The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-15
PERSONAL.

CARDINA1 MANNrNo is now 81 years of age but
is strong and active.
JuDoE TouRGEE is TO take leading part in
the Chautauqua assembly This year.
OSCAR WILDE is quite success as editor Of
the W0mdH'S World. Moreover, he saws he
likes it.
Mr.. LABoucHERE speaks of Mr. Boehm's
jubilee statue Of the queen at Bristol as a super
huouS Enthusiastically. .
CHARLES WooD has been the king Of the
English jockeys since Archer's death Last
year he had no fewer than 151 winning mounts
GOV. AMEs of Massachusetts is stin very i'll
though his condition is not alarming lie is
suffering from acute bronchitis. to which he has
long been subject at more or less frequent in
tervals. The hot weather has made his attack
more severe than usual, but his doctors say no
is not in the slightest danger.
RECENTLY the primo and princess of Wales
were present at u WhitSun dinner party given
in their honor b. Sir Arthur sullivan The
company included the grand duke and ducbaas
OF Mecklenburg Schwern and w. S. Gilbert
Mrs. Ronaids kindly acted as hostess. as Sr
Arthur is a bachelor. After dinner some ex.
naming until a late hour
Coz. MCkIRBEN Of Chambersburg Pa. is 90
years old, bat vigorous and lively lie and
simon Cameron. are great chums, and when
they get together are as friSlIy as schoolbovs
Cameron has long coveted a picture owned bv
McKbbeu. A few days ago McKibben uron.
Used to bequeath II TO Cameron at his death
Where the --- VIII be when you dieY'' roarrd
the iovial Simon, and then both the ioIly voung
fellows laughed heartily.
TIE New York players club has lust come
into possession OF a curious relic-the first pair
OF socks worn by Lord Byron! They are de-
scribed "a being a queer looking little pair
grlny with age The lady who gave the socks
TO the club says that they have been in her
family for at least fifty years They were
brought to America 10y Lord ByrOn's nurse or
foster mother. TO whom they were given tn
gether with all his first clothes. The woman
lived in Ne" Jersey, and gave the socks to her
pastor, who was the father of the late owner OF
the relics.
PoIYDoRE DE kEYsER. lord mayor of London.
seems to be most remarkable man His
eccentlicitieS are almost startling Not long
ago he inspected tho boys OF the British naval
training ship Wars tie. During his address he
told the boys that his wife would take great
pleasure in giving each one of them a shilling
which he hoped they would keen thrnu yhNrt
their future lives as a souvenir OF the occa sion
PccksnH remarked that II England expected
every man TO do his duty England was the most
sauguine nation ou earth If Lord Polydore
expects every boy on the Warspite To keep his
shilling he Is the most condding man In the
world.
KING HuMRERr of Italy needs recreation be.
cause ms heaith becomes more and more feeble
lie is turning gray rapidly his stomach works
badly and II ~ believed his liver is affected Al
one time 10 was Thought that his lungs were not
in good condition He grew thin quickly
coughed and had AL the symptoms Of the chest
dlseas" THAI carried uli hts father This condt
ton IL the result Of the Irregular life he led
during his youth Victor Emmanuel, who had
never been scoldei himself neglected the
education OF his children and Prince Humbert
provided with a relatively large civil list,
followed dhslpaied eAwtcnce which secretly
undermined his cou.tu.fiJu An this is written
10 the Epoch by w. le-u