The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-11
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Florida makes 216, 900 cedar pencils day.
Secretary Robson has returned TO Washington.
Several republican papers in Iowa have come out in
favor Of Governor Kirkwood for President
Mr. Holman may, after all, be formidable rival to
Orth candidate for Governor Of Indiana.
sNow, Mr.. President said Taft, "a mean to abolish
these posts and turn them into railway ties.
Boston wants 10 be the headquarters of American
art She seems to be in fair way to succeed.
Old Tanmany Hall boys saints alongside the
horde OF hummer politicians who nfest Chicago.
Paris girls try thin avoid complexion spelling
soup and meat and wish to be transluccntly pale.
Coloncls whpple and Tourtcotte Of the staff Of the
General Of the Army reached Washingt ton yesterday
There is round of criticism because 1t costs ST. 500
year educate boy at college, when it did not cost
Dauie wcbster's father fifth of that for that
statesmans expenses
Tho Buffalo Courier says that there somc Buffalo
bills in the Legislature This is untrue There are
only two genuine Buffalo Bs--one is in Canada and
the other is Lieutenant Governor.
Detroit Free Press The remains OF yet another
great city have been discovered the banks Of the
Caspian Sea It is becoming more evident that Cain
and Abel and Gideon wees had other boys TO play
with them.
TIC spirits materialized George Washington at
ssance In Indiana the other day. and when OF the
spectators asked him whether he really the great
hatchcter our first President replied, "Dot ish der
kind OF Hans len am"
In Germany the telegraph wires are in future to be
carried underground instead OF being supported by
posts The object Of this change is to prevent the in
corruption OF communications which regularly follows
upon great storm.
From Fsm:-Mary:--sT say Mrs Mccarthy, thia
,crc's a very bad cabbage" Mrs. NJ :-"Shurc now,
and is It, horeys Then pick another. Bless yer youni
cabbages is like swecthearts; you thry halfa-
dozen lore ye gets good wan"
New Orleans Republican Married women generals
get their letters when the time for them pach
away their husbands ovcrcoats for the summer; and
perhaps they will also lind two three which the gen.
tleman was asked to mail the fall previous
Colonel Hlgginson thinks that only women arc not
horricd at political corruption, their lives arr
remote from political knowledge influences. But
Twecd's and Pendlcton's lives not remote from
such knowledge, and they were not particularly horr
fed
Tho indianapolis Journal thinks that even the
modcsiy OF the South in not wishing to the
democratic candidate for President is dangerous, be
cause Northern democratic President would DO ruled
BY the South after the manner IN which James Blu
chanan ruled.
The Augusta ga Constifufionatist quotes and says
They complain that at Fort sill the frauds charged
dollar ana half for soothing syrup about MY per
cent advance But what do soldiers want With sooth
ing syrup?--Ncw York Herald. largo portion OF the
troops stationed at Fort s:ll are infantry.
Tho signs In California that tho independents Will
rcunitc with the republicans against tho recently vic
torious democrats This movement Is fastened by the
fact that the republicans now the enemies OF the
Central Pacific railroad and are therefore, working In
tho path marked out by the independents. Stanford
Co. are behind the democrats
The Newark IN. j., Courier has become morning
paper Thus the experiment OF having evening
republican competitor with the SOBER old
Advertiser ends dsastrously The stockholders ncvcy
maid mn their stock and the editors compelled Ia
bo lobbyists There Held for the Courier but IL
never displayed any journalistic enterprise.
Sir s,raford dc Radcliffe, in his old age, after life
OF great activity Cabinet politics. turned himself to-
xard religious subjects and wrote not very brilliant
but pious book Guizot after his long political career
gave US book OF religious mcditatons very mild anc
pious Thurlow Weed, in his oil age attends tho
Moody and sankcy meetings regularly. viii no give
us book
Dr. Fayrcr's opinion Is that, II systematic returns
kept, the annual number of deaths from snake
bites exclusive Of nil doubtful cascs) 10 India would be
found 10 exceed twenty thousand larger proportion
or women, seems bitten than men, showing that
tho women Of the working classes in India busicA
than their lords in tho fields and other places whcrs
| snakes are to be met with.