The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-14
PERSONAL.

SPEAKER CARLISLE chews gum, and consumes
large quantities daily in the effort to overcome
his desire for tobacco while presiding over the
house.
MIR GLADSTONE has taken to wearing a new
style of overcoat, described as combination of
the patterns known as Chesterfield" and
Inverness cape
SENATOR MORRILL, will spend most of the sum
mer ut the seashore seeking to restore his
health, which has for some months been in an
unsatisfactory state.
JOHANN STRAUSS will stop writing waltzes or
even operettas, aud devote himself to writing
grand operas. KalbecS OF Vienna has furnished
him with his first bretto.
GEoRaE PARSONS LArHRoP, who was too III to
read his poem at the Gettysburg celebration.
has partially recovered from gastric trouble
with which he was affected
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. has joined the com
mittee in charge OF the commemoration Of the
bicentenary of Alexander Pope. Mr.. Lowell is
literary man well known in this country.
HAMDI BEY. director of the museum at Con
stautiuople, has gone TO Alden in seach of the
head and arms of an Apollo by Praxiteles. said
to have boon dug up recently by peasant.
Mis- LANGTRY's father, the late dean Of Jer-
sey. LETT personal estate which only amounted
to S25. HIS daughter could not have been very
liberal in the allowance she made him for pocket
money.
"OuIDA' recently remarked Really the
Americans are not half SO vulgar as the En-.
glish.N Doubtless that is the reason "Ouida"
admires the English more than she does our
countrymen.
JOSEPH HOFFMAN, the young piano expert, is
under treatment at Eisenach bya celebrated
specialist in nervous diseases, and'hiS nervous
ness has been greatly subdued He practices
an hour each day.
PRrScEss BERSADoTTE does not accompany
her husband, Prince Oscar of Sweden, when he
VISITS MS rONal relation Court pttQupttp would
render her position as far as precedent went
the reverse OF agreeable.
FRANK G. CARPgNrER's JOURNALISTIC tour
will last over year. lie will visit japan
Curea. China, siam, India, Ceylon, Egypt Pales-
tine, Greece, Turkey and Will probably 10 to
Southern Russia and the Caucasian mountains
Joaquin MILLER is living the existence Of a
hermit IN the mountains near Oakland, Cal.
He is engaged upon poem Of some length, en-.
titled Legends Of Christ" embodying quaint
stories picked up by Miller when he lived in the
LeNant.
Or. WILLIAMS Of London has copy OF the
Bible In short hand. Il is exquistely written
aud Is said TO have belonged TO an apprentice Of
the time Of James IL. who feared that the
bible was about 10 be prohibited, and 30 wrote
this copy.
Ronrnr LOUIS STEVENSON. the author Of Or
Jelyll and Mr. Hyde has written play for
Miss Eleanor calhoun. the actress who Is now
playing ln Loni "a Miss Calhoun was first
brought out by john T. Ford Of Baltimore
anu is "a beautiful woman as well as a fine
actress
ArGCsT MASS the famous musical con
dncior Of London. j. gray featured, kindly
lOOAing man, ~ middle bought, with a broad
forehead, long, wayy hair touched With white
aud brushed smoothly hack. muElache and i'm.
per'al, aud large. BRIGHT eyes. covered with
go'dummei glasses iie IL % years old.
IaE earaIosa cgucsl 9ndeBt Is ayltlng 10 his