The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-17
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.


Historian Bancroft likes to ride horseback.
Queen Victoria is daily becoming more homely.
Roscoe Conklins smokes every afternoon whom he
Is driving.
Tho French have a present fondness for Russian
literature.
Senator Edmunds is stately bilious, scholarly dign
fed aud partisan.
Prince Bismarck is said to intend to pass the spring
ut Lair, on the Rhine.
General Mcclellan is talked OF as colonel OF the Fifth
Maryland res imcnt
Mark Twain wears Spanish cloak, and though he is
rich, he dresses slouchily
Senator Freiinghuysen. OF New Jersey, has q smooth
sweet voice. like bread and milk.
Ex-Congrcssman Jim Kavanah of the "Far West, I"
has begun to practice law in New York..
Longfcllow writes letter OF praise Of McDermott's
lido Not Sing that Song Again"
English OF Connecticut ahead for the nomination
Tor Vice President on the democratic ticket
Norristown Herald There is plenty OF game in
The Black Hills 'Sevcn-up' and poker prcdomnate y
A majority among tho Scotch and Irish members OF
Parliament strongly in favor OF woman's fran
chisc bill
Cardinal Manning says the cause OF total abstinence
has spread rapidly among the Irish population of the
metropolis
Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minister arrived
in the city yesterday morning and returned to Wash
ington by the evening train.
Newton Booth OF whom much expected
year ago, has fallen into common place and is no
longer spoken Of as the coming man.
Tho 80 called "croakers'' in community really
the wholesome critics OF community. Their timid,
healthy prophecies are usually correct
In Washington the Methodist and the Episcopal,
churches arc most humorous Tho next In order
arc the Catholic, the Presbyterian and tho Baptist
churches
The minority in the Virginia Republican Convention
were first favor Of Bristow but seeing the dri Of
affairs from attentivey reading tho HERALD thcy won't
for Conkling.
Julian Hawthorne, OF the great novelist, has
thick lips Tho father looked like dilcttant Daniel
Webster, and It is no wonder II the SON looks like
Pauline Markham.
Yonkcrs lady tho other day took her favorite but
dead canary to William street man to BIO stuffed. ~
don't quarter" said she, $50 put plenty OF
sage and paisley"
There are but f,w OF tho larger cities Of the world
trees, fountains, monuments statues other orna-
menis those OF San Francisco
The Atlanta tGal Times insists that member OF
Congress should be delegate to tho ST. Louis Demo
cratic Convention the ground that tho Pres.sest
ought not to be mere creature Of Congress.
Mr.. Charles q Fulton, editor OF tho Baitlmcre
merican writes forciblo letter against the policy OF
choosing ofhceholdcrs' delegation from Maryland
10 Cincinnati He says such q delegation would be
hostile The republican sentiment OF the state which
is 'almos unanimous In favor Of Blaine and Bristow
Virginia, the mother OF Presidents seems likely to
DO tho place where the wing party is 10 DO revived
The old line wings do not want 10 remain among the
democrats, and they hate to 60 to tho republicans
1.t.or xV.,n m law hair Tn
themselves conservative They talk much Of Henry
Clay Probably they will remain democrats.
Tho Russian mind, says a European critic is rather
gwen to enthusiastic reception thoroughgoing do
hal than to- cain criticism and equabc appreciation,
the resolution OF epic heroes and dramatic 'propcr
ticsr into tho sun and the moon, the thunder storm
and tho whrlwind the dawn and the dew, has either
been carried too far or not taken up at all.
here are Judges OF who declare that old gliding
IL infinitely preferable 10 new and N. GARNER, the
lrchtcct Of the Paris Opera House, felt this truth
10 strongly that he set himself to initiate the rich
ingy look which old gliding acquires. This lie con
lrivcd by painting all the portions that wcrc TO DO
tinted OF deep yellow, and gded merely the
prominent surfaces such would attract the
light.
The San Francisco Chronicle, which gets into
apassion, replies TO cx-Mayor Brown, fst Louis, on
the Chinese question, by saying that tenth Of tho
population Of the Chinese Empire, II unrcsiraincd IN
mrrat'on would equal the white population OF the
United States, and u pcrtincniy adds:-"wc claim
that our civilization ~ better than thors-tha the adj
mited TACT that they can work cheaper than We and
live does not prove that must give way TO them"
\ correspondent Of The Boston Post says that Gov
ernor I.ppitt aud Senator Anthony paid out money
Tor q secure the Legislature the republicans
u tho recent election almost freely as the rcpubi.
did in the recent New Hampshire campaign, An
tbony's object being, OF course, rsclcctcn 10 the
senate but II Is claimed that he Is by no means sure
o. game, the prohbiicnists having nearly half the
Legislature and the democrats hoding the balance OF
power IL Is said that paper Is in circulation 10 secure
Tho formation Of committee Of forty 10 investigate
the charges OF bribery The law Is very severe as 70.
CARDS the bribcr, but provides punishment for the
hribcL This story, however, Is hardly trustworthy
considering Inc character Of the accused.