, 1876-09-24
PERSONAL.

OF fiction Wnlcn WILL nc entitled N'Ihc story til
Eeg Told Me-"
Gladstone drinks bitter beer with his breakfast
two glasses Of clarct at dinner, and sometimes
glass Of port Later He tortides himself with eherr
and egg when he il going to make a long speech.
The Hon. n. E. Forstcris making a journc,
with bis daughter which can hardly be called pleas
aut They have gone to Constantinople and Eul
Easia to visit the localities Of the Turkish cruel
ties.
II ia said the last few years have witnessed
wonderful concentration Of Jews at Jerusalem
The Hebrew population OF thnt city is double nor
what 1t was ten years ago. Daniel Derouda mus
be getting in his work.
The american Register SAYS that the great vogue
Of opera boutTe in Paris is over. 4 piece OF thai
STYLE to succeed now, needs incontcstable merit:
both as regards the plot and the melodies. Any.
thing of the name used to be accepted, if It came
from popular composer.
A correspondent of the Nation interprets James
Russell Lowel(s enigram upon - Widow Butler
IS vulgar slur upon women. from which it ap-
pears that Butler is not only widow but woman
also-in short, widow woman.
Henry Won Lauu, the translator OF Taine's
'Ensiish Literature. :" has projected history OF
French literature rs companion work to Taine's.
The first volume will be published next :onth. It
will include the period from the origin Of the lam
euasc TO the Renaissance
The London academy says J. s. Clarke plays
comedy 80 one cannot tell it from farce. In this
country he is esteemed pretty good comedian,
md, when John Dillon went to New York last sea-
son, they condemned him because he had not the
fne comedy powers Of Clarke.
The London Spectator says that 'tDaniel
Deronda' - contains the finest plot OF any of George
Edor's works, with the possible exception Ut
adam Bede, " whereas it Is just the plot that the
critics in this country complain Of Who shall
decide between the Omaha Bee and the London
Spectator?
Capt. Bertram Milford, who WIS married in
Chicago recently to Mrs. Collins, q daughter OF
the late Horace F. Clark, has lineage to be propd
OF. It seems. We arc indebted for the information
to New York journal. He belongs to the Nit
fords OF Milford Castle, an ancient English
Northumbrian family.
MIR. Moncufe Conway takes tho pains to disclaim
responsibility for the stories Of Mr. JOAQUIN Mil-
1ers appearance in London drawing rooms in fan-
mel shirts and top-boots, which the latter nor de-
nics. Nr> Mll'cr's reputation for odd conduct in
SOCIAL life does not rest merely these reports.
It is reputation that he kas been heretofore only
too happy to nurse.
The Nation regrets that ssThc philosophical
teaching, as ruc, in our higher semiuaries is in
the hands OF the President, who ia usually min
lister OF the Gospel, and, he often owes his
position to general excellence OF character and ad-
mnlstrative faculty than to any speculative gifts
or propensites, it usually follows that safeness
becomes the main characteristic OF his tuition
The new school OF artists, who devote themselves
to the decoration OF the interiors of houses COM
plain bitterly because they cannot control the
dresses OF persons who may happen to arrive as
visitors. Among the possibilities Of the future,
therefore. in well-regu1ated houscs, may be the
posting each door of neat little placards, briefly
stating what manner Of dress and OF complexion
IRE suitable to the tints contained within.
Mrs.. swisshe1m has written an article On the
Hantord tragedy for tho Independent, in which she
takes very unfavorable view OF the character and
services Of Mrs. Sullivan. The writer says:
mrs Sullivan is the side Of the Wo.nan's
Rights movement; its opposite in every respect
She is identified with Church and party Which
clngs to the past, and was personally and by her
affiliations opposed to the modern movement in
favor Of woman's equality before the law
A1. E. HigIey, who served in the Twenty third |
Ohio Volunteers during the War, tel]s the Graphic
how, when weary and footsore, struggling behind |
his regiment, Maj Rutherford 3. Hayes d1smount- |
ed and gave him lift on horseback. It WIS time
when the good deed could have had only one object !
In yicw.-thc relief OF suffering fellow soldier;
md it speaks louder than any campaign life can of
the unselfshncss and purity Of the Republican can-
aidate for the Presidency.
A rather informal reception was given to Senor I
Leon = Escosura at the art rooms Of the Messrs.
Leavitt in New York Wednesday evening. Senior
Escosura, who is q slender and short Spaniard,
with exceedingly bright eye and quick, intcl1l-
gent face is in this country for short visit to the
International Exhibition and to see something
generally Of the country. Although born in Spain,
be has painted altogether in France. is pupil Ut
h. Gerome, Commander Of the Order Of Isabella
Tue Catholic, CAevalier OF the Orders Of Charles II.
pf Spain and Of Christ in Portugal.
The New York Ere.1ing Post notices the omle-
zion from the historical article published in the
New York Times On its twenty fifth anniversary
If all reference to the famous article entitled
The Elbows Of tue Mincio,'' which appeared in
he latter paper many years ago. The younger
generation Of newspaper readers may not know
hat ''Thc Elbows of the Mincio" WIS delicious
arrago Of nonsense, written by a learned and
editor who had taken too much
champagne at dinner. It WAS noticeable for the
curious betrnyal it made Of cultivated mind sub
lued by cultivated stomach.
The London Times publishes the history OF Henry
)ounton, m English veteran who served Us one Of
he guard over Napoleon at St. Helena. lie en- t
ieted in the gear ls14. and is now in his sIth
ear. The following interesting reminiscence, it
, said, has never before been published:
: At the beginning Of the year 1871 Sir Hudson
ent Napoleon orders to occupy four rooms which
7ere completed in the new State Prison. Napo~
con, with his Generals, came and looked at the |
partment and said las was reported}, I am |
edcred by Hudson 10 occupy this place, but will
ever live day in it. He returned to his old
uarters, aud the next day reported himself sckto
r. Arnott, the physician Of our tTwentieth} reg1-
lent He wss never seen afterwards by any guard
{ sentry; never, in fact, came ont from his house
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