, 1876-05-20
that no ono has done 10 much To dstsriqrase
muatc In Franco as he himself. !
pEBHQNhL

John Calvin has changed tho hour Of evening. |
prayer IN Geneva To accommodate lite opcrh
We arc psined to notice disposition on The part
Of The New York Sun 10 sidlculo Prince Holey Do-
10y Donnett, Of tho Herald.
Mr. 1lalstead obscrves that Dslstow divides the !
South with Morton and Tho East with Dletno. I1o |
Ia dividing Tho West also with Dihine.
James Rnsae1l Lowell rc}oiccs al The publication
es P1aso's Best Thoughts" ninco tl.esc ars few
hosts who offer 10 vatlous and abundant banquet
a. Plato.
fluent lawyer was suddenly checked BY surro-
Bnto Calvin, Of New York, with the scntcntlous
ronatk: Ut doesn't etrongthon IN argument to
ropcatit
Dnyard Taylor delivered a lecture In German
Wednesday night In tho bail Of the uerman Club,
llotokcn. Tho suhjcct was "Amcsican Poetry
and Poets"
The Saturday Rer!tso calls John nuekin "the
Don Qutxote Of tho nineteenth century, who makca
~af against chtmneJs md manufactures instead of
wlndmIlts."
tho Telegraph says; ''T1lo coustesy extended to
stranger hns now ripcncd Into tho gcnialtty be-
slowed upon friend"
It Ia possible now to otta!n three aauase tnca]s
day Ut tho Centennial restaurants for $40. This
era Of reform has been introduced BY order OF tho
Executive Committee.
The way In which thu Whisky Hing organs Of St.
Lon!s, Chicago, nnl Des Moincs, Ia, quote from
each other scurrilous paragraphs about Secretary
DfiatoW would DO anlu8ng II It wore not contempt
iblo.
Ls Ptttt journal Of Parts says that Mr. Stewart,
the richest American ''In!ustsiel," hhon!d hnyo
left to the Luxembourg Museum tho picture by
Meaaonirr. which he bought last year for 3oot o00
francs.
II Ia considered little htrangc In England TINT
". Clifford PalgEaye, a fnc Arabic scholnr, should
DO appointed British Consul for tho Philippine
Islands, where His special attainmcnts will DO Of no
service.
The Now York Graphtc gives portraits Of two
New York bellies, ono Of whom fooks like mulatto
cook drcascd for negro ball, and tho other .ke
se"'ng-gfEf, somcwhat advanced In years, waiting
for her tea ind toast.
Mmc Chriatine Nilsson hns consented to give
concert In London next week for tho benefit Of the
Hospital for DIAcnscs Of the Throat In tint city.
DciIg singer, abe cau better understand how to
sympathlxo with the causo.
Sum Coz asked Tho guard before The Cnrifss en-
gtnc a. tho Centennial show whnt horse power The
engine had, ''Why, you d--d fool" said tho
guard With withcring oppression, 'lt don't run
by hofscs; they uso Bteam."
One Of tho aighta.on Wabash avenue carly yc.tcr-
day morning was burlJ negro driving heavy
s.Cann "no W. naa,. a. .ov @ ,9p .. nss eompase
in smiles. Alrslc hath powers.
Tho two'moat beautiful women at the opening Of
The Centennial wcro thu vito OF tho Spanish Min
atcr, scnos Mantilia do ios Rios, and the wlfo of
Tnnla shawl and slipper merchant Tho Tunis
merchant ia doing large business.
canon rope Ieaa'ne ieoman Catholic clergy
uAa y! Ouo'n tcauesea al8 eonsFataIatlohat 10 tles
ha)esty on neF acceptance OF tlio tito Of Enpresa
o. ano'a, and received an official acknowledgment
OF Aes Ma1estya taank1n1ncss Tor tho good wishes
Expressed
Tho Afsantfc AonthIv ia to have special corre-
spondenn at philadelphia during tho continuance
OF the Centennial Exposition, and will publiah
epceel aetc!cs every month until tho subject Is cx
nanstea. Iho editor should tako good caro- TINT
nlA 1caaesa oe mol exhausted hrst.
In replying to o toast on hls health, on 4 recent
occaalon, Lord Shaftoabury told good story Of the
man who said, when his Lordship WINS presented
with donkey by tise cossermongcrs In Golden.
lane: 'somehow or other, shall mover again sec
donkey without thinking Of your Lordship."
Mr. 1saac II. Bromley writes to tho New York
Tribune Of ''T1eo Auction at Hartford" /" meaning
the nalc Of thc Uptod states Senatorahip In Con-
nccticut to ". u. Darnusu, who bid just 81, 000
more for 1t than hlr English. It was publicly
knocked down In the Democratic caucus for $40, >
600.
ChasleB Franc!s Adams, Jr., sa!d ut the Fifth
Avenue Conference: "What most ak In this
Centennial ycar Is TINT I nlay atand up and bc
counted. livery wall" adds tho Gfaph;e,
''you've stood up and bcen counted. You count
one. You aze no moro count than any othct
| man,"
At the recent dinner Of tho Royal Literary Fund,
Lord Zioughtout who proposed "trhe Army mud
Navy" asked, II they ovlsccrated from Greek and
Rou,an literature all mention Of war, what woult
bo loft, and he remarked that even Mr. Gladstone
'"best and most pacIGc Of men," was spending
days On tho wrath Of Achilles and the construction
| Of tho orms OF Dlomed.
J. An amusing anccdots Of anrrtck ia rc,ated I,
Fitzrerald'a Life. It is said that. whllo tho acto