The New York herald., 1879-02-11
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE

Pittsburg papers talk about taxes.
The Detroit Free Press wants the Reno investieAk6A
to summon Sitting Bull q witness.
Mr.. Irving. who is the rage in London, has an urS
controllable restessness. which serves him well n
Hamlet
The Hon. Mr.. De Boucherville has been appointed.
to the Canadian Senate to take the place OF the late
Hon. Louis Lacoste.
There is NO doubt that circuses in this country
have almost played out. Not goat in Tennesses
has eaten circus poster for two years.
It is reported at Montreal that c. j. Brydges late
Of the Intercolonial Railway. has received sp-
pointment from Mr.. Vanderbilt. ct Chicago.
Now that Congress is trying to prevent Cinnamon
from coming into the country hope It will exter.
inmate the rats that the Cinnamon would eat.
OF the men who have won honors 1t Cambridge
this university year . majority were prepared st
local grammar schools comparatively unknown to
fame.
Mr.. Richard 8. Alen Of the Rtreie. Leadville. Cols
is at the st. James Hotel in this city. He is bringing
out an illustrated edition Of his paper showing tho
exact condition of the mines and the aspects OF the
city.
From London Fan:-"Miss Highlofty-'Oh. Mira.
vavasour, do you not admire Mr.. Slyshaftf think
him such noble fellow; he take people down
so; just now he made little Miss Greve uncom-
Portable with his chaf am favorite Of his; hs
never does 1t to me- and do like him so.'"
Tho wife of colored Senator Bruce has been return.
ing calls In Washington this week. She wears .
handsome visiting dress with white hat; but IL ia
said singularly, think. by the Washington Star,
that she keeps her white veil her face. The
lady is beautiful; SO why make this suggestion
Professor Charcot at Paris finds that the electrio
light has tho effect upon very nervous people oe
throwing them into mesmeric state. which the Pro.
fessor calls ethargy They respond to the gestures
of the Professor by initiating them DR.. Darenberg.
in the Journal dss Dtba calls 1t thc phenomenon Of
suggestion. Let's turn the electric light upon Pei.
ton.
In Mercurius' Astrological Almanac for 1873.
under tho head of January" was this prophecy
"victor Emmanuels nativity is affected. Let him
beware" He died in that month. Under ''Decem.
ber'' It said-"Saturn's transits are evil for tho
Princess Alice Of Hcssc Illness or death in the
family Her two children died in that month The
book was printed in the year before.
In ordinary winter weather In Paris tho services oc
1850 publicly paid street swcopcrs arc employed.
with 1000 auxiliary hands at half wages. In very bad
weather 1000 sweepers besides inspectors and chief
are ready at moments notice to ply their brooms
in all the streets of the city They begin At three m
the morning and end at four in the afternoon. Some
times. however. they work for twenty hours.
Thackeray loved our people. but lac once-that wae
many years agowrote to o friend this side of tho
water that he always sorry when he saw group
OF Americans At European Watering place eating
vulgarly ut table. Apropos, wo learn that promi-
ncnt arst class restaurant down town In about to
provide separate littlo room. with counter and
tables for gentlemen who do not wish 70 hear mon
make noises with their mouths when they eat. Gen-
tlcrneu will please leave their with tho clerk.
Ashland (Ky.) Revnc :--"Of prominent Cincinnati
newspaper men Murat Halsteal Of the Commvcioi. 10
the handsomost and the ablcst Deacon Smith, Of the
sce the crookedest In the legs and tho strsightest
in the morals; Colonel A. c. Sands OF the rm<s the
biggest around the middle and tho shrewdest;
Johnny Mclean OF the Enquirer. tho sharpest nosed
for news and tho quickest to get IL. and A. Minor
Griswod of tho Saturday Night. the funniest and the
surcst on telling whats In bottle from tho smel Of
the cork"
Tho ST. Stanislaus novitiatc near F1orIssant.
NO., has forty students under the Jesuit fathers.
Thcy must says the Boston fsiot have college edu-
cation. and spend four years in rigorous training
to show them that they are to have no easy life.
meanwhile studying hard. Then they go to Wood
stock College. Baltimore. where they spend
three years in studying philosophy and give four
more to theology. About one hundred and twenty
attend u Woodstock. rev get through before they
thirty There ere st present about one thousand
Jesuiss In the UnitsA staAss snd Canada.