The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-26
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.


Secretary Evarts is at the Brevoort House.
The Philadelphia Telegraph refers to General Grant
as "our white elephant"
Governor Lucius Robinson arrived at the St
James Hotel last evening from Albany
Charleston. S. c.. has had it's first fall of snow
within ten years. Hundreds Of school children had
never snow before
During battle with the Zulus the officers Of an
English regiment had to hunt their men out from
under the wagons where they had taken refuge.
Barring Gould finds that the fact that Germans
compelled to spend the incest part Of their lives in
tho army leads to decline in the number Of mar.
riages.
One English general in the Zulu war had about
forty bullock wagons for carrying his chickens and
other personal Injuries at cost to England of $500
wagon.
A Dublin pawnbroke or testified that 1t the GUS
tom of washerwome to pledge clothes of respect
able families. The clothes were pawned on Monday
and released on Saturday.
Hollingshead said that Shakespeare used to play
the ghost in Hamlet so that he could have time to
slip around to the front door and that tho ticket
sellers were not robbng him.
According to the Chicago Times the cost OF the
Grant reception in that city was about $4,000. II
estimates that the expenditures Of the visitors
amounted to about 81 .125.00O.
PreSlueut Hayes Will leave WhSuluBt"n eo-u"J W
attend the Methodist Episcopal fair in Philadelphia
Mrs. Hayes left for Philadelphia yesterday They
will be the guests Of Bishop Simpson while in that
city. and will return to Washington next Friday.
At time during the General Grant was in
formed that the English might declare war upon us.
and that they would orcourse take New York first.
while our armies were occupied below Said Gen.
eral Grant-"If they took New York who would feed
it?"
Galvani in the act Of touching with two different
metals the lumbar nerves Of vivisected frogs such
is the monument admirably executed in marble,
which his native city, Bologna. has dedicated in
her busiest street to the great discoverer Of animal
electricity.
One who drew General Grant into conversation at
Chicago discovered that he believes Gambetta to be
great patriot and that the of the French
Republic is assured. Grant. according to this au-
hority thinks that Gambeta is the greatest leader
of the age, ana Bismarck the greatest thinker
Attennum:-'So far as technical construction is
concerned the composition of fugue is q mere
question of study; but unless there be more in the
work than simply correctness of form degenerates
into students exercise. OF the great composers Of
the past century Mozart seems to have been almost
alone in the art of breathing into the dry bones Of
counterpoint the breath of life."
Great results are expected from Rokitanski's dis
soda in bronchitis and all pulmonary complaints.
Some remarkable cures already reported. Ben
zoic acid. by the way, has long been employed
stomachically for such diseases It is better known
as Friors Balsam Taken too frequently, however.
it acts prcjudicially upon the Kidneys
The Italian engineers propose to employ dyns-
mite to prepare rocky lands for the cultivation Of
olive trees. Already committee of scientific agri-
culturists has been appointed to examine this pro-
posal and experiment large scale is to be at
once made tho property Of Signor Trinchieri.
near Tivoli. The Minister Of Agriculture and the
College of Agricuturists have contributed toward the
cost OF these dynamite experiments.
Baron Nathaniel Rothschild. Of Vienna, procures
the servants for his residence through his head
cook, whom he pays at the rate of six forms per
diem for each domestic engaged. The Rothschid
mage employs at least thirty servants who cost on
an average form per day each, SO that the
cook commission amounts to Ave forms per head
or $50 forms f12) per day. very neat sum, espe.
cially when increased by the yearly salary cook
OF $500. No wonder that "Monsieur le Gordon
bleu' occupies first floor in fashionable quarter
and drives up to the Palais Rothschid in his satin
lined s'coupe dc maitre.'