The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-28
Personal.

JAY GouLD's objective point in Europe is the
Paris exposition, with It's famous Eiffel tower
He has watched the erection of that structure
with the most intense interest, and has kept a
scrap book of items bearing on its progress
Mrs, George Gould, who will accompany him.
confesses to an almose equal degree of curiosity
on the subject.
MIR. GIApsToNE's weakness is said to he bis
desire to have his face perpetuated on canvas
In the last thirty five years he has found time
to sit to thirty-fve painters and to have his
photograph taken 200 times. Wherever the
tourist goes in England he finds some likeness
of the grand cd statesman looking him
benignly in the face.
Col JOHN NJ. WILSON. who is talked of as the
coming head of West Point, has many duties at
Washington and performs them all we'll One
of them is at the White House, where he not
only sees that everything is kept in good order,
but directs the state receptions and makes the
presentations to the President. He has a strong
clear, musical voice. an he gets every name
just right, so that he robS the ceremony of half
its terrors.
of the Nicaragua canal, was a schoolmate of
Gen. Grant in Ohio and was appointed a mid
shipman in the navy the same year that young
Grant was made a cadet at West Point They
always remained C ose friends, and Gen Grant
was greatly disappointed when he was made
President because Ammen, then fleet captain of
the Asaitc squadron would not resign and be-
come Secretary of the Navy.
* AMONG Lle p6FSQtlageS WHO JTdVeI IN the Sute
of the Shah is the chief of the press, func
tionary who in Persia has the rank of minister
This notable journalistic luminary is named
Mahamed- Hassau- Khan EShalus-Sultane. In ad-
dition to his official duties he edits no fewer
than four newspapers, the Iran, the EitelG, the
Echo of Persia and the ScheretU the latter
being illustrated. He has founded bureau in
Teheran for the translation of Europaan books
and newspapers into Persian.
WHEN Gen. Lew Wallace strides IN Broad
way, New York. he does not look like a man
who fought in the Mexican war over forty
years ago, though he looks old enough to be a
veteran of our civil war. His eye is piercing
| his movement is light, aud his spinal column is
unbent. He mas held the Office of governor of
| Utah and minister to Turkey; he has written
novels and religious books. he has studied law
and practlced it. But those who talk with him
| can easily find out that he has not forgotten his
adventures in Mexico before he had reached the
| age of manhood. He is now in the SD year of
| his busy life.
| MANY YEARS AGO the honorary title of IL. d
| was conferred upon John Bigelow, of New
| York, by Racine College, Wisconsin, and last
| week the same title was again conferred upon
him by the university of the city of New York,
in the 72d year OF his age. Mr.. Bigelow has
been politician and diplomatist as well as a
| literary man. He has held the office of minister
| to France aud that of Secretary of State in New
/ York, and he has been the author of many
| books. Two years ago, by the will of Samuel
j. Tiden, he was appointed a trustee of several
million dollars, to be applied to the establish
ment OF = nublie library in New York
Two great enemles-d ,ou's Sarsaparilla
and impure blood Tue latter is utterly de-