MISCELLANEOUS.
-, l'.PJs a g?. I s •J on y, , ?g upon me as' the-urchin"said,'when he was stealingapples, from an old man's garden, and saw,. corning, stick in, liand'./ *.f ~ r '[ " )..* A- French paper points out how the pas-' 'siqn for gambling is' shown iri'this country, 'it' being.'ne'ceMary; even irt wedding n'otices ""to state there were " no 'cards.'' A youngj.ady can, have no excuse for" - thinking,", her., lover ''wiser-than r he<is ; for, , if, there's any jionsense in him,. he's sure, •to talkit to h'er;'"' * ,! ''■''' ■■"'■■<■ \ ''/B'ti'rs. tet'b 'Question.—a. .friendly, attem'ptl,'to.prevail upon a.jsorisie; lass-to wed"'ja very; .decent, : but povertyStridken mah,'was closed with-the sehtimen- , taj'argument—" ken the aiildsayj in'g,. \ Marry for love and wj f r! r 'frr/.siller.'" ■"Ah;-but(friends;'' .replied; Meg,' ~: " d'ye ' 'ho min' the ither-saying, that • 'poortitrv's 'ill to dree,' 'and a ! kiss in the' morning taej cauld watter ;maks'-' but a wersh..breakfast?"— 'Book- o{ [Scottish -Anecdotes.'' '• ' '>-■■'• ■ >•'';'•'' ; _' ''-' ' A 'lecttfrer 'on peace "soared over "his audience,'paying f.'L'et' us' have'peace every- : where ! Let us have peace even at-home ! I have peace,at home. I have been married ,twenty-five t - years, and- never yet' gave my- wife one- cross—"-" 'Cause 'you' didn't dare to !" yelled an urchin' whb knew what, a termagant the lecturer's ■wife was. • . _,. ' _■,.. .< \ . ' ''"'"'
■ Sergeant -Bates ■' has just 'written to a' : friend ■ in" England lamenting' the' 1 luk'e'r'' warmness ,of his own countrymen; ,many ofwhom,>jhe .says," have .been,,,mocking his' new " Grand International March of, the' 'l9th Century." "He expresses'his .regret 1 that' have found aii echo in .cei'tain, ,English journals, but despite all' ■these''obstacles he-.intends-to carry, out'' °his proposed journey, 'arid is'determined to ' make' it a great'success. ' The banners are' now, being made in Chicago. He and his -Firench.. and , German confreres-will, he' adds,'-owing to the ungratefulness of his' ''fellow-citizens,' be'' 'compelled 'to travel acYoss 'th'btoceari 'as steerage passengers, as' ,the ; expenses of " the, great,peace journey " • willbe.considerable, :ind it is,not their in-' tention to accept any donations towards' 'the propagation' of Republican ideas out- ! side of his ,own '' glorious and freedom loving country.". He intends talking the matter over,..with the President of the"| United States before setting sail for Eng- j land. •■ -' ■-. •■--' - ■ ' ' * " : :l
'.The Dukedom op Con naught.— j This'title, "conferred on his Royal High--i nes3 Prince Arthur, is not quite .new in I the Royal Family. ..According-, to the' peerages of Lodge and Burke, Prince'William'Henry,' a younger brother of George' 111.,' was created in "1764 Duke of Glou- : -cestor,^xind„also.! > !jEarL.oL.Connaught;" ' Jhese'titles passed to his son, the second, Duke of that creation",''but became extinct" at "his death in the "year T834. It is also, not Jrue that the~present is even 'the'second •instance of one of the 'Royal P'amily being-directly connected with the sister* kingdom .by an Irish title ; for example,;, the Prince, of Wales is Earl of .Dublin, as .was his grandfather, the Duke' of Kent; the- late and. present. -Dukes of "Cumberland "tiave always enjoyed the title of Earls of_Armagh ; the late Duke ol Cambridge was created Earl of Tipperary, ahd his'pon, the present Duke, still '' holds "that Earldom , the' Duke 'of Edinburgh is Earl of Ulster; the late Duke of Sussex was also Baron Arklow in the county of Wicklow ;, and the Duke of Clarence, afterwards King William IV., was created, Earl of Munster in 1789. Probably other examples of Irish titles conferred on Royal personages could also "He discovered by the careful antiquaryr—- ' Times' - , /The Freemasons of Italy expelled the l J ope from their order, which he had joined in,his youth. The ground.of expulsion was his refusal to answer certain charges preferred'against him in 1865. " I'll take rny tex dis morning," said a colored preacher, " from dat portion ob de .Scriptures ,whar de Postal Paul pints his' „ pistol to de,.Fesians." Cremation'Age.—"Oh, ma; Johnny's got the urn'and is spilling pa's ashes over the floor J" " Oh, what a naughty Johnny! Fetch the feather duster and sweep your poor father right up."
'When the policemen .find a man full they 'take him to the station-house, and his fi iends ba.il him out It]s rather remarkable'that while several ' o thousand feet are required to make one rood! a single foot, properly applied, is often sufficient to make "one civil. An' obituary notice of a much respected lady-concludes with :" Tn 'her'life she was a pattern worthy to'be followed';' and' her death—;oh ! how consoling to her friends " Well Endowed.—New Yoik papers report a suit by a lady who, after being di - I vorced from her first husband, with s£)7'2 a year awarded as alimony, married again, I and'again obtained, a divoice, this time with S3OOO a 'year alimony. 'On her marrying a w third time,. the secohd",hus,band' refused to pay the " alimony' any longer'; but the Court decided \gainst him, as the decree of divorce "permittedher to marry again. ' '',' •"' , TtlE Eoll 'Call,—The now celebrated picture, which hhs made" so great a sensation in the art world, and suddenly raised Miss Thomson' to the'jery highest rank in we understand, become'the property of Her Majesty. It has already been meniioned'that MissThonipsqn only received^ '£, 100 for ■ the painting, which is now probably worth 20" times that amount Everyone,'.therefore," Will be glad ,to hear' that she retained the which' we are told lias been .'purchasedby Messrs'. J. Dickinson &, Co, of 31'-'Ely Place, for an enormous sum. There is a rumor that" Mr.' Stacpoole ' has undertaken to engrave Jt, iri. which case, the .story it'teUs'will lose none of its' vigor, truth, or/pathos) and the genius of the artist will become national, property. -' ' Canonisation 05; IPitrs IX-T-The last number wKich' has arrived'of the JDeuischer, Merhur, the organ "of the Old Catholic,movement,"gives an account of an. Old ] Catholic 'lately held at Munich, in which' Dr. Woker spoke "of those .whom Piu^'l s X.' had canoniseel and' beatified, after Professor Friedrich'dwelt on.the ! cost"df canonisation, and said that, 'accounts ha'd already'being given at Rome, ' of ''miracles 'performed by Pius TX.,' and 'i.mohg the Prince'ss 'Qdescalchi being raised'from' fhe dead 'by s his"mere blessing,'an'd added" that preparations had already been made for th ; e canonisation of Pius ix.'- ; - ( ■'■/; ' 1 ;;
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 289, 12 September 1874, Page 4
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993MISCELLANEOUS. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 289, 12 September 1874, Page 4
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