The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-08
MEN, WOMEN AND BOOKS.


ident, which her majesty wished to possess
1t is of cabinet size, and handsomely
framed,
THAoKERAY's house in Kensington pal
ace. gardens, London, has just been sold.
1t was not only lived in, but was built for
the novelist, who reared it in red brick in
the style named after Queen Anne. Until
lately it was occupied by Mr. Joseph
Bravo.
Mr.. A. Il. ALcoTT is said to seldom pass
a day without composing a sonnet or
stanza. He is eighty-two years old. The
forty-ninth birthday of his daughter Louisa
has recently occurred. Miss Alcott is
about to bring out a new and altered edi-
ton Of her first novel, "Moods'
THE old timbered house in Worcester
shire in which Butler, the author of "EIu-
| dibras," was born, has been RACED to the
ground, and tie only contemporary record
Of his existence is contained in the parish
register, which preserves the entry of. his
baptism on st. Valentines day in 1912.
NJ. GERoME, the painter, grows more
fragile in appearance with every year. He
is ethereally slender, and seems, Mrs
Hooper says, to consist mainly OF profu
sion Of iron gray hair and beard, and a pair
Of piercing dark eyes, the rest of him be-
ing too slight to be taken into considera-
ton.
Mr.. II. U. SOLOMON, who was profound
Hebrew scholar, and who was generally ad-
mitted 20 be the best English authority on
the Tamud, has just died in England. He
was descended from Mordecai Jaffa, the
author of series Of books known as the
"Levush," and he himself translated the
Jewish prayer-bo book into English.
A SILVER star marks the spot on the floor
of the Baltimore and Potomac railway sta
ton where President Garfield fell when
shot. beautifully carved marble tablet
was placed on the wall above it on We'd
nesday. An eagle, holding in It's claws ar
rows and laurels, surmounts the stone, on
which is inscribed, James Abram Garfield
President of the United States, shot July 2
| 1881"
THE success of Mr.. Alfred Ayres' The
Ortheopist, which has been accepted as one
of the most trustworthy of recent manuals
of pronunciation, has warranted the pub
lication Of new work on the same line Of
study. "The Verbalist," constructed on the
same plan as the former work, is devoted
to the brief discussion Of the right anc
wrong use of words, and to some other mat
tiers of interest to those who would SPEAK
and write with propriety. Special study i;
made of those words and phrases which are
most frequently misused, or which have los
their finer shades of meaning through care
less usage The book will prove profitable
reading to multitudes, and should find {
convenient place in every library for ready
reference.
WEBSTER AND CHoATE,
Thirty years ago, when a student o
Amherst college, remember going owe
with several of my classmates to North
ampton, where Daniel Webster and Rufus
Choate were the opposing lawyers in tn,
great Oliver Smith case. | shall never
forget the impression made by the great
contrast between the manner and gesticula
tons of those two distinguished pleaders
in their closing arguments. The cour
room was crowded almost to sufTOcatiou
and the immense interest involved, to
gether with the high reputation of the OPP
posing counsel, combined to excite the at
tention and interest of all to remarkable
degree. Webster's gestures, as well as hi
words, we're comparatively few, but weighty
massive, the very embodiment of dignity
and conscious strength. Most of til,
time during this half hour argument h,
stood perfectly motionoss, his body slight
ly bent forward and his hands behind hi
back.
Choate spoke for nearly two hours in
manner the very counterpart of Webster's
andyet equally appropriate to the speaker
individuality, He was all alert every veil
swelled to fulness, every muscle at it
utmost tension. He advanced towards tn
jury and retreated. He rose on tiptoe, an,
several times in his excitement seemed +
spring up entirely off his feet He ran hi
, long, nervous fingers through his dark curl
: and anon shook them in the air above hi
head with so swift a motion that the
seemed to run into each other like tn
spokes of a spinuing-wheel. His plea last
i ed two hours. The day was hot, and whe
| he had concluded hp sank into tha arms r