The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-12
PERS ONAL.

Don Alfonso has granted an amnesty
to the Carlists.
Lord Lytton is said to be engaged upon
a long poem. 1t is story.
Senator SchurZ says that he has al
ways considered it a high constitutional
privilege that he is not eligible to the
Presidency.
Mr.. Bergh is cogitating what sort Of
reception ought to be given to Mr.. VIM
shooter, who is coming hither on pro.
fessional visit.
Baron Barnwell, an English Judge,
while trying a case recently complained d
of the practice of attributing crime to
mania. The practice itselfis rapidly de.
veloDing into a mania.
Lydia Sutton has recovered $50 in O
London court from j. j. Sargent, sur.
geon, for breach of promise of marriage,
y. j. forsook the "paltry dressmaker''
for lady worth So, 600.
Mr. Barnum will close his Roman Hip.
podrome very soon in order to recruit
The animals and renoyate the chariots,
ETC., preparatory to the great summer
travelling campaign.
King KaIakaua took three of his own
servants to the State dinner given him
in Washington, and all the viands " ere
conveyed TO him through their hands.
The divinity that doth hedge about a
kingl
Sir Henry Elliott, the British Amba as.
sador at Constantinople, has lodged q
complaint with the Porte protesting
against the increasing slave trade which
is being carried on In various parts OF
the Ottoman Empire in Africa.
Rev. DR.. Bartol, of Boston, has lately
preached a strong sermon against the sir
| OF "dead-headism," taking for his text
the passage in Scripture where it says
"Jonah found ship going to Tarshish
| so he paid the fare thereof"
Fanny Elssler is residing near Ham
burg, and is writing her history for pub
lication after her death. She is now {
devout Roman Catholic, relying as mucl
upon the confessional as once she die
upon the excitement of the footlights.
| Gerrit Smith was all his lite rigid to
tai abstinence man, never having TASTED
even lager beer, and while he gave
away hundreds OF thousands of dollars
for charitable purposes, he never made q
dollar by the liquor traffic, q merit many
OF the modern temperancists can mo-
boast.
| Won Arnim's sentence having been
published in Vienna several hours before
it was pronounced, disciplinary inquiry
has been instituted against Judge Reich
who was President OF the Court before
which the Count was tried, with view
OF ascertaining the author Of the breach
of secrecy.
Gov. VIM. Allen, of Ohio, was born In
lo2a and is consequently in his I'D year
Some people try to make out that he il
only 81, but if the latter were true II
would prove that William was born two
| years after the death of his father, who
| departed this life in the year 1905. Some
times people attempt to prove too much
| The Misses P1ympton, of New York
| whose father is the inventor OF the 'srolle
| skates," are said to exhibit its merits t.
perfection. All the skating world a
Brighton, England, are on the 9ui rice t.
witness the mannerin which these grace
full, nervous Americans teach the poetr,
OF motion to the more athletic, muscular
and clumsy English women.
William Appleton Potter, who has JUS
| received the appointment Of Supervising
Architect of the Treasury in place of the
| celebrated Mullett, is younger son O
the late Right Rev. Alonzo Potter, Bish
op of Pennsylvania, and grandson OF DR.
OFT, who was ior so many years Presi
dent OF Union College. Mrs. AlonZo Pot
| ter was the daughter of DR.. Mott.
Mons. Louft. one of the most prominent
editors OF the Paris Steele, disappeared
about month ago, and it is now certain
that he committed suicide. He address
ed letter to his family, who reside al
Crete1l, stating that he was worried tC
death by hard work and had resolved tc
Kill himself. Since then the most dill.
gent search has failed to afford any clue
to his whereabouts. He was sixty years
old.
Lord Brougham is credited with say.
ing that child learns more between the
ages or eighteen and thirty months, in
certain branches Of knowledge, than in
all the rest of his life. This may be an
eXaggeration, but it will suffice to indi.
cate the Importance of the primary de-
partment under our public educational
system-in which the processes ought to
De quite as much formative as ins truct.
i've.
Mrs. Phebe Benedict, of Antioch, Cali
fornia. has solved the question, ''Wha
Can Woman Do~ Some two years sin ce
she took out papers as sole trader, gained
the consent of her husband to allow her
complete management of the farm and
transact all the business Of the place,
and at time when the farm was mort
gagged for several hundred dollars, and
farming implements out OF repair. Now,
by economy, close attention to business,
and shreWd management, she has paid of
the mortgage and interest, purchased a
new cultivator, plows and other imple-
ments, treated herself TO o Sewing ma
chine, repaired the buildings, and will
shortly loan money. WHAT man Mrs.
Benedict would have been.