The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-13

of flowers and fresh air. He drinks but
very little wine, but has good appetite
for solid nutriment. He is an early riser
he sleeps on very hard bed under the
lightest of covering his first meal
is cup of coffee and biscuit.
Mr.. William A. Wilcox, of Nicholson,
Wyoming County, Pa, is gathering ma
terial for a genealogical record of the de-
scendants of Stephen Wilcox, who lived
at Portsmouth, R. l., about the year
1850, and desires information upon the
subject from persons bearing the name
or connected with the family.
The Ex-Khedive has thus far enjoyed
a remarkably pleasant exile at Naples,
driving through the environs OF the city
and sailing on the bay in steamboat
which he has chartered. A party of vag-
rom musicians were sent for one night to
entertain him, and on leaving the yacht
received twenty-five napOleons.
Mr.. A, B. Alcott, although now in his
eightieth year, is said to be in feeling and
spirit the youngest man in the faculty OF
the Concord School of Philosophy. Dur
ing the discussions following the lectures
he shows himself to be extremely happy;
his face is radiant and glows with en-
thusiasm.
Vice President Wheeler will spend the
rest of the summer at his home IN Ma
lone, save for possible trip to the White
Mountains for few days. He has given
up his proposed Journey to Colorado, as
divers friends having the same catarrhal
complaint from which Mr.. Wheeler SUI
fers have told him that they were not
benefited by Colorado air.
Victor Hugo lives very simply in a
little house on the avenue d'Eylau. lie
has noted guests at dinner every day.
Sunday is reserved for the family and in
innate friends, Thursday for men Of let
ters and Saturday for politicians. The
poet is extremely courteous to the fair
sex, and allows no evening to pass with
out short discourse on the immortality
of the soul
Mr.. George H. Boughton is painting 6
beautiful picture of "Evangeline," q
lovely maiden of the Norman-Frencl
, type, bearing pitcher in either hand
and looking out to sea as she turns to
; ward the thirsty reapers who are await
ing her. He has now shown in "Pris
p ella" and "Evangcline" the types o
/ feminine beauty which England anc
l France have given to this country, an'
: he proposes presently to complete tn
+ work by a study of Dutch maiden.
r Mr.. John N: Abbot, the popular pas
senger agent of the Erie Railway, ha
f Just returned from a pleasure tou
t through Great Britain and on the Cor
u tinent. He says in a letter t
u a friend that he saw all th
g fine scenery of the Alps am
t Rhine, "but nothing that favorably com
d pared with the scenery of the Erie
t mon honor" Mr.. Abbott is even NOR
J. emphatic in praise of American modes G
). travel by rail and boat over those en-
= ployed abroad.
Il Mr.. Gladstone appears to be take
back into the liking Of Englishmen. Th
other evening he went with his wife
a the Haymarket Theater, and on his er
trance the audience fairly rose, an
,r round after round of applause testified
t. his restored popularity, one or two hissc
only serving to increase the enthusiasm
l. Boxes, pit and amphitheater appeared
T. vie with each other in the heartiness {
their greeting. Mr.. Gladstone, who al
IT peared somewhat surprised at his recel
Sc ton, was afterward evidently deeply il
tcrested in Miss Nelson's rendering {
k, the character of "Juliet," which he WI
r,aa observed repeatedly to applaud.