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Show ALL SORTS. The Prince of Wales has bought another bull-pup. The New York public schools opened with 81,7 children on the book?. Barnum made $100,000 clear in Philadelphia. So much less, alas ! for the centennial. The Pope is said to be having his jewels, precious stones, etc., catalogued cata-logued and appraised. Ice a quarter of an inch thick was reported in the northern part of Maine a few days ago. The Detroit Free Press informs us that Isabella, ex-queen, etc. , has now only 184 night gowns. "Hie day of dalliance with euch men is paused," says a Chicago paper. Who dallies with a man anyway any-way ? Boston Post. Sliis Ilonorc, of Chicago, engaged to Colonel Fred Grant, is a Roman Catholic. She is line looking, and ! has a highly cultivated voice. A Richmond paper lament the decadence of the Virginia ham, which used to be one of the prime, articles of living before the war. A French nobleman in financial difficulties was recently lodged in jail hy an iiate Newport innkeeper, for nonpayment ot hU board bill. A French savant has a plan for raising good crops without the aid of rain, fcinjjular enough, however, he has i faded io lar to divulge the particulars ) ol his discovery. A woman has been tried in Chester, Ches-ter, Pa., for disturbing a religious meeting by riotously munching pea- nuts. A decon has remonstrated, but - she still keDt on munchinn. Miss Anthony protests that the only lap Bhe ever sat in was the lap ofl'overty, aod that was when she young, long ago, soon after the Mayflower May-flower struck Plymouth Rock. Mr. Bergh'i attention is called to the fact that a number of Milwaukee women pack their furs away in snuff during the summer. Hundreds of moths have sneezed tbeir heaiie off in consequence. The article aold in England as "Australian butter" is said to be made out of a greasy material resulting result-ing from the boiling down of horse bones, to which a little good butter and a large amount of American lard is added. New Yorkers are discussing the question whether the word"speoialty" is the correct terra to be used in describing de-scribing a special business or pursuit, pur-suit, instead of the word "speciality." The Journal of Commerce favors the former. Bismarck is said to be a rollicking, overbearing man. Hii wife, children child-ren and friends stand in awe of him. He eats old sausages and black bread for breakfast, swallows an enormous dinner, washed down with large goblets gob-lets of Burgundy. He smokes, works, and talks perpetually. The number of industrial schools (or children who are in danger of becoming criminals in Great Britain Bri-tain is Bixty-five, and the number num-ber of inmates 5,622. Less than 20 per cent, of the young offenders who ore subjected to this discipline fall back into the criminal classes. Scribner, Welford &. Armstrong, of New York, have just published a work entitled "Bibliotheca Diabolica, being a choice selection of the most valuable books relating to the Devil." The catalogue contains 505 titles, eome of the works being rare and curious, and printed in most of "the modern languages, while seventeen ot them are by American authors. |