The morning news., 1889-04-11
PERSONAL.

The young Emperor OF China is said TO be 50
much In love with his empress that he has not
yet taken any notice OF the supplementary wives
provided for him by the former regency.
Rev. DR. GEORGE E. REED who will soon be
president OF Dickinson college, says: "A young
man who plays base ball pulls a stroke oar
can preach as effectively as the man to whom
long hair and grave yard face gives a sacred
look"
II. RIDER HAGGARD is at work on a novel
which he says will be his greatest effort He
will not finish it for two years. as he is putting
great deal Of polish on it. If he had begun
this sort of thip~ eGr'ier ne MIGHT have v0n a
higher place in literature than he now holds
lN A REGENT SERMON MIR. Spurseon. the emi-
nent English Baptist preacher, alluded to the
| United States as the land where christian
principles were fundamental portion of social
and official life. A man who SCOTS at the word
of God in America - exclaimed Mr.. Spurgaon,
''can neither hope for commercial or social
recognition
THE QUEEN-REGENTo of Spain is fond of a game
OF whist, and frequently invites members of her
cabinet to pass an hour or two in social rub
Der. The queen plays cavendish, five points for
the game, the play being for stakes of quarter
dollar point. Sne allows the gentlemen to
smoke cigarettes such occasions, and en-
deavors to often the royal Spanish etiquette as
far as possible.
Joaquin MILLER writes to the Independent
that ne is making no money out of his Califor-
MIA ranch He has 100 acres and cannot make
alivlng for his family on the land for winch he
paid 500 an acre He is growing oranges. ba-
nanaS, and olives, but the profits are small.
Some OF MI ers neighbors make a little money
out Of eggs, butter, and vegetables, but gener-
ally only the biz fruit and vineyard mon make
any money ont of the soil in California. Miller
once lived in Florida, and it is his opinion that
California viii never be able TO successfully
compete with that state.
WHENEVER Charles A. Dana has photograph
taken he goes to famous interior photog-
rapher, VINO takes photographs of faces only
hot GHnil ha .. az "A
when they have time to finish them. THIS gen
orally means from five to twenty weeks after
the sitting. just before his last trip TO Europe
Mr.. Dana went to the photograp er and said:
My dear fellow, know you are crank about
your pictures and know that | want some
photographs taken, to be delivered within a
month. Now will you be just as cranky you
please about the manner, pose, etc, or the TAX
ing. but let me have them at an early date, say
four weeks from nowy' 81 bad often been
called a crank before, said the artist, in speak
ing about II afterwards, but never so blandly
and withal so sincerely. so | finished the pic
lures within the time mentioned and gained a
reputation for punctuality with Mr.. Dana.
The STEWART WILL CASE has brought TO light
lew OF the many eccentricitieS Of the wealthy
widow, who, among other things. wore only
JUS such dresses as Judge Hilton selected. One
OF her greatest follies was the fitting up of
apartments In the Grand Union hotel at Sara
toGa. Thelr gorgeOuSnesS could not be equale t.,
and yet withal she only occupied the apart
ments three months in the ten years they were
kept for her Manager Otter now exhibits
them to his guests one OF the wonders of the
famous hostlery, and for oddity AMI costlinesS
they undoubtedly rank with the many ancient
curios with which the place abounds. The
suite OF rooms is directly over the main en-
trance, and consists Of six connecting rooms
parlor, reception, dressing and sitting rooms,
boudoirs and baths Tney are all finished in
polished ebony, and the furniture and up
holstery match in somberness. The bright
sunlight glances in between the curtains ike
the dim light Of the grave digger's lantern in
the cold damp tomb. The dead black colors re-
fuse 70 be lighted up and no one TO whom the
rooms have ever been exhibited wondered why
Mrs. Stewart refused TO live In such a tomb.