The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-13
PERSONAL.

Ralph Waldo Emerson is Pantheist.
Edward Everett Hale is Unitarian
preacher.
Astor's immense wealth grew out Of
the fur trade.
Bayard Taylor is an Infidel with Uni
tartan procliviLies.
Miss Nelson got her mad up and
broke her engagement to play In New
Orleans.
Jefferson Davis is perfectly well, and
appears daily upon the streets Of Mem
phis, Tenn.
Mr.. Dana will be the orator at Lexing-
ton on the 10th of April, when the hum
dredth anniversary OF the battle OF Lex
ington will be celebrated.
Kalakaua is quite a poet, he having pre-
sented to Oliver Wendell Holmes poem
Of his own in the original manuscript,
said to have decided merits.
Mrs. Farragut prefers the model of
"The Admirap' made by Winnie Ream,
because that most faithfully delineates
the features of the great man.
Eugenie recently dined with Victoria
at Windsor, and the two passed happy
hour discussing the virtues 0f their late
husbands and the particular diseases
they died of.
Dir. Harriet x. Hunt died on the I'd, in
Boston, ut the age of 60 years. She was
woman Of strong character and great
worth, and was very. accomplished in
her profession.
Albani sang at friends residence in
New YORK the other afternoon, and so
discouraged pet mocking bird that the
leathered darling hasn't as much as
"peeped" since.
MIR. and Mrs. Feltmann, of Chicago,
after living in wedlock thirty-two years,
and in divorce two months, have just
been reunited In the presence of their
children and n grandchildren.
Heinrich Brockhaus, the head of the
great publishing firm at Leipzig, Ger
many, is dead. The deceased was not
only successful trader, but was also a
man of great intelligence and cultlva-
| tion. .
DR.. William e. Rosseter, of Bridge
port, Conn.,, has just died from the ct.
tects of inhallng ether, which he was ad-
ministering to patient four weeks ago.
1t produced symptoms similar to those
Of typhoid fever and diptheria.
The Marquis Of Lorne used to have an
upright, lissome figure that reminded
you of an ancient monarch Of the forest.
Since his marriage he is bent and weak
and lowly, as II he were about to drop ON
all fours, and reminds you mostly Of a
cow. So much for marrying royalty.
Mrs. Owen is State librarian Of In
diana, and by law passed last winter
is to perform, at the opening legislative
session, ali the duties heretofore per-
formed by the respective door-keepers
OF born branches. She will have author
ity to serve processes, arrest Senators,
and will be, in short, Sergeant-at-Arms
of the Senate.
Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot,
has been hitherto debarred from exer-
clsing the franchise in his own country
by the fact Of his possessing no land il
Hungary. AS Herr Won Cunady recent
ly apprised the comm, tee of the 'sParty
of Independence" that obstacle hal
now been removed, for he has himsel
settled part Of his own landed property
upon his friend.
Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, during the
erection Of his new church at Elmira,
N. Y, which is to be the largest Protest.
ant church building in the State, when
completed, has preached at the Opera.
house every Sunday evening, one cent
admission being charged. The size OF
| the audience at this novel figure has
been sufficient to cover expenses.
Jules Verne, one OF the most popular
authors of the present day, Is now forty
six years of age, five feet nine inches in
height, and wears a full beard. He is
bronZed ny ocean travel, and the very
picture ofirude health. His hair is white,
his beard is gray, his movements quick
and nervous, his words. crisp and short,
and his eye rowing and observant.
Mr.. Buchanan saved money during his
term, besides maintaining the lame OF
| the White House for elegant and liberal
hospitality. Buchanan's dinner parties.
| both before and after he became Presi-
dent, were models in every respect. He
always superintended the preparations
for them himself, even to the most minute
details, and counted their cost in adj
vance within few dollars.
| Rev. William King, the English clergy
man, who was lately brought into bad
odor with his superiors by his love for
horse flesh, has revenged himself for his
reprimand in singularly effective man.
ner. lie has named one OF his horses
Hypocrisy, and another the Bishop OF
Lincoln, and he doesn't hesitate to have
them out together. Rev. William King
is a man who doesn't find it hard to kic
| against the bishoprics.
| Miss Thackeray's new novel, Miss
| Angel, which promises to rival Old Ken.
sington in interest,", is based ON the ro
mantle life OF the artist, Angelica Kauli.
man, to whom Sir Joshua Reynolds ap.
Piled the title Miss Angel in his ce.ebrat
| ed diary. Inc puDllc VIII be glad tC
know that the publication OF this charm
ing story will be commenced in the Feb.
ruary number of Harper's Magazine.
| Barnum lowered around the Beecher
trial, and every time a juror was, secur.
ed he took mental inventory of his
probable value. 1t is said that the crea
lures already caught are to all appear
ances human, and yet they have moi
formed or expressed any opinion in the
case. 1t would be interesting to know
where they were caught, and how. The
court gladly secured them as Jurors
in the case, but their ultimate destina
tion is the Great Mosal Roman Hippo
drome, Menagerie and Museum.
Martha q. Wright, President of tht
EWoman's National Suffrage Association
|died January 4th, 1915, at the residenc'
of VIM. Lloyd Garrison, Jr., Roxbury
Mass. Like her sister, Lucretia Mott
she has given her influence, time ant
money, to the various reforms of TIL
day. She took an active part in the frs
woman suffrage convention, held at Sen
leca Falls, N. Y, in fS4S, and has attend
Fed every annual convention during al
these years. She leaves q husband, Da
yid Wright, Esq, Of Auburn, and a larg
family Of children, to mourn her loss.