New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-10
TIE FOREIGN MAIL.


LIONEL TENNYsoN.-Ihe death of Mr.. Lionel
Teuny-on. Lord T~nnyson's younger son. from jungle
fever Chusd, Alden, Will DO To the Poet
Laureate more than an ordinary bereavement Ihere
was the deepest affection and the most intimate conn,
eldest more OF his home lie, the younger IN
markae similarity bel ween the incidents OF Mr. Lionel
illness and death and those OF poor Arthnr
and tbat pathetic lamrnt WI hencefortt have Tor IT'S
author deeper significance than IL codd over nave
had before
PAINTING THE LILY.r-More portraits of
ARTIST - the only painter TO whom Mrs Langtry has
lately been giving stlnss Mrs. JSppg ns a.S
beauty. 1t is Mr.. "Freddy" Gebnardt who commis-
stoned the picture.
MAGMA CHARTER IsLAND.-1f any patriotic
or ambitious prson w,nss 70 possess n.s am an
pnse Runnymeie. which about To come into the mar
The estate OF Anker~vke. AnkerwyKe has been for two
the OF successive heads or the ancent
i.hed since H. Conqnrsi on both sides OF the EngIsh
Channel and in this has always been seated on
the banks OF the Thames
From Mr. Labouehercs Truth. london Aprn2o,
KAISER WILHELM.-l learn that the Curhuas
at us has been engaged for the German Emperor ior
four weeks from June 10. The Emperor now drinks a
large glass OF the finest Imperial rOKay every Gay after
dinner this wine having boen recommended to hn as
an tonic. The Emperor or Austria has sent him
There is some spen lid Iokry the cellars Windsor
which there for thirty years, and 1t
imported by the Queen This Toksy purchased for
Prince Albert. who fond OF IT, and drank II Al
ways u a dessert wine
RELICS GOING CHEAP.-Germans rise daily
In my estna ion practical and buslnesslike people
Not long ago they almost refused 10 look at sword
supposed have belonged at some time or other TO
Marshal Butcher when offered public auction
The other day parcel OF highly interesting relics OF
Gorl ~ and Schiller knocked down for no more
than an old The lot comprised such treasures as
lock OF 5cher's hair Gocthe's sRnet ring. and cup
douby by the fact that had been the property
of Goethe and n present from the Grand Duke Car
August THIS from a people supposed to he alb
normally dreamy and sentimental. should be lesson 70
benghtrd Brons. who in their blindness sill bow down
10 and worship oasto clothing and disused domes-
tic effects Of departed eminences.
UNIQUE DEvILTRY.-The object of those who
provide produce birds when
Will rapidly the trap fly erraticaly and make
a stru sgle to get out Of the touuds. II HIT Inc
plan used pull few feathers ont OF the pigeons
tail, and paint with touch OF tar. or Ia run PIN
through hind part The Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty has nerfcred with these practices. and am
told now that the following resour-e OF civilization
meets difficulty: The only water given to the bras
for twelve to twenty'four hours before tue tontha
ment salt water. This almost madd.ns
fuihl all requirements Any ono. my informant
says might vince himself or this taxing some OF
pigeons the basket just before they are pnt I'D
the trap II they given fresh ~ater they drnk so
much they almost immediately die. I would sus.
sest officer 10 the Prevention of Cruelty sh0nh
hold OF birds AID try the experiment The SAT-
water course is termed " hardening rocketers