New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-23
PERSONAL.

Prince Krapotkine makes prison life endurable
by nstructing his fellow convicts in cosmograpby
geometry and algebra.
Ex-Governor Pillsbury of Minnesota, is spend
ing few weeks at his old home in New Hampshire.
and IL is said that he is the bearer of an invitation
to ex-senator Patterson of the latter State to be-
come President of the Minnesota State University.
| The small but strongly built boat in which some
forty -four years ago Grace Darling and her father
saved the survivors of the wrecked Forfarshire is
one of the interesting objects to be at the
Fisheries Exhibition in London-at least 1t is so
regarded by the thousands VINO daily 'nrOnS "00u'
| New-York friends of the late General Charles w.
Ewing express much surprise at the news of his
DEATH for only ten days ago they saw him looking
| remarkably WELL He leaves in very moderate cir
cumstances large and interesting family. Mrs.
Ewing is daughter of the Hon. John X. Miller, OF
Mt. Vernon. OHIO.
Miss Rosalind A. Young, who q couple of years
ago wrote an article about Pitcarn's Island Cor
ScribneTs Magazine is still living in that outof-the-
way spot Her father is pastor of the island church
| and teacher of the school, and she is organlst and
assistant teacher She Is about twenty-six years
old and writes a retired sea-captain who not long
ago visited her at her home, " she weighs two hun
dred pounds. never had shoe on her foot, and II
necessary could swi off to ship four miles from
the island and back again to Shore and then go INTO
the little church and play the organ nearly as well
as any young lady in the States"
A favored family are the Fitzmaurices. The first
Marquis of Lansdowne was Prime Minister; the
third Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secre-
tary and President of the Council the fourth,
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, position now
held by his younger son and the fifth, Governor
General of Canada at the age Of hrty-eight, after
being Lord Of the Treasury at twenty-threc. The
family has also had a couple of Carriers. Lord Shell
| burne, the Premier, wanted to be made duke and
would have been, only George Ill got an idea into
his head that he wouldn't grant any moro duke
| dOms, except to members Of his own family and
George Thirds ideas were much like the laws of the
Modes and Persians. However, Shelburne got
| Marquisate, and promise of dukedOm If ever the
| King changed his mind; which he didn't. Shell
buTne's second son, the third Marquis, was offered
| dukedom, but declined it.
| The late Abd-el-Kader was described as follows
| by Leon Roche, who was long his confidential
friend: His complexion is dead white; his fore
head broad and lofty; eyebrows, delicate black and
finely arched, surmount two very large blue eyes
shaded by long black lashes, and full Of that hui
nudity which gives the Oriental eye such bright
ness and softness His nose is well made and
| slightly aqullinej his lips thin without being
pnched; his black beard is ample-withOut being
| absolutely thick-short, and trimmed to n point;
his face is oval. little sign tattoed between the
His slender small hands are remarkably whte-as
he sits crossegged one of them almost always rests
upon bis foot, which is quite rs elegantly proper
toned and white His height does not exceed five
| feet and few lines, but he is strongly built.
fine white wooden hdik fastened about bis head with
| a string Of camels-hair, q cotton shirt, whlte
bumous and brown burnous form his whole attire"
A writer in The baltimore american contradicts
the oit-quoted story that the late Johns Hopkins
first entered that city frendless and penniless
/ T,1f Of Nv
knss life given him by that philanthrOpist him
| self short time before his death. When was.a
boy" said Sir. Hopkins, my uncle, Gerard 7. Hop
kns often came 70 South River to visit my parents,
aud noticing was an active boy the farm, asked
my mother to let me come to Baltimore to live with
| him, aud said that he would bring me up nier
chant AT the age OF seventeen came stay ed in my
| uncle's store who was wholesale grocer and CON-
mission merchant and lived in his family. He was
an eminent minister IN the Society of Friends, and
| when was but nineteen he was appointed TO go
out 10 Ohio TO the first yearly meeting to be held at
| Mt. Pleasant My aunt accompanied him, with
three others. They all travelled Oh horseback, u
| great part Of the way through wilderness with
| no other roads but Indian paths But they ro-
turned after an absence Of several months in safety
| Previous TO leaving, my uncle arranged his bust
ness affairs aud calling me TO him said AS thee
| has been faithful to my interests since thee has
! been with me, am going to leave everything in
thy hands Here are checks which have signed
my name TO; there upward OF five hundred of
Them Thee will deposit the money as IL is ro-
ceved, and as thee wants money thee will fill up
| the checks which leave with thee. Buy the goods
and do the best thee cam felt my responsibility
TO be very great. But on his return, on looking
over his affairs, ho surprised TO find had done
much better than he had expected. had increased
his business considerably. and it Is with pride and
pleasure look back to that time. and to tho great
confidence Uncle Gerard reposed In me. lived
with my uncle until twenty-fDur years of age,
and one day he took me aside and asked me If
would like to 90 into business for myself. an
swered: 'Yos-Uut uncle have no capital. have
only $500 which | have saved up He said:
That will make difference will indorse for
thee and this will give thee good credit and IN
short tune thee will make capital thee has been
faithful to my interests and / will start thee In
business SO took u warehouse near his and with
sold 5000 900 worth Of goods and soon made che
capital which my uncle said would make. sue
ceeded in business and realized largely and often
think of my carly days and like TO talk of them
and Uncle Gerards kindness to me-"
WASHINGTON, juno 22.-General Wright, Chief
Of Engineers, has returned to Washington from his
tour IN the west.