New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-27
PERSONAL.

.,f,sr PERSONAL.
Don Carlos owns one of the finest gondolas on the
canals of Venice manned by four gondoliers in red
and black uniforms.
The Shanghai Mercury announces that Mr.. Kwong
XII Chin has been appointed official translator to
his Excellency the Tastai
Friday was the seventy-eighth anniversary of the
birth of the late Earl of Beaconsfeld, and next
Saturday will be the seventy-fourth anniversary
of Mr.. Gladstones birth.
Mr.. Labouchere, in the Christmas number OK
London TRUTH :" drops into poetry" to remark that
q the poet NOW fouted by fame-'Who was once
Oscar Wilde, has become Oscar tame"
From his defence Of the cause of the South Afri.
can Republic, letter of thanks has been addressed
to Karl Blind by Mr.. 8. j. Du Toit, Transvaal Min
ister of Public instruction and member OF the
Transvaal delegation now in London.
Mrs. Frederick Allen Cover Mile Lillian Norton
Nordica) was once member Of the choir OF the
Rev. James de Normandies church, Roxbury'
Mass, and she took her old place there again on
Saturday, to assist In the exercises held az tne i-
auguration OF new organ.
The hatchet with its clever accessories OF verso
and water-colors which was presented to Speaker
Carlisle on the day Of his Inauguration, was from
Mrs. and Miss Snead. Mrs. Snead writes the chatty
letters to The Losrille Courier ournat over the sig.
nature of @Fay.p Miss Snead, her daughter, is tho
well-known /" Miss Grundy Of several papers.
The Rev. Aphonse villiers, 8. j., has Just been
ordained to the priesthood Of the Roman Catholic
Church in Baltimore, Md. He is a son of the late
Comte de villers, who was Minister of War in the
Cabinet of the Emperor Napoleon iii !, and brother
of the present COmte de Viliers, OF France he mas
been assigned to missionary work at Spokane Fails,
w. T.. aaf>+
Professor Blackie told the Edinburgh students
that in electing Sir Stafford Northcote their Lord
Rector they had elected "most excellent fellow"
He once In London had the pleasure, ne said, OK
sitting by the side Of Sir Stafford at dinner when
the latter made q speech so full of Scotch sayings
that he (Blackie) could not help remarking:
9Northcote surely you must have some Scotch
blood in your veins " And the baronet repneo
that he thought he had.
Mr. P. T. Barnum Is determined If possible to pre-
vent any contest his will on the ground OF III
sanity. He has just drawn up codicil to his VIII
in presence of his family physician and two other
well-known physicians of Bridgeport, Conn.,, ono
an allopathist and the other homeopathic, all OF
whom witnessed his signature and made oath to his
sanity and ability to dispose of his property Tho
question may be asked, however, whether these
unusual precautions not themselves evidence OK
a mild form OF insanity.
The death of DR.. Kirkbride, the superintendent
and physician-in-chief of the Pennsylvania Hos
pitaI for the Insane has called out tributes of I'M
phia North american says of him: "Of the few
skilled physicians in this field DR.. Kirkbride stood
among the foremost, and he won his position by his
skill inexhaustible patience and unfaltermg
trust in the system which he did SO much
to establish and to modify. and improve
in the light of continued experience Yet tho
great power of the man was the unfailing charm OF
his presence HIS presence was a medlche 70 the
mind diseased This charm was due TO the hyins
springs of sympathy which welled up IN ms soul
Suffering never failed to move him. his iosG VIII
affect least, consciously the class TO whom ms CAIN
and hopeful nature was healing. lie had no ehenues
among men who knew him, and few had so many
friends"
Old Governor Mattocks, of Vermont, who, when
in Congress. boosted that he could beat 'em all
writing bad" was no speechmaker The nearess
he ever came to making political harangue, ac-
cording to writer in The LOtceU CORrig. was onco
when his friends gathered around him to congratu-
late him upon his nomination as Governor OF the
State lie was in q tight place. for he was COM
PEELED to reply. His speech was as follows: Boys,
thank you; and now, II you Will elect me Gov
ernor. will tell you what will do. l will APP
point two Thanksgiving and no Fast. Good-by'
Still, he wasn't often at loss to find something to
saw when something had to be said. One New
Years Day morning as he was bathing and prepar-
ing for breakfast he unfortunately leaned against
the door at the head of the stairs leading to the
kitchen. The door gave way, and the maids OF the
household while busy preparing the morning meal.
were ostonnded TO see rolling and tumbling into
their presence a chubby, fat old gentleman in q
moist tnprcsentable attire. But his wits were with
HIM. "Lades," he exclaimed politely, :" wish
you all a happy New Year" and then bounded up
stairs again, four steps at tlme'
Michael Davitt speaking recently before the
Land Reform Union in London received, says ono
of his auditors, q deafenng reception, renewed
again and again. He made a striking figure the
dark hard face, the attitude of quiet defiance, and
A. ON
preston of power and persistence His delivery is
calm deliberate and emphatic; even the most
rhetorical of his sentences being spoken with mani
fost calculation He has slight brogue, which in-
crcases at exciting moments of his discourse; and
he has trick of pronunciation which is not n-
effective In its way-as manhud for manhood. His
voice Is harsh and grating, but strong and clear;
his oppression only varies from its set look OF reso
luton TO a sardOnc smile and elevation OF the eve
brow MT passages of irony, or to q nercey dark III
tensitv when landlord and aristOcrat are de-
nounced The audience was mainly English and
respectable, and included a considerable number or
ladies' There were also many young mon who
made up m noisy enthusiasm what they lacked IN
knowledge of the subject. There was also repre-
sentaton of the great unwashed. including a sea-
sonng of criminals who now and then made 10
known that they had q fellOw-feeling for Dayltt
because he had been in prison. The genuine work.
ingman was not there apparently.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-Secretary Foger has
entirely recovered from his recent indisposition.
He resumed his duties at the Treasury Departments
to-day.
GENERAL NOTES.