MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 176, 19 July 1872, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

.The Czar of Russia's income averages £SOOO a day, or 365 times as much as President Grant receives. The Sultan of Turkey struggles along on £3600 per day. Louis Napoleon lost a place that paid him £2BOO per day.' What the pay of the of Prussia may be is not at present known, but as king of Prussia he was paid £1642 per day. Victor Emmanuel of Italy enjoys an income of £ 1650, Queen "Victoria about £IOSO a day. The Prince of "Wales receives £290 per day. A.-lady school teacher in Omaha, having an • inordinate dread of the small-pox sent home a little girl because she said her mother was sick, : and had marks on her face. The next day the girl presented herself at the school house, with her finger in her mouth, and her little bonnet swinging by.the strings, and said to the teacher, " Miss , we've got a leetle baby at our house ; but mother told me.to tell you that it isn't catchin'." The teacher said she was very glad, and told her pupil to take her seat. The San Erancisco e Alta ' says that the crime of jerking the hair out of -ybur-wife's head is not so - sinful as it formerly was. It is just as ungentlemanly as ever, but it doesn't hurt as it used to do. A Western editor informs a correspondent that the words " no cards " accompanying a marriage notice signify that the married pair don't play poker. A Curious Calculation.—A calculation has been made by c Bell's Life,' we suppose the result of a bet, that there are more acres of land in Yorkshire than there are letters in. ; the Bible. The respective numbers are as follows : Acres, 3,698,500, letters, 3,566,480. The comparison is more curious than instructive. TtLtf to King .Robert the Bruce. —We understand that Mr. Andrew Currie, sculptor, Darner, has been ; commisioned 'to execute Mr. George CruikshankV spirited design for this monument to be erected on Lady's Kock, Stirling. There were several -competing artists, but Mr Currie's offer was found the most suitable. Tho statue of the Bruce will, be 9 feet high, and the height of the pedestal will afterwards be determined with reference to the character of the site. Should the balance of funds be forthcoming, it is expected, that the monument will, be completed before the. close of the year. ' The Narcotics op Different . Nations. —Dr. Caffe, in the * Journal des Connaissances Medicales,' has an article on the statistics of intoxication. ; ' With regard to intoxicating drugs he says : —Siberia has its fungus ; Turkey, India, and China, have their opium ; Persia, India, Turkey, and Africa, from Morocco down to the Cape jof Good Hope, and even the Indians jof Brazil, have their Kemp and their hachish ;' India, China, and the. •Eastern Archipelago have their -beteland betel-pepper • thißd|rtlß^r^' Pacific have their and Bolivia their eternal cocoa ; New Grenada and the chains-of the Himalaya their red thorney apple ; Asia, America, and the whole of the world, perhaps patronise tobacco ; the English and Germans have hops, and the French have lettuce. Of all these drugs tobacco is that which claims sovereignty over the largest portion of the human race, for its votaries are stated at 900 millions ; opium fortusately does not boast more than 400 millions ; but hachish, a' drug quite as intoxicating as opium, is commonly indulged in by 300 millions of people.Betel, which, in point, of fact, is hardly more than a gentle stimulant, extends its sway over about 100 millions. A London jeweller has just completed the manufacture of a " gigantic " gold watch for Capt. M. V. Bates, the " Kentucky Giaut."' Si_ch an immense watch requires of necessity a " guard" chain of proportionate' dimensions to "fix " it. This weighs upwards of twelve ounces, and measures six feet in length. He Knew Better.—" Dinna tell me," said a sapient Forfarshire - laird of the old school—-" dinna tell me that the earth's shapit like an orange, an' that it whirls round aboot ilka

twenty-four 'oors. .lis J non. Sei.diy Hiiis.i.es to thy uoi-v.4, an.' Tay to tho Sv/iitb, at hion, when i gang , to 111 j bed ; jl' the moriiiu' when, 1 rise I find theru the same ; an' that's nae proof that the earth turns round:-\!'ll tell you what it is—an' I speak wi' the authority o' arie/ wha's gien the subject &; deal. o' - study—the.-:, earth's spread boot just like a muckle barleyseone,' in which the ■ Howe o' strath-. more represents a.knuckle mark.'-V _^..,f Bemedy- eor Small-pox:—Anxeifec-. cual remedy for small-pox .is said to have been recently found by a surgeon of the British army '-in China. The mode of treatment is as follows: —" When the preceding fever is atj its height; and just before-the eruption appears; the chest is rubbed with-'crd-ton .oil. and . tartaric ointment; Tins causes the whole eruption to appear on that part of the-body, to,\tne 'relief of the rest. -'"lt also secures a full and complete.eruption, and'thus prevents the disease from attacking 'the "'internal organs. This is how the.established' mode of treatment in the English army in China,, and is regarded as a perfect cure." ...... A wretched husband in St. Paul's advertises, for the return of his .wife, who is " a taul woman with grey eyesand a small babie just begmnin' to wank," who has been enticed away by, " a taul pok markt feller with red hare." Poor fellow, we hope he may get her back, and recover from the dreadful " spell" which has taken hold of him. A pause between.words the parts of which will form a.word, is frequently necessary to mark the sense. /' fctencf me in that set of china," said a gentleman 1 to a dealer."." : " It wants two pieces," said the dealer.' I '.'.That's a pity,'' said., the other. " Shall 1 send it incomplete,-sir ?" "Yes, send T.it": in complete." Whose was -the misconstuction? - We learn from an American newspaper the great chiin-itey of the Cabot Mill at Brunswick, Maine, has been moved 20 feet to allow of the enlargement of the mill. The work was done by a' process similar to that by ■' which ships are launched, the chimney- being slid along on-greased planks. The chimney is 70 feet high, and nearly eight feet square at the base, and it" was moved, the flues connected, and the fires started in eight hours'-and a half.— : Builder." . Ay Eccentric Old Lady,—An old woman at Dorchester kept a huckster's shop, and in the latter days, of he r.'.. life formed hangings to her bed of one-' pound notes. . These- were- delicately gummed to the curtains of calico- ■- and' so the old woman slept., and dr,eamed 'in ah atmosphere of money. 1 SHe was found dead surrounded,by her; treasures, and a clause ■ w.-is ■■ found in her - will directing that one or uer ite notes should be-placed uniWher head in the coffin. ....---'' A Loud Despatch.—A couple of., evidently from the rural districts came-jn'to the.telegraph office for the •purpose of sending ,i- despatch. Theniessage was taken by the operator, and the pair proceeded down stairs. They had just reached the side walk when the gong at the " Snell House" was sounding for tea, where upon one. the pair went info the air several fL-et, exclaiming, " By Jerusalem' there it goes, Jim !" — c Arostook Pioneer!' There is a. hotel in San Frhncisco under the sole management of the fair, sex From the proprietoress to the hall girl, from the bartender to the bootblack, all connected with, tlie blishment are women. The portresses are muscular Grermans, who handle the most mammoth "Saratogas" deftly and easily, while the clerk, is. a- .handsome brunette, who parts her: short black ringlets on one side, and makes bright repartees to the jokes of the drummers and salesmen who largely frequent the house. The bartender can make a cocktail quicker and better than any other in.the state, and drinks herself every time she is asked to, which, on an average, is about fifty times. a day.. . Much too Boomy.—An American writer says—" The whole population of the continent of North America probably does not exceed sixty million human beings ; that is, about onefifth of the population of Europe. This is but a small allotment of mankind to

-j i a< i:, ;>iaii' oti.-i fe<is rnr-her iji thn quart*'r He fetls> dwarfed in 'the ; untamed and unoccupied nature. .The--Old World is still thereat? of humanity. In Europe there' 'is*';'that variety of ™pp,> Jnstitutioris~and nationalities, which, gives spice .tp existence," wjfile ,witK4s there are. '"'or jbhVe.e governments''"and.'nations! '.[ ,' Iif V fis,Tb|- • cause,of pur, Jsqlatian.and loneliness, we suppose'that w.e" w'elcQuieiiius'rious visitors, like the Grau<T : i>uke Alexis, . 'wifch such effusion' of : regard and demonstrativeness,' so' that r in the small inland.cities and " his wife--and- children"gaiher--at , ~th& railway stations'j list--to ■'ch*ser' r smM get a dissolving view, of a real live.' Prince. These -renoxvriedibi*eigrT visitors seem* to link us of the - . race beyond, the water. ,fn fact, -we are as yet a sort -of western outpost, o^f-Burppe.^.-^-It- is Tf true that. NeAv York* JsHhe in the civilised , world rin 'wealth;.of s emigration rather than an American fin : 6rder,tcj gpit-pyer.our.feeling. r of, f sphe--:someness and provincialism,:! we- i.wank about-two .hundred' f thousand- -million people in our borders.''' ; '■' ■ '•- ; ' '"■ ; - ; • "\ Capital rather gloomy bon =mb't which, promises to be historical, marked, the recent American., trial - of Miss Wharton for the ailegedjp§isoningof General,.Ketchnm. tor should: IJejabJe^p^give/Zan^.opinion on disease-.without mistakes/f.saidoi the-Attorney-General;"4"He is as well able as a lawyer," replied Div Warren. '* A doctor.'s mistakes-,, are buried six feet underground,"' said the. lawyer. "And a lawyer's are., sometimes, [hung six feet above it ," replied the -doctor... —' British J&edical-Journal' V*' r ' r, Too Literal,—-A ri' r unsophisticated constituent from AVest.Virginia; lajfcely "%- called on his member of Congress. inT 1 Washington, who, according to custom •' shook him cor.dially by the hand, and. tben said," Come up to the Capitol'"" while we are in session,, and I'll give you a seat on the floor of the House."- "■ Wall, ; no 1; thank;you," said theecon-!.-. stituent ; " poor as I "am, I always manage to have'a cheer to, sit-.rpn at home, an' I han't comedo WashintoQ . to sit on the floor." ' .-V. ; r-jr? ;., " If a young lady wishes a young gentleman to kiss'her, what papers would she ; mention/?- .. JN T o .'Spectator/ no ' Observer' but "as many' Times ' as ' you-like.'V;-, - - .-. - /•. \, .-. . -