, 1870-04-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

N too bntAh army soldier gets pension
after twenty-one years' service.
New York city est11Atee its population 1t
1,00o, 900, Of whom Il, 600 own al the real es-
tate.
"a correspondent Writes that nav mAnia
has sprung up among the ladies Of Edinburgh
~ fancy for learning to cook
.Cha1lea Reed, bartender in Boston, il in
jail for marrying couple 11st week who
thought he WIS quAlifed to perform the cere-
ingly-
The Atlanta (GA-} Co,astitutior tells Of a
1r{er who hdoeas corpssstd man out OF the
chain-gang, md then sued him for divorce at
the instance Of his wife.
In pond near Sparta, Ga, were lately
found, stained with blood, the clothes Of i
mssnnE man. md on boat near by note
wanted."'
The Paris police say that ut the present
time there arc IN that city more peuniles "a
Americans and American dead-beats thxu
there we're even during tho great e1posiion
Of 1867.
New Orleans papers na11zte tho woes Of L
%atu5e n1anaS 1n yo1ns souple. aged II aud Is Who
passing two bHssful dAy Is together ii The cabin
Ct negro friend, wern ruthlesAly torn apazt,
AID their brief romance terminated With sound
parental whippings and many teazs.
Among the antiquities lately discovered at
RoHae is portable ifon kitchen. which shuts
and opens; when closed, tha1a Is one plaee for
eoals sad saucepan; when open, the kitchen
il In tho form Of ; ataE, zzaiating from this
centre foSnAce, and 1t the end OF esch ray In .
little fu1nace, with places for cooking utenails.
There e : frozen we'll seven miles above
Fort Kent, He. The well il near the brow Of
. hill, With sand and grsval strata, where a
deep cut has been made for road. The dis
tancr from the bottom OF the we'll To the brow
OF the hill ia four or fve rods. The wei is
fourteen feet deep. and last July had three feet
OF ice in it.
"A young woman who was induced to 70 to
Utah With some OF her infatuated relAtiyes,
thus writes to friend in Bolton, N. Y:
" Aunt c. is in N awful hurry to hayo D. and
get married, 90 ~ to keep us here. sup
pose ahe would like to hare us marty some
Mormon with thtcc or four wires; but she
can't camo it. you can bet. have seen md
heard & enough alE9sdy about polyesmy. They
go to hell, but don't think wo shal gst in 4
much worse place than 1t is hers II We do
-Thern ls = man in the vicinity Of Cedar
heys, Flonda, who has TWENTY-FIVE children
living. The family subssst principally on fish
cup and SANGER in their house IN leu Of
cups they use COURTS and shells. They help
themselves to the cooked t}sh or oysters from
q common lArge dish. and c8ch member Of the
family uses his m her own tack-knife for that
purpose. Those articles OF diet lre spread on
corn bread, which they make themselves, and
ths9 they consume The plate ,s well ~ the
is wholly obviAted. Tho family arc II healthy,
and more robust than graceful.
AT Baskerville, n. H., one evening Last
week, tho citizens found, on the principal
street, weil-knoun and respected married
WOMAN and 4 Young unmarried woman en-
rv4t rod IN q 1,at,AFHfa h% nd. NJ M
The older, OF married WOMAN, had thrown the
otheE WOMAN upon the ground near the centre
OF the street, and WIS pulling cut her hair aud
striking her violently upon the head and
breast, with the seeming fury OF maniac, II
took several strong men to separate them,
Jealousy was the cause Of the encounter, Of
couree. The married woman il now insane,
and the single WOMAN il trying to recover from
the injuries inflicted upon her person, Her
Character can never recover.
.-Cauada, it is asserted, not only cannot re-
tzin tbs immigrants that arrive there, but
Thus Of tho bS3s1 eEigrants from Europe
who xt7iyed in Canida in 1853, only 1852 re-
l,ained in that country, and az thsss &. ia had
received free pAsses and provisions, and were
obliged to settle there. In addition to the
Sc, 699 immigrants who passed. On to the United
States, there were 81, 600 native Canadians who
moved south Of the St LaxEsnce md the
great lales- Tbs number Of foreign im1ni-
grants who As1iyed during 1863 in the United
ttAtes amounted to $50 $50, among whom The
e, 900 CanadiAns are not counted
-Ihot three japanese Princes who are doing
New lott under charge Of Captain Albert D.
Groot, arc thus mentioned by ono who has
seen them: "They are ls years Of ase, and
arc said to b. handsome. Having haa The
opportunity Of inspecting them With my own
eyes, beg le1yc to contradict thAt s1auder,
Tor three more hideous xonng men, according
to Anglo-Sa1on notions Of beauty, it has never
been my privilege TO contemplate"
The ladies' branch Of tha Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals, in Phil
aaelrhiA, have made appaication to tho Police
Committee for the FUN appropriated by Couu-
cils for taxing up dogs running 1t large With
ont nuzzlea, Tor tho ensuing year. They guar
.ntss ths .11 sm i fzsn to G te e pa. uR
dogs throughout tho rear. aud either ind IN
owner for them or h1vo them killed, without
suhjecting them to cruel treatment
The Memphis Arol1neae tells the follow
ing: ''A little negro boot-hlsck entered the
ktorehouse OF one Of our Front street mer-
front to have 'shine fuz fvs cents The
clerk sought to excuse himsen from tho prof
fered invitation by saving t1t he would hlack
the urchiu'e boots for dve cent? The negro
eyed him for : secund, md With tho utmost
noncha1ance p1aecd bis muddy hoof upoh
NNA9 AAl4 soA4 tAAC SAE4A ~ k2A6 4 E44A4I NIL LIT
would pay him fyo cents The clerk de-
ternined TO keep his word, and proceeded to
pick up the darfey's brush and hlscking, but
Vss immediately stopped By tho younsstef, Who
cried Look "a here; you got to get your
OWL hush and blaekns for dis job Amid the
laughter Of + crowd, the p1ucky clerk 1t once
produced h1uAh md b1AcGnE, and in few
minutes the neg1o's boots became acquainted
with : scientific polish When tho deed wns
done the Gtt1o mig produced dve-cent piece
md departed, xhiztlinE the once popn}1t mir,
John browns body lies nouldering In tbs
grave"
-Kezminster Abbey Is nov open 70 the
public freely ere1g Monday. Tho London Pau
AdH Gosete says Of the first day under the
new Eysteu, when three thousand visitors
were admitted Is The admission WAS free IN
the widest sense of tho word, for not only waa
no charge made, but the escort Of the ve1eer
wss also dispensed with Instead Of being
hurried round the chApels to tho nonotouous
drune Of vctEtr describing the monuments.
people z1e now allowed to examine tho place 1t
their leizure, al the ch2pels being simply
thrown open, And the visitors left to
xander about - they please-- Under
archeologist, Monday is likely 70 become The
most popular day Of Al. rlAns Of the cha2els
and Tho positions Of tho most trolebratsd torahs
arc distributed throughout tbs building for
reference At tie shrine Of st, Edward An
Illuminated descriptive card i fixed on aaeh OF
the oete<5a Of interest. Thero is I verger IN
every chapel, who is able md wiling to answer
sho y inquiries Of visdsors. BE Is also p1Aead