The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-26
A FALLING BAROMETER.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Lord Salisbury works fourteen hours a
DAY, ana 1t takes his secretary quite as long
TO hnd out what his LOrdshIp has been do
ing
The trouble with George Westinghouse
Jr. is that he didn't put on the brake when
ne saw the fancy tinancieriDg going on
which enGed in his being thrown off the
track
AlphonsO Taft of Ohio, at one time a
member OF General Grants Cabinet and
now nearly so years of age, is expected to
live but short time. although until few
months ago he was hale and hearty.
Come to think Of 1t Buffalo Bill has not
played anything like leading part In the
Sioux Wild West Show. Can it be possible
that he is content to be supe in the cast or
does lie do the general utility work?
The wife of Captain Wallace. the gallant
Seventh Cavalry officer who recently lost
his life in fight with the Sioux, is dam
gerously i'll at Fort Riley, kans. Mrs. Wal
lace is daughter OF Judge Otis of Atchi-
son.
Mr.. Spurgeon gives but little time to the
preparation of his sermons. He sits in his
study a couple of hours with his face buried
In his hands. then goes to his desk lots down
few head lines, and then he is ready for
the pulpit.
The Duke of Edinburgh is a noted stamp
collector, and he is perniCious enough to
take care of the stamps. lie leaves his big
brother to keep up the dignity of the family
aud is only interested in his own desire &c
get together enough money to buy the Brit.
ish crown If 1t even foiis into tina market
The university at Geneva has just made
an Nj. ID. OF the young Polish Countess
Wanda Won Szcawinska. Her graduation
thesis was a remarkably learned paper con
corning the eyes of crustaceous animals and
the effect of light and darkness upon them
the Countess Wanda will practice in Po-
land.
The Prince of Nassau, fine looking young
fellow, is in England looking after wife
OF course no Will want to mate into some
branch OF the royal family, and as he is q
man of splendid attachments and ire
proachable character his prospective income
OF 92J0,000 should give him the open Sc
same"
Colonel Dan Lamont is now the picture of
rugged good health, though when ne left the
White House, two years ago. he was worn
to shadow. At that time he had jIst fin
ished four years term OF hard work which
had sometimes amounted To sixteen hours a
day, and had given him but few opportu-
mites for rest
The new Countess Devonne (nee Auden-
reid, whose marriage in Washington was
the social event of the season there, is very
young aud beautiful. She is not yet 20 years
old and Is about ) feet in height. She has a
very slight and graceful figure, with blue
eyes and wavy, golden hair. and she is very
vlyaclouS and witty.
Mrs. Burton Harrison. the novelist and
magazine writer, is Virginia woman of
ancient lineage. Her maiden name was
| Cary and she grew up at VaucluSe, a home
| of the Fairfaxes in the county that bears the
| family name She was young girl when
| the war broke out and she heard the rattle
OF musketry at Bull Run.
Emma Abbott wears in her coffin a part OF
| the handsome veil that she used to wear IN
her performances of Juliet. This veil she
bought in Paris, and she was wont to call it
her mascot, because fortune favored her
from the moment it came into her posses
sion. At her death half of it was cut up in
to souvenirs for the members of her troupe.