New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-02
FOREIGN MAIL GOSSIP.
CELEBRITIES AND INCIDENT.
From Mr.. Labopchtre's truth. London. Del. %.

From Mr.. LdbUuchefCs rum LOHd0H, Dci
A NOBLE WOMAN HATER.-LOrd StTath-
confirmed bachelor, and when he forgot the
power OF beauty he became miSogynlsI SPLITS Tenn
nine were only suffered to near him when ne was
home He travelled about with butler valet groom
coachman. who were Oh bodrd-Sagcs and VINO an had
the personal attendant 10 hnd NOR own lodsngs
once upon tne and not very long time ago. he fell
III III the course o. summer tolI , uoro IA " , ~
tain"us place There Was no doctor az btno pul hn
American dOctress was staying at the hotel ana was
with her eminent guest He hal been In state Of scmi
nsensibity ON opening bis eyes and perceiving two
well-favnred. lie bounced out OF bed ami
told them 10 seSone. lie was proper
their Hstonishment the ladies neglected to obey his per
emptory order seeing which he took the docress by
the shoulders and pushed her nj running pace out OF
the room In his last illness, he was brought to his
by the presense of nurse who had been called W
to that the doctors prescriptions were regularly to
lowed, His mind had been little shaken by a recent
apoplectc it, and he Imagined, because an attendant
hotel rather auberge where lie was staying at Yer
until he bY friends and servants brought 10 under
Stand that thf poor woman whose presence agtaed
him was merely a SICK nurse However .no argument
could bring him To let her sremain. out she had to
bundle'then and there.
SANCTIFIED FIsH.-Thc Salvation Army in
France appears to have acquired notable recruit IN the
person Of certain Major Faklr This individuals claims
to sauety chiefly upon the facts tha on one occa
sion hr wrote the name of God upon 10000 slips Of
paper which lac threw into the river TO sanctfy the is
and the souls of those who might eat them; and on
another he remained three days ana threc NIGHTS up 10
his neck water without moving or eating. Profahe
people might be disposed to sugeet that temporary de-
tenOn Ia lunatlc asylum would De tue Dest cure Tor
majors" enthusiasm; but after all there - no
to suppose thar he Is any less sane than ~
simeon Stytes, or other famous or notorious saints
of history.
COLD CHEER ~ HUNGARY.-H. Il. II. cannot
have sorry 90 get 10 Paris AS the country Of
men- Hero is tho description OF one OF them BY an
English sportsman, who had been Invited Tor months
-is an enormous building OF whitewashed
brick. standing III moat and strongly resembling an
Old-iashlOued wOrkhonse or county jail Occupying
three sides OF square the central court OF ioosr
sandy single for some acres round the house II
against the Cry0 nature OF the Counts vast hunling-
grounds, the enyirOns OF the house cleared
s sS'i Walled garden with a single small and
iLhuiIt forcing house, constitutes the grounds.
plain. nerslersed with hamlets. inhabited principally
by the Keepers and crackers of the Count. Within all Is
as barrack-like without Utpanted wainscot and
illwhitcwashed walls Ornamented here ana there with
ilpropOrtiOned bas-rcei. whitcwashed rather yell
lowwashed Ike the rest, pervads the vast mansion
with tho exception of the saterOOms which are hung
with faded danask and scantlly filled with the mcagrc
furniture Of the last century. An enormous hail.
whose walls trophies OF anters aud boars heads arc
diyidod b. gun-racks and stacks of arms occupies the
central grouul-noor and admits the winds OF heaven to
the vast and roOmy corridor. above. Except
IN the state apartments and In the Conntesss boudOr
not carpet Is 10 be seen. and Of forty bedchambers
there only eight In which nrepaces to be found
From L,n london. Oct. 90
NEW TURF NOTABLEs.-Ih The Prince of Wales
thought lie Intends to Increase Ms stud John Por
ter aud In yeaI or twoit Is expected that he will be
quite OF the pillars OF the Jockey club Another
" boy" II Lord Randolph Churchill. Though he has
not hitherto been known as raclngnan, be was master
pack OF barriers al Blenhcim until his visit to India
made IL necessary for successor 10 bo appointed lie
also has been buying yearliugs and sporsnen look
ing forward with interest to the day when his cOors Will
be spOrted-lct us hope on something smart him
self On the other hand. not only has Lord Ko'ebcry
practically Withdrawn from the tnrf but Mr. Chaplins
connection with Is likely 10 10 entirely nominal IN the
future.
LORD STRATHNAIRN As INSPECTOR. - This
looking into "details" created some grnn-
bling among department officials, and many
amusing stories were told OF the little
bunders which the cOmnandern-ehief fell into In his
pursuit Of knowledge which supposed 10 be beneath
The notice OF exalted position One OF these stories
il worth repeating After the inspection parade OF a
certain regiment Sir Hugh visited the hospital and bar.
racks. His inspection OF the former always most
searching one he would speak 10 every paten and ASH
mnon table howl of what lie iboni6i 10 bo sonn he
asked "a spoon and tasted II. Before however Civ
ing opinion upon 1t. no requcs;cd,the Inspector
General OF Hospitals who accompanied him. TO taste It
cOurtly official, smacklng his liDs, and most nutri-
tiOus." Sir Hugh turned 10 OF the soldiers an d
asked DO you got such good every day I" when
the asOnishment and merrment OF all present, the
man answered III broad CaledOnan accents, "It's no
SOUP It's tho washin o the plates and dishes
The inspectOr-Oenefal OF Hospitals Rrnned, but hardly
felt pleasant.
The CULPRIr AHEAD.-An amusing but alb
souiy true anecdote Is beng told OF Scotch co6ber
who has recently been up for trfilng offence
before the forfar magistrates lie was found guilty and
sentenced to hours imprisonment at Perth,
ordered to pay hne OF halfa-crOwn. lie chose the
former saying he had some business 20 transact ut
Perth. An official accordingly accompanied him there,
but when tho prisoner reached tho goal he ast0nshed
his companion by saying be would now pay the fine. at
the same time demanding his return fare The governor
after some demur found there was no alternative and
handed him the two shlings and eighipenco hapenhy.
where with the cohblei returned home triumphant
pence halfpcnny TO tue good