The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-03
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Personal and Literary.

-Miramu, the new prima donna. say.
she never took lesson in acting. II i,
her belief that If one has soul and feel.
ing, the expression and the acting come
by intuition.
The prize of $50 offered by the New
York Metropolitan Museum of Art, for
the best set of twelve tiles, has been
awarded 70 Miss Mary King Longfellow
of Portland, Maine.
Herbert Spencer is wintering in
Egypt for his health, which has been
seriously shattered by his recent close
application to study. His forthcoming
work will be entitled 'sCeremonial In,
stitutions.n Gar $50 49,.
The late John Biackwood, one day
conversation with Miss Annie Brew
stcr, related how he and George Eliot
had corresponded for some time before
nc knew she was woman. I" I called
her Dear George" ne said merrily.
"and employed some easy expressions.
such as man uses only TO man. Al
ter knew her was a little anxious to
remember all that l might have said"
Some new light may be expected
10 be thrown upon contemporary his
tory by an important work ON which
the ex-Dictator Of Hungary, Louis Kos
suth, has been for some time past en-
gagged, andwhich will appear simultane-
ously in five European languages. Kos
suth daily devotes 10 hours out of every
"a to the work of composition, compiIa-
uon' and arrangement, and the book he
Is a1out to give to the world viii consist |
not only Of his personal memoirs, but |
OF his political writings and speeches. |
The first volume is announced for pub
LEGATION before the end of the present |
year! z is11 biie'e ctW IetAfsc =
Mr.. Arthur Sullivan, who is inst
now receiving much social honor. and
gathering sequins from bis music, is of
irish parentagc on one side, and OF Ital-
IAN descent on the other, and, as Ed
mund Yates says, is endowed with that
gilt, rarest in England-the gift of vi
vacity., As boy, he had learned TO
play upon several instruments, and
sang in the Chapel Royal. After Is
months instruction he wrote an anthem. i
and Sir George Smart decreed that the
work OF his .protege should be sung in !
the Chapel Royal. Mr.. Sulliyan's ewes
twinkle as he tells how the Bishop of
London, on being told the name of the !
author, sent for him, patted his black
curly head, and presented him then and
there with 10 shillings. This encour- :
aged Inn TO compete for the Mendels- !;
SOM scholarship at the Royal Academy
OF MUSIC, for which he was only Just of i
suincient age-4 years-and he won 4
Inc prize, worth 500 year, for which '
has Jenny Lind to thank. By !
Snilivan's exertions this prize has been I,
to $3.50 year. Mr. Sullivan n
Is a. great personal favorite with the II
members OF the royal family, as he is i,
with persons everywhere who have row =
slty OF intellect. =
q q school and Church. lalsa y
Tho number of pupils in the South .
Iarolina public schools during the last
ear was l22,463, Of whom g.. 095 were h
oioteu. f84 Mff a,5tl trttg, 81. :.
Ihirfy-seven students are now in "
tendance at the London School of :
iediclne for Women and at the ROYAL =
rec Hospital. Since the foundation of =,
nc school 20 have entered. MANY Of
HON have taken diplomas, and are
ow in practice. t9-cjsa iia5iillg
in Georgia there Il a ,n;n;stsr :. .h.l
rim lt. Baptist denomination who has i,
70 churches under his care, making il TIC
'cessary for him to preach all day long SCI
Sundays. During six days Of the mi
eek ne goes Into the forest and chops g'
oou to earn living. And he Is II pis
80 ! :, ~ r AZ mat - ts 70,
KEY. Moses How, Methodist Epis- ",
pal clergyman Of Portsmouth, N. III.
said to be the oldest preacher of any
nomination in New England. He Is Jol
Years old, and began to preach 65 cor
ars ago. lie is hearty and well, and mol
cached extemporaneously at Ports- wei
nth the other SUNDAY. sneaI;n9 MI Win tice
trong, smooth and pleasant voice. on
Senator Rai,ev ~ ,,o,o,, !, !. -. 20