The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

y'oo Tresidoutolect Morton is an accora-
plishad whist player
At cabinet meetings sccretary Bayari al
ways occupies o rocking chair
Rey Phillips Brooks delivered n sermon re-
Gently OBJ 5000 words il fifteen minutes
Mr. Dlcino win not SIT down with thirteen
people at the table Tie has great iaith in
dreams and has sign for almost every oc-
cuucuce OK lile
John Wonamal,nr. Of Philadelphia. never
drinks, su1ses, drives fast hores, eoc, yacht
ing nor plays billiards. lie never went To-
theatre or circus.
Newman Hall tho othor day received let
ter from Mr. spurgeon ia which tha cclcbrat-
pa BAPTIST preacher remarked Something
IF tlo comic attends soiemuity wien am 10
t."
Col pcvsoG IS about 90 start 20 take up
the exploration Of Tm5et, IN which Prevail
Ski LOST IBIS uie Joseph Martin. French
man, w.l also soon attempt 20 enter Tibet
from tle side of pekin.
Ono OF me fancics Of tine king Of Wurtem-
berg IS 20 ascertain whether the moon s. i3-
habIted by causing photographs o. oe taken
If that lumnaTy and then maguiiying tue
negatives "a hundred thousand lo.d
Capt. Edmund l.. ZalInski, whose expert
monis with tho dynamite gun haye attracted
Widespread attention, was born 90 Poland
about t0rtv-tw0 years ago Ho joined Gen.
hilcs staff in 1905, when a mere stripping.
rChipny norton ono q Enelands most
eminent sports, was arrested ID Monte Carlo
for an attcmp,at ready money betting" He
merely showed a ElOO note, but 10 Uos not in
the gambling house The Duke Of Hamilton
got him clear
President Cleveland, it is assorted, has
never crossed tlc threshold Of more than two
Washington homes outside t'o cabinet cilcle
lie has never seen congress ut work. and In
four years be- has not once entered depart
meut building.
Cardinal Haynald, Of Hungary, who Is one
OF tho greatest botanists 10 Europe, bias pre-
seuted hls celebrated horbarlum 20 the Hun
garian National museum. 1t contains over
1900 American specimens
The present sultan Is one Of the most enthu-
siastlc chess amateurs 10 Europe lie viii
play the game for hours without intermis-
sion aud wiil not allow any matter Of statcto
interfere with the problem IN which az the
time 10 is engaged
A thoughtful and worthy View Years gift
was that OF Prince Charles OF Sweden % his
mother, the queen. lt was "a sot OF furniture
tor hospital room Tor two patients, and It
has been placed 10 the queen name In the
Royal hospital as Stockholm
C. 7. smdd, tho fam'ns athlete who at-
tractel attention as one of tie foremost load-
ers In the mission movement in English uui-
yersties has allied himself with Geu Booth,
VI the Salvation Army. and wlll lead ia an
aggressive m0yomcn. m China
Sir Arthur Sullivan. when n choir boy o.
the Chapel Royal, composed an anthem. and
il So pleased tho bishop Of London that be
gave the little author O bali sovereign. THIS
coin 5lr Sullivan wears around his neck as
ralisD1n while composing, I'LL this day.
The best point of tho evening at the Phelps
dinner ia London IS thought 70 have been .a
Sir Frederic Icishton's pceca, when De said;
"As an artist he drank i0 another artist o.
gentleman who hal exceil,l IN zone of tAono-t
admirable Of all arts the art OK making many
friends
The old Marquis ol Doncgall, Who died Gle
other DAY ID bis aJthy year, was O typical irish
nobiemau such as Lever depicts ia lis novels.
lie was rich and spcnt bis money in LisoWn
country. where be lived the greater part u
his hie Hi soA, Lord Belfast, who succeeds
him, sympaflizes with homo rule
Ina letter 20 the Harvard society Of Dait.-
more. Sd. James Russell Lowell says that
his health Is not what 10 was He writ IS. Il
have b,on compelled 70 avoid. SO far MS
could. al excitement ani fatigue. | lave
therefore steadily declined al Invitations that
would in any way expose me 70 the risl Ok
either"
The anear OF Bolhara has made q stiplla-
ton with tie Russian government that while
articles of Russian manufacture are 90 be
freely admitted into bis dominions no intoxl-
eating drinks aro Oh pass tic barrier unless
they are intoad J for the use OF members CT
the Russian diplomatic agency or other
EuopeauS
4 lew days s.uea there was sold on tho
boulevard II Paris @ small ciko Tor sou,
which bore this inscription: Souvenir OF tho
Electi0n OF Jan %. lssJ-Boulanser' What
he Will prom.s.-Eat and yoa w'A hnd what
Le WILL give tho cakes sold rapidly, Tor
they appeared anpa-izins but the first mouth
ful toll tho story They were hl.ed with lay.
On April 10 Gen Lew Wallace will be g.
years OH Iii father was Governor David
Wallace. OF miana. and the author Of Zen
Hur. Ua. b.gl at lrookyll'e, 100 chat state.
H. was volunteer ID the Me1.raA war; 'ie.
a LAWYER. tici state senator, next volunteer
in tn llts war, adjntaut general OF tie state
ana colonel u the Eleventh Indiana infantry.