The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-06
PERSONAL.

DURING his recent visit to Dunkrk, Gen. Bou-
langer received some fulsOme compliments from
the same old market woman who twenty odd
years ago gave a silver fish to the Empress
Eugenie.
SENATOR HAwLEY received thirteen votes for
four ballots in the Republican National Conven-
ton of 1884 He is not superSttious, but he
would rather have twelve than thirteen votes
this year at first.
WILSON NJ. CAMPBELL has just been pardbned
from the Kansas penitentiary after serving
three ana half years OF ten-yearS' sentence
TO which he was condemned upon he periured
testimony Of his wife and daughter.
MILLAls FAMOUS PICTURE of Gladstone which
the Duke of Westminster sold when he divided
politics with the Grand Old Man, has finally
come into the possession of Lord Rosebery and
will be sent to Melbourne for the centennial ex-
position.
EPHRAIM BLAINE, the great-grandfather of
James G. Blaine, was commissary general Of the
continental army for three years, including the
period of the cantOnment at Valley Forge He
was a man of large fortune for that day, aud
the records showed that during that long and
trying winter, with the aid Of personal friends
he made an advance of SG00,000 for the support
of the patriot army. Millions of dollars Of gov
eminent money passed through his hands with.
ont suspicion of his purity or disinterested-
ness
QUEEN SOPHIE of Sweden, who is again ia
BOurnemouth, England Is described as OF mid
and her features, which bear the stamp Of long
physical pain, are clearly cut She is woman
of clear Judgment and strong intellect. She
reads enormously and remembers what she has
read Every morning after her breakfast she
receives and peruSeS newspapers from every
European country, understanding all the lau-
glIages, with the exception Of Italian, which is
translated to her.
THE Alta California tells that not long ago
some tourists from the east called 10 a man
who AigyuU in .IoQU1n MillHrtg
near Fruit Vale, and desired TO be shown over
the place. The man dropped his pick and very
patiently showed the ghrrilous party the
creiuatory, the water works the wolf den, and
all they desired to see But they expressed
dreadful disappointment AT not having found
the poet at home Now, look here, old fellow"
said the leader of the party, as they were going,
to the man, who was about TO resume his pick
what sort OF looking man is Joaquin Miller.
anyhow We'll, he looks like me, )" was the
quiet answer Like you? Looks like your"
Yes; am Joaquin Miller"
s. l.. CLEMENS, better known as Mark Twain
Of the publishing firm of Charles l.. Webster &
Co., gives the following interesting facts re-
gnrding Gen. sherdans memoirs, soon to be
given TO the public "Mr Webster and / called
on Gen sheridan at his office in the war depart
ment a couple OF years ago and made contract
with him for his autobiography, upon terms
satisfactory to both parties. This was not long
after we had published the second volume of
Gen Grants Personal Memoirs" Gen. Sheri-
dan was as reluctant TO try the untried field OF
authorship as had been Gen. Grant before him.
but the desire to secure comfortable provision
for their families prevailed with both. Gen
Sheridans procedure, after he had once made
up his mind was characteristic OF him. He
went at his task with all his might, and never
called halt until IL was finished. One can see
by his manuscript that he, like Grant, found
authorship easy after he once got started
Authorship Is Away easy when one has some
thing TO say"