The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-18
PERSONA.

| Mr. FRoUDE, the English historian and man
of letters, is the latest convert to home rule in
| Ireland.
JOIN B. Fry, formerly private secretary to
| Henry Clay, is among the applicants for consul
| lar appointments.
Mrs; HUMPHREY WARD has forwarded to Pres
| dent Harrison a copy of Robert Elsmere'
| bearing her signature,
New York has prodigy in the form of s.
| year-od boy who speaks Greek and Latin with
| the precision of a gray-haired professor of
| languages.
| The HONORARY DEGREE of doctor of laws has
| been conferred on kew. David Willis chaplain
of the United states army, by the trustees of
| Washington (Pa.) college.
| JAMES LAURENsoN, who administered the oath
| of Office to Mr. Wanamaker is the oldest postal
clerk in the service of the government, and has
sworn in twenty-four Postmaster Generals
Mrs. JAMES X. POLK. now IS years old wears
black kid gloves all day and walks with a gold
hea led cane. She never leaves Nashville nor
goes anywhere in that town except to church
Sunday.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN WALTER A. WooD has one OF
the handsomest turnouts in Washington. The
wheels of his barouche are bright red the Sorrel
horses are covered by gold-mouuted harness,
and their driver is gorgeous in light livery with
gold buttons.
SECRETARY TRACY was formerly a newspaper
man. For some years after he close of the war,
in which he had served, he furnished editorial
articles TO the New York Times, which was then
a republican journal, under the editorship of
Henry J. Raymond.
CARDINAL MANNING will celebrate the twenty
fifth anniversary Of his Episcopal conservation
on June s, 1890. fund is being raised as tes
tmonlal to pay off the $50 900 debt on his cathe
dral, so that the building may be cOnsecrated on
or before his own anniversary
JEREMIAH Rusx cannot get used to being
called "AIr. SECRETARY AS he was entering the
xyhf no q faayv da IS 10 WiscOn-
sin friends caught sight of him and cried out
T. him by his new title. Rusk did not turn his
head, Again aud again the Wisconsin visitor
called Mr. Secretary" with no result. Finally
he yelled Governor" Rusk turned around at
once.
THE Prince Of Wales has perhaps the finest
railway coach in Europe. The Southeastern
built it, and It contains seven rooms, there be-
ing a study, little library, couple OF bedrooms,
a dressing and bathroom The bed
room is most luxuriously furnished in old gold
silk, being lighted by electricity, and the panel
ing is beautifully painted The prince uses ms
carriage for all his journeys,
An INTERESTING INCIDENT took place in the
diplomatic gallery Of the House when Speaker
Carlisle declared the sine die adjournment. A
visitor in the gallery not familiar with the
prominent men on the floor leaned over % the
doorkeeper and asked: "Who is that gentleman
who Just declared the House adjourned?'
THAT" said the doorkeeper instantly, lis ex-
Speaker Carlisle" Mr.. Carlisle had then been
an ex.speaker about ten seconds. The door
keeper had profted by his association with
diplomats.
RECENTLY the Prince Of wales made his first
appearance in the gambling rooms at Monte
Carlo since his arrival ON the Rivera. Very
little notice was taken of mis- royal highnesS by
anybody there, few people recognizing him, or
If they did not being sufficiently impressed by
his personality TO look at him a second time.
He patroniled the roulette tables in preference
TO the more select Trente -et-Q uarante, where
most Of the English statesmen have been dis