The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-08-11

aye, anu ny I'll usual laws In the prime
OF life, Jay Gould is in anything but TO-
bust health. A life of constant excite
ment has made him prematurely old.
A Paris paper Publishes the state
ment that Pope Leo, realizing that the
hostility of the italian government will
compel him to leave Rome, is negotiating
for the purchase of an island in the Med
iterranean, to which he will remove the
papal establishment.
--Oountess Tolstoi, wife Of the Rus
sian novelist and reformer, does not SYM
pathize with her husbands extreme re-
ligious views, and it is said threatens, il
he attempts to carry out his plans of SELL
ing all he has and giving the money to
the poor, to ask for an official investiga-
ton Of his sanity.
The late Rev. James Freeman
Clarke, D. D., of Boston, lived to good
old age, and was mentally and physically
vigorous almost to the last. He accounted
for the proloDgation of his powers in this
way: IL have never been in hurry, I
have always taken plenty of exercise, I
have always tried to be cheerful, and I
have taken all the sleep needed" These
are good rules for general imitation.
"A fellow passenger of Mat thew Ar
nold's in his voyage to England, return
ing from his last visit, noticed that he
every morning industriously read a small
book bound in morocco. Picking it up
one day, he found it to be the New Tes-
lament in Greek. He commented to Mr..
Arnold on his regularity in reading it. 80
yes" he said, find it the most delight
full reading can get, and its style and
merit as work Of literature never cease
to please me-"
Mr.. Laurence Oliphant, journalist,
author and traveller, and one of the most
interesting men OF his time, has just re-
turned to this country for short visit.
Mr.. Oliphant is ffty-nine years of age
yet no one would think of calling him an
old man. To be sure his beard is gray,
and his hair is also streaked with silver,
but he is as straight as an Indian, and as
full Of en- srgy and enthusiasm as he was
when he sought to establish a colony for
the Brotherhood of Che New Life" in
western New York twenty years ago.
-Columbia College distinguishes
itself by comforting its first degree of
Bachelor of Arts upon female graduate
Miss Alice Louise Pond, who, pursuing
her studies at home, was still able, in
competition with the male students of
her class, to achieve the honor Of "high
stand" In Greek and mathematics
this is particularly Inter esting to a class
of people who declare that girls are not
capable in such directions-MissP Pond
stood especially high.
Cardinal Manning breaches in
London on his eightieth birthday, while
the thought of the Old World turns
gratefully to the fact, sending to him
sheafs of kilograms of congratulatiop,
and of good wishes" He is an epochal
character, worthy of the worlds gaze and
study, one of the small circle in active
life who has made place large enough
for permanency in history. Though an
ardent Romanist, he has been fraternal
and aggressive factor in all reformatory
and social work, and an efficient leader
in temperance reform. 1t is fitting that
America should gratefully RECOGNIZES his
prolonged and useful career.
-Alphonse Daudet, the greatest OF
living French novelists, is painstaking
man, and usually spends a year in writ
ing story. He takes deep interest in
his work; indeed, it seems to get the mas
terry over him. And, when engaged on
Sic Nabob," he worked about twenty
hours day. He related to an interviewer
his method of work, and it transpires that
he carries about with him a small book
and enters in it notes bearing on his SUBJ
iect. Next he reproduces his jottings
and expands them, and, as he completes
the items, he sewers them cut of his list.
His wife then takes the manuscript and
makes clear copy, and at the same time
correots any slight errors in the redun-
dancy. Daudet goes carefully over it,
making additions and polishing accord
ing to his fancy. 1t is atterward re-
written for the press.
OF Mr.. John Bright's sons, John
Albert was always the good" boy; Lea.
than, now an M. p, was the mischievous
one and Philip was the Woodworking
one. Not long ago Philip was employed
in the fitting shed, having an aptitude
for the making and mending of machin-
cry. When he had gone through the
grades in that shop he put in a year or
two at Petrie's iron foundry in the town.
He carried his breakfast "caD," and
shared the company and work of all the
other men, every one Of whom he seemed
to think as good as himself. His brother
Latham was put through the drills at the
mills, and 30 was John Albert. John