The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-02-14
Personalities.

| Personalities.
Charles Lee was buried in the War
renton, Va, Cemetery more than half
century ago. The other day tablet;
| with the inscription that follows, was
placed there in his memory: Charles
| Lee. 1915. Aged fifty-seven years. At
torney General United States from 1895
| to 1901"
Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, whose
gentle voice and pleasant manners are
| worshiped by the poor people of Glou-
cester, is a slender. graceful woman OF
thirty-nine years. She has dark brown
hair, sympathetic blue eyes, rather
| long. thin nose, and a faclle mouth,
which is never at rest. She is In DELI
cate health, brought about by her labors
among the poor.
L O.. G. Lamar is said by his Missis-
| sippi friends to be one of the few poor
| men in the United States Senate. OF
late years most Of his salary has gone to
paw old debts, obligations of a nature
that only man of scrupu!ous integrity
would think of paying.
Mr.. Conkling's law practice now brings
him in over 100000 year, whereas his
| annual income as statesman was only
| Is, 900. The Chicago Times thinks that
| a man who is twenty times as good a
| lawyer as a states man should feel no
| ten ptation to go back to politics.
John Bright makes notes and headings
of his speeches, and with great care
| writes down and commits to M mory
| all the important passages. Gladstone
| merely jots down facts and figures, and
| for expression trusts entirely to fae
| moment Tire late Lord Derby, the
"Rupert of DEBATE" wrote down every
/ word and committed his speeches 10 his
memory, In one of his letters he says
that all his principal spec hes cost him
| two slee piess night5-one III thinking
| what he would say and the other IN
| lamenting that he nigh have said 1t
| better. TIMERS was eq1alIy precise.
| O'Connell and Gambetta spoke always
on the impulse Of the moment.
| gentleman from Washington was
| stopping in Texas hotel recently. AS
he was absut to leave he approached
the clerks office, and, putting his hand
| behind him to his hip pocket Tor his
| purse asked the amount of his bill.
| ''Nothing pard," replied the clerk. dog
| HIDS BtntHu TIE Ocsh. OOH di M iol
| Gods saker The LAWYER says that the
| ERIK thought he was drawing pistol,
! and when he tried to explain that he
was getting lis pulse the clerk informed
| him that men in that section dic'nt have
| room III their hip pockets for anything
| but pop"
The estate of John Nicholson, of Phil
| adelphia, who died in 1909, is just emery
| ing from the network Of litigation IN
which it has been invoi 5ed fcr &c years.
| and its representative appeared in the
| Orphans Court on Monday to ask for
the distribution Of ST. go coming from
| settlement OF one of the suits. AT the
same time claim against this sum was
| presented in behalf of another estate,
which is the possessor of SIX notes made
by Mr.. Nicholson in 1896. payable to the
order Of Robert Morris. But the judge
held tina. tie notes were oEtiawed and
| disallowed the claim, and the 81 800 was
set aside for distribution.
| The following is an extract from re-
Gently published letter written by Abra-
ham Lincoln in 1916 about tire present
| secretary OF war, then a child: / have
| been elected to congress. We have an
| other boy born the 10Th of March. He
Il
! is very much such child rs Bob was at
his age-ralher of the longer order. Bob
| is short and low, and | expect always
viii be. The new boy talks very plain
| " and is quite smart enough. | some
times fear he is Que OF the little rars ripe
sort that are S narter al about tAan
ever alter. Since l BEGAN this letter a
| messenger came to tell me Bob was lost,
| but by he time | reached the house his
mother had found him, and l had him
whipped, and by now very likely ne has
run away again.
Mr.. Henry Ii. Faxon hls sent to the
various Sunday schools OF Quincy. Mass,
| without regard to denomination or stu
alton, his check for money to be used
| exclusively in holiday gifts for the chill
dren, the sums varying according to the
size of the school, from S25 upward. The
local societies of the town are also re-
membered, and even larger checks are
forwarded to them.
In the treasury the''scrub women"
alone get over $4,000 per year, though,
| as there are seyenty-tiye of them, it is
easy to see that their salaries are not
| p'unifcent. They 60 to the treasury
building in the afternoon, just as the
clerks and other EN- ployes are leaving.
| and as soon as they are out OF the Dui d.
| ing set 10 work to sweep AMI dust and
| scrub the whole buildlng, and are done
| their duties within couple of hours.