New-York tribune., 1886-02-11
sunlight of publicity will help to disinfect the
Administration from the telephone scandal.
PERSONAL.

James Russell Lowell" saws Cfeoe'"'" A'"'u'
writer who saw him in Washington 'ls r"un"' wen
formed man OF medium height, with og ho'u oo'oiuu
with hrowuish gray hair. which he parts IN tne "i'
and comns as carefully to either side as II ho "ro "
socletv beIle lie has remark ably long face and 1t Is
rather rectangular IN shape. The most sriN"E i'"'
OF It Is the silky gray beard OF curious cut 'c
covers the lower par OF it, This heard Is bushy anu the
mustache has been trained that IL covers vi .
Lowelrs upner lip mi iittinI orr al each S''o INV
on downward and appears to become part oi III" 'o'
tpl,hos its way down to the beard AM gong on cNo
for twn inches below IT, each end kissing rs II wtr n
notch I'm MIR IowrIrs coat collar. These whi>kers o.
lanes Russell Lowell wBvy and cnrV n li'u. ~,
ToueII il unnn he whole a not and ,Ome man lie
has brnnd mn hign forehead which rises from nis
noon an / wien has folr lines o' wrinkles rnnnnE
daeOnay across IT, The ey 'hr0ws AT the , nhSG M
out of them are fn Of the nn which was given to the
world in The Bgluw Ptpers.' He was hrrssen I'D
M ck ai the s,'med 10 mt nadly, a. though u was
made I'm England. He talked easily IN low, solt toIe
grsurne LITTLE and ureing ny all means the cnantnehG
Iowe though he does look O he over hftv, VIII see
hi, sixty-sixth birthday on ths 22d OF this month
NJ. Gounod always writes with huge goose-quill pen
on large ruled sheets OF Iaper
The late Henry p Kiddrr. of Bottom. was noted wheu
he was only an errand boy for his imperturbabe pa
renee and to this uiy more than 10 any Other us
success In life has been ascTiDed.
or Mr. Briggs who wls member OF the last Parlia-
nen but was not re-cect told that his one great
speech was made in opposition to tho Napoleon menor
taI I'm Westminster Abbey He came in that nlght III
fu evening dress and xei eloquent over his subject
not" he d"m nde some eminent Ei EglSnii
Abbry o. WhrrsupOn briggs! Briggs - roirru the
House with voice. aud the speech was ended'
II ia said that g. f. warder, OF Springfield Onio the
,ronaire IN ,nufacturer Of mills and Agricultural I'M
dement's will soon build the finest house in Washington
Elder Thomas Parker Dudly. of Lexington KY Is
said to he the oldes Baptist minister in America. He
s ninetyfour year old blind and very feeble lie began
preaching In 1920 and has preached Ia Kentucky Ten
nessee Mississippi, ono Indiana, ll' ol7, mIcnIEan'
Kansas Missouri. virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvahia'
Nrw-JrrScy and New-Hork
writer in The AlbaHy EreniHg Journal euiarces upon
sneaker u.tcds use OF tho gavsl declaring that he
understands # - no one else does If he born with
one or had gavcl given to him at the age when other
bsbles ret their rattles Ie does not hammer with IT,
like blacksmth with a sIed,e. most men do w'o use
cavea hut plays II like musical instrument Suppo"r
Carlisle saw "A man in the gallery with his hat on lie
woud ave to talk about It, apd or Ter some hunkey "a
have il remorcl bur General Iusted knocks tho offend
inc hat of with h. little hammer. Tho gentleman ID
the gallery will luncover-BANGr he says with sueh
sudden startling desk shvering rap a the end of mos
author toned -eu,eLce that every mM III tH'
gallery puts h- hand {" hH head ana tle oeher wv @ 'ruI
MA nat on whisks of quicker perhaps, th'n ne eve"
did thing II his me- II Is Jst 80 ",I., r 49, y
not carried but thcy don't thnk 80 IT huSte' siSa 1t -
bangs down his nart and wllrls ont oil MS cna ~ ol'
instant or. N they do. VIII can theF W anu. ~ VI
sunnn.e the thing: suppose SneaKer hhSteh uoe
NOT want adjourn aui wants - give inc oppo>llo
,Ie rn1rse - bring few voters 10 Jhel teet, o
e., c,rI r,r a comm somehow he will make that felt IN
strnmrrne. uncertain trip Ot the hammer laslne ll'
house In srder Just ts tn" chaplain lH hno 10 pIS
| 'N,upcr. wilt please take ther seats - ia W.
r1au.e Ban,-doEecr pausrl bine-and the House Is O.
| still AS the tomb.