The Morning herald., 1875-11-03

graduated at the military school OF 81. Cy
with honors.
Accounts from Hungary state that ther'
has not been such an abundant vintage fo
many years. fN}f- lr
The Simmer Memorial Committss hav,
selected tive of the models offered for &
statue, and are now deciding upon third
Jefferson Davis was presented At Fair
view, Ky, recently, with gold-heaa cane
made from locust tree which his father
planted. .....
Wilhelm l. has given $l25 toward a
monument for Karl Wilhelm, the csm-
poser OF the famous "Watch on the Rhine" F."
which the italian hand-organsists grind
about the streets Of American cities.
An ingenious adding card has been in
vented by Mr.. Gustavus Frankenstein. 1t
does away with the labor of adding long
columns Of figures, the result to any
amount being found with rapidity ari GER
tainty.
s.enewa'l Jackson's daughter in another
four years is going 10 takea husband out of
the old stonewall Brigade, even ii he shall
be its only surviving member with both
arm, gone and no legs to stand upon.
A public fete wa, held at Seville on
October 18th, TO celebrate the return of the
figure of St. Anthsry which was cut from
Murillo's picture in the Cathedral, asd
which was afterSard recovered in New
York city.
All the engineers of the German army
are taught swimming in their first year,
and are required to swim half an hour,
without resting or swimming on the back,
but, contrary to recent report, they are not
obliged to take this exercise with their
clothing on.
Inhabitants of the planet Mars can make
the tour Of the world there dry shod or in
forty days if they have accomplished rapid
transit. The land is not divided of in
islands IS with us, the amount Of water be-
ing barely enough to form lakes.
Dean Stanley strenuously opposes the
granting Of music and dancing license for
The new aquarium at Westminster, aid
irrelisious critics expect next to hear the
Dean object to the presence of the deril
Gsh in the tank az fish of doubtful char
,cter.
Frank w. Potter, United States Consul
1t Mar'ail,es, has secured an au,horiza ion
rom the French Agricultural Society TO
introduce large number of American
'ines for cultivation in The districts recent
y ravaged by the philloxera. The vines
hat Mr.. Potter imported last spring have
,iven much satisfaction.
The Messenger Official Of the Russian
Empire, publishes a lote recommending
he use II mineral fuel for locomotives and
teamboats instead of wood, the great de-
nand made on the forests for fuel having
Ilreadv had a very disastrous effect. Our
'wl RAILWAYS are rapidly destroying our
srests, the wood for ties alone requiring
he leve!lins Of 250, 1000 acres Of forest an
lually.
Mr.. Russell Gurney, n. P, has promised
o introduce in the British House of Com
mons bill to secure ; married woman her
wn property, and to make her as liable
or her own contracts a. if she was single
'oman. Mr.. Forsythe has al.o pledged
himself to reintroauce the Women's Disa-
'ilities bill that was defeated last winter.
By a recent decision of the British
Board Of Admiralty The brigs attached to
he training ships for boys are to be formed
nto separate squadron, msnned by srdi-
ary seanen from the reeeiving siips, and
ent to cruise of the Spanish csas.. 1t has
zen the custom heretofore 10 lay these
essels up in barbon during winter sea-
ons.
1t ia true that Talleyran1, ,on being asked
Thy he married such thoroughly stupid
'omau as Madame Grande, answered tha,
he gave him repsse after all the intellec-
ual talk he was forced To- hear. The ave-
age British husband, however, is BY no
aeass = Talleyrand, nor is he generally
peaking fatigusd by the brilliancy Of his
ssocia.es, 80 that an istelligen, partner a
lome cannot be regarded .s = superasity.
There are certain controversies which
eem to have the propeEtv Of perpetuating