THE SUEZ MAIL.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1927, 9 July 1869, Page 3

THE SUEZ MAIL.

ARRIVES AT MELBOURNE. July 8 October 28 August 5 November 25 September 2 December 23 September 30 PEEVES MELBOURNE, July 18 October 12 August 15 November 9 September 12 December 7

, A Velocipede Journey of Fifty "Miles. —The Hobart Town Mercury of the 28th ult. states that a resident of Bothwell had made the journey to Hobart Town and back on a velocipede, a distance of fifty miles. The individual referr. d to left Hobart Town on Monday morning, and accomplished the whole journey the same day, reaching home that night. He writes us as follows:—“ Considering the state of the roads after the late rains—that it was raining nearly the whole journey, and a great portion of the road is newly metalled—l must say I was much surprised myself at the accomplishment of the feat. I had been trusting to the roads drying up before my return journey, but was vvolully disappointed by the rain of Sunday night and Monday. I may add that the only object I had was to demonstrate to myself (he practicability of this mode of travelling, which I 4m now perfectly satisfied of on fair roads The present state of the roads, and the Den Hill on the Bothwell Road, are cases that must not be bargained for with such a steed. Wy machine is furnished with an odometer (or mechanism for registering the distance travailed), of my own contrivance, whicii acted with the greatest accuracy, m iking a difference of only two chains between going and returning, The velocipede was made in Bothwell, by Mr Wise.” Uur correspondent further informs us that he is satisfied he could perform the journey to -Launceston. 120 miles, in fair weather, in two days, with far greater ease than he accomplished his journey of Monday. The Story op a Set of Teeth.—A Vienna correspondent w< ites :—Let me close this letter with a little anecdote over which all Vienna has been shaking its sides. A few months ago, one of our 'fi'rai dentists gup plied Madame de —, a lady wed known xu the fashionable qi roles of the haute finance, with a splendid set of false t- eth, wo- th about forty pounds, and waited with exceeding patience for payment, Finding that the lady “made xxo sign,” he applied, after three months had elapsed from date of delivery, by letter for the discharge of his claim. No answer. A fortnight later he wrote again, in somewhat stronger language, but received as little notice of his second as of his first application. Determined to have his inoney, nnd tcj he even with Madame de B—— for lier discourtesy, he last week inserted in a small suburban paper the following adver tisement;—“A magnificent set «f selfadjusting enamelled teeth to be sold dirt phibap. They are daily on view in the mouth of Madame de B (full name), Stadt, So and So Street, No. .” Then he cut out tfie slip, axxd enclosed it to the fair defaulter in an envelope. Two hours after his bill was paid, and Madame B hoped, as the paper in which the advertisement appeared was an insignificant one, that she had heard the last of her bargain ; but alas ! to-day the leading journals of Vienna have got hold of tbe story; and, if I were tho toothless lionne whose name is in everybody’s mouth, I think 1 would leave the Kaiserstadt for a season No teeth have made such a sensation since Cadmus’ famous crop.