New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-09

Prise nut pr0DaDiy not or great cuitlVaOn Inc yo"s
lady married him by the assistance OF her mother the
old Commodore swearing meantime like " our troops
in Flanders" The union however = was
not happy and it aggravated the temper OF the
groom 80 that he had one shooting scrapes lie
finally that nothing genial was to be expected
ana divorce obtained upon no other ground than
dcsertion. Then ensued foreign travel and marriage
with foreigner OF title Now comes the early
qsel OF 80 much curious adventure; third husband. ac-
cused OF bamy and paving the penalty for IT, and tho
si young woman. reared n official circles. lying with
young babe In home for tho friendiess.
disease now coming into vogue. especially among
actors and persons who live In the superficial whr Of life
and fret their systems, Is the which at
tackled the Late Charles Demonico parssts. giving
away OF the spinal nervous power, and finally OF the
BRAIN The person afflicted with it is said TO want to put
hi' hands in his pockets, and this Is explained the
ground that he is cousciousy giving support with his
arms to failing spinal integrity.
The estate OF tho late actor Chanfrar TO have
amounted to only about $4,000. mich below tho ex
pectaOns of his friends The comedian Owens. who was
long considered the most prosperous the stage
is said 90 have incurred losses and have dmin
ishcd property. Edwin Booth did not begin 10 save
money til he found his daughter growing mp. While
there IL apparently great dead OF money made rapidly
on the stage the periods Of success are brief and
the expenses by tho way very large. An
actress will generally travel with maid, m
agent. and sometimes with husband. The sum
of $500 week Ia nearly the highest mark attanabe by
professional talent in things dramatic literary. About
this figure IL the highest salary mark OF the best known
actors and actresses and they fortunate get II long,
An income Of $500 year. made all the year roundby
person living in one spot ani not In a great city. Is
probably equal TO salary OF 300 week made on tho
road with the spendngs, sickness. &C. taken ont. The
ic OF large cities and of evenings spent at cafes and
hot "a ouIv eyha of phVeipnl and social
powers but thercarc few who spend al evening
ont with known friends AMI not get rii of 81 or 50
equivalent to perhaps $500 a year. The man who
spends han this and ha popular acquaintance
Is apt 20 he called " mean"
Having fon,lness for old books OF travel in the United
states picked mp yesterday Joseph sturges book. He
visited the United states the year was born. Isl He
describes visiting Gerrt Smith at ELECTROMAGNETIC same
man who shout thirteen years afterwari gave liant tn
John Brown Surge paid ut tho tavcrls on the road
twelve and haf cents for supper and another York
shilling for his he'd Gerrt smith had for wife Ann Car
roll smith, native OF Maryland. and they hal an only
child The wife had removed with her fathers family
from Maryland To New York nc the OF twelve. and.
when a child had been given slave girl named Harriet,
who left in Maryland and after Miss Smiths mar
riagc she wrote to her brother James Fitz Hugh,
OF Maryland, TO Inquire about her GIRL The girl
had married slave aud cmgratcd To Kentucky. and
both had been repeatedly sold. While Mr. Smith was AZ
Peterborough Gcrrit Smith and his wife sent nearly
$4,000 10 Kentucky and bought the whole family
Joseph Sturc and John g. Whittier went together to
Newport Rhode Island to attend the yearly meeting of
the friends
Mr.. T.. f. Bonnventure telling me 81 hia new store
on upper Fflavc. during the werh that the statue or
freedom for New York Bay is the great sight of Paris
as It stands erected at prominent place From be
Meath the august figure clearly revealed In all the
Il. and ita
The French little surprised that country rich
a. the United states has not yet raised all the money for
the pedestal OF this statue. observed charming
statuctte called the Fisher Girl some
thing over two feet high, the price OF
which IN this country IL $3.50. and / inquired
the price Of tho article In Paris whence IL was
npi rted Bonavcntrre said " 1t costs thres hundred
frames or XIV dollars The duty would bring the prico
here mp To nearly hundred dollars" ltis noticeable
IN Dimes quiet wnn business and speculation aro not
extreme that virtuosos prntbuyers and hook'bny
give Ill time and addressto completing their
collections.
Pathos Is the last seal on popularity. There are now
stancs of Garfield in preparation ready for tho cities
of Washington. Cleveland, Columbus ST. Louis and san
Francisco.
The papers say that the married lady, formerly Miss
Morosini is much plagIed By anonymous letters.
The highest refuge Of the coward Is III mohy-
nous writing. Not long ago people In Boston were
much outraged by receiving letters from an anonymous
source containing imputatiOns the origin Of families
They were finally traced to the obscure wife OF clergy
man. Now and then men found who rrsort to this
system nnuendo and malice and two or three are serv
ing terms in peuentiary here for the offence II
was an anonymous letter however, which saved the Brit
sb Parliament from being blown up ut the time Of the
Gunuowder Plot and IN anonymous letter. sought to be
placcd in Crsar's hands, might have saved him from
assassination.
Tho new College OF Physicians and Surgeons To he
erected near the south west corner Of Central PARK
where the Roosevelt Hospital stands and the great new
Catholic church. shows that there Is natural drtt 10
ward the west side of the city for public institutions
large number OF these institutions now stand on or near
the Riverside Park drive aud BackwolPs Island with
it, hand some public buildings marks one great nave OF
approach to New-York. the time may be when similar
institutions will line the Riverside drive and have the
benefit OF the delightful air and noble prospect down the
funnel of the River Hudson.
The river craft in waters IL always noted by for
eignels for It's pure white, swanlke hue SOME OF the
railroad companies like the Pennsylvania, have takento
painting their ferry boats magenta or dark red and the
effect il greatly To prejudice those boats from distances
iustead Of looking light and pgeony they seem to
shorten ny and distance take muddy tone HE
big turtle swimming ON the surface
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PROFESSOR TFNDALDS YOUTH.
From The London Ttnss .
In the DAYS of his youth. Professor Iyndal
saii he directly derived prnt from DR. BirkhecRs move
mpnt. About 1912 he was memler vi the Preston