The national leader., 1889-01-12
NO. l..
NEWS IN BRIEF.

made from investments in Boston real
estate. Professor Salisbury is about
| 70 years old, Is a man of courtly de-
meanor, and has travelled over nearly
the whole world.
-MunerGitsu Mutsu, Japanese min
| lister to Tbs country, has a very inter-
| esting faulty. His wife Is pretty
woman, afined and we'll informed,
but she les not yet attempt to speak
English. Mutsu himself is highly
cultured ian, has travelled extensively
and has vein of originality which
adds piqt ancy to his conversation.
"A I'd mt visitor to St. LOUIS, who
attracted considerable attention. was
Judge j IN p. Usher. formerly Secre-
tary or ,hs Interior, and one OF the
three sui Iglving members OF Lincoln's
Cabinet.( He has passed the threescore-
| and-ten lnark, but though his hair Is
| snow-whlte his mind shows no evil
dence OF impairment.
Representative Springer, according
to q Washington special, has decided
upon the following names, for new
States which he proposes to admit
under his bill. New Mexico is to be
called Montezuma; for Washington
Territory he has selected Tacoma;
North Dakota will be known as Da-
! kota; South Dakota as Wlnona; Mon
tana is to retain It's present name.
An Ohio physician who brought
home for microscopic examination a
| portion OF the throat membrane Of a
diphtheria victim, permitted his child
| ren to look at it under a glass cover.
Shortly after his entire family was
stricken with dlptherla and since two
of the children and himself have died.
Five children are yet down with the
disease and are in critical condition.
of thirty-three new enterprises
started within the past month. or
about to be started, in different Sec
tiOns Of the country, the South looms
up with proprietary interest in six
teen of the number. Among the
thirty. three are six shoe factories. all
of which are started in the Eastern
States. All of the above when in oper-
alton will employ from 30 to 400 hands
each.
Tie invention of oil painting Is
generally attributed to John van Eyck,
Flemish painter, who lived at the be-
ginning of the Fifteenth century.
Previous te that time coIors were
mixed with water, gum or wax. Van
Eyck cOnfided his secret to Antony of
Messina, who went from Flanders to
Venice. where he practiced the new
method, which was speedily adopted by
other painters.
One Of the ludicrous figures of
Washington society is Mr.. Lik, who is
now in charge Of the Corean Lega-
tion. Mr.. Lik has endeavored to CON-
bine with the dull stiffness of the
European style of dress the soft out
lines and warm colors which charac.
terize the oriental costume. His
waistcoats are brilliant with many
colors, while his trousers are nearly as
wide as the skirts worn by the more
conservative members Of the Corean
Embassy.
1t is said that there is breach
in the abiding friendship which has
been supposed to exist between Mr..
Andrew Lang and Mr.. Robert Louis
Stevenson. Mr.. Stevenson Is the
author of the mischief. Ever since
the publication of his ode addressed to
Mr.. Lang, and beginning, 'Dear
Andrew, with the brindled hair
Andrew has shown disposit ion to be
sensitive Oh the subject of his red hair,
and, If rumor be true, he and his
friendly critic are not on very good
terms.
H Rider Haggard is one of the
few fortunate novelists who do not
have to depend upon their books for
support. He married Norfolk Eng
land) heireSs, who is owner of Ditch.
ingham manor, on the edge of the Bath
hills. In corner room of the fine ole
house, which is Overrun with roses,
clematis and jasmine, Haggard con-
cOcts and writes his popular yarns. He
wears free and easy costume, with
knickerbocker breeches and a bobtai.
jacket. He smokes briarwood pipe,
and, like most literary men, finds great
consolation in tobacco. His house Is
filled with curiositles.
AT meeting Of the Medical Asso-
citation OF the District OF Columbia, ir
Washington, the following regulation
WIS adopted: SIN certificates on &C
count of illness given to employees iI
the public Offices, or others, respecting
absence from Official duties, the disease
shall not be specified; neither shall the
name or nature of the disease be
divulged by any written description o,
statement oil its symptoms given to the
patient himself, nor by any specilica.
lion of the disorder, nor by any dis.
closure which may be construed into
an evasion OF the meaning of this reg,
ulation."
Admiral Henry GrinnelI. a son OF
Henry Grinnell. the founder of severa
Arctic expeditions. is about to bring
suit against the town of Westport,
Mass, for false Imprisonment. Some
thing over year ago Admiral Grin.
nell took up his residence at Westpor
Harbor, and this year he was taxed foI
$50, 600 on his personal estate. On hia
refusal to pay the tax he was placed In
the Jail in New Bedford about tive
weeks ago, where he remained for two
days. At the end Of that time he took
the poor debtor g oath and was released.
The Admiral claimed that he was
taxed on trust funds, from which he
received no income. He got his rank