, 1870-06-30

eon, while the Tribune has Is Warmly opPoSeo
it.
On the morning following the great storm,
at one Of the Boston schoola. Of the $50 pupils,
3l5 reported broken ekylghts at home.
"A DANISH ship lying in Boston harbor, has
q lnrge windmill on board, which is apaiisd to
wor1ing Tho pumps II is also adapted to
other work as occasion may require.
Officers Of Ku-klux organization: !
Grand Wizard of the Empire aud ins ten de-
nil, q Grand Dragon Of the Realm and his
eight Hydras, q Crane Titan OF the Dominion
and his Fix Furies. a Grand Giant of tile Prov
ince and lis four COLLINS, q Grand Crclops Of
the Den and his two Night Hawks, = Grand
Grand Turk, Grand Scribe, GRIND sent-
mel, and Grand Ensign"
The oll1er day, in Washington dramatic
critic said that the soubrette Of certain thea
tre was "exceedingly loud" She immediate
i thes s newspaper IF ofkce, armed With wrath and
whip about the aizo Of white oak stave.
scene was avoided, however, by singular pres
ence OF mind on the part ct the critic, who
told her that the writer Of the obnoxious par
ugraph had gone on little trip to China, and
wouldn't return in seventeen years.
The obituary list Of the London Times Of
one day contains someremarkable illustrations
Of prolonged existence in five ladies' AMI three
gentlemen, all Of whom bad reached four
acore years and upward, &their united ages
AluOulI4ut ~ 0Ct ScdAo3 BlfluE I'LL AFeEASo u
exactly IS years to each. The eldest gentle
mnn had reached the age Of 80 years, the two
others OF the eamo SEE being Sc. OF the op-
posito EEK the eldest was So and tho youngest
80years OF age.
IN, GARNER, a member Of tho French Cam
bod1nn expedition, asserts that in China tho
taste for opium is by no means confinad to tho
lu{7au race. Pigs and horses thrive upon
poppy flowers. and when deprived Of their
favorito food languish and dis: At a town in
Yuuan rats used to rcBort in large number to
an opinm manufactory in order to inha1e the
futnes from the coppars, and after the town
had been sacked BY tic Pauthays, tho ruins Of
the factory we're si:itcd by it's old ho5lues,
who were content to die on the scene Of their
former lappiness.
Of the remarkable experiences Of the present
spring in England. Since tho full moon OF
March II, tue total ruinfa11 nt Greenwich has
been only ~ inches. Out Of oighty-six days,
seventy have been rainlces. The Average fall
in april and May ia four inches, but during
tho beginning Ut Janu4Iy to Ine emu OF May
| tho rainfal1 IT -Grccuwich waa but little over
half the quantity for the same time on an Nv
| crnge OF hftF-four years. ..
| On Monday after Whitsuntidc, twenty I'M
| mense htoreho11sca md twelve residences were
! consumed by fire in the city Of Bremen. The
| loss is estimated at upward OF million prus-
|
in the afternoon, in i lutnber yard, whoro
some children were playing at kindling shay
1nEs. It laeted till night, and would probably
have made still greater rayages II fire com
pany Of 15o men, will d powerful engine, had
| not arrived from Dremerhaveu.
Tho Rum OF Clutch is the na1ue Of curi-
| Gus region in India. It IS . level plain, 150
miles }ong, and saturated with salt, and SO firm
TINT the hoofs Of horses and camels make
scarcely my impression upon It. It is 50 fiat
1 F.f st naA G1r
Which il blown about on the surface until II
evaporatcR. at certain Beasons tho windblow
| the tide from the Indian Ocean in upon the
plain. and covers il to tue depth Of one or two
feet. There being absolutely no land marks,
caravans md travellers frequently arc lost
regularly lighted on the side OF the hills Of
Clutch BY a Mahommedan family who live
there, md to whom has deacendedtho religious
duty Of titus guiding the wanderers over this
remarkable desert
"A Newport a. - paper says: :" visitor
in this city, short time since, Of rather an
| imaginative turn of l1ind, sought ont the Old
| Stone Mill. and spent somo time gazing upon
it and meditating upon its probable origin. he
brought to mind ali that be Ind read anu heard
part OF its exterior; after which he turned te
the Perry Monument and oven slod few
tears for his memory and shouted some poetry,
By one Of those mistakes which will happen
this gentleman had made the rather funny er.
ror of miataking- tho Perry cotton factory, in
and tho shot tower for the somewhat famous
| Perry Monument. He returned to his home
innocent Of his mistake, and happy in the
! memory Of that hour"
question Of the alulteration Of beer will
water This can hardly be said to ba an IN.
mixed evil. Those who contend that the more
serious adulteration With cotcnlus ind.cus Ii
rare, should remember that the amount Of
c0ccu}us intlfcus imported into England il suf.
tho beer consumed in the United Kingdom
There il no other known use for tho delete
t1ous drug. It is utterly usoless uud nave,
employed in medicine, and is equally uselesf
and unemployed in tie arts. Nevertheless
while the quantity imported in 1857 amountea
Il may also be stated that the u8e Of coccul4.
indie'ls, to give fictitious strength to beer
is not by any means confined to this country
According to Ltatement of Professor Dragon
dorfT, formerly chemist to the st. Petersburg
police, picrotoxine, tie active principle ol
cocc1.lus artdicus, is largely Used for a1uiterat
ing beer Ii Russia, and it is frequent occur
rence that brewers aro fined on this account
and the beer confscated- Schubert, OF War;
burg, also states that Bayariau beer il ycrJ
often adulterated with cocculus ind4cus."
The st. Paul Pioneer OF Tho asth rays
I'VE learn from gentleman who resides il
tho Indian country that grand council OF tht
various bands Of Chippewas will DO holden be-
tween the 10Th and 18th OF July, in the neigh
borbood Of Fort Ripley Runners h1ve beer
dispatched to invite tho attendance of tht
leading men, and preparations have bseI
made to entertain them. It is believed tha
no hostile measures will be iuaugurated, but
as uana1 on such occasions, there Will be con
siderable complaint of their treatment"
! Ono day last week = dog that had beeT
prowling about iu the neighborhood In the
Southwestern portion Of Henderaon County
Tennessee, brought up the lower half Of !
white infants body One Of the chfld's fee
was gone, and looked as if it had been eate1
off. The citizens were greatly shocked
and incenBed when tho discovery was
made known. A meeting was held and opin
ions intercnanged, but no facts wero ellcitei
| pointing to tue author Of the iufanticide. Sns
picion strongly rested, however, On woma1
in the neighborlood, who is believed to be tlt
murderer aud unnatural mother Of the child
An inquest was held, and information obtain
ed which led 10 tho is4ufnS OF warrant fol
tho nr1est Of Miss Susan Yoes, charged will
the guilt OF child murder. The young woman
aged about p years, WAS working in a cotto1
field when information reached her that thu
warrant had been issued. Dropping the hos, ,sht
went to tho we'll Oh tho promises Of Ms. Deu
iamin Rhodes, about four hundred yards dis
tant, and plnnging headfoug into the abyss
WIS drowned. The we'll waa twenty-six fec
to the water, with ten feet Of water a. tie bot
tom.