Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-05
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Emperor William of Germany is publish Ing an elaborate daily court circular, which he edits himself.
 Count Herbert Bismarck cynically says: "The only advantage of better society is that its morality is worse." @@
 James Russell Lowell will devote the re- mainder of his life to travel and reading. He says that his literary work is all done.
 Ex-Secretary Hugh McCulloch rarely wears an overcoat. He is so years of age, but says he does not feel the necessity of any extra wraps.
 It is said that President Carnot, of France, is strongly under the influence of his private secretary This is better than if he were struck on his typewriter
 A young lady who aspired to fame musician went one day to Rubenstein for ad- vice. She played for hiIn, then asked: What shall do!" Get marriod,n was the reply.
 Floquet, the French premier, who has just resigned office, was formerly newspaper worker in Paris. He got a small salary for concocting manuscript in the office of Le Temps.
 Minister Matsu, of Japan, was a prisoner for nearly five years in his native land for his progressive ideas. Tho adoption by Japan of a new constitution he looks upon as a per sonal triumph.
 Francis Wilson tried everything before he resorted to the stage in despair. Dry goods, the law, medicine, everything in short which men pursue, he tried in succession, only to discover that he was q square peg in round hole.
 R. H. Stoddard, the poet, whose right hand is disabled, says he can write readily with his left. His manuscript is written in a very
 
 colnpositors have little trouble with it. Geronimo, the renegade Apache who has been a prisoner of the government for some years, has become very clever gardener since he was taken to Florida He is almost as skillful in raising cabbages as he used to be in raising scalps
 MT. Sturgeon, the well known London preacher, has beautiful residence at Beulah, Upper Norwood, with extensive grounds and handsome conServatories. A silver casket from the queen is one of his most precious household gods.
 The young emperor of China, says Shang hai paper, has will of his own. He has a serious hesitation in his speech and speaks slowly and with much difficulty. He is quiet in disposition, but very obstinate. His head is large, w.th a thin, pointed face. A strong nreproof room has been con structed outside Hawarden castle, and in this will eventually be deposited an enormous l mass of correspondence extending over the whole of Mir. Gladstoae's public fife, and consisting of upward of G0, GOO letters. Tho little German crown prince has q very scant allowance of toys. The emperor holds l that many and costly toys neither increase a | child's happiness nor allow those qualities to | be developed which are brought out when a | child has to turn to its own resources for fill ing up its leisure hours.
 MT. Henry M. Flagler has built what are | probably the finest tennis courts in the world on the grounds of the Alcazar, one of his Ioorish hotels at St. Augustine, Fla. A l tennis tournament will be held on March 12, at which the prize will be silver model of l the ancient city gates, valued at Sl 900. Max O'Rell writes to friend: "Of course my book is full of absurdities. How could it be otherwise9 I should pity from the bottom | of my heart the American who would take the book seriously and who would not or could not see under q little coating Of criti- cism my love and admiration for America and her dear people,"
 Professor Brainerd G. Smith, of the de partment of journalism of Cornell university, is very much encouraged by his success thus l far He says that the only trouble with the 1 experiment is in the minds of those who fail l to understand his project. He does not pro | pose to graduate editors, but ho is simply | sitting the university to find men with the | journalistic knack.