New-York tribune., 1879-04-23
PERSONAL.

1t is said TO be by no means certain that NJ.
! Capoul will come TO New-York, as was announced
The last poem written by the late Bayard
! Taylor-wJh the exception Of the one On Bryant-was
! an airy and dainty biz oi music caled "The Imp 0,
sprngimc" II viii appear with an appropriate Illus
| Tatton IN H0rpe"'s Weekly IN about two weeks.
| Vicomtcsse Yieicr, once S0rhy Cruvelli, the
famous prma donna, in imminent danger recently
AT her house Nice. She reading i'm Ded when the
curtains caught Gre from tho candle. She at first
tempted to cxtingish the DANES herself but d!d not
succeed aud had 10 call for assistance. The lreMen
and detachment OF soldiers ltoT tie garrison were
sOan on SPOT, but before the fire cOud pe eXtiu-
g-hel the whole OF the furniture IN the room Was ue-
sTOyed.
NJ. Soeilet. French explorer is travelling
through Africa in a remarkably primitive fashion. Hls
sole transport Is mule Of great dociity and
bis only escort servant lie never arms
and adapt, himself ,he habits and customs OF the
tribes through which Lie passes eats ami dresses they
do and - he speaks the language OF he country he
fqds 40 difficulty in keeping fren y terms with tie
blacks. lie advances very slowly, stopping al every
village hu ac cs and rcntorn- any services he can 10
! the inhabitants
Among the belongings Of the late Madame
| Bouaparte was once an envelope containing bIt Of
paper and three laurel leaves from th" crown with
which France decorated Y0ltIre Vhcu ne came home
! from Germany die ON the bt of paper, says The
Baltimore American in d small, peculiar bat perfectly
ecble hand, without punctuation. and without being
marked % IA poctcal lines, Ii written;
j. seal bien que jc desire
Mal- tc he scaIs pas ct que
Je ieIay Je 5uls maladc Je
SQUIRE de Ia tete aux iied5
II ny que mon cwur oc
SON, et celia nest p'n Hen.
These were the as lines Of NOl,airC and written
! by his own hand upon the scrap oi paper.
Queen Victoria makes frequent excursions on
Lake Mlggiore, aud amusrs herself making pencil
sketches Of the beautiful scenery along It's shores. \
fortnight ago she slipped the chateau at Bayeuo
unoDserved aud accompanied only by the Princess Bea
trice. The two ladies dressed in black walking
OF the simplest style. and succeeded III enjoy
ing themselves foot aud IN the open without
embarrassmeuts OF court etiquette. Nobody recognized
them and tbcy strolled along for hour chatting wltI
the washerwOmen who were at work the shore. The
Queen speaks Italian WELL and was delighted 20 Md she
could understand the dialect OF the LOmJardy peasants
Before returning 90 their apartments they visited the
stables and her Majesty tried her Italian tail coach
man whom she supposed TO De a native. The poor
was in fact an Englishmau who dia not understand
word OF language Uut MS own, and he silent
and suf telegraph pole while the Queen tax
burst iuto "a hearty laugh aud returned the Chateau
greatly pleased with the success OK ner incognlto.
Miss Thursby has made IN enyiable success
in Paris All the critics uuio In praisng her voice and
execution. Fyaro calls her another Patu. LAri HuSI
cQ-which by the way credits her with being udei
ON one side from an Old Knlcker-BOOker" " family
says that sne ls in concert without rival. lie AK
Steele praisng her voice, which IL declares sac
manages with skin and grace, also that she
isuiugy pretty. Ls Sport speaks OF the sweet vibrating
tiBbre OF her voice. aud VI it, great hrN0lty lie Pe
JotJ1aI praises her not only for technical power, bit
for feeling and expression Tie PGriSJou mention
ing first her charming voice ana her musical cultivation
says that sang air of Mozart aud theme vita
variations of PrOch, and adds that she the FIRST
with taste aud simplicity msryeilOusy appropriate
to Mozarts styl. ana the second with ease fex
ibility, strength and certainty o. attack which won
hearty aud unanimous applause" lie Ggu!ois says that
she is on the way become one among the most cee-
brated siugers lie R0ppe declares that che talent
OF the family OF Patti and AD1ni and that her
OF the metal forged IN the same school ChGIrdri
SAYS that with her nrst notes conquered au-
dlehce and lie Temps and IL heBostr6! fu uf her
gifts ana graccs. Her audience recalled and recalled
her aud certainly Alban ign singer has
had such flttorins success IN the French Capital
Some curious anecdotes are told of NJ Nau-
Iabelle the historian ana Minister OF 1s4S who died
the other day. Alphonso Karr relates that when he
went to call the Minister Of Public Instruction
he could hnd neither ,ssenger u clerk 20 AN
nounoe him. He wandered from room to ROOM and at
last strong smell OF tobacco made him suspect that the
Minister not far OF. In fact NJ. Vaulabolle was
smoking In bed and reading the newspapers,
ON being invited to breakfast, Alphonso Karr