The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-14
Personal.

Prince Leopold will proceed from Can
ada, after visitin g his sister, through the
Western States, but will not go as far as
San Francisco.
Mr.. Philip Gilbert Hamerton intends
shortly to present himself as candidate
for the Professorship of Fine Art in the
University of Edinburgh.
Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway is
a youth of twenty years, whose beardless
face looks even younger than that. He
is handsome hoy, gracious and elegant
in carriage and manner. e4
Mr.. Henry Bergh now and then ex-
changes pleasant letter with the Care
witch. Twenty years ago Mr.. Bergh
was Secretary of the American Legation
at st. Petersburg, and was highly fav-
ored by the Imperial family.
Gen. Loris Melikoff, the dictator" is
said to be exceedingly popular in St.
Petersburg society. His vile was one of
the greatest beauties of her day, and his
oldest daughter is remarkable pianist
His two sons are pages at court. g
General Alonzo Anderson, who was
Superintendent of the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad during the war, who built
the present bridge over the Cumberland
River, and was recently General Man
ager of the Elizabethtown & Paducah
Railroad, has been appointed Chief En-
gineer of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. James w. Hale. of Springfield,
Mass, who died in 1868, directed that
the income of one-haf of his property,
estimated at $4,000, should, upon the
death of his wife, be spent for stoves,
fuel, and flour for the deserving poor,
three of the city pastors and the Clerk of
the Courts being the almoners of the
bounty. The wife, who was given the
disposition of the other half Of his prop
erty, has just died.
The Prince Consort had no wish to
die, but he did not care for living. Not
long before his fatal illness, in speaking
to the Queen, he said: "I do not cling
to life. You do; but I set no store by
it. If I knew that those I love were
were well cared for, I should be quite
ready to die tomorrow" In the same
conversation, he added: II am sure, if
l had severe illness. should give up
at once; | shoLld not struggle for life. I
have no tenaeity of Life" ~
q. General Grant was entertained at a
dinner at Mobile the other evening, and
at the end of the repast he received
gift of book containing the autographs
of all the gentlemen present. The Reg
lister, of Mobile, says with somewhat
heavy fun: 'It is remarkable for hosts
to cucumber their guests with autograph
books, but we assure him that it is Gus
tomary in this section to do 90. No we'll
regulated dinner party is perfect with
out the autograph of the host in book
or on card at the plate of the guest.
Frequently the host is forgotten by the
guest"
Professor Nordenskjold Is a man of
forty-six, short and broad-shouldered
He has large nose, mouth drawn down
at the corners and pair of almond
shaped Finnish eyes, which look out at
the world through spectacles His small,
dropping mustache and his abund mt
hair, which is fattened down and parted
on the left side, are of light color. His
expression is said to combine something of
disdain and great deal of sang-froid. The
professor'stitleis is purely honorary, he has
never acted as professor in reality. He
belongs to an old and nobleFinnish family,
and is the father of five children. He is
man of magnificent requirements, but
be is very modest and talks little.
MI. J. K. Emmett, the actor, is about
to become a citizen of Albany, N. Y,
having purchased handsome site for
house in that city and settled the plan
of his residence with the architect. The
house is to be a large cottage, half Eng
lish and half Swiss, and built of pressed
brick, Ohio sandstone, and wood. One
of the principal apartments is to be a
music-room, which will contain large
orchestrion of forty-musician power,
which will be heard all through the
house, and probably for a considerable
distance around it. The grounds are to
be elaborately arranged, and in one cor
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Prof Adam Sedgwick, the late dis
tinguished Cambridge geologist, was
extremely proud of the mathematics of
his university, though he knew little
about them. He was once heard to say
at one of the meetings of the Cambridge
Philosophical Society, which he helped
to found: 81 rejoice in the progress of
mathematical science; l measure it in
this way: l am stationary kind Of being
with regard to mathematics; the progress
of the science may be measured by the
small amount of that which | am able to
understand; and I give you my word of
honor that / have not been able to un-
derstand single paper that has been
read before this society during the last
twenty years." r... al
The Gar emulates the example of the
elderly danes of most nations of regular
ly looking under every possible piece of
furniture for the deadly burglar or as
sassin. No nourlshment, either solid or
liquid, that has not been tasted in his