The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-07-05
MEN AND THINGS.

II Is believed that the bequest Of Robert Treat
Paine (class Of 1889, TO Harvard college Obscrva-
tory will amount to at least ss'o,ooo.
SIT At,hut Sullivan has, thus far since his arrival
defed himself TO ihQst OF his friends He VIII prob
ably moi see many Of them until he returns TO New
fofk FROM his Western trip.
den. b. n. I'M, In his article from Confederate
point Oh view In the July century on " "McClcllan's
Change Of r,ase,n tellsthe following: dwchadtaken
one pfIsonet, drunken ttlshmat; but he declined
the hofor OF roliig back with lie; and made fight
with his naked, hs,s A soldier asked naivciy
whether he should shoot the Irishman let him 40
a ssfS me ne aSH nm to let the '' 60 to be
All eifott Is belhe made to nctcase the scope of
the Boston fost as the DerhdcratIc organ OF New
England, THE Post Publishing Company has voted
to scale It's capital stock from 100000 to $4,000, and
to offer sss,ooo of new stock at par to stockholders
IssSpS s AZ tofnsS sys
Dr. Thorias L. jerks is likely to be the new treas
urer, after Ms retirement from the Board Of Police
commissioners, and u Is possible that Mr. J. w.
Dunphy, OF the Trdreiier mag he the business man
ager.
An elderly lady OF Cincinnati, whose children have
married, has taken TO the study OF art. She writes
as follows; "My FIRST school year has Just ended.
You are asionlshed2 We'll, you know never had
any dignity to trouble me, and ], woman Of more
thag ffty, can eit down by q mss of nfteeu and
study the same lessons with perfect Indifference aa
to to looks read quite s'ay yS an % say
I
young take up new studies or learn new trade IN
middle llfc.' That Is Iust what am doing do not
expect much but am Interested and occupied, anu
mol going oil IN trtt."
| Updh GeH. j. l.. Caaiilbeflalns recent visit to
| Lewiston during The SESSION OF the Congregational
| Conference hi called tpon d Lewiston barber and
submitted hlhiself to his care. Thc barber talked
| lie talked wat and ieEehds OF war and gave the
amused General rtaphic description Of Little
| Round Top, aud told OF his own experience In car
| rylDg dispatches TO Gen Chamberlain from III,
| headquarters OF Gen. Meade. when the venera,c,
soldier and eS.Prcsidcht Of Bowdot arose from th'
barbera chair he PASSED over bigger fee than usua
to the barber. fciiiatkluE, with rare smile, "rha
| Is all right. You have shaved aud entertained Inc
| am pleased TO fhd a Hentleiiiau who knows NOR,
| about Gen. Chaitbcraln than he himself rcncm
eers,' and they entoycd good laugh around. TIT
stafr at Gettysburg. = -Eeriston (tfe) Journal
A New York daily newspaper, discussing th
market price Of short stories; says: "Amoug tn
prices paid to authors FOR their work the most genu
Inc offer s $500 by the Atlantic Monthly for the hes
short story. Frank X. socktof's price for 1900 o
1900 words is $3.50. MI. Trowbrijge receives So
per thousand words There are, III fact, four scale
OF prices paid for short stories. The first ts $40
&l5 for complete story. paid by the smaller maga
zines; the second is $40 thousand words by tn
| thousand words to writers whip have acquired som
degree OF reputation. rhe fourth varies with TN
fame Of the author. llowells or Mark Twain vii
produce no story article OF any KIND Tor less thai
$500 and $1,000. The most difficult author to induc
to write Is T. B. Aldrich. He phcc received 81 30
for q short poem In Hd,pers MGJqaine. His pric
Is from $500 TO $500 FOR poem of a few verses"