The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-20
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Burglars are up and of with the lark
Pittsburg will probably have elevated railroad.
The Seventh regiment-Only the brave deserve the
fair.
Sir Alexander T. GAIT of Montreal is at the Gilsey
House.
South California farmers are selling raisns at 80
the box
Lukens-"A hot discussion often makes . cool
friendship"
rolling stone gathers moss. especially II 1t Is
grindstone.
It would be bad for the trade If organ grinders
were left-handod.
Senator matthew H. Carpenter. Of Wisconsin. is at
the Hoffman House.
at the Albemarle Hotel
When in q crowd Q man steps your foot you
often knowledge the corn.
You will always nnd that the man who begs Gig
arctic cannot whistle tune.
How to reduce the Egyptian debt is one Of those
things no fellah find out.
English critics think that Coghlan the actor has
not improved since his visit to America.
Did you ever hear Of Wall street speculator who
had mania for collecting old coinsa
1t is generally the male among insects and amphi-
bia - we'll the male among birds who sings.
No matter how hot the domestic may be tho
Thermometer hangs imperturbsble in tho corner.
Some of the goldfish balls served in boarding
houses make you think that you really sea-
Colonel John Hay left Cleveland. Ohio. for WASH
ington last evening to the duties Of Assistant
Secretary Of State.
LA femme virse est cosrencive on batazleuse says
recent French esssyist; "slle tOst parcsesement
americaine francaise."
Ex-Doorkeeper Fitzhugh. who said that he was Q
"biger man than old Grant," says that currie. the
assassin. is an Ohio man.
Mr.. william II. Seward is stopping at the Windsor
Hotel on his way home his wifes illness having
called him from his duties in Washington.
An unmarried sister Of John Bright. the great
English orator has been visiting New York after q
tour In the West and preparatory to . return to
Europe
New Orleans Ifcdyune:-"Ole Bull plays upon q
violin which is $40 years old. According tradition
MIR. Bull commenced giving farewell concerts whom
his fiddle new
Among the passengers sailing by the steamship
Gsllia yesterday the Earl of Dunraven. Lord
Rodney. Lord Caledon. Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter.
NJ p. and Mr.. E. L. Winthrop.
The Spanish Chamber has passed . vote of thanks
to France. ''thst powerful nation which. moved by
charity. to have blotted out frontiers" for
contributing to the relief of Murcia.
The Missouri people are half crazy because they
think they have found the bones Of mastodon in
the mud. II they keep on digging for few weeks
they will discover that 1t is only Henry Clay Dean.
Scene. Broadway. just out Of Wall street-"Bill,
you weren't down to-day" "No-mother's dead.
How's Eriea" "Forty-eight; three; when will she
be buriedT" saturday. at two. Get me 200 at
quarter"
German military critic says that after battle
the English newspapers contain extravagant an
nouncements of immense victories and great fight
ing. he asks where the English get their great
armies to do all that.
young servant maid offers her services to rich
old bachelor OH the Boulevard HAussmAnn :-"Alors,
eanl chez mot CONNIE bonnie tout Jaire
Mats sduez-vous fdirc tour" "OM aonsieur. lApcc
modesfssJ peu pres tout"
Women reformers sometimes show how weak they
when they put themselves upon defence. OF
course they are attacked, but o. they began the
onslaught let them stand In the nominative case.
Wendell Phillips always fights and never defends.
Professor Helmhoz. Of Berlin says that the tutors
In the English universities cannot deviate by
hairs breadth from the dogmatic system OF the Eng
lish Church without exposing themselves to the
Of their archbishops and losing their pupils,
but II is claimed that he is incorrect.
London Trsth;-"Political economy is not an exact
science with certain axioms capable Of universal ap-
sions. wo are FREQ traders and the Americans are
protectionists. To be the ono or the other Is not
question Of principle. but of expedency. Az FREQ
traders we are not thriving, ~ protectionists the
Americans are thriving"
London Truth:-"The old aunt who 10 Q conhdante
OF youthful troubles, and helps to smooth family
jars; the maiden sister. who acts whom
there s sickness In the house; the middle aged un
married daughter. who keeps house for an invalid
father and mother. and soothss the declining
of the old people by her dutful attendance; all these
are types Of women who may be found In no small
numbers among ugly girls.'"
There Is ON Long Island sound an old oyster dig
ger who has rakcd the bivsives IN for nearly sixty
years. He estimates that in his time he has caught
billions oysters and hes eaten thousands Of oys
ters In soups and stews. The other night he was
taken to q church fair. and was given regular
church fair oyster stow. Ho exclaimed;-'l have
eaton nothing but oysters all my life. in shape
another, and like change. Thk II something