The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-28
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MARY j. HOLMES, the novelist, received roy
alties on 1000 copies of her books sold in 1889
CARDINAL NEWMAN has entered his Goth year
In better health than usual, and promises to
outlive the pope.
SENATOR INGALLS, receives at least ten letters
week from publishers asking to see the manu-
script of his novel.
SIGNoR FoLIs most popular encore song in
London is the ditty: Il Shtart for Philadeinhv
in the Mornin'." "Signor'' Foil is an Irishman
Mrs. MARSHALL of Dubuque recently laughed
so heartily and opened her mouth SO wide that
she was unable to close it. surgeon had to
break one of her jaw bones in order to 'shut
her mouth" She is now eating liquid food with
spoon.
MINERVA PARKER, Architect and Designer. -
is a sign on South Broad street, Philadelphia.
Miss Parker is the only architect of her sex in
the Quaker City and one of three In the coun-
try. She is pretty young woman, with dark
hair and eyes and handsome teeth.
For the first time in history the pope has
conferred a pontifical decoration on a monarch
who does not belong to the christian faith. The
Holy Father has presented to the shah che
Order of Plus TX. and has forwarded to him the
insignia together with an autograph letter in
which he thanks Nasr-ed- Deem for the p-otec.
ton and liberty accorded to the Catholics in
Persia.
Henry IRvING's son is taken to task for call
ing himself Henry Irving, Jr.' 1t is said that
his fathers name being really Henry Irvine,
Brodrib he should call himself Brodrib The
fact is that the actor, some ten years ago, when
about to be made a freeman" of the city of
London, bad his name changed by legal pro
cess from Brodrib TO Irving, and his son is con
seluently Henry Irving, Jr.
LORD STANLEY, of Preston. the governor.gen.
eral of Canada is broad shouldered Datrician
hammered, and nine and forty. He wears a
closely cropped black beard; is devoted to a
cold tub. and has taken kindly to tobogganing.
He is not painfully brilliant man. but he is
eminently respectable. He is also the father
of eight chill rem, and will one day be Earl of
Derby, and one of the richest mon in Europe
A SUBJECT Of comment is the contrast be-
tween Prince Bismarck and Herr Wiudthorst
the great leader of the Catholics in German
politics. The one, a burly giant in stature with
big loud voice and heavy tread always ar
rayed in his uniform of cavalry general with
boots and spurs complete; the other, a little old
dwarf almost hunchbacked, with a singularly
ugly yet clever face, watery eyes that are
hidden behind a huge pair of blue spectacles a
monstrous and almost toothless mouth from
which issues q thin piping, wooden kind of A
voice. and clean-shavea cheeks, in every fold
and wrinkle of which there seems to lurk a sar-
casm or an irony in store for the chancellor IL
is this ugly dwarf, however, who is the tenn.
poral representative of the pope in the empire.
EUGENE FIELD relates that when Max ORell
first came to London he took little house in a
retired quarter of the city. About 2 o'clock
one morning the whole neighborhood was
aroused by cries in the street; somebody was
shouting az the top of his voice: Murder
Fire! Thieves and this hubbub was protracted
until everybody in the locality was at his win
dow in state of violent alarm. IL was Max
O'Rell, VINO returning home at this unholy
hour and finding himself locked out, took this
way of arousing the servants. Finally, standing
in the middle of the streets, the cynosure of ali
eyes, o. Rel lifted his hat, and, bowling politely
this way and that, said: Thanks good
neighbors, for your friendly solicitude; having
awakened the concierge, | will now enter my
home"