, 1876-07-25

a.d .cvcn children. Their naInra ARC Mrs. pe,lA
p,c.cott md Mrs. Mary CLARK. Thc former festdfs
II, (1,.r1,stovn. Mass, and tho lattcr has been
,istlng her. .... |
Nrs, Prentice. WIN fell aver clfR In suston.
ues.,, has fingered In agony two weeks. and Is
uow not cxractctl to live. She II AIe vile OF
frofeasor In tho Naaeyan University at Middle.
town, Conn. ........
Hermann, the mngctAn. took ont hIs papers AZ
d., American etltkun The otlor day. and 1ewitdcscd
II city Clark not 1!ttia by pleading poverty and
IL stcn'lng to extract tho usual fee Of $ from tho
Clerks own pocket.
Tbe lion. Nnrshalt Jewell contraatcts the stnte.
nont that he IL 4 candidate for Congress. 1fc Is
reported AZ having said that .hcro was but ono
place he wouldn't rather 20 to than to the iouse,-
md TINT p>aco isn't on this earth.
Dc Tosa. an 1tatan dancer employed in phtta-
deiphia, has been rnincd by William q. csatkson,
/ tank.otIIcer and prominent Presbyterian. who
took her earnings to invost and absccuded when
called upon to account for his trust
r. ". uigginaon recommends - = LAnetcAine.'
by Fortunio, To those wishing to take now French
novel with them into the country. Can nothing
BE- done fot those who wish 10 dcvour new French
novel ii home, in bed, 'twI1t sleeping and waklng'
Mr.. su1.lYan, 4 patriotic New Yorker, went to
wanted 10 s5gu tho orgttS Declaration Of inde.
psndonce, no was arrested while in the act Of
climbing the llghtn,ng.rod Of Independence l'all'
IN frantic effort TO get at the ptectons doeaen"
Mtsa Rose Temple, who will be remembered a.
tho most refined and agrceab1a member Of the
Oates comic opera troupe. 10 now playing ID tho
burtesauo OF tsEvange1tno" at inc oosson
Museum. 8ho Ia the wife Of James H. Jancs' 81
The eamo company. who played tutt phfts a.
Yns.rAar8. Hb ID &{44 III k1G CHS
ot t'Esnngaiins."
1ndre Addtson Gardner, Of Rochester, N. r..
vas solicited to become candidate Tot Governor
an I'm Dt,nocratlc ticket. Ile declined because.
A be .a,a. he haa been twenty1 five yeass dead and
tutted-potItically; and II II moro becoming tnat
be sboutd read and tnwarl,y dgest the Collect for
rcrsona In er!rtsnls than be moving rouna with
hat seeking ballots.
writer In tho Ntsg Century for 1tomen snye
that nftcr tho appearance OF one Of Mss. Kunkle's
e5ttor]als In the Now York Tribune the readers Of
thnt miner remark to each other: 'tDid yon see
that cditoria, to-dayt-thcro was powcriu1handa al
tl,c bellows when that WIS written" ARA wn 10
understand that tho Tribune cdltornl page Ia writ.
tqn With bellowst II 90, wc can explain why tho
paragraphs arc all ''breczy" and the long articles
al ''windy."
In New York IN 1874 Lewis Phillips died leaving
hs widow $780, 600 for her lifetime, Aflor which,
thore weEe no children, 1t to 20 to fonr lebrow
charitable socictlc1. After her death tho ncphuwn
tried to break tho will there IL statute In New
York fosbfdding tho giving awny by will, by per.
*on having husband, wife. parent, or child living
a& tue time. Of mora than onc.half Of his property
to charitable Institutions Tho Court, however,
decided that tho statute did not apply to ncphcws.
A bright 1litlo woman was cxpAtating on tho
merits Of her patent corscts to Jury No. 8 Of tho
Centennial Exposition. MADAME" exclaimed
Dletxmannae, smart French jusyman, "what Ia
tho especial n1erit you cla;sa {or this cosset1"
t'The ft, Monsienrt'' ''But We cannot tell how
IL f1ts. What proof hayo we Of that?" This 1Itttc
woman fArcd right up ''Why," she retortca,
''you don't mean to say You want mo to try them
ont" ''Madsmo," safa tho juryman, without a
smile, ".Tustfcs Is b!1nd.''
The sn!cllo OF Mile. sten the celebrated yonng
German actrcas, wns caused by 4 cruel hoax. ahc
WAS bcteothcd 10 young nob!cman tho Graf Won
D., who possessed ot very slender ncaua. On tho
morning Of her death, sho received letter stating
that the young nobleman had been unfattlful Ia
lcr, and hnd sought tho hand OF bis cousin, d
wealthy young woman. This letter was false.
Graf yon D. had neycr asked for bis coasn's hand,
and had never ceased to BE- truc 10 tho poor gsr
whose despair drove her 10 this desperate net.
A aasplclon long entertained by the Italian Gov
ernmcrt that thu brigands In Sicily were atdcd by
men Of much higher rank l.as rccently bccn con
hrmcd. An informer betrayed tho celebrated brig
and Bajcya, and on juno "a he Was scized stttIne
In farm -housc, ahout nnles from dfrgontf, will
Ave companions, basoEe = table covered with in.
wjnea and cigars. Three Of the brfgandA tnrnct
mt to b ttho two chYniicrt Ttainitt md tho lar
anello Ceiauro, men mixing In tho bcat society o
Tbs thlnnd, and, 1t IL supposed, paid by tho brig
&Das for giving them information.
The London Saturday I<raep OF tho 8th Inst
sudIcrously says: ''The Democratic managers a
st. Louis hare been more fortunate or moro skill
ful than their Conservative opponents" Thla sen
tence Is evidence OF tho confusion In regard II
American politics cauecd In tho English mind b.,
tho tcrmtnolosy Of parties. The English reop!,
havo associated with the word Democratic an undo
fined notion OF irrcsponAib!ty md audaclty, aud
by contrast. have como to think Of tho Republican
party A. conservative. Yet It was tho Republics,
party which ftocl tho slave, and on th!s s1du tn
water tho Republican party IL often atgmutizcd b,
its enetea ~ lsadscn Tut there ts not, after NIL
great degree Of improperly ia the eplthct crl
ployed by the Saturday Rtrt<so. Tho Republican
party radical while tho tesults of tho War wer
In jeopardy; now that those results have been ae
cured, the party Is conservative, oE, at fsast, TIL
more conservative Of the two.
Our Minister riossepont CLEARLY "put h1a foot il
It" vixen he mala his Fourth Ut July epcoch q
London. In tho first placs, he committed griov
Gus error In referring to himself Us an Anbaseado1
no American citizen from tho foundation Of til
tIovornnlcnt has ever been IN Ambassador. in tn
acpsc that tho word ia used by diplomats. Second
ly, the Bpeccl, was unhappy AZ being aeml Alicia
recognition Of the Minister to England bJ htmsc
before 10 Ind been recognized by tho dovcrnmeA
10 which hu IL accredited. Thirdly. lastly, 81
fraturnaly, Mr. Pterrepont was wrong in refesrtn
to The l!terary works Of Air. Gladstone sghtingl,
- II tho ex-pren,rr woso not entitled to tho rcspe
Of all educated n,eu. Thu Engliss, Tories, howey
acrimonious they may he In coatsoyeFting the pt
1ttical doctrines Of MIR. Gladstone, have never pr
suued to question his rersoual worth ~ gcnt
man and scholar.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of July 70 rolat
the following Incident connected With tho lllna
Of thG1ate George II. Pugh: 'Engtncer uoon,
tho Fire Department, whu II M old acquaintance
Mt. pugh, has been freaueutly attending him du
Ing h!a sickness. About threu months before II
pugh foil Ill be was conyersiay with lioon one d
IN regard to certain "reminiscences Of tho Mozlcs
war, and waH In tho act OF relating an exciting i
cdent when tho conversation was interrupted
the entrance OF friend, md both the listener nl
tho story teller forgot al about II until last Fd
night. 1t tlum happened tuat Ntr. rugh reviv'1
frnu, A 1nn.s sfunnr. hchGjA MP. Hmm N hIe Ia