, 1870-04-06
MISCELLANEOUS.


.-Scvcnty-seyen different kinds OF nce were
shown at the agricultural exhibition in Iudia,
"A gil! OF beer WEE sufficient wager to in-
duce an Englishman to eat a glass tumbler,
England uses 1000 tons of becsvax pcr
annum, valued At over s2, COO 900. One Enro-
penn palace js said to buih 10000 candles
nightly.
.-ltcllnond has Police Justice who has
donbly sindicated The title of snn-in-1aw, by
timing lis wife'H father five dollars for being
drunk and dieorlerly-
a Pennsylvania editor rejects an adyer-
hscmcnt sent him by an Indiana lawyer on the
condition that ho should take his pay in di-
vorree, eaying, however, that he does 60 be-
cause lie il . bachelor, anil the proposition is
"tcandalouely premature"
-A Philadelphia nan, CRAZY al loon, hns
applied to the Mayor to pay him II .000, 900.
alleged 10 be now due, for mutual adjustment
and satisfaction between him, the said Plila-
dclrhia man, the government Of the United
States, tho Roman Catholic Church, the
Greek Church, and the Jowish Church.
"A la.ly recently consulted physician re-
specting the disco1oration OF her teeth, md on
investigation it was found duo to the tea she
drank, which was kept from day to day in =
timed vessel and heated mp at meal lines,
with the addition Of fresh supply of the ms
terial. The tin having won, OF, left surface
Of iron, md tho infusion, in cooling, acted
chemically Oh the iron, making tannate or
Ga1late Of iron.
Tho Buffalo Express Bays that a dar or
Christian name is Monzo, invaled tie prem
iscs OF 3 hen-honse At Black Rock. A game
fowl took umbrage at tho intrusion and im-
metilately commenced offensive operations.
They fought three rounds, when Alonzo
threw up tho sponge and retired, leaving the
field in possession Of tho triumphant game
cock, who A1so d1nw tho first blood
The Hnai1n .Mdis is somewhat euigmatical
in its announcement Of the death Of IN untor-
tunate Englishman, who seems to have in-
dufged too uncf1 in como convivia1ities. It
saya: ~ friend called to scc him on the fol-
much. Mr. H. AfterwAtlla went ont for a
walk. and threw himself down khud. The
knansamah at the dawkhungalow promptly got
iampai,, and sent him to hslka- On tho WY
he expired"
An international maritime exhibition will
be held in Naples, from the 1st Of September
to the S0th Of November next, when gold, sil-
yer. and copper medals will be distributed to
exhibitors Judged worthy thereof. The objects
admitted to the exhibition will be all those re-
lat'ng to naval construction, stcam engines.
woes, metals, and comEustihles, articles and
materials for rigging and navigation in gem
cE1l: implements and arms for commercial
tnarine, Preparations for salvage, victuAling OF
ships, and asilors' movablcs, fishery, scientific
works, etc, etc.
Through some strange freak, pennsyl-
vania woman, while away from home, sent
despatch, signed with fictitious name, to her
son, saying that she was dead, and he must
COMO for tho body. he made Arrangements
for the funeral. vent found her alive, and
brought her back. Mourning was changed to
jog, al present screaming, dancing, cryng,
and laughing in concert The grave Was iined
up and the undertaken dismissed, and thero
WAS = food OF indignation poured out against
the wicked pespetzntor Of this terrible joke,
4 LII
transaction with teaEs in her eyes-
Finally imprisonment for debt has been
abolished in Nhode Island. The net WAS
rafted March Is. In the debate the necessity
Of the old law was argued, and dreadful ric-
turo WAS drawn Of the effects Of a change. The
lrosidenee irt..f lNaSs NJ: ~ y, aavosase Of the
thing OF the past, and hereafter it cannot be
thrown into tho teeth Of the citizens of Rhode
Islnnd that their laws decree poverty to be
crime, to be panished by bolts and bara.''
Tho bark MaryJ. Smith was abandoned
hy her crew on the racitc coast, in the belief
tint she could not be got into port. subsc-
quently she was found By Indians, safe aud
sound, near Bella Bella, almost i've hundred
nilea from the poirt where she VAS deserted
II seems quite incredible that vessel could
thug make her way, as We arc assured without
mid ct hclmsu1n or compass. through intricate
channels aud dangerous tide-rips. to safe
larbor. Hardly less singular, however, is the
fact that this ~ the second tins the sanc
craft has been abandoned, and tho second time
she Inns saved herself.
The Rev. Or. Prime, Of the New York
teIls the following story: II was ina region
OF Spain where wine is more abundant. soInc-
tin,e4, than water. Wine, good wine, better
wine than is IN common use in America, il
sometines used in great Quantities instead Of
water to mix mortar with for building. A
Cllnrrh 5b1ttltR1 mt mi tES$ rrxS h+,
OF Wine-msdc mortar, because they hal great
Quantities on hand for which they had no sale
and it WAS cheaper TO usa it than it WAS to haul
water long way to the building site. But
The average number Of go1d-minefa am
rloycd in Victona lAust4als) in 1868 way
IL, Isl, being 4 decreAse Of 1,676 upon the
average for 1861. Tho average earnings Of
each u.nn in 1853 wcre :Eloi lss Sd. A. COM
pared with EST Is I'd in 1867. Ths average
ounce from u ton Of crushed quartz. The cx-
tent IF aurifcrous iand opened mp By gold
miners in Victoria ia So square miles, and the
value Ct the machinery and mining plant en-
Hloyed was estimated last rear at g., $50. 49,.
The seEseeats vslne Of The enld e1perted
:a2 .c!. The is1msnse wealth of the gold
fields in the northern Island OF New ZealAnd
has given great impetus to gold prospecting
in that colony.
In Roumania, Persons sentenced to death
arc laid fat on their backs on bench: their
hands, feet, and hreast are securely fastened
to u, sud The exccutione1 then draw from his
belt sanA1l knife With very sharp blsile. and
cuts tho throat Of the struggling criminal.
Sometimes. when the latter Belongs to de-
serving family. the executioncz. before cutting
his thfoat, knocks him On tha forehead with
wooden club. 90 - to stun him. Criminals who
commit offences Of less importance are more
or less seFarely cuageled. Women a1e whipped
viii birch rod, and, it they aza ha5itul
thieves, they are, besides, branded On the right
shoulder With red-hot iron "A very peculiar
punishment is inflicted Oh zdulteress and adu1-
iefesscs- They arc put into rillory for thrcc
hour, and two holes 2ro then cnt in their no4es-
The mans hai, is shavcu of, and the WOMAN is
branded on her left breast