Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-07-19
PERSONALITIES.

PERSONALITIES.
Pnn SHERIDAN has four children, all
girls.
B1sMARcK's daily diet is blood, iron
aud pork-especially pork.
GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian, Is
the senior living Doctor of Laws OF Har-
ward College.
JOHN r. G. HAssARD, of the New
York Tribune, has just been made an
LII. D. by st. Johns College.
BERRY FIELDING DICKENS, youngest
son of Charles Dickens, has been ap-
pointed to the recordership of Deal.
A. BIRD Ho1ABIRD, who is something
of an English sparrow, the new quarter
master-general, will have some good
picking.
PETROLEUM Y. Massey is to write vol
umc of European travels year. for.
eight years, for his Boston publishers.
Nasby is as bright as he ever was.
QUEEN VICTORIA is a newspaper reader,
and that is why she has reigncd longer
than Elizabeth. Elizabeth, however,
used to get Shakespeare to readhis plays
to her.
HENRY IRVING has 200 pairs of suspen-
ders. But what doth it profit man,
says the Philadelphia News, if he hath
200 pairs of suspenders if lie lose one
button.
GEORGE w. CnILDs, of the Philadel-
phia Ledger, will probably run over to
England next month and pay his friend
Walters, of the London Times, u brief
friendly visit.
QUEEN VICTORIA does not indulge in
the atfectation OF pretending not to read
the newspapers. She takes morning
and au evening daily and several week.
| lies. She is fond of novels, too.
The Marquis of Lorne will not leave
Canada until after the arrival of his sue
cessor, and he is not expected to arrive
in England till the end of November
| 1t is probable, however, that the Prln-
cess Louise will return to Europe in
August, in order that she may visit
German bath before the close of the
season.
selves than Mr.. Gould. He is temper.
ate in all things, and always has been,
except in the getting of money. He
lives plainly and keeps good hours, &C.
ing to bed before IL o'clock, if possible,
and getting up to an s O'Clock breakfast.
AS rule he is down town before 10
o'clock.
LONDON World says: "The biography
of George Eliot, which has been inter
rupted in its preparation by M. Gross
long indispositlop, will, now that he has
recovered, make rapid progress. hear
that Mr. Cross is working from the min
ute and uninterrupted diary which his
wife kept from her earlier years until
her DEATH"
JAMES PARTON says when Gen. Butler
sent his con to Harvard he gave him a
check book, and said to him: "Take
that, and whenever you want any money
draw as freely as you like. If you are
ever in doubt consult your mother"
At the end of bis college course the
young man had spent ouly 81, 500 a year,
which is considerably below The average
sum spent by the sons of wealthy pa.
rents at Cambridge.
a GENTLEMAN who has something
more than a passing acquaintance with
Mrs. Lapgtry says that the lady is en-
ploying some of her spare time writing
book, Ill which she gives her impress
sions very fully Of american customs
and American PEOPLE. A New York
publisher bas arranged for the copy
right of the book, and will bring it out
about the time the lady makes up her
mind to quit the American stage.
Mr.. EDWARD WAIS, whose memory
| goes back to 1915, denies the story
which has 20 lorg been credited in
Philadelphia, that Tom Moore once liv-
ed in a certain hous, in Paramount Park
"a little, low cottage, still standing on
| the west bank, close to the river road.
and opposite to Peters Island. From
long before 1916 up to the year 1880 tho
cottage was occupied by negress, cold
Coruelia,'' who ''did the Washing for the
Belmont establishment.
JOHN BRlGiT is as cool rs he is clever.
A few nights ago, while addressing an
English audience, he had occasion to re-
mark: "Job has said, Man is born
unto trouble az t.he sparks fly upward, >"
but that upon tlle whole he ssdid not
agree with. Job" Whereupon one of
the audience of 1000 arose, and object
ing to hear Job spoken of so, shouted:
| "Three cheers for job" The three
cheers were given with M enthusiasm
which might have discounted less
ready man than John Bright.
r. G. INGERso1I: 81 am wondering
why people take interest in politics: why
anybody cares about anything: WHY
everybody is not contented; why people
want to climb the creased poles of Office
and then dodge the brickbats of enemies
ard rivals; why any man wishes to be
President or a member of congress. or
IN the cabinet, or to do anything except
to live with the ones he loves and enjoy
twenty -tonr hours every day. Finally,
to use the language of Walt Whitman,
L Loaf and invite my soHl.'"
MARTIN FARoUuAR UPPER. the pro.
fesslonal moralist and Solomonizer of
platltudes, is thought of in England and
by some very worthy people despite
Ihackerays witty assertion to the con
trary. he seems to be as poor as Jobs
turkey or tho Sultan's turkey or his own
writings, for it is deemed necessary,
probably as mark no less of respect
than OF compassion, to laisea fund to be
presented to him To this luudable un-
dertaking Gladstone, Browning, Ruskin
and Lord Houghton are lending their
aumlraDle energies.
CoNKnINa stands over six feet high.
The caricatures in Puck are abomin
ably like and unlike him. To those ia
miiiar with his features, the caricatures
are ludiclonsly like him but are not
what might be called likeness of Ros.
coe CoDklipg. He is more bald than,
people imagine. His hair is whitening
very fast, MS is his beard, which he wears
full, although there is not much Of II.
The curly exaggeration familiar Is the
readers OF Puck has bnsis in c,irl Of
fact. Sitting, Mr.. Conklipg is a man Of
apparent dignity; standing he is not
His body is long, his legs are short. To
some his manner is peculiarly offensive
To others it is peculiarly agree.
able.
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