, 1874-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Tho Duchess OF Edinburgh has fau1tloss En-
There aro 1900 shados Of the different col
ors of kid g1ovos.
Butler viii be Sc years old noxt November
70 naona 0 oI nts
cites much onthuBiasn.-Br Brooktyn argus.
--b1mo. Lenoir JosBerand who has just diod
OF Paris, hns loft tho sum OF 10000, 900 francs
for tho purpose Of building hospital to bo
named after her late husband. In accordance
with II. Jossoranda wishes, she Inns loft to tho
State 3 collection Of objects Of art, valued ut
100000 franca, which 1t took thirty years to
"A ntt1o girl, playing In fold near Wcst-
rninBter. Mass, was attacked bya savago bull.
Her brother, aged Is, climbed over the fonce,
and bravely fought the bull with stick, Run,
was gored 30 terribly that vory likely ho viii do
Of the hurt
a clergyman at olarindn, O., was away from
home whom tho crusade began: He returned In
bnr OF snfoon, singing aa loud as sho could yell.
Ho supposed size waB drunk and,' entering tho
saloon, tho tears rolling down his faco, ho aaid:
"Gome Come homo, ,,, ,wife' you hese ruined mo-drunk
"a distinguished Fronch physician suggests
that the annoyance Of hiring wot nnrHoa may be
happily obviated by making infants tako thoir
nourishment direct from n COW without tho inter-
vention OF bottle; Tho triaing Inconvenience
Of Keeping d COW In tho nursery, especially il
ono bus an apartment on tho fourth floor, is, Of
course, scarcely worthy montion.-Neo York
World
Tho American Regis'er. Of Paris, informs us
and says: III men and womon could flirt as
conveniently and rs pleasantly without its pro-
lection, 1t would DO given up altogether in civil
lied countries"
Whom the colobrated French chemist ottlla
Was on one occasion q witneas at q trial for
poisoning. he was asked BY tho President il ho
could state the quantity Of ar6enio requisite to
kill hy. ceftninly, n. 10 Preaidont,'' y replied
sgs of tho ly, It's sex, its temperament, It's con. m
dition and habit OF body, whethor married or
single, widow or maidon, widower or bachelor"
a French paper tells the following as true
aaTe ss ot he eaten
shut. He said, 7 have hurried brok !; 7 left my
wife IN here on bench.' Tho gatc-keoper re-
Piled, Il an ~ very sorry-tho garden VII! not be
open until to-morro" mud no locked the
We SOC It stated that It will tako at least
twenty years moro to build tho spires Of Cologne
Cathedral to the required altitude Of GOO foet.
This is the iirat time our suspicious have boen
spires Of II tho Cologne Cathedral l.-Broohlyn
argus.
President Grants cottage at Long Branch is
being enlarged and renovated, and will be oceu-
pied by the President and his family about the
middle Of juno.
-" uaziug hns broken out in an offensive
mannor again at tho Naval Academy. The ring
Secretary says neither personal friendship nor
political distinction shall Interfere with his pre-
gloualy announced decision in such matters.
John 8. Damrell is no longer Chief Engineer
Of the Boston Firo Department.. Capt. William
4. areono assumed command last Tuesday. Mr.
Damrell has served the city IN the capacity Of
fireman for twenty-six yoars.
Tho death is announced OF Mrs. Edward J,
Lowell, OF Boston. She was daughter OF tho
late Samuel G. Goodrich IL Peter Parley y.
"A pupil in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at
train bearing Summers remains, wrote out this
description Of him II saw Ben Butler in the
drawing-room car, and his eye opens nice, but
his, other eye somewhat orose-shuts."
-Vioe- President Wilson visited Wilmington,
Del Inat Saturday and lurinf. hin ntov wae thu