San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-07-18
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

King Rnlakaua, Of Hawaii, wants TO bor-
row sl00 to have good time at tho Paris
exposition.
Ralph Waldo Emeron's private and do
nestle life Inns been described by his son, Ed
ward w. Emerson, In Emerson In Con-
cord"
London Truth says TINT AIRY Ecilaw, the
brilliant writer, Is really Mmo Do Kalomine,
tho III treated second wifo Of tho Grand Duke
of Hesse
The German crown prince tho other dry re-
ceivcd little roam pony rs birthday gift
from his grcatgrandmother tho Empress
Augusta.
Tho court of Pope Leo Is said to comprise
1,i00 persons, nearly 500 Of whom bear the
tito OF chamberlain Ho has twenty private
secretaries
A collection of stories by Louise Chandler
Moulton will DO published In Boston this sea
ron under tho title miss Eyre from Boston,
and Other Stories"
Barrett Wendell, tho Boston writer, author
Of "Thc Duchess Amelia" is 50 years OF ago
and ut present assistant professor Of English
literature at Harvard.
Mr.. Thomas Bayard, who leaves Yale this
summer will in tho fall begin studying law
In tho Office of his father tho cx-secretary OF
state. at Wilmington, Del.
Capt Murrcll, tho Missourihc Is worse of
than West Point cadet He can't keep his
buttons OH his uniform. AS fast rs they arc
sewed on some enthusiast cuts them off,
Mr.. Gladstone and Cardinal Manning have
renewed the intimate friendship Of their Ok
ford days. which was some years ago dis
turbed by tho formers attacks upon Roman
Catholicism.
At George Eber's house, In Tutzlng, books
arc In almost every room, and In tho cham
her where tho invalid novelist passes his days
he lies hemmed in with library shelves filed
with books In all languages.
IT. Trowbridge, the author Of "Roger
and I" mud many popular juvenile stories, Is
described rs about 90 years old, tall, fresh
looking, with long gray hair, with manners
somewhat crude and u taste for spiritualinn
Five American writers on Jurisprudence
Drs Cooley, Hitchcock, Biddlo, Chamber
lain and Charles A. Kent, have prepared
work entitled "The Constitutional History of
on Shes. states as sc. - ,~..,-.sS 49,.
mont Of American Law"
Professor T. H. Huxley, in n lately pub
lished photographed sketch, says that he
has never entirely recovered from the effects
of blood poisoning contracted during the
flrst post-mortem examination, performed
when no was less than IA years of age
Congressman Scott, tho Pennsylvania DEM
,ocratic leader, is said to have spent $4,000
during tho last two racing seasons In endeav-
oring to force ono of his horses to the front
ut the finish. He has bought more horses this
year, and his colors arc to DO seen at every
meeting
James Gordon Bennett, whilo Mt Monaco,
just before his lato departure for Egypt, had
a quarrel with tho princely ruler OF that
famous gambling resort, and tho princelinS
gage orders that tho American millionaire
should be excluded from tho borders Of tho
principally.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe had tho courage to
begin Greek when she was 4S years old COM
paratively late in life, and now reads Hero
dotus, Xcnophon, Plato, Eschylus and Arts
tophanes She carly acquired knowledge OF
French md Italian, and ut 10 years began to
study German.
Mr.. Blaine is trying to get n summer home
near Washington for tho season, as he is
getting very tired of hotel life, and the Seward
house is not ready yet for his occupancy.
He offered fancy price for ono of the fine
old suburban mansions on Georgetown
Heights, but he couldn't get it.
The emperor Of China is seldom disturbed
In his sleep. A Pekin paper announces that
"strict surveillance is kept by the gendar-
merle around the palace TO prevent tho i'm
perial repose being broken by firing OF crack
ers, street cries, or wranglinS voices, tho
blowing Of horns orr noisy marriage or funeral
processionsn