PERSONAL  ITEMS 
RuasiAKH  hate  Germany,  and  rear  her;  hate 
Austria,  and  despise  her;  and  neither  despise 
nor  hate  England,  but  feel  called  on  by  destiny  to 
go  to  war  with  her. 
AT  the  recent  inamaire  of  Mile.  VV'elswelUer, 
the  Karoness  Theresc  de  Kothschlld  wore  a  white 
pardeasus,  embroidered  In  gold,  cut  In  the  style 
of  a  manteau  de  vlsite. 
Thk  old  Richmond  Enquirer,  after  a  susponstou 
of  ten  weeks,  has  made  Its  appearance  again, 
J.  L.  Hchooleraft  is  proprietor,  G.  Watson  .lames, 
editor,  and  W.  B.  Allegre,  b<islnc8S  mauager. 
Tub  dogs  of  the  Dartmouth  sludenta  have 
become  so  regular  In  their  attendance  at  chapel 
prayers  that  the  fhosldont  has  announced  that 
either  they  or  their  owners  must  leave  college. 
In  the  many  matrimonial  reunions  In  I’arl.H 
among  la  iiujUe  el^Hjanla  rooenUy,  toilets  have  not 
been  a  little  remarked  which  combine  with  dark 
silks  a  mixture  of  cashmoro  or  plain  China  crepe. 
FIhnrt  Mxmus,  formerly  a  groat  San  Francisco 
speculator,  and  now  u  railway  capitalist  in  Chill, 
is  slxty-llve  years  old.  He  was  born  at  Calsklll, 
on  the  Hudson.  He  Is  said  to  be  worth  $200,000,- 
000. 
Thk  London  .spectator,  republishes  Mr.  .Ross’ 
story  of  his  lost  boy,  aud  after  a  comment,  con¬ 
cludes  that  there  Is  every  reason  to  Justify  the  be¬ 
lief  that  the  boy  la  dead— “that  he  was  dead 
from  the  ilrst." 
Tub  solemnity  of  a  funeral  at  Macksvlllo, 
(Ark.)  was  disturbed  by  a  Ught  between  the 
grave-diggers.  Flswis  were  u.sed,  and  when  the 
misunderstanding  was  settled,  two  more  graves 
were  necessary. 
Tub  clay  model  of  tii*  statue  of  Juarttz,  which 
haa  been  ordered  from  Mr.  Gagllardl  of  .‘<ai>  Fran¬ 
cisco  by  the  Mexican  Government,  has  just  been 
completed.  The  statue  Is  to  be  cast  In  bronze 
and  placed  In  Mazutlan, 
Ki.i7.rR  WnmuTof  Medford,  Massachusetts,  the 
in-surance  man,  lost  his  barn,  with  Its  contents, 
by  tiro  the  other  night,  aud  It  was  not  Insured, 
lioss,  So  much  for  giving  hla  own  most 
excellent  precepts  the  go-by. 
11BLMIIOI.D,  the  Insane  druggist,  leaks  out  of  the 
asylum  like  so  much  qulcltsllver.  l  ic  has  escaped 
again.  lILs  wife  obtained  a  divorce  a  few  days 
Rlnce  and  the  doctor  (V)  prepared  for  a  Jollification 
at  Dclmonlco’s  In  Now  York. 
Dk.  l.BixiR,  the  professor  of  Chinp.se  at  O.xford, 
has  given  two  lectures,  the  second  lecture  being 
dlstUigul.shed  by  the  presence  of  the  two  Chlueso 
Commissioners  .sejic  by  the  Poking  Governmont 
to  the  Kxlilbltlon  at  PUlla^lelphla. 
Mu.  Gi.AiWTONH  u.s«ti  postal  eanls.  No  matter 
what  the  subject  upon  which  a  correspondent 
w’rltes  to  him  the  ox-Proraler  sends  a  re^v  linos 
upon  a  half- penny  ctird,  which,  a  tow  days  after¬ 
ward,  duly  appear  In  the  newspajmrs. 
Makon  FxKui-i„  the  Russian  ambassador  at 
Rome,  has  surprised  society  by  npijoarlng  with  a 
ohas.seur  In  full  fig,  wlUi  polnU'd  hat  and  white 
ootJkade,  reviving  an  old  privilege  accorded  only 
to  Roman  prlncew  and  ambassadors  near  the 
Pope. 
ViBcocNT  STitAWono  UK  RKDCi,ifT.  B,  the  great 
dlplomate  of  England,  who,  before  the  Crimean 
war,  so  long  kept  the  tJzar  NlcUola.s  at  bay,  has 
Ilnlshed  his  ninetieth  year ;  but,  though  he  haa 
the  gout,  he  takes  groat  Interest  In  European 
politics. 
Wade  Hamiton  Is  lifty-llve. 
Rose  Eytinos  Is  In  sooty  Cincinnati. 
An  Italian  Invented  spectacles  In  124.S. 
Yocnu  ladles  still  wear  pie  pans  on  their  belts. 
Makay  of  the  big  Bonanza,  has  a  chateau  near 
Paris. 
Governor  Fairbanks  is  said  to  be  out  of 
danger. 
Empress  Eijzabkth  of  Austria  had  an  early 
love  tor  emeralds. 
Thk  sLxth  boy  born  to  a  Wlscoasln  couple  Is 
named  “  Enough.” 
Lydia  Maria  Child,  the  authoress.  Is  seventy- 
live,  aud  still  healthy. 
Farm  laborers  In  California  receive  from  $23  to 
$50  a  month,  with  board. 
It  bus  been  ascertained  that  there  are  2.>o,0(hi 
species  of  living  animals. 
Nink  hundred  mllUOu  pounds  of  copper  Is  the 
amount  of  last  year’s  crop. 
Thk  principal  cities  of  iho  I’nlon  are  nghtlng 
for  gaa  at  SL-'mi  per  thousand. 
Thkrk  are  is.Oee  parish  priests  in  France  whoso 
salary Ja  only  $iso  each  a  year. 
Tub  boys  who  help  make  nice  falling  places  on 
the  sidewalks  are  busy  Just  now. 
Thk  son  of  the  late  President  Tyler  Is  a  profes¬ 
sor  at  William  and  Mary  College. 
Se.vatoks  Conklin  and  Blaine  have  not  spoken 
to  oa(;h  other  for  over  three  years. 
DkauwoOd,  In  the  Black  Hills,  has  been  hitched 
to  clvlUzailou  by  the  telegraph  wire. 
Gkorub  Eliot  gets  homcilor  as  she  grows  older, 
while  Lewes  Improves  in  appearance. 
Tub  giant  Ferragus,  slam  by  Orlando,  nephew 
of  Charlemagne,  was  eighteen  teet  high. 
A  Mlssol'ki  man  has  buU-do'/.f'd  an  opera,  lie 
has  ‘300  acres  devoted  to  a  bull-frog  farm. 
Richard  Grant  White  la  back  from  Europe. 
He  seems  to  be  oujoylng  his  usual  accuracy. 
Lp  In  Norway  men  arrested  for  being  drunk  are 
made  to  sweep  the  strocts  until  they  are  .sober. 
Tug  .San  Francisco  Post,  In  the  course  of  a  long 
de-scrlptlve  article,  says  that  oysmrs  have  no 
feet. 
A  voiTNfj  liuly  whoso  senses  become  intoxicated 
with  the  odor  of  dowers,  gels  drunk  on  a  s-ceut. 
Cheap ! 
Cakdibai.  Simeuni  has  taken  the  oath  of  alio- 
glance  to  the  Pope  and  becomes  the  successor  of 
Autonelll. 
Edwin  Booth  Is  fast  lining  hts  pockets  again. 
He  has  Just  paid  $142, 300  for  a  block  of  buildings 
m  cmicago. 
Tukkk  la  HO  much  medicine  “  free  of  charge  ” 
now-a-duys,  that  some  pfjoplo  consider  It  a  luxury 
to  be  sick. 
Thb  total  prodiictlou  of  beet  root  sugar  la 
Europe  Is  now  ostimated  to  considerably  exceed 
1,000,000  tons. 
Barry  Hhli.itan’b  oldest  son,  Amory,  has  Just 
been  getting  m-arrled  to  the  English  actress,  JHsb 
Adeline  Btatihope. 
Thb  obstacles  to  tlie  marriage  of  the  King  of 
Spain  with  Duke  do  Montpeusler’s  daughter 
have  been  removad. 
Foktv-fitk  thousand  old  Austrian  Wentzel 
muskets  have  boon  bought  by  the  Russian 
Government  and  shipped  PJ  Russia. 
Mkin  Hkkk,  do  you  know  tor  what  we  aalls  our 
boy  Hans?”  “\ell,  I’U  tell  you;  der  reason  wo 
call  our  boy  Hans— dot  ish  his  name.” 
'I'koy  has  a  young  lady  so  I’onscleullous  that 
she  refuses. to  play.on  any  but  an  upright  piano. 
.She  has  the  legs  enveloped  In  leather. 
SOME  man  afraid  of  monarchism  wants  to  know 
Avhat  shall  bo  the  name  of  the  Emperor  of  New 
J  ersey.  Ho  w  would  A  pplc  J  ack  1 .  do  7 
Edward  fox  of  TltusvlUe,  Pa.,  haa  recovered 
$93,000  damages  from  tho  BalUmoro  aud  Ohio 
Railroad  by  a  twenty-three  years’  suit. 
Robs  R.;Winans  of  Newport,  has  purchased  tho 
sloop  ya<?ht  Arrow,  said  to  be  the  fasUst  sloop 
In  the  world.  Tho  price  paid  was  $9,i)oo. 
Thby  are  eating  strawberries  In  Southern 
Carolina.  ITils  news  makes  a  man  “bless” 
Arctic  rubbers  aud  molaisies  tally  parties. 
The  Empre.s.s  of  Germany  often  appears  In 
public  robed  in  a  simple  calico  dross.  .She  dis¬ 
courages  extravagance  In  drww  among  the  ladles, 
.John  Brouoham,  speaking  the  other  day  of  the 
great  Macready,  said:— “flls  voice  was  like 
broken  china  clinking  in  the  bottom  of  a  dry 
well.” 
Rooh\3tek  Democrat  “  Lucy  Hamilton  Hoop¬ 
er  says  the  average  American  husband  Is  a 
niggard.  Would  you  have  your  daughter  marry 
a  niggard?” 
ANOTHER  departure  of  Justice,  During  the 
tempest  of  last  .Saturday  a  basswood  Imago  of 
Justice  was  blown  from  the  court  bouso  In 
Adrian,  Michigan. 
M.  Henri  cbrnlusohi,  on6e  a  wealthy  opponent 
of  Napoleon,  has  sailed  for  America,  where  he 
will  argue  in  favor  of  making  the  silver  dollar 
equal  to  the  gold. 
From  Punch  Elder  Sister  (wishing  to  show 
off  her  small  brother’s  accomplishments)—*  Now, 
Jack,  who  was  the  first  man?’  Jack— ‘ Adam P 
Elder  sister— ■  (iuite  right!  And  where  did  he 
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