New-York tribune., 1876-12-06

distinguished by its neatncss and hnsh Walt Whit
.r,. IA an exception it has dash and painpess out
n nj ia what school children cau dreadfuly scrapoV'
The CLAW model of the statue OF Juarez,
hich has been ordered from Mr. Gagardi OF san FRAN
go nv the Mexican Government, has Just been com
pleed The statue is to be cast IN Dfoh%e anu pooD "
Nazatlan. . =.
Gov. Fairbanks of Vermont has disease OF
The throat which sopainfully affects his swallowing that
his physicians Obliged 70 use eor9iGrm to TGsSe
his suferngs They are able to administer concentrated
Hand food only OF rare intervals.
MIRA. Julia Ward Howe preached at Newport
m thanksgiving Day. Mrs. Howe has pretty coy
country place mile or two out Of Newport, wherein
before her husbands DEATH she was wont oen 10 eneI
tsin artists good takers and literary people generally
The subject of Mr.. Tennyson's new drama is
the early history Of his country correspondent OF
The Boston Advertiser that the writing OF the play
was secret so well kept that nany OF MS f1SnuS nist
learned the fact from the advertisement when latey up
peared
Julia Adams is celebrated on New Jersey
tombstone as having died OF thin sn0es as unpleasant
an epaph az that of the John upon whose stone In
Pennsylvania churehyard, Is cut these ines;
To her dear John, who died of eating crab
Senator Conklngs physicians think that now
he is recovering, his malarial fever having Ieacheu
ifs eliminating point He contracted this fever while at
tending last Summers session of Congress: He was in
his usual seat Monday and looked as wen as OF save
that his eyes were much swollen HIS neuralgia eSpe
oially affects the optic nerve
Mrs. "H. H." Jackson dresses her home after
the fashion of Mrs Mercy Phbrck The corners Of her
Colorado Springs paror are filled with gorgeous Chnese
fans and abe has supplied the place of folding doors by
and sreen II IS to be SUPPOSED tGat ivy and Autumn
leaves I'LL up the unocoupled spaces
There is q probability that Bartlett, the clever
Hartford sculptor win receive th commission 1or the
proposed battle-mOnumeut at Bennington, W. MassF
chsetts and NewHampshire are TO be invited 10 JON IN
the erection of the monument, and very good inng
will be they do. The Vermont Legislature has just al
prOpriated $4,000 for the monument
MIR. Charles Dudley Warner says when he
went buying ancient coins of the Greeks in Greece he
"ooked in the face OF handsome graybeard who asked
me 1000 francs for silver con, which he said was
son 10 see il there was any guile in his eyo but there
was not cannot but hope that this race, when mas
learned to look honest, will some time become So
The eldest son of an English earl was
brou gnt before WOolwch magistrates recently under
strange circumstances. He had enlisted in the Royal
Artillery and conded far in the magistrates as to
say that had been driven 10 this step thTougb de
aceucy Of income this amounting only 10 Sz,SVo Fer Fer
annum Tho poor fellow discharged on paying the
usual fees.
The Hon. Lewis ii. Redfeld says that MIR.
Weed is mistaken in thinking that only three OF the
veteran Journalists Of the State survive Besides Mr..
weeo, Mr. Follett and Mr. RedGeld there is Mr. Chann,
cey Morse who editor and proprietor OF Ihe Onoro
Repository at for 20 years Mr. 4 MTTsg s nov Now
Redfed also is SO, and comparatively strong
Mr.. H. Z. Bowers of Boston has been ap-
poted by the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Com
pany of London take charge Of their American man
aeement in this city. His departure from Boston was
celebrated by banquet which given han last week
S about rs gentlemen connected with insurance inter
est there IL stated during the evening tDat though
there were less than 80 applicants for the position
vet It gwen TO Mr. Bowers without bis sOllclatOh'
Mr.. Richard A. Proctor has been giving In
TAe English Mechanic some interesting notes on ms
American journeyings. lie says that generous esti
mate of the value of lecturers time and labor and OF
the extent of his probable travelling expenses seems
always to be made. He adds: 1t rather remarkable
that in America where already mentioned, lectures
are often arranged bypersons literary or scientific at
all In their tastes and regarding the whole matter as one
Of dollars and cents, seldom hears Of any dii-
Guilty or even delay about pecuniary matters. lhaVe
given 244 lectures in all in America and there Is but one
of those Ia lecture given at the Public Library Hail OF
Des Moines Iowa for which payment was not well ana
duly made" Mr. Proctor does not entirely approve OF
the American custom OF giving receptions" TO emf
nent guests He says that though the kindness of the
motive is manifest, he never yet knew an Englsnman
He 0 ADDS: "I am told that the proper thing at
reception is not (as Englishmen would be apt 10 do
to simply bow to each person introduced ana SNAKE
hands after once learning that pleasant American Gus
toni but 10 look though you long had known 1roin
views about negro suffrage, aerial navigation, or the
wastooa button OF the future, and were only prevented
hand of MT Washington Sc ubbins, which must be
rasped with enthusiasm the B9aker sde oi Jour ,SUe
side Lit up with the glow OF fervent delight B1t alef
All every ma ion has its form Of humbug, and am
not sure that student science sufcfs more
dining reception In one country than he dues III an
other when formally introduced TO an audience as ID
former wears might happen ID Engl1nd) Win An
-tle-eh--hope ust-all-that-ah-the lee
tuTer will -foreIunner-the precursor
of-ah-thosc other other
sh-lecturers-ah-who 10 follOw-to-ahyto-in fact
Ito succeed hin-iuah-in this course OF lectures and
compelled by to be similarly impressive In return
ing thanks"
LONDON Dec. 5.-Ihe World states that the
obstacles to the marriage of the King OF spain VITA
Duke de Montpensier's daughter have been removed