, 1876-12-23
PERSONAL. t&i

lPeaks Of prayer ~
A breath That aeet1 beyona tht lFon world
And touches Him that nlhtc It.
yictoren sarlou Eayc 500 for the strcet.door
Of the Iou*c In which Cornelio died. and he fs
nov In negotiation for the wrought.tron banislcrs
ot The staircase.
Wordsworth, in his old ngc, mover read nny.
hody's poetry int bis own, was fond Of tetltng
other pucts his habit. while he examined them rs
to their proficiency in his writings.
The nutIalo Commercial Ade<rtiser IA strongly
opposed to displnys Of flowers at funerals, and
vouId like to seq appended to death. notices re-
quest to friends not to scnd flowers
Thc independent, smartfng under I sense Of
ptrsonal wrong, says the only difference between
the Saturday Rerteo and tho Nation Ia that ono is
thoroughly English and tho other tries to BE-.
lien, Bartlett used to say that even dino. novel
reading WAS to be encouraged ~ q lcador towards
better reading, and Prof, Jamcs Russell Lowell ex.
pretsel Ainlsci 10 highly pleased with the sugges-
tton.
Tho Mclsaonics "8oldters Playing Car11s"l that
VAS sold IN Now York the lrat night Of the Taylor
johnson sale for s11, GOO, measured only eight by
ten Inches. 1t ao1d, therefore, 1t tho rate Of
slJ7. TO tor cach square Inch
4 Hartford gentleman says that when Wade
Hampton was made hctr to his fathers vast estates
except III allowance Of 500, 600 to his two SISTERS
he refused to assert Ills rights and insisted upon
equal division of the property.
Tho Rev. William ALVIN Bartlett was attached by
four Indies who did not know him at a uniou-re
eIons meeting IN indianapolis, They begged him
10 begin doing bis work, :" uc rcpltcd that ho
lad 'ccn trying 10 do that for many years,
Ebe ph11ndolnbta Aradcmv NJ TIM Efnc A,3s ,r,,t,
.eo am for M,Lc-t,. .4Cn,h.,,ro cn~r,rn j a.,
,mmcnse c,nyas ,yblcb attroctci mnch n,,cnt,on
,ttho Centennial. Tho Timer of that civ In
Itmntcs tbat tho money might haya been batter In.
rested,
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t. a. bcd'ent has been casting out devils and
hRan'k.ns PRAYING bands OF weak. minded women
nl0e vicinity OF Kansas Clty, hhu ms e9ettca inc
snnosIt5 OF the men IN tho neiRfa'orhood to such
tdcsrce thAt lie waa lately inobbod md hanged by
w s ntss ~. Nv WIZ nea'y neaa. ~ ~ ena'sea
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~. A'''' "''n III. 4ea'"'s oi.e'p'cs'
a SOCIAL a'h'culty arising from the possible War
between England and Russia would be the ques-
lion OF eio residence OF the Duchcss Of Edlnbarg.
The Queen thinks that the Duchess, whatever hap
pens ought to stAy with her husband: but tic
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t., '.Is ,"''"''' ""o ID h''o"n ~ M"so q 'c'5 "e
s'led VIII OF hcr own, declares that shn VIII 30
hoMe Instantly, should war break ont.
'rhr ncw too,t tss,,ed Nv Jorao, 4, Mrf,,n-o
~ nem @ ooo" !7s"s" " oAnsch q mccia1s,
taheo l!t 1eEleho teoad. haS pfoVo8ea great
curiosity az to lis aniilor. Among those accused
arc Col. 1ngcrso1,, Prof, Swing, Edward Egr]es-
lon, r,o,urt CnI,yrr. Edward isv.rett 1io1o U.n
:nh, 4 ns, ,a,.,, Srs's,,as., ,..ann t.a.o' cn
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IL be taic OF Western llte; but there il deem
morn In n ,xh,ct ciyo. ntnrcut tn ,ho AUTHORSHIP,
a -. ~ "''s' s''.' 'u''tess !" '.'o "u''o'"u'P'
The destruction OF Lord lf0ughton's home,
rryston Hull, near lceds. England. was comptetc
10 t,r n. lin h,iItr- .rss ,.mssrnoa 1. ,roa ~,
~ a,-. ~ .ao p"t"nh "as eoaeeFnea' out "ue ho'
10 10 a'sastfoas a. ilFst rcpoFtet. iHasmnch as tho
library. peculiar monument Of tho owners
the hall vas, however, In Itself study, and Il
'hns aF1 treasures 'alnaolo aa eh'na'