The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Peter Cooper is in Washington.
Colonel Mostly will sail for Hong Kong early II
January.
The Bishop of Durham has resigned on account Of
i'll health.
Senator Patterson has recovered his health. but he
bangs his hair all the same.
Duke" Gwin of California, is candidate for the
secretaryship of the Senate.
Senator Dennis, of Maryland, is q candidate for
Secretary of the United States Senate.
Newest wit from London Pttnci:-"Amercas idea
Of arbitration Heads win, tails you lose"
Mr.. e. Bluhdorn. Secretary of the Austrian Lega-
ton at Washington. is at the Hotel Brunswick.
Seriously, now. this is from London f~n:-"The
Lord Mayor rules the city, but his cook, their ost.
(the roast)."
Colonel Pelton still declines to be interviewed
about the ciphers. He believes they are noughty.
but they're nice
leading Norwich citizen unable recently to
procure an ounce Of brandy from the city druggists
to the life Of his child and It died.
Philadelphia Buetin-.The Preside n; has scarcely
got ont OF the New Orleans Custom House muddle
before he shows disposition to put his Foote in it
again"
The Chicago Times has read one OF Taimaee's
mons. to its great horror, and it wants to know
whether Anthony Comstock has any rights in this
country.
Sidesplitting wit from London Judy:--"shepherd.
having lift-.Pay. boy. have you had much expert
ence in driving?' Farmers boy-Oh. yes alays
drives the calves"
Danbury yecs:-"Mrs. Welton has got divorce
from Mr.. Welton in Litchfeld 1t appears that Mr..
Welton tied her up with clothes line and poured
kerosene oil her. and threatened to illuminate
the surrounding country with her. as he could well
afford to do, oil is but twenty cents gallon
Saturday Rerle,u:-'A fall in prices, or, what is the
thing. scarcity and dearness of gold. 10 injur
Gus to industry. The great gold discoveries in Cali
fornia and Australia undoubtedly contributed
powerfully any other causes to the extraordinary
prosperity Of the generation that is drawing to
a close. In the way the working Of the mines
Of Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century promoted
the outburst of commercial activity then Witnessed.
Springfield Repubiicdn:''In ordering his wife's
coffin recently Birmingham farmer agreed to give
the undertaken half bushel OF wainMts in part pay
ment, and the day Of tho funeral while the lower
rooms Of his house crowded with mourners. lie
attempted to fulfil his part of the contract When he
reached the head of the stairs, however the bottom
of the measure dropped out and the nuts came clat
tering down, considerably disturbing the solemnty
Of the occasion"
An English critic says that very dull in general
society certain literary The habit OF con-
centrating the mind subject for length Of
time is not conducive to brilliant small talk But
people often astonished when writer who has
held his tongue for hours. if not days. suddenly
bursts into how OF interesting conversation, and
they say how agreeable he can be when he hkes'
They are entirely wrong, His usual dulness does NOT
proceed from desire to- be dull, but from inability
to be amusing. and his occasional flashes Of brilliant
conversation do not to his call st pleasure but
only when some subject is introduced with which he
happens to be specially conversant, and then undsS
peculiarly favorable circumstances