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The daughter Of Baron AipnonSo 10
Rothschild, notwithstanding the eA'
areme improbability Of her ever oe,ns
4hswn upon her own resources g mas !.
.duyt passed at Paris the exam'ns :
required for persons who 'nteno -
.adopt Tie profession Of teacher.
Mrs. Martha Hampstead died, recent
~ at Waterford, Ct, aged ninety-one9'
She was q daughter Of Mrs. Bill, the
Revolutionary heroiue famous in hlsto-
nv for giving her husband the follow
ing Injunction when setting out for the
war: aJohn, acE't get shot in the back
Straspourg Cathedral can no longer
boast Of the highest spire in Europe.
The new church of St. Nichelas' m
Hamburg, has just been finished the
height Of whose spire is AZ feet'
This is six feet higher than Strasoourg,
and, of course, the loftiest altitude OF
architecture in the civilized world.
.Sesea-eighths of all the brass and
German silver made and consumed in
the United States, together with one
half of the manufactured copper. are
made in the little Naugatuck Valley,
which is not over thirty miles long.
The annual consumption of copper by
the twelve brass and copper mills To-
Gated in the valley is not less than l6,
900, 900 pounds, more than halt OF the
product of the mines of the country.
Mr.. George B. johnson, of New Or
leans, has won the distinction OF being
the first visitor to Niagara who has
been behind the American Fall. The
party, consisting Of himself and two
guides, pressed their inves tigation
over two hundred feet behind the sheet
The floor of the cave was found per
fectly smooth, with a sheet of compar
ativcly still water some three feet deep
OVERLAPPING it. 1t is thought that a
passageway extends through to Goat
Island, which in time will be explored
The pocket-book taken from Major
Andre at time Of his capture, Septem-
Der %, l770, has been presented to
the Connecticut Historical Society, and
has been placed in the exhibition hall
of the society in Hartford. This in.
teresting relic was for many years in
the possession of Mr.. Joshua Darrell,
Revolutionary soldier, and at his
death passed into the hands of his
grandson, the Rev. A. l.. Whitman, Of
Groton, Ct, who is the present donor.
It will hereafter be preserved by the
side of Arnold's watch, which has been
for many years in the cabinet Of the
Historical Society.
The pottery tree Of Hara is one o.
the curiosities Of Brazil. The stem
does not exceed q foot in diameter and
grows to the height of one hundred
feet. But its greater popularity con
sists in the nature of it's wood and
bark, which contain so much silica that
they are used for the manufacture O
earthenware vessels. The bark con
tains more silica than the wood, ant
in preparing it for the pottcr's use i
is first burnt, and the residium is pull
verified and mixed with clay, an equa
quantity Of the two ingredients pro
ducing a superior ware. The frcsl
bark cuts like soft sandstone, ant
when dried is difficult to break.
Rubber shoes for horses are a reccn
invention, and are designed as a sub
situte for the iron shoe as q means o.
preventing the mary maladics which
attack the feet Of horses. Cracked O
contracted boots and similar painful
hurts are quickly cured, it is said, b,
the substitution Of the rubber covering
for the unyealding metal shoe. 1t j.