, 1870-05-10

rand reunion in St. Louis
MISCELLANEOUS.
At recent sale Of old coins, in New York,
me cent piece Of 1900 brought S35.
-uThe neeTeative Roostaza" is ths na1ns
Il London club.
1t is said that kangaroo steaks and sirlmns
'ro considered great deaicacy in the French
.estaurnnta.
The fashionable style OF suicide now, in
New York, is jumping OF ferry boat
The Philadelphia City Council has appro-
oriAted ell, 900 for free public baths in th.t
"A Connecticut man has patented what he |
>a]ls elongated pad-plAtes and adjustable
elastic bands, for securing the featnres Of =
deceased person in their natural position
Immediately after the burning OF tho
(Va-) } Theatre, in 1911. the Council
public show, assembly or dancing for the
period Of four months.
-'Shoo Fly" has been introduced 10 London
by tho Cristy Minstrels, and tho London
Times condeseonds to notice it In comnenda-
tory terms.
"A Belgian pcddlcr was recently murdered
in Rruges, and, a. rceompense to his wife,
Tho water Of the mineral Bpring in Fais-
mount Park, Philadelphia, tho Post sAys,
tastss ,'like damaged pork k-picfle drank out Of
m Old O00L-
Tho principal business OF many OF the
gentlemen Cubans, who have boon patriotieal-
II residing among us since the indurrection
broke out upon their native iBland (the New
York Express says) has been to get married to
American giEls in good pecuniary circum-
stances.
There is lady in Nov York city Who goes
to Paris every year to have her faco enlu-
elled, for which process ehe has to pay the
sum Of two hundred and fifty dollars She
cannot indulge in tho luxury Of washing her
faeo in the meanwhile, and has mortal horror
Of rain.
.-An interior paper, speaking Of = man who
died in its tqHc -ls1osst1;;, says that for years
he has proved that honesty and efficiency are
compatible with itinerac5 in cleaning and re-
pairing clocks.
New York State can now boast OF
twenty-one Incorporated cities-Romo and
Long Island City (the latter composed Of tho
Villages Of Astoria, Hunters Point and Ravens
wood having been added to the list by the
Legislature Just adjourned
Ono Of tho mAny stories floating about
Pans in connection With tho ravages Of the
smallpox, ia that Of . lover who had taken
the disease from his lady and had become
escaped with an uubroken skin- At their first
meeting, after both had recovered, he dropped
on his Knees before tho Lady, aud, pointing to
his face, thanked her for so many mArka Of
love.
Tho family Of ono Of tho victims Of tho
h!c very poor, and, not knowing whete to np-
ply for aid to defray the expenses OF tho fn-
neral, thoy we're fain to bury him in the garden
By candle light There, gathered around tho
open grave dug By their own hands, the little
| group Of eorrowfnl friends committed the
corpse with team and sobs to its Last resting
place.
/ The Woman's rights movement has taken
I \ decidedly practical turn in the suburban
| town Of 6oneryi1le, Mass, where eevcnty-hve
ladies, from the weathicst and most induen-
tial families, petition tho town to put some Of
have meeting " to see about that and sun
dry other matters, and gentlemen are advised
to gn1lantly give the ladies al they ask.
Tho Philadelphia Library was opened on
Sunday Inst for The first time. Tho attend
ance was Of the famc quiet and decorous char
supposed rowdy element, which was to make
the library place unfit for respectable people
to use, did not make its appearance. A large
number OF leading citizens visited the ibrar.
during tho day, and were delighted with the
dceorum which everywhere prevailed The
dred, and this number subsequent Suudayt
will undoubtedly increase.
"A child poisoning case, invoking nnmbe,
Of ignorant negroes, was before Mobile cour.
the other day. All tho Witnesses s.ose that
the poison WAS an old rusty mil, in tho hoaG
OF which three little desls we're confined, ONT
Of which was to charm the mother, the eecont
to put out the Light, and the third WAS t<
et1angse the child with the fumea Of sulphul
from his tail All this nice arrangement VA:
frustrated By tho burning Of the nail with 1T
devils.
-Ata recent scientific meeting held At th.
New York Medical University, paper Was rcai
upon new method OF treating cancer. Th
discovery consists in applying TO the surfa:t
Of the sore the chloride Of Chromium nov
etramonium ointment This preparation, in
few hours, converts the tumoT into perfect csr
bon, and it czumblce away. Specimens Q
cancers thus carbonized were inspected by
number OF physicians present, which had th
appearance Of charcoal, md were easily pul
Causes little or no pain, and Is not no;sonou.
The Skopze are again attracting attention
in Russia, in the northern portion Of whic
they have hitherto operated. Nov they h&v
. been making converts IN St. Petersburg
AMONG the Luther1ns Of that city. 4 prose
lyte Of the scct Was recently tried for belone
ing to it, but was acquitted On the ground thu
it was no crime for 4 dissenter to change hi
religion, perve1sion from the orthodox churc
alone being considered spostasy. The Cou'
Of Second Instance reversed this Judgment Q
: tho ground that the accused belonged to mt
,
leaders Of this strange and barbsruus sest h&y
i been arrested in ether parts OF the Empir,
, deprived Of their civil rights. and cent int
, exile.
l Tho axcess Of males oyer females in th
3 different countries ot the world has recent
United Statee, in 1850, in total whito popu1'
, | tion Of 19,559, ,068, there WAS An e1cess (
, 49s, ,7s6; in total free co1ored population {
! 4s4,44s, there was an excess Of 17,647 femalt
: over males; and in = total slAve populationt
e s,2M, ,s13, there WAS an excess Of 755 malea
: In 1850, in total white population Of ?, ,003
314, there waa IN excess of 735, ,544 males; i
I free colared population Of 4s7 1856, there ".
f. population Of ,9ss ,7eo, IN excess Of II !!
serted that there are i, 600 mora males thu
females, while there are 137, 600 moro femAIt
Of manageable age than males OF th,
class. In Great Britain, On tho other han
there is An excess Of 700, 900 females ov'
. males; and IL France, Anst1ia, Spain, ~ 4
q there are ,074, 600 unore females than mAlca,
u The New York Tribune says: There
another haAyy blow in store for tho men
7 ecience. We mention it in time, as We hof
to have this n. Bradley q1iesed. semethir
!, going abroad uncontzadicted. In our Sta
sociological collection At Albany repose Il
|. bones Of the Cohoes AaBtodon, tho fossil th
= Wis ditcoTe7ed in 1866; that magnificent ep
9 cimen which only one Geologist in the Sta
). uquity. The theory respecting the e1tin
:; pschyde1m waa that IN immense glacier, viii
: carried his remains into peat-bed, also se
\ ar1ted the palts and deposited them in die
u ent places. A correspondent OF the Rut!a1
= HTaM L responsible foza VI: VIM J: hadle
+ e.rdis' 2' u in as e.l1y fs'fs1 mo % n X ~
vas : peddlez. and followed &c,
- avan' or menage1ie about the country in {
,. der to sell bis Wazea to the crowd /. usual
): collected. 1855 ho WIS following 1t night
: elephant belonging 70 the menaSe1ie. T
: auimal Was usually taken from p1ace to pla
g in tho darkness, IN order to escape obser,
o. ton It fell dead in the road noar Whit is n
70 Cohoes; and hc and it's keeper, after cuth
g pieces and buried the remains in holes Viii
The. dug IN tho vicinity. Now, il these arc t
bon % lsbellcd 'Nastodon in tho State Ca
>: net. gentlemen geolosists, What is 70 be don
~ !. The Albany specimen bath teeth Il there
tas 6ee:niss ss'' tssth. q fFae FeT tbs, - ~
D. hia n.me is concerned, u he mas
aa don. II It should be proved that the akelo
ew in Albany IN Tho flesh travelled with rnena
rio, the professors Of paleontolog may
OF we'll seek retirement from public Gfe for
an next decade"
Of Patt; Caux has q1arrclled with the Mara
is .Sepoleon NJ MAS g years old on the
y, .|5ules Ju9senson, tho famous watehrna
i, i travelling IN America .,
xty that Brigham Young paid him 470 for "fs'
lea An anchor that belonged to Ane.;cus !
on, | pucius, and bears his name, is now ono Of