Daily globe., 1879-07-13
Items Of Interest.

the property Of the three succeeding Hen
rvs. It has just been sold in Paris for
$15,2OO.
sadowa, the beautiful horse ridden by
the Emperor William at the battle Of
Koennigggratz, has just died Old age
made her feeble and she had to be killed
to spare her further suffering. The ani-
NAL has been stuffed.
There is short but pathetic an
nouncement in the English papers. Ten
nyson's sister-in- law, the widow Of his
brother Charles Tennyson Turner, has
followed her husband to the grave after
an interval Of a very few weeks.
Mr.. Alvan CLARK, Of Cambridge, the
leader Of the telescope makers of the
world, is now seventy six years old, and
still full OF energy and skill For forty
years Mr.. Clark was portrait painter,
and earned $4,000 by his art before he
began his telescope experiments.
The memorial to Bayard Taylor-a
medallion Of the poet in gray marble
just presented to the University, has been
received with fitting ceremony. Under
meath the medallion is the inscription
Lecturer Oh German Literature with
the dates Of his birth and death.
Sir Garnet Wolseley, whoI has now come
to still higher honers, and responsibilities,
hardly looks the strong commander that
he is. He has q very slender figure, and
there is something wonderfully pleasing
rather than masterful about his express
sion. He has a bright face, gray hair.
and quick, yet womanly eye.
The Rev. Samuel s. Harris, the new
Episcopal Bishop Of Michigan, was, for
several years, successful lawyer in this
city. To enter the church had been an
early impulse, and at last he yielded to
it. and began his theological studies un-
del Bishop Potter. He has been for four
years the rector of the largest and wealth.
lest congregation in Chicago He IS the
son Of wealthy Alabama planter, and is
thirty-eight years old.
Sir David Dundas, who, after Disraeli.
Lord sBeaconsfeld's s father, was the great
est bibliopole who has lived in these lat
ter days, says that the three works, save,
Of course, the Bible, which have gone
through the greatest number of editions,
were ode imatatione Christi" commonly
attributed to st. Thomas Kempis, ssThe
Pilgrims Progress of John Bunyan, and
.Uncle TOMS Cabin by Mrs. Beecher
Stowe. s.4
The German Emperor is in good spirits,
and is transacting public business in spite
or his accident Of two weeks ago. This
accident was said to have been caused by
his foot suddenly slipping on the pol
ished floor of his study. He fell heavily
to the ground, and so injured his right
knee that blood Immediately began to
flow. He is to apt to forget his weight
OF years, and cannot be induced to trans
fer permanently even the least part of his
sovereign responsibilities to his son. n
The story Of Regnault's celebrated pic
ture OF Salome isan interesting one It
was first simply an untitled head painted
from Roman model. One day Fortuny
entered Regnault's studio when he was
painting, and stood smoking and looking
first at the picture and then at the model.
Then silently he walked across the room,
took down from the wall a great brass
dish and Turkish dagger, put them in
the models lap, arranged the drapery,
and said: "Piece your canvas, paint her
that way and call her Salome." Reg
nault followed the great Spaniard's ad-,
vice, and d'Salome made success.
Mr.. Edwin Booth is quoted as writing
thus to the prosecuting attorney at Chi
cago: 81 trust that our friend Gray may
become gray indeed yea, positively
hoary- -headed-in kind but careful con-
finement, or if earlier released, that his
exit may be from this earthly stage of his
dramatic exploit to that celestial scene
where idiots cease from shooting and
actors are at rest. If he be ever again at
liberty my own life I shall not value
worth a rush. But Il hope his Elgin
guardians will not be deceived by his
seeming harmlessness.
A pretty little domestic scene is de-
scribed in the local columns of The UtSca
Herald. One Of the matrons Of Rome
has talent for wax works. Her husband
boasted that he could invariably tell at a
glance that her work was artificial. She
remembered his partiality for 'boiled
dinner" and determined to make one in
wax. The vegetables and meat were
made and set before him at dinner; and
with keen relish he struck out for the
platter before him. Lo! twas false din
ner. BE frankly acknowledged that he
was duped and with admirable docility
handed his pocket book to his W ife.
At the funeral of the late Baron Lionel
de Rothschild the first three spadefuls of
earth were thrown in by the eldest son Of
the deceased, $50 that he might fulfil the
duty Of burying his dead" The other
kinsmen followed in their order then
members of the congregation. AS the,
coffin was lowered those present Joined
in the words: "May he come to his ap-.
pointed place in peace and plucked a
few blades of grass before they left, say
ing in acknowledgement of the resurrec-
ton: "And they shall blossom forth from
the ruins like the dust Of the earth"
The late Baron Lionel de Rothschild,
the head Of the English house of Roths-
childs, was a man most generous in Civ
ing. Enormous as his income was, it is
said that more than 1.-THE Of it was ap-
piled in charitable works. He never pro-
claimed his charities, however, and often
made it condition of a gift that it should
not be published. Bound to his seat as
he was by physical suffering, which made
his manner varying and sometimes harsh,
so that the temper Of Baron Rothschild
grew to be something watched like the
weather Tor its influences on the Stock
Exchange, he found his relaxation in
giving, and his eyes gllstened when he
heard that his aims or his influence had
been benefcially bestowed
a youth. oven though he be titled
ruler, finds it hard to resist "good clethes,"