, 1869-08-24
PERSONAL

public at Copenhagen as TT the future Empress of
Scandinavia"
They ssy, In Berlin, that King william Is always
under the influence OF strong doses OF morphine
when he appears on parade, or on other public
I occasions.
Alphouse EasT ts said to hare sent challenge
| 70 Old Alexander Dumas for some alluBIon which
the latter made in recent }euiIeton to kat7a
failure IS q horttcnlturist at Nice.
| Garibaldt hoped 10 get hundred thousand
francs for the copyright Of his novel. Lacrol1 L
FefboerlhoTen, in Paris, Victor Nugos publish.
ers, offered him only ten thousand.
The debts OF Crown Prince Hu1nbert, Of Italy,
| are said to amount to upward OF ten million lire
Most OF bis creditors hold "parole - notes. which
the young Prince has allowed to 60 to protest.
Nrs Julia ". Goodrich, daughter Of Noah Web
ster, IL D., and widow of Prof. Chauncey A.
Goodr1ch died suddenly IN New Haven, Conn,
l Inst Thursday.
George Sand aaid recently that ehe was writing
now every day great deal more matter than
! twenty years ago, when she haul been at the
height OF lame and everybody was full Of her
| Consuelo" and l" 6ptridion.'
| The famous old Waterloo drummer boy at the
Hotel des IuEalldes, III Paris, died there on the
eth Of July. He lost both his feet at Waterloo by
spent canon ball, and lived tor over dfty years at
| the Hotel des 1nyalIdes.
James Bessom, a pedestrian, ls to attempt the
| feat Of walking backward from Portland to Bos-
ton, distance Of 10 miles, in eight days. on a
wager OF 31,ooa He proposes TO stnrt on the Goth
Of August.
Queen Victoria has set the style In favor OF rid-
Ing hab'ta az short "A tue ordinary walking dress
yet g0red on the inner side as exactly to nr tt+
conformation Of the saddle, and so heavily shoted
IS not at al to rise into the slightest degree Of in.
ecrior yialbility.
Mr.. ". Hepworth Dixon, who ha. edited the
London 4fhena-um Since the year 1853, has re-
tnFn n h}o 41oN
temporary engagement With Well.known writer
to edit tile Journal; Int eventually Sir Charles
Dt'se, member OF Parliament, the chief proprietor
OF the paper Wll take control ol the editorial do
partment.
The prominent four-in-hand drivers In New
YORK are Charles \. Lombard, banker; Geo. Grls-
void Gray; Il. 7. Helmbold; August Belmont;
@ a. Baudolne, retired furniture dealer: Henry
ClewF, banker: Hiram Cranston; Paran Stevens:
J. b. Fellows; Edward Matthews, cotton dealer,
and Leonard W. Jerome, There are TWENTY-FIVE
four.in-hand dtags In that city.
Gafnlel-Pages the elder WAS once approached
b5 familiar OF Louis Philippe with an offer OF
portfolio. "Were the King," said the diplomatic
go-betReen, "to eend T1r you to form Cabinet,
what would you =" "uave you been officially
desired 10 find cut ~ said the politician. "Wep,
perhaps so," replied the diplomat, swell, then,
I would say: Your Astesty, by all mems, pro. |
vided that Son, sire, would accept foreign ns- |
ston,'"
1u the FSrtntghtly Rsrie1c short time ago, |
S%lnDurne wrote an enthusiastic enlogy on Victor !
Hugos L'Hommt qt5 Rit The London Iaau HaIl
Gasetts totally dissents from SH1nburne est!unste
OF the Work, and describes 1t as " the I1addest Of
az mao books ever written By a mau Of genius''
and n8 being, IN one part ut least tnoxcussbly
hltny." In addition, the Gazette exposes many
technical and historical blunders into which the
novelist has fallen. partly through ignorance Of
England and partly through his "desIre to
abuse tAat country.n
The Christmas book In England this year says
the London Bookseller, Will be eight OF the choicest
poems Of Thomas Hood, illustrated By GustaFe
Dore. Some Of these Illustrations are exquisite,
especially the "Song Of the Shirt" where the
poor worker In her garet s plying the busy needle
upon that which Is both shfoud and shirt. The
" Dt7dge OF stgns,' the "Dream OF EuKeue
Aran," "Ruth,'' the "Lady's Dream the
j" Haunted House, ""Qucen Nab, !" and the " Ole
to Melancholy" are the other pieces. Head and
tall pieces and initials have been contributed by
MI. J. Moyr Smith.
4 Paris correspondent Of the Brussels Etoile.
Beige saJs: "The Prlace imperial bids fair to he
come very tall man. He Is eren now taller than |
als mother, and In year or tWo he will tower |
sbore bis fasher. Unfortunately, his mental ca
'ac!ttes do not keep step With his physical |
s1o"th. His teachers give more dolerul reports |
aan ever betore OF his progress In all branches Of
earning, except mathematics, III which he Is said
o take some delight and be moderately proficient
IS regards his character, 1t Is no longer pcevtsh
nd tasclble as It used to be. The imperial boy
J, on the contrary, getting quite sHeet-tempered,
0 tho great delight OF young Conneau and the
est Of his pla5matea, all OF whom detested HIN
eretofore on account Of his ul.naturedneaan
me Popeb sense OF humor IA prpverbial IN
'ome, ana he gave good example oft the other s
ay TO corporation OF bakers; who asked an au- |
renee OF him 10 order TO demonstrate agAint the I
ewd an excellent public oven, which supplies tar
etter Bread on much lower terms, than they had ! 6
cen In the habis Of making. THIS interference =
1th their long-enjoyed monopoly Was, OF course,
though great popular teuent, q gr1evoas H. I
lry, In their eyea. "Holy Father" said the
"1t is very hard on us; We hnse = =
orkcd SO long for the public benefit" at Is
ute true my son, replied the Pope; sand II is =
Egh tune you resteda little, and let other people
ork."
Count Bismark Was recently interviewed by q y
otfespondeut OF tho Flying Dragon, Chinese =
ontna published At San Francisco. The coz .
'spondent assured tho author OF the North Ger -
IAN Confederation TINT the Celest!als regarded =
I'm as the inventor Of the needle gun. The Count =
odestly replied that the inventors name was u
fe5ses but the journalist declared that It had :.
ready been credited to Bismark In the sacred
ID imperial records OF the Celestial EMPIRE and =
SUD not he changed. He thought, however, that -
fey6e might be inserted az the Counts Christian i
2me. he 1nFlted the Pfussan statesman to pay -
visit to the Empire Of China ane inspect the nll-
aSy establishment, but the Flying Dragon fails to
ate whether Blsnark accepted or declined the u u
Fitation. II
At the convention OF the Episcopal Diocese Of
estetn New fork held In Rochester last week,
shop Coke announced his Intention Of giving I r..
8 valuable pI1Yntr ubtarr consisting nf several O.