The New York herald., 1874-12-27
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Short dresses produce corns
.Mlle Albanl arrived ct the Clarendon Hotel last
evening from iostOn.
Mr.. Theron Barnum, the st. Louis hotel man, II
at Barn um's Hotel
Ex-Governor Thomas P. Porter, OF Kentucky, II
staying at the Filth Avenue Hotel.
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett the actor, Is among the
latest arrivals at the New York Hotel.
Congressman Samuel J. Randall OF Philadelphia.
Is registered at the Hoffman house.
In some OF the new styles there Is no change.
Poor relatives are cut the same IS last year.
The best preparation 10 keep ladys hand "freo
from chaps" is o report that she has no money.
Commodore Reed Werden Commandant OF the
naval station at New London, Is quartered al tho
Everett House.
Mr.Max strakosch, Signor E. Muzio and Nile.
Donadio have taken up their residence at the
Everett House.
Herr Pestel Councillor OF the Dutch Legation at
Paris, has been appointed Munster for the Neither.
lands at washington.
Judge Charles Daniels. OF the Supreme Court. ar.
rived In this city yesterday from Buffalo, and ID as
the Grand Central Hotel
Congressman James B. Beck, or Kentucky, and
william E. Niblack, OF Indiana, have apartments
At the Fifth Avenue Hotel. i,
Brooklyn man with q "club foot" was much
comforted by married man who admitted having
q cubped head. -BrooElva Argus.
Chicago thieves complain that the jewelry they
are compelled to steal out there is the kind Of
which you get "your choice for one dollar"
Nessieurs Ranc and Melvil Blancourt. distin-
gulshed for their relations with the Commune,
have at last been expelled from the French AS
semply.
It's truly astonishing how the papers, while they
persist in charging man dollar an inch for ad-
rfryIlv vsvtvo q vhnio
column OF space for nothing when his obituary
comes along.-Sunday Times.
An Italian Prometheus, Giuseppe Bragni. In.
vented q galvanic battery OF great power. OF
which, however, the professors at Verona had no
great opinion, Bragni committed suicide by put
ting on the whole force and grasptpg the handles.
The Mikado OF Japan has personally expressed,
through Sir Harry Parkes, British Minister, his
thanks for the friendly services performed BY Mr..
Wade, British Charge in Pekin, III the settlements
OF the Formosa question between China and
Japan.
contemporary asks, what are street lamps
for ?" The man who doesn't know what street
lamp Is for hardly fit to Sit in an editorial chair
and mould public opinion. Stree; lamps are FOX
weary young men to reclIne against at midnight
when they forget the way home.-NoyTtst0arn
Herald
way Hail, on tuesday evening, will comprise,
among other attractions, discourse on "Life at
Washington" II Mrs. Pollard is not qualified to
discourse on that topic we should like to know
VINO Is. A crowded house Is looked for.
There was recently drawn in the Russian con.
scrpton young man who mad made such pro-
gress IN his studies as 10 have been graduated in
law and to have reached high position In the
civil service. He had to 60 10 the army all the
same but the government accords that, while in
the army, he shall be regarded as absent on leave
from his civil office
Fortunately spirtuasm and sleignt OF hand are
likely TO become Synonymous terms. hermann
could beat all the mediums and give them points.
The advantage is that you are not required TO ex.
plain the tricks OF conjurer on the alternative Of
asserting that they are supernatural phenomena II
you cannot explain them; but this Is what Is re-
quired In the case OF mediums.