The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-09
Personal GOSSIP.

containing $6500 In notes. at the ST. james Hotel III
| Cincinnati. An honest bcll.boy found II, ana dc.
| vcred 1t to the clerk. When 1t was handed to
Price he dropped II into his pocket with chucklc
OF delight, and, buttoning his cost, Turned unon
| his heel without bcstowlng so mach rs n thank
| upon the honest boy.
| That wonderful man, the late Bishop OF EN.
etcr, who died few weeks ago, and seemed to
belong to the active life OF two cen,urics-for llc
had been fellow Of his college long before the
union between England and Ireland-had the
sulklcst ways OF saying severe things. One
tay somewhat eccentric clergyman visited
the Bishop clad in the highly unorthodoN
costume OF light fancy trowscrs and a
black ncckcloth The Bishop glanced with
reproying eye at tile trowsers, and then ob.
served: "Not quite O clerical garb, L think, my
dear Mr.. Dornton." .'wcI, my lord, replied the
confused rector, 'Hle fact is that my trowsers
were OF much darker hue, but repeated visits to
| the laundry have made them look lighter"
"And,h rcjoincd the Bishop, with, an upward
| glance, al suppose the color Of the tiowsers has
run Into the neckcloth." Tie Blali.ip, however,
was not always quite 30 mild as this. A croquet-
| playing clergyman thought proper Uge tlay, when
"HeEry OF Exetcrn formed one OF Ills congrcga-
| tion, to say In the course Of the communion SER
vice, ''cat and drink their own concentrations
whercupon the congregation WAS much startled
j
this unorthodoX eShortatlon, roar out, in cor.
| rectIon, '.damuaalon.n
| -Cacraft Is no longer mystery. lie has de-
| scended among common mortals by ..writlng
himself down" in q letter with his. own hand.
Moreover, lie has been prosecuted In county
court and his prosecutor received the verdict. II
| all came OF n tavern bill which Calcrhft, who
drinks himself and tTeats his friends even when
on business for the State, neglected to pay. The
inn-kccper was ii6, dauntcd by his dead custo.
mer, but forced q settling through the courts.
Calcraft, however, was not seen In the business,
hut wrote an indignant letter, w;iyl aIspels tile
mystery OF his character completely tsiflle had
appeared In his own person before the curious pub
ic In II he tells the landlord that lie Is IA Sltamet,'
OF his meanncss In sending "piecc OF rlper TO pay
the sum OF las. which, never had half Oft " there
by expressing u truly British detestation OF over
charges. lie further hints that the inn-keepcr Is
trying to "friten" him, adding that "A was born
too near awoo,l TO be fritened by all .owln. Ills
experience OF the operations OF the laAr, however
leads him to conclude, 'thc Sheriff olrn;ht to have
settled long ago thave sent you the 70 .astely bit
t-of paper, as soop conynant will sert you apost
cflce ordcr.n II must add 20 I've m Il ,y- o. ..hc
next gallows victim to know that hc,is TO be lenc
to death by fellow who talks aud spells like that
instead .ofby the impersonah silent and mystic
rlous Calcraft, the model Jack Ketch.
-Eugenc made herself very popular Mt Con.
stantinope. The streets through which she
drove were thronged with women, whose fire.
quent cheers were graciously acknowledged by
her Majesty. At one point Turkish lady ad-
yanced ana presented petition TO the Empress,
praying, 1t Is sad her intercession with the Sui
tan In behalf Of the exiled young Turks now In
Paris and London. The Empress received the
ministers and chief functionaries with the utmost
Kindness and had word for each; asking news
OF the loan from Mr.. DcvauX; OF the mines from
| Nj. Beral, who was forced to admit that, though
the buried wealth OF Turkey Is great, 1t Is virtu.
ally as yet unworkcd; OF N. Ritter as to public
works. and OF Messrs. BaudOuy and CrespIn as to
trade. Ear-shot gossip also reports that OH land
Ing at Beglcrbey her Majesty was heard TO say
| TO the Sultan that the mngnincence OF her rcccp.
tion quite shamed her when she remembered
how poorly, by comparison, lie had been received
In Paris, and added, with moro regard to compll
mcnt than to ethnology, that Abdul Aziz was
worthy OF his great progenitor, Solomon. When
her MaIcsty's calque touched Dolmakaktche
stairs the harem windows were thrown up and
crowd OF houris thronged every opening TO
gaze-sdns yashmak, and brilliant In velvet and
| jewels-on the beautiful FrdnzG HnperdtTfzaSsay
rs she landed from the barge. The Empress OF
the French before leaving Constantnoplc recev-
ed from the hands OF the Sultan yalile the insig-
nia In diamonds Of the Order OF osmanie yalIde.
Hitherto the only wearer OF this decoration had
been the mother Of Abdul AzZ.
! -McCoole ls now In training for Ills fight with
Allen. He sleeps on good mattress, with plenty
! OF warm covering, rises promptly c: fve O'Clock
In the morning, rain or shine, and Immediately
proceeds to q shed In the rear Of the lot, about
ten by twelve, where he exercises with the dumb
bell, suspended sandbag Weighing about four
| hundred pounds, cannon balls, and two heavy
bags attached to cords running over a pulley.
This exercise is continued for about half an hour,
and Is done to develop the muscle OF the arm, the
hesh on which now feels like buckskn stretched
over marble After this he wraps himself up as
worm as possible and munies up his face so ns to
be hardly dsccrniblc for the purpose Of produc.
Ing profusc perspiratlon, apd starts out for his
four-milc walk-two In and two out. Return.
ing, he undergoes saltwater bath and o
pretty severe scrubbIng and rubbing pro.
cess; sufficiently rough, indeed, to take
tho skin Off almost any other man but
him. After the bath he dresses warmly agaIh
and rests awhile, and then breakfasts moderately
on beef or mutton, with trImmings-the meat, OF
course, always rare. His diet is substantial and
varies but little from that OF laborlng man, oil.
though probably lie does not eat as much. After
breakfast comes rest OF an hour or So until
O'Clock, when he dons his walking shoes, cach
!
by one or both Of his trainers, AMI well munled
| up, he starts out on o walk OF from thirteen to
sixteen miles. and as walkist lie Is decided
success. day or so sgo, when the Natural
Bridge road, and indeed all the roads about tho
suburbs OF the city, werc In q muddy, slippery
condition, he walked fourteen miles in one hour
and fifty minutes, loaded down rs lie was with
the heaviest clothing, and said he felt so little
iatigued that hc could have repeated It in the
same time. Ills powers OF endurance are aston.
ishing. Oil Ills return from tho walk he enjoys
short rest, then eats supper, and short time
after supper comes another walk OF two or three
miles. He never ventures out after the dampness
OF evening sets In, and Is In bed promptly at
O'Clock These are his everyday exercises, rain or
shine.
III DR.. Livingstone has really discovered
that one Of the sources OF the Nile rises ten dc.
Grees south OF tho equator, that river becomes
the longest In the world. The distance from such
q southern latitude to Cairo ls about eanal in nm
frnp SsI,o