The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-24

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1t Is stated that the present management,
of the Erierailway;hs has decided to removet the
: nsmes5 monogrsms; pictures, and all othel
6icss and rsmembrances of Jay Gould and
osarii fsi Hi, Jr:.,, from the engines, ferry-toats,
pSiacs ooschss, and other property Of the com.
psny. e:qs
The a!fnneraln- OF Pere ayacinthe took
plsSs, according %: the London Echo, onisep-
taf6ber I. It H. the custom among Roman
CATHOLIC religious communities to consider
any member that deserts them as dead, and
che ceremony OF burying HIM sgoae through.
This Hsa,done at the Convent of Dominicans
70 D. Hyaclnthe Loyson belonged. A
cofinsWas placed In the middle OF the chan
csl,,sad the customary burial service chanted.
ItIsaa,d tns2scene:wa o ..most Imposing
lathe meteorological records Of the Penn
sylvanta Hospital at Philadelphia. which 60
backtoI7s0, show that the sumrer which has
jusstg closed with the month of August, has
bSenfhe hottest ever known In the history OF
the City. Taken together we find an. average
mean temperature for the three summer
mouths Of 1858 degrees, which is three-qnar-
ter1 Of a ,degree above the figures for the
summerof 1870, which heretofore enjoyed the
distinction of being the hottest known In
Philadelphia
i-Xman tnPsiMsylvania has invented a raj
trap ehit d ehtsdee cooperate upon the selfish
PASSIONS Or tie poor rat and lure him into
trouble THE Mechanic and Farmer, In q de-
Sdtipton OF the trap, says that a mirror Is set
In tie back part Of the device, beyond the
halt. and as his ratship Is out on a foraging
expedition, he esples the bait, and at the
same tiue believes his own Image In the mir
TOR toeba another rat making for 1t on the OPP
posite side. This 10 too much, for rat nature to
stand snd!b be cool over, so he rushes for the
bait andsis caught.
the tPsiris. Charivarl, the comic paper Of
tie. French metropolis, recently contained a
pictorial lit ut the, then impending meeting Of
fhe Nmpelprs, Of Prussia, Russia and Austria.
Threetesgles In "a row, each wearing q crown.
aresesn tapping their wings and giving vent
folasort OF neutrality-suspicious. crow over
Rcoming feast Of good things. Perched at q
little distance is q fourth eagle, representing
the ex-Empefor Napoleon, his beak hanging
down, his feathers torn 10 shreds, and bis
whole aspect fallen and melancholy, while he
ruefuny says to himself, 81 laid the cloth for
them, sndthey no longer invite me-"
,-The invasion Of France by the Prusaians
has leff behind 1t one singular effect. Wher.
ever the camps OF the different armies were
sstahltshedl there has spung up q new yege-
tEtton, Foreign plants, before unknown In
these regions have appeared in great qusnti-
ttss, andthe Algerian fora In many instances
has BEEN observed. A learned botsnist, n.
ElhrsSe nays, In . Communication to the Paris
Academy, In reference to this strange phe.
nomenon: SIT Is not the ephemeral appear
ance Of Q few plants sparsely disseminated,
rsidHG the problematical hope OF fixing in the
soil . useful vegetable-it Is an exodus, the
migration OF q nora, independent and COM
plesa. It Il, In o word, streasure which the
central districts Of France are called on to
rtudy and to appropriate. The propagation
Of thase plants should not be left to chance,
but human skill should be brought to bear
on it." .5g=r
Many plans have been suggested for
Avoiding the distress likely to be caused by
tho Probable potato famine In England, ON &C.
count Of the almost universal prevalence of
the potato disease. Among others 1t Is sug-
setted. that the disessed tubers may them
selves be utilized. A plan has been suggested
which dependA on the fact that the starch Of
the potato ia not affected by the disease, but
retains Ito nntriive properties, and consists in
raspanlf tbs peeled tubers upon q br~ead-grater
Tito q cub ofcoh water. Ina few minutes the
starch WILDE found to have sunk to the bot
tom; and the diseased matter, woody fibre,
DO, win be suspended d in the water, and should
be poured away with 1t: Fresh water should
then b added, the starch stirred mp and again
allowed to settle. Two OF three of such wash
lngs will remove all impurities and render the
starch 1T for use. II thoroughly dried 1t will
keep for any time, and can be used as arrow
root tor puddinga and cakes, or mixed with
hour a bread.
Tho New York Elevated railway. which, |
when first builtin 1870, was q decided failure.
for the that the public feared to tr,,st
themselves In the new contriyance. and
becauss Of the terrifying eject upon the horses
produced BY the noise Of the cars overhead, ia
now aid to have become a paying concern.
The rosd has been mortgsged two or three
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