New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-28
PERSONAL.

" Roscoe COnkling," SAYS The Washington Critic,
when the Senate was regarded as the worst
speller in that body. Senator Mitchell OF Oregon
was assigned to a seat directly behind Conkling,
and soon the Senator from New-York who had been
Dusily engaged in writing. turned to him and said
Senator Mitchell, how would you spell wagon ~
Wagon said the oreGonian. Well said Mr..
conkngi. Il will inpsdately proceed ;, to s
| On another occasion he asked Senator Mitchell
! bow to spell Car. and beng told remarked:
have inst spelled it Zar," so will prefix the let
ter "C.D' MANY other eccenrictles In spelling are
told of Senator Conklng"
Was Alflnso of Spain trained at some Ameri-
can college in the paImy days of hazing"i One
would think 1t only short time ago that
| he and some Of his boon companions including of
course the Duke OF Seso, went out for royal lark
| to palace in the environs Of Madrid, and as no
grave and reverend "prcx vas available, they
took with them, as n lamb to the slaughter, the
stately aud dignhed Minister of Justice. Senior Ro-
nero Giron. After singing Co-ca-che-lunk" and
playing ieap.frog and INDUCING in similar sports
until they were tired OF them, thoy thought II
would DO good fun TO bounce old Giron IN
blanket" which they accordingly did, Alfonso
hlm sell holding one corner of It. unluckily. they
broke one of TIL Minister'S arms in their sport. aud
when he in the COrtes n few days later an
swer an Interpolation, with one arm in a sing the
whole business came out.
Mr.. Henry Samuelson, jr.. son of the famous now
ing-machine manufacturer. does not fud the life of
"a member of the House of Commons altogether
happy The other evening. according to LIE
Nondo0l with un9onted jocularity-for he is gen.
orally inoifensve and not addicted to levlty-ne APP
piled tho expression Dos locutSs est 10 Mr.. Charles
Lewis. This he took great pains to explain was a
pun. Nobody laughed. On the contrary, the
feeble wittcism drow upon the head of its parent
burst of Indignation from Mr. Philip Callan. He
called Mr. Samuelson 4" the oumptious member for
Frome," and protested against 1.-The insulting and
offensive expression which had been applied to one
of the abest members of the House." This was
very terrible. Mr. samuelson began to think he
was mistaken in his Latlnity. He consulted honor.
able me nbers near him. but derived no satisfaction
from their replies. Believe it's in Caesar" said
Que. Proprla que m.ribus," murmurod another.
From ths dilemma he was rescued by the unex-
pccted generosity Of the member for Londonderry
himself. Mr. Lewis didn't like being called " one
of the abest members of tue House by Mr.. Callan.
In fact, h had very strong suspicion that The in
ganuous Philip was chatting him. Accordingly he
rose and said that he rather took Mr. Sanuelson's
remarks us compliment than otherwise the ex-
preston was classical, and he did not object 10 it.
1hereupOn Mr.. Samuelson explained that he meant
a classical sense Not 70 Oo outdone Mr. Callan
said that he meant " bumptiOus' in a classical
sense also. and peace was restored.
WAsHINGTON, July 27.-Secretary Lincoln has
returned to Washington and was on duty at the
War Department to-day.
The Rev. Dr. X. K. Booth, who recently resigned
the pastorase of the University Place Presbyterian
Church, accompanied by his wife, will sail for
Europe by the steamer Normandie Oh August l. If
the stay abroad should prove beneficial to Dr.
Booths health. he may not return for year.