New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-29

.-,,u ,,vo scotch songs, "Kelvin Grove ana "1oa
ar Kve Come Hame." Then when ne hau co"0ls .,S-
,n lecture ne delighted his audi 'nce further os chureh
his arms around aud kissing the minister III "
the lecture was gwen - Ina Cor-
Notart's immense picture of Catherine Col-
-. ,nicb str,ck with awe the rustic visitors d. '-o
phU.1elnhia Exhibition has been sold IL nae -
houebt for the Berlin National Gallery 10. Wv ,,ro
40 500 Twas originally painted ior 49, -, rho
dealer who paid the artist Tor II s,,a ~ adn,is
fopdlv thought that he could gam uno'u - f,sr
sion fees during the Exhibition OF 80 %. diso,
80 ssu A. for what he gave ne Wa sderhia Ii
NalU So,. "A when the picture came 70 fhilaIe i-;r
~ ir reality End pufchisl' ,orter Of he price
riOusly. ana mas nov 00o
paid To the artist :: .bo
n. Conover ia not beautiful person, In the
-, ,,e washington correspondent OF The C'nc'nHd"
E,o,.rer Thus runs the description; "ConoVer mas
lean .pidery legs and medlum-szed body sioucn5
and amiatle manner and nervous movements; sI1hu
ing col ar deep-hemmed; is very bald WIN uArAIS-o
hai- like hack curtain dependent from the posteFlor
small. twinkng. blinking eyes, weak ana pAsn'ui'
face never rises to pugnacity. aud seldom seo us
serousucss The naked Uranium Is naI aS 10 I'm. a
he mas "a small nose. little turned uI az l 49,
brown beard his sharp jaws ana ehln, Wy of
a kind Of a small spout to the Hat lh'er'o1 0''
the skull ,eu
A story concerning MeissOnier Is gleefuIy
,old i'm Pais The manager Of NewYoTk theatre took
n into his head that he woud like 10 have croIcni
tain painted by the great artist SO on ne uu'seu 70
Meissonier's studio and asked his terms no" large
4, the curtain TO be T. Meissoner quite seriously
Fifteen metres by eighteen" answered the manage
Nssonier began 10 reckon and them paper in hsnd he
explained that as his pictures bring him 10000 names
nsr twenty centmeres 10000 francs per metre inc
curtain would just II 100000 francs that II 20 say
something over 100000 But added the painter
the price would be greatest difficulty bu1 u
would be time take three months to pant
centimetres % You see. therefore tAa' ~ NJ
would not suffice 10 paint your curtain Whon Nou.u 30
me over 200 years TO complete lle "a I - 60.
cared h. could not wait long and departed Ia s'to
OF mysncau0n leaving the painter reJocs' lH' '''''
doesn't seem Impossible
A curious story about Shelley has just been
rrll.hed I'm England for the first time. Shelley mas
81, hee ,ccused and apparently not without cause %
having loft Harriet destitute when lie went ABROAD and
indeed OF never having In any way taken Ino's"' VI
properly provided for her 1t seems hat "htl HueoS
and Mary returned from Their first visit to he continent
in 1874 with means quite exhausted they Immediately
yept Ia their bank TO draw ont what might be there
Rut 10 their dsnav they found that the balance placed
IN their account mad been already drawn Win dQected
looks they came doeful bordering Whiief 'A,y
should with their empty pocSess, W -g
tered Harriet; aud 20 hcr apparently they rev -
miserable plight they happened TO e lI IL " ts
who had Just been 20 the bahia ana drawn an % 49,,
money available az She time. she reI1oacheu eHtl.L
aud MARI for their conduct bus generously p"-'oU Wa"
the greater part Of the money
The late Dean Vignoles used to relate an IN
tere,rir an cdote referring his VAN attempt TO It
cover n exceeduely ancient and valuable ecclesiastical
document 1t had fallen into the hands OF 7wtt VINO
had I,ut il stella and it was supposed 10 De III me
ro.s..ou Of the johnson family II came 10 the Dean
err that there was to be sale OF the effects OF that lam
Nv. descendants in Dublin and he, or course immed
stslv Set out for tie metropolis, but unfortunately
reached The auction just al the conclusion OF 'Ae
sale Il asceralucd that box Of Old papers and partn
uent, had been bought by solicitor and AurtyA TO
the purchasers Office De found that large quantity o'
+ ,,,,ri IN D.. ..lfbrarv rub is had IN, ady been
elI-ri' I'd 90 tse flames hy the ceutcmar's cieiA inc
I Id .r agony OF excitement, rushed t. iie inner
ce brrc tge holocaust mad been piled, aad % his nor
,.r s,r fir ...c " what felt sure Was the HI7s-.
Ms rrtre ing on the mr.. " am not ashamed I'd say
Uere tle Deans worlds, " that sat down aud " pt.