The Sunday herald., 1886-08-22
PERSON, AND THINGS.

III his last letter u the Boston Globe, "Howard"
gives the following description Of i've NIL |
!ionairc whom he recently met at Long Branch
"Near me sat quiet family, no'iceahly we'll |
behaved able to person who was around for the
purpose OF studying faces. II Is a family with a
history. Ten years ago the man WAS clerk In a
commission house IN Peru. On his saiary of $500
he supported his wife aud four children. During
revolution his employer was shot AMI the business
runcd Ile alone knew OF cert ain Transact which
to be sure the books of the house might have dis
closed, which Il carried through would Make the
widow OF his employer aud his only heir monument
ally Itch. lie sad nothing about them. lie was
politics. lie held ha tongue. Three years there
after the party, whose success had ruined his
employer, were turned out Of power, and the other
the opposition came In. This his opportunity
lie carried tD the end the transactions suspended
by the previous revolution, and turned ov,r TO the
known nothing Df H. II was an cnii,c surprise to
her, and she insisted that he should .hare and start
he would he abundantly rewarded by q satisfactory
commission. She endeavOred 10 show the absurdity
OF that concnslon but ne would not he changed aud
100000. lie did 80. and came to ihis cjuutry with
| The Intention of going abroad year ago, on the
Fourth Of July, the woman died. and on the 18th OF
August, 1855, her will WAS admitted 10 probate by
It this gentleman came Into possesslon Of t5,00o,o0p
in property, real estate bonis, and there being no
heirs whatever, he entered uo immediate and peace.
| fn occupntion sold everything no posses. ed and
| November, waiting The arrival II hts twin brother
| from Japan, with whom he intends spending the
| remainder Of his lie In Naples
| Halslon, in the New York Times, thus warns
young men from cul,iyaiiDg q talent for journalism
| "Ten years agJ knew q young man Of unusual
brightness who had literary inciinaiions, with talent
| to uphold them In common with all his friends
hailed him as a hero. lie wrole poetry with glib
ness, aud one string OF verses that he dedicated Ia
Whittier brought from the Quaker poet letter that
was not OF formal type at all. lie showed his ap
prcclaiton Of the young mans talent 10y asking that
''ohcr specimens Of yrrsIncatiOn' he 3, nj him lhe
result was prolonged correspondence, and, II ]
mistake not, the younger poet went one summer up
into New England M MIR. Whitlers guett. My
religious. "N0 true poei,' he said 10 me once ''uaD
ever willie what he ,lucs not feel; and ] am the
W VINO ,e las HoGn nm ses he '"Se re
out OF my sight, AMI my faith In the general good
ness OF things was shattered The young man 10
whom whittier took the strong fancy, the "chOsep
poet OF the church" )" IN In Jail. Philadelphia judge
has sent him up for a year Tor beating his wife.
In an article OH bicy cles the DaRy graphic says:
ain Washington almost every third man owns a
wheel and the telegraph anu Tie messenger com.
panIes have suppieththc boys with Them. All tee-
graph messengers are compelled TO use the bicycle
ON delivering messages Most OF those seen IN
Washington have The little wheel In 'front.'" All
OF which Ii news 10 Washington. Notwithstanding
our smooth asphalt streets, Washington IL not III
much OF bicycle centre as Boston. And NJ for the
statement that every third man here rides bicycle
1t Is an extravagaut exercise Of the imagination.
President william Allen Butler OF the bar Assoc
alton, In the OF his address before that body
at Saratoga on Wednesday last, pointed out The
pressing necessity OF legislation I, relieve the
Supreme Court Of ihe United States from the increas
ing burdens Impressed upon II. The total number
Of cases on It's docket at tho end Of the term las
May was $40. Of which 4so were added during a.
term, while only 40 cases were disposed Of. Thl
court Will begin It's October term win docket O
, 900 cases, against ISL cases last year.
Della Bacon has destroyed Shakespeare, II naI
been asce,tained that George Washington neve
, past have been dspellet. Now comes our explora
J lion OF the holy city OF Jerusalem, which demon
slrate. to me satisfaction o. some that ne hol!
Church, for which the crusaders fought In vain, IL
myth. We prefer to- believe In Shakespeare, th'
cherry tree, and the shrine.
Mr. August Belmont and others OF plcthoric purs
sojousning at Newport, have been fined ten dollar
per cur for keeping unlicensed dOgs Rhode Is,an,
Is determined 10 make up the dencit IN her treasur!
t,ne Very pafIlcaiaT ia Rhods Issni Of late % Ise
also arrested some coaching gentlemen for bowlni
er horns 10 ms at night; fSn Sa can 20 % on io9t an
= Plantations.
= When the correspondent who inquired OF th
d Brooklyn Eagle the number OF combinations tina
could he produced with the thlrtytwo peices form
z ss Cgs $780, Isl 900 oo could be ma q,
i he dropped dead. Tne coroncrs verSict wa
!, appoplehy.
d The application TO restrain the publication "Th
. lluleb OF the WINc Wah ucnlcis pIebuinaOl
|. on the ground that the additions to the book con
10 planned Of-nAnely, the lives OF the PTesiden
charming househOld-w0uld Improve rather tina
J. injure the publication.
" The Iitej-Ocedii, In an anatomical article, speak
,e OF gladys skeleton" "This Ia shade worse tina
et the misuse OF language upon the photographs while
MI u main street window, every QUE labeled "Mr
N President Cleveland, remarks the Buffalo courie,
IL The Ddiy Graphic says: "Thc colorcd men pr,
pose TO raise 81 OO0o00 TO erect monuments In Wasl
III ngton to The henefaci0rs of their race" This
several hundred thousand more Than the white me
10 have raised for ihe monument business here.
:, Col. bob Ingersalls argument In the Squire cas
6 was forcble. His per0raiion was conclusive.
81 consisted In his offer TO bet Mayor Grace hOl
T. sand dollars that he dhe Mayor would he out Q
NJ oilcc before Commissioner Squire.
" According TO the recent publication OF The Geooi
o zeal Survey, entitled "DicioDary Of Attitudes In III
W United States "a valuable aud Instructive book N
highest altitude In the District Of Columbia IN ON III
Ia soidiers iioine-heigbt $3.50 feet.
y Youthful wooers the shores OF Ngrragansei
Pier, when Hurprscd by pasaers by. In the midst
Ie close ami confidential chat, have contracted hab
et OF saying "And.er-there, you know" THIS Occupis
d. the time until the coast In once more clear.
~ The craze s continues for navigating the whr
" pool OF Niagara In barres Tourists express the IL
vi sire that The Niagara hackmen would all Try the G,
10 pertinent OF going over tie falls IN barrel or Ia M
other way.
v Fare has been reduced to nye cents ON all the Ne
al York Elevated Roads except the Sixth avenue roa
u The surface roads talk Of u three cent fare
Hen: Perley Poore says senator Eyarts ls rustica
u. ing on his vermont FARMS, sowing silver dollars al
oe reaping dines.
VI VI The New York Times says that Attorney Gener
Garland used 10 write policy. 50 did hogers.