The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
PERSONAL.

SEcRETARY RUsK recently received letter
from publisher. asking him to write book of
funny stories. He CURLY refused
MARGARET MATHER has given $4,000 for Jules
Barbiers play, Joan dare" IN which Sarah
Bernhardt has made a great success
FLORENCE UNVEILED, on Jan. IS, a monument
to the memory of Daniel MANN the heroic de-
fender of Venice against the Austrans in 1913
THE PRINCE OF NAPLES. heir to the throne of
Italy, is net quite 81 but his royal father lately
appointed him to be senator of the kingdom.
IT Is TOLD of Mr.. Gladstone that he has again
refused an offer made by a firm of American
publishers of $1,000 yearly for everything he
writes for the public.
CHARLES W. BUCK, lately minister to Perm.
will henceforth live at Louisville, KY, where he
will practice law He has just recovered from
a dangerous attack of pneumonia.
HELEN DAUvRAY, the actress who married
John NJ. Ward, the noted base ball PLAYER two
years ago viii return to the stage next season
When she was married she announced that she
would never act again.
MAJ. SERPA PINro. Portugal's representative
in Africa, is "A years of age and has been in the
army twenty-five years. He is described as
small of stature, muscular, sharp-eYed elO-
quent of speech and yellow with liver com
plant.
REV. w. M. SMITH, the famous Princeton col
lege ex-basebal pitcher. and who is now the
pastor of the Central Presbyterian church on
the members of his congregation ex-President
Grover Cleveland and his wife.
SPURGEoN has had printed 2100 of his SER
mons since their appearance began in 1855 His
thirty fifth volume of them has just been
issued. The index alone fills thirty-two large
pages. They have been circulated not only
where English is spoken, but have been trans
lated into many foreign languages
CLINTON ScoLLARD, the poet, is professor of
English literature at Hamilton college. He
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so arranged this year that he can spend the
next few weeks in Florida. MIR. Scoilard is a
young man, rather handsome and extremely
genial. His success as a poet is unquestiona-
Bile
MRS ADoIPH LADENBURG is one of the most
celebrated of the married bellies of New York's
Four Hundred. She is small and slight but ex-
quisitely formed. Her complexion is like ivory,
her ewes beautifully brown and glowing with
luminous light, her hair silken brown, worn in
a Catogau braid She is said to Aave the
smallest feet of the 400 She has a Handsome
rich husband, a magnificent country house, and
is a famous horSewoman.
Mr. PARKE who was sent to prison in the
notorious Euston case, is pale, asChetic young
man, who has seen some thirty summers, who
has the courage of his convictions and is pos
sessed of great determination. He halls from
Stratford-on- and began his journalistic
career on the Birmingham Gazette. After he
had served upon the London Star for some time
he bought the North London Press. Mr.. Parke
is. needless to say, an ardent radical
PHoT1Us FISK, who died in Boston Friday
was well known. He was retired chaplain of
the United States navy and his history was
somewhat remarkable. He was of Greek
Maltese birtn his family name being Kava-
sales. In 1914, when a child, he was found in
the streets of Smyrna during the terrible visit
alton of the plague crying for his mother AS
he was presumably the only one of his inme-
date family that had escaped the plague he
was taken charge of by some American resi-
dent missionaries and sent TO this country in
1929 arriving at Salem, Mass, to be educated
for the ministry.