, 1870-05-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

covered and pnfhnE clEn1A.
-E1-Surgeon General Hammond testi1cs in
the Mcfarland case that eight hours sleep are
necessary to i healthy brain in the active man-
-An Allegheny County {N. - man who
died recently, left his wife ono cent, his
brother few dollars, and *, 900 for tile erec-
ton Of q monument to himself
The british army estimates for 1810provide
for 17a,158 men. This includes tho Indian
army. The reserve force Is militia, volunteers,
ycoInAnrF, cavaIy.-numbet1nE3 344, SD.
The Italian Minister OF War has announced
that thirty thousand men Will shortiy oh DIS
missed on 1urlougn, ana IL Is s2ia that = r.
duction WILL soon take pace IN Inc diplomAuc
and consular service.
1t Is sad that the frequently deferred
journey OF the Impress to home was h1ed ior
the Holy week this year; ne emperor had
gwen ms eoneent, ana az the pfepafanons
ha9 been made, bus-the Empress proposes,
aud rol,cs aisposes-
: AT the San francisco Homo for lneDH-
ates " the steward brings around " drinks for
the crowd" three times day. DR.. Day, at
Binghamton, enforcea total abstinence
While Protestant Church service ,wes being
performed At saEagossa, Spain, for The d5at
vaiaca the ediiice. The (miitarr) police were
called out and 3 great number OF prisoners
taken.
Several tomb-atoues havo been discovered
under building in Boston, and one of the
city papers says that they were no doubt
stolen years ago from tho burying- ground on
the Common
The Macon (G8.) Telegraph speaks of tho
large receipts Of cotton there, and thinks they
Nil reaeh 90 600 ha1ea this season, and that
the entire crop Of the country in le69-1O, when
A writer IN ihs Providcnce Journal, dis
courzing Of frogs, says the bark of dog can
ho hesri at the tiistsnce of eighteen hundred
Yards tI:n roice Of a man at q thousand
Yards. and. the croak Of = frog at nine hun
dted. Taking the difference Of size Into con-
luncs.
THE yicksturrh Times declares that the
Af;ssissinni Cnnit6i il in dangerous coudi-
tion. and that the roof Is likely 10 fall at any
moment, owing to the spreading Of tho wallis.
It says SlD0. coo. null refhaps 300, 600. would
1,a rcn,,ircd to INT It In safe conditiou, and
+ calls mon t1o Legielatule to move ont at
nnec.
-Forty-one years was the good old age Of q
horse whicl, died recently in Ulster Cout ty, N.
y. Of LIN his disconsolate late owner says,
that he;xo1,]d take.do,n he bars with lis teeth
Wien VIZ. ii ID wanted to ret out Of q lot; and when
ha VARIED a slne mt on he would 20 down to
~ h1acIsn,it1, sh1n and vs;t there nptI il was
mt mt on: and tLcn return to the stable.
"A 7sdyfa viii. disposinc Of about $500, 900
worth Of property, IS contested IN Philadelphia,
s;enel si oe6 dccc.sed vas not IN her rrht mind in
eESsence S ~ of Which IL Il is @ stated that she kept
pistols IN the house, and would daily engage
!" ntn osnro NJ h haa " hae1, tp fonn5 in an olive
.x,,-.7,5 ~ I;Y T1oucI,ea Jt, Rhnnn, 4 small
farnnar :, ~ tho 1a;r1,borbood Of that town was
i,;1,+-;n, = SasT daTa aoo when his snade strucL
s-S;.65at b;rr hnrJ 1r1,;ch nrnved r. Ia an iron
e. ,bn;,f 10 Tat s1nare. Il w.a fonnd to
con+sin g|jd coin NJ fI3e reign of I,ouis XVI.
t6 The sf1ount OF 400. COO francs, which had, no
6na frst raarnI,,I75n'
o- an 4JLsnV actor cononIains that the man
,.,o,,,s-,t o,,1r ,floTo5 him snvnn rninrtas ia
4 # scha1ra III dress FINN that Of a Pnr1tan
totI.a-fo toreat Eend ;" the resn1t deinp that
n s eriiic e exconasel bin because he was Il thus
I-ass Iuao - ~ ''eA'~' ~ o"'>' 1'>N
uiees,- Z sever.1 cenera, osficors md colonels."
e,,. 40 nsra Hn;uion N7f;onoIe st1ateIy an
n1;nd M n Tia aIn;ster nf Var Tor instructions
lelst;ye to he vote Of The ple6iscitc BY the ar
mt. Geueral Le Dnuf is said. to have re-
: Iust1uctions.7 said be, why, there are
none. The choice is just aa free for military
men Us for Civilians"
France IL the paradise Of ofdce-holders.
There are 81, 900 rural guards, i, 600 gendar-
mes, Sc, 900 primary schoo1masteIB, 10000
private guards, so, 600 customs agents, 10000
foresterH, G,oo0 police agents, 1000; Justices
Of the Peace, $50 judges, at least $4,000 to-
baeco dealers (appointed by the gove1nment),
and any nnrnbes Of constables, Notaries and
pensioners
at the famous Lascala Theatre, milan, a
writer says tho audience have % annoyang peGn,
l1ar1t1cs, such as .lncessanf loua eonse1saeioa ;
and langh'ng; gentlemen roaole& evening es,aa
papers sold On the Epot' many annapg cnsm,
payne or eating ice IN Tie boxes. WITH mere ana
thera wonld-be coEnoisseur snoring ms
ptoweas and annoS1nG sAs nsaGhbofs hs ham
ming aloud the ma sung on sho stafs almass ess
= beat or TWO IN M adsance. y: 1ne eoolo a1nios'
imag1ne ones sen na u ae.oa caae tha ot,,o- dsv
~. ;tnas = s1ore nora, Tno Tha Nne Hnn.
at the citadel OF Dosel, Ens. .1ae one a a%n sns
dred q and secona feg1men. nso ~ 1esy a a1e
tiger 3uat come to the cennII "alu toe Iset-