, 1876-01-02

lov comedian who did not think he was born foz
t.aeedy. CT q tragea.an who did not think tia!
nature intended him for operG- and uufortu-
patelv forget to endow him with Soice
Tho Rev. H. r. Haweis gives abundsnt ev;-
sehce of his ignorance TT American geography
n the following sentence from LIS ar.lcle on
uOld violins." in the last Contemporary Recieso
"Fifteen hundred acres OF land in CINCINNATI
were op one occasion given for Staiuer; and
Is the CITY Of Pittsbure Is now built u5ou rAat
land, re may con6den;ls say that this has turned
ant to be The heaviest prise ever paid for a
violin"
An Autotype fac-simile edition OF Mllton'a
Commonplace Book ia to be published in London
from tho mauuscr'pt recently discovered. 1t
contaios notes in Millions handwriting from up
ward Of eighty works read By him, and these
notes a1e in general his deductions, mud not
mere extracts from tho works read. There arc
other entrios ny four or Eve different banda, pre-
sumaby made 4. M,toc's dictauou. The Ms.
is quarto aizo. and contains eighty written pages
Capt Paul Boyton. Of swimming no:oEiety,
arrived in New York Dpc- 81. Since leaving
England be has given exhibitions in various
parts OF the Continent He reports thst he was
treated with great kindness everywhere, and thai
wherever he raised ths American flag il was
greeted with cheers. His next TIP will be from
Vienna to Turkey, thea throug the Suez Csnal
and around the woslt By way OF Japan and San
Francisco. But he will not swim across the
Pacific Oceao,
An American lady In Pazis, writing to New
York daily paper, shus alludes 10 q well-knoMn
New York LADY living in the French Capital
"An a,ticlo upon Mrs. Roosevelt. speaking Of
her DISTINGUISHED birth. her curly associations
with ell that was best and gre1test IN our land,
has lately appeared In the leading European
journals" Mrs. Roosevelt wss the daughter OF
Vermont lawyer, and We do not know in What
sense she could have been. Il distinguished as
her birth. She hiss been distinguished chiefly
IS the wife Of Ncw York millionaire
Dorence Atwater. ths Gnited States Consul
for the Society Islands. wao has married
native Princess, Is Connecticut boy. He was
q prisoner at Andereonyilc. and brought away
from there record OF al the deaths. The
Government obtained it from him and altar
wards refused to return it or remunerata Tim
for it. He obtsined it sur-ep.itloaslg, and WIS
then imprisoned for stealing hiR own properly.
He was afterwards released. and, tho injustice
of bis punishment becoming known. lie WAS CIV
IN = Government appointment abroad. His
bride Is wealthy womAn, the Princess No:ls.
A!wateT is farorite at Washington.
Mr.. Thomas Vt. Fields Superintendent OF the
Beookivu Public Schools, has h.d 3 curious
matrimonial experience His first wife. Misa
Charlotte Weir. was beautiful woman, aud nsr
portrait has been preserved in the vienette On
The back OF the $40 greenback- His secoud
wife Was k,1l. d By railroad accident few
hours after the marriage took place. lie sued
Tor damages, and wae non-susted on the novel
ground that The marriage had not been cousum-
mated His third wife was recently divorced on
the ground Of adultery with k,use!la. OF tho
Brooklyn EGgte. He was married for tho fourth
time Dec- %. Ill his viras have been marvel
ously beautiful
Meissonier's picture, which Mr. 4. T. Stewart
has bought for 100000 francs, is finished. It ,s
DOW on exhibition in Paris. The dimensions OF
It are feet by 9.-somehing s. unheasd OF fo7 q
Me!ssonier. The scene giyes us the great En-
peroE Napoleon. surrounded by his staff Ut mag
aidcent Marshals OF France returning the
salute Of his sucerb cavalry reserves as they gal
top mast 10 victory. sword in hand. Tho parisian
.ritics pronounce the painting altogether the
bo1Iest aud most brilliant vel executed By Meis-
souier, and speak With especial admiration Of
the cuirasslers dashing oo 10 the foreground
through an atmosphere Of broad and Ffsplend-
mt light.
W. G. Wills, the Eoelish wr:ter OF historical
dramas. complains that the critics do not treat
him fairly. They require perfect historical &C.
curacy OF him whereas it is vel! known tha. the
greatest plavwr;ehts IN history never pretended
70 ANYTHING OF the kind. ''1f might venture"
writes Mr. Wills, "when touching on such hum
ofe work as mine, to cite immortal examples Of
1he dramat:st shaping his materials to bis hands,
might remind my critics that Macbe;h na5, III
history, good aod humane monarch and never
murdered Duncan that Wolsey's disgrace was
on1y Temporary, and that le re1ained the favor
OF Henry; that there Is no authority for an IN
te1vaew between Elizabeth Aod Mary. etc."
1ady BurdettCoutts has gathered together
from time to time parties Of thirty or forty work
tnRmen and Of men in the humber classes.
bought tickets for them, and sent them to $40
" Macbeth acted b5 Mr. Irving at the London
Lycecm. After they hal Witnessed one per-
fo1mance, sbe then had tho play read and ex-
planned to them. taking their own opinions on it !
also, and on the acting OF it; then they wese
seut again. The sand thloe was dooe with
parties OF school children md their teachers.
fnia is one example OF the thoughtful
hndnees and interest in poor people Of which
Lady Durdett- C:utts has given 40 many others
AZ practical educational measure the work no
doubt has great value.
Theodor, Tilton in his lecture on "The
Problem Of Life" tells the story Of the King
who could not be mads happy except bv wearing
! happy maa's shirt ''When the happy man
wAs found it was asceraiaed be wore no shirt"
This invariably creates laugh, and Theodore |
lakes advantage Of it by sliding in the following
bit Of humor Ladies' and gentlemen: I !
Euspect from the merry bumor you ars in. that I
many Of you would be afraid Of unhuttoniug !
four vests" When .Alr. Tilton got thus of. in !
Newark, N. J.. the other evening. stout ami !
Unlocking Scotch woman in the gallery re- |
sponded: "Deil bit am afearsd. 1non." and |
Ehen unfsstening two buttons Of her dress in |
front, and disclosing the snowiest frlll ever !
bleaehed by the sun, she cont1uued "Here it |
%, mon, seventeen honder linen, and my grand |
raite1's ain spinnin' tool" Theodore passed on.