The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

AN African princess is now said To he
living in Hanover county, Va. She is
fourteen years old and lives in the fam
lily of an Episcopal clergyman, who was
missionary to Western Africa some
years ago. She is soon to return to her
native land to marry the king, and with
her American education she is expected
to prove useful queen.
After Richard III. of England was
defeated and killed ON Bosworth Field
his crown was found hanging on haw-
thorn bush, and was placed by Lord
Derby on the head of the victorious
Henry. In the stained-glass windows Of
Henry Wis chapel in Westminster Alb
oey, beside the union of the red and
white roses, is the picture of hawthorn
tree with golden crown above it.
Cen. Wigfall, as he grew older, more
and more disliked letter writing. One
warm day when his correspondence had
accumulated greatly during his duties,
looking woefully at bushel basketful of
it, he said: "Throw it in the fire." Suiting
the action to the word, he threw it into
the fire without opening letter, and
then added, by way of explanation: "I
will work for my friends, will spend my
money for them, will fight for them;
but won't write To them"
Mrs. Cleveland's old music teacher
Prof. William Ludwig, late of Wells
College, Aurora, N. Y, says of his former
pupil: "She has sweet, pure voice; but
she never made any effort to shine as a
soloist. She was one of the best mem
bers of the college choral society, her
value being that she not only worked
conscientiously and well as an individual
but she inspired her companions with
her own enthusiasm, and the result was
that we had an excellent chorus. She
was most thorough in all that she UNDER
took as pupil"
"a party of us," says letter writer
at Put-in-Bay, "drove over to call on
Captain Brown, son of the immortal
John Brown. The captain is fine look
ing man, very courteous and very III telli-
gent. He is surveyor by profession,
and devoted student of geology. He
invited us into his study out on the
beach. 1t is an elevated stone overhuug
with lindene. The walls are decorated
with ivies and vines, while at your feet
the water splashes and plays There he
spends much OF his leisure time, reading
or writing or studying, trying to resolve
the geological problems and mysteries so
abundant in this region. He took us to
see some remarkable scratches on the
rocks, traces of glacial action. They are
visible all along the island wherever the
stone is laid bare. The whole lake bed
shows conclusively that it was cut out
entirely by the action of the great masses
of ice. Strontain, rare mineral used in
manufacturing fire works, is found al
most everywhere on the island. 1t is
usually found in pockets in the under
lying rocks. Captain Brown took us
into his den,' as he calls it, little house
Of several rooms, built short distance
from his residence; and noticed that his
book shelves contained number of well
selected books, few that any but man Of
intellect would care to read. He also
reads and speaks French we'll. Prof.
Orten, State geologist, is to be his guest
next week, and together they will explore
more thoroughly the islands and their
formation"
THE PRESIDENTS MANSION.