The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-13
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.


THIS year We 90 not take much stock In Santa
Claus.
SIR Alexander T. Gait. OF Montreal is at the Glssy
House.
Mr.. Conxlng, We are sorry to say that Mr.. Conover
Young men IN Ohio who wear helmet hats believe In
the side-ear.enl system.
Blaine Is back In the Senate, and whenever Conk-
ling speaks no says Chow"
Saturday Ieeve,o: "a judicious rsticcnco is not the
Idle ioppcry OF diplomacy"
Things that 60 into mince pie are now called 'ln-
cidentas" by crusty people.
Three feet OF mud and one foot OF kicking will not
improve q Missouri journalist.
Tho Pope, according 10 the cable, is still giving
audiences But what 10 he giving thcms
Mr. Hayes appointed the stone man because he
couldn't find good republican in Colorado
No. SIR It was Billy Patterson who dened the light
ming. Do you want TO make Ajax OF yourself2
Nine Dora d'lstria has issued through Mason
ncuve Co. q critical work entitled ''La Poesie des
Otiomans"
London has supply Of pure water We make this
remark for tho good Of those Americans think OF
going abroad.
Because we give occasional hints the ladies' about
dresses the Chicago Journal calls rs a duck. You
goose, we chicken.
Mr. Kurd Won Schl6zer, German Minister at WASH
ington, and Mr.. Maurice Delfosse, tho Belgian Minis
tor, ars at the Brovoort House.
Rev. T. L. Harris, D. D.. rector Of st. James Church,
Chicago, was yesterday unanimously elected Bishop
OF tho new Episcopal diocese Of Quincy.
An illustrated book by tho art writer Charles q.
Perkins, OF Boston, having for It's subject Raphael
and Michael Angelo, is nearly ready from Osgood's
press.
Governor Rice, OF Massachusetts,; Mayor-elect
Prince Charles r. Clark and the Commercial Club Of
Boston left Jersey City at four this morning for
Chicago.
Mr. A. G. Ewald, who has written new life Of SIR
Robert wapole, Is taken TO task by the London
Academy Tor many blunders and great ignorance OF
history
Mr. t. " Smalley begius his editorship OF the Clio.
veland Herald after great experience IN Journalism
and without nm enemy IN his profession He IL con.
| scentious writer.
"rne Labor problem In the United States" will DO
vigorously discussed prize essay TO be shortly Is
| sued in q book through the Athenmum Publishing
| House, New York.
| Trolope's "Amcrcan Sonatorn would have been i'm
| proved, say lis London critics. II the author had
wrt,cn his political essays In volume and the
| novel itself In another
The musical critic OF the Boston Courier says very
pat and thing In speaking both III and we'll OF
| a performer :"Iu listening TO his playing one is
brought face 10 facS with idoa"
| Mr. George Z. Howe, Superintendent OF the Ohio
Reform School, has been unanimously chosen by the
trustees OF the Connecticut State Reform School TO
| take charge OF that institution.
A Hoboken person, evidently a very young lady,
writes :-"w here does tho fre 80 whom you put out
| the candle ~ We do n II must light out some.
whore. You're up TO snuG, now, amt you, dear?
| The important contributions OF the French rabbits
to science literature and philosophy have tor the frat
lime accessible In the Hstoire Litteraire de
la Francc,n the twenty seventh volume Of which IS
| full OF their notable works.
| ..Newark i.adyn-wc cannot write you a funny
| motto for your church fair department But can
give you advice. your pen-wpers, dolls,
dressing gowns and plncushions Into Tho oyster
kettle, and make your food rich
Browns wife went to the dcntist's on Friday, aud
took gas The new set OF teeth Is not ready nor Ia
she ready; and there has been peace in the Brown
family for several days. As Brown remarked yester-
| day, "Her mouth Ia closed for rcpars."
The life Of Edward W. Lane, the laborious Egyptoo.
gist has boon we'll written by Mr. s. Lano Poole and we'll
exhibits hts useful labors In preparing that monu-
mental dictionary OF Arabic which has been dcclare
superior to any classical lexicon OF foreign tongue
"T l. b VII you send good joke we will, OF
course print It. Wit is that OF II should
be lost But please send postal card day or two
ahead OF the joke; and do not come on us suddenly
with It, You might as well kill man as scare him TO
death.
Burlington Ha,ck. Eye:---ssA man, however innoccn,
he may be, ia always envelopod In thick cloud Of
damaging circumstantai evidence, when he leans ny
against tho hotel corner carefully picks out wooden
toothpick and tries to light II on the top Of glass
cigar case.r