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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 1884, 16 January 1875, Page 3

The young Duke of Norfolk, first on the roll of the peerage of Great Britian, is about to become a priest of the Oratory of Sj^Philip Neri. He is twenfy-seven year^f age. Having all that the world could gire and all that it prizes as most dear, he gives, up, all for the sake of Jesus Clirist. For him .the heavenly glory of the Catholic priesthood has more attrac-1 tions than all the glory of earth. A Saint Louis newspaper says beautifully of Salvini's Othello: "It was the , awakening fury of the Hycranian tiger, i disturbed at his feast of bloorl, or the dis- I tended tempest of a tropic land, laying all j waste before it. The audience were hor- ' ror-struck." j Model Police Pepobt.—A paper in Burlington, lowa, makes its Police Court reports attractive by putting them in rhyme. Here is a sample report: 'lis seldom the glad earth ever yields A. drunfcer man than Thotna? Fields. He holltred, and whooped, and Bluisied, and . howled, ■.'■■■.'■ _;-;.' ■;;■;. „ ' ' ... ' '.:. .' And beliowed, and roared, and raved, mad yowlsd, Till a genile pblicejnan heard his din, Ai»d kindly but firmly gatb* rod him in, . And hushed the noise of his boisterous nsujg. ]Ry locking him vp in the silent jug. 'Twas rough on Thomas } he couldn't go' thence Till he pulled out. ten doiiurd and earoral cents. Horse thieves in Texas are serenaded by string bands. A Pei«n«ylrania cbjjcl is said to have inherited the eyes and nose of his father, bat the cheek of his uncle, who is na nigurance agent.

Erratum in college paper: " For alum water, read Alma Malet." A Portland youn^ man has sued his barbar for cutting off his moustache. The barber says he dida't see it. Vested Interests. —Money in the waistcoat pocket.