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and BeltzhOover around the country' Their draw
ing powers would throw Mrs Jarleys wax work,
entirely into the shade. A'
PERSONAL.

Dir. Larkn J. Mead, in Florence. IL engaged upor
colossal figure which will symbolic the Mssis
sipp River. and which, IT IL said. is being done IN
Dir. Elliott +. Shepard's order for Central Park.
friend of John G. SAKE recently called upon tho
poet, who is still i'll from the effects of railway ac
cident aud remembering the sentiment Of hls
verses, Rhyme on the Rail-" said: We'll, Mr.
SAKE, how do you like riding on the rail now ~
" Better than riding OFT" lie replied
Mr. 0. b. rockingham has retired from the work
IN which he has been best known. In a letter To
The Inder he says: II have finally relinquished
my post and abandoned my profession neither
platform pulpit will know again 1hi,
resolution is duo to consideration OF health. Nv
health Is satsfactory-as good as 1t ever will be
good enough. But want more leisure than tie
ministry affords for the pursuit Of certain line. Of
thought which have Interested me since | have
been Europe. and the lie OF man OF letters VIII
DO more satisfactory to In another can
be useful III the old one. perhaps more 50. My
absence will be prolonged year more. IN order that
the gulf may be wider between my past and nv
future Then / hope to come back better than
new"
Herr Richard Wagner has completed the instru
mentatiOn Of bis new opera, " ParcIyal" letter
of introduction gwen by Meyerbeer to Wagner in
1910 has just been published IL was addressed to
N. Gouin at Paris, and was as follows: Ny dear
friend have the honor TO present to you by these
lines NJ. Richard Wagner in regard TO whom I
wrote to you at length in my last letter. ! ones
more recommend him to your benevolent good will
in begging you to assist IN the realization Of bis
wishes. Always your devoted MeyeIbeerp Tho
year following this letter Wagner finished his first
opera, "RIenzi" He had commenced 10 at Riga,
and he ended 1t at Paris, IN the midst OF prlyai0ns
sunk deep an that ignOble melancholy which
arises from pecuniary embarrassment" IL was out
OF such darkness as this that the genius of Wagner
first shone.
Feaimore Cooper is quoted by writer in Tie
Troy Times as having IN 1870 told him this story at
COoperstown - He said that while in France he
called on a certain day by appointment on Lafay-
cite, and after the usual greetings, LAFAYETTE,
pointing to an adjoining room, observed; Whom do
you think, Dir. Cooper, have now locked up in yOn
der rocmT Upon Mr. COopers stating that he
unable to form any opinion as 90 the name Of tho
person thus held in duress Lafaye.te said. IL IS
Louis Napoleon Mr.. Cooper. greatly surprised, at
once inquired of Lafayette what object Louis Ma
poleOn could have IT, view in coming to his resi-
dence Will you believe it, replied Lafayette.
he wants TO mary my granddaughter. and to have
me JON him in a project to make hIm President of
France. Aud upon Mr. C0OpcTS further inquring
of Lafayette what disposition he had made Of
these propositions of Louis Napoleon, the General
replied wllh much gustO told him that | never
interercd in matrimonial matters, but LETT the
members of my household DESTROYS OF assuming
matrimonial relations to choose for themselves
their partners for life, was the custom III Amer
ica.'"
BERLIN, Sept. 12.-The King and Queen of Greece
and the Crown Prince of Austria bavc arrived here.