, 1874-01-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

According 10 DT., L1F4ue,btuht. tue f1CtOIia
Falls on the Zambes s1c G00 feet wider than the
combined Fails Of Niagara Tbcir native name
is Nos'oatuura.
-Sclultz's chroaoscope, used in estimating
the Initial velocity Of cannon ball, measures I'll
interval OF tho time to within ono ffty-thou-
eandth Of sccoud.
Al Liz. lecture in Washington, Mast executed
g. cartoon Of Gen. Butler drawing, his back pay,
aud tailor Of that city secured tho picture fui
exhibition in lis show-w1ndow-
Susan Gray, OF fowa, was tied up By the
thumbs for dlsobeying the rules Of school. and
after her brother got through shooting the
SCHOOL WAS closed for wautof competen.
teacher.
Southern people ara irving to raisc by sub
scription the sum VI S2o.0 .001 which remains uu-
uow Completed at Nuremberg, Bavaria.
-Mr. Leslie, OF New Castle, England, the
builder OF the Wills du uarre, has contributed
s2,sto for the relief OF tho sufferers by tho loss
of that vessel.
The miracle season is not over. We learn
now from France that the Holy Virgin has ap-
pearcd to lady pilgrim OF Pontet, it, the
Gironde. no legs than thirtr-three times since
January last. During oao OF her first appari-
tons she pIophesied the full Of III. Thlers, and
aud against hlm. In her last visit she announced
tho immiaence of "g grnve events"
Tho springfield Republican calls attention to
the size Of the pop-cora balls now sold for 9
cent as evidence that something is radically
wrong in tic condition Of the country. In this
connection it may be remarked that, nowadays.
3 cents worth OF gum will not last a sclooi-1oy
half day, whereas it would formerly give his
teacher subject for conversation for weok.
Taking tho trades together, the New York
Times thinks the number of skilled workmcn
now cut Of work in that CITY may be sono 1000
in czcsss OF the number similarly situated, last
New Years day; not very much more. SuDpos-
ing the samo proportion 70 bold true OF the un-
skilled wolkuen, the daT-laborers. ETC., it at
firms that the ssvolume Of Distress" while large
enough to call for special effort, is not largo
enough to exceed the capacity OF tho existing
means OF relief.
Tho LYONS 1owa) Mirror. says: IA very
just remark, M well d feeling ono. va3 that
which was heard drop from the lips Of Young
lady. last week: Some men arc always talklpg
about patronizng their own town-alwavs harp
ing on that dnty-and yet they 50 abroad to get
married: while here wo all stand waiting! do
homo that some OF these men who marry Eastern
women will get cheated Chief and Inalicc could
no further CO."
Tho English colony ut Pitcairn's Island.
composed Of descendants OF the mutincezs OF
the ship Bounty, now consists OF eeTenty-si1
persons. who are very poor aud lack many rcqai-
sites Ct civilized life. Recently they have re-
cciyed supplies Of food from Saa francisco.
upon the representation Of Captain in tho
merchant marine, who reported the pressiog mo-
cessires Of tue people and made . public appeal
in their behalf. The people maintain school,
and arc voCT religious.
-rr1nccton Theological Seminary has 101
students, only six Of whom a7e from New Jer-
seq.
Some Bates (aIo.) College students recently
stole the bust of p eHideut Cheney aid cent it to
Darnum. After considerable search, it Was dis
covered and returned.
-Wilkesbarre can boast CT 4 cheeky man. His
son was sick with'the smallpox, and the fathf,,
charged the town 5o24 for attending Linn, 'to
that, too. aftor tho town spent $50 on the sass"
AS Hattie Eva Murray, Of Abingdon nass'
WAS making her toilet to be married, fe~ even
ings since, sho wae suddenly taken i'll, and re-
naincd in an UNCONSCIOUS etatc noss Of tue t!ino I'M
till the second day after, Thcn she oied- oIo
was roned for burial in her wedding~dreas,
Tho MassacauscttsS SuprcmeCourt has dccioed
nsaiuet the New York, Ecw Haven l. Hartford
Railroad Company in the matter Of suit broniTdL
for obBtruct,pg hi5hsay travel in sprins1ine
There aro thirteen suits in all, with a ta1; has
OF 800 On each one. and the Albany ,
th,rty-six suits to even up ON. cd hv the |
ing through tho Kansas Ci:yJo,r%a % eba;r ~ would
phnbe Cozzens' lecture ; the adyertisar de-
''punieh some SOUP" thor,;;u+, soma so,,ns" r
elafcs tha: he wrote III ann annonnced in is72. in
,., Has tuu 49,. e'1,s 1:slaonTen Oxen Landed
in INK New York." editor hoz,ng "1Is'en' 1ho
Commune-The11aeds 11es'1 1oJp 3ooi H. tho sensation in
IA "a sS;1aia, Souin5 n England Just now: She is
sue'a' "a ssm Madras, who, although belonging
~ n'n1 h;e caste, has ventured not only 70 cross
70 70 lan. nil but also to mix freely in London
tue ga, and to conform generally to the social
eos1oias OF :he county, Accompanied tr
Ser husband, Fhe has vlsited the chio1
objects VI interest in the metropolis snd IN sew
erai Of the provincial cities. She is the first
Htadoo lal9 who has broken through tho bar
r,crs Of prejudice and caste in order TO viais
England.