The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-03-01
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

Miss Emma Abbott, like Jenny
Lind, was a poor girl But she has
made a fortune with her voice, as
Jenny Lind did.
There are said to be about dozen
negro physicians in Brooklyn. some OF
whom have been in active practice for
fully forty years.
"A former participant in rowing
races has married the daughter OF an
Australian mine owner. He now makes
good use of the ore.
The man who made the first pho
tograph ever produced in the United
States, Franz George Schneider, is still
living in Philadelphia, hale and hearty,
at the age of eighty-six.
MARK Twain lost his hat and
coat at recent ball in Connecticut and
was obliged to drive home with no
protection from the cold save that
afforded by his luxuriant locks. He
kept himself warm by cracking jokes.
"A New York woman makes a good
living as a guide to other women in
visiting the city. She meets them at
the train, takes them to their rooms,
shows all the sights. and performs all
the duties which are undertaken by
European guides.
Henry Ward Beecher once said he
could suggest a plan for obviating the
trouble caused by the dampness
that ruined so many cargoes Of
wheat sent in bulk across the ocean.
His plan was to store in the hold of
every ship several copies of the an
nual reports read at religious anniver-
saries.
Sir William Conrad Reeves,
Chief Justice Of Barbados, recently
knighted by Victoria, is a colored man.
His mother was "a full-blooded nogress.
His father was Scotch planter. The
Chief Justice began life as printer.
He has served as Solicitor and Attor-
ney-General of the colony, and re-
signed the last because of a disagree
ment with Governor Sir John Hennesey
on West Indian federation. He has
served for six years as Chief Justice
1t is told OF Mempes, the young
Australian portrait painter who has
made a reputation in London, that he
got his start through shrewd frank
ness. He went to Ellen Terry, who IS
not unusually willing to sit for her
/ portrait, and said: Look here, Miss
Terry, I'm a young man from Aus
! tralia, with few or no friends here, and
/ / want to make my way in the world
Won't you let me paint your portraitP"
Certainly" said the actress, and the
portrait that he painted brought him
instant recognition.
The Springfield Union tells this
story about President Dwight. of Yale:
On becoming president of the univer-
sity, he knew and presumably cared
nothing whatever for athletic sports
of any sort. He Immediately put
telephone in his residence, and when
his wife asked him for the reason of
the innovation he blandly replied: II
want, as president of this university,
to hear the result of the base ball, foot
ball and rowing contests just as soon
as they are over. Yale's success is
nearest my heart"
The late Mrs. Jay Gould was
very gentle woman, whose chief liking
was for children and flowers. In late
years she spent much time in her con-
servatories. Mr.. Gould built them for
her at cost of half a million dollars.
The Gould tomb is on the highest
mound in Woodlawn, and as seen from
afar brings to mind the Parthenon at
| Athens, though, as a matter OF fact, it
is architecturally unlike what a copy
OF that temple would be. Mrs. Gould
selected the site, and her husband PAL
/ $50. 900 for the ground.