Milford chronicle., 1888-03-09
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What the Newspapers Say About Men

COMMENTS CONCERNING NOTABLE Il,
What the Newspapers Say About Men
aud Women More or Less Famous.
"Oliver o, ,,tic' is a figure worthy OF notice
He is a little man with full gray beard,
pleasant face, and twinkling hazel eyes. In
conversntion the genial and kindly spirit
shines out Of his face. He wore a small
tightly fitting skull cap which made him
look like a Turk He lives in Boston, and
has probably written more stories for boys
and girls than any writer of this or any other
age. He has produced 115 volumes. Only
seven Of them were for adults. He began
writing some time in 1854, when he was "a
years OF age, and he has kept at it incessantly
ever since, His first story in book form
brought him s37.50 He had previously re
ceived Sc for a short story in Boston paper
He writes his copy with type writer. These
are some of the points about himself that he
modestly gave in answer to inquiries. had
a curiosity to know how so voluminous a
novelist arranged his work. He keeps a
book in which he maps out beforehand the
characters of his story, with a sketch Of the
part each one is to play. He thinks it all out
and then begins to write, and his copy comes
from the type writer all ready for the prin-
ter, it being rare that he has to make correc-
tions or interlineations.
Miss Mary Graybiel, one of the missiona-
ries sustained in India by the Disciples, is
now located in the heart Of India, on the
line Of the railroad which is to be built from
Bombay directly across to Calcutta. The
children Of the Sunday schools of the denom-
ination in the United States contributed
fund of some $1,000 with which to erect
house for this mission, and in her last letter
she modestly tells how the work was done.
It appears she had to serve as architect, mas
ter builder and general boss mechanic. First
she bought four yoke OF bufTalOes TO do the
teaming, then few big trees-they are very
scarce in that part Of the country. She en-
ployed 100 natives, or nearly that number,
whom she taught to quarry the stone which
had to be hauled several miles, and to make
brick, first tramping the clay, fashiOning it
into the bricks, and then burning them,
using the spare portions of the trees for fuel.
The trunks Of the trees were laboiiousiy by
hand sawed into boards for the floor roof,
otc. A stoge foundation three feet thick
was laid thrca feet below ground and as much
above, this solid base wall being deemed
necessary to keep out the white ants, which
are great pest of the country.
OF all the prima donnc of America Elise
Hcusler, q New York girl of German parent
age, has risen TO the greatest heights Of fame,
if commentator Of princes be a test. Ex-
actly thirty years ago she sang the part Of
Donna Elvira in Mozart's don Juan,n in
New York. Tho occasion was her debut.
The desire to cross the water seized her soon
Gfterward, and she followed her inclinations.
Portugal at that timo offered an ample field
for singers, and to it she went. Without much
trouble she secured an engagement at the
Royal opera house in Lisbon, and appeared
there with much credit to herself in Italian
opera. The king Of Portugal, now the ex-
monarch, was accustomed to visit the theatre
alone, while his wife remained at the castle
He saw and heard the American singer, and
was pleased with her. Tho queen, having
fallen sick, died, and her place was filed by
Elise Heusler, to whom the king proposed
marriage after the demise of his first wife.
Minister Hoon, the Chinese representative
at Washington, enjoys himself immensely at
the capital. At a recent reception he was
observed dressed in snow white brocadcd
satin, sitting under a palm tree, a la Turk.
and drinking punch, which a bevy Of fair
American maidens were dispensing from
huge bowl near at hand Hoon speaks only
a few words Of English, but he smiles and
smiles and is hhtatious still. His vast i'd
miration for highly favored punch and pretty
women is well known in Washington, and no
one thinks the less Of him for il. ''He's so
Oriental, you know" exclaimed a gushing
girl recently.
The pension of s2oOO which has been
granted Mrs. Hancock is, with the house inst
tod ffth hos Oh.
She has, however, no one dependent on her
and can, with good management. live com.
fortably on that. Gen. Hancock was a man
who never could say no when asked for
money, so he died without having saved a
penny Gen. Logln's widow, who has lust
been awarded e pension Of a like amount
has about O,OOO well invested, and occasion
ally adds few dollars TO her income by her
pen.
Hester Morris, Of Wyoming territory, was
the first woman in the United States ever ap-
pointed justice Of the peace. She was tall
woman, with profile which closely resem-
bled the portraits Of Queen Elizabeth. While
she was in Office she was a terror to n certain
class OF evil doeIs. Eyes, - the halfinebriated
would plead on his arrest, "I been a beatin'
my wife again. know it: but don't send
ms up Aoie his AloAAAS. AIdbnef go IOre Ten
men than thet woman. / rather be tried By
a man"
Roscoe Conkling tells his friends, in spite
Of all rumors to the contrary, that he is for
ever out of politics. He is devoted to bust
ness and his personal comfort, and cannot be
persuaded to even indulge in the after dinner
speeches in which Mr.. Hewitt and Mr.. De
pew delight. His hair is growing thinner.
but his dress is as natty as ever, and his
pointed beard is white but carefully trimmed.
The unlighted cigar between his lips is the
one weakness of his business hours.