, 1877-08-04
PERSONAL.

bringing an action for 1fhe agninst Mr. NaRkin on
account Of opinions EXPRESSED wIth rusarl to tho
artist and his works.
DR.. Henry Draper. Of 1IassingH-on.the-
Hudson. has discovered that somo of tho b,lcht
lines In tic solar spectrum nrc produced by The Il.
nit.nn of non.,uctallio substances. Ills expcs.
ncns' seem 10 provo that Oxygen at least Is one of
the SUMS constituents.
Dr. Domer, of Berlin. wrote to tho Pan.
Presbyterian Conncil At Edlnbnr1: 'sThn prc.hy.
tcrian Churches represent tho mnscu1ar system, il
tho great bosly Of Evangelical christlanIty,-
principle Of powerful motive and Initiative"
Nrr. j. s. Haven, an abla anti roputar
English landscape .p"intcr. was recently drowned
nt tIastech while Gathng. lie was 10 years Of age
and rarely had The places at tho tloyal Academy
Exhibition to which, his frIends claim be Wa
entitled.
Now that Barnum lns gone, aud there can
be NOT danger Of giv,ns him snpernnous adrcr,lrng
wo feel tustEhcd In dlrcctfnR tho nttGn,ion Of Mr
Htchart Grant white to lhc phrase In tho adver.
tisomcnts describing tho c'Fcas as "thc new and
osfY grcntc4t show on eafth."
4 second volume Of critical miscellanies By
John Mos1cy haa been published In Loadon. Ths
most noteworthy essay Included In lhls collection
ia that on Macautay, which is said to be remark
nbl0 p'cco Of icon0cfasm, a1d a. such. pleased or
scinlullxcd good many people al IL Grst appear
aner.
lfr. Charles G.. 1.elnnt1 {" Hans Dreit-
mann''} has presented 10 the urtlAh Museum
facsimile Of President LIncotn'a Proclamation Of
Emaneipatlon This fac -sfnale boars the Rcnaihs
sguaturcs OF President Lincoln and Secretary Sew.
ard, anu Ia ono of thoac ssued during tho Sanitary
fair pptto1.
Henry W. Hillinrsl, of Georgia, who Ia 10
bo appointed Minister to Brazil. was born In South
Fn rrtin hnAt II hnn, In Srnf H.
was chafgu sl'A1atses At belgium during tho Ad-
mint4tratlon Of President Tyler. liz represented
tho Second District Of Alabama In tho Twenty.
ninth, Thfrtfcth, and Thlrty-nrst con4rcsscs a. i
Whig, and was beaten at tho last election by Hen.
y II. 11arns, Democrat, Hho was rc.elcctci.
Mark Twain n1ade a speech on the occa-
e!on Of the production In Ssw York Of ha play,
"Ah Sfn." lie said tho mana1ers had cut out und
cnt out from the pay N lrat written. and The mora
theY cut out tho better the ulay became. Alask
said he never saw play that WAS 10 much Imprus.
Cd by being cut down; and hu believed It would
hovu bgen ono OF tho very best plays tn the world
II thu mana ;ers strength could hayo hcll ont 70
that they could hare cut out tho whole Of 1t.
John IIabbcrton writcy 1cttor to tho
London Atheh0Hns on tho subject Of "Copyrslt
and copYwrong," calling attention 10 tho Intnstce
that has been done him BY tho unauthorized pub
licntton In England Of his little book. 'Othcr
Pcaplc'a Chlaren." 1t ia n PLEASURE to SCI this
matter taken up from tho American s!ds, and
t1calad with something teds than tho accrhty which
characterized the Irttcra Of Charles Dickens and
! Charles lscade In tho trst stages Of thu cpn-
| ttuvc4y.
slr. E. Y. Smiley haa bsen to visit Slr.
l1atstead At tho Office Of the Cincinnati Cosanst'.
ciat, snl ho believes taa latter 10 probably tho
hardest worker Of all tho men who control great
newspapers. Ilc writes moro editorial matter thua
any Ut hia associates, reads ali tho Important
| changes. dota Ills xcIssorlng, aud seldom goct
ho.np until tho paper has bcen put to prcas. MI
hour Of II just before midnight. when he tahe&
bis supper At restaurant across tho way frUm hEa
oacc, aud, IT hs has visitor, cracks bottiu o.
| champagne 10 keep tho molecules a-mostng.
Afr. Samuel Warrcn, whose death was re.
Gently announced BY cabla was the author Of ''Tcu
thousand Year" and ''The Diary Of phyal.
ctau." Ills other literary works arc pot widely
known. IIc was born In WAies in May. 1Bo7, and
hence was 10 ycarH Of ago at tho time of bis ea.h.
liz studied medicine At Ednours, not for tha pur-
posc O! becoming physician. but because 1t wM
his belief frequently emptsslzed In atos life, thIt
| tho studies embraced In tho curficus OF medical
schools should form part OF evcEy liberal clu ca
ton. In 1878 ho cntetod hIn,aelf ~ law.student
Of the Inner Tsmple. Londun, and in 1887 was
| called TO the Bar.
The investigation before tho Legislative
Committee In regard to tho management knd dLscl.
piins Of tho State Workhouso 1t Hr!dgrwatet.
Mass.. Aas brought mt remarkable man. IIc II
o. years old. has bcen inmate 1t vartous poFlodf
OF mis- lifa OF no less Than dozen public iastl.u
ttons, Including In tho ltst four insane asylunaas
Ave or NIX county tA,1s and houses OF correction
tho u.tdgewatct Workhouse. aud Tho State Prison
1t Chsflrstown. In his opintou tho stato Prison
IL tho most comfortable place ho &ot into. and
he would like 10 60 thess agnlu. Tho insane
asylums do mol sus him At I'll. hut tho Woskhoass
makes him serT comfortable residence.
Edward Garrett hns written book en-
titled *tpoing and Dreaming" which IL highly
commended by sou,a OF tho London reviews. Ona
ano paragraph IL especially ptalsoA; "Waa shsss
ever xacxadee whseh 1t scmo tine In H. h,stus7
did not ssem too dsatf What great man who ha1
ffced country has not turued dlsgusted from lhe
! ulckeeing aud pettiness Of IL politics, To regret
tho gfarcs which wtss dled 10 buy such fIeedouis
There must nut ~ too much counting Of tho cost
In our beginnings. II IL well that w cannot 80
soma Of the near consequences Of ous hcE0tsns+ Ut
they would remain unpertormed- II wu could ses
al their consequences, and the consequences Of
=. THAR consequences. that might have = dlnerens
| effect"
Aiiss Anna Boyle, thu latess xep~~~;;s~ts.
tive Of .f4ii4s tn Now York, snd prettxes o.
Grace Greenwood, clsims 10 bo only II years o.
axe. bat cold, cruel man named Thomas Dua1
writes 70 the 6nx that she u rs having been born
A. K1an, in shs County Of Rossasnnan. In lea's,
whore hs had tbs pleasure Of 6aiug her next.do's
netghbor. Duty has no soul, aud 10 poetry, aud
no appreciation OF romance; aud 1t IL impossible
that suth = sosdfd creature should Be jodco o.
acting or hare any ec9nAlntARcS With oue OF shak.
speare's hesofaes. II hsr uamo Il BoJls. "Th't
which W. cali = rosa, says juliet. "by any ether
uaus would smcll - sweet, Aad the equston h.
txssa Anna poyls and Julst. copults msy bs ron.
plc&s, howsver aged aud inarua thia creature o'
| Elda. Heseommon County, known To Thomss