Milford chronicle., 1888-05-25

tions in the science Of poker playing. He
says that be has lately cured a bad case OF
Bright's disease 10y drinking n3llk and eating
almost nothing
Justice William Strong, Of the United
State supreme court, retired, Is now 50 years
Of age. He is a tall, fine looking uian who
does not appear to be more than co His
clean cut face resembles Gladstone's, though
it is not so wrinkled Justice Strong seems
to be as active as ever. he has his salary Of
$4,000 year, and good income besides,
but he still lectures on constitutional law in
one of the Washington schools, and some
times gives professional advice.
Jesse Lislc, of Cooke, Tenn. is 10 years
oil and has documents to prove it. IN boy
hood he worked on farm. For fOrty-fve
years he was a BAPTIST preacher and is now
farming again lie is hale and hearty, docs
not wear spectacles and won't turn over his
property to his children for fear they will
squander it. Last winter be cleared two acres
Of virgin forest without assistance. He says
lie remembers when his father came homo
from the Revolutionary war, his feet bleed
ing from long tramp and almost famished
for food.
Dr. Vow, the accomplished physician OF
the Chinese legation at Washington. is soon
to wed an American maiden who is described
as zone Of the well known beauties aid so
ciety leaders of the capital" DR.. Vow has
been great social pet in Washington. He
is not handsome, but may be called, without
exaggeration, picturesque. He speaks excel
lent English, is an accomplished horseman
and can WELD a sword with skill aud vigor
He always wears a Chinese costume. Sky
blue tuuic, red silk pantalets and \ pgtail
give him u luxuriuusly Oriental appearance.
It is told that IA few years ago, in a North
amptonshire village Lord Spencer and Mr.
Gladstone were out walking one Sunday
evening, when they heard sounds of singing
coming from an old barn. After some hesi-
tatiOn they entered, and were so interested
that they stayed to the end Of the service.
Tho sermon on that occasion was preached by
a Methodist local brother. who was u poor
hard working, industrious man. Service
concluded, the right honorable gentlemen
had a conversation with the preacher, and
one of them told him no had never heard tho
Gospel preached so faithfully and so well in
his life before.
Representative Allen, Of Massachusetts,, is
devoting good deal Of lis time in Wash
ngton to amateur photography Recently
poor widow in Lowell wrote to him saying
that her husband, private in AIassachu
sets regiment lay buried somewhere in the
National cemetery on Arlington Hill She
has long wished to sec his grave, but has al
ways been too poor to lnake the journey to
the capital Mr.. Allen thereupon seized his
camera, found the grave and made a clever
photograph of the spot. The Lowell widow
has thus been enabled, TO all practical pur.
poses, to gazo upon her husbands resting
place. Once in a while amateur photography
redeems itself.
Mr.. Pinero, the London play writer, pro
duces his dramas after prolonged and labori-
GUS thought When he has settled the story
itself in his mind he goes to work upon the
characters, building them up in thought be
Tore he allows them to say a word upon
paper This process lasts sometimes for
weeks, and sometimes for months; but when
the dramatist at length sits down to his desk
the play has already complete imaginative
existence, from the rise to the fall of the cur
tain. The actual writing Mr.. Pinero accom-
plishes as Il rule with extraordinary rapidity,
scarcely putting the pen from his hand until
it is finished. The longest Of all his plays,
Lords and Commons" was written in less
than fortnight. "The Money Spinner" he
wrote in less than a week and day.
Richard Henry Stoddard, the venerable,
gray haired poet, whose songs in the autumn
Of life have all tho mellow beauty Of his
ripened genius, is gentle and generous almost
to a fault. He goes the even tenor of his way
from day to day, and for one 50 far advanced
in years he does an extraordinary amount Of
literary work When young man he met
the poet Poe and submitted q poem for his
perusal. The author of THE Raven" hap
pened to be in one of his unfortunate moods
and roundly accused the young bard Of willful
and premeditated plagiarism When he dis
covered his unjust accusation lie sent for
Stoddard, and frox that time they were
friends Mr.. Stoddard is considered by many
a severe critic, but he says his aim is TO be
Just and tell the truth. The "chromo liter
aryn set, that turns out the uamby pamby
books, never meet with any recognition from
him whatever One Of his most ardent ad-
mirers is john Boyle O'Reilly, who never
visits the city without seeing or asking about
the grand old troubadour," as be calls him.