, 1870-04-02

,aagh ,n,a aaa tns material except b4 cleaning the
Will have an Army OF eo37N men ~ - E5 119 Aega ata
cen, - ,16o non-connissioned Officers = stn
mu11c!Ans, o,e5s dr1nmcra aud EnnnaterH
Also, ,2sU health otcerB, 5Q7 naym,stsrs 51s
veterinary surgeons, Isl atmorrTa nd 1s
master sadalers. Tho horses number IS S1a
.,I1-, Int Al I'm N siehnA an old topper recently
year Of Lis regular attendance at the 1,csr ~.
ble- Tho president Of the dinner n,rtv ..h;nl,
was given in homer OF this event Id si.o 49,
constant visitor for thirty eight yesrs, and
made short speech, and ended by emplyin9
his 10, ,l8oth eeidal {pint) Of beer. f''16
An amusing incident occurred in a c;,v m
the Hh'no during the recent carnival festivities.
The Mayor OF the city had ordered thai m, neT.
son ehould appear IN domino afess
o,,;,+ on the era,,s streets. ct Ihe police hid
80 found Unfortunately the M.yors VIZ Hstsoa soa
one Of her friend had not heard Of the orili-
nance; they put on dominos, we're Arrnsied
and had to pass several hours in The police
station before they were released. The police
man who arrested tkem showed great zo.I In
the performance Of his duty
The plague Of locusts is coming upon IN.
rusa2em. letter publialed Feb. q, SAYS:
The locusts arc spread over the mountains
Of JudAh eand 6amA1iA, in the valley Of Jor-
dan, and ihNho plain Of Sharon and Galiloe.
nASlnG come 70 tay &nen eEEH, which will be
! hatched Just before the harvest: and. ~ the
Arabs say that each couple lays zoo eggs.
| countless millions will appear, eating cFery
green Thing, poisoning the ground, and thus
preventing grass :. sT.9Hing for the cattle. There
IL tho greatest alarm throughout the couutry.~
The San Francisco Ala is responsible for
! this statement: IA cEab, measuring thirteen
| some forty pounds, has been brought to this
city from Yokohama, by the last steamer, L
whs obtained by agentlennan from some japan
csc fishermen. who captured it last month.
upon the wreck Of tho United States coryatts
Oneida, recently sunk in tho Bay Of Kanagawa,
" COLLISION with the steamer Bombay Ihe
formation of the legs. .claws, carapa1, and
mouth, presents marked difference from those
| Of the common crab, having prettudlng tusks,
| rows OF teeth"
-Aeorrespondent OF the New York Time,
Briefly stated, it IL this: Each servant should
DO required BY law to have "a license, and =
book Eigned by IN appointed officer Of police RI
On leaving place her employers write in the
book what they think Of her, and she takes il
to tho police Office where II is again signed
The rate Of wages should be fixed by Law, =
premium being given to every seryant who re-
mains for Il certain term in one fhmi1y. And
every charitable institution and free school
should te made q training school for house
lu1d work.
In schuslkiu, Pa, March o, William
the bono mill Of Miller L smith, met With a
horrible death BY being ground up in the pllos-
Fhsts mixing tub. He had got inside the tub,
for the purpose Of cleaning it, when by some
miEchance tho betting was shifted from the
!ooss. pulley On which it was running, starting
body was terribly maneletl, ue.rly al his bones
being broken. 50 tightly Was the body welsed
III the machine tllat It required considerable
length of time to e1tricate il.
"a very extraordinary funeral LAS taken
place At Devices, England. Tie deceased was
. single lady. 10 years Of agc. Five years ago
she had coffin made. OF which she Was 30
careful that she would never allow it to he re.
moved from her room, except when slle paid
IN occasional visit to Weymouth. and then she
took it With her. Sho always kept eight half
crowns il, being five shillings apiece for the
The cid lady died af drorsy, aud the cherished
cofhn being too small it Was found necessary
to have another made. Her relations, how
over, would not separate her from the CON
stant companion Of her old age, and so they
hstl the smaller coffin chopped mp and buried
with the corpse in the same grave.
AT the Paris oI,ern, the other night, the
inffamualle scenery took fire. The manager
alarmed the hrenlcn, who promptly turned
their hose on the fire. At the same time the
| manager tSld: 4 line f0r tile hrst person
who stirs from his post Five francs for each
enc who remains still" Nobody stirred. Tho
lallct dancers stuically allowed themselves to
be dclugeI by tue wafer which poured from the
scenery. If one of these poor creatures had
taken flight, OF single spectator in the house
scenes, the results would Lave been most dis.
nstrous aud tile victims numerous. Tho cool.
ne#s and presence Of miud Of tho manager pre-
vented a terrible catastrophe. Tic ballet
dancers M their paEt, deserved the grateful
thanks OF their ronnt1y and earned their five
francs bravcly. II was remarked in the house
with sou.e surprise, that It rainel heavily OF
the htaga; but Who could for 4 moment lla:t
suspected that fire was raging while the
chorus and supernllneraries were 80 calm A1li
ilnnoSable: Tue act waa almost finished, alli
by the time it came to conclusion the tire VT:
eAtuEuishe1.