The Newtown bee., 1879-03-11
TIMELY TOPICS.

TIMELY TOPICS.
 It is hard to tell which are the most numerous on the Bowery, in New York city-'' gents furnishing stores" ol lager beer saloons. They are as plenti. ful in that busy street of old-fashioned houses as flies in a jug of molasses, and about as active when "business" is concerned.
 Michael Vincent, formerly famous in France and this country as the Iron Man, died lately in San Francisco. His strength was enormous, one of his feats being to lift 800 pounds from the floor to his shoulder but he too often raised a glass of liquor from bar to his mouth, and finally died of intemperance.
 A piece of Kungu cake from Africa was exhibited by Rev. A. Eaton at a recent meeting of the Chronological so- ciety of London. It comes from the region about lake Nyassa. and is made from great quantities of minute insects. The natives of the district whence it is obtained subsist largely upon this cake
 According to the Boston American Bicycling Journal, party of twenty American velocipedestrian will, in July, take 600-mile ride through England, the journey occupying twenty days and concluding at London. The cost to each member of the expedition will be $12O, including cabin passage both ways and hotel expenses in the old country.
 A pony now owned by MT. Appleton of Ipswich, Mass, is said to be the old est horse in New England. It was rid den by General Caleb Cushing in Mexi- co, and brought by him to Newbury- port, from whence he found his way to Ipswich. The animal is forty four years old, eats his food without difficulty, and is always ready to do his share o1 work when called npon.
 George Woody, of Prior's Lee, Shrop- shire, England, sent his wife to the public-house for some rum. The oven was full of bread, just baked, and during her absence he went to take out the Ioaves, when he found one of them cracked right across. ''He knew i'm. mediately that something had happened to her, and on going to look for her. found her body lying in pool of water. ,
 Tho Glasgow bank directors sent uI for eight months will be released or October 1st, precisely year from the suspension of the bank. Their sentence was pronounced at 10 A. M. on Satur day, and at 2 P. NJ. an enterprising pub fisher had put on the street 270-page book, illustrated and neatly bound il paper, containing an account of the frauds, the prisoners and the trial, in cluding the sentencing justice speecl verbatim.
 It seems that the stockholders retair faith in the Keely motor, which pretty much everybody else has forgotten all about It is said that the company is composed of some of the shrewdes business men in New York and Phila delphia, and they have held their an nual meeting in the Quaker city. Every body appeared contented and confident and one of the directors said that time would tell the story he owned 10( shares and had none for sale.
 United States Senator Shields is tht last surviving general officer of tht Mexican war and his speech upon tn, resolution providing that survivors O the Mexican war be placed upon tn. pension rolls, V IS listened to with atter tion by large audience. The genera could with difficulty make himsel heard, even when the audience wal quiet; but his appearance was one to b. remembered, as he told the story of tn, brave deeds done and the victories vol by the little army of a few thousand men, which from the outbreak of th' war to the storming and capture of tn City of Mexico never lost battle no met with a single mishap.
 Said Mir. James T. Fields, in his re cent lecture on st Fiction," in the Brook lyn athenmum 1T recently paid visit to Jesse Pome roy, the boy who wa sentenced to be hanged for killing thre children, but whose sentence was after ward commuted to Imprisonment fo life. asked him if he read much. H said that he did. What kind of book do you read2' said I. Mostly on kind,' he. said-s mostly dime novels What is the best book that you hay read ? asked. Well, like 's Bnffal Bill best, he replied. It was full Q murders and pictures about murders, Well, asked, how did you feel afte reading such book?' 'Oh, said he I felt as if I wanted to do the same.'
 think, added MT. Fields, ct That tn writers Of such trash deserve, bO spea after the manner of Sir Thomas Browne pendulous suffocation.
 The millers of Minnesota have bee annoyed a good deal of late by wire i the wheat, caused by the use of wire binding harvesting machinery. At on time the matter had become so trouble some that they thought seriously of ad vising the disuse of such machinery But way has been found out of tn difficulty by the invention of simpl and exceedingly ingenious device con sisting of four gangs of horseshoe mag nets, four in one and five in the othel placed in spout through which tn wl,aat raasaf,f. Numerous Dieces. fror