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GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

researches which prove that last winter was
the mildest known In France sinco 17l9
Daring the lGrst three months Of THE year
nine railroads In this country, with . mileage
Of nearly 100 miles, representing cost oi
$e7, 900 900, passed into the hands OF receivers
H Me. ]. OKaue Murray has published his ne v
work So The Prose and Poetry OF Ireland IL
10 choice collection of literary gems from the
master pieces of great Irish writers, WIN
biographical skescHes.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis's book, or books en-
braeing his history of the great conflict, will be
pabllshed simultaneously in this country and
london. Mrs. Davis 10 now abroad and viii
soon bo rejoined by her husband.
It IN si gni ficant Of the sparseness with which
dissertations are bestowed in gland. while for
eign hinisters' breasts are covered with them
that Mr.. Gladstone, and Lords Beaoopheld,
Derby, aud Salisbury have not single one
between them.
TFrenoia trade has benefited froui the Anglo.
French Treaty OF 1860 far more than England
has. In fifteen years the annual imports into
France from Great Britain have only risen
from E2l 900 600 to f24 900 900. while those
from France to Great Britain have risen from
E25 000, 900 to f40.000.O00.
HArper's great horse, Ten Broeck. beat time
by three seconds the other day at Louisville:
and his owner 10 now several Thousands OF
dollars the richer. Tho horse ade his hrst
mile in 1.44s, and his second in 43, total for
the two miles 327&, or three seconds better
shan that Of any racer on record.
coveries in medical science which have been
,mads in modern times do not deal with the
pound Of cure, but with the ounce or preven-
tiou. They are vaccination. introduced by Or.
Jenner, and artificial nj 0sthesis of which
there seem to have been as many discoveries as
Homer had birthplaces.
The biggest vessel ever built in Al days was
launched recently In New Yrrk. She is called
tons measurement. She was br.ilt an ex-
oursion steamer and has three immense decks.
$500 persons will be comfortably moda-
ted on board ut one time. but considering the
fapidtty of her constTuc w decline in ad-
yRnce all Invitations to be of the number.
Coupt Moltke says, in his recently published
letters, that in England all classes are out
wardly alike In appearance, but that is not
the case iu Russia, which 10 o land of striking
contrasts, where . brilliant capital stands in
y waste, palaces are elbowed by huts, q rail
road runs 400 miles without approaching a
town, and coarBeness oo.exists with excess OF
refinement. He divides the Russians into
half O million Of cultured and 60. 600, 900 total
~ uncultured.
Two Turkish spiea were lately arrested in
the Russian lines ut GinrGevo, and shot. One
was profoundly indifferent to his fate, and
: desired that bis eyes should not be bandaged
He received the platoon fire with steady
gags, and fell h.t oa his face as the BALI
pierced him. Before the execution he cas-
glaDces of supreme contempt upon his com
panion, who was in mortal fear and Eellt'
Z piteously. It was necessary to force him t.
she spot and tie him to q stake.
The London Economist writes: I" With wa
impending abroad, and failures resulting q
home from the long depression of prices, th
uncertainty of politics, and the present des
perata issue of that uncertainty-with thes
cheerless influences, the state of trade is natn
for comfort on Mr.. Hugh McCUlloeh's last re
port from Now York: "Tnere is no doubt
great deal of steady Improvement going for
ward in our leading industries, but its result
- ar,fon AhNG
woFkmen in silver plating establish mont
are not allo wed to keep their old clothes whe
they are worn out. An old tAttered vest I
valaed Mt $40. Silver volatilzss when heated
Soudenses again IN pure state. In Govern
ment assay Offices the smelling Of the crud
metal throws off silver vapors. which rise an
ssiiaify in tho soos n the chimney o,r % HiT,
moving, took up the hoor of the platin
room, burned IL, and analyzed the ashes, oi
tAinapg $9s1 in pure silver.
Capt. and Mrs. Crapo recently sailed f
Europe from New Bedford, Mass, in boat I
she following dimensions: Length, 10 IS feat
breadth, Ga feet depth, 3l6 feet; tonnaR
l.62 tons. The length of keel is l3 feet i; Gel
y tre board, feet 8 inches, aud foot inoh'
boat model, huC shorter, broader, deeper, an
with more sheer, aud her drnugbt OF wat'
will be about l3 inches with oentre-board u
/. They expect to land at Falmouth in Corn wa
about the 9TH of July. The only reason give
for tbis .foolhardy deed is that no ev
crossed the Atlantic in 30 small q boat.
remarkable example Of rspidity in dee
boring has lately been furnished by the fir
bore hole put down by company formed
search for coal in Switzerland. A depth
ld22 feet was reached in two months, inclndir
she reboring of the upper 740 feet from
Anohes to inches in dismeter. The work WI
done, including all deiays, ut rate of ov
1000 feet per month, the highest speed beiI
nearly 81 feet in "a hours. The results Obtain
ed were negative, the section showing aboI
1900 feet of Permian strata resting upon o.
crystalline rocks; bat the trial is ouly the fir
Of . series.
Tho officers of the present Russian arm
who passed through Roumania during tt
4 Crimean war, twenty three years ago, expre
Shomselves astonished at the improvement
which have taken place there. They hr
railroads, teleRrSphs, an effective police,
good army, public schools, much improve
general intelligence, and many other feature
of modern civilization in place of the sem
bArbarism of the former period. The RouU0l
iAns, on the other hand. are surprised at Il
superior discipline, Intelligence, and materi
Of the Russian trOopB as compared with tho'
of past days. The latter are required to pr