Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-06
PERSONAL.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT. of the New
York Herald has been elected Commodore
of the New York Yacht club.
DIR. BIEL, the German savant states that
the average product of each of Russas lis
petroleum wells is sixteen times that of each
Of the 20, 900 wells in the United States
BISHOP FABRE, of Montreal, has issued 1.
circular to the clergy of his diocese calling at
tention to the dangers which menace their
tiocks from attending immoral plays and
from holding private theatricals.
ARCHDEACoN FARRAR is very severe in
his condemnation of over-pressure in modern
schools He speaks Oft as " the Juggernaut
car of Cram, before which the English Nation
Is throwing itf children by thousands, 10 have
all their qualities crushed out before its pom.
derous wheels"
DR.. SAMUEL II. GRIpLEY is opposed To
mustaches on clergymen's faces. To give
potency to the voice of the pulpit, the lips
should be uncovered. If the OK that treadeth
out the corn should not be muZzled, he sub
mits that the mouth should enjoy equal free
dom in the preacher.
THE QUEEN OF BELGIUM is described as
stolidly insolent without grace or a charm
to season the defect Horses are her passion,
and as she grows older she becomes more in
sympathy with them and less with the human
race. All the faculties Of her mind are daily
concentrated for hours on the team of ponies
she drives.
SENATOR LOGAN has been rc-mominated
by the Republican senatorial caucus, Senator
Mason presiding. In his address MIR. Mason
remarked that If the Republicans could do
nothing else they could at least prevent the
election of q Democrat until the Republican
Governor could appoint a Republican to fill
the vacancy in the United States Senate.
Hon. THOMAS \. HENDRICKS ami party
reached Atlanta, Ga, Thursday morning ut
four o'clock, in a special car. At half-past
O'Clock escorted m
ball house, where breakfast was served. The
company they met at breakfast consisted of
about thirty prominent citizens. \ large
crowd was congregatod about the hotel. The
mayor introduced Mr.. Hendricks, aho adj
dressed the people from the balcony.
Mr.. CABLE expresses calm indifference at
creole criticism of his works. He is reported
10 say: ~ have noticed that all the criticisms
come from the creOles themselves, who are,
of course, insensible of their own errors in
the use of English, and hence are hardly 10 be
tax en- as competent critics of NV books in that
respect As 10 their characteristics, the very VII
olence OF their attack upon my works only
serve 10 confirm the truth of the characters rs
have drawn them"
"MARY ANDERSON" says Max O'Rell.
the French critic Of all that IL English can
be fearlessly proclaimed the champion
beauty OF the world. The actress is good
but with her beauty Is so far above talent
that one has eyes only for the woman. Her
face is divinely sweet and pretty her eyes
are frank ; her grace is mdescTibable the
sculptural lines are of classical purity the
proportions perfect she is "A feast for the eve.
Gerard could not have found u purer or a
more chaste model for Psyche receiving her
first kiss from Love"
JAMES CARLYLE, brother of Thomas, has
much of the latter's nature. He IN tacturn
and unsociable, and expresses profound con
tempt for almost everybody al Il everything;
to visitor recently he, said, speaking of a
school inspection they had Just made /: 2" Ye
make terrible to'do about edication noo-a-
days, by what was the case when | was
young. Tae day at the schule when / was
nine years auld my teacher was hearin me
say my catachers, and | said he believes
instead o he belieyeth.' He knocked me
doom and pu'd me legs and bangit me on the
desksi and ran DOT and lay at the flt o. a
hedge among dokens and nettles for three
hale days"