New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-01
PERSONAL.
thought?

King Louis and Queen PA Of Portugal recently con-
vcrsed through telephones At distance OF hunurou'
q miles He was at MarseIlles, ILL., and she was d.
Paris, anxious.
General Boulanger has established one new custom
in Franco Formerly blows the exception at
polirlcal meetings He has made them the RUE
Herr Tisza the Hungarian Prime Minister, IS about
sixty years old stout and swarthy. with coablac'
hair and beard His manners more emphatic than
courtlj
The mournful intimaton comes from Paris that NJ
dc Brazza thinks that Mr. Stanley IS wanting In pr-
dencc in his explorations. and that he VIII not sue
coed IN his present enterprise. He condescends 10
say however, that his opinion OF Nr s'ahieS i WY
high one
Tarascon has never forgiven ". Daudct for Tar
tarns and will not permit any OF his works 10 fnd
Judgment on the shelves Of rs public library
There has recently appeared in Paris an Interesting
biography 0, Adam Mchcwicz. the Polish poet ana
professor I'm the College OF France. II Is by his son.
~ Ladielas Mlcklcwcz, who has compiled careful
and accurate notice Of the literatcur from authentic
eou-ccs. Mlcklcwicz was born in 1898 at Zaosic In
Tithuana, a region full Of va; forests which had an
Influence on the Imagination Of the youthful poet
one OF tho most vivid "reminiscences Of the bard was
the arrival in his native town OF numerous remnants
Of the French Army fin retreat from Moscow The
soldiers Of the Imperial Guarl kept pouring into the
town en- masse, and kindly received everywhere.
The cold was atroclOuS. and fires were Nndled, over
which the Old soldiers bent p"nSvcly night and day.
They had lost the faculty OF sleep. ard were able 10
live on bits OK bread or anything, 80 Injured were they
10 prlvntOn Most OF III men were graytoa dod and
MlcheWicZ having asked them why AZ their advanced
age they had left their country the warriors replied.
We could not him go away alone without rs y
The him Napoleon, and the veterans irgAdc'l
as complete utilities tho Younger mcn who followed
tho cCiqucror in battaliors Michicwicz passed the
greater part Of mis- life I'm France, AID wrote copousy
In French and Polish. his French works being mainly
literary and historic al. He the intimate friend
Of Edgar Qunct, Mchelct, ard George sand.
DR.. Wilkinson, Bishop Of Zuuland Is an economical
prclatc and whenever he travels he makes it rule
give gratuitics to the porters, avalrg himself
OF the letter Of the railway bylaws, which forbid this
universal practice. When tie porter comes to inform
him that his luggage Is in the van he merely replies
that h knows II, and the lucless wight has To 90
empty away. The other day the porters had their TO
venGe The Bishop arrived at Exeter with mountain
Of wraps and bags and hampers. Here. porter he
cried in the stentOran tones that may or may not BE-
seem bishop take these things ont and put them in
a cab" Beg pardon. my loUi," vas the reply " We
not allowed to come into the carriages 10 tale lug
gage Out.'
Ex-Attorney- General Wayne MacVcagh and family
al the Bluffs. Mount Desert Ferry, Ne
Geneva. Aug 31.-M. de Claparcdcs, the new Swiss
Minister to the United states. has started for Wash