The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1883-11-22
Personal Gossip.

Mr.. Keehle, the noted English tenn
perance advocate, as just completed his
selfirnposed task of walking 1000 miles
in AS hours, walking an average OF 2 Ia
miles an hour TO show that the physical
system of man who new er uses alcohol
ia capable of sust aiming greater and
more protracted fat igue than is the ply
steal system of an equa lily sound III n ac'
custoined to its use even in moderation.
Nine. Je my Lind still suffers much
from a neuralgia affection Of Ter throat
and chest-the same which wears ago 2
Used to cause her an agonizlng headache
after every appearance On the stage.
Senator Don Cameron, who is now in
Paris, writes that he is going to Ger
many, Italy and Spain before returning:
He adds that he will not be back until
congress has finished its president max
ing. This is construed TO mean that ne
will return next summer. Senator M.
G.. Butler will maintain his pair with
Camera except on political questions.
and Senator Malone is ito decide what
political questions.
The Chevalier Wikof who Is well
known in this country is reported by
the English papers to have been strick-
en- with paralysis, and his case is re-
| garded as avery serious one. He has
| had remarkable and very orlilldns
| career, having always been engaged IN
| some enterprise requiring diplomatic
| skill and the expenditure of much
energy. He was the dear friend OF Ed
| win Forrest, the actor, and Travelled with
| him through Europe. He took Miss
| Fannie Elser to America, and was often
| the confdanr Of princes.
Ex-Governor Stewart of Vermont, a
member of the new congress On
the republican side, is said to be phe-
nomenal orator and the most eloquent
man in the state. He passes two sum-
mer months each year under canvas on
an island in Lake Champlaln with
party of Mlddleburg professors and
keeps open house for multitudes OF
visitors. They live on Lake bsss and
good old wine. He is immensely rich.
The Philadelphia Times says that one
of the clerks employed in the postotfice
of that city eceived recently this letter
from Postmaster Huidekoper: 81 am
Inform ed that there is considerable dis
cussion of political and other matters
which do not pertain in any way to post
Office business during the time when
YOU are on duty. and that you are one
| of the principal disputants. This being
the case, l do not consider that your
services are worth $500 per annum, and
unless l am satisfied that you totally re.
train in the future from discussing all
matters not connected with the regular
business which may arise in the course
. of your duty you may expect your sal
ary to be at the rate OF 5000 per annum.
A famous old soldier died in Water
ford, Me-, on the 23d ult., Alexander
Mills, aged eigh ty-two years. He was
on board the Government transport Col
. umbia, in the Seminole war, and also
was in service on board the United
States revenue cutter Jackson, situated
at New Orleans and Newport. He was
. on board United States ship on the
coast of Africa, and was one of the crew
who landed and riddled with bullets old
|. | King Kraka, an African king. Soon aft
er this ne visited Arabia and the Holy
, Land. He was in the war between Tex
as and Mexico, where he was severely
wounded. He assisted i'll the lombard
, ment of Vera Cruz and other places IN
Mexico. and has been sailor on board
| the Macedonian, Saratoga and York
| town.
A work recently publishedin England
, contains the following letter from the
late Charles Darwin, the naturalist,
| penned not long after his death: 81
! seems to me absurd to doubt that mar
) may be an ardent Theist and Evolution
list. You are right abou Kingsley. Asa
GRAY, the eminent botanist, is another
case in point. What my own views may
be is question of no consequence t
:. any one but myself. But, as you ask,
= may state that my judgment often tiuc
, tuates. Moreover, whether man de-
serves to be called Theist depends or
the definition of the term, which il
e much too large subject for a note. Ii
T. my most extreme fluctuations | have
r never been an ATHEIST in the sense
DENYING the existence of God. thinl
that enerally, land more and more as
l. grow older), but not always. that an Ag
s nostic would be the more correct de
A scription of my state of mimi