The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-14
Men and WOman.

This was told OF Gilbert White, the natural
ist of Selborne, by one of his nephews: His
old servant came TO him one day aud said,
''Please, sir, I've been and broke glass"
"Broke glass, Thomasi How did you do
that?'' 'Tll show you, sir" So he went and
brought wine glass which he threw on the
floor saying "Thats how 1 broke IL, SIR"
There, go along, Thomas. You are great
fool" said his master; and then muttered,
Sand was as great a one for asking such Q
foolish question"
Ex-Secretary Bristow, who is now staying
with his family at the Brevoort House. has de-
cided to remain In New York. He has formed
law partnership with Gen. Fl. T. Barnett,
Mr.. William Pset, and Mr.. w. s. Opdyke, un-
der the name of Brstow, Pset, Barnett s.
Opdyke. The firm will begin business about
the first of October and will have its Office at
No. 20 Nassau street. When Mr. Bristow was
appointed solicitor general of the United States
he had one of the largest practices in the West.
He has been retained for the last two years in
most of the important cases before the Ken.
lucky courts.
General Grant, when in Moscow, attended
dinner given by Prince Dolgorouky. aud tasted
the famous sterlet of Russia. 1t Is q rather ex-
pensive fish, one large enough for ten persons
costing SlS. The general afterward attended .
fete in park, where soma acrobats performed
extraordinary feats. One of them placed four
bottles on . high table, and on top Of these q
chair, which he balanced sideways while he
stood on his head on ons corner of it. He kept
repeating this, adding one chair at time until
he got five on top of eaah other, and still
showed no signs Of stopping; but Gen. Grant
got up and walked away, saying he would
rather read the death 10 the paper than to Wit
ness it,
Charles Reade is 81 years old; Jacob Abbot,
rs; Edmund About, 80; William T. Adams.
(Oliver Optic Sc; A. B. Alcott, 70; T. B. AID
rich, AZ: Bsrtholdl lAusrbach. SO; George Ban
croft, 78; Robert Browning, &c; Carlyle, SO; s.
L. Clemens Mark Twain) 43; G. w. Curtis,
"a; r. Fl. Dana, 91; Darwin co. Disraeli, 70;
Hepworth Dixon, 81; Emerson, rs; j. A.
Froude, 60; w. e. Gladstons Sc; Bret Hsrte,
80; j. q. Holland, SO; DR.. Holmes, 60; Julia
Ward Howe, 80; Thomas Hughes, IS, T. II.
Huxley, 50; George Eliot, So; Longfsllow, IL;
Benson j. LOSING, 65; Donald G. Mitchell, Sc:
Max Muller, IS; James Parton, Sc; Mayne Reid,
60: Renan, 55; Ruskin, So; John G. SAKE, g.;
Mrs. Stowe, &c; Tennyson, SO; Anthony Troll
lope, 63; Whittier, IL; Wilkie Collins, SO; SWIM
burne. Al; William Black, 81; NJ. F. Topper,
6S; W. D. Howells, Al.
In its review of the volume of Punch car
toons of Lord Beaconsfeld, tho Spectator says
that Punch's conception of the premier is al
ways the same-that Of the clever and some
what impudent mountebank. 1t further says
there can be no doubt at all that he has super
stitious faith in personal destiny. "He is
mountebank of genius; bat nountebank with
a deep belief in his race. himself aud his des.
tiny. 1t is this which has colored all his life,
from his first shrill warning to the House of
Commons that one day he would make them
hear him to his recent policy in relation to the
East. The few ideas he has have a tenacious
sort of hold over him. His dreams get little
way at least toward actual life-too near, BY
far, for the good OF England-but also enough
to show that with all the cynicsm and trickery
in Lord Beaconsfisld, he is q semi-clairvoyant
dreamer, who dreams himself into history as
well as into power"
There is pretty story the effect that Ad-
miral Sir Edward Inglefeld, when q young
officer had the luck on one occasion to be par