, 1877-08-19
PERSONAL

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She finds them remarkably handsome
EEsta6ete appeals to the troubled pol
teians Of Paris to t'oreaaize first and quarrel al
te.wards, il 1t is Absolutely necessary to quarrel
all".
The New York Post intimates that Howell
has never asked foE foreign appointment, an
pe1e. thought Of one, for the simple reason tha
heis kinsman Of president Hayes.
H. Gustaye Do-e, who recently returnet
from London to Paris, is working on co1o.sa
vasc, o-nnmeuted with 150 figures, and in1cndc
for the great Exhibition OF next year.
The London Spectator compliments tn
K<us fof It's achievement OF telegraphing graphic
description six columns long, Of the battle befor
P1eyna in time for publication tNo days after tn,
event.
Shirley n. France, the actor, has beer
taken to hospital for the insane While mem
ber OF the Boston Theatre company some 5ears ag<
he c7adpated at the head Of his class in the uar
ward Medical School.
Sarah Jewett's "Deenhaven is com.
mendcd by the English wceklics, because not
single young man appears In the whole course oi
tic Story The book Is said to be amazingly i'm
provedby the omission.
The Nation observes sporhyely that Prot.
William Matthew'S ''Hours with Men and Books u
ie "a collection OF well-worn about literary
nsn stFung upon lines Of thought that are more
than commonly commonplace"
Mapleson's Grand Opern-Hons on the
Thames embansment is IN trouble for want of a
roof. Abont S4Oo, 600 have been expended on the
building thus far, and the roof will cost $780, 900
more. The money is not forthcoming
The New York papers find fault with Sena-
tor Conkling's geography, merely because he de-
ecribed Albany, his '|birth-p;ace spot, standing
at the mouth Of the Mohawk and the head OF the
Hudson" when 1t stands neither in one place nor
tue otaerA~
N. Pd eur and Dr. Bastith1n are engaged at
Paris in series OF experiments to ecttlc the ques
uon to the spontaneous development OF germs
Dr. Bastian is an Englishn,an, II. rastcur
Frenchmuu. The latter has offered the former the
of Lis laboratory. The courtesy Of the net is
much admired.
"A French paper has n good hit at current
superstition: *'Two friends ncet-one discovers 4
peculiar odor. -Sapsisti. What is tnat:' Super
ssitious friend with penchant for gambling-* Ah!
am going to St. Sebastian, anu am taking dead
rat in my pocket They tell me there il nothing
brings luck like that"
According to II. Perrin an eighth or
tenth portion Of the French army is incapable OF
doing good service In consequence OF inuistinc1
vision. u. Perrin formally proposes to remedy
this by tho adoption Of spectaces. 1t is affirmed
that spectacIes useful, if not Indispensable to
II per cent Of the officers coming from the Eco1e
Polytechniqne.
Tie statue Of the Prince Of Wales to be
erected in Bombay in commemorntion Of his Royal
Highness' ris}t to the Presidency is now nearly
completed. The statue which il equestrian, rep
rescnts his Royal Highncss in his uniform OF
Field Marshal. The entire cost Of the undcr1ak-
ine has been dcfsaJed By the Parsee. OF the Bom-
bay Presidency
The gentler sex will be glnd to hear TINT
nci1hc. first nor second prize in trnecdy was car-
1icd of at the examination OF the Paris Conserra-
tory this year by ty7ant man. In the class Of
women pupil Of II. Dressant obtained second
prize NJ. Barral and Nile CoFriere obtained first
prizes in comedy, and Mile. Slsos second prize.
No sccond prize WAS awarded among tho men.
Tho last two stanzas of William Cullen
BryaRts Beai:~.ton poem arc "a follows:
q e:mSat Slos ;as:s asid. asan.
To wear the placid s1niIc OF peace.
Tet here beside that battlefield, |
p6a 1, 1s 3 12n c taoI or f.s w9 t1Sad e
Our blood snail steep the ground We tread.
Gen. N. P. Banks has made an affidavit I
denying the charges Of john q. Thompson OF |
adultery with his wife Privately he says in rcla-
ton to the charges: ''Thcrc ii not word Of |
truth so fur concerned" The many
friends OF the General have expressed confidence
in him since the publication OF the scandal, cs-
pecially his most intimate associates ut Waltham. |
The Nation SAWS: ttThe late Beujamin
P. Hunt, Of PHILADELPHIA, who WIS native Of
Massachusetts, and who died In February, be-
queathcd his invaluable collection Of works relat |
inr to the West Indies. and particularly to Haytl
to the Boston Public Library The twenty fifth |
snnual repo. Of that institution. just issued, con-
sa1ns a short sketch OF Mr. Hunt, who was an nm
ostentalious but devoted friend Of the colored
sace."
Mr. George William Curtis, writing of
oeicial precedence in his Easy Chair, says: |
- Senator gave dinner. and when the moment
arrived, he turned to the senior Senator OF the
United States, who was present, and asked him to
hnnd ont the lady OF the house. But see the
Secretary Of State replied the senior. NO gucst
In mr. house takcs precedence OF the senior member
of the body that makes Secretaries Of State, WIS
the lofty rep1y.''
The Lady Mayoress Of London, Miss Ada
Louisa White, was to hare been married Aug.
with Mr. Cecil Herbert Thornton Pr1ce, partner In
Scandinavian mercantile firm. The ceremony
was to take place IN St. Pauls, and was expected
the assemolaee on the occasion would be Tery
numerous and fashionable 1t had been arranged
euat Tue nuplla!s 6QOuld DC Ce1fplAtGu " t1c Eu-
bishop Of Canterbury, part in the services being
also taken by the bishop Of Elf and Canon Lid
don.
An historical drnma, entitled t<Perrinet
Leclore, having brought The French stage AZ
traitor to King and country Marshal dean de VII
Hers, who hourieted 400 years ago, I'M action for |
defamation has been instituted BY his alleged de-
scencant n. de Tlllicrs, Of Isle Adam; but the
Tribunal, without inquiring into his ancestry, |
nonsuited him, on the ground that novelist or
playwright is entitled to borrow real nsu1cs and
mix up fact and felton, provided he does not give
well.known parsonage character altogether op- s
poeed to historical truth
The London Times says: "Lady Shang-
ford has just published statement accounting for
the large OF EOS, S92 1nt1usted to her By the
pnhlic for the relief OF the Bu1RaHans-" The &C.
counte. vouchers etc. were in five different Ian
cua;ea, and involved fluctuations In metal and ! T
pape: eu1reucies OF various denominations and ! r
Ealues. In order to hare them verified, they we're
placed in tic hands OF nrm Of celebrated London
previously, thay had been kept by =
Lady St.angford herself. She charged nothing for
her own expenses or those Of her servants from |
England and back, and during their stay Of eight
months In Bulgaria.