Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-22
wisely and profitably be substituted for
something therein.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.


money year as laureate and goo for his
services to literature.
Jay Gould's "History of Delaware
County, New York." when he was 81, is a
rare work now, worth $40 volume
George w. Williams, the historian of
the eolored race in America, is living in
Worcester, Mass, engaged in literary
work.
Commodore Robert w. Whiting, of
Brooklyn, is "a years old, but he is having
new boat built with which he expects to
row 100 miles day.
DIR. Amelia B. Edwards has made en-
gagements for sixty lectures in America
during the coming season, selected from
among 500 applications.
Sir Charles RusselPs fees in the May
brick case amounted to ], 100 guineas. He
had 500 guineas as retainer and ere
fresher" of 100 guineas day.
Dinah, King of the Nalons of Senegal,
has become great lion in Paris. Says an
observer: "Dinah is coal-black, tall, pow
erfully built, and, from plastic point of
view, superb"
John II. B. Latrobe is the oldest prac-
ticing lawyer in the United States. He is
Sc years old, and was admitted to the Bar
sixty-fve years ago. Mr.. Latrobe is the
father of Baltimore's Mayor.
There is to be a grand reunion of native
North Oarolinians now residents of other
States ,at Raleigh, October 18th. Senator
Hawley, of Connecticut, is expected to be
one among those at the reunion.
Mr.. Gladstone's library at Hawarden is
one of the finest private libraries in Eng
land. 1t has more than 10000 volumes.
Mr.. Gladstone loans his books out to any
one in the neighborhood who wants to
read them.
George Eliot's publisher paid S35, 900
for the copyright of Romola which, it
is said, was probably the highest price
ever paid down in full for novel of that
length. The speculation failed, only about
fifteen hundred copies of the original high
priced edition being sold.
John W. Bookwalter, of Ohio, who has
an esthetic face and melancholy air, is
nevertheless a keen business man. He
spends most of his time in New York, and
is promoting the introduction of cast-steei
process into iron manufacture, by which
he declares steel will supersede iron.
William Black says, respecting his
habits of composition, that after breakfast
he writes steadily for two hours and one
| hour after dinner, which is all the time he
gives to literary work. During the rest of
the day he walks or reads or writes let
ters. He writes rapidly and makes few
! erasures.
w. Byrd Page, son of S. Davis Page, the
champion high jumper, has just made an
extremely rough bicycle trip from Altoona
! to the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs.
He crossed sixty-nine creeks, eighteen
mountain ranges, and swan two rivers
+! with his wheel. The whole distance was
| 4S0 miles
The late Mr.. Thaw, of Pittsburg, Pa,
had $1,000,000 invested in the Inman
steamship line, $3,500,000 in 10,000-acre
farm, and 81, 900, 900 in Pennsylvania Rail
road stock. He also had large amount
of money invested in other enterprises. 1t
is said of him that he spent 100000 a
year in charity.
Sir Francis Cook, the venerable English
man wisf Portuguese tisie. who is now
! the husband OF Tennie c. Clahin, denies
the story that he is preparing to secure a
divorce from his wife. Sir Francis is 70
years of age, and is quite wealthy. He has
a large family of children by former
wife, and he is said to dote on his present
spouse.
The Duke of Sparta and Princess Sophia,
of Prussia, who are to be married pres
emily, are industriously studying each
others native language The Duke has
got on so well that he recently wrote the
German Emperor letter in German, and
the Princess can now talk Greek little.
The day may come when they may wish
they did not have language of communi-
cation.
Among the members of the present
Georgia Legislature is an old-time typical
darky. His name is McIver, and he
represents the county of Liberty, the
stamping ground of the numerous false
Messiahs, King Solomons, and Queen
Marys. He is more than 20 years old, and
has the appearance of the family carriage
| driver of the wealthy ante-bellum South
ern planter.
James Dennison, the most noted expert
| negro who ever handled billiard cue,
died at Charleston, S. c., recently, aged
| SO. He was known in the South as "Pug."
In the days of pocket tables and in the
early days of carrom tables he could dis
| count almost any man in the South. He
would never go North to play, nor would
he play at all except with white men.
Lady Colin Campbelps novel, shortly to
be published, it is said will create a sensa-
tion. 1t will not only paint certain polit-
ical and literary critics with vivid brush
but will sketch various prominent geople
with sufficient accuracy to be recognizable
by people sin the swim" Apart from this
the book is promised to be well worth
reading, and likely to be widely read"
A large number of famous men were
once book agents. Among them were
George Washington, Longfellow, Bret
Harte, Jay Gould, ex-President Hayes
Daniel Webster, General Grant, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, and Prince Bismarck
The latter sold book called "Blumen-
| bach's Aufgeschicthe die Wesselgung in
der Spiegeleisen." Nobody slammed the
door in his face.
| The venerable ex-Vice-President, Han
nibal Hamlin, is enjoying life in his quiet
way at his cosey home in Bangor. He has
big garden in which he delights to work
and his orchard and fower-pots are his
pride and joy. Although Mr.. Hamlin is
| 81 years of age, he is still able to walk ten
or fifteen miles aday without much fatigue
and makes frequent trips to his old home
at Paris Hill, Oxford county.
Professor james Bryce, author of The
/ American Commonwealth" is about to ex.
! change his bachelor state for matrimony
The bride-elect is Miss Marion Ashton, Of
Manchester, England. Professor Bryce
has previously kept house with his brother
and sister, and their hospitality is well
known by many Americans. An especial
interest attaches to the proposed marriage
from the fact that Miss Ashton's mother
was Bostonian.
MEADOWS cE REST.
1 / remember the teautiful meadows