Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-23
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

BYSTANDER.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Mrs. Mona Caird has organized scheme
of neighbors' clubs in England.
Buffalo Bill is feted in great style by
Comics and Nicomtesses at Paris.
Miss Golden has been obliged to give up
her work on account of ill-heaIth.
Alphonse Daudet is thinking of making
visit to this country this summer
Sir Edward Arnold, author of "The
Light of ASIA" is coming to this country.
Mary J. Holmes, the American novelist,
is in Italy gathering material for a new
story.
Mrs. George B. Mcclellan and Miss May
Mcclellan are entertaining quite extern
sively in their London home.
Professor James Russell Lowell will re-
occupy Elmwood, at Cambridge, Mass, on
his return from England.
The Duchess of Cleveland has Just pub
lished the Battle Abbey Roll," work
which is likely to prove of great historical
value.
The oldest Yale Alumnus is Rev. DR..
Joseph D. Wickham of Manchester, Vt.
He is 92. He attends the Yale commence
ment for 1889.
Jefferson Davis was 81 years old June 8,
1889. But age does not seem to wither
his keen intellect, and his health is said
to be excellent.
Mrs. Humphry Ward has gone to Italy
for a rest. She has received a pleasant
letter from Mr.. Gladstone criticising her
article in the Nineteenth Century,
DIR. Talmage will go to Easthamptop,
L. l., where his country home is situated
to spend a few weeks in July, and will
then come West on a lecturing tour visit
ing Dakota, Oregon, and Southern Cali.
fornia. He thinks of visiting Alaska.
Florence Nightingale, 90 years old, i'll
and overworked, assured a New York
World correspondent calling upon her, at
her London home, that she had the deep
est sympathy for the Johnstown sufferers,
and her American sister in relief work,
Miss Clara Barton.
Pundita Ramabai, the Christianized
Indian woman who lectured in Sacra-
mento last fall, has begun her school in
the Bombay district, India, with one
child widow and three unmarried little
girls. The object of her lectures in this
country was to gain funds to aid her in
establishing school in India.
A. Rider Haggard has it is said, made
publishing arrangements for new story,
in which Queen Esther will prominently
figure. To study local color for the new
volume, Mr.. Haggard will shortly start for
tour in Asia Minor and Persia, visiting
Persepolis, Shiraz, and probably Bagdad.
The Emperor of China is much dissatis-
fed with the chief bride chosen for him
and has openly expressed his displeasure
to the ex-EmpresS Regent, who did the
difference shown to her by her husband is
said to cause the deepest pain to the girl
Empress, and she is believed to be partly
deranged with grief.
"Old, childless, almost friendless, Land
BilP Allen, the originator of the Home
stead Act, now resides at New Albany,
fourteen miles from Columbus says the
Cincinnati Enquirer. George W. Allen
started many newspapers, made good
deal of money, and spent his whole fortune
in advocacy of the Homestead Act and the
abolition of slavery. He is now in his
eightieth year.
Colonel Olcott, the apostle of Esoteric
buddhism, Is at present visiting Japan,
and has had somewhat mixed reception
from the Buddhist priests there. AT
Kioto, the old capital, he was regarded as
hereto, and was shown but scant courtesy
by the priests, but in Toxic he was warmly
received. Two priests were sent to Yoko-
hama to meet him, and he was carried of
to Buddhist monastery.
Lady Pauncefote, wife of the British
Minister at Washington, is few years
younger than her husband, saws letter in
the Springfield Republican She is not a
leader of fashion, but is in the :" best set,'
and thoroughly representative English
lady. She is known in connection with
charitable organizations, but much of her
work in this direction is done in such an
unostentatious manner as almost to escape
public notice
1t is stated that Mrs Joseph Chamber.
lain, nee Endicott, is much disgusted with
the freedom which pertains to converse.
tion in what are considered the most select
circles of English society. Her Puritan
blood can not stand certain features Of
dinner gossip popular in London. Not
long ago she left the table of a noted peer.
ess because of some remark that was made
The guests were astonished, but it is said
that Queen Victoria thoroughly approves
of Mrs. Chamberlain's course. Whatever
the Queen may decree regarding court
dress, she does not believe in having con-
versation cut decollette.
Admiral Porter lately held state din.
ner in Washington, and All Sin, Chi
nese servant, was assigned to duty in at.
tendance at the door. In his country 8
visitors rank is indicated by the size of the
card, and huge yellow one means the
presence of prince. The small bits OF
pasteboard received but scant courtesy from
All Sin, but when the gas collector presented
| his bill the Celestial's demeanor under
went change. The long yellow slip cap.
tured All Sin, and with profound salaam.
he bowed the astonished gas man into the
presence of the amazed family and iratt
head of the navy.
The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott wants tn.
Maytiower adopted as our national flower
and so do Mr.. James Parton, Admira
Porter, Professor John Fiske, and Mr.
'Larry" Godkin. Among the partisans o
the noble Goldenrod, which is away aheaG
of all other competitors in the race, ar,
the Revs. DR.. Phillips Brooks, Howard
Crosby and Morgan Dix, the Rev. Brooke
Herford, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell, John G
Whittier, Senator Hawley, ex-Judge Noal
Davis, and Messrs. Edwin Booth, Law
renee Barrett, T. V. Powderly and JOSEPH
Cook The little band of advocates of tn
mountain laurel is headed by Mrs. Mar
garet Deland and the Rev. Minot J. Saw
age.