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this city With his Chlcsgo partner, Mr.. Iehs - u
| Lyon. -
Bismarck has sent an autograph letter ~ +,..,
to Gen. Meredith Read In recognition or ths
| ices Of the latter to German residents in D.,
during the war. @1a
George F. Hoar's reason for declining rsn,,.,
nation to Congress Is that he desires to return :.
the practice Of his professon-p he ca.-
| be elected to the United States Senate '-''
George Alfred Townsend says that Gen c-oos
has studied the Indian character constantly H.,
his mind has become like the Indians. ".
"Gath's" mind llke-a bottle of champagne.
! Theodore Tilton once wrote to a committe.m,.
naming 1.-THE Art OF Csing the Mind ~ ss his h.<,
lecture. Hewas surprised to dnd himself In.
Tor 4 lecture on ''The Art of RAISING the Wind ~
De- Witt Talmage, TOO, recognizes the claim, =.
Chicago as sumncr-resort, and he sends to "a,
| TRIBUNE pamphlet In drab covers BEARING ~.
title 'Iemptations OF Summer Watering Place. ;,
Mr. Wall, the latest translator Of Noliere. h-;r.
determined to preserve the flavor Of the orioin,3
passages in patois has secured the help Of o.,
known English dialect writer to reprodure ~.
French pafois in ''Zummerset, '4'
Dalwin, Spirftuafist lecturer in San F,.n
cisco, offered to perform every feat that snv com.
II.
to confess himself beaten when one Schimmnn.
proposed to match him in eating ten era;ne =,
strychnine. Schiaamons has been consrnad
strychnine eater for years.
One who has seen ''Pique" at Da1y's Thest,p =,
New York recently reports that Miss Ada Gi1m,n
has taken the place Of Sydney Cowell as Rni,rs
the Waif. The audience was wretchcdly sm,u
and the indications were that Mr. DAILY va. bncr
ing his piece against the weather In order to
long the run and give it big name.
It is said Of the late Augustus Hemenu,v a..
Boston, who left fortune of S15 coo, 0oo TIM. \.
read the first volume Of Lyelrs Geology between
tea aud bedtime, while sitting In pa1lor alive with
merry chat, and retained afterwards IN exact and
comprehensive recollection Of the content, Of ths
book. Men worth as much as SIS, 600, 0O0 oft4n
have this sort OF thing said Of them, both befo,,
and after death.
4 nice legal question is developing itself con.
nccted with the death Of Mr.. House, the New Yo,t
divorce lawyer. He Was shot by hIs wife, who I,
under arrest, but who produces will in which hin
entire estate ia bequeathed to her. and applies fur
letters Of administration II this is allowed sAa
viii have he. husbands money with which to d.
feod herself in court, and II she fs cleared cha
at once enter into possession and take life COM
fortably.
d.. kenealy has recently appeared as defendant
in suit instituted by the benchers Of Gsay's Inn
He attempted to raise the question of the legality
Of his disbarmcnt and argued the point labosious-
ly. A correspondent writes: Zone thing which
is remarkable in the whole proceeding, 80 fxr as
at present goes is that Dr.. Kenea1y was not o1en-
sire except in far as he offensive in arguing
question which he was told wonld not admit Of
argument"
In the recent libel suit OF Hr. Robert Buchauan
against the London Eran.i7er he acknowledged, On
the witneae stand that he thought it insulting to
call man monkey; bnt, on bcing.taxed with
some lines in which he had applied that aspersion
to Mr.. SwinbuEne, excused himself on the ground
that he did not think it was insulting to nan
that did not believe in soul, and who traced his
descent from monkey shaft 1t Mr.. Swim.
bu1ne|s materielistfc yiews.
Bayard Taylor tells Of Yankee who, walking
the streets Of st. Petersburg one muddy day met
the Grand Duke Constantine. The sidewalk was
not wide enough for two to pass and the street was
very deep in fifth. The American took a silrcr
1ouble from his pocket, shook it in his c!osed hand
and cried ont, ''Crown OF tail:'' Grown"
guessed the Duke. ''lour Hishness has won,"
cried the American, looking at tho ronble and
stepping into the mud. The next day the Yankee
was Invited by the Grand Duke to dinner
Alexandra Dumas is writing new play for tho
Gymnase in Paris, and q GOODNESS has consequent
~ arisen between him and the manager Of the The
,tre Francois. II. 3lontignr, manager Of the
Gym1asc, is Dumas old friend, and was the drst
to recognize his genius when he mad been sco.n-
fully turned away from the Theatre Francais. By
The way, 1t IS worth noticing that Dumas new
play, ''L'EtrangcEe, has been quietly withdrawn
from the stage in England, being pronounced