The New York herald., 1870-05-31
OLD WORLD ITEMS.

The Emperor OF Brazil, say the Portuguese papers.
has refused statue which his people are ao0us ev
erect to him, ana recommends that the money
should be spent on primary schools. The staIue'
however is to 60 on.
On the goth Of April the flfty.second birthday Of
the Emperor Of RUSSIA was Dy ns ns Kinr
William made very significant speech. Dlpiomauc
straws
Ration, or rat, is the term applied in Paris TO the
juvenile street thieves. One OF those, hunchoackeu
and lame, was captured the other day. HIS hunch
was found 10 consist OF two pots OF pdte deyoe Vas
three pairs Of slippers two pieces OF sparerle sns ama
pended superb sausage. The rdton lived py Ills
own as well as by other peoples inhrmtles
When Mile. Morio was singing in the grand Con.
versatiOns Hall at Baden an Englshman DesouenI
her TO sting for him for one minute. she compuea,
while he counted the notes, watch in hand. "oXty-
YOU'RE blonde and iii PLAY sixty three dollars on
the rouge" He did SO and swept the board.
A considerable portion Of the Jewish population
OF Lithuania and Poland are about to emigrate 70
the countries or the Don and the Caucasus; the re-
malnder will proceed to North America The Rus
sian government has given its consent, ana has
r seventy live % %roabes 1900 francs,. T important sums
have also been contributed for that object by the
Jewish societies of London and Paris.
The "Leabhar ma Huidrt," an ancient Irish colec-
ton OF writings, Will shortly appear In FAC sfnaue
The proof sheets are being revised at the Royal irish
Academy. The book which takes its name from
having been originally witten upon the skin Of red
calf is OF very early date and was preserved at the
Abbey Of ClOnmacnoise. The numerous CLOSES
which it contains render 1t OF considerable pholo-
gical value
On the JSte of Bairam the European Consuls paid
the customary visit to the Bey of Tunis The Prime
Minister made speech, but addressed himself
solely TO the representatives Of France, Austria, Eng
Mnd and Italy, and turned his back to the others,
among whom were those of the United States SPAN
and Belgium. These latter, when the Minister had
concluded, protested against this violation OF all
diplomatic courtesy and would not accept the apOl'
gies offered until the allocut0n had been repeated to
them.
''For some days past" says the Nord, "the post.
man at Remersdael tBelgiumt had found small parti-
ces OF wool and straw among his letters, Tor the
presence Of which ne could not account, as the box
was out of the reach OF children. AS on one occa
sion he observed bird flying away from the apert-
ure In the nd he closely examined the interior and
found that swallow had built her nest inside and
had laid four eggs there. remarkable cIrcum
stance Is that letters being constantly thrown in,
but she does not seem to pay any attention to theiI
fall.n
Robbery la petite uerole or by the help of small
poX Is the latest touch IN Paris suffering patient
Is alone in bed when the rogue presents himself.
'Now" says the latter, 'tell me where to find your
money and jewels. Don't get excited or youll have
relapse don't try TO get out Of bed or you'll catch
cold and 30 saying fastens the Delpull or course
the victim yields.