The Mineral argus., 1884-01-17

John Russell Young, American min
lister to China, wrote to a friend in Hart
ford recently, saying: 'fThe rumor
about my wife's health are exaggerated.
She has tendencies which require care
on her part-no more"
The Bourbons are all very wealthy.
The villa at Cannes of the Count de
Bardi, one of the Parma branch of the
family, is so expensive that the late EN-
press did not feel justified in renting it
at the price asked.
The highest sum realized by George
Eliot for any one of her later works was
$75,000.. while the lowest she received
was $40, 00D. Scott obtained only S35ye
for Waverly, while Miss Burney was paid
only 500 for "Evelina."
A gentleman of Enterprise, Fla, has
spread muslin under many of his orange
trees to collect the orange blossoms when
they fall. He will make Rerlumery out
of them.
Washington Irving's former rector, in
his address at the T~arrytown eelebra-
ton, said he remembered meeting his
famous parishioner, who was IA parish
warden, after a service, when Mr. Irv-
ins remarked to him, with a twinkle
in his eye: 81 have passed that plate
so often up and dewn the aisle that [
begin to feel like a highway man. 1
feel as though could stop a man on
the road and say: Your money or
your hfe!"
April g., 1865, vas the concluding day
OF the battle of Shiloh. On that day Mr..
e. s. Hammond of East Tennessee was
IN the confederate army, and stoutly
~contending against the Union. Sixteen
years later he was appointed a United
States district judge for the west, I'm
district of his state, and the seventh of
this month, exactly 81 years after the
battle of Shiloh, Judge Hammond adj
ministered the oath of office to Judge
George r. Sage, recently appointed for
the district of OHIO.
Some fortnight ago, Mrs. Gladsto ne
received a letter from Sir Henry Pom
sonby, the Queens Secretary, written
by her direction, advising her to urge
her husband to accept a peerage. The
Queen has of late frequently publicly
expressed her wish to visitors that he
should accept a peefage, which, VIII lie
l%essening his labors, would enable him
to continue Prime Minister. He prefers
to remain in the House Of Commons, but
retires from office.
81 am an entire stranger to University
life in the University sense" said John
Bright in his address on being installed
as Lord Rector of Glasgow University.
81 may be said to be a man who never
had the ad vantage of education. / had
the teaching of some French-as En-
glishmen teach French; and had the
advantage of a years instruction in Lat
in by a most admirable tutor-a country
man of yours from the University
of Edinburgh. But there was not much
Greek, not so much that any trace of it
is left. There was nothing in the shape
of mathematics or science. Looking at
education. as you take it, l am a person
who had the misfortune to have almost
none Of it in my youth"
The sword of John Hampden has been
sold at auction in London for IS g%uineas.
1t is the sword he wore during the civil
war, and is a long rapicr with a cross hilt
and scroll guard. 1t was made in Ger
many, and had always been in the pos
session of the HampdeD family, when in
1861 a second John Hampton died leav-
ing the sword among his possessions. His
brother, the Bishop of Hereford, then
ordered that il be sold. 1t fell into the
possession of Mr.. Robinson, who had Of
ten seen this John Hampden point to
the sword proudly, saying: This is the
sword of John Hampden, my great an
cestor." Mr.. Robinson gave it TO Q Mr..
Friswell. who recently died, and with
whose effects it has now been sold.
Rear Admtra. j. w. A, Nicholson. who
on March 10 turned over the command
of the European Station to his relief,
Rear Admiral Baldwin, and went on the
retired list, after forty-fve years of &C.
tive and patriotic service, was the last
representative in the United States Navy
of a family one or more of who Sc mem
bers had been prominent in that branch
of the public service yer since the foun-
dation of the government. His grand
flther, Commodore Samuel Nicholson
enc of the three brothers, Commodore
in the navy-was Lieutenant under Paul
Jones in the action between the Bon
Homme Richard and the Serapis. He
was also the first commander of the
Constitution (Old Ironsides), and was
senior officer of the Navy at his death.
He left u son-Admirai NicholsOn's faith
er-who a an officer in the Navy, and
served CALAMITY during the last war with
Great Britain.