Items Of Interest

-A patent is asked for a contnvance to belay a cow's tail to lier hind leg wliile Rhe is milkert. - Another St. Patrie!. 1 in Ireland, as a snake has been diecoveied in County Wicklow. - "Courtship is Miss," said an ardent yonng man. "Yes, and matriinony is Mieter," snarled an old bachelor. - - The disco very of a píooeea has been made by which ashes can be CQnvj into a solid mass as hard as ma - The adoption of the name "Lord:.day," to displace "Suuday" or "the Sabbath," is urged by some of the religious newspapers. - A Pullman car made its trial trip last month in Ehgland over the North British system of railways, and seems to have beeii liked. - Quilp says he likes.to see tlie women stand vip for their rights, especially when seats are scarce in a horse-car. - The Lightning Press used by the Freneh daily La Patrie, is still in the same perfect order as when purchased twenty years ago. - The f are on a new railroad in India, from Madura to Trinohinopoly, ninetysix miles, is only eqmd to fuïty-six cents in the third-class cars. ; - A girl feil down and died in the midst of a waltz, in Chelsea, Mass. ; and the Chelsea preachers did not miss their chance the next Sunday. - If ñames menu anytnvnj, the recent marriage of Mr. Grippin and Miss Clinch gives promise of an occasional lively matiimony set-to. - The crops in Nebraska this yrar have been enormous, and the . State has been fully restored to the prosperity it enjoyed before the grasshopper toetooxge. - Ann Connolly of San Francisco, aged 73, sues for a divorce from Heiiry ponnolly, aged 75, because he broke the promise made before marriage to quit chewing tobáceo. - The Emperor William on the birthday of Von Moltkepresenteu the veteran general with the family Order Of tbp Hohenzollerns, with a star and crossen swords. -The Board of Public Works has reported favorably on the proposed tunnel under the Thames, on the gronnd that it would materially relieve the traffic of London bridge. - Two telegraph operators in separate Hartford offices quarrelled over the wires until one challenged the other to meet him half way and fight. They had it out hi fisticuffs. - An admission fee of a shilling is exacted from every casual attendant at Spurgeon's Tabernacle, in London ; and, after paying the price, the visitor is likely to be ousted if he gets into a sold pew. - There is a plncky mail carrier at Mamstee, Mich. The other mornin-g he found his horses sick with the epizootic ; but, nothing daunted, he shouldered the mail bag, containing forty póunds of mail matter, and performed the trip to Benzonia, thirty-tive miles, on fóotl - A ïady applying for admission to the junior class of an Eastern seminaiy, being questioned by the President as to her qualifications, replied, "I ain't inuch of an arithmeticker, but I am an excellent grammerist. " - A darkey who was stooping to wash his hands in a creek, didn't notice the peculiar actions of a goat just behind him, 80 when he scrambled out of the water and was asked how it happened, he answered: "I dunno 'zactly ; btit 'peared as ef de shore kinder h'isted and f rowed me. " - One of Mark Twain's fnnny .stories is that of a Scripture panorama, the proprietor of which engaged a pianist to play appropriate music. The musidan, when the picture of the "Prodiga! Son" was passing, struck up "When Johnny Comes Marching Home!" whicíi excited the indiguation of the moral lecturer. - Prose. Laura (who is still a trifle romantic): "Don 't you think there is eomething very solemn about the fall of the dead leaves, ïleginald ?" Eegiuald, her husband (who hap ontgrowr his romance): "Very." fPause). "Talkmg of dead leaves, what the deuce have I done with my tobáceo ?" - Song Hot, a pretty.'dainty little Chinese woman, of San Francisco, is enjoying the praise of that city because of the pluck she displayed in arresting a bnrglar she found in her room. She promptly grabbed him by the back of the neck and elbow and shoved him along to the city prison, and insisted on lockiag hitn up herself. - A large Newfonndland dop:, belon.iing to the keeper : of the licrhthouse at Bear Island, Me., is of greatvalue tothe captain of the steamer Lewiston, in foggy weather, when the ligbt cannot be seen. He barks from the time he first hears the paddle-wheels uiitil tho e neer salutes him with the whistle, when he walks off with great satisfaction. - A new pneumatic street car wm lately tried in England with successf nl results. Experimenta were made to test the powers of the machine for slowing, stopphig to take up passengers, &c. , and it appeared to be under the most perfect control. The noise was scarcely perceptible, while horses alongside did not seem to recognize the car as anything unsightly or to be feared. ' - Ee.-ently a Eiverhead tradesman who failed hi business proposed. to settle his liabilities on the basis of thirty cents to the dollar. The offer was accepted-by all his creditors except one, and meeting the unaccommodating person in tho street the bankrupt rp;narked with dignity that rather than haveany trouble he would pay the whole arnount "out of his own pocket." - A man has been living nnr Greenfield, Mass., like a burrowing beaat. He dug a pasaage a few feet into a hill, and at the end enlarged a transverse eavity to a height of three feet and a length of six feet. He propped up the top witii boards, covered the bottom with straw, and slept there evéry niglit for six Tionths, until the weather becaine so cold he had to quit. He lived on vegetables and fruit stolen in the neighborhood. - With all the huo and cry abont the ill-health of Ameritan women, the statement is made by the President of a Ufe insurance company that it is a l'act that women live longer in this country than in any other. They are less robust and muscular than the women of other nations, but their tenacity of life is strong, and their constitutions are sufficiently enduring to keep them alive considerably longer than their appearance, as a general thing, would warrant. - "Madam," he said, "you see before you a blighted fellow creature ! I ain't a tramp, marm, I ain't ! I had my little store of wealth laifl away for these rainy days, bilt, ah ! marm, a relative and speoulatiou brought me to this sad state in which you seo me ! I was long on railroad stock, marm, and - eh? WoóHf Me ? Me saw that wood ? Madam, I feel you cannot realize my situation ! Good mormng !