Telegram-herald., 1888-06-03

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John Ezzsszn h>s wrIs@ axsz -<o<w books.
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sidney Iauis<, fhs sou<bers poss. is % have
. saonan.zus s1ssiag sl5. 80. snd B~lzinors-
Nsatzosnsry >aa Macon sia pay ths L><xsss
part u shs kzk
H1xh nrCzlloch. who was L&ncolnx John
spas 41d Arsnurs secretary u rbs treasury.
b - Hs iooks 70 b %. rs~ds wlEhoas
giz<sz. runs sr0az2 in society. a1d he ard
Mrs. Neculi0ch essebrased the&r So<-sn we'd
slzg snaiyersaxy rsosntiy.
A venerable soo q Maine and ex-czbines
minister N Washington y Horaxse King.
who sas alnoAz TIE founders Of The Port
tznd Argus. Hs i nearly u years of sgs-
Hs took elsrkssip In the postolice depart
mens forry-nins years ago and under
Buchanan 10 became ths only postmaster
general who worked his way mp from the Do
partmsntal ranks. He h stln active socially,
and retains his early fondness tor the pen
Robert C. Schenck is -, and Is stin quite
well Known figure Ia Washington streesA
he entered Congress forty-five years ago,
bzx his last public servics was rendered -
minister TO England, when incidentally b
rendzrsd . little private service % the aps
and eager Britishers IN tho way Of instrue-
tions m the science Of poker playing Ho
says that be has lately cured Bad cass Of
Bri2hss disease by drinking min and eating
slmoss nothing.
| Justice William Strung, OF the United
State supreme court, retired, is now 50 years
Of aga He b . tall, fine looking man who
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elan cut face resembles Gladstone's, though
IL Is not % wrinkled Justice Strong seems
/ 10 Be a. active as ever. He has his salary Of
10000 year. and a good income besides,
but he still lectures on constitutional law in
one Of the Washington schools, and some
times gives professional advice
Jesse Lisie, Of Cooke, Tenn, Is no years
old and has documents TO prove IL In boy
hood he worked ON farm For forty-five
years he was Baptist preacher and is now
farming again he is bale and hearty, does
not wear spectacles and won't turn over his
property TO his children for fear they viii
squander II Last winter he cleared two acres
Of virgin forest without assistance He'ays
be remembers when his father came home
from the Revolutionary war, bis feet bleed
ing from long tramp and almost fauished
for food
DR.. Vow, the accomplished physician OF
the Chinese legation at Washington, b soon
20 wed an American maiden who is described
as ''one Of the wen known beauties and so
eiety leaders Of the capital DR.. Vow has
been q great social pet In Washington He
Is not handsome, but may be called, without
exaggeration, picturesque He speaks excel
Isut English, Is an accomplished horsaman
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He always wears Chinese costume Sky
blue tunio, rcd six pantalets and pigtan
give him luxuriously Oriental appearance.
It Is told that few years ago, in North
amptonxhire village, Lord Spencer and Mr..
Gladstone were out Walking ono Sunday
evening. when they heard sounds Of singing
coming from an old barn After some hesi-
satiou they entered, and were 50 interested
that they stayed oo the end Of tho servicA
The sermon on that occasion was preached by
Msthodise local brother, who wAs . poor.
hard working, industrious man Servics
concluded, the right honorable gsntasmen
had a conversation with the preacher, and
one Of them tod him h bad never heard the
Gospel preached 50 faithfully and - wsn In
his Efs befosa
RepreseotsNfve AIN, of Massachusetts, n
1 Qc~O<1ux - kCsa QcWA Ok Ui8 baKIo ~ w kSkf-
ington to ousesur photography. Recently
poor widow n Lowed wrote TO him sayine
thse hsr husband, private In Q Massachu-
sssts regiment, hay buried somewhere In ths
National cemetery ON Arlington Hia She
has long wished to see his grave, bat has al
ways been too poor to make the journey 70
the capital Mr.. Allen thercupon seized hi,
camara, found the grave and made clever
photograph Of the spot The Lowell widow
has thus been enabled, to ell practical pur.
poses, TO gaze upon her husbands resting
plaee Once IN while amateur photography
rsdeems Itself
Mr.. Pinero, the London play writer, pro
drces 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
fore be allows them to say a word upor
paper THIS process lasts sometimes 70,
weeks, and sometimes for months, but wher
the drsmstist at length sits down to his desk
the play has alrendy q complete imaginative
existence, from the rise to the fall of the cur
tain The actual writing Mr.. Pinsro accom-
plishes a rule with Extraordinary n pidity
scarcely putting the pen from bis hand unit
II n finished The longest Of all bis plays
Lords and Commons" was written In les
shan fortnizhA 'sThe Money Spinner hl
wrote IN less than q week and day.
Richard Henry Stoddard, the venerable
gray haired poet, whose songs IN the autumn
II ife have ell the mellow beauty Of hi
ripened genius h gentle and generous alrnos
10 fault He goes the even tenor of his wa,
from day 20 day, and for one so far advance
fn years be does an extraordinary amount O
literary work When a young man be me
ths poet Poe and submitted poem for hi
perusal The author Of The Raven hap
pensd 10 be IN one Of bis unfortunate mood
and roundly accused the young bard Of willfu
and prsussditated plagiarism When he dis
covered bis unjust accusation he sent To-
StoddArd- and from that time they ver,
friends Mr. Stoddard Is considered by man
a severe critic, but be ssys his aim fs 20 b.
tu-t and tel the truth The chrome liter
ary- set, thai turns ont the namby psnb-
books. never meet with any recognition from
him whatever One Of his most ardent ad
rairers Is John Boyle ORe1ly. who neve
visits the city viteest sesang " asking abou
the grand eld trouba3ocr,s as he calls him
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