, 1877-01-28
PERSONAL.

! 1ttTES, mas UCen CuuILcOu5Iy Ll.-t QE
not continue to hold that position while serving as
| member OF Parliament.
| 1t Is said that the remnants Of the Washington
! Chronicle to be bought by OF the proprie-
tors OF the Burlington lUau1eve, who contenplates
| the establishment o; model newspaper at the
! Capital.
| t'Take carc,' said friend to Marshal Mac
| Mahcn, "Jules Simon s politician that climbs.
| Some fine morning you may wake up and fud him
| on your pillow" ''No fear Of that" responded
| the President; 'my little iron camp-bcd.tead Is
barely big enough for one.''
There was IN is1eyerent man At the ''Fore-
fethcrs dinner in New York who toasted the Puri-
tan mothers. on the ground TINT they we're COM
PEELED to endure not only the Inconvenience Of q
rigorous climate and the horrors Of savage warfare,
but wore evil, the Pilgrim fathers.
There has been considerable inquiry in England
to how far color blindness the part Of engine
drivers, resulting in the wrong Interpretation of
angersignals, is responsible for recent accidents
Some companies require all applicants for poai-
tons to he examined By surgeons. and their power
Of distinguishing colors to be asccrtainec.
good story OF Mr.. Charles r. Thorue, Jr., OF
the Union Square Theatre, for which Celia Logan
is responsible is that in the early days he cast
for the part Of Francisco, and had not time to
make himself 'tdead-lettcr pcrfect-'' So he made
himself 'roush-pcsfect, ~ and when he was asked
''Havc you kept quiet guard:'' replied. ~ Amt
seen micc.'
Col. Ellis Spear, the new Commissioner of Pat
ents, is L Maine man, native Of Warren, and is
1bont II years OF age. He is graduate OF Bow
doin He enlisted in the War Is private, was
speedily promoted to the rank Of Colonel, and
served to the end OF the War, He first entered the
Patent Office as clerk, and has gradually worked
his way up until he now becomes head OF the De-
partmcnt.
The new Senator from New Jersey seems to be q
sort Of Eastern Hoxic. having made his money in
livestock, and seeking political preferment for Its
own sake rather than because there has been any
ardent desire on the yart VI the people to elevate
him. The New York papers openly Intimate that
the New jersey man, Mcpherson by name. bought
his scat He is immensely wealthy, and sound
Democrat
..Brother Swing is bright, II remarks the Spring.
neld Repu1lifQa, +4but not universal, or he
wouldn't let his Alliance commend Essipod7s p1ay-
Ing because tho word p:ano means soft, and she
knew the name Of the piano, and made it speak
its fo:co1dained language That il just half the
name Of the instrument; the other half IS forte,
loud. We suppose great many persons enjoy
the came innocence Of the full title Of the plano
forte"
An old massachusetts fami1y placed on record In
Essex County, the first day OF the new year,
deed 80 years old, conveying certain tract OF
land from John Winthrop, hon Of Gov. Winthrop,
to Samuel sv1aouds The deed was written and
signed three years before the recording Of deeds
WIS required BY Inv Of the Colony, and 1t re-
mained undisturbed among family papers for nearly
two centuries and half. The record OF It WAS the
first Of the year 1877 in Essex County.
Fashionable young ladies and gentlemen will be
terested in hearing from Mrs. Hoopers Paris let
ter to the Philadelphia Telegraph that one Of the
leading dancing -tcachers OF Paris+ H. Perrin, Is
making fortune by giving the Paristans lessons IN
the Boston, That popular American dance was
taught to the Professor by one OF the 0cles OF Inc
American colony. lie introduced 1t ut TrousiI'e
last GUNNER, where it became popular, and every
one rushed to learn sic Boston" Now 'lc Bos-
ton" aeurcs prominently on his prospectus, aud
bids fntr to become rluch the rage rs the polka
WAS In Its day.
Tho bill against N. Courbet, the Communist
natnte,. for the overthrow OF the Column Of Ven"
donoe has been made out by the French 8oFesE-
mont It amounts to SOS, 900. The most e1tfaor-
binary mart of the affair is that ID. CouEoet'
throneh his lawyer, has protested against the
as excessive and asked 10 have the separate
Items examined by an expert OF h's own chooslns'
This fact seems Indicate that the artist means u
ACCEPT the situation aud pay OF the Indebtedness
hsa poaAeAoA*
Franco. His works still command high prices even
in the Parisinn markets.
The exact circumstances Of the Nawab Nazin
scandal referred to few days ago, have not CONC
~ 1jrht. but more il known than .saa then men
+,oned appears that the Sawah has an income
of e7o. 600 pc. annum allowed him BY tne ont,sn
Government He went over to England Tor tne
nurposc of getting half million or 80 more ncIa
hr the Government for his family and IN hle ei,
fo,s to secure this prize he employed as agenn a
@o,ts of persons. A member Of Parliament Emu
several newspaper editors snd correspondents ase
n,n1,rsted. among the latter, it is safo' tne cee'
bra.ed .4Bull- Run ~ Russell
Mr. Conw.y's last letter from London eon.a,n' .aa
the Following: '*By the death OF LORD Nea'es' s
Scor,and loses one of thoee good takers anu capl
fal storyte1lers who still grow best IN Inc tcso
of Edinburg, but arc becoming TOO rev ..,.. e..A
there. He was the youngest OF circle o. r1.s,
,rhoae chief was Dean Ramsay, and nao oeea -
transmitted to be the chief Of younger 1lan ~
hrr,or;sts-aIbeit he had close compeIto' :" -
Todrson. who was regarded as the best alnne..
.a15e t,ter and wit IN London, until ne "as nloe
troyeseor at Edinburg. Was once present ~ !"
cornn.nr where Lord Neaves sat near Cat'5ie, Sno VIZ
1suchcd so that some ono had to Whisper ~ ntA4
thar he 1a. not letting Carlyle eat any olnnes'