, 1870-01-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

CntEaMeh afe to dig taa Cape Col CAuA-Hhel
It Is dag.
TIE Strth German Confederation has abolished
The frarking privilege.
Paris IL 81 present "1s.rely supplied With Aner
lean ne!resfes IN search ct titled huspsuda O.
sWeet speech AID small means"
4 gtatl1tical New Yorker says that last yea
l,leo peraous we're killed By accidents from gun
powder, and only seven BY nltro.glycerine-
4 soldier IN : Atlne regiment. who waa struck
By Mimic hall on the bridge Of the nose, IN thu
battle OF the WILDERNESS. lhtelJ nad 1t cut frou
tho back Of his stuu where It had lodged.
Twenty Jears ago a Connecticut man left 4
waich,w with tevet!er, TO be clcxued and repaired,
saytnR he would be In town IN day or two and
call for It. Last week the nau called in At the
jewellers aEd asked: "po yo1 remember MY
it2ylne 4 wh.eh with you number Of yeark since
10 be cleaned !" ayes" replied tho ie eIleI,
''ard here ttai
The New York cum,n<rrsds Advertiser fats:
"The hscqnet II DelnoalcoH ., which was osten-
tat!onsly declared to be held u proclamation Of
peace between Camden Arooy aud It's former
rival, lha Rslt,an 4 Delaware Bay Railroad, xas
IN fact, celebration Of the success Of the great
monopoly IN obtainiug complete cootrol OF the
latter line, which It prspo4es to run n apparent
independence"
English engineers are pondctfug the relative
nerts of Iron aud stone IN bHdge building. Tne
cost Of the former Il only about one. thtrl Of ths
Latter; but, while stone bridge Of saostaatiA
Character Ntn putI21t nation or language, the
duration Of The beat fabric Of trnn which CSC be
rtCed Ii limited Tas Waterloo ANA Losdoa
bridxe4 are Of stone, ana their cost per squAre
foot wns between Ele and ELL The Westminster
bridge, Of iron, cHt but e 81 per foot
a "young gentleman, -aRed s. whose head h1,u.
II reached the top Of the doct," Wa sentenced
By An English magistrate "so b handed oTer 10
his p.seura and soundly logged" That was
"capi,alr puL !shnoent, but whA wa4 his oaerce:
"He had placed some seha.rs' aad Etaues on the
line Of Z railway" Tet further we arc told:
"Eyen In The sci Of dotug the thing he Wa4 re-
nqnlt11.ed with BY ! playmate" when he re-
sLonded that he would abreak his head u he In
te,1ered-" W'hen in prison he auused hi1nself BY
stunning u the E11 IN The chapel. pulling down
beQ nandles tearing up h1s hlsukctA," etc
TIE P1uss.an ueedle-guu hss Formidable r!ra!
IN the form Of runSus<AAe1psxtAr. OF Enlfe-Rnn
the neu bEezcn-loAder tnveaped hJ HeEr Hayhnf-
et, OF Eant chen, EAEs P1QtaiA AtAreceus tsaA
Ia KonlgtberE, twenty-five roundk With fnI cart
sz3dse. ass f1d 4. have oeen hred on per Minute
The utsa1e peuet1ates At / distance Of t1o ihou-
eand yards. The piece ca111es with RTeAt pre-
c;Glp-, and hss the great Advantage OF Intn!-
mum of smoke. Tie invention extends to the
csrtrt6ae as well n to the Eun Tho inventor
had re- eated bis o1er to xeu his pstent TO the
PruEap G 3VeEoMeut, but Il hA1 rot Jet been &C.
cspsed, He tAl tpeut his vhoie fortune, Of tHeu-
Il -ve thousand do!la,s, IN the production OF the
am, aaa 4hrt ateu8 70 60 10 Austria or Piaoce II
Pfpsz.a does no. Sve hin An ausFef so0a-
II has recently been discovered thst The springs
OF cht1pomkters and watches, which are COZ
ssru.1ed Of steel Ire frequently magnetic sseei
IL Al ali tines liable to become uagceExed from
causes beJcnd mans control HatehmiSers AEe
ad11ttd 70 test their springs ~ 70 masnedsm ny