New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-31
PERSONAL.

The work of arranging his immense collec-
ton OF antiquities at South KensingOn has much over
saheu Ie strength OF Dr. schemann, and he has been
| strongly recommended to take rest
| Mr. Samuel BOwes, it is reported. has for
several days been struggling against congestion OF tina
lungs and has suffered greatly from difficulty OF breath
| Ing lie IS able to eat and does not lose flesh
Miss Grace Bnssel the young Australian
lady who showed last year. such bravery in saving sew
era shpwrecked people, and TO whom awarded the
humane SOciety's medal, has ust been given OoiJ
"ach ana chain by the British Board Of Trade
The Rev. James Freeman Clarke il man
OF immortal courage lie Is reported as SAYING that Ia
cannot quite agree that Boston Is the Hub Of the Uni
verse, or even the Athens OF America Probably Mr.
Clarke has the ceverness TO that NcwYor s to be
the centre OF intellect and art In America Tor the NEXT
generation Everything shows 1t.
Jules Verne owns a new iron steam yacht
Of 100 TONS called the SAINT Michael" From Havre
the port where it built NJ Verne intends TO sail on
visit TO all the Of Europe and probably 70 others
also Then-more books HIS pretty little sailing craft
in which he has made trips extending 800 leagues,
now lies at anchor at Hayrc, ond IS % De sold.
The late Mile. Titiens's furniture and effects
were sold the other day amid great and severe compe
titiOn, and at prices amounting to than their
trinsic value. There large number Of buyers
present determined 70 possess memenOes Of the artistic.
The grand piano bought for about SSjO-whlch was
much smaller than would possible to those unac-
custOmed to European figures.
Don CaTlOs-whO is travelling IncOgnitO in
Itay-has been robbed OF his Collar OF the Golden
Fleece. ornament valuable not only in tho pecuniary
sense but historically having been made in $780, for
Philip, Duke OF Burgundy the occasion OF his found.
ing the order in celebration Of His third marriage Don
Carlos always carried It about with him. and when no
opened his trunk at Milan, he found the empty.
1t is related as actually true. that young
lady, recently walking IN the country lanes near Tcuuy.
sons home met gentleman who az her approach delib.
eratey took out handkerchief and spread Il over hl
face. Having had no intention OF staring at the stranger
she maryclled the evident measure Of defence and
hurried past, not without trepdaoni but the daughter
yelled.
Signor Salvini it is said, speaks in rapturous
terms Of Bis visit this country aud dwcs with par
ticular enthusiasm upon his visit 20 Mr. L0ngfcow.
The great actor hopes to return America some day:
he especially wishes TO appear here as "TimOn OF
Athens" character which one % his fayortes Re.
plying n remark recently made 70 him about the
ror which hs ONeio is calculated 70 inspire be said.
auglingy, thar II was very common occurrence Tor
hm 10 have the DcsdcBl0nd Of the evening pljhetcLy
mplorc him before gong on the stage, please not %
hurt her"
A collection of autograph letters formed by
Charles Mackay, the poet has just been sold London
One OF the most interesting items Of the sale consisted u
the or nal documents which gave rise to the Byron.
Leigh controversy. Among these Miss Leigh's own
account, OF seventeen folio pages, in her autograph
signed and addressed % Dir. Th0T Smith, and thirty
pages Of conversation with LOd Byron, dated 1928
These documents went for 500 letter from Charles
Dickens 20 Dr. Mackay dated 1862 In reference to tho
Byron controversy, IN which tho distinguished novelist
says he ISL disguised with Mrs stoves diseased appetite
for notoriety" was Knocked down $40 brief letter
y Sir Walter Scott dated Abbotsford 1927 sold for So
by Teunyson for III %; and another by John Leech
for II so
Miss Jenny Lee, the clever young English
actor OF Poor Joe Of m-tAones had great deal Of
tho hroo .he IN
went about London streets trying TO bargain with the
g.swcepers for a wcrworn broom but cunnngly
enough while could get dozens OF comparatively
brooms not an old one would the swcepcrs part with
They knew trade value Of worn broom TO an actor
for they were themselves Of long experience A.
,ermany failures she espicd wretched little ARAB e-
siding over dirty crossing with very old broom, near
Westminster she astonshed the urcln by of.rls him
five shillngs FOR his stump Of broom. With an ncred-
ulous grin the Arab sad You don't mean i a. sad
the lady Don't thought here's the money! and after
property or rather the boy promised to bring 10
her residence for the five shilnss. Mis-. Leo got tho
broom and prizes greatly size has used il on the
stage countless times as Poor Joe
The late Sir Titus Salt, the famous alpaca
manufacturer though immensely rich and generous had
the habit o economy. He always careful not only Of
his money but OF such trng things "a blank leaves Of
letters which were not thrown into the waste basket,
bur laid aside for When he began to make money
he thought of buying himself gold watch but be re-
solved that he would not buy IL till he had saved thou
sand pounds. How proud be was OF that watch IN his
after fei II was by him tn the close OF his life,
and when his own hand became too feeble to wind IT, he
handed it 10 others TO be wound in his presence He had
little knowledge Of literature and little love Of It, "Hs
library" as his biographcr records with pride, twas
large and well selected but his knowledge OF books
limited and The range O his reading confined 20 religious
,ihlcotous and the daily press" 10 his old age
one asked him what books he had been reading latey
tpaca was the quiet reply; then after short pause
h. aId
provide for every day you would not have much time le
Tor reading"
Forty-three direct descendants, but not a
angle surviving member OF his immediate family sat
down to a banquet in this city Wednesday last to
celebrate the one hundrcdh birthday OF Senior Corrco
Arcnlegs compariot OF Simon Bolivar, the Lberator
He ia still a strong, healthy man. very tall, aud thn but
erect and walks and talks with equal brskness lie was
educated in Paris joined the Venezuelan rebels in 1910
and WAS confined in 1912 in Spanish castle at Mara
obo from which he escaped with the aid OF the Cover.
49,, Jaupbter whom at the age OF nineteen he married.
In 1sl Inc WAS again captured, condemned 20 be shot,
lint ecaped on the morning OF the day set for his exccu
tiou Two years later he was captured for the third
time condemned to DEATH but the sentence being com
muted to Punishment he spent year IN exile at Irndad
Colonel in ISIS Maior-Gencra in 1919 until the close
., ,,e ,r theu until 1887, when politics
drove him 10 Punishment in New-YOrk pennies ana
with a large family. He displays "a uehehto au LII
o~ter Of Bollyars dated Mono de san joan. ApnI
8 iSl5 IN which he Is specially mentioned as crtaI
most intrepid Arcinirga."> lie has also me 49,
Cross OF the Order OF the sword" from Oscar tne
Of sweden. a sword from the King OF Holland "Hbfh
portraits OF Generals Isez and Bolivar Al Oh E@
romance IN miniature the brisk Old soldier tens lo1 ~
self nm pleasant style and excellent English.
The famous artist Couture, who Is 10"
about sixty years old, is described as short ana Stout
with n large, fue head, large mustache ana snA.
eyes, which sparkle like diamonds when be peas'u ~
anything and. like most all artists and literary 'aen
he il very careless his dress His fayor.te eos,ame
an old gray dressing gown, which falls TO MS iec a"'N