New-York tribune., 1878-06-21
PERSONAL.

The Rev. Phillips Brooks has resigned his
trusteeship of Smith College.
President Hayes viii attend the meeting of
solders and sailors OF the Ciy War at Newark Ohio.
July D. It is the anniversary OF the death Of General
Mcpherson.
General Grant and Mrs. Grant have been
spending a week IN Holland, as the guests OF
United States Minister Bney On the 18th ut they were
present at a dinner at which diplomats resident at
The Hague and the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Ho
land attended, and at reception in the evening both
given at the residence Of Mr. Brney and on the 18th
d dinner and reception given by the Minister for For
egn Affairs. They were invited 70 audiences by tho
several Princes aud grand military PaIeS TsS Ssrv TT
attention was shown by the Dutch to their distinguished
guests.
Sir Henry Thompson has recovered from the
illness which confined him TO his room for ten days and
ropirea him 70 submit TO an operation. Probably Sir
Henry's abstinence from alcohol had something to DO
with the ouckness and thOroughness Of his restoration
TO his usual vigorous health Anyhow his confinement was
shorter by ten days than his medical advisers predicted
it would be- and the surgical treatment occasoned the
smallest possible amount Of constitutional disturbance
10 the patient who his years, Of the youngest
looking and most active to be found in all London
His good nature IS equal 70 his yigOr tie mas very
lndly allowed public 70 make acquaintance Win ms
nnTyalled collection OF blue aud white china, wblch
worth many thousand pounds, and 10 the dehsh' 0
its owner.
The famous Ashley was an ignorant man,
without much taste for music. When he first started
his ridng-sohool he had no other music than drum
beaten by his wife. Afterward he employed fun band
One day, during a rehearsal, a performer suddenly
ceased playing Haow cried Ashley, addressing the
delinquent; whats the matter nOwP There's
rest answered the other. rcstp Ashley repeated
auerily don't pay you rest but TO play !" Though
he took care to have an excellent band with Well
qualified leader he nevertheless considered them more
as IN indispensable drain the treasury than useful
auxiliary the performance Any IOol' ne useu lu'
vsrjabT tn saw can handle fiddle, but it takes
to manage horse and yet nave 10 pay Ieo@ tIa.
plays upon fiddle as much salary as man that tue'
upon three horses"
George Combe did not lack for shrewdness.
II IA related In biography OF him recently published,
that medical man in Edinburgh with the help Of
friend who was painter, once modelled turnip into
the shape. of human head A east was taken from
this model and was forwarded to Combe, with the re-
quest that he would favor the sender with HIS OBJ
seryaons on the talents and dispositions indicated by
the head II was added that the cast was from the
skull of person OF uncommon character. Combe IN
santly detected the trick, and got Abram, who had
some reputation in his private circle as Verse-maker'
60 write parody the :" Man Of Thessaly," which
was pasted the brow OF the cast and theni vas ~
turned
There EGs gs, gs ws9 RsP %obaToas IG ES9Sqss9 %ss
He wen into turnp field
Aud cast about his eyes.
And when ne cast his eyes about
the turnips hnei
'That likeness bear TO NINE"
"s0 very like they are indeed.
No 8. ge I'm sure could know,
This turnip head which have on
those which there do grow"
He pulled a turnip from the ground
A cast frOm mit was thrOWni
Il 20 a Spurzheimlte,
And pgSsd it Tor has own
And so indeed IL truly was
HIS own every sense;
and Joke alike were made
All az his own expense
The author OF the attempted hoax called on the fol-
lowing day and assured COmbe tnat he had meant no
offence but only JEST COmbe replied tha II the author
was satisfied with his share OF the VIII no feeling OF un-
easness remained on the other side.
LONDON, June 20.-A Berlin dispatch says
an official bulletin issued this morning announces that
the condition OF the Emperor is satisfactory. He now
walks about his room.