The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-06
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.


General B. Bloomfield, OF New Orleans, 10 stop
ping at Baruums Hotel.
Colonel Cermont L. Best, United states Army
Is quartered at the Grand HOTEL
Chief Engineer II. w. Fitch, United States Navy
is registered at the Hoffman House.
Another primitive substance has been discow
cred by a French chemist, which 10 named Lu
tecium.
From Paris we learn that General Grant Is XIII
Ing himself by excessive indulgence In the Of
tobaccol
Captain G. P. Patterson, superintendent OF the
United states Coast Survey Is soIourning az the
Everett House.
Junius never knew rogue who was not IN
happy. but there are two or three rogues that
Junus never knew.
AFTER all. It Is not so easy as some people fancy
90 Sypner a fortune out OF carpet-bagging poor
reporters into Congress.
It's had year for expensive cattle. Tue Duke
OF Geneva has just died in Kentucky, valued az
$1,000 shortly before this occurrence
n the LONDON Times should some nne day appear
simultaneously In every city of Great Britain
what mortality there will be among local jour-
mails.
M. Escandon, Mexican Millionaire, has had .
COLOSSAL statue Of Christopher Columbus by Cor
der erected IN front OF the PAlais de PIndustrie
in Paris.
Joaquin Miller would rather write poetry than
steal; Dut every body else would rather he'd steal
than write poetry and n the State Prison should
yawn Tor him they would endure IT.
Journaiistc-Matt n. Carpenter has retired
from the Milwaukee sentinel the Atlanta Ne,os
has been Merged in the Constitution OF tae same
city and DIT. F. c. Brunck has retired from the
Bunalo DemoArdt and Weltb1rger
II is reported that the Princess Louise and the
Marquis OF Lorne will visit Canada aud the United
States this summer. This Princess has an ambi-
ton to be an artist, and spends several hours
every day IN conscientious work IN the South
Kensington Art School.
In a French penal colony male and female
convict wished 10 marry the laws allow but
the authorities required first the production from
France OF certificate OF the death OF tbs mans
nrst vile. though ne was In the colony for com.
pncty in causing her death.
one OF the few surviving French veterans who
tooK part In tue battle Of Waterloo, the Marquis
de Biagne. died lately. lie was one OF Cam
nronne's guard, ana always denied that his com.
mander had made use OF the well known phrase,
ia Cards meurt, mas ne rend pas"
Figaro indicates plan by which rich man.
who has lecome engaged" may yet save himself
and appearances also. II is 10 inform the lady's
father, IN the strlctest confidence that ne expects
in afew days TO be ten times richer than ne &C.
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new enterprise for coonlzng the moon.
Mr.. Meniukow has laid before the Geographical
Society OF st. Petersburg project Tor making tn,
Asiatic steppes arabic. lie proposes to turn IN,
waters oil the Don into the Volga. In the country
OF the Don Cossacks these rivers are only 1iti
miles apart. lie expects that the great increase
OF water thus thrown Into the Caspian VIII cor
respondingy Increase evaporation and rain.
M. Lebeau, a veterinary surgeon or Paris
claims 10 have discovered a cure Tor hydropaonta,
and submits the cure TO an experiment, as 70
iows:-On the 23d OF May he inoculated viii
nydropnobia virus sixteen dogs In a hospital
Eight OF these dogs will he Kept securely witnou
treatment, the other eight win be treated viii
the remedy, and the practitioner Is confident tina
hls eiQnt will remain sound, wale the others vii
die.
Dr. Maurtn recommends placing In the opeH
windows OF invands canvas well wetted. As Il
known. water, in passing from a liquid to case.
ous STATE absorbs Galore. That che nical process
viii lower IN a few minutes the temperature OF a
room by ave or SIX degrees, and me humidity dis.
triputed in the air makes the heat more support
able. By tnat system the patients ana themselves
even IN the height Of summer, ia an atmospher,
refreshed, analogous TO that which prevails aftet
a storm.
Tnc CELESTIAL Empire 81 Apr says :-"Durina
the eclipse Of Tuesday the sun, cxcept A. inter-
walls, was totally concealed by clouds we are In.
formed, however, that the sun was observed
almost Immediately after nrst contact, certainly
within minute OF tuat time, and that tie observed
time corresponded Win the calculated fimo.
some photographs were obtatned out OWING 10
the ever.chanainU light aad cloud they vers
neither numerous nor good. the Temperature
] during the eclipse feIl seven degree. TahranaeiLh