Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-14
PERSONAL PICkINGS.

PERSONAL PICklNGS.
 Lord Cairns bride is just 19, he is 25.
 MT. Paul du Chaillu has settled permanent ly in London.
 Queen Victoria has knighted Edwin Ar mold, author of the famous poem, 'sThe Light of Asia.'
 The empress of Austria has given $12, 800 toward the fund for monument to Heine at Dusseldorf.
 Kossuth, wko is now living in the strictest seclusion at Turin, is in excellent health, de- spite his 86 years.
 Julian Hawthorne, who has large family to support, thinks of going back on literature and entering trade.
 c. P. Huntington, the fifty millionaire, used to peddle out butter by the pound to the miners ill California.
 Rev. c. H. Sturgeon, the London preacher, has returned to London from Mentone greatly improved in health.
 MT. Berg, Jenny Lind's music master, is still teaching music in Sweden, although he is more than S6 years of age.
 The inventor of the diamond cutting ma- chine was Charles M. Field, who is now in the jewelry trade ill Boston, Mass.
 Senator Joe Blackburn's health gives his family and friends deep concern. It is feared that he has cancer of the stomach
 Edison's father has been rolling stone all his life, but now at the age of S4 has about $150,O00 in cold cash. He has very poor opinion of Toms electrical work.
 Won Moltke's simple habits are likely to in- sure him a long old age. He enjoys family life, shuns company and talks rarely, but pithily, and relishes good game of whist.
 Speaker Carlisle has two sons, William and Logan. William is 27 years of age and is married Logan is younger and still a bachelor. They are both in business at Wich- ita Kan.
 Count de Sponneck, of the Danish 1ega- tion at St. Petersburg, has been appointed Danish minister to the United States. He will enter upon the duties of the post in February.
 The Prince of Wales is angry at the use of his name in connection with a proposed ban quet to Kilrain and Smith, and has in- structed his private secretary to give em- phatic denial to the report.
 Sir Kenneth Cummings, the son of Gordon Cummings, the great lion slayer, is back in America after 8 years absence, during which he visited central Africa and killed three lions and several leOpards.
 MT. Henry Irving's two sons are at college, and show signs of the inheritance of their fathers genius. At recent performance they delighted the audience by the remarka- ble manner in which their recitations were given.
 Secretary Whitney's New York house was the gift of Oliver H. Payne, his wife's brother, and it is said Payne gave it to her as a bridal present. It cost $6O0, and it's furnishings are estimated to have eaten up $200, 1000 more.
 There are nine surviving ex-governors of Massachusetts, namely: George s. Boutwell,, Henry J. Gardner, Nathaniel P. Banks, Will liam Clafin, William Gaston, Alexander H. Rice, Benjamin F. Butler, John D. Long and George D. Robinson.
 Wilkie Collins lives in 8 pleasant, substan- tial house in Gloucester place, Portman square, London. He suffers much from ner- vous prostration and gout in the eyes. The novelist admits that what he needs is sscool- ness, peace and quiet"
 It is estimated that the pope received 2,5OO telegraphic messages of congratulation. Al lowing ten words to each message, this would make 5000 words. At an average rate of S1 word these messages would therefore represent cost of $25, 1000.
 Josef Hofmann has stirred Boston to its deepest intellectual centers. In other cities Hofmann has been listened to; in Boston they try to account for him. The Theoso- phists of that city say he is the reincarnation of some great musical spirit.
 Senator Brown, of Georgia, is supposed to have been the author of a history of Georgia, which was edited by one of his friends and in which the words "Joe Brown" and Georgia" were synonyms. It is an interest ing book, and, as a life of Joe Brown, is TO- mantle.
 W. H. Chippendale, who died in London recently, aged 87, was the 'old mann of the stage, as John Gilbert was in his youth He was the MT. Chippendale of the old Park house was burned ill 184s. In 1853 he re- turned to England For nearly ten years he has been living in retirement.
 George w. Williams, the colored historian and the best known writer of his race, has just put the finishing touches to drama, which he hopes to see performed on the stage before very long Tho name of this play is NPanda," and the scene is laid in Africa. Panda, tho hero, is said to be a second Othello in character and appearance. The horrors of slave ship are reproduced, and ono scene is devoted to a slave market in Charleston, s. c.
 Benjamin Constant, the French painter, is man of medium height, with bright brown eyes and frank, genial face adorned with close cropped hair and beard. Spain and the Holy Land are his favorite sketchinc grounds He is just now, however, engaged upon tho decoration of the grand council chamber of the University of Paris-a work which will occupy him three years, and for which he is paid 30,0O0 francs, in payments of 10, GOO francs year.