, 1870-06-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

There is Frcnel. "society for the rrotcc-
tion Of Children" .
-N.1Ghty:: boys at New Orleans cut Tie
tai1s of Of cows in tho suburbs OF that city,
and sell them to the chignon-makers.
:. "A =, colezed m man, ageq 70, now IL Delaware,
The Spanish authorities are proceeding
with great v;gor against Free Masons in Cubs.
AL lodges there are prohibited by statute.
The San Francisco Beard Of Educ3tion has
vo.cd to discharge any fenalo teacher who may
commit the crime Of marriage
m apple tree, Is years old, which bears fruit
every year, but neTor blossoms.
"A German chemist has found a test 60
delicate that one part OF aracntc in ono million
parts Of solution may DO dotected.
In Dutchess County, New York, the tana-
perance men arc buying ont stocks OF liquor
During the past year 1888 men, So women,
and SO children Wc1o killed By tigers in Java,
158 persons by crocodi1es, and q by snakes.
Tho number Of eggs imported into Great
britain during the year 1869 amounted to no
less than four hundred and forty-two million
one hundred and Ei1tJ-Hye thousand and
eighty!
The London Globe believes that il poll
could 10 taken Of tho 1ives Of England, on
the subject Of teealizing marriage with de-
ceased rife's slster, the result would be largely
Against It,.
People who make notes, or write love-
lettere, will be delighted with \ bit OF infor-
nation which the Treasury Department giyes,
that violet ink fadea-some records written
with it, and exposed 10 the light, being now
mere blank paper.
Tho Mississippi papers publish the mstn-
monial alliance Of colored people under the
head Of "Colozed Marrisges.'s Among the
latest in Holly Springs waa that Of Iillow
ChAirN md 1aura Ayras
"A citizen Of Charlcstonn. Mass., recently
deceased, left $500 to be held in trust and the
interest used in opposing the annexation OF
that City to poston. Boston thinks the will
verJ singular"
An imperial commission has reported up
Government purchased from the United
States in 1867, "a being the most effective
craft for coast defence in the whole navy OF
France.
Tho editor Of the Now Orleans Picayune
wac recently shown very remarkable pheno-
menon in the shape OF thrce roses growing Oh
enc stem, two OF which were red and ono per
'fsctly white. Tho vhito rose occupied the
central position.
AT Kostosk, small port in Germany, il
ut pretent anchored one Of the Oldest stipB
afloat. This IS the Ba1ossa, built in England,
and the came vessel which acted as trans.
port to tho ship that took Napoleon I. to st.
Helena.
The Alaska Indians hold Corones's in
queEis over suicides, not to decide how, but
why they killed themselves, and II any other
party be to blame he has to pay fine to the
friends Of the deceased.
"A woman in Aroostook County, Me-,
whose house caught fire the other da1 during
the absence OF III the "men folks poured
upon the famea all the water there was in the
house, then used up her milk and cream, and
finally resorted to her meat-barrels for tho
pickle She subdued the flames.
The Halifax New Brunswick) Clizen de-
sc1ibes political opponent as h:glozing his
glib preteqces oflegasty, Tor lawlsss net, and
efface tie blood spots Of the constitutions
violent death"
1t is reported that q gentleman visiting
Darbadoes relates as part Of his experience in
dining with high-toned colored family, that
when the turkey was carved, he waa asked il
be would have . rome Of de insertion, !" which,
after come thought, he discovered to be =
The abort cut through the suez Canal is
proving to be serious affair to the health Of
ite navigators. The heat On The Red Sea is
almost intolersble, and on one vessel every
stoker died dar1ng its passage.
The Auburn IN. " -Ne,os speaks myatori-
ccss of organization, and says that the scheme
ia gigantic one, and will rival in greatness of
that OF tile other company, now
merged with tho American, which has mAde
the name Of Auburn 60 farnous.
An odd case occurred in The United States
District Court, N Philadelphia, a few days ago.
The Court had been trying one Sherman fos
selling counterfeit beer-stamps. One Of
the witnesses, Witeman, government
detective, testified with great glee
that he palmed OF upon George
Mounsioy bundle Of blank paper which tic
which Niternan was paid s., 900 in good
money. He informed the court that this WAS
what Is known among the detectives as "the
Doodle game" Judge Cadwa11ader Was not so
much entertained by these disclosures as tho
deponent expected that he would be. On the
contrary, luis judicial wrath was so much ex-
cited that he hcld the ehrewd and funny United
States detective to bail in 900 to take his
fIial for ewindllng, and, not being able to fur
nish bonds, the humorous detective was locked