New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-02
PFRSONdL.

Lord Randolph Churchill now has his house In
London lighted throughout by electricity, supplied
| by q small gas engine in the cellar
| Nine. Jenny Lind Golaschmidt says she finds life
in London on the whole rather dull and her duties
a teacher in the new Royal College of Music
neither onerous nor exciting, but very wearlsome.
She thinks London is place that never changes,
and agrees with her Old trend Sir Julius Benedict
in looking upon the bulk of modern music-except
Goun0ds-as trash.
| Captain Ebenezer Morgan, of Groton. Conn.,. who
has already gwen large sums of money to the Bap-
fist Church fer educational and other purposes, has,
it reported purchased theceebrated Transators'
Library" and will present it to Madison University.
The library WAS collected by the Baptist denomi-
nation 10 aid IN making more correct translation
OF the Bible and cost abont %24OOOo. As col &C.
ton of Baptist dnnOmiuBtional literature and bib
loIogy IL is probably unqualified
A few evenings ago Mr.. Parnell was wan
dering about the Hobbies of the Honse of Commons
with big box in his hands. Whenever he met a
friend he would pause. show him the box. and give
him something from it. Curiosity excited
among those not thus favored TO know what the
box contained, and speculations were rife as to
what form of dynamite cartridges was being dis
trbuted among the members OF the tnird party
At last the secret came ont The box was iul OF
peaches big luscious American peaches. which bad
been sent to the Irish leader by his brother John.
who is reputed TO nave one VI the largesl oIcIrdS
IN the world.
Beyond his gray hairs" says The Lancet q Mr..
Bright showed hardly any traces of time. wrought
changes at the msss-meetng at Birmingham. lie
spoke with all his old and grace. and had evil
IDENTIFY lost none of that sympathetic power by
which he mas repeatedly secured the rapt atten-
ton of vast audiences. For nearly an hour his
voice held ont clear and strong and only after he
had been successfully calling upon it to carry
his words To 900 persons for that time did lie get
hoarse To those who recall how Mr.. Bright has
twice been LAID aside from all work for considerable
periods by serious illness it will he particularly
zratifyina that he in ing snc hale old age.
Such lives Mr. Brights have other imam -poiitcal
lessons ~ teach."
al remember very WE'LL" said General Peasonton
the other night, after elaneng over the latest vol
ume of the C0mte de Parss History OF the late Re
beilion when the Comte de Paris. his uncle the
Prince do JOlnvills and his cousin came 10 $50 me
on the York River, down on tie Peninsula. was
in command OF the old I'd Dragons, now the
% Cavalry and We awaiting orders there
tor a month or more. In the meantime; knowing
the lusciousness OF the word-famous York Rivers,
had taught my men to dig up oysters. and roast
them on the bank of the river. We bud pepper ana
salt and the other accomplishments. and we Jared
sumptnonsly every day. When the Prince de
Join willie and his party joined rs we Toasted them
ON our delicious oysters fresh from che river and
hot from the fire. Where did you get these said
the Prince, gulping them down with zest; from
York 4 NO. | said: from tne York River.
rgst at your feet Aud then te Id HIM what ac-
eolnplished oyster butchers the I'd Dragons
were. Well, said the Prince. swallowing another
hot and Juicy. if were to tell that STORY in Paris
they would say it's an American he--draaoons don't
catch oysters in war times"
Dr. Smyth, Superintendent of the New Orleans
Mint in in Washington "a visit. " He Is the man.,
saws correspondents of The PHILADELPHIA Record.
who became famous among surgeons by his sue
cessful performuncc Of an operation. A man was so
wounded that it became necessary to take up the
carotid artery. DIR. Smyth took mp successfully,
and the patient lived tor ten years afterward dying
finally from some other cause. Many surgeons
have tried to do what DR.. Smyth did snes many
had done before, but mono succeeded. Valentine
Mott narrowly missed success. He took up the ar.
terry. but his patient died in few days aftsrward
Dr. Mott wrote to Dr. Smytb that his 81 ccess in
performing that one operation ought to make him
immortal Hs declared that he could die happy If
he had dous as much. DIR. Smyth is just modest
and AZ atabe rs though he had never become I'M
mortal through great success. He Is weli-built
man. with gray hair shading TO whits. strong,
clean-shayen face, and good hands. His face Is
pleasing and his manners simple and graceful.
He has 70 good voice. hut now and then IN CONVEX
sativn. he Summers little. II is rather pleasing
than otherw ise-hs stammering- Dr. Smyth ~ 10
louger in full practice but is ut all times an Ell
thusiastc scientist devoted to discovery. He has.
am told, the finest MICROSCOPIC in TIM world made
under his own direction from his own design, and
partly with bis own hands. Now anu then be per-
forms q difficult operation, or writes paper or q
magazine article or delivers lecture. He is So
cially very popular. HIS quaint sayings brighten
con versalll0n wonderfully"
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