, 1876-12-03
PERSONAL

Rnu4u&IGAu !
in Paris.
Can't. Mares ia writing m account of his Arctic
expedition.
Parson Murray says It is more essential to have
,hr turkcv properly basted on Thanksgiving Day |
than to attend church.
The Boston papers were issued the day after
Thanksgiving for the first time In the history OF
that venerable and ow-paccd town.
Mr.. Gladstone will, i: is said, contribute An ar
fic]e to the next number OF the Contemporary Re-
,eitu. .tOn the Hellenic Aspect Of the Eastern |
Question"
Ame Millet, the French sculptor, is untirins in
his industry. He has already completed eighty
works. and ia very anxious to undertake colossal
Laiayettc for the United States.
Lady Sebright, OF London, an amateur actress OF
considerable reputation, has declared her intention
to 20 on the stage Her friends are struck with
CONSERVATION. aud hsve interfered to prevent her
intentions being carried out.
Sir John Lubbock. speaking with the calm pru-
dence OF banker and Il man Of Affairs, says that,
Is far Is Englands interests are concerned, it
Eould nav the Government we'll to buy the western
provinces of Asia Minor from Turkey.
The boutfe sheets Of O1enbach's are looked for
in every steamer. But they come not We fear
they have seduced the sailors and Captain from the
path Of virtue. That noble steamer will yet be
seen flying the black flag on one mast and score
of 1.-THE Grand Duchess" :" on another.
L distinguished company attended the openingof Of
the new building which supersedes the old porce-
kin factory at Seyres. Marshal MacMahon had the
post Of honor. and among those present were Gam
betta and Waddington. Gambetta was presented
to the President Of the Republic for the frst time
on this occasion.
The Boston Transcript says that not long since
Prof. Lonsfcl]ow Ind call from a couple OF En-
glishmen. one Of whom, On meeting the poet, re-
marked ''Aw-yon don't-aw-havc any ruins-a"
in your country, and SO we have come to see you
-sw." Mr.. Longfellow quietly replied that he
was "Quite ruin, quite ruin"
DR.. D'Oyley Evans, the American dentist OF
Paris, has lately been elevated to the dignity Of
the Roman Pecrage by his Holiness Pope Plus In.
under the high title Of the Marquis DOyley Of the
holy Roman Empire. The title may owe its origin
to the familiar word t'doey, which in turn is
derived from the name OF the first mixer Of pc
cu1iar napkin. Count D'oylcy is therefore equiva-
lent to Count Napkin.
The Nation speaks in high terms of praise Of Mr.:
Lowell's lode for the Fourth Of July, 1876. y
Speaking not the language Of indulgence, but OF
criticism. 1t has hesitation in calling the poem
eingularly fine and inspiring. It confesses aso TO
agreat fondncss for the form OF the English ode,
allowing, as it does, some room for that great
freedom OF verslfcation which is perhaps the
most valuable right Of English poetry.
A number OF Republican papers in Paris have
been fined from l. 600 to :. 900 francs each for a.
libel on the Empress Engenie by the publication OF
4 Spanish judicial decree nearly fifty years old;
respecting the conlugal relations Of the Count and
Countess Montijo This couple the defendants.
represented as the Empress parents, and they
threw doubts on her legitimacy, but it appears that
ihe documents refer to other persons Of similar
aame and title
An English Vicar tcstiles that he has seen pair
Of swallows when the time for migration came and
hty found their young brood too weak to dy, plas-
er the nest up with mud with the SIX young swal-
lowe in it. Returning in the spring, they aroused
the young swallows, which were found to be none
the worse for their long Aibcrnation. There is
suggestion also that the swallows were accustomed
generations ago to hibernate regularly anu .honga
they have since discovered the prcferabllity OF MI
gration to warmer climate, they are yet able 10
return to the old habit in case OF need.
The New York Tribune good-naturedly copies
from contemporary the following ''verses" OF
its dramatic critic, Mr.. Winter, and the, supposed
reply OF his latest VICTIM Miss Anna Dickinson.
Thus Mr. Winter sings: "Dcar heart and true IN
the seasons Fed. has the world swept by me ana
left me deads Have the p:nsies withered aseo 60
know! Are the roses faded Ut Long Ago: Do the
aoeFs sslmmef that III tnc 'css': Las .us ,ora
passco: mas Tile music ceaseu: f1"u' 1A"s
on the sea-beat coast, am living man or wander
ing ghost:' To This the t'rdphsc proceeus ~ Nae
Miss Anna Dickinson reply ,ncs: N.Y. s.s
you're as played as piayed ean oe' nke sAs ~a
nest in 1cahcse tree. Anu the 1hs .na' a ,';t
gaessedyou thought you kne" turn out W
Tier far than true. But the lfshts stal1 s4'nithe'
that lit the gloom and the curtains and the peo
o,e come, n w-on ~ a shect. thou wandering
st.s. ~ " ".-p - -, 49, eao .hcat ro,st-.
snoS'7 *ho play enS 'o'e I'LL 'ne e'" oo
The London 4fh<nGun, recalls IN interesting IN
cdeut In the career Of Tauburin, the singer atel,
dsca.saa. ..1.1a.,a ..ho thoueht that he coult
ueeeaseo: Lapof'e "no .noueus .u' :. ~ o-dor :,
dispense with the services OF Iamonr'nl ID
engage secondary artists on cheaper terms, fount
out is ereyona nistnke in irving 10 dispense Will
the ri-;fI M oord< IN 1s41 when such an outbreaI
~, ya;as ~ .o .a,,s ~ er Na;csty,s Then
Fe as will not easily be forgotten. The Tamoat1o
row ended IN Laporte being compelled to decar
i,nnh,,o 49,. ~ ,~o,,a 10 engage the fayorite bar
- p4oi'c taa' ae "ouu wiley,
uone, who reappearcd tr1umpaaht's' >:
sttempr to repeat the unsuccessful tactics OF NJ
partner in 1S46 nrovcd a failure more disastrou
4h.a 49,. A1tbouqb Tam
suAu tnat o' Aapofte' Iaa.,r aG1;ctio
our1ni realized 4 fortune, ne hao nea't an..
in son who speculuted on the Paris stock-E1
change and committed suicide Tamburini was