, 1872-12-02

up, ,pd then giving her all theiced lemonade ahe
| could drink.
An An Indianapolis swain returned bis marriage
the back Of i, and appeared quite crestfallen
when the clerk declined to refund the money
paid for the document
Mrs Pe5gin, Of Nsr,1k, s O., hid $3.50 in the
| would escape burglars. Her husband camel home,
| started fire, and the greenbackswere converted
| into ashes.
! most fashionable ladies affords material lsr an
| elaborate article in one OF the London WeeA,9
| journals. The writer processes to be wel-in-
| formed.
a Kansas City 0lo.) girls brother had the
| misfortune to shoot himself, and she seeks con-
ISOLATION in ts benzine," and may be seen any Of
ternoon staggering from one saloon to another
| Of course she's beautiful and accomplished.
-Sundry females Of very advanced views ara
trying to carry the divorce system to its legiti-
mate conclusion in Illinois by establishing
community on the basis OF polyandry at Lone
Prairie.
Here is curious advertisement from the
ssagony" column Of the London Times: - Wha
art thou? am Skull, the son Of Skeleton, tribo
of the bloodless, and Native OF Ghostland. Ber~
tram. Further information off," etc.
Miss Laura Elan, Of Somerville, Tenn, re-
ceived the S25 premium ct the Memphis Fair for
making the best calico dress, having successfully
competed with the domestic skill OF more than
100 ladies.
"A standing antidote for poison BY ivy otc.,
is to take q handful Of quick-ime, dissolve II
water, let it stand half an hour, then paint the
poisoned parts with it. Three or four appica-
tions will never fa1 to cure the most aggra-
yated cases: Poison, from bees, hornets, spidet
bites. ETC., is Instantly arrested by the applica-
ton Of equal parts Of common salt and blear-
Donate Of soda, well rubbed in On the p1acs
bitten or stung.
The negro is proving his capacity for get
ting q living in variety Of ways. full
f3AA uY>or9f far Io,-
tracting bank bills from bank through smau
aperture by means of long wire with bit Of
tar on the end Of it. He has g crude idea Of
the wire pulling necessary to extract funds from
plish it in the regular Wall street method.
A Mr. Walker lately read before the British
Association, at Brighton, paper on "Dinitro-
brombenzene," which, to quote the local report,
benzen and metamonitromonobronbe aud
therefore not calculated for light reading.
-One OF the most profitable as well as inter-
est,ng kinds OF business for woman is the care
OF beea In recent agricultural report it is
stated that one lady bought four hives for $40,
and in five years sho was offered 81, 500 for her
stock, and refused it as not enough. In addition
to this increase Of her capital, In one Of these
honey.
"A certain number OF weapons to which his
torica1 records are attached, and which belonged
to the Museum Of the Sovereigns, have inst
DeoA P4dCeu Ill LItk VI tue ATElu6Iy AE faTlH-
Among them are the cross-bow Of Marie de-
Medicis the marriage-sword Of Henri ~, pis-
tolls which belonged to Napoleon l., q small
model of g. cannon offered to Louis XIV. by the
Francs-Comtos, sab1es and saddles presented
to the First Consul, etc.
Professor CUTLERY has demonstrated anew the
powerful antseptic properties Of carbo1ic acid in
some recent experiments. He enveloped fresh
cadaver in cloth saturated with solution con-
tanning 2 per cent Of the acid, and, after an IL
terval OF four or five days. poured more Of the
solution over the body. By this treatment
putre:action Was entirely prevented, the body
position, and being but little altered in appear
once. At tbs Morsue, in Paris. q solution
containing one-twentieth of per cent Of carbolio
acid, sprinkled over the bodies, arrested the
pntrefaction even during the heat Of summer.
Chlorine had previously proved Intellectual to
disinfect the atmosphere of the dead-houne.