, 1876-01-23

PERSONAL

PERSONAL
H., Robeson is said to be ths best ta1ker In
...h;ro,on. Shs talks leas than any oths1
tnorp roman~
~. Boston Advertiser says 1esp-year parties
-. ,he rage in Chicago Thsy a1s IN rage among
lbs gentlemen. ..-. ....
ras Hon. Schuyler Colfa1 delivered hin lecture
nth1ahsn Lincoln at Princeton. IL. Fri
DIV night, to tdns audience.
1ohn Bull is IN animal known - one whose
..-nette ia greatly enlarged by the practice Of
.s.1lonine things whole, according to aiT. Dis
zse}i
r.v Congressman get drunk, and mona resign.
fh;s vex,, This peculiar indisposition = aseribsd
N Tho mild winter sud the letha1gy OF tho inves-
ac.tiug Committed
The Boston Commercial Bulletin plaintivety
r.nrka tbs: the gentleman who stopped tho
,cn,vsy hozss of Ada Dyaa, tho Actress, did 10
b4csuse hs would not Ada Dyas yet.
Thu New York NaH now 4ays thers Ia not tbs
.Geh,est truth il the statement concerning the
,e:ent engagement Of Miss Kellogg. Another
Il. Mailed to the counter. The countsr Of hes ia
Old Nick
APuis correspondent knows lady who went
IN school to Mr. 4 T. Stewart when ho Nxs
.bous u ye.1s OF .ge. She says he Was 4 good
schoolmaster. Even then. no doubt. he MAJ dis
hpguished for certain dry goods hu,oor.
Edward S. Stokes, tho murderer OF Fiek, claims
,a.t tho ten months passed By him in the Tombs
hefo1s hia convection and sentence should be
+,o++ cF hsc rarr, off
md therefore th2t he Is now eptitlsd to bo To-
ka&ed~
Ths Pope. on receivins 1000 Of tbs Catholic
,outh Of Italy, jan. 6. alluded to the Revolution
II ls4s, whose watchword uss "Agitato," and
tprees.ed that their wstchword should be ''Act.
but do not agitAte." he ezhorted them 70 de-
p.nd, in particular. liberty Of teaching.
Wsllon, Minister in MacMRhon'e Cabinet, has
sritteu book to prove that JOSH OF Arc ras =
t.nt, .ad lovely girl. and tsus Fseuch-
Rousn. Tbs Pope has expressed himself much
eleassd with the book, but it ia not yot known
sh.,her h fAro1s tha canonlzstioa OF Wallon or
Joan.
Count Leopold Stalberr, : Belgian. recently
ssns to this country 4nd settled in Blue Earth
County, Minu. His boots aud shoes csme in +
.tasmer after him. They wsre seized by the
Customs officials, but aftervard released. Tho
Counts boots And shoea are each Il inohss long.
| pob.s boe-srotter he wilf makei
Brilh1ut thought: II Joan Of Arc had boen
hinged, instead Of burned, the punstera Of that
lay might haya aaid she Was hisected by chord
This Joke will soon celebrate it, fourth centen-
aial and hAlf. Thsckersy used to think OF his
ten Lars md prhv nhcu11
,hs1 man pretend to be xlser than he, il they're
aot7
Nr, SteiFer. the vel-known German book
te!ler, hAs issued "Ths Popular Health Alma
Etc," which il intended to wage var upon aimi-
lss publications. Of patent-medicine vendorr.
An edort is to ha made to hare it distributed
f1atuitoualy through ths country. It e1poaes
the dangerous nature Of certain popular patent
medicine compounds
The fund for the Grattsn stssuo recently
arsc.ed uss started By Hr. A. II. Sullivan. edit
X Of tho irish 4Natioa. Soma years sgo he was
imprisoned fer publishing seditious articles. 4
subscription VISA organized il his behalf and.
an his refusal to take the money, At his susges~
ton it WAS made the foundation Of q fund tor
4s building Of = monument to Grattan.
Henry Bsrgh, the protector OF dumb creation,
has Written play in FIVE acts and entitled it
Loves Alternative I: has for q principal
motive thu strange mania that american mothers
haTe for contracting thar daughters to foreign
whatever their character OF fortune.
fhs play tAs besn highly spoken Of by man-
age., but not accepted. Rejected plays lwa5s
Ire "highly spoken Of"
tbs London academy says: 'tJust 1t ths
present. moment it may be Interesting to many
10 lea1n that 'Psussnisa, the Spartan, IN I'M
RuiAhsd ROMANCE by the late Lord Lytton,'
which 10 mentioned soms time ago. is in tho
Fsess. It u edited by tho presant Lord. vho
hss written long preface. The publication Of
Lord Lyttons new poem cil1, It ls hoped. not be
}eh5ed BY his appointment to the 1udian Vice
Royalty. Our readers may remember that Lord
LJtton, some TINA back, ~ NJ announced il
hets eolunna rafu8ed The Go7ernorship Of
4ldsaa-
Tho Paris correspondent OF the London Timts
ona1ks upon ths strange oasiosity vanqu1shf>d
atioos have eriucsd for anything relating to
ha life, habits. and manners Of their conquer
n, aud their disposition to initiate portion Of
hcss habita and mannera- This experience has
een repeated in the caoe Of France and Cor
a2nJ. Ono OF the most popular books IN parn
o-day is composed Of number Of teuiustons On
'nnca Bismarck which appeared originally in
b. RtpHbkque FFuneaixe, and wesa eagedy
ought By parsons Rho detsstsd the politics. Of
hat o<wspsper.
ChArlaa Warren etoddHd is 8rtiDg g1Aphio
nd piqu&nt lette1a from Europe to the Sxu
'zaneiseo Chronicle Speaking OF tin famous
hi1us Of belia Ut Antwerp, ranging from the lit.
10 ons only Ii inches In clrcumferencs to thl,
iR ono weighing tons, he aaJs: They jingls
u day long, and 1t night your sleep is brokoo
Vszy 6fteen minutes BY sudden clatnor up in
hs atsepls. It seems ~ il theJ were ali mad
1th dsligtt for thsy tumble about gayly and
ltsla Of something thaE n first sounds Like
2ns. End yop It encs try to study it out smd |
IL nissEably, 90 you conclude it II no tune at |
l. but only celebration OF some sort. let all |
10 whitS il n t1na, which II rathsr ioks On |
pu." !
In dscllaf1g N invitation to b present 1t tho |
nns1 Of tho Boston Alumni OF Williams College, |
u. William Cullen BEyaat wrote: II am just |
ov guits too busy to aceeps the kind inyit.tion |
wan ns to attend The annual festival Of the |
'aduatea OF Williams College in Boston Nor,
] hsd tins, am sura that should be u71Iio9 |
make "lnter journey to your city. OH aga