The New York herald., 1879-08-26
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Sir John Macdonald will sail from England for
Canada on the 11th of September.
The report going the rounds of the press that the
Marquis Of Lorne is engaged q book about
Canada is denied
His Excellency the Governor General and Her
Royal Highness the Princess Louise will return to
Ottawa on the 2sth inst
It is understood that the Princess Louise will
open the Dominion Rife Association prize meeting
at the Rideau Rife Range. Ottawa.
London Truth does not believe in the early-to-bed
system. 1t says that for healthy person seven
hours Of sleep enough. and that it matters very
little when you take them.
Colonel Bob Ingersoll says that President Hayes.
administration must be judged after it is over.
Colonel Ingersol by the way. does not intend to
ter the campaign for Ewing.
A Georgia young man asked his sweetheart
whether she had ever read Romeo and Juliet" She
replied that she had read Romeo. but she did not
think she had read Juliet.
novelty in Paris consists Of caricature sketches
in sympathetic ink. You buy comic paper with
an ordinary picture. and you instructed to heat
it with your pipe This brings out the caricature.
Mr.. Welsh is said to have been shy in London
society that his quictness made people think that he
was unequal to the occasion" of being Minister
ut Court. He usually contrasted with the
bose Reverdy johnson.
Cardinal Manning has relaxed his austerity in the
matter Of concerts. The London World says that
concerts be given periodically at the Convent
of the Assumption. in Kensington square; hve
shillings admission.
Merly the tenor who while singing in the opera of
civilian Tell' before Napoleon ILL.,. showed by his
actions that he would rather shoot the Emperor than
Gessler and was dismissed therefor. will reappear
next season in Paris
Mr.. Charles Mathews, of tho famous actor.
is English lawyer, and. while very youthful in
appearance--'r Portable is very olo-
auent ut the criminal bar that he brings tears to
the eyes OF an English jury.
Apopular actress in London wishing to 60 on on
little holiday employed another actress of inferior
talent but personally greatly resembling her. to take
her place the stage The inferior received
all the applause that would have been given to her
MISTRESS
A sobbing English lady. who had just lost her
husband asked the Clergyman of her parish whether
relatives able to find another readily in the
next world. He said emphatically that they will be
reunited at once. "Then." said she. 'hs hrst wife
has got him by this time"
London Word:-"A persistent rumor In diplo-
matte circles has it that marriage has been defni-
lively arranged between the heir apparent to- the
Grand Duchy of Baden, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Lewis Leopold and q princess of royal blood.
give III, as the rrcncn say, SOUS fOutes reserves.
Emile Zola, the French novelist, is said to be very
greatly inflated his success with 'LAssom-
moir," and in fact to be very blatant and nsuifer.
able AS writer in the Telegram says, George Eliot
in Janct's Repentance dealt with the same idea IN
her quiet style, that Zola chose for ''LAssommor."
NJ Chotteau, the French apostle of free trade, who
in America a short time ago. and who is back In
France, committed his speeches memory in Eng
lish aided by Oxford graduate; and tho Bouepard
says that he not only had to learn English but hc
had to combine with it the American intonation."
Poor man; and how hc did get used up with his In
tonation in San Francisco.
London World :--'Tne Empress Eugenic IL is ar
ranged. is to spend the autumn months. and IL may
be, to settle dehnitivey with her mother at Cara
manchel The place is delightful one, with its
tensive gardens and Strawberries in the arrangements
of which the Countess of Monto used in former years
to take little pride and interest. But what sad
memories the meeting is sure to call back TO tho
mind of both ladies'; and how many big events
there between the departure Of the mother and
daughter from Caramanchel, twenty-five years ago,
and the present hourl"