The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-16
Citizen.
PERSO

EDISON has in his workshop az Orange, N. j.,
mass of Towering shrubs and spreading
palms, which show that while the inventors
mind may be practical and mathematical, it
also has its sentimental side Their are few
men who grow flowers in their workshops.
HANS Won BULow, the famous pianist who is
now in this country, is noted for his eccentric
ity as well as his musical talent When no has
done anything to shock his friends and enrage
mis- enemies he makes no apologies, but simply
So'''' his shoulders and says, Its way !
have"
ARTHUR S. HARDY, professor of mathematics
at Dartmouth college, is just passed middle age,
and he diskes arithmetic with all the Unborn
dislike of poet for the department of figures
He finds the mysteries of comic sections mere
child's play compared with addition, substrac.
ton and multiplication.
FATHER AGosTINo. an eloquent monk whose
preaching is the sensation at Rome, recently
made the following announcement from the
pulpit; 81 protest against reporters taking
down what | say and making it a source of
profit. 1t is an infringement of my right. II
there is 70 be profit made by my sermons or
my wotd' a." he person entitled to it, and
should receive it.
AN interesting and valuable relic of the old
Grant leather store in Galena, ILL.,. III the shape
of a gavel made from piece of the curryiny
bench used in the establishment at the time
Capt. L. 5. Grant was employed therein before
his entry into the army during the war
has been sent to the G.. A. K. Post at Dubuque
aud is to be presented to the presiding officer of
the Iowa state encampment of the q. A r.
THE HOME of Henry G.. Maryland, the new
president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
on Madison avenue, New York, is sal to be the
haudsomest private residence IN America, not
even excepting the VanderbIlts' ruere are
rooms in Mr.. Marquand's house that cost hun
dreds of thousands of dollars TO decorate
and furnish or these the japanese room
is the most famous. There are beside this a
Moorish room, al Italian room, and Greek
room, the latter designed by l.. Alma Tadema
MINISTER TO SPAIN T. w. PALMER has received
a long letter from a young man in the east
who desires TO become private secretary to tire
minister. Many reasons are given, aud the
young mar S qualifications fully dwelt upon.
one of his reasons was as follows my object
in desiring this position is Principally to broaden
my mental horizon and see more of Gods handi-
work than can in one spot or country. | can
v.' 'vn'1-r 'er that will write both English
and Spanish"
ACCORDING TO the Philadelphia Inquirer, Eek
ley Brinton Coxe's habits are very simple, de-
spite his enormous wealth. AT his home In
Drifton he wears the plainest clothing and rides
oftenest on mountain buckboari. In the
summer time he throws off coat and vest and
gives his suspenders a long rest, substituting
plain leather belt therefor. He wears co ored
shirts with collar attached. but scOrns the use
OF a necktie Gloves he couldn't be induced TO
wear. He climbs TO the top OF his highest
breakers, and descends TO the lowest depths of
his numerous mines, coming out as black and
dusty as any laborer in his employ. AL this Is
fun to him in his capacity as mining engineer.
When he wants some real light amusement he
generally goes 10 his library aud revels in the
postcal creations Of the hiGhsr mathemat-
clans AT the age OF 10 be made translation
OF the great German Weisbachs mathematics,
which Is still used rs a text book Ia English and
American polytechnical schools. he Is grad
uate Of a half dozen colleges and universities,
and converses nuently in English, German,
French and Italian.