The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-10
PERSONAL

EMMoNs BLAINE AND HIS BRIDE will reside in
Baltimore.
ROSWELL P. FLOWER and william Waldorf
Astor ran against each other for ngress some
years ago Personally they had never met until
few days ago, when they were introduced to
each other at a meeting of the worlds fair site
committee.
THE most artistic studio in Rome is that of
Mr. Ezekiel Cincinnati artist. 1t is a lofty
apartment in the famous baths of Diocletian,
an is said to be fitted up in a manner calcu-
lated to charm every artistic eye. Recently
King Humbert visited it incognito.
AT the Hotel Bristol. Paris on his arrival Mr..
Gladstone, after cautioning his wife to step
carefully as she left the carriage, added depre-
catingly, 'Of course, though, you can still
jump, and so could | if l chose" Then, dis
dainlng to use the elevator, he sprang nimbly
up the stairs.
WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, the democratic candidate
for governor of Massachusetts,. is a Hazard
graduate of 1877; and only 80 years of age. He
is now serving his third term as mayor of Cam
bridge. and was also the candidate for governor
in 1888 against Oliver Ames, being defeated by
plurality of about 2S 600.
SAYS an American tourist, writing from
Rome I'VE went to ST. Peters twice on Sun
day to hear the choir. They are all men, and
there is one among them who has phenomenal
soprano voice. He is called The An ell of St
Peters. If had not looked right at him when
he was singing, should not have believed that
the voice was mans"
Mr. GLADSTONE on one occasion in a speech
told a story illustrating the want of humor
among Englshmen. According to the EXPIRE
mier ball and concert were gotten up by
clergyman in order to provide the parish with a
hearSe. This mas been nearly outdone by ball
which was held at Dingwall, in Ross-shre Scot
land, in order to provide an operating table for
the Ross Memorial Hospital in the town.
NJ. ApoLPHE PAoUEs, who prides himself upon
having been the barber of the Duke of Bruins
wick Chateaubraud, Beranger, Comte Orsay,
Jules Jarin, Mile. Mars, Malibran, Lablache.
and O host of other ilustrieus persons has just
celebrated his golden wedding at Paris This
Frenchman who had his hour of celebrity in
London forty odd years ago, has made many in
teresting notes regarding his famous clients
He intends to publish mis- memoirs some day.
No WOMAN is less known to the newspaper
world than Mrs Depew, though her husband s
name is household word all over the country,
perhaps because she is a very quiet home keep
ing person, and because Mr.. Depew is wise
enough to be always civil and communicative
to reporters so that their curiosity and investi-
gatiye instincts are allayed by his cheerful
franknesS. She is, however, as genial and
pleasant tempered as her famous husband, and
has good deal of h humor, perhaps through
long association with him.
QUEEN MARIA PA of Portugal, who has been
spoken Of frequently as the best dressed woman
in Europe, is said 10 enjoy occasional flights to
Austria, Belgium, or Germany on sympathetic
issionS writer in the Pail Nal Gazette
observes: Nothing pleases he good queen
more than to be made confidante in matri-
monial tiff or love affair Excessively good
natured, aud known among her younger rela-
tives as kind OF fairy godmother, Maria Pia
plays quite part on the regal boards of Europe,
and is said to have had part ia the Bonaparte-
dAoSta marriage.
CARLYLE was q most eccentric man--rude.
rough and almost brutal sometimes. An Amer
lean, who called upon him at his modest house
in Cheyne row, Chelsea, found the philosopher
stretched at full length on an old rug, smoking
red clay pipe with a stem yard long. With
out rising, he pointed to a chair, and asked his
visitor whether he would have a pipe and a
glass of whisky. Both being declined. the sage
cried out IN a deep Scotch voice: What, an
American, and not drink or smoke Why. man,
you are not true TO the best productions of your
country. | smoke American tobacco and drink
American whisky