Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-03-14

Miss Emma Abbott. like Jenny
Lind. saa O poor girL But she mas
made fortune with her vo'e@ ~
Jenny Lind did.
There are said 30 be about dohea
negre physicians In hFooklyn. some OF
whom have been In active practice Tor
fully forty years
a former participant In rowing
races has marrled tha daughter Of en-
Australian mine ownaF. lie now makes
good ass Of the Orc
The man who made the first pho
tograph ever produced In the United
states. Franz George sehreibar, iss stlii
living In Philadelphia. hale and hearty,
ai the sge of eighty-six.
Mark Twain" lost his hat and
eoatat a recent ball In Connectleus aud
was obliged 10 drive home With no
protection from the eold save that
afforded by his luxuriant lecks lie
kept himself warm by cracking Jokes.
a New York woman makes good
living as a guide 10 other women In
FNAAAtM WV ivy ~3G AAA*FEA# N&s&kA& -
tho train. takes them 10 their rooms.
shows all ths sights and porfo'ms all
the dntie. which are undertaken by
European guides.
IIenry Ward Beecher once said ho
could suggest a plan for obviatlng shs
trouble caused by the dampnass
that ruinsd so many eargoea OF
wheat sent In bulk across the ocean.
llis plan vac 10 store In the hold oi
every ship several copies of the an
nual reports read At religious anniver-
saries
Sip william Conrad Reeves.
Chief Justice Of Barbadoes. reecntly
knlghtod by Victoria. IL colored man.
lliz mother wan tull blooded negress
Ilis father va. a scotch planter. The
Chief Justice began life o. = printer.
H. has served A. solicitor and Alter
noy General of tho colony, and re-
signed the last because ~ q disagree.
ment With Governor Sir John lienneaey
oa West Indian federation iis has
served for six years a. Chief Justice.
1t l. told Of Mempea. the young
Australian portrait painter Who has
made reputation In London, that he
got his start through shrewd frank.
ness. lie vent 10 Ellen Terry, Who II
not unusually willing 10 sit for her
portrait. and said. Look here. Miss
Terry, I'm a young man from Aus
traliA. with few oF no friends here. and
want 10 make my way In ths world.
Won't you LED me paint your portraitP'
Certainly" said the actress. and the
sortrait that h. painted brought him
instant recognition.
The Springfield Union tells this
story about President Dwight of Yaiei
On becoming president of the unlveF-
sliy, he knew and presumably cAred
nothing whatever for athletic sports
of any sort lie Immediately put .
telephone In his residence. and whcn
his wifo asked him fpr tho reason Of
the Innovation he blandly Fepliedi Il
wani. aa pr@ddenh NJ shla nnlsnralig,
to hear the result Of the base ball. foot.
ball and rowing contests just aa sooa
NJ they are over. Yale's success IL
uearsst my heart"
The late Mrs Jay Gould was q
very gentle woman. whose chief liking
vas for children and flowers. In iaks
years she spent much time In har c,k-
scrvaiories. Mr.. Gould built them for
her at a cost of half a million dollars.
The Gould tomb is ON the highest
mound In Woodlawn. aud AZ seen from
afar brings 10 mind the Parthenon a.
Athens. though. a. a matter Of fact. ID
l. arehiieelurally unlike what a copy
oi that temple would be. Mrs. Gould
selected the site. aud her husband PAL
ESQ. 60 for the ground.