The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-23
PERSONAL.

GALDos the Spanish novelist is dark, slender
man, "A years OF age. The worst thing against
him is that he smokes cigarettes.
SuEszoN GENERAL JOHN B. HAMILTON says
that not one-third of our population OF a mini
tary age can pass the examination of a recruit
JONES oRDwAy, prominent lumbermau and
mill onaire Of Glen Falls, n. Y, has given a
check to the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton there for $4,000.
GEN. BoULANaER has sunk into oblivion.
Boulangerlsn no longer terests the French
and the money sent from FIR nee to the Island
II Jersey has steadily decreased in amount.
WILLIAM WALTERS JOHNSON, Baltimores new
postmaster, is a native OF that city and 36 years
Of age. He has been an active republican for
many years and was one OF the ''306n at Chicago
in 1890.
BEMAN BRoCKwAY, editor of the WATERFOWL
IN " III e, is now tue oldest editor in con-
tinuous service in New York state, having just
completed f1fty-flve years Of active editorial
WORK, most Of it on daily newspapers.
LETTER came to the postofice of the Senate
recently POSTWAR ed New York, Jan. 10, and
addressed 20 the Hon. Graham N. Fitch. U lited
States Senate, Washington. d. G. Mr.. Fitch
was senator from Indiana, whose term expired
on March 4, 1861.
MISS LANDoR, who recently died at the old.
fashioned seat OF Tacnbrook Warwickshire
England. was a niece of the poet Walter Savage
Lander. Her house was filled with curious old
byzantine and pre- Ia lhaeiIte PICTURES winch
Lander bought in Italy before the invasion of
that country by Napoleon
1t is AN INTERESTING FACT that the portrait of
y esu Victoria Ia widow g weeds Is still used on
tae SC mt and 6-cent postage stamps of New
foun Hand. The l-cent stamp of the SAM
country shows the Prince of Wales portrait as
q boy. A stamp of the colony of Victoria bears
a representation of the queen sitting on her
throne.
NAsR-ED-D1N, Shah of Persia and king of
kings has aoo & sixty wives. By theS the shah
has had a family OF forty children of Wpom
nineteen are still iviug-Seven sons and twe.ve
daugh ers. Toe heir apparent is not the eldest
surviving son, but the eldest son by princess
of royal blood. He is now 30 years Of age and
has large family.
JOSEPH WHITAKER. F. S. A.. of London. whose
famous "AlmanacS" has beco ne indispensable.
possesses a singularly line library, comprising
upward OF 5000 Volumes many of them of
rare antiquity and interest b Joks have been
the ruling passion of Mr.. Whtaker's life, and
in the spacious bull ling which he has attached
to his fine odfIshiOned house at Enfield as a
depository OF MS literary treasures, the greater
portion OF his lie IS spent. The wonderful
"alfnanaclI," which has grown year by year
until 1t is now nearly double its orr inal size, is
a LABOR of love to its compiler.
NJ. ZoIA, with quite re ilnent OF asplrants
to the mptv acad smical air. says the Pail
Maj Gazette. has been paying his visits to the
nmortals to solicit their votes. The under
taking seems to have been veriable via cru
els Tue first visit was pal to p ct who had
la mgraine in cons Quence of having seen so
many visitors on one day, and promised to give
his vote TO lola, as he had probably promi ed
IL TO all the others. Whine waiting in the ante
room, lola heard the POETS wife say to the ser
want; Ant ins s. that this fellow does not
STICK indecent bills up in the ante-room." After
leaving the salon ne hearl the same lady say:
de Is not as bad as thought him; he did not
spit on the carpet" The dramatic au hor, the
herHe authorizes, the nove writer and all the
rest received the reelist vito an air which
seemed TO say: AT last we have caught YOU"
and the woHld-be academician went home a
wiser, but I'd Ter man.