The New York herald., 1874-12-20
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

FEhSON AL IAN Z ELlld EI%SEs
Baron de Bussierre OF Paris, has apartments at
the Hoffman House.
DR.. Austin Flint IT., viii be appointed surgeon
on the Governors stan.
Assemblyman r. A. Alberger, OF Buffalo, Is step
ping at the Metropolitan Hotel
Congressman stephen A. Hurbut OF Illinois. b
staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
General James H. Ledlie, Of Chicago. is among
the latest arrivals at the st. James Hotel.
Is King Calico OF the same family with the
"colored prints" that come from Frances
Sixty-six thousand rewer emigrants left Liver
pool in the last year than In the year before.
professor Peter 8. Niche. Of West Point, Is re-
siding temporarily at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Adjutant General James A. Cunningham. OF Mas
sachusetts, Is registered the st. Nicholas Hotel
Nine. lima di Murska returned to this city frem
Boston yesterday, and is at the Union Square
Hotel.
In the Munich Military Academy the Russian
language has been put on the list OF obligatory
studies.
DR.. Hayes, the Arctic explorer, was given Q re-
ceptiou on Friday at Cincinnati by tne Chamber
OF Commerce.
MI. J. M. Walker, President OF the Chicago. Bur-
lington and quincy Railroad Company, is sotourn-
ing at the Windsor Hotel.
At Agram. In Croatia, the newspaper Obz0r has
adopted the practice of adding to each announce
ment OF a death the name OF the medical practt-
tioner who attended the deceased.
Thiers said to an interviewer. "France 10
neither monarchical nor Bonapartist but repab-
iican; and MacMahon win GET in trouble II he
hesitates between the monarchy and the Repub-
hc.n
II the Pope is not sovereign he has no right 10
coin money, and so the authorities IN France have
taken steps against the further circulation Of
franc pieces, or Italian lire, with the Pope's head
on them.
In Russia 1t Is forbidden by a recent law for any
Jew to be employed on railway lines as q func-
tIonary in charge OF goods at the stations. Jews
in SUCH employment have in that country been
found generally dishonest; hence the sweeptns
prohibition.
The Paris Lfberte argues that Tor the lndisoi.
pine OF the medical students the authorities are
to blame, as in permitting them to smoke their
pipes or cigars during lectures and TO sit WITH
their hats on while the professors are uncovered
they are taught mischievous indulgence OF per.
sonai caprice.
As gentleman was nearly run over in a mar
row London street BY dray. he shouted to the
driver, "Do you want TO Kill me ~ whereupon the
Intelligent driver put the thumb OF his dexter
hand to his nose, and. spreading out his fingers
a-coming this way would nave sent you pos,
carcU
There seems to be nearly everything In the
police OF this city except brains 1t only takes
mere pinch OF brains 70 make detective, yet Va
have not single de ective. The use made OF the
Ridge street clew IN the Ross case was, for clums
ness and stuptdty worthy a full grown htppopota,
mus. little hippopoyamus would have had more
TACT
Paris journalists are discussing the dates Of
their papers. Every paper which appears In Paris
on Monday Is dated Tuesday, and this usage 10
based upon the utterly nonsensical notion that
when the paper reaches the country at day's
distance from Paris 1t will, II dated correctly.
seem to be q day old. They seem to fancy that
the country people are so stupid as not to know
that it must be day old whatever date 1t bears,
and they seem also in caring for the small notions
OF the countrymen TO utterly ignore wnat may 10
thought In the case by the people IN Paris.
In the Italian papers there appears letter from
Garibad to dear kb0li,u In reference 10 his CIR
cumstances and 10 assistance from this country.
He says:-" "Henceforth | snail require nothing,
ana especially no subscription In my favor When
the commercial dinnculsies OF my sons gave occa-
sion 10 the newspapers to remember that was
not rich. similar recollection suggested to Ar.
Ross, OF Toronto the idea OF Offering me sum Of
money, WHICH eApeCteu 70 accept. No SuCn sun
came; but Ms. Jonn Anderson. of New YORK, with
ont any previous notice, sent me draft on hr.
Rothschd Tor 5000 lire In gold. therefore &C.
cept subscription" fhts suggests several In
ouiries as to who is MIR. Ross, OF Torontof DID no
use Garipaidi's name TO make . subscriptions And
II he did where Is shs money
on the 10th OF November Mrs Guinot and an old
woman were digging potatoes in . field 1t the
edge OF the forest OF Ciairvarx, in France. whom
wolf came out and looked at them. He. perhaps
thought IN the distance that Mrs. Guinot and the
old woman were another Little Red Riding Hood
and her grandmother. But that was an error.
Mrs. Guinot threw stones 1t him. He was not
frightened, but ne retired . little into the %.
scurtty OF the forest. The stout oame followsd
him, armed with the Implement with which she had
been digging. and the OLD woman ran away. in
the shadow OF the forest the wolf waited Tor Dame
Guinot with his eyes blazing and his mouth hsi
open. she hit him on the head, which startled
him. She hit him again and brought him dows
and, after desperate combat ON his part she On.
ished him, put him on her shoulders and carries
hlm hoWs. W va wo'f AZ shs 'asxest siaA,