, 1863-11-14

Nearly all the ballet girls aud ,Hguy y,nfa
employed II the Paris theatres arc non !Eng
-Qucen Victoria has sent five. dollars II
drummer boy who celebrated In a'yery
pretty aet Of gerEes, her return from Cor.
many.
I "A Tipperary man, slightly Intoxicated. Is
Sid to have leaped at ons bound over thtea
ioaoed wagons, standing abreast. he came
down with the greatest ease.
"A lady At Baden. Of thirty five years! pre
tended to bet on her sge, but placed her
money on No. 81. Fortune, however, played
ttr malicious prank, Tor the number that
| MON Waa IS! ::
| a lady with an Immense crinoItue
Knocked over an unfortunate gentleman In
Lon don BY single sweep Of her skirts. HIS
/ htad ttfpek the curb stone, aud the shock
vas 20 severe that be died In short time.
| DR., Cummings has selected the year
lsG7 a. the close Of the present, economy
before The end Of tie world will take place
near Jeruealem, between France, England and
AnEE1as ;. : :;.,..: = ....,. - a. .
So ignorant are some OF the English peas
entry that they took the recent earthquake
for a sign That the world was coming 70 IN
end, and Immediately packed up to emigrate
To- + America, to avoid the Impending; ca
l.: ~ / {: "sf5- ::
y; ,;7Ptiaee Fapolson, On going to- Hummum,
taking his Turkish bath IN the same room
Hlth Heenan, the American pfizefghter,
Heenan Vac introduced to the Prince, and
they smoked 8 chibouk together. r
y Wine Congress is to lit In Paris. to
decloe Wh1ch'are the best wines In France, :
II each description Of Bordeaux, Burgundy,
and Champagne is brought before the com:
nit hrun In -
the latter part OF the meeting is ukely to be
cheerful, not to say noisy. =.
The DEVILS sjeweGy-that given by Meph.
lst1philes in FauHt-was recently stolen from
40 actress In Pesth. The thiet doubtless ex-
Pecfed some ething handsome from their glit.
ief, but fond the DEVILS bait as ever, gross
&c. deception. The jewels we're only worth
Mr.. Ruskin has built for himself reru.
lar Swiss cha!e1.on the mountain side oFer-
hanging Chnmounf. He proposes to stndv
me mountatn effects Throughout the greator
4rnia Rql1oa re o. the year, and if report speaks
eivtn' ~ tns sesa!t Of hIs observations will be
IN. dc La1nartine is apein In ,1;f,,cn,+,a.
gn!ess q large eum Ct money can be raised
Tor him, his estates must be sold, The lot |
leiy OF It, Point las apparently turned ont q
5aaln1e, and b: de Lamartiae Ii compelled to
appeal to the British public for subscriptions
~ H0fEE-zAVAn~
teen guIneas tie set.
Glass, died recently In Mad1id. The deceased |
Dnke belonged to family which possess tic |
curious privilege Of receiving every year the |
Clothes Fora by the Kings and Queens Of |
spain. on the day Of the Epiphany The |
museum In which the Sc old clo'', !, are placed
x az ;op)ect OF much curiosity to visitors to
Tho Jews Of France are In ecstacies IN
consequence Of the Imperial affabllity. The
Emperor OF the French has recently favored
soHe of the principal Jewish mouev.lenders
u falis With special marks Of 1,.s coude.cen.
lion; but his dfsinterestednees has been In
Peached BY some: who hint that negottations
for = Frerch or Mexican loan will 6e imms.
1iately opened.
M. Paul Mendelssohn has deposited in
he hands Of the municipality OF Ieipsic the
!um Of ], 500 tha1ers, the proceeds of the eaIa
y the letters OF the celebrated composer.
This Is to be called the Felix Mendelseohn.
bartbo!dV Fund, ;" the Interest Of which is to
se paid every Sd OF February to The Widows
IT Two musicians who hare belonged TO the
7tchcstra Of LeIpsic. :.
An ape recently attempted to murder a
nedica student at Toulouse The Student
lad been made present OF the animal, and
20 sooner had It In bis possession than be uu.
assencd its chain and approached 1t, 6istouri
. hand: whether the ape had present..
tut ho certainly noted as If he had for vault.
bg on to his uaster's back, he proceeded n
lueeze his throat with lila bony t1n0era. The
tucent was half stIangled, and would have
probably per1shed had not one Of his com.
AIDES come into the room, who after sorna
rouble succeeded In dIspatchlng the ape.
-Th.ee rats made IN attack on IN English
al, about t1teeen years OF age, who was sit.
Ing IN m old barn eating bread and beef
Ehe drss Onslaught Was made By huge rat,
nat ran up h!e back and attempted TO seize
ne food nhich he WAS putting In his mouth.
ie seized It By the THROAT, but before he had
Tangled It two others commenced deter:
nined attack upon him. They bit hls face ii
NO places, and attempted to bite through T.
he clothing which protected his shouIdcfs.
man happened to Vialt the building waile
he contest was going on, and 1t was with ]
feat d1fhculty that the rats were made to re-.
reat.
:, An ancient rcse-tree, said to be the old.
liedeshelm, Hanover. :: It IS said to have been {
'anted BY the Emperor Louis, the Plous, in
be beginning Of the ninth century, when tha / !
,piecopal see, founded BY his father, Chafle-
'aoge, was removed to Elxe Tie docn.
tents proving this fact were destroyed By !
re In the cathedral In 1913, but later records
how that il 1918 Bishop HezIio Ind q wall | I
utlt round the tree to protect 1t. For CEN
'rses past this Wild rose tree has been an oh.
ct Of interest to travellers and naturalists, :
ID no stranger ever goes to HiedesheIm |
ithont visiting the Imperial rose tree By the
de Of the Cathedral. Within the last year
'e old roots have cent forth several new
lo0ts, one Of which Is now twelve feet hfgh | I
i'd nearly al inch In diameter.