The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-12
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

] DIS lISL llDNel.
Southern members Of congress wear boots,
northern members, shoes.
Governor Jerry Rusk, Of Wisconsin, stands
six feet three in his stockings
Prince Bismarck is now known as the Ward
McAliistor OF European society
Senator ingalls, always has red kercLief
ptep.ng out Of bis breast pocket
President Hyde. OF Dowdoin college, spends
much Of his time at tennis and is an expert
player.
Secretary Whitney is considered to be by
long Odds the best dressed man at present in
public life.
bronson Howard recently made the witty
rcml.; that ho would rather be playwright
taa. be president.
JA,i lcw years ago Kaiser William ex-
clia-ci photographs with every pretty wo-
LII Who's. acquaintance he made
Gu Non Moltkc says that Cen Boulanger
"..4Das something" From such a reticent
ola pcss.misl as Won Moltlle this Is high
praiJe
The late Chief Justice Waite was y when
BE- died Justice Bradley IS IS; Matthews,
81, Harlan. -; B.atchiord, 81, Gray, %;
Field, -, t-iilcr. T. and Lamar IS.
KIM I.umJcrt, Of Italy, has grown very
gray 0i late lie is only A. but he looks very
much older. Humbert Is not a handsome
man. nor doe, he looI; highly intellectual.
Senator Stanford still affects the low cut
vest Of oil times. Ills wealth does not show
in bis clothes, though the stuff is the best Of
.l. !. "a lrfrff At
Ireland
" Goblet, the new French minister OF
foreign affairs, has 4 very hot temper Ey-
ery one has heard Of a tempest in teapot, but
a. outbreai. OF passion IA u Goblet Is some
thing new.
Pope Leo has ordered that the walls around
the Vatican palace he heightened High
buildings have been erected IN the neighbOr-
hood which overlook the garden in which the
pops tals-3 his daily walk.
Stenosraphcr D. /. Murphy has been the
reporter Of the Dated States senate for
nearly forty years. he has reported Clay,
Webster and Cas-. and later sumner, Sew
ard aud other fam0=s men.
Austen Chamberlain, eldest son OF R'eh,
Hon Joseph Chamberlain, Is to enter paria-
ment lie has been Studying In Berlin, aud
l. j., said that Prince Bismarck took great
fancy to HIM and frequently entertained him
at dinner
IL Ezekiel Z. Smith, OF Fayetteville, y c.
should De confirmed by the senate as minister
AID consul general t. Liberia. tt,e diplomatic
and consular service OF this country would at
length have a Smith upon its iist. name
Which does not appear thereon at present
Money Miller the recently deceased .
Australian millionaire, had one fancy, apart
lroa the main one Of money making, which P
absorbed Lis lie. Thu was Tor SCOTS novels,
which he Is believed TO have read through
once year, and that Tor u score OF years in .
succession.
\ letter received from Robert Garrett, .
dated al Cairo, states that be and his party
viii ascend the Nile as far as Thebes and,
returning by way Of Cairo viii cross the .
Mediterranean to Greece. From there they
Will 60 10 Russia This IS better than dane
Ing on hot griddle la Jay Gould
Assemblyman Gallagher Of New York.
wants u be investigated lie has name
which has for some time past been widely
known 10 should have bis slightest wish
Z =
respect due 70 q popular hero as 10 oppose
Gala her when lac really wants 10 "let er
60"
Mr Kuki, who until recently cared for the
interests OF Japan at Washington, - now ia
his native country, playinS tho role Of Pooh
Ban. He still holds his rank us envoy
extraordinary 70 this country, while at the
same time he IS chief Of the imperial archives
Of Japan, and also president OF the eEamin-
ing board Of the Universal exposition TO be
held in Toxic in 1890.
DR. William s. Bryant, Of Boston, com
pletel his course at the Harvard Medical
school last year Young as he is, however,
ho Las made a discovery in anatomy which
Las profoundly impressed the few scientists
who have heard Of it, Ho has found that in
the portal veins Of very Young infants exist
valves which disappear as lAc child grows Ia
years These valves are found in the portal
veins Of tho lower ANIMALS, but .'.-uco makes
10 mention Of their existence ia children.
Or Bryants discovery is important IN that
/, offers one more proof OF the truth Of tho
evolution theory.
Washington Is excited over the report that
Mrs. L T. Briggs, newspaper correspond
snt who writes over the name Of OLIVIA, /
ha, donated about 10000 square feet OF land
known Is Maple square, situated between
South Carolina avenue and sixth, Seventh
and d streets, as a site fOI Il wOmeus uul-
yersity, TO be patterned after Glrard college,
Philadelphia. The property is worth about
100000. Tho proposed institution is TO be
wholly under the control Of women. The III
structiOn given Will b. in the form Of lee
tures, 50 as 10 give the women chance to
talk
The other afternoon two chiefs Of the
Chippewa Indians called on President Cleyc.
land regarding matters affecting their tribe. {
Fleet Wolf and Hound-that Bays are clean, !
clear eyed Indians who talk good English
They were perfectly at ease in the presence
Of the president Fleet Wolf, in fact, offered :
Mr. Cleveland chew OF tobacco which was ,
declined in dignilied way As they stood
up to depart, Hound-that- Bays asked.
- ont you give us a drink Mr. Cleveland
was astonished, but with great presence Of
mind opened Il cabinet and taking out de-
'anter and three glasses drank with his .
ruesfs 10 the tOast Of "Heris how utrered / (