The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-05
PERSONAL.

Justice Clifford, of the United States
Supreme Court, is now over seventy
years old and he is summering in New
Hampshire.
Aleck Stephens health is SO good at
present that, according to the Buffalo
Express, he has to hire a man to carry it
around for him.
Senator Burnside is passing the sum-
mer just above Newport, on the shore of
Narragarsett Bay, where he owns farm.
He keeps his old camp servants to at
tend him.
Mr.. John La Fargo is now at work up
on medieval battle scene-a design for
the window which is to be placed in
Harvard Memorial Hall by the Glass OF
1860 in memory of their fellow students
who fell in the Rebellion.
Mr.. Collie II. Colt will come very soon
into possession of the extremely large for
tune left to him by his father, the late
Col. Colt, of Hartford. Young Mr.. Colt
has Just gone to Newport with his fine
horses, his beautiful dog cart, and his liv-
cried servants.
Rev. f. E. Hale, talking not long ago
of study to the students at Antioch Col
lege, advised them to study when they
left school what they needed most and
could do best. 'If you have found out
at seventeen" he said, "that you can not
well follow the mathematics, let them go
to those who can" ~
Mr.. Alexander Balm, who died lately at
Troy at the age of eighty-one, was a
Scotchman, and at one time business man
ager of the Edinburg Courant, and a
friend of Sir Walter Scott, of the Lock
harts, and of Christopher North. Among
Mr.. Bain's possessions was the dagger
once owned by Prince Charles Edward.
Gen. Longstreet, Ex.Confederate, is
now living quietly at Gainesville, Ga,
much liked by the townspeople, and get
ting a comfortable income from his post
mastership, his sheep farm and his sum
mer hotel. This hotel is managed by
his son and nephew. The Generals
sole trouble is paralyzed arm, caused
by old wounds.
Principal Dana, of the Vermont State
Normal School, in comparing old and
new methods of teaching, complains that
much of the modern education is superb
cial, and that children are not now taught
as of old, obedience, truthfullness, integ-
rity and self-helpfulness. He wishes that
children should be encouraged to work
themselves and not rely on the teacher
Robert w. johnson, who was Repre-
sentative from Arkansas from 1S47 TO
1858, and United States Senator from
that time until 1861, died Saturday
night at his residence in Little Rock,
Ark. Mr.. johnson was born in Ken
lucky in 1914. When the civil war be-
gan he withdrew with the Southern
members and joined the Confederate
forces. Since the war ended he has lived
in private life.
Ismail, the Ex-Khedive, left Cairo
very theatrically. Under an open cano-
pied compartment he embraced Tewfk
and committed him to his people, and as
the train moved off the last seen of him
was a bobbing, bowling figure forgiving
its enemies and leaving them its bless
ings and its debts. He looked ten years
older; his face was white and bloodess;
his beard nearly white and his eyes were
sunken.
Gen. Ewing's home at Lancaster is a
plain brick mansion, pleasantly situated
on high ground. The Generals eldest
son, William, who is twenty-thrce years
old, is principal of an academy in an
adjoining township. The eldest daugh-
ter, Miss May Ewing, is young lady of
many graces and excellences. The Gen
eral has three other children, two boys
and a girl He is very much liked by
his neighbors, who always find him geni-
al, generous and well-brcd.
Prince Jerome Napoleon's nickname
of "Plon-PIon" was, it is said, obtained
in his childhood at Stuttgart, whore he
was great favorite with the late King
William of Wurtemberg. The King used
to amuse himself by asking the little
Prince his name, and the child, who
could not then speak plainly, always
answered "Plon-Plon" instead of 'Napo-
leon" 1t was in this way that he became
known by this name at the Wurtemberg
Court, and he has never lost it since.
Mr.. George William Curtis and Profes-
sor Charles Eliot Norton are doing a
kindly and excellent thing at Ashfeld,
Mass, where they spend their summer
vacations. They are giving a series of
four readings from the works of English
and American writers-one reading to be
given each week in August. The pro-
cecds of these readings, which the cult
waited taste and delightful elocution of
the two gentlemen will render very
charming, are to be bestowed upon the
local academy.
Colonel T. W. Higginson comes gal
lantly to the defense of women's work,
declaring that the criticisms that men
make upon it grow out of the impression
that all work is easy which one does not
understand. Gust as hay-making," be
says, "is the lightest and most graceful
of labors to those who have never per-
sonally handled hay-fork; so is the
greater part of the woman's days work
easy to man until he has tried it. Try
him for a while at the occupation that
seems lightest-let us say, for two hours
steady work at taking out the basting
threads from that pretty blue bunting
that was bought to please him-and see
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