The New York herald., 1874-11-23
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

tions.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
General Clinton o. Fisk of st. Louis, Is stopping
at tie Fifth Avenue hotel.
Senator Frank Smith, OF Toronto, Canada, Is re-
siding at the Wlnosor Hotel
There Will soon appear o new edition Of .yeats'
poems. edited By Lord Houghton.
General Nathaniel p. Banks, of Massachusetts,
Is looming up at the Windsor Hotel.
Charlotte Cushman, who is at Cincinnati, is stin
quite III, but is now considered out of danger.
Assemb.yman Emerson g. Davis, OF Whitehall,
n. y. Is staying at the Filth Avenue Hotel.
General W. 7. Sherman arrived ar the Astor
House yesterday morning from washington.
MIR. Ferdinand StraKosch and Mile. Donadio are
among the latest arrivals at the Everett House.
Kwong Ki Chm, OF the Chinese Educational
Commission, Is registered at the windsor Hotel.
Congressman Luke P. Poland and Leutenans
Governor Russell s. TAFT OF Vermont are ct the
Grand Central Hotel.
Professor Delius, Of the University Of Bonn. leo
lures In German on the history OF English litera.
ture i've times a week, and on Shakespeare's lilo
and works twice week.
Rossini In his old oge gave his portrait to
musical maniac, inscribed with tbs words s'ro
Mr.. x. my equal in music" But the highly dat.
tered dabbler protested that the praise was too
great. "Why,n said Rossni ~ don't write music
any more, and neither do you: so we are equal"
Sir John Ashley, or the London Jockey Cluo. pro.
poses to rule tnat no horse which has not been In
England three months shall run In handicap races.
This seems intended to rule out French horses,
many or wnicn have lately been winners in Eng.
land France rejoices at this evidence In favor OF
her horses
Mr.. Meacham, one OF the Modoc Commissioners
with General Candy, Is now engaged gathering
company OF Indians, including some OF the Warm
Spring and Modoc Indians or oregon, to accom-.
pany MN lecrurng tour. These Indians are
designed as living Illustrations OF his theme. His
subject VIII be Money in y Mashed Head, or
Meacham, Modoc and Missionary Martyrdom."
In the French papers there is tragic history Of
maeple. 1t was great favorite OF the butcher
who owned 1t; out boy who had ''received no
tice, and was to leave a short time, taught the
bird to say. .l.'s cows meat" These provoking
words it pronounced whenever the butcher
showed to his customers his prettiest cuts, and
the Juvenile lago thus compelled that butcher to
murder his favorite.
There came up IN England the other day case
which the enforcement Of the law for compul.
sorry education would nave condemned family to
starvation. Louise Maylon, widow. the only sup.
port OF four small children, nearly Ia state Of
starvation, goes out to days work when she can
get II and leaves her oldest child, boy aged nine,
to take care Of the others, and the school authorh
ties brought her up TO compel her to send this boz
10 school. though II she did this shs could not "a
out 10 the little work she is able to get The Judge
reused TO enforce the law.
NJ Cuillauma Cuizot son OF the lately deceased
statesman, will deliver course Of lectures at the
College de France on early English literature, ~
peciaily that or Chaucers time.
At one or the gates OF Paris the collectors OF the
octroi were not satisfied In regard to Q vehicle
which came In every day. There was, generally.
not much In the cart, but II was always drawn by
two enormously strong horses with enormously
heavy harness. So Oh oflcsr 10 disguise was Ap-
pointed to follow the man. He obtained no pre-.
else iniormarion save that some thing unusual was
done wnen the horses were stabbed that required
al least two men and two hours time Next day
they examined the horses and ripped open the
harness. In the heavy harness were found 16ua
cigars.
"Unser Fritzn is thus referred to In o recent
BdcErOod:-.'Uf q magnificent frame OF body,
Darwin might iuI tner quote him as an instance
wnerc the amlable expression OF features cor.
RESPONDS to the real disposition OF heart
Equally gentle. frank and modest In manner, a
stranger would scarcely suppose him to be 50
skilled a soldier aud one OF The most celebrated
and successful warriors or modern days, while his
evidently innate aversion to bloodsh and cruelty
affords the strongest hope that no iuture wars
will be OF his seeking"
In Paris bulldog supposed to be mad, jumped
upon q horse which o gentleman was riding. but
lost his hold, and the horse started at desperate
ga.lop with the dog behind him. At nrst the gen.
tlcman tried to stop the horse. but subsequently
urged him forward, judging, apparently, that Il
was better to be run away with than to be bitten
by mad cog. But the dog gaining leaped on the
horses quarter, but got his teeth only Into the
skirts OF the gcn,eman's cat. SO they went
through halr OF Paris. At last the gentleman was
thrown AMI the dog got hold OF the horse and
brought him do wn, and dog and horse were killed
nv the notice. the gentleman escaped with
broken leg.
The Prince OF Wales while In France was much
struoy with the famous stables oil Conde winch can
accommodate o5y norses. RemarHinI the gallery
which runs around the central cupoll OF the ouild
,no the Prince pointed out that the stables would
make an admirable bah room. "They have served
for that purpose" repned the Duke d'Aumale, "as
some day, hope, IN honor OF your Royal High,
ness, The owner or Chantilly then explained to
the Prince that his lrst intention had been Il
celebrate the visit by grand J3.e In those vert
stables. but that the health OF nis two nieces-;hs
Countess de Paris aud the Drcness de Cnartres
just recovering from her conane ment-, preventing
them IRON doing tue honors Ot the reception, ne
was obliged to renouncs Ii. &c IL only partJ
put on until next year, said the Dake, IN conoW
slon. "And accepted" replied hls guest ~
Wales 10 booked for pext rear.