The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-24
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The oldest medical work, an Egyp-
han papyrus dating from 1880 years or
more before Christ, and containing pre-
scriptions then old. has been translated
by George Ebers, the German novelist.
Senior Don Jose Gorilla, who was
crowned Poet Laureate of Spain year
ago, recently died, at the age of seven
ty-three. In Spain, as we'll as abroad.
Senior Lorilla is generally regarded as
the foremost Spanish poet of the cent
ury.
Michael Davitt said to Herbert
Gladstone after hearing the recen t
great speech made by the Grand Old
Man on the Irish question: 'There
was always lingering feeling of Bit
terness against your father left rank
ling in my breast, but last nights
speech has cleared away the last trace
of it."
There is an old lady living in Polk
County, Fla, who is quite genius.
She can write poetry and set it to music,
and has written two books. She hunts
phosphate, plants trees, clears land,
works in an orange grove, can knit
dresses, make neat shoes, plat hats of
palmetto and make flowers out of
shucks.
The reports of the ."Challenger"
exploring expedition, which has been
issued at irregular intervals during the
last nine years, now form forty -seven
quarto volumes, containing %, $50 pages
of letter press, 1862 photographic plates,
Alb maps and diagrams and a great
number of wood cuts.
There is no country like France for
than $50 new newspapers were brought
out, of which not one remains in lite.
On the other hand, the Petit journal
now claims circulation of 1905. 600
copies. During the same period there
were printed in France over $4,000
new books, including 5000 new musical
pieces.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes was in
Boston book store one day when a
woman came in to purchase a book.
One of the volumes shown herwas The
Last Leaf" a poem which THE Auto
crat" prizes as one of his dearest.
"Who is this by?" asked the customer.
DIR. Holmes" THE pictures are very
nice. Did he draw them?' 20, no; he
wrote the poetry" The poetry! Is
that alp"
"A proposition to aid young authors
in France by having an annual state
competition for the best works. to be
submitted to jury, and to have these
best works published at the expense of
the state, is exciting much critic SIN in
France. About one-half of the popular
authors are in favor of it, and great
many express themselves decidedly
against it. The young authors them
selves do not appear to care for such
state intervention.
MIR. Joseph Whitaker, F. s. A., of
London, whose famous ''Almanack" has
become Indispensable. possesses sim
gularly fine library, comprising upward
of 10000 volumes, many of them of rare
antiquity and interest. Books have been
the ruling passion of Mr.. Whitaker's
life, and in the spacious building which
he has attached to his fine old-fa>hioned
house at Enfield as depo STORY for his
literary treasures, the greater portion
of his life is spent.
edward Box writes in the Boston
journal: "All alone, with himself as his
only company, up among the high cliffs
just outside the town of Oakland, CAL,
Joaquin Miller, the poet Of the Sierras,
is passing his days. What is there to
attract one here?' he recently wrote to
friend who wanted to travel 1000 miles
to visit him. Nothing, absolutely moth
ing, except centireles, scorpions and
the tarantula, and they're not the best
company for citybred man, for what
ever they put their feet on they poison.
But like it. ! just turn the rocks up
here over, then plant tree or build
fence, and once in a great while I write.
keep away from me; stay where you
are, and when want you and the rest
of the world I'll send.'"