New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-01
PERSONAL.

Among the stories recently being told in Paris about
" de Glers was this one day. expecting the Gar ut
his Office he placed between the bustS OF two Minister'S
whom he knew to be corrupt, beautifully carved
crnchx which he had bought in Bavaria. Thls work OF
art catching the Imperial visitors eye, he asked WHY
Is 10 that you place the two busts on line WIN our
Lord, II you think them such pair OF wretcies q
That is the reason" quoth N. do Giers Christ
crucfed hung between Two thieves u
Bishop Oxenden in his newly published auto
biography SAYS that Cardinal Manning, who was a
schoolmate of his at Harrow was not at that TIME
boy OF unusual promise, although there was little
self assertion in his composition. To illustrate this
popularity the following incident IS given: Manning
went one evening to dine with the VICAR, aud being
asked his return how he hid enjoyed HIMSELF replied
that he had spent the evening pe,santly enough but
that he had said but little, for there tro or three
superior persons present, and he added You Know
that my motto Is 'Aut Caesar auu nullus therefore
held my tongue and listencd.'
Horace c.. Allen, Republican nominee for Mayor of
Boston, has also been named by the Citizens party.
President Harrison IS q great pedestrian. There IS
scarcely street In Washington that he has not in
cuded in his strolls His iavorite plan, however, Is
sold TO be 10 go into the country in carriage the
white House malwagOn and have the driver set him
down. Then he tramps 70 his hearts content, and
when he has had enough he is picked up again. On
two three occasions General Harrison has taken some
OF the ladies OF the family with him, and after nice
drive, he has proposed abandoning the carriage little
distance from town and walking in But his com
panions did not enjoy It quite az much as he and they
cannot now be persuaded TO venture.
Walter Crane, the London artist who has been stay
Ing in Boston for few days, has given the cultured
classes Of the Hub sensation. Invitations were
out for dinner at which he was to be the honored
guest, when he attended an Anarchist meeting and
read poem the hanging of the Chicago Anarchists.
Therefore the dinner invitations were withdrawn.
Mr. Crane explains to "The Boston Advertiser that
he has been Anarchist for years. not Of the John
Most variety, but after the style OF William Nor
rls. The Englshman declares that his sympathy with
the Chicago Anarchists springs from the feeling tnas
the men who hanged were not fully connected
with the crime OF bombthroWlng.
Mr.. Mcfarland "The Boston Herald's" Washing
ton correspondent IS said TO write a hand more
strongly resembling Chinese than English. A few
nights ago he filed long dispatch which was given TO
an operator new to the Washington Office. AS the
other operations had already been playing various little
tricks on the latest addition to their corps the latter
took Mr. Macfarlands dispatch to be another Of them
and cooly tore 1t in pieces and threw u away sub
sequeny the correspondent was requested to rewrlto
his dispatch it had "been accidentally destroyed
News has been received from Tlhis that the Countess
LorisMeikofr, mother of the famous Russian Minister
OF the Interior, died there a few days ago. The
Countess was rinetythre years old Up to the death
of her only son. two years ago. she enjoyed exception
ally good health. But thereafter she steadily grew
weaker. She was woman of great talent.
The exEmperor Dom Pedro, OF Brazil, has been
elected member OF the Academy OF Sciences Of
Munich AS the notification Of his election, which
took place few days ago, accompanied by an
address full of praise OF Dom Pedro's services to
science and Of his friendship for literary and scientific
men, tho aged Emperor was greatly pleased at toe
unexpected honor
The Emperor of Japan celebrated the thirty ninth
anniversary OF his birth on November g. lie re-
ceived many evidences of love and veneratlon from
his numerous subjects.