The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-08
Personal.

ASAsTAsIUs. the chief Of the famous Greek
brgaL ds. whose cheerful habit is to kidnap
harmless travel-rs. and keep them on short
commons until q ransom 10 paid. is d seribed as
type Of perfect Greek. beauty. a very cultivated
man, who speaks four languages, and has the
manners OF courts - 1900
That generous Croesus, Baron Hirsch, pro-
poses 70 send to the Argentine Republic some
halfIn Hon of tie Jewish victims Of Rnssian
psrsecutlon- President Pettigriuf offers an
asylum and active help to the hfifly fmmi-
grants. and e e said that Baron Hirsch Is ready
tospend SSo'0VO,ooO 10 carry oatshs pan
Frau SOPHIE sALyAsIUs, an able German
woman Of letters, las issued an appeal TO her
cOuntrywOmen TO reform those national modes
OF education which consider girls simply as
future wives and housekeepers- Their present
training, she says. leaves German women sith-
out Individuality. aud with pitifully low ideals
of life.
TIE ENPREss OF RUSSIA is now 43 years old.
Russians say a. she has not the capacity Of
younger than her years The chin begins to
double, and the checks have long Stree taken
comfortable expression. Her figure also
grows matronly, though still she is an indefati-
gable dancer.
CALDER MARSHALL. r. A.. has placed his
resignationi in the hands of the president of the
Royal Academy, and will forthwith, Join the
ranks Of the retired" He is the Nestor of the
Royal Academy, having ben elected associate
IN 1874 and full academician in 1852. eighteen
years bef re Mr. Hook, who now becomes the
senior member Of the academy.
sITTEG BULL's LANGUAGE was a compound of
pure Sioux and mongrei English in which a
Inumber .ef French words were mixed The
latter adbeenl picked upfrom tie post traders
and an heaF e2pressIons were TrqueAfly more
emphatic than polite a tenderfoot Wa5-a apt 70 be
| surprised when talking with the Indian chief
Inv fba VIC aas,fF,e ~ Is v,hr
PRINCE CHuN, the Chinese prime minister, ap-
pears to be recovering from his long illness
The populace attribute it to the neglect of the
emperor, VIII n building re idencs for his
| 1er, to have the site cleared of II spirits
who accord ngiy torment the occupant. 1t is
reported among foreigners, however, that the
prince is trying TO break of the opium habit.
PRINCE VIcToR of Holenlohe has completed
the plaster cast of the lfe-sized statue of the
Princess of Wales, subscribed for by English
ladies'. When the marble statue is finished it
will be placed in the Royal College Of Music
Prince Victor is said TO have succ 'eded in pro
ducing a striking presentment OF the princess
She Is reproduced in the doctors cap and gown,
belonging to her Dublin musical degree.
COUNT HERBERT BISMARCK, after spending
five weeks with different friends in England has
| arrived In Paris. He has gone there chiefly in
search of distraction" which was also his Oh
| ject north OF tae channel. Whether the search
has been so ar successful is more than doubt
| ful. as he is looking sad and depressed man,
wearing the appearance Of one from whom the
| tide has flowed. An old friend with whom he
had been conversing was heard to remark after
| he had gone away that he was not up to date
and seemed hardly to take in W az is going on
| in any part of Europe or what has gone ON since
| he dropped out of pc tics. Prince Bismarck j..
| said by his son to bear up well against the
| neglect into which he has fallen. He finds occu-
patton in business enterprise His brewery
scheme in 'erests him. The princess takes far
more to heart their changed position. she is
| in poor health.