, 1880-05-31
Intelligence Items.

| rounded by 1900 soldiers.
A London Truth critic mistruts as
man who has ill-shaped ears.
When the wool is pulled over his
eyes man is usually feeced afterward.
Where school is mainly occupied
with whipping there is very little time
for teaching.
| English conservatives say that John
Bright wins Manchester votes with the
honey of his voice.
Petroleum V. Nasby does not believe
that the ex-President can be either
nominated or elected.
The Chicago Tribune thinks that the
one who invented sleep did not furnish
babies with enough of il -
There are fifty colored type setterstln
the United States, nearly all of whom
find employment in the South.
The excitement over the finding of
large nuggets of gold in the mines of
Nacoochee, Ga, is still increasing.
A Detroit dentist gave free tooth
pulling, and pulled 229 teeth, using
700 gallons of gas to quiet the patients.
At Fort Worth, Tex, while we'll
was being drilled at depth of 263 feet,
the engineer found what is believed to
be gold.
America now has nearly a hundred
varieties of American grapes under cul
tivation, and more than eight hundred
varieties of pears.
A man who was bitten by q, dog at
BoEdoin, Mass, was superstitious
enough to dress the wound with the
hair of the brute that bit him.
While Gen. Grant was in the parlors
of hotel at Vicksburg he was called
upon by William Scott, with bill for
$40 for services rendered as cook in
1868.
Mr.. Yung Wing, now acting Chinese
Minister at Washington, is quoted as
saying that there are three Cinnamon
leaving this country to one who is
coming.
There is on exhibition at Nashville
photograph of Daniel Mayberry, of
Rutherford county, Tenn, who is 105
years old, and probably the Oldest man
in the State.
Mr.. Cough says that when he told
5000 people in Exeter Hall of Mrs.
Hayes great moral courage in refusing
to effer wine to her guests at the White
House, they instantly gave sthree
cheers.
During the winter the ice pinnacle
under the Yosemite fall became tower
over 600 feet in height, but latterly it
has been slowly decreasing, because of
the change of temperature IN the water
falling upon it.
A body, identified as that of Mrs.
| Nicoll, wife of baker in Dundee, was
yesterday recovered in the Tay. Seven
teen bodies of the passengers by the
Star, April l6.
This is the year for the temperance
of the seventeen year locusts. The last
visitation was in 1868, and if the theory
of their appearance at regular intervals
of seventeen-years is correct, they may
be looked for in the coming month.
The Washington University, at st.
Louis, Mo-, has received in its history
gifts exceeding $1,000,O00, besides
more than 500, 900 received for scholar
ship endowments. The largest amount
credited to one name is $2O3. 900, and
the next is $179, 500.
It seems difficult to account for SO
small creature as bird making tones
as loud, in singing, as an animal l 900
times its size. But it has been dis
covered that in birds the lungs have
several openings, communicating with
corresponding air bags, or cells, which
fill the whole cavity of the body from
the neck downward, and into which the
air passes and repasses.
PLAGUE OF GNATs IN LOUISIANA.
The parishes of Ouachita, Richland
and Caldwell have been visited by q
plague which threatens grave injury to
the crops, from gnat similar to the
buffalo gnat, which have visited these
parishes in swarms during the daytime.
They do not attack human beings, but
assail horses, mules and cattle. The
effect on the horses and mules has been
to give them a collie and gravel, appar-
emily poisoning the entire system,
causing death in six hours from the
time they are attacked. The animals
60 about apparently in great agony
until they drop dead. Cattle are affect
ed in similar manner, only the effect
is not SO severe, but frequently caus-
ing the animals to rush into the streams
and drown themseives.-NeaoO Orleans
Democrat.
Japanese paper air cushions are impor-
ted, which have some advantages over
those made of rubber. They may be
rolled into packages Of smaller dimen-
sions when not in use; they will not
stick together as rubber does after it is
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