New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-23
PERSONAL.

General Sheridan is said to be both good story
teller and good listener to the stories of others.
Lord Tennyson D'Eyncourt and Sir Stafford
Northcote fourteenth cousins as descendants Of
Old John of Gaunt, time honored Lancaster" Mr..
Gladstone is in the eighteenth generation of descent
| from Edward l.; and Lord Woseey in the seven
tenth from Edward lll3all despite that famous
| winding sheet of Edwards race"
| Professor Sylvester was given on Thursday even
ing farewell reception by the Faculty of the
Johns Hopkins University. Among those present
was Mr. Matthew Arnold, to whom Professor Syl-
yester dedicated his treatise on "The Laws of
Verse, and who was present at the farewell recep-
ton given TO the eminent mathematician by the
Atneneum GiuD OF London, seven years ago, on the
occasion OF his coming to this country.
Alphonse Daudet is forty years old, wears his black
hair.so long that reaches his shoulders and has
benign almost ministerial, countenance. Owing to
his extreme short-sghtedness he some years ago
met with a serious accident on the street and since
then he has walked out but little and has become
as well known to Paris cabmen as Victor Hugo used
to be to omnibus drivers. lie is greatly assisted in
his literary work by hIs wife,
At Lissa in 1885, the Austrian ship Ferdinand
Max, commanded by Baron de Sterneck, destroyed
the Italian ship Re dItalia, of which the COM
mander and, indeed, only survivor was Captain Del
SantO. On Novomber19 last, the official gazettes at
ltuud iNOHlc the respective appoint
ments of Nlce-Admiral Baron de Sterneck as Minis
ter of the Austrian Marine and of YIce-A,miral Del
Santo as Minister of the Italian Marine.
Word comes of the wedding at Toxic, Japan, on
November 5, of Miss Stcmatz Yamagawa to Mr.
Oyano Iwao. The bride, native of Japan, was ed
ucated at Vassar College andreturned to her child
hoods home about year ago, leaving behind her
in this country many warm friends. Her husband
il the japanese minister of War and one of the
SangI. tic was born in Satsuma, and was one of
the earliest and strongest supporters of the MikadO.
He was educated in France, and has taken his
bride To palatlal home containing every cOnyen-
fence and luxury known to European civilization.
Oliver Dalrymple, Of the famons Dalrymple
wheat farm, is described as typical 4" Uncle Sam"
in appearance. His face is peaked" his hair long.
lie wears a big white hat and old-fashioned farm
ers clothes, and might be mistaken for an antique
Ncw-England schoohnasteT tranSplauted to the
Northwestern prairies. He is cordial in conversa-
tion and entirely absorbed in the various depart
ments of his business, of which he understands
every detail and in which he manages his host of
laborers like general marshallmg an army to bat
tle
Leo XIII. is almost constantly embellishing the
Vatican in some way and superintends all work in
person. Recently he had some frescOing done, and
he cambercd up to the top of the tall seafold TO in
spcct the work at close quarters Finding 1t not up
to the standard, he ordered work stopped and all
that had been done effaced. Send me Seitz at
once" he cned this rubbish won't do" The
painter called for was LudovicO Scitz who has re-
stored some of Rafaelles works in the Vatican and
undertaken other important commissions. He Is yet
a young man, but has won high rank as a frescO-
painter.
"Mr Blaine is in town for the winter" writes a
philadelphia Press correspondent. Il called on him
the other day and had the luck to be admitted to
his workshop. The sun was streaming in at the
windows, jolly good hickory fire blazing on
the hearth aud the room was as bright and warm
and cheerful as possible A great big table was
drawn close to the windows, and on it were manu-
scripts and proofs and documents. The floor all
around was strewn with books. The great states
man seemed TO be engaged in revising some proof
sheets of his book and / am sure he was not over
joyed at seeing me. However. he was polite, AS he
always is and talked pleasantly on many subjects.
lie said he was love with his present work, and
should hereafter follow the pursuit of writing.
Nothing he had ever done was so in harmony with
his tastes and he never so cOntCnted and happy.
He certainly never more hearty and vigorous,
and he never looked better"