Items Of Interest

TTow stool works are to be erocfivi In Chicago at a ctwt, includinjr Beventy ncres of lniul, of t2,OOO,O"O. They are to bc comploteil witliin the year, and will consist of four binst furnaoes, BfiNgerner convertins; works, and steel rail milis. Thoy wiil einploy 2,000 iron. coneumc 260,000 tons of oro yeary, and turn -out 90,000 loiis of rails. Theexploration of the Sahara Desert with a view to the construct i on of a railway ocrosa it has r.ow fairly beg-un. Col. Flatter's expedition has lolt Wargia ontheiraoiitlxward march. In addition to the leader, the party consista of nine scinntific officers and twelve French soldiers, besides nuinorous camel drivers, ehicüy belonginii to the Chambaas tribe. Mr. and Mrs. Samechlma, the Chinese AmbüBsador and bis wife, in Paris, are mach lionized. She sneaks some Pix'iich and takes kindly to French dressesand millinery resources. A f ter an exohange of visits with any lady hercustoiD is losend her a package of tea in a Japanése Vase. The tea is universally disliked, but the yase is treasured as a valuable souvenir. A new and curious case ofcleath from poisoniug has oceurred in Pbiladelphia. A yonng woman who wore colored Btockiugs and shoes with coppcr nails had her heel punctured by one of the latler. Infliunniation inimediately set in, and in a few days she died. Physicians do not know wlicthcr to attribute the poisoniug to the stocking or to the nail, or to both. The name of Lohlein, Trinco Albert's valet, rejieatedly occurs in the last volume of tiir ïheodore Martin's "Lift1." He atteuded on the Prince diroetly after the accident at Co burg, ia 1860 and throughout bis last illness, nnd was present at his death. Lohlein had always been in great favor, aiul is uw one of the Queen's two personal servaiiLs."- Johu Brown benig tho other. It bas been stated that Queen Victoria's visit to Germany was caused by her wish to bring the Emprcss and the Crown Prince into more cordial relations. There is no trutb in this. The primary object is to visit thetomb of the Prhicess Alice, but not having been to Germany for four years, the Queen wou ld probably have gone iu any case, as she has always _buielited by her visits to Baden. The distininiished French cinn, Jules jandcau- who gave Madame Dudevant tiie name of "Georga band" - ono ereaing visited Prince Napoleon, when a majestoso valet took hls coat. ''l)o you ï'emember me, M. Sandeau, who used to bring your prools from tbe printing otïioe?" "No my fneud." "Well," aaid the valet, "1 was Uiat boy, anj.sco how we havo both since muile uur vyuy ia tjxe tjyxtW 'brooKlyn JJriUge. The vvork oí' deiuolishiir the old St. Anu's Chui'ch, in Brooklyn, the very craalo oi Eplscupttcy iii rare ,itj-K Church-u.d the bn;th place oí ho powcrful St. Ann's Cburoh on the Heio-Uts has beguu. In its time ït aas sonlTout three ishops-llensliaw ot lthode Island, ÜnaeraoiiiC oí 1 eimsylyania, and Mcllvauie ot Omo. Cyprus is afflietod with a plague of dogs, Whicü, it is statcd, are oveiimoro nuniérous and usdes tlian they aru m Uonslantinopie. ïliey iufest tlie various towiis and their outskirls, aml are at the present time a source not only of annovauca but of (langer, lor the cattle diseasa which, althou-u dimiuishiug, still prevails in the is and is said to be prupagated from vil lage to villi"C by thein. Thcy scratch up and feast'upon the bufieU caroasses of the animáis that huve died of the disease or have been sliumluered on accotiutof it, and alterward drink at the Uw-Ui where tüo cattle are watercd. Mrs. Scott-Siddons was i veadincr to a foshioñable audience at Columbia b. C In the milist of a solecUon irom KingJohn,atthepoint jrbere the Prinee is sentcnced to be bllnded, she stoin,ol abraptly, A& J" 11'!P.0 Bibfetoprooeed, and walked ott t o Itoge. The poople thought that sho wal overeóme by emotion, aroused by the passage which she was readmg, and L tlicv applaudod her fort hesup poscd display of womanly ieeh lint they were mistaken. A paity ofyouagmeniB a box had annoye hcroy convcrsiiüoii and inaftóDt ou, and shereturnedtoexplain that uness they beliaved betterslie would readuo more. They were quict tliere.ULcv. Various statements more or less eironc.us, Havo been curren t rece ivt,y respectin the Pope's hoaltb. 1 ■ truth is that, tbougli no notable malady existe, the lloly Pathert medical uivisers ai-c ot satiílod witb lus oaudition. Kvery cause of moral trouble that avisos tlirows hun mto a sute ot nervuus prostration. Ovorwork and wantofexerclseand salubnous to which lie lms been accustonved, are telling upon him disastrously, and those WhQ are around him ajtsert that lus health is tailiug visibly. UlsmedI ical advisers are very iiuxious that He houkl have ehange ofak, batitMemj that the Üireats and prtMni brought to bear upon him by those vvho wouhl fein cnain him to tne itake, have hit .- erto availed to prevent ilLu trom lakin"' any suc;h decisión. On Good Friday moruiag at the Churcli of All llallows, Lowüam ; streel, Loudou, ocoitUug to a custoni ; which lias been ebserved tor tne last , 287 years, sixty of the youuger boys trom Cbrist's Hospital attendod táe service, alter wlueh, in aocordauca with tho will of Poter Bymoiide, iwaie in lol they eauh recoivodat tho hands of the churcU warden ancw penuyaud a packet of raisins Aüother ryucieut cusiom was Obsetvod at bt. üartholoinvUieGreat,Sinitl.acll,wnere at tho conclusión of iho service an oKl toiiiD in the clmrchyard was visiled, when the lícv. J. M.oran laul tweutyone sixpenooson the u,m., vvlnoii were üicked ui) by twenty-ouu eldorly le?.,!,. „ri.heuari.sh. it is gaid Watt au old lady left ihis beüefactiou,aud that Blie lies buried in tue churchyard, uut the exact spot canuot bo poiutod out. ÜÍ" the action institiUed in Uouie by the Qouotesi yuaboïiuü tbr a share of tlie pi-operty lelt üy tUc luie Cardinal Auioiielli, it has iu same quartors been 8Uposed tliat the last had been hoard. öikii, lf tlic Uoun,teSS can help it, is uot to be tho case. In tno fonner suit Die Qaurt had ruftisyd to állow her to uJ&r ovulence Lu support of tho allegatiou unu tflw was tno Oardiual's dauahtor, on the -round tint a bautismal cortiUoato had uoen put m show ny that slie was thfl legitímate otfspriug ot' ix i-espectable uaaiTiedoouule. The Oountoss is iiov lornii-d with pupuls tliat the cilu ui t.iuUvu n a to: :i-y, .ui.l tiiat hei" uui..ii' mtner aiul mouter are njt hor real yareiits. la lionie it is cx.puuluu iniu cui'ious dic,losure-, espuoialiy as re;ain Lnu ahegBJ luoliioij Wiil uu uiioiujd ujoü tuj ïcüurtai ui' lili: 3I1H.. Au Austral iaa slicep farmer uscd to BH y LiiaL au ii.K i i'n sneUords, all tuuvicLi. Ono wao a clergyuian. liu wad kim, sivt auvvn, j.ii.1 let tau iteep vv.uidei' Auülllur was in JKnglisll shellerd. ilo coulU uut adapt .lumsell' 10 uu ragraut vvays of colonial shey. was a luurderur. .tío drovo Lhu süuep too hard. Tua bcsi ut iliu wiioie luii wa-i a XjDUJuii icKpuukOl.. lii tae ex.ercise ot' nis proiossion ik li.id been obsérvala, cautiou, and dexturous, takmy consiant noLe of persons, peculiaruius, and druss. lie liad iu CTUniaLc Luo vauo ot' nis vioiiniü, and to oouiiu lus oujecl, WHli tiie leasl dis-turoaneu to ur seiiaiíjiiii.iu. lio ■wíUcuod the biicep carot'ully, kue Wliai eaeii iial in us puo.vei, uu,! dnl lii$ oost lo eeure tne pri.e lor üis fiinployer. Suoli is liie power ot uuroonal uLLcmiou au t disemina. ilion.