The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-05-25
Gossip
About Men and Women.

About Men and Women.
The sister of Lady Florence Dixie-Lady
Gertrude Douglas-Sho marrieda baker last
year and set him up in business, found that
there are drawbacks to a marquiss sister
selling bread. She got plenty of business
but the customers did not pay, apparently
thinking that a peers daughter cannot
want payment for her loaves. So the bust
ness is to be given up, and the aristocratic
bride, aged forty, is going to retire to the
provinces and live quietly with her plebeian
husband of nineteen.
John Morley now has the satisfaction of
wiring NJ P. after his name, but he has
had to pay for it. His election expenses at
Newcastle footed up over 5000. His un-
successful tory competitor spent between
81 900 and $4,000.
Washington gossp-monger says: 81
hear from excellent authority that the story
of ex-senator Gordon's having lost nearly al
his money is entirely without foundation in
truth. General Gordon has made about
$500, 900, which he has kept and put into
good investments"
Jubal A. Early has declined to permit a
scamp of confederate veterans in Lynch
burg, Va, to use his name as title. He
advised them to take that of General Gar
land, Lynchburgher, who, he saws,
was the first confederate general to fall in
the war. In these times, he suggests, it is
dangerous to pay honors to any but the
dead.
Speaking of the row between Gen. Chal-
mers and Colonel Galloway, the ST. Louis
Globe-Democrat remarks: 'sThe pity of It
is that these rufians cannot chew each 9TH
er up until there is nothing left of either Of
them. And the wonder is that the decent
people of Mississippi and Tennessee do not
pitch them both neck and heels out of the
country"
The San Francisco Vermonters gave Sena-
or Edmunds reception, and in the course
of his speech he paid a glowing tribute to
their adopted home. Here in San Francis
co., he said, ''you have every element of
architecture, of progress of civilization, and
the social institutions of the older cities, and
yet San Francisco is young, very Young.
much younger than myself.''
In recent alleged sermon, Moncure D..
Conway said of Richard Wagner: "As he
had interpreted Europe, fused the fragments
of its faith, and the dust Of its legends to-
gether, and drawn forth divine sword for
human Siegfried to WELD for human hearts.
so, as have heard, he was already entering
upon like work for Asia, would sing the
greatness of Buddha and the bliss of Nirya-
ma. Even his gesture that way is precious.
Art is the prophet of all regions, and will
break down all partitions.
Ex-Minister Schenck is said to have cured
himself of Bright's disease by living for
year on milk and tomatoes.
Laura Bridgman is described by recent
visitor to the asylum for the blind at South
Boston as a 'fraiI-looking lady, now over
fifty years of age, deaf, dumb and blind. She
was dressed with Immaculate neatness, and
is said to be very fond of fnery. One of the
girls sat by her side and talked into Lauta,s
hand, making the letters of the deaf and
dumb alphabet SO that she could feel them.
1t is tiresome way to converse, but Laura
is very happy to have callers. She crochets
and knits, and sells the articles made, add
ing her autograph, written with a pencil in
the angular script they use.''
By his recently published book, ex-Mar-
shall Bazaine has drawn upon himself the
fire of NJ. CorDely, Editor of LIE Clarion,
who addresses him in that journal as fol-
lows: 81 do not accuse you of want of cou-
rage or decision, or of failing in your duty.
say that you did not understand it. do
not say that you were traitor; say that
you were fool" Bazaine's hope that be
NAV at some future time be allowed to re-
trieVe his honor by defeating the enemies of
France, M. Cornely brushes in a merciless
manner: abandon your illusions. You
will be able to die four times before the
smallest French army will be confded to
you. You must not forget that If French
men who are too intelligent to give way to
passion understand few of your excuses,
the masses of the people regard you as hay
ing forfeited your military honor. The for
mer consider you incapable; to the latter
you remain traitor. And were you even
heroic martyr, it would be the same for
three or four generations; for equity is
plant which in these sad times grows only
on tombs.
One of the pluckest men in America is
old ]. Madison Wells, of Louisiana return
ing board renown, whose entrance into pub
lie affairs was in 1927. That year he was
one OF tne SECONDS OF James bowie, tIne IN
ventor of the deadly knife bearing his name),
in terrible fight that occurred on Natchez
Island. There were four on a side, and five
of the eight were left dead on those bloody
sands, the bloodiest place in the southwest,
whose battle place it was for forty years.
David Dudley Field will never be so near
death till it comes to him as he was that day
In the committee room, when he thought he
would badger Governor Wells. The old re-
turning boarder was armed to the teeth,
and II Field had said another insulting word
to him he would have been shot through
the heart. Wells had his hand upon "a
nous "Derringer" that he relied upon when
he meant business, and another move of his
prosecutor would have been his last When
the old man awoke to the fact that Field was
badgering him he became as dangerous as a
wounded tiger Washington World