The New York herald., 1879-12-26
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

| the present executive chief
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
| Trouble Is as easily borrowed as an umbrella,
| If you would see Interesting architecture Of the
| long ago you will hnd It at Rouen. France
daughter of Justice Strong. of the United States
| Supreme Court, is studying art in Philadelphia
Wade Hampton Is thought by many to be the DEM
ocrat who will try to extinguish Blaine in the Sem
ate.
Senator Sharon paid taxes in San Francisco this
year to the amount of $4,000 He owns the Palace
| Hotel
Many elegant evergreen trees surrounding vacant
summer residences Baltimore were cut and sold
| by thieves for Christmas in the city. wv"
Mr. Eugene Hale arrived at Portland Me-. yester
day, from Iowa He is In good health and will take
his seat in the Maine Legislature at the opening
Captain Burton's "History Of the Sword" is said
to be nearly ready. The author has inspected
almost every great collection Of swords in Europe
The Pail Mall Gasctc believes TINT the comparstive
youth Of Pope Leo makes him of different temper
| Of mind from Plus *. who Q revolutionist,
! while Leo Is q diplomat.
President Hayes will leave Washington to-day for
short holiday visit to relatives in Planfeld, N. j.
He will stop night in PhiladelphM with ex-Mn-
lister Welsh. where he will meet General Grant.
| In one Of the towns Of Normandy is d sign over
shop. English and American spoken" and over
another il the sign. Dentistry, dancing, fencing
shaving and hairdressing taught in lesson"
The politician who claims the right to utter false,
wild and absurd statements that are likely to mis-:
lead people usually the person who declaims
against what he calls the reckless journalism Of the
| period.
There is reliable authority for the announcement
that Governor Charles G. Van Zandt Of Rhode Island
has been rendered and will probably accept the posi-
tion Of Minister Russia. The Governor returned
from Washington yesterday
| London society journal says:-"The Princess
Louise has finally determined to sail for Canada
| again on the 22d Of January. and this fact may ut
once put an end to all speculations as to any
domestic event preventing her early return"
John B. Cough. the lecturer. has q family which
consists of wife and four nieces. He makes about
$40 900 year. but has saved only about $780, 600,
| aud has nice farm near Worcester, Mass. He has
very large collection Of Crukshank's caricstures
and loves to play tenpins. After . lecture he Ia
| rubbed down like prize fighter.
| Lord Napier Of Magdala was given such short
notice of his being selected to represent Queen
Victoria at the Spanish marriage that Lady Napier
found herself compelled to telegraph full instruc-
tions court milliner at Madrid to the dresses
| which she would require Lord Napier's hotel ex-
penses were $3.50 day and another $3.50 for In
| cidentals.
Captain wilhams says that he can hit . man with
his fist harder than he can club him. He says that
crowd will go back by simply being told to do
| so. He claims that If man is dubbed the man
always says that Captain Williams did It, He believes
that vice cannot be extermnatod tho best thing
do to collect all the haunts In one place and con
| troll them.
''It is . curious fact" says London Lve ''that
three female soveregns i'll at the same tfme-the
Empress Of Russia. the Queen Of Italy and the Queen
OF Sweden Some fatality has attached itself to the
number three during the year 1879. Serious at
tempts have been made upon the lives Of three Of
| the crowned heads OF Europe-the Emperors Of
Russia ana Germany and the King OF Italy Three
| foreign potentstes have been disposseased-
Ameer Of Cabul. the Khedive OF Egypt and tho King
| OF Zululand. Three famous actors have died-Fal-
coner. Blackstone and Mathews. and the fourth es-
tate not without it's fatal adhesion to the nucky
numeral. Three editors propriotors Of our foro-
| most newspapers havo bade "a long farewell to all
| their greatness'-Lswson. Delane and Sergeant
Cox"
appears that after oil the great pyramid does not
indicate the actual end of the world in 1884, Pro-
fessor smyth had fondly hoped Whether It is that
exact estimate OF the look Of affairs GENERALLY
has caused him to entertain doubts on this point OF
that he has actually found pyramidal promise OF D
period Of preparation the Professor this is becom-
ing touchingy alliterative) now allows to draw
breath for while. Tho year 1881 is. it seems to
be the beginning of time of preliminary trial which
may last for half century-a little long, we soo
for any chance thats the Astronomer Royal for SCOT
land be proved. during his hfetimc have been
mistaken. Yet. should It 40 chance that the world
did come to end In 1881. he would be abic (sup-
posing time allowed for the purpose, point rcspcct
ing which In tho absence Of exact information re-
specting the arrangements for that occasion can
express opinon) refer to his earlier prediction
happily forccasting the event. That IL was sufi-
cently definite will. think, be admitted 'From the
north beginning Of the gallery floor" he says quoting
| Mr.. Robert Menzics, 'there In southward process
begin the years Of the saviours earthly nfe cx
pressed at the rate Of pyramid inch to . year.
Three-and-thirty inch-ycars, therefore. bring us
right over against tho mouth OF tho WE'LL the type
Of his death, while the long. lofty grand gallery
shows the dominating rule Of His religion In this
world, dehned by the floor length In inches Q.s1
inchyears) % to its exact period" though the time
may "terminatc very much sooner than most men
expect. as IL shown by tho southern wall IMPEND-
ING" (The capitals are Professor smyth's.) This
written before the Turco- Russian war, aud Pro-
fcssor smyth found In that war. whom IL seemed
likely that England might interfere and occupy the
land OF the pyramid. tho promise Of the end Since
that trouble passed We have heard nothing OF smy-
thing likely to happen before 1881. But We had
hoped that the question would be settled in 1884,
as though We were planets or suns. In whose life
time centuries count for nothing.
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ssSAJJCE FOR THE GO(ySE"