, 1875-08-29

ecso1diDg TO bis DESERTS
The nose WIS knocked Oh the statue cf Queen
Anne in front Of St Paui's Cathedral by luna
tic a century ago, and she Las escaped the
smells OF Father Thames ever since.
Olive Logan writes that dresses are daily get
ting shorter in front. The girls we're told to
ecouomize. They tried the pull-back without
success. and now theY are doing the other thing.
Tue Geographical Congress wanted to call the
Suez Canal the - De Lesseps Dospborus," but
The Baron steadily opposed them, and enjoys
better reputation for sense than they, in conse-
quence.
Gov. Beveridse, Of Illinois, takes three copies
Of the Chicago lr.ter Ocean for bis private read
ing. That is the reason he doesn't see anything
disorderly IN Southern luinois--Louisr1tte Coii-
rieT~JournQl.
Miss Fanny Oakes, OF patchogue, on Long
Island, died from tbs effects OF ether adu1inls-
tered by the village Dentist She fingered un-
conscious for Eve days, and yielded up the ghost
to his diau1ay.
When sowing machine Singer lived in res
ety3e, all his servants were atiired in different
cosored ,iyerv. and the result was very annoyinG
to the scarie: housemaid when caught sitting in
the llue footu3ana lap.
Prof. Looruis. Of Yale, has been hunting up
hie pedigree. Hehas discovered that one 1oouais
migrated to this country in Puritan days and Haa
the founder OF tue American family OF Loomiaes
which now numbers over 8 900 members.,
Samuel Allison, Of Yardsllte, n j.. swallowed
bee OF mosquito, and was instantly seized with
measles. New Jersey iusocts are proverbially -
ar9e as chickens, but ws'd rather Swallow what
3xt.. n1$- $-f.$
Every Queen her own authoress. Her Mn}esty
Of Hollaud is the author OF paper recently pub
lished in the Rerue des Deur Nondes on " The
Latest Slnarts." She ia Just as familiar With
them as though they we're ''the latest fashions"
An exchange discovers two things: First, that
Tice OF st. Louis, is false metre and second,
that under the COMMON law he is subject to
renaltv Of fine Of $50 and imprisonment for
Que year for - false aud pretended prophecies"
A1r. and Mrs. Sartor;s aud child, aud Jease
Grant, sailed Yesterday from New York for En-
gland in the steamship Baltic. President Grant,
with members Of his family and few personal
friends, accompanied them as far as Sandy Hook
How thankful the delicate people Of the stage
should be that the "ugly scandal " against
Shakespeare should have been dissipated. And
how pleasant it would be if some Of their op-
ponenta conld similarly purge their profession
There is q lamentable habit among the Jour
nalists of tho country TO deride Phllade1phia
newspapers, in spite of the fact that Forney and
Childs ate SOURCES Of perennial pleasure. One
takes checks: tha other elegizes tbeir passing in
Dean Stanley will soon place memorial Of
the brothers Wesley in Westminster Abbey at
his own expense. But the Chapter still refuse a
%i1rru utt fhA nonn IN
wiling to have his remains laid among the great
dead Of England.
Victor Emmanuel never touches food ut State
dinners, and always eata alone. II other gentle
men who cannot lunch without ra11mtng their
knives down their throats would only Law this to
heart, some people might think there waa little
good IN Rings after all.
We thought the story OF Burke. the kentuck-
ian, heing struck dead for blasphaniug was silly
lie. Mr. Du1ke did blaspheme but be Ia none
the worse for it. Tho newspaper which pub
lsbed the item would do veil to remember why
Ananias was estipgnlshed-
It does eayor OF confusion, but Lyman has
bean arrested for breach of promise. He 1s
furrier Of Wakefield, r. l., and his laay-love was
| traditional widow, Mrs. Regina Jacobs- Who
can blame our local officials for neglect Of duty
when Hymans torch goes out
Wien hr. Tommy ShearmAn arose in the Lon
| don City Temple and sang,
Should my zeal no langnor know,
Should my tears forever flow.
| there was such hustng to the door and put
! ting On Of oyershoas as had never before been
| known
George Green went to clergyman Of Pitts
| field, Coun.. to BE- N arried. Tue parson in3lg-
uantlv refused because George couldn't repeat
the Lords prayer. "Don's get mad about it.
said the bridegroom elect aud be hanled = 80
bill to justice Of the Peace, aud Tas married in
the teinkling of an eye.
This morniux .3eorgo H. Bedford called to his
co1oted servant George to know about horse
that had been rid1en. The boy was saucV and
stubborn, sud Mr. B. got shotgun and tired IN
the air TO scare him. which not having the de-
sired effect, he shot at the boy, the load taking
effect in hia shoulder.-Paris True hentuckid"-
Theodore Wrist. leading artist Of the New
York Graphic, and one Of The foremost cartoon5
painters IN the world, is stopping in Chicago,
and now occupies the etudio recently vacated BY
Phillips iu the Amer1can Express Companv's
building where he is fiEiFhfnR nutnber OF su-
perh carieatures for Chapiu l. Cores gallery.
Two Austrian noblelnen rendered good service
in the wreck OF the steamer Algerian. The
Baron De Wardeoe1 made buElv sailor band
over his lfe-preserver to delicate lady, aud the
Prince de Ssarheinberg smoked cigar, sat down,
and sketehed the scene. They should be re-
wa1ded, especially the energetic and useful
Prince.
In the recent death OF Admiral E1celmsns, in
Franco q curious coincidence Is noted. His
father Was Marshal Excelnaus,-s great cavalry
soldier OF the First Empire, and most famous
for wonderful charge OF horse At Roclue"-
court. He was in the saddle on the 10th OF July,
1852, vas thrown in the road and killed. On the
pa OF July 1875, bis Bon's mind ran strangely
on that event. He talked about 1t Rll day. ln
the evening he rode out, was thrown and killed
! in the same manner.
Madame Teresa HegC, whose water-color pict-
ures of flowers wero 80 generally admired IN
| ths spring exhibition at the Exposition building,
il described as an unpretontious. rather jolly
| looking woman Of middle age Sine Is said not
| to hare been happy il her domestic rslati7na
It il only within the last two OF three years That
rru.u,ar3a1 niph q.