, 1877-10-19
pricticsd for dye years ptst vi< : tho stamping
OF letters dropped in tho Post once thefo without

prAct!csd for aye Jeats ptAt+ Tak. the GAHpfnK
OF letters dropped in tho rost-oico there without
stamps
Tho widow OF the late John Bell, Of Ten
ncfsee, died In Marry County on The 1alh Inst. In
the 8oth year Of her age.
Tli6 wife and daughter Of Mr.. James
cofYey. Of Leesonrg. O., etcped At the same time,
each with 4 male companion.
President Grant writes that Eo fonntl tho
labor of accepting The hospitality Of hls English
friends moro afduous than tho carcs Of Stats.
A heroic snbscrber to the New York Post
has not for years read = book Of newspaper "de-
faced With Webstet's detestab!e orthosraphJ.''
A1isa Gary says That Trebelli- -1,otttnI hns
~ manufactured voice." and hat cultivated her
1ower notes 1t tho oxpnnsc Of her middle rc0sset.
Mr. f.abouchere Rays tho Russian Empire
Is rotten because Of Tho Government. and tho
Turkish Government rotten because of tho Rt1-
ptfe.
Thomas Nast's relations with the IInrpera
were neser more cordial aud pleasant than they arc
to-day, all reports 70 tho contrary notwithstand.
Ing.
An article in tho Chicago Adpaatt traoing
tho connection bctwccn the famine and the opium
tfa'c tas been printed In circular sorn and Ia be-
Ing d'aasIbutcd grAtaltousiy.
Theodore Roosevelt, recently nominated
to b Collector OF tho Fort Of Now York, was q
prominent member Of the Drlstow Club. HIS nom.
inAtion IL a slap In tic face Of Mr. Conkling.
4 now book for tho little ones is called
"Daty Days" Ills selection Of songs, stories,
and pictures for very little foiks, with IN Intro.
daction bY Mary Mapes Dodge, tho editor Of 81.
NfeA01ds.
There hhs recently been published A letter
from II. X. Ice to James May. In which tho former
said that tho end had forever conc 10 al hopes OF
Southern independence apurt from tue remainder
Of the country.
g. 2. Putna1n's Sons will soon have ready
the lattur part OF the now volume OF that indus.
trIous writer. Richard A. Proctor. 1t wilt form
lasge octAvo ixsued under tho little Of "Myths aud
Marvels Of Astronomy" nnd will trent Of such
tnpies as astruto0y, the religion Of the tiseat
Pyramid. tho mystery Of the Pyramids. Swedun-
bo.g's vtslona oi nther worlds, suns in GAmcs
cometa as portcnta, tho lunar hoax. Astronomical
paFa1oxes. astronomical myths, tho origin Of tho
constellation dEures, ETC.. etc. All that 3r. rsoc.
tnr writes, hnwevcr fanc!ful, ia basel on sound
scientific knowledge, and he IL an exceptional in
stsncc Of an author who, while making esch year
important contributions 10 tile science Of asrono-
nv. has done perhaps more than any other writer
to popalarize its atudy among nnseIentiac persons
Apropos OF Sir Toilcmacho Sinclair, who
has left tho 1Ionse Of Commons and public life,
partly because tho Duke Of Argyll never returned
his sLaEts, the }AiithaI Rerieto rcca,s story oi
Daniel Wcbstcs's whist. .plsylng friend. Mr.. Henry
Fox, formerly tho British Minister At Washington,
who had habit Of shutting himself up and refus.
| Ing to ace people. An Eng'lshtnsn who had bust.
nrss at tho Legation complained bitterly Q! ts IL
tho Sccretary, who promised to speak to bis chlcl
md vet things right. Shortly afterwards, meeting
the eeu,lcfnan accidentally. tho Secretary askcd
him tnnocentl1 II he had heard from tho Minister.
"llcard from hm!" wrathfully replied tho other.
~ shon'd think had! lie has seat me tho plate
Of his card, with peraltsston to strike o ns many
rs like in return TOT those have left on htu,!"