Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-24
SAID or ADAMS s-Ns.


Bits of Personal Gossip by the Paragraph
lists Of the Daily Newspapers.
John Ruskin has written sixty four books,
and his annual receipts from his publisher
reach s20, 600
Sidney Lanier, the southern poet, is to have
a monument costing $4,000, and Baltimore.
Montgomery and Macon will pay the largest
part of the bill
Hugh McCulloch, who vas Lincoln's. John
sons md Arthur's secretary OF the treasury,
is 80 He looks to be 60, reads without
glasses, runs around in society, and he and
Mrs. McCulloch celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary recently.
A venerable son of Maine and lex-cabinet
minister in Washington Is Horatio King,
who was among the founders of The Port
land Argus. He is nearly "A years OF age.
He took a clerkship in the postoffice depart
ment forty-nine years ago, and under
Buchanan be became the only postmaster
general who worked his way up from the de-
partmental ranks He is still active socially,
and retains his early fondness for the pen
Robert q. Schenck is 20, and is still quite q
well known figure in Washington streets.
He entered Congress forty-hve years ago,
but his last public service was rendered as
minister to England, when incidentally he
rendered little private service TO the apt
and eager Britishers in the way Of instruc-
tiops in the science of poker playing. He
says that he has lately cured bad case Of
Brights disease by drinking milk and eating
almost nothing.
Justice William Strong, Of the United
State supreme court, retired, is now 50 years
of age. He is tall, fine looking man who
does not appear to be more than 60. 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 a year, and a good income besides,
but he It'll lectures on constitutional law in
one of the Washington schools, and some
times gives professional advice
Jesse Lisle, of Cooke, Tenn, Is ITO years
old and has documents to prove it In boy
hood he worked on a farm For forty five
years he was a Baptist preacher and is now
farming again He is hale and hearty, does
not wear spectacles and won't turn over his
property to his children for fear they will
squander it, Last winter he cleared two acres
of virgin forest without assistance. He says
be remembers when his father came home
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 ''one of the well known beauties and 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 sword with skill and vigor
He always wears a Chinese costume. Sky
blue tunic, red silk pantalets and pigtail
give him luxuriously Oriental appearance.
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
The sermon on that occasion was preached by
Methodist local brother, who was poor.
hard working, industrious man. Service
concluded, the right honorable gentlemen
had conversation with the preacher. and
one of them told him be had never heard the
Gospel preached so faithfully and so well In
his life before.
Representative Allen, Of Massachusetts,, Is
devoting good deal OF his time in Wash
ington to amateur photography. Recently
poor widow in Lowell wrote to him saying
that her husband, private in a Massachu-
setts regiment, lay buried somewhere in the
National cemetery on Arlington Hill. She
has long wished to see his grave, but has al
ways been toe poor to make the journey to
tho 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 gaze upon her husbands resting
place. Once in while amateur photography