The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-31
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Some expert in paper has de.
termined that books printed on pure
rag paper will last for centuries, while
those on paper Of wood-pulp and rags
will fall to pieces in two generations
Joseph Jefferson lately wrote the
first letter he ever wrote for publicar
ton in q newspaper, which il to deny
that he had any connection with the
movement to keep English actors out
Of America
Frederick Douglass autobiogra-
ply is said to have had great sale
until he married his white wifc-then
it fell dead. 1t seemed as if the
negroes felt that he had gone out from
them by that act.
General Lew Wallace Is true dis
ciple of Isaac Walton. He is q great
fisherman. When boy he preferred
to fish rather than study. He liked
the music OF the brook and its cool and
shady ways better than the humdrnm
lessons OF the school-room.
The number OF mon and women
in London who make their living by
literature is estimated ut $4,000.
Julian Hawthorne states in recent
article that the number Of persons en-.
gagged in literary work in the United
States can not be far short OF 80. 600.
Lord Beacon sficld described his
vito as: '.The severest OF critics, but
the best of wives" He had The great
est affection for her. though she was
twenty years his senior; he was never
seen in society without he- and she
travelled with him on all occasions, and
he frequently said she was tie found
er OF his fortunes"
Jean Mangold. the poet of Alsace,
who recently died at Colmar at tho age
OF seventy-two years. was equally
famous as a manufacturer Cf pates de
foie gras and rs a composer in tho
Colmarian dialect Of verses. satires
and comedies. which found their way
into every hamlet. His vaudeville,
LA Triple Noce dams la Vallee des
Balais." with music BY Weckeslin,
counted its runs at Co'mar and Stras-
burg BY the hundred nights.
Precedent Dwight. Of Yale. writes
at IN old-fashioned secretary which
has been in his family for two hundred
| years. while the chair in which he sits
Is probably hundred years younger.
These are in his study, where he
spends most OF his time. Bookcases
| filed with books reach from ceiling to
floor. The only space not 80 occupied
is over the old-fashioned mantel-piece.
where hangs an engraving Of tho
Ascension. presented to him while q
professor in the theological school.
William Black belongs to tho
small band of "athletic authors" q
! title which Julian Hawthorne was
won't to boast belonged only to him
self. Although below medium height.
he is built with remarkable compact
ness, is very 1.-THE and active. and is
capable OF great physical endurance.
His short. black hair. thick mustache.
dark hazel eyes. firm mouth and square
forehead all suggest strength. He is only
to be found when in the act of evolv-
ing novel otherwise he is rowing about
city and country studying types"
enjoying tho sea from Brighton
cliffs or on board yacht flying to
America for little odd material. or
to Egypt for a nearer peep ut the heav-
enly bodies. and back again to London
to spend week with art and politics