Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-18
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Maggie Mitchell will write her
stage experience for New YORK maya
zine.
The Queen of Portugal has the
reputation of being the best dressed wo-
man in Europe
The daughter of General Banks,
who has just gone upon the stage, has a
perceptible and very pretty moustache.
james Garfield, the Oldest son of
the late Pres dent, is tall, blonde and
athletic. Harry, his brother, is short
dark and weas brown side whskers.
"A Hartford newspaper, after re-
counting Ignat'us Donnelly's wonderful
literary achievements, past and pros
pective, concludes: 1--WE are glad Don
nelly didn't miss being born"
Miss Marie Van Zandt made her
first appearance on the age at Groton,
Mass, when she took part in a flower
tantata. Since then her pathway
through life has been strewn with
posies.
Five octogenarians, the oldest Of
whom was ninety-four years, died in
Marathon, N. Y, recently inside Of one
week. Three weeks previous they were
all in good health. Each one of them
had lived all his life in that vicinity
Syracuse Jouyna.
AS between Germany and the
United States, the relative literary
activity of the two countries is shown
by the following figures: In 1888,
American publishers Issued 3,481 books,
the German, 1902; in 1884, the Amer
can, 4,05S, the German, 1867.
Mrs. John Maxwell, better known
Us Miss Braddon, the novelist lives Mt
Litch cid House, Richmond. 1t is an
historic structure. Built for the first
Earl Of Abcrgavenny, it later passed
into the possession of the Bishop OF
LithI'e,d. and became his Episcopal
residence. Afterward Catalan, the
singer, got it and gave notable recep-
tons there. 1t is handsome old pal
ace in Sir Christopher Wren's best style,
Philip II. Of Spain delighted in
cat organ upon which Il bear performed.
This instrument was compo ;od "oi
twenty cats, separately confined in mar
row cases, in which they could not stir;
their tails protruded from the top and
were tied to cords attached to the key
board of the organ. According as the
bear pre- 'Scd upon the keys tie cords
were raised and the tails were pulled to
make the cats new in bass or treble
tones as required by the nature Of the
airs.
"A printer on the Erie (Pa.) Herald,
known as Father Quinn, hhas in long
life set, it is estimated, type enough to
weigh 1877, 100 pounds, or ninety-four
tons, which this old man has lifted piece
by piece in the specified time. In set
ting type tie average distance the hand
travels is foot and half or there
abouts. Consequently his hand has
travelled SIG, 100000 feet or a matter
of 81, 727 miles, or within few hundred
feet of being four time the circumference
Of the earth.
OF Richard Grant White it is said
that while literature was his pro-
fes ion. music was his solace and
delight, and he was far prouder OF his
knowledge OF violins than Of his repu-
tation as Shakespcarean scholar.
OF this violin connoisseurship wonder
full stories are told, and there seems no
doubt that he possessed q rare and
peculiar faculty of discrimination in ro-
gard to these instruments. His own
Instrument was the cello, upon which
he played in quartet that met OF his
house weekly. u Chicago inter ocean,