, 1870-10-26

cultural College, saTA that one hundred aud ssy-
cntJ days have passed in this sea4ou without fross
sumcicnt TO make is en.cts visible upou ve5eta-
tion: md toat, accor'llng to the records kept By
the Academy OF sriencc 1t New Haven, u is one
hundred and eight years since this has occurred
before.
News from Port Elizabeth and cspe Town,
s=utn Afrtca, more than copnrn the favorable r.
F'oft6 IN reference to the diamond ZELDA Cpwa d.
OF l+oo9 dEgetn had asr7ved and the ytetn OF dlA.
morHs "as cou2!aeFed something extrs nrdioarr,
Tile bfttieh stcial Science Association GAvors
declEnal currency, maxim. the pqund sterling
consEt Of swent5:tve shs1Ines o. xenpence each,
instead OF twenty sh!tltngs OF tEelyepeuce each:
ttFeftGns TO be abolished and ytcsor1as aud half
vscsortas to be substituted Of the value Of ore
hundred pence and ntty pence resae.:evelv-thur
II, equivalent to IND dollars and one dollar,
-pE DcrsnRs, Of New York city, has prepared
new pan bJ which tue duel can be male rer-
ftcsJ fa!r 10 both parties, and::at the sAna time
ttld pleaknraole diversion to the hostile princi-
rails for number OF minutea. Fills pian u that,
instead Of meeting with pistols and q surgeon
rome raw morning, In lorely netd, the two IN
lored parties simply repair 10 comfortable foo1n,
With two ounces Of corr osve ,subllnate, a PACK
| ofcatda, and Etomach-pump. All being ready,
ea:h Dau swal1owa an ounce OF the poison: then
ley slt down and play seveu-up tor the stou.
aca.pump- The winner Is tayed; the loser grace
uy yiel.s bis breath both k4tfled all ii fair
.nu the tuhlic morals are preserved.
I The damage done to the Cuban sugar crop
a!oce by the recent hurricanes will have an effect
1eacbing to eveiv consumer Of that commodity.
Toe four dksIicts that were devastated by the
sto:,u produced $4,000 tons OF sugar Ia 1867, aud
Ecir production for the present season was cs,,.
sfGd at a:et oo toes. As these districts arc III y
aEIow Ecct!on OF the island IL feared that their
"+ilrc crop has Men destroyed. which will no:
ufs tend 10 Tatst thu price OF sugar, bu. viii
diminish sEata's reytaues from Cuba.
a preeoc1ous youth II Altoona. Pa, having
| surreptltlously obtained a package OF powder and
| ctgar-stump, the other evening, soon realized
the fact that the way Of the t:anssressor IS har,
While smoking the clgar-ssuup, he saw lis n4olhel
coming toward hIm, and at ouce slid the cisal
into toe pocket cortatning the powder. LIS hAub
tx c!xar, nnd tne rowder GOT out Of that pocke
stth great saplslit5. and the 5Guthful hero Is
cu:tir "bottlctl up" fer a few days rest a
| ..o1ue-
The Nation sascastica1ly remarks that anybod,
Who wants really exciting war news must sub
-rtibe for the SeR York Eorld, the European de
| statctes Of which are really as horrible feadirs
!. anybody eau wish for:
"The way the Germans are nearly every day
,paaEea.ed IN It's columns Is POSITIVELY lnhumau
,4d We protest agaiaa: such atrocities Ia a ueutra
| Aper. At that iasr great txnt before Paris til,
,;erl ans not only had their beseg3g lines hsoEet
| 10, hut were s!auHhtrrs, aud othcfw1se tlsspo3et
Il 10 the extent Of ei9cs teghtr y thousand men
,ot to epeak Of asstlte:y and staattxtls- TAe poo
lewis are now c1nuchinv in the woods arsun'
Parts, badly eowetl. AZ Sotssous, the alsnghte
70 was 80 dreadful tnat the DuEe Of Mecken
.u.rr-SehHe1iD 'xcM. and wFuug ns
-anas.' FFrrn the accopntA give,
,.e the Eofid OF the cartier nar
::uu OF the campaign, We felt satisfied that Ii
} | ,trair would end pretty much ss the World de
-rtsl,eA tt,-that Is. fn tic Imprisonment Of III
shole Piuss,an army around Paris. With an2r
: ;r-asants rising around tscn. the great guns q
lie soEtresses playla9 on then, Gastnalsi a.
s3zatue cutting on Ihfr retreat to the Rhine, an
;<e Nauoual Guard cutting OF every thug else
I'd the Crown Prince wasting away with I'M dRc
! | in Versailles. They Low zee how much better
would have been for trem II have surrendered a
a.s!ap, as the Eteoch would then have let ttel
!. hoE.e."