, 1876-10-21
PERSONAL.

nit. HenTy lAMess ksiG HIaHAzlae Nsttegt Aha |
contributed stoFy In very choice French 10 tho |
Rerue der Dsnr Mondts.
Real negroes are playing 'unc1c Toms Cabin
Of san Frnncisco but real negroes are not admitted
to witness the performance.
Or. Holland says: Zone tires Of talking to
fools -; and TIT. uowclls wittEy adds: ''Many good
people are tired of hearing tho fools talked to-"
Mr. Talmagc Ia known to bo an extreme hater Of
all things theatrical, md for this reason sympa-
tllzes with Tuppcr, who las play that no man.
a1er will touch.
Cclao CGsar Moreno. President Of the Trans-Pa-
cnc Cable Company returns to bis attack upon the
italian Centennial Commissioners, charging them
with gross incompctency and persecution Of the
lta!nn exhibitors.
Or. George Il. Ctccvcr has clever poem en-
titled .'TAe 1lor1e. .Gospcl Of Evolution in the
Yale Museum" In the current Number Of tbs New
York 0bserver. His le1tcr11y IN the use Of
scientific slang fs something marvellous.
Col Nicholas Smith has been making himself
conspicuous again In philadelphia a4 ''thc aon-in.
law Of Horace Greeley" II TINT nmla1c patriarch
wero lining 1t Is not probable that Col. Nicholas
bn,lh ever would hayo been Ills e0n.tn'law to ray
nothing Of being tho ,noatlpcce of lila opinions.
The newspapers tell OF man from the Fur West
| who travelled across the continent to tho Cen
| tennIa1, and n,tstook for tie great show The
| Geological Gnrtcns. When he returned home he
| was loud in his dcnunctution Of tie Centennial
| and enl he had often Hcen better animals at tie
| circus.
Mr. o'Connor Powers lecture on Irish Wit
and 1Iumor" does not Impress fnvorably tic Doa-
| ion Pilot, which may be called good Judge Of
] such matters. lie has been too FREQ. 1t aeanM,
| with Currans old jokes, md not free enough With
the frcsllrr portion Of tint eminent 1rshman'a
works.
The magazine editosa set good example 10 ltcir
newspaper brethren by always speaking we'll Of
| aach other. This mouth, for inslance. Mr. How.
ellis reviews DR.. Hollands book In a aatter!ug
strain, and Dr.. Holland acknowledges tho eminent
services Of George William Curtis a civl-scrytce
Eutormcr.
Tweed escaped from Cnba disguised A. deck
hand, and, ''barcfooted, barelcggcd. and bare
armed" wns f0rccd ''wlth Equilgco and swab tu
owas,. down decks" 1t is said that tho exercise
| did him good, When taken on board tho United
States steamer Franklin at Figo hn was given the
best Quartoss Of tho ship.
Tho life Of Mr. Potter Cooper by j. C. Zachos,
Curator Of tho Cooper Union is attracting consld.
cradle attention ~ literary production. Its po.
| lItical Influence Ia 30 slual that no opponent pl
hs. Cooper eau be distressed by IT. and the skctcl
IL interesting as record Of tho aifc-work 0f be-
ncyo,oNt, bimplo. minded, md earnest h.an
Tho Atlantic ncxt year will publish series o.
articles on various professions aud eMPloy'nents,
such as-The Work Of Scbool.SurcFntcndcnt. I
Now England Farmer. Western Farmer, Mau
aging E4!toE, Congressman, Manufacturer,
rtc. ete Tho ittea seams 10 hayo been sugyeste.
by tbe auccess of Mr. Fiskee article entitled " 4
Librartan'a work"
The wonderful mar. tracks which werc discovered
in connecticut recently and Which wore Instant,
pronounced fraudulent by Prof. Ma.sl, might wei
haye alarmed the scientific world il they bud uoe
nrove5 ocnune. trbev wcro fouud IN strata whfcl
contain no FOSSILS and tbcy Indicated tho exist
! cncs OF race OF giants in the 10. .callcd azoi
| period. They would hare upset tho eyeluilou by
i pothesis instantly.
Hazard Taylos's lecture In Chtckcr!ng Hall carl
this week on .Llterature "a nm Art :" conta!uu
. the following wo!l. !l.dIrcclrd dig at America