, 1870-02-22

"~A< S@eO A1Nke~A QuWu &+u NQWpeu&H 10 LEAVE
the E!ctEtt3 OF the polls. Tho mob Of !mpestec,,y.
eonsuEcted enoc1auc cttfzens then took potacs-
son OF Inc hsliotboxes- 1t b.iuR evident that
Inc rougns had The upper h1nd, the polls were
decnred closed At 8 o'clock in the aftexuo3n A
Number OF Republicans were tnInstd In the ue,ee
eod one ctnztn, Ar. Stanton, who VIE cougplc,-
o1s In tDdeAyoF1g to msintstn order, MAs struck
from hehi1d, and sericualy injured.
MISCELLANEOUS
Pineapple ftltte1s are Florida deiicaey.
Carsda has cftr-seVen anoN.1hoe ciupL
New fnfk school Children low carry loaded IA
rolyet1 for Relf.pfoteciicn ~
CalHosnA hnbors aluperatiuon aRniost "dytng
II your b1ote, f." and even murdezess 10 far repnri
It Al 10 pull the boote Cd tneir vctlns,
Some exc!ten ent has been created In Knox gi!le
Itnn, bT baby which has departed from the old
established rules governing "cntung teeth by
cutting tta back teeth to sta1s With.
lt1sEaId that rev DESCRIPTION Of lava il being
lhfo~n from the crater Of Eesuvtus a!nce the last
e1upt!oD. couh1R:lng Of cs,stal1tz.d salt Tn!.
heauulul phenomenou haa heretofore been mn,
SHOWN In volcanic nalurai history.
A Ly1n woman blew her stove In p.ecos.
smashed cet WtcdoRs, half buried up her Kitchen
furniture. and blurred little boy, tho other day.
bv thaWing out tightly .cotked Jug Of frozen va
ter ID the ltove oren.
The GJpaes In the Hop Garden In Pesth hare a
curious way Of looking after tue honesty Of ther
MONEY collector. The pcraon entrusted with tho
pl.t!on Of taking the hat round AMONG tho crowd
has living ny put in biz lett hand, vhlo he Ids
the lat with bis right When he returns wttn the
1unds fe nnAt nr1nR the ny back alve, ~ Axp
that he has not taken Ruy money from the CON-
mon property, bat II the ny % xaut:ug, or eyeu
dead, he does not get h's Ahare Of the money
The street passenger railways OF Massachusetts,
according to tner annual returns mate to the
Legislature, furnish tho following atau4uc, for
1862: Capital stock, $Aosss0o; capital paid in,
s. $50: debt, 1876, ,o7a; capital paid up. anu
deb. $Asla so9; cost Of roads md equipments,
,e32, ,62c; e&cess Of paid up capital and DEBT over
cost OF roads and equipments, t3.9, ,S5l Total iu-
cone, a.0eA 900. Working expenses, t1,795 8s5:
Interest paid, So 642; net earnngs S?ea dIy1-
'epde. $3.50 SIT EusplQs, 4&5 5s9. Total leutth Of
rail- as Jingle tEaef, 40 miles: number OF passen,
gers carried. sa,4so.uo: nen employed, !, ,Ro5;
conduttots and drlSele, COS; horses, asp: cara
lt3.
Thetphltus Ludoyicclkentschtk Zch,aeskop1ky.
Polish chemist and puplt of L,eolg, hAs succeed.
cd in producing ellio and Aluninous ether, md
BY their aaststance has Rolved the alcaem.Sts'
problem Of making precious s.onea. With
rure oxide OF Iron, the n,umtnous ether fotus
the ruby; with sulphato Of copper. II forms the
sapphire; with salts Of nickel, the emerald;
Of chromium. the topa2 IL born. These esna
hare not tbs extreme hlrdneas OF the native aot-
stances. but thes lustfe u exquisite. Sick aud
Aluminium are the elementary hAsss Of AL tIinss
and claIs, and ste found cyesJ where. This pro-
cess Of ether1zlng them Il SAID to hs ample put
delicate, requiring great de1te1lty.
Lud FHz ,Hard!pge, says a London latter,
brought the Berkeley hounds to Cheitenhau for
dhys sport, aud upHAfd OF 800 horsemeu tne
btid$st fJhRrH a+srrh
nnest horses, TUNED ont 10 meet him There had
been hard frost, foalo wed BY thAw, and, Al you
may suppose, many hor1e aud rider came 10
GfieL one sp0fAEAn had acomminuted tfactp1a Of
his eoilAr bone sooshef's horse rolled over him
olhere GOT canuoned against trees, several horses
were badly afAked, and swo died on the netd
with long LIST Of minor eAsnaluea. At another
hunt II the tame Ee!ghbothood, a few days b.
lore. the fox dashed through he window into q
clergy mans kitchen, ard, when driven out h,
tho frightened COOK, took refuge IN the bed OF a
shcct...akeE
An nt1ic.e termed " "comp1e4sed leather' II now
manufactured Of The waa.c leather Of shoe fac
tories and saddlerJ establishments by nrs: cieans
tng II from dir: and other foreign 1up5tances.
then cutting It TITO ne,shteds, with the waste Of
raw h!dtt, ind lmmtialng 10 wAter containing
one per cent OF eulphut1o acid uuIu the whole
fefma plastic pulp, which cAu then be pressed
into noulds OF the deslred aixe. After theae
have been dr1ed BY means Of stelm, tho masses
are passed between rollers, one OF which Ia rough,
ard the othst smooth, for the purpose OF produc-
Ing surfaces In Imitation Of tesn and Ernlu sides
Of leather. To reuder the whole pltable, one
pound Of el5cerine I. added for each hundred
pocnds OF mater1aL Fur many purposes, u 10,
the soles OF shoes &c this artificial substance
completely replaces the nsturM leather, and can
oe sold 1t a much cheaper rate,
The Ef1ictnctg CT EDn1hh Unme laws and ~ a,r
enforcement 1s Illustrated By the TACT that
5onnR man Ia now lJlnG IN Exeter Jau Oh a
tlfee' month"; Aenience for having I've years ago
aaot Pheasant, either On his fathers farm or
on tcc nelGheoring turnpike. -IGmctuately after
ae committed this fearful decd Of blool, drexdius
She majesty Of thc Law. he ded from home, and
old not dare to return- But his elder brother
died, snd bis parents lonfed for hin, and So after
they had held sorr consnltallon with the autkor1
fstb, and Obtained nsE pron,ae thst their Eon
should be eIeEpied frnm arrest, he returned.
three Jears aud q haI After hA hight from korne
4 year AID = half he uas uumolested, but As the
ebd Of t1At time he was seized, tried, md sent 10
ptitou for three noaths ~ q feion, for the awful
cline OF Interfering with "gcnEcmenH" sport,
by ahoottog bid, i've Jear1 ago.
A correspondent Of the Delhi Gdzsts<, writing
tsom DGr Rrts. on December 10, aays: some Ma-
homnedAnl Of Bengal have recently brought
here a mermaid preserved In cxle. IL
exactly reseDh!el fsh covered with scales IN
The lower hair, and monkey having head And
two a.ms. with nrLels aud nall1. In the upper.
OF courae II Is . curious thing 70 look At was
quite asto3!shed to leaIn from some Of my friends
that real mermaid, exposed In the ehoNk OF thE
cttJs could be seen on eaJ1ng Iug!e pce- So,
ISL oiled ny m!nd with great coE1oalry. went
there, yesterday, and saw that It wss all sr1e, and
that mnn, sitting ~ the door, with : bell In his
hand, vas Inviting the passers By to that spee.
fHfl ] n ftR1f fFa a,t In 81 &A7S
Al, ard fe:r 1t with my own hands. couldn't
make out ysh!rg fictitious in II. On FIGURING
Of the nan Wlo was present there, was tnio,I-
ed lhnt It wAs 4 real mermaid, found IN the seA
Dear Japan. and that NAN bought It fox 800 m.
peet at public suction IN Calcutta. He further
tod Ee that another OF the same sos:, but ~ Big
~ LEAD. Was sold there for 1.Aoo rureea The
length Of the one saw hero was slznon \ toos
ana half"
Air. Josiah Quincy whites to the Bo,to1 .4arr.
ti4er advocattuE the Introduction Of the German
f!stem Of Co operative Savings Banks. These Dc
tetd upon Eopth1y tepodts tor their credit bn,s,
The deposits canrnt be 1cls than nee ceu1 nor
mere than sftA They CANNOT be assigned. with.
dts"r. - dlnt1.aed eZc-1: :. . Ia :s eu,; OF nnan.
ctal car. after ak morths' notice Menbtrs s.e
admitted by vote, Ald In case Of fallurc they be
ccne lt1ble for the Indebtedness Of the ins;ttu-
uor. Tae chances Of failure, however.
nase been proved In Germany to be vesy
small Loans arc made cn1y to menberx Each
ore u entitled to = loan eq2t. 70 hh
contt ution: targer lokns rnuEt RenetallY bo we'll
Aecared. After paying OF dedocklnR the interest
on loars and deposits, the b1.2ncn, which, In
Germany, Averages u Per cent per annam, Is
divided among tbs members Ia proportion 70 the
amount OF their oon.ribuuonh The inst OF these
Institutions Va& established t0enty yeatf sso. By
q. s:hu1t1e Delecne-