The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-25
PERSONAL.

HE EMPEROR OF CHINA visits the Empress
DoWager at the Nanoal palaces every five days
TO inquire after her majesty's health The Wis
lts are always made early in the morning at
tended by vast retinue of personal followe
After saluting her majesty and making the
usual inquiries after her health the emperor
geherahy mas some state affairs of Importance
10 consult with her majesty, whose advice and
suggestions he still highly values Thus his
filial conduct is made manifest to the world
In THE SPRING OF 1889 Mrs Amelie Riyes-
Chanler contributed a sum of money received
Tor some sonnets by her to the American Eco
nomic Association as a prize for the best ESSAY
| on the subject of child labor. Twenty-seven
essays from all parts of the country were re-
ceived The committee of award has Just de-
clded That owing to the equal merits of the
essays of William f. Willoughby and Miss NJ q
| Degraffenreid, both of Washington, d. C.. the
prize should be divided equally between them
GEN. KHAIREDDIN PAsHA who recently died
at Constantinople, was remarkable man. He
was a ClrcaSSian and was purchased as a slave
sixty years ago by the Turkish state treasurer
Alter various adventures he was made Grand
NlZler by Abdul, but his tenure of office was
pref. The Turks resented his success, and his
downfall was as sudden as his rise. He was a
man of commanding presence, a clever speaker
and extremely lavish in his expenditure He
talked French fiuently and was at one time a
great lion in Partisan salons.
HENRI RocHEFoRT, after twice changing his
residence in London, is now living at York
Terrace. overlooking Regents park He con-
tinues to send every day to Paris an editorial
article for his newspaper the ''Intj,nnsioeont
and retains full control and direction of it's
pohcy: He spends large sums in the purchase
of pictures and rare porcelain t. adj
to- the magnificent collection which
from cellar to garrett. From time to time he
communicates with Gen. Boulanger. with whom
his relations, however, have become far less
cordial. He speaks but little of politics. and
announces his intention of awaiting TRANQUILITY
the course of events in France.
CLARA NORRIS, in a reminiscence of John
Wilkes Booth, gives this instance of his kindly
spirit. He was rushing from the theater, she
says, and as he plunged ahead he upset in the
street one of the dirteSt little guttersnipes I
have ever seen. The child was so dirty as to be-
repulsive. He was not hurt, but he stumbled
and fell Mr.. Booth stopped, picked the little
fellow up and set him on his feet carefully
busted his clothes, took his handkerchief and
wiped the urchinS nose-which sadly needed it
placed a quarter in his hand and then heartily
kissed the little fellow twice and squarely in
the mouth. A father could not have been
more tender or more gentle with his own child
The child probably thought more of his quarter
than he did of all his kisses but let me tell you
there were many handsome, wellbred and
wealthy ladies in the land. married as well as
unmarried, who would have done many foolish
things for one of those kisses.
ARTHUR BRISBANE, who is editor in charge Of
the New York EUeIling Sun. is not yet 80 years
of age. and began his newspaper career in Kan
sas City. His chief characteristic then was alb
solute recklessness, if one of his old acquaint-
ances there is reliable, and it led him into in-
Vulnerable scrapes, from which he had hair
breadth escapes. While he was a reporter on
one of the papers an attempt was made by the
authorities TO suppress gambling houses, and
it was said that they were all closed up
Brisbane set out an Investigation of his
own. and penetrated a gambling den with a
dark lantern strapped around his waist under a
big ulster. The lights had been turned out by
reason of an alarm that the police were coming
when Brisbane suddenly threw his overcoat
open, and while the bulls eye of his lantern lit
up the scene, shouted: Hands up. every onel''
The room was half full of desperate men, and
the chances were about nine in ten that some
one would put a bullet through him, if he was
not peppered full of holes. The alarm had
scared them so that he luckily escaped that
fate, but he did not stay in the room long to
note the effect Of their discovery that he was a
madcap reporter.