, 1870-07-13
,MIECELLANEQUH.

MISCELLANEOUS
Titusville, Pa. has 200 inhabitants.
There are 2s7 incorporated colleges in the
United States.
prusaiAn army Last year.
A practical man wants to make Lager
beer vault Of the Mammoth Cave.
French and Spanish wines are fast dis
placing ale as = drink &mous the middle
classes Of England
"a .dy q ttle, The widow Of N y Ifish peer.
relief 1t Lambeth Work House.
In Prormcetown, Mass, on the Fourth OF
July, an old hen attacked torpedo, and, by
perslstent pecking, caused it to explode and
blow her own hesd or
a Mrs. Connen, in Wiltima mantic, Conn, en-
ticed little girl into her house 1stely, and
On reaching home the poor child fell down
Stairs and broke her ann.
Sacramento has On exhibition 6ixteen-
pound lump Of pure gold taken from the
mines near Shasta. Its value is about 43, 500,
and it is said to be entirely free from quartz
"A flock Of pigeons had the temerity to fly
into swaIm of bees, In virginia, few dnys
ago, Fhereupon the spiteful honey-makers set
to and stuug them to death.
An italian fisherman, in San Francisco,
lately run fsh-bone into the palm Of his
band, which produced l0cA-3a~' resulting in
1T has been observed that in the south Of
Spain, when the south wind b1ows, linen spread
ont to bleach, instead OF becoming white, at
tains slightly yellow tlnge. This effect is At
tnbnted to finely divided sand from the Sahara,
carried along IN the wind.
-Bird-catehing has been made penal Of
fence in Prussia. :.
The eensua fust taken in Hungary shows
tie population OF that country to amount TO
15,429, ,238 Bouls. or these 1866, ,9l7 arc males
and 7,792, 29l arc females. Tho census
taken in 1857 gave population Of 1a,76s ,513
increased since that tirno BY 1,6SG,725 souls.
"A French traveller has inst discovered
That the middle point OF tho dome Of st.
Peters and that Of the portico do not coin-
eide The difference between them is nearly
five feet, and must be duo either to an cngi-
nal defect in construction or to the subse-
Quent inclination Of the axis OF part OF tho
building. .......
Berlin il growing more rapidly than any
city in Europe. In 1882 it was tho eighth in
tue order Of European capitals, it's population
being $50, 900; in 1869 it was the third, only
London and Par7s its supe1iors, its population
being 100000.
"A law has just bccn published in Sweden
which permits female physicians to Practice
medicine in all its branches, hut they must
submit to the same rigorous examination as
the men. All the Swedish colleges hayo been
instructed to admit female students to their
course of Etudy.
a baby, BON With 8 horso'e hehd and threo
tongues, died in Brooklny last week of mnrss-
mus.
Tho bones Of about 1900 Chinose lately
reached San Francisco on their return to the
Celestial Empire. They had bean gathered up
along the line OF tho Central Pacific Railroad.
and we're ali there waa left Of regiment o.
laborerB on that great work. They are taken
homo in pursuance OF the contract by which
they were originally brought into the country.
Tho new Anmsthetic, hydfate Of chlora1, is
IN almost miraculous remedy in delsriu'n ire
mems: d.. George Bs1four, Of Edinburg. has
tried it in cuee which WAS ona OF "maniacal
violence" Two half-drnchm doses at one
hours interval produced sleep and cured the
patient Ill.,. ..
The town OF Alyarzdo, Cal, is to have 4
bpet-sugar factory. The works, #hich will
cost S75 900, are DOW in courao OF erection.
The capacity will bo sufficient to crush fifty
tons OF beeis daily. Largo crops Of beets arc
being raised the present year, and tho factory
is expected to DO in operation before fall The
company has capital OF a250, c90 the works
will employ 400 to $50 hands, md the bnssneea
! will be under the conduct Of Germans expert.
enced in beot-Bugar making in their owp coun'
ment made last year In Germany with the
CsEfornia beet, which proved its superior
qualities for suga1-makiug.
-Instigated by Governor Chamberlain, the
Maine Legislature ordered o thorough water
surrey Of tho Slate, and the result is
| that there arc in the State over 5000 wate,
| powers. The rivers Of tho State deliver annu-
aliy ,2eo zoe, 600 600 cubic feet Of water. This
represents horse power OF 9, C56, 200, which il
! equivalent to tho labor Of 34,000,000 men,
without Intetmission, from tho beginning tc
| tho end OF the year,
One day last week, while the women were
bathing at the freo bath, foot Of Fifth street
| Now York, horrible yell was heard in tht
| bath. Tho uatron rushed in, and found a per
son With masculine cast ot couutanaaca il
tho grasp OF como eigls or ten n5mpls, vht
| were sousing her undee water at an alarming
| rate, and at every dip they screamed out
dip-"How dare you intrude yopr dirty car
casa among us unprotected females; !" (anothcl
| tlip) sand II you stay in hero another minute
| (two dips in quick succession) "uo11 duck tht
| life cut OF yon." Tue unfortunate wretch wA
rescued from their clutches, and when th1
truth was asccrtatncd it was found that th'
Tiragos Ind almost drowned poor dorma1
ci1l Under = supposition that Hhe WIS msl,
| in disgulsc. ..
IT is asserted that7 per cent Of tho luna
tics in Chateutou Asylum, France, arc victitnl
10 the use; OF hair-dye A French paper nfirm'
|
to rcfnto its assertions. Our authority adds
Foulnees Of breath 10 ono Of the particula
signs Of ineauity caused by lead or litharg'
| poison. Colic md dwelling siliness, ans
finally total loss Of memory aro among o.hol
symptoms. The Director ct Cha1entou say
that il he we1o Judge he would attach yer
little importance 10 the evidence al any maj
OF woman in the habit Of using hair-1ye:"
The editor Of the Binghamton. (N: Y,
Republican tells this story: IA lady resldinl
on Owen Hill, one day last wsek, discovered
fou1-year DID, Of tho feminine gender. hang
ing by her hands from tie upper story win
dow Of neighbor's house. She. was mnc
alarmed at the peri1oua situation of the child
and called to its father, who LOOKED up, an
seeing the position Of hls cntetprsing daugh
tor, coolfy asked hor what she wos doing u
there. She AZ cooiiy replied, 'rTaint mono q
your business.' Since writing the above "
have seen the samo young lady, with our or
eyes, in company with two elder sisters, age
aud years. Walking tho ridge pole of Il
house. Our bette1-haif Thought il a tez1ibl
sight, but thoJ amt dead yot.''