The New York herald., 1878-03-24
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

BOYS swimming in Texas streams
Give US the market basket OF our fathers
man grows beetle browod by hunting Tor potato
bugs
A Colorado caught the smallpox by handling
Mexican pclts.
Fatonia, Texas, has a we'll Of sour puckerus water
1t will soon be alum mode.
A few Arctic foxes have been shot the north Of
Scotland How did they got thsreP
Senator Jonos has begun to dig another hole In the
Comstock range. AL tho whilo he geeps singing,
''Baby mine.'
Moody and sankey reached New Havenyesterday and
Will begin to-day series OF meetings At the Tabernacle,
seating 5000, just built tor tho purpose
A private despatch rcccive At Quincy. Ill, from
Rev. Dr. Burgess OF Springfield, Mass; Announces hs
acceptance OF the newly created b,shoprc OF Quincy
Norristown Heratd:--Emerson says:-"A weed IS
plant whose virtues have not yet been discoveredm
II is clearly evident that Emerson doesn't chew the
sswoed"
United States Consul General to Japan General r.
Van Buren, has 50 far recovered from his recont
alarming illness be ablo for bis post and
will proceed Japan probably by the City of pokna
on April
Mr. Ellis Spear Commissioner Of Patents, on being
questioned iu relation rumor that the President
had requested hts resignation, aud that he had ton.
dered it, to take effect April l. says there IL truth
whatever Ia the statement
The President has recogniz ID the following Con-
suis:-A Nordcn, as Consul of the Netherlands at
Charleston; J. DO Bruyn Kops, as Consul Of the
Netherlands at Savannah; Bertrand Adone, a. viee
Consul of SWEDEN aud Norway at Galveston, Texas.
and William Belcher, Vice Consul OF Hayn At New
London Conn.
The Secretary OF tho Treasury has received In an
envelope, postmarkod Cincinnati, three 81 900 coupon
bonds, accompanied by a memorandum indicating
that this amount should be credited to tho Treasurer
OF the United States the bonds have been so thor.
ougnly cancelled that their serial numbers cannot DO
asccrtained. Eventually the amount will be credited
to the conscience fund.
Sir John Lubbock, one or the greatest as he is GER
taiLiy Of the most honest, OF scientists, would
prohibit ignorant men from putting out signs a.
.'dentists." good many quack dentists, initiating
surgeons who hacked limbs the neld during the
late civil war, think that tho first tooth that comes
should be the first served, which recently led est
crn newspaper man TO romark that ne left the dem
lists office at o tooth.hurty gait.
NJ. Biancon the celebrated Italian engineer archi.
teot, who has beon Superintendent OF Railroad Con-
sruct on FOR Turkey In Europe for many years. thus
gives the population OF Greece at the present tme:-
Lower Albania 1000 900; Thessaly, 500 900; Mace
donia 6OO. 900; Thrace (not including tho GREEKS
Constant ntinople) 500 900. Total. 100000. European
statesmen In general nave calculated Representatives
in the coming Congress on o basis OF 6, 0O0, 900.
An English writer calls attention to The fact that the
failure OF the potato Ireland in 1s46 gave almost
new population the United states and 70 the British
colonies This writer thinks that the millions OF
mon oppressed by famine In China are not dobarred
from migration great many OF thom will seek the
United States. Russia keeps the Cinnamon from
Europe; but only the Keeps him from western
America, where capital encourages him.
The phianthropisls are again cndcavoring to con.
vert criminals. Quo OF their arguments Is that the
criminals show ingenuity, skill and power creator
than quantities o mind possessed by detectives and
other pious pcope SD that tho detectives, the Aie.
lock inventors tho burglar alarm inventors and other
members Of the Young Mems Christian Association
are intellectually weaker than burglars tellers mur.
derers, headline writers for Chicago newspapers.
elopcrs, pickpockets and Georgia ministers
Colonel Alecsandri, formerly diplomatic agent OF
Rounania at London and Paris ADDRESSED long let.
ter to Prince Gortschakon, In which ho enthusiastic
caliy defended Roumania and protested against the
retrocesson of Boss sarabia to Russia. An astsch6
plying for the Prince said :--"You q poel; emf
mont, patriotic poet l congratulate you and youi
country in possessing you. am politician. Poetry
and politics are coequal branches OF social life, but
parallel and should not bc confoundod. ! must be
permitted to remain upon the territory which is
familiar me- that OF practical politics. II Is only
given to eagles 10 soar In The air."
London Truh:-''rhe prevailing taste has spread to
the commoner music halls, and now tho only songs
that arc listened to with patience consist OF a few
verses, entirely devoid Of any meaning whatever.
serving introduce chorus the point Of which con.
ssts in the repetition OF some paIpably immoral
double. .emtendre Some Of the older singers who had
gained adsscrvsd reputation for amusing powers OF
low comedy, arc compelled to pander TO the sickiy
TO cudgel his brains to invent some catch 70.
frain coarser and indecent than those Of h.s
brother artistic The successful songs caught up
by tho street boys, that lady scarcely walk
In any crowded part OF London without having them
bawled into hor CAR"