, 1876-07-21
pEn8ONAL

published.
Tho family Of tho late william 1alston are set
tied In a comfortable country home near the villa
tn which they formerly resided.
Gall Hamilton, who has published aevtn OF eight
volumes, has not, It IL satd. earned inord than
81, COO or 81, 600 from ali her literary la'ors.
George Francis Train now spcnls mncl OF his
tlmc playing With tho ehifdrnn In Madison Fare,
and Is generally considered m amEable lunallc.
A. Avassar girl pcnt her contribution to tho Cnster
Monument Find With tho words: - sead quar-
ter o. my tributo 10 tho memory OF man who
never as1od quastcr.''
John urourhatn las 1ust completed dramatt-
setIon Of Rtl0la Ilrnughton's 't0o0d.Bye. Swcct-
heart, Good-l,yc for Miss May Howard, tic Aus.
tral!an and Chicago actress.
TIC byron Monument In London is to he erected
In the Green Fnrk. oppoeito the mnnslon formerly
Numbered rs u, riccadllly. In this house Lord
Byron ,vrnta ''Tho Siege of Cortnth."
Eor1 Dudley fsfuscA to make COOL f1ss bet Of
s.lo, 600 10 E7, 600 on pelrarch, hccnnsc he he.
lIryes tho colt was pulled nt the laat Ascot The
affair II creating quits allr In rnclng circles In
England. ..... ..........
Jucv 1IoopcY warns American helrcascB that titled
husbands u5o c1pcnstvc. Quotations nso now ring
Ing al} the way from 81, COO, GOO for Duke to
s10, oOO Tor Cnnnts who arc masters Of tho barrel
organ nnd nhnght besides.
IIorrct Martincan was the regular obituary writer
Of the London Nt'rs. twcnty-onc ycara ago: and.
10 far IA known, she II the only person who in that
rus!tion ever had the forcthonght to provide for
tLc comfort uf hor SUCCESSOR by writing her own
obituary.
There has lately come to light portrait Of
Turner, pasnted by himself for Miss Day. to whom
hc was engaged to DO married. and who kept It until
her death, when It passed into the hands Of
Welsh clergyman. Mr. nuskin Ia authority for Its
Ecnuincncss.
John Ruakin Enthusiastically written that 1t Ia
tic duty OF military md naval officers rather to
take caro- Of heir weapons than TO nse them. In
perfectly sclcntGc ora Of ecamanshtp, he believes
We shalt SOC two adverse fleets affected by con-
stant la,7 Of mutual rppulson at distances OF 200
or 400 miles.
COL O!ldurslccyc, Of Now York, thu crack rife.
ehot, Ia also a Just Jndgc. Il Confederate and
Union soldier bofng concerned In snft before hte
Court, he said to tho jnry: If JcH Davis hn,snlf
were on trial here, gentlemen. should expect
that you would treat him fnsly as you would tho
President Of tho United stntes." >
IA n,rowd business man" told LonI.a A1cott
thai, having VITO and ak daughters on h!s hands,
hu could not help believing in woman suffrage,
That Ia exactly tho trouble. Opponents Of woman-
sarage fear that politicians aud voters might b.
influenced by tho sane class Of arguments which
prevailed upon 'tho shFcwd business man.
They had a baby.fuucra1. something after the
fashion Of ii baby-party, at Camden. N. j.. last
week. Tho occasion was tho burfal Of d ycar.old
nephew Of Walt Whitman, and tho real Erny poet
was conApIcuously present. All tho young ones OF
the hclghborhood wnrc summoned as CHESTS. We
can give no reason why tntAnt-natures should DO
deprived Of that solid luxury Of ufc-attcndanee
OIL weddings and funerals.
The tablet under tho Cowpor memorial window,
Westminster Abbey, beara this inscription: 'tD. D.
{dat dsdlcaN GEoRo1us GuIIELnus CnItps, CIv1a
AAEnscAxus, MpCCCLXXW." Guliclmus, VIC
observe, Is Latin for William not for Washington;
and Tho "A. 81" which belongs to Bfr. Chiids,
sad dtoaayt hnsbeen omitted altogether. 1sitposslbo
that any hnal feeling Of envy hAs influenced tho
ttied people Of England to refuse duo recognition
Of merit in M Amegiean3
Mr. James Fisk, father Of tho late Eric man.
sgcr, IL now In New York, where ho attracts much
attention. During tho services conducted In tho
0ospcl-tent recently by Ms. Tying, 1T. Fisk
preached quite sermon on intomperauce. favor
Ing the enforcement Of tho Sunday law. He IL also
exhibiting new invention, by which, with tho
simple motton Of lever, horao may bo detached
from vehicle and brsko applied. Thus runa-
way horse may 60 on and kitl Itself, whtle tho
folks In tho wagon remain uAharmcd.
A romantic utosy Is told Of tho death Of The.
opt!lc s!lvcatro, tho nrt.writer, which occurred
Hhufsy after breakfast at tho house Of Gambctta.
80 sppsaas et's 'n". aAmoc,a anu nVesue, ,otmef'y
,..,a,, nau oesn a'.cnHtta " tae alactenees
s'ose upun sh9 eelaoisancnt ol tno hmplfe'
1u,,, u ua nos spoasn 70 eash otnee los teh year,
tsnnn. ,.s. 1sm'sa % mnae ene nasL aavahees, tho
..aa NJ. "os .a,s sseo1eueu, aha esese agreed 70
betta's house. ue did 80, and died from, a stroko
0sr.% H.. ~ ts," ts% aoata afterwards 80 II nap.
forever.
,s aoneaso Wy toh"ay et'tlc'ses the managers OF tho
rvn. ~ "a "ay nsa4net a. London because they In
.,ns,,', .su ~ p.ssma oves u Lord Mayor ''dls.
ss.nuu ~ miners In recent years for bin
ea,N! ~ sAns' hs lih1oraltsn, and bis lnck Of
culture IND Fchncment That such man, " constn-
tine Of tho London cnrporntso, y, hs",,h. H.. y.
tho M.yosaity for one y.ar "oa ons 1tnasa. m hm 70
s.s Americans i .bs, ~s.s 0ea esdsen as, y, city, IT,
rasgea school, While tls Eng1.hman present most
ratal IN .onc, and n,.ra 49, ssusnss.wa. M seis-
,ah,s ~ u,ans ~" rssso asSs the loot OF the
Tho story uf quarrs, between Tbeodore r,o,