The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-09
PERSONAL.

Ibrahim Pasha, aged nineteen, the
/. Khedive's favorite boy, is exceedingly
Liked "a. a. Woolwich,
Mr.. J. @. A. Ward is in W ", ",-"'ngton'
and expects to get his statue of General
Thomas placed soon in its intended posi-
ton.
Mr.. John w. Robinson, of China
Grove, Ala, is six feet seven and one-half
inches high, and weighs two hundred and
twenty-five pounds.
Mr.. Thomas Hardy, the novelist, in his
youth studied architecture, and after at
tanning some renown with his designs, be-
gan the writing of stories. He is now
only thirty-eight
Prof. Burnham, the astronomer, has
gone to California to select point at
which to locate the Ii Observatory.
1t is likely that a site will be chosen in
Santa Clara County.
Mr.. John Welsh says many pleasant
things about England and the English.
He attributes his ill-health last year to
exposure to the weather while fox hunt
ing and shooting grouse.
Mr.. Oliver Bradford, United States
Consular Clerk at Shanghai, has held
position since 1867, and it is said has not
been absent from his post at any time
during that extended period.
Archibald Forbes writes that "Sir Gar
net is adopting the same old game, set
ting black men against black men, fiagi-
tious in itself, but unavoidable through
the necessities of the situation"
President Hayes is going to the Fair
at Detroit September 18th. The birth
day of his youngest son was celebrated
at the Soldiers Home, near Washington,
on Tuesday, Mr.. Hayes playing with the
young people like aboy himself.
Major Serpa Pinto, the distinguished
African explorer, does not at all look like
daring traveller. He is youthful, he
has regular and agreeable features, a lit
tie mustache, a merry expression, and he
parts the locks adorning his well-shaped
head in the middle.
Senator Don Cameron and wife are tax
ing look at the picturesque shores of
Maine. A Coast Survey steamer took
| them to Ellsworth few days ago, where
they visited the home of Eugene Hale
and whence they continued their course
to Mount Desert Island.
Mr.. Alex. H. Stephens, having been
asked about his book, "The War Between
the States" replied: 81 wrote it with a
view of having the facts as they were
truthfully stated, and without any pecu-
mary view. l have received, however,
$35, 900 as my royalty on the sale, Or rs
cents volume"
Edmond About derives handsome in
come from his paper, the Nineteenth
Century. He has sumptuous residence
pitably, and in summer he and his wife
and seven children go to a spacious old
mansion, surrounded by fine park, on
the Versailles Road.
Mr.. P. T. Barnnm, when young man,
poor and in debt, said to Judge Whittle-
sey: 81 will pay that bill when | get
rich" whereupon the Judge drew down
his judicial features and disdainful)y re-
piled: "That will be when sieve holds
water" In a few years, however, the
visionary youth was in condition to
pen the following brief letter to the
Judge: 81 have fixed that sieve"
Ex-Governor Frederick Smythe, OF
New Hampshire, who accompanied Gen
Butler on his yachting cruise, brought
away from the Madeleine Islands, the
lonely group in the Gulf of st. Lawrence,
which is entirely cut off from the world
during the winter season, a sturdy boy OF
about twelve years. The lads father
made present of him to Mr.. Smythe
who intends to give him the advantages
of New England civilization.
Alexander I, of Bulgaria, follows vi
ennese fashions in everything. A Wen
ma architect furnished the plans for his
new palace, Viennese engineers are build
ing the Bulgarian railroads, and Wen
nese singers and actors have been
imported for the amusement of his
subjects, while boat-load of cooks and
servants and two vessels filled with furni
ture and utensils have been dispatched tt
him from the Austrian capital.
Mr.. Herbert Spencer, the London cor
respondent of the Manchester Guardian
says, has resolved to make final effor
for the completion of his work Of organ
izing Psychology" of which he ha
only yet been enabled to give "firs
principles" Lest death, or a tota
breakdown in health, or any other cir
cumstance, prevent him performing thi
task himself, he has nominated his sue
cessors in philosophical research.
DR.. Benjamin w. Richardson, F. r. s
says: "The facts in the main are tina
those men and women who from princi
pie abstain from one form of intoxican
most rcsolutely abjure all forms; ant
that those who indulge in one form ar
more apt than the rest to indulge il
more than one. In the course Of m
!, career | have met with some persons 0
English society who have INDUCED in tn
use of opium; but | have never met on
such who did not also take wine or som
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