HE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PERSONAL ITEMS, 
“ The English eat half their words. If I Imitate 
them I shall get fat,’’ says Sarah Bernhardt, the 
thin. 
The Christian Herald Is responsible for the dis¬ 
covery that. Prince Jerome Napoleon Is the Beast 
of the Revelation whose number Is BOO. 
A portrait of the Rev. John A. Simpson, for 
many years pastor of a Unlversallst church at East 
Cambridge, Mass., has been placed In the Boston 
Rogues’ Gallery. lie Is In Jail on a charge of horse 
stealing. 
General Grant has taken passage lu the steamer 
City of Tolcto and will sail from Yokohama lor San 
Francisco on the 25th or 20 th Inst. He la expected 
to arrive In San Francisco somewhere between 
September 12 and to. 
Capt. Joseph Boyle, of the Mississippi steamboat 
Heroine, stepped ashore at Maudevllle, La., and 
was Instantly killed by a negro whom he once 
whipped. The Heroine, on the return trip, 
brought an excursion party of lynchers, waited 
while they hanged the negro, and then carried 
them hack home. 
Burglars awoke Farmer Plummer, at Durham, 
Me., and he chased them, losing no time In adding 
any clothing to the shirt In wuleh ho had slept, 
but taking care to throw a gun across his shoulder. 
Across fields and through a village he pursued 
them, until he got within close range, when they 
surrendered rather tliati be shot. 
The marriage of the Rail of Loudoun to Alice 
Howard mixes relationships considerably, as will 
be seen by tbc following: ‘-Miss Howard la first 
cousin to the Duke of Norfolk, whose wife Is sister 
to the Earl of Loudoun, and Miss Howard’s elder 
sister is married to Lord Bute, who is cousin to 
Lord Loudoun, through his mother, Lady Sophia 
Hastings.” 
Capt. Stone planted a mahogany seed at Mounds- 
vllle, W. Va., thirty-five years ago, and remarked 
that he would live until It grew Into a tree bi/ 
enough to provide material tor his coifin. Wind 
blew the tree down last spring, ana the Captain 
had a handsome coffin made or It. lie died a few 
days ago, and was burled lu the mahogany or his 
own planting. 
Mrs. W. G. Venson, who gave Texas •• the Lone 
Star,” died at Crawford, hi that state, last Wed¬ 
nesday. She made a beautiful fiag, with a large, 
single star, In the summer or 1833 ami presented It 
to Colonel Ward's command. T he Hag was of 
plain white silk, bearing an azure star of five 
points on both sides, it was iirsc unfurled at Ve¬ 
lasco on January s, ishb, and being hoisted upon a 
UberLy pole at Goliad, iloated unt il Texas was de¬ 
clared free. 
Mi's. VUet, who lately died at New Albany, lad., 
divided the mature part of her life Into three dis¬ 
tinct and contrasting periods, she was ror ton 
years a washerwoman, working hard for a bare 
subsistence. Then she went into business as a 
fortune-teller, and lor ten years was so successful 
that at the end of that lime she was possessed of 
$bWi, 0 (Xi. Finally she became pious, and during 
her last ten yeurs devoted her time and money to 
deeds of charity. 
Opening out of the drawing-room In the Prince 
of Wales’s 8v*at at Sandringham Is a small sitting- 
room fitted with bookcases. Beyond ibis Is the 
Prince's own room, lull of beautiful things. Here 
he and the Princess always breakfasts, and here, 
on Nov. o and Dec. 1. are laid out the numerous 
birthday presents. A prettier room than the 
Princess’s own was never seen. All the visitors' 
rooms are nearly perfect, and the servants’ com¬ 
forts are not neglected. 
Oliver Bodtlsh, of Syracuse, aged 84, decided to 
marry for the third time, but he went about it de¬ 
liberately. Remembering that a certain girl In 
ids old Massachusetts home was very pretty fifty 
years ago, and being Informed that she had lately 
become a widow, he made her a matrimonial pro¬ 
position by mail, a condition being that she should 
still seem comely lu ills sight. He ottered to pay 
her fare to Syracuse, and, If lie did not like her 
looks, to send her back again, she made the jour¬ 
ney, he was pleased with her, and they were mar¬ 
ried. 
In the Chicago St. Vincent’s Home for the Insane 
Is a grave, quiet gentleman, who converses Intelli¬ 
gently upon every-day topics, such as he finds dis¬ 
cussed In the newspapers, and on religious subjects 
speaks with a wonderful precision of Judgment, 
it Is only when lu; tells visitors that he Is the 
catholic Bishop or Chicago that they doubt Ids 
sanity; yet tils assertion Is true, lie Is Bishop 
Dugan, whose reason was dethroned ten years 
ago. He has never been turned out of office, aud 
still retains his episcopal signet ring, but Is dressed 
In civilian costume. 
The Rev. .Toslah Hanman of Izard, Texas, was 
worried because hla name was so much like Ha¬ 
inan, aud he studied the Bible story of Unman 
until he became Insane on that subject. “ Chil¬ 
dren,” he exclaimed, In the midst, of a sermon, 
“ Hainan was hung, aa near as 1 can make a calcu¬ 
lation, a little over mo feet high. Now, children, 
l believe God wants me to give up my soul to hliu 
right away, and so take this rope aud hang me 120 
feet above the ground.” This frightened the con¬ 
gregation so much that they ran away, aud the 
preacher hurried Into the woods, where he hanged 
himself. 
A second sale of the effects of the unfortunate 
Earl of Lonsdale Is announced. From being re¬ 
garded as among the richest of English nobles, he 
has been compelled, only four years after attain¬ 
ing his majority, to dispose of his effects aud part 
or the control of his estates. In the effects to be 
sold are Included the magnificent tiara of dia¬ 
monds, the marriage present to hla bride, the 
beautiful Lady Gladys Herbert, which cost xi 3 ,- 
ooo, besides the whole of the jewels considered as 
her ladyship’s exclusive property. The devotion 
evinced by Lady Lonsdale under the circumstances 
forms the theme of admiration in the circles of 
high life. 
The Emperor of Austria often drives with one 
of his equerries or the Crown Prince Rudolf—the 
late Archduke Franz Karl, his father, was often 
his companion at such times—lo some little outrof- 
door mje, a mile or two from Ischl, and sits for 
half an hour under the trees sipping his coffeo and 
smoking Ills long Virginia cigar among the little 
throng of chance visitors. He Is saluted with 
quiet respect, for the Austrians never mob royalty 
as an English crowd do. On Sundays the court 
attends mass at the village church of Ischl, and 
none more devout than his catholic and apostolic 
majesty. 
The news was carried to Ronay, Texas, that 
Hank Parsons had been murdered, at a place 20 
miles distant, by a negro. Some of his friends 
Immediately provided themselves with a rope, 
mounted their horses, rode to the Jail where the 
prisoner was confined, and broke open the door. 
They had taken it for granted that the slayer was 
a man, and were astonished to find not only a 
woman, but one possessed of youth, striking 
beauty, and only enough negro blood to make her 
a quadroon. This presented a dilemma. Only a 
minority of the mob adhered to the original Inten¬ 
tion of lynching, and the woman was whipped and 
left alive for trial. 
Lord Boaconsfleld's gift of reading character has 
stood him In good stead In his selection of col¬ 
leagues. it is to his credit that almost without 
exception he has been guided lu his choice strictly 
by his convictions of a man’s fitness for the post. 
There Is much In his character aud In his writings 
that would Incline one to forecast that when his 
opportunity came he would surround himself with 
Dukes, it Is a noticeable fact, however, that In a 
Conservative administration, formed In the high 
tide of Conservative power by the man who wrote 
•• Lotfia.tr,” the most Important offices of the State 
are In the hands of commoners. 
One of the Lynn newspapers received a letter 
purporting to come from the P.cv. Samuel Lee and 
to give an account of the death of Ida Eddy. The 
matter, being interesting, was published lu full. 
Miss Eddy walked Into the office and Indignantly 
denied that she was dead. The letter turned out 
to be a forgery. A tew weeks afterward the other 
Lynn newspaper was Imposed upon in the same 
way, the letter in this Instance bearing the name 
of Deacon Daniel Gilmore, and again Miss Eddy 
demanded a denial of her death, some detective 
work disclosed the fact that she wrote both letters 
herself, and she confesses that her motive was to 
get notoriety. 
The British naval ship Bacchante, a fine Iron 
corvette, cased with wood, has been selected by 
tbe Admiralty for the first voyage of the Royal 
cadets, who are to sail from England, according to 
present arrangements, in September next. The 
two princes, sons of the Prince of Wales. Albert 
Victor and George Frederick, were entered as 
cadets, in June, 1ST"; and as the Admiralty regu-^ 
Unions stipulate that cadets shall only remain for 
two years on board the Britannia training ship, it 
Is only following the usual custom to send the 
princes to sea at the expiration of tlielr term. A 
second captain Is to be appointed to the Bacchante, 
besides her commanding officer, Capt. Lord Charles 
Scott, In order to assi st In their instruction, while 
the voyage ct the corvette will be of such a nature 
as to embrace most or tne principal seaports of the 
world. Sho proceeds In the first place to the West 
indies and Canada, and will thence. In all proba¬ 
bility, steer south and double cape Horn. Tbe 
Bacchante is a huge craft of 4,130 tons. 
Weakness and sickness changed to health and 
strength with Hop Bitters, always. 
StfW guMtrnfiows. 
The Voice of Worship, 
For Choirs, Conventions and Singing Schools. 
BY Ij. O. EMERSON. 
This splendid book is now nearly through the press, 
and win be ui great demand. Full collection of the 
best Hymn Times and Anthems tor Chotre, numerous 
Glees lor Social ami Class singing, and a good Singing 
School course. Its attractive contents, with the low 
price OBl.uo or SH.UU per dozen), should wukeittho 
rnoBt popular ol Church Music Books. 
TUC TCMDI C For Rinoxna Schools. Con- 
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Glees, aud plenty of HyuiU Tunes aud Anthems. 
Price $1.00or $8.00 per dozen. Although .Singing Class¬ 
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Suered Music render it one of the best Convention 
and Choir Books. 
(gitucational. 
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Studies the ed neat ion of yir Is from the practical side, 
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Catalogue flee. C. O. BIIAGDON, Principal. 
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