The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-16
PERSONAL.

Guy DE MAUPAssANT, the French novelist, is
about to make an expedition to Central Africa
with his valet. He is determined to appear
heroic his valet, even at the risk of MS life.
THE PRINCE or WALES is described as wearing
at recent pu lie ceremony in London dark
oyercoat with broad velvet collar and cuffs
fawncotored trousers and seamless boots with
out tOe-caps.
SENATOR REAGAN OF Texas canuot think on
public quest ions unless he is chewing paper IL
if they should adopt this habit They might
then talk less and think more
Prince BISMARCK is in wretc' ed health. He
takes great deal of satisfaction, however, in
the fact that he is good deal younger than
Won MoltNe. He VIII not entertain the thought
that he may die before the old warrior
REPRESENTATIVE E. B. TAYLOR of Ohio is said
to be always first in his place in Congress and
never ate at q committee meeting or in any
other appointment. MesSrs. Buchanan Of New
Jersey and White of Brooklyn are also noted
for punctualty.
TIE RUSSIAN EMPRESS thinks little of court
etiquette. Recently at some function at toe
Danish court. where properly she had pre-
cedence OF the Princess OF Wales, she laugh
ingly invited the princess to go ahead of her
saying, When am here | am only my mothers
second daughter
PRESIDENT ELECT HARRISON believes in patron
zing Iioosler industries. He is having landau
and brOugnam manufactured IN that state for
use in Washington. They will be the first car
riages ever employed at the white house which
were made west Of the AleRhanes. They are
to be in Washington by March /. Gen. Harri.
son will also buy his horses in Indiana.
AT a recent fancy-dress ball for children at
Washington the three sons of Senator Hale
were seen as English barristers, in silk gowns
white wigs and god-rimmed glasses. The
daughter Of Representative Henry Cabot Lodge
wore silk brocade gown that was her grand
mothers. ereat-great- grandson of Commo-
dore lruXton appeared in the uniform worn by
that officer in his great victory in 1908.
IT has been discovered that the grave Of Will
lam Foam is in a sadly neglected condition.
Tnere is not even a mound above IL, and only
hlmsy slab of stone stuck in the groun /. at the
head or foot-no one can tell which. The
Friends do not approve Of the erection OF elab-
crate ami costly monuments, but there surely
could b. no objection to some more definite aud
permanent marking Of such an interesting spot.
WILLIAM E. BARRETT, who has just been
chosen speaker OF the Massachusetts House is
a very young man. lie was graduated AZ Dart
mouth college in the class OF 1850. he at once
went to Bostoa and applied for & position on tie
AaCe tissr He was offered s. week, but rs-
ap.ace on the same journal at his own terms.
His rise in Journalism and politics has been
pheuomenally rapid.
ANTHONY HIGGlNs, who is mentioned so prom
inently as candidate for senator 10 Delaware,
is famous as an atter-dinner speaker and preSid-
good uatured face, and he looks SO pleased
after a dinner that he makes everybody around
him feel happy. He is Familiarity call d Tony
Higgins by his New York friends. VINO were
somewhat surprised when they learned from
the papers that he was a statesman.
QUEEN RaNAvALoNA III. of Madagascar aad
President Caruot have been exchanging keep
sahcs ia most delightful manner First the
queen sent her photograph to NJ. Garnet, then
the president sent his own, and that Of Nine.
Carnot, and added to them q diamond pin. The
'Souyerrue pain depics.' as she is wickedly
called in France. was so charmed with the gilt
tering stone that she told the French resident
at fanan2rlyo that she, would henceforth wear
IL on her bosom, where otherwise the cross of
the Legion OF Honor has its place.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON on his return TO
New ork will tit up suit Of apartments and
settle down there for an indefinite period, lie
has come to the conclusion that New York
offers better material for literary man than
any other preat city IN the world ~ the end
OF every alley In London stands the ghost OF
Dickens, and the shadow Of balzlc falls across
the pavenents of Paris. Stevenson fluids no
literary spook ia the thoroughfares OF New
York and he aspires 10 the positien of the nov
elist par excellence Of the American metropolis.