MISCELLANEOUS.

Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 375, 9 June 1868, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Manchester Examiner states that on the day of the Fenian executions, it printed 192,645 copies, which it believed to be the greutest weight of newspapers ever printed and issued in one day from an office in the world. The public were supplied at the rate of 35,000 per hour, or nearly 600 per minute. An Italian emigrant recently returned to his native town, Narese, with a -fortuue of 45,000 francs, in paper. He laid his wealth upon a table and sallied forth, leaving a little child at play in his room. When he returned home he found his hard earned fortune a mere smouldering heap of ashes upon his own hearth. The child, for want of some better amusement, had flung the pile of notes into the fire. In a paroxysm of fury the man stretched the innocent offender dead at his feet with a single blow, and is now in gaol awaiting his trial for murder. The papers containing the details of the celebrated Yel verton Longworth case weigh three tons. Thia case has been tried 18 times, has employed 26 judges and 200 lawyers, and has cost L 25,000 ! The island of Java must be a pleasant place to live in. According to the latest official statistics published, 148 persons were devoured by tigers in One year, and in another the same fate befel 131 persons. The crocoulios during the same period ate about 50 people a yoar, and between 30 and 40 a-year wwj killed by serpents. The inhabitants, however, do not seem to allow their habitual equanimity to be much disturbed by the fate of their fellow colonists. The GovernorGeneral some time ago offered for every tiger that was killed the sum of 22 guilders (L 2), but ihis did not tempt the Dutchmen to action. — Pall Mall Gazette. The Prince of Wales has consented to open the Leeds Exhibition. The event will take place about the middle of May, and the collection of works of art is certain to be large and important. The eldest son of Lola Montez, who occupied a distinguished position in the Bavarian army, has resigned his commission, having inherited a considerable fortune— from the ex-King of Bavaria, perhaps. The late King Ludwig forwarded, a few minutes before his death, a request to the Pope for his blessing. The Holy Father sent it without delay in the shape of a telegram. All honor to Mr Barnes, M.P. for Bolton. He has solved the Irish difficulty and shown his constituents how a perfect union may be brought about between Irish, English, and Scotch. In point of simplicity his plan is wonderful. Give a marriage dowry to every. Irishwoman who marries an Englishman or Scotchman ; a bonus to every Irishman who marries an Englishman ; and a premium of LlO for every consequent baby ! A Spanish lady has had in her employment for some time an English coachman — steady and well conducted. The latter has unexpectedly succeeded to L6OOO a-year. His mistress, on being informed of her faithful servant's good fortune, told him he was at full liberty to leave, but he implored to be allowed to remain, which has been granted, and "at the present moment he can be seen driving his mistress round the " Lakes" in Paris with the same respect as when he was on his LlO per annum and board wages. It would not be surprising if the lady, who, it ia said, is unmarried, would finish up the romance and give her hand to this romantic knight. An exhibition of the patent pumps now employed by the expedition in Abyssinia took place on March 14th, near Hampton Court. The pump is a metal pipe, 1 inch and a quarter in diameter, shod at the end with a pyramidal piece of solid metal, and pierced with holes for about 16 inches of the lower end. One of these tubes was placed upright, a brace bearing a pair of pulleys being fastened on at the top, and a clamp being screwed on near the lower end betwuen the pulleys, and above the clamp was a circular weight or monkey, weighing 701bs, which was raised by means of pulleys by two men, and dropped on to the clamp, thus driving the tube into the ground. By this simple means they drove the tube down in about 10 minutes. A piece of 4 feet in length was then screwed on, and in a short time driven down. A pump was then fixed on the tube, and in 19 minutes from the first lifting of the tube the water was pumped out. A lever was then brought, and by the help of a handspike the whole tube was drawn up in the space of a minute and a quarter. Another tube, which had previously been driven down, was drawn up by striking the flange with the weight in 8 minutes. Mr Mcclii, one of the new farmers who do not grumble, admits that he has been doing a good trade at Tiptree of late, in consequence of the high price which he has been obtaining for his wheat. In 1865, when wheat averaged 48s 2d per qr., he made a profit of L 238, or 11 per cent, upon the capital engaged ; in 1.866, with wheat averaging 46s per qr., his profit rose to L 268, or 11| per cent, upon the capital engaged ; and in 1867, with wheat averaging 61s 8d per qr., his profit expanded to L 463, or 18 per. cent, upon a capital of L 2521. This capital, it should be understood, is the tenant's capital, not the landlord's capital. The South London Press says that two bank notes, each for LIOOO, were dropped into Mr Spurgeon's letter box recently, by "A.B." — an anonymous donor who has before given LIOOO in like manner — one for the Pastors' College, the other for the Stockwell Orphanage. A Paris correspondent of the Nord writes :— " The colony of French dealers, residing in Cairo, is in a. state of consternation. The Viceroyj who employed them to equip the troops, as well as to furnish and decorate his palaces, has found his charges too heavy, and has withdrawn his custom. The French Government, always animated by friendly sentiments towards the Viceroy, has undertaken to get the orders executed in France and to superintend the payment as well for the military matters as for civil. There were 400 French dealers in the Egyptian capital, and one-half of them have already returned to France."