The New York herald., 1879-02-26
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.


Mr. Marshall lowell. of Hartford is at the Brevoort
House.
Count Andrassy keeps Austria from being the
eneany of Russia. ts
The Atlanta Constitution says that Alexander H.
Stephens permits too free Of his name By
patent medicine men.
At skating carnivals in Vienna. at which Princess
Mctternich is prominent figure. the fashionable
beverage is mixed rum and tea
Isaac Butt the Irish home rule leader. is suffering
from acute bronchitis consultation Of ply yscians
on Monday pronounced his symptoms favorable.
Chicago Triblne:--"The New YORK HERALD calls
Ohio the pale pancake of the universe. The HERALD
evidently regards Ohio as the Buck and not the
Buckeye State.
A Paris despatch to this mornings London Stun
darf says ex-President NIacMahon is suffering from
ophthalmia. which is said to be complicated with
serious general symptoms.
The Ha,ie. of Rome. yesterday revived the report
that Queen Victoria will visit the Continent this
spring. going first to Italy, where she will spend
some time ut Baveno. She will sftcrward. IL says.
visit Coburg and Darmstadt.
NJ Leminens is founding at Malincs. Belgium. .
school for tho study of Gregorian music and for tho
instruction of the younger clergy. The scheme has
been approved at Rome; and Nine. Lemmens-
sherrington will leave England for Malines.
Colonel Fay. the deputy chief of the French
General STAFF was aide.decamp to General Bosquet
in the Crimean campaign. lie wrote brilliantly
about military affairs in the Crimca. well about
the military organization of Prussia; and he sug
gcsted after Sadowa that France might feel alarmed
"Mephisto." the mechanical chess player which
excitcs attention in London because OF its brilliant
playing. has hole in its back into which one may
thrust cane at any time during its performances.
The moves of the figure are made with its gioved
right hand. and for CHECK ii taps the opponent
king The mechanism Is said to be under the chair.
Norrstown Herald Reading aashy dime novels
induced New York boy to steal s75 from his father
and away from homo to cxtcrminate the Indians.
such books should be suppressed. Reading religious
book induced a Philadelphia boy to 20 into the cellar
and hang himself Such books shohld-that IL. such
boys should not read such books"
The Austrian Parliament house is to be provided
with new machine for voting. invented by the well
known engineer. Mayrhafcr. member by press
ina n handle '.ycs or ''no," ON his desk berates .
hall which falls into an urn behind the President.
and ut the same time reveals the number OF the
voter in a board the wall Fraud In voting Is
impossible. ana the time occupied ia two minutes
New Orleans Ifcayune:--"wc do not see that
the people Of the Southern States can do any
bcttcr than TO support an amendment to the
constitution absolutely prohibiting, In future. the
payment Of any claims arising out of the civil war.
The existence of these claims and the pcrtinacity
with which they pressed are continual source
of irritation to the country and are calculated to
bring unjust discredit on the SOUTH
London Worid:--"Thc tempcstuous outbreaks and
gusty impulses OF an impcrous head of the house
move one to marvel by what strange law of nature
the scanly side OF the cloth Is often reserved
the special cdhcation Of the home circle. Hegel
parrcd the proverb that no man is hero to his
paet ie chambre, with the tn 1t because
the valet was q valet. not because the hero
hero. But the fierce light of home criticism is apt
to discover the clay feet which support the ap-
parcntly gded idol Break the crust Of social
Journalism and you will, in few cases. find that
sweet reasonabencss Is assumed only to meet the
unconpromisng necessities of professional claims
or fashionable iutercourse."