The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-29
PERSONAL.

oenator thurman and wife are at tlT1
Isle of Shoals.
Tin Fan Chang and party, of the Chi
nese Legation, are at Niagara.
NJ. Vieuxtemps is in failing health,
and has consequently resigned his pro-
fessorship in the Berlin Conservatory of
Music.
DIR. W. II. Russell, who has gone out
70 the cape as correspondent for The
London Telegraph, received, it is said.
before his departure fee of $4,000.
Mr.. George P. Holyoake, the clever
English writer on cooperation and other
industrial subjects, is coming to this
country next month on lecturing tour.
Mr.. 7. B. Potter, NJ. P, will come to
the United States as soon as Parliament
adlourns, and will probably be accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Childers. Mr..
Potter vainly cndeavorcd to induce John
Bright to accompany him.
Chief Justice Chase's grave at Oak
Hill, near Washington, is marked simply
by block of gray granite, bearing only
the record OF his birth and death follow.
ing his name. There could hardly be q
palmer monument nor one in bettcq
taste.
Mr.. Walter, NJ. P, the leading pro
prletor and now the actual chief Of tho
London Times newspaper, found it neces.
sary the other day to write letter to
the Times complaining that it had made
a mess of speech of his in the House of
Commons and making the necessary cor
rections.
King Humbert has just received a
formal visit from several Morocco ambas.
sadors They read to him letter in
Arabic. conveying the congratulations
of the Emperor of Morocco upon his ac,
cession to the throne. The Kings reply
expressed cordial friendship for tho
Moorish sovereign.
Victor Hugo talking about age not long
ago confessed that the most disagreeabla
advance to him was that from thirty,
nine to forty. But" said friend, II
should think it great deal better to be
forty than fifty" "Not at ALL" replied
Hugo; "forty years is the old age Of
youth, while fifty years is the youth Of
old age"
James Winthrop Harris, for the past
ten years Secretary of Harvard College,
has just died. He was not literary
man, but showed an extraordinary abil.
ity for his duties. He was especially
noted, too, for his punctualty; for the
ten years of his service he failed scarcely
day of being in his Office at precisely
the appointed hours.
Herbert Spencer has benefited so much
in health by his sojourn on the Cont
nent and his enforced rest from work
that he is able to throw much more en-
ergy than he has done for some time
back into his works on sociology. His
secretaries are kept fully employed. The
philosopher of Bayswater will probably
visit America the next time he requires
a rest.
General Benjamin Harrison is about to
take his family to Narragansett Pier, or
some other seaside place. He will mean
while go to Washington and talk with
Mr.. Hayes on the subject of the Missis-
sippi River Commission; and will after
ward decide whether he will accept the
appointment as advisory member of that
Commission.
Ex-Secretary Bristow's portrait is thus
sketched: He is tall and stout; his head
is large and well-shaped; his face is mas
sive and wears quiet expression. He
has prominent nose; his eyes are blush
gray in color, his whskers and mustache
are gray and closely-trimmed; his hair is
half brown, half gray, and not thick; he
wears quiet suit OF Customary black"
Mr.. Henry Smart, well-known En-
glish organist and composer, died few
days ago. He was particularly success
full in the writing of hymn tunes, among
which his setting Of clark! bark, My
SOUL" 90 Paradise, O Paradise" "See
the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph"
brightly CLEANS Our Banner" Gust
as Am, Without One Plea" king of
Saints" Lights Abode" Celestial Sa-
lem," and "From GreenIand's ley Noun
tains" (alI to be found in "Hymns, An.
cient and Modern, are among the most
popular examples of the modern hymn
tune. He had been for many years or.
ganist of st. Pancras.
Mr. Randolph Rogers is so CHEEKY
man that he is described as ''the great
American joker of Italy" He is about
tifty-eight years old, and is stout; he has
merry blue eyes, full white beard and
mustache, a ruddy complexion and very
handsome hands. He wears in his study
a picturesque velvet cap and quaint
garment of light-colored cloth with
straight body and voluminously plated
skirt. Thirty years | have lived in
Italy, eighteen times have crossed the
Atlantic" says Mr.. Rogers, "and still
read the United States newspapers daily
with as much interest as ever | did, and
the Roman papers with as little"