The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-02-18

NOTED MEN AND WOMEN.
1t is somewhat remarkable CO.
incidence that 7. B. Aldrich and Fl. M.
Alden, editors respectively of the Allan
tic and Hdrper'S, we're both born Nov. IL.
1886.
George Peabody, the philanth1op-
ist, once sawed wood for his board, and
when he was eleven years of age was
working in country grocery store in
Massachusetts.
President Eliot, of Harvard, has
been talking plainly to the students OF
that college. He says the tone of inter-
collegiate athletics must be elevated il
those who participate in these contests
are to retain the respect of the public.
-Ishmail Pasha, the ex-khedive of
Egypt, having settled his little financial
dispute with Turkey, will be able to spend
the balance of his life quite comfortably.
He will receive 100000 in cash and re-
tains property in Constantinople worth
100000.
Hon. 8. J. Randall is greatly de-
voted to his wife and rarely questions
her decision in any matter They are
plain people in their way of living; their
house is small and unpretentious-in a
neighborhood far removed from the fash
ionable parts Of Washington. Mrs. Ran.
dali PERFORMS only such society duties as
the commanding position of her husband
makes unavoidable.
The indications seem to be that
Prof. Francis L. Patton, of the Theolog-
ical Seminary, will be elected President
OF Princeton College, with Prof. Sloane
as Vice-President. And yet it is evident
that there is a considerable element that
would much prefer Prof. Sloane for Pres
ident, and would be quite willing to con-
done the fact that he is not clergyman.
The Shah of Persia, who will prob
ably visit Europe this year, has not gain
ed much, it is said, from his previous wis.,
its because of his Oriental conceit and
his lack of power to take broad and
comprehensive view of things coming
under his observation. Bad omens, such
as the flight of a crow, or an ill-timed
sneeze. may cross his path and cause him
to cancel or postpone his arrangements.
Mrs E. p. Thwing, of Brooklyn,
is the author of the "Trip Round the
World" She has been engaged in mis-
sion effort among Brooklyn Cinnamon,
and goes at her own expense to China to
continue her study of Cantonese and be-
come better acquainted with the field, to
which her son Edward, who is with her,
hopes to return as medical missionary.
Everybody has heard of DR.. Will
liam Hammond. The description of his
image of Buddha, which stands in the
spacious hallway Of his beautiful resi-.
dence on West Fifty-fourth street, has
been spread far and wide. He is a be-
lever in the religion Of Buddha. His
frequent appearance before the public in
his special line as an authority upon all
cases in which the brain is prominent
feature has served not less to win for him
fame.-Neao York correspondence.
Captain Bethel, formerly of the
British navy is the posthumous hero of a
romance of real life. Shortly before his
death at the hands of the Beers, in 1884,
he married Teepoo, a member of the
Baralong tribe, according to the rites of
that tribe. The woman bore daughter,
who was baptised in the Christian faith,
and as Captain Bethel left some property
in Yorkshire, the court of chancery has
been called on to decide the legitimacy
of the child.
The Earl of Derby, whose seat is in
the suburbs of Liverpool, is pronounced
kleptomaniac. His grace's particular
weakness is for old silver, and the greater
its antiquity and beauty the more Ger
tain is it to find its way into his pocket.
1t is the duty of his valet to examine his
masters clothes every morning when he
has dined out the night before. What
ever is found is taken to the countess,
who returns it to the owner with pretty
note of apology.
Sir Robert Ball, the Royal astron-
omer of Ireland, says that the moon is
being slowly driven further away from the
earth, and that the days are growing long
or, until at length, i'll some millions of
years to come, the moon will be about twice
her present distance, and the day will
amount to about T,i00 hours, or what is
now equal to fifty-seven days. When that