the clorgy Of lithuaMa
to the Governor Of that province to be for.
warded to st. Petersburg The subscribers
declare, in moderate language, that, under no
circumstances will thoy adopt tho RusMan
tongue II their Religious ceremonies: Ihe
Bsshop Of Zyto1n.r, Mgr. BornVskl, has inrtma,
ted the same refusal. The Wilna ecclesiastical
Author1tiea have received, to read to the con.
gregAton, medical certificate stating that
me aEaastant curAte, PiotroDitseh, who lately
u euneting from mental disorder.
-CAnada has produced a cat with Eve heads
md twenty legs, ali perfect Unfortunately
tha thing IL dying, pieceneaI Ono OF the
Qntai7o papezn says that "the whole Of tho
1nnnstrofity Wss eAye yeste1daY, and showed