Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-10-08
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The late ex-Gov. Paul Dillingham;,
II Vermont, always used the append
age of "Jr." TO his name, though almost
ninety-one years of age.
Among the manuscripts left by the
late Count Won Moltke, Prof. Felix
Dahn, his biographer has found a
Confession of Faith" The great
marshal affirms his belief in God and
future life. The Confession" will be
published among the other works.
-George Washington's nearest living
kin is Mrs. Fanny Washington Finch,
of Washington, b. G., great-srand-
niece of the Father of his Country. She
is tall, majestic woman, and in fea-
lures resembles the portraits of her dis
tinguished relative. She is the young
est and the only survivor OF twelve chill
dren.
One of the most influential men in
Copenhagen is Herr Councillor Fersler
who owns five newspapers: National,
Tidende, Dagens Nyheder, Aftenposten,
Dags-Tele rafen and Dagbladet. With
the exception of Berlingske the Tiden-
de and Avisen, Herr Fersler controls
every conservative paper in the Danish
capital.
Robert j. Burdette is making his
mark rs a preacher, and can get off as
good sermon as he can write a joke
And his pulpit utterances are free from
disagreeable drawbacks. There is no
editor to blue-pencil his happy thoughts,
and the foreman doesn't come around
to announce that he has mo room for
that stuff"
| Mrs. James #. Field. of Boston, the
wife of the publisher, is said to possess
one of the most valuable literary col
lections in the world. In the library
are numbers of valuable MSS. and au-
tograph letters, and in the garden, at
the rear of the house, grow trees which
were planted by many famous authors
and public men.
Richard Mansfield, the actor, is the
son of Nine. Rudershof, the once ia
nous opera-singer and musical in
structor She was much opposed to her
sons choice of the stage as profession.
Mr.. Mansfield was successfully engaged
in business in the dry-good house of
Jordan, Marsh & Co. in Boston before
he began his career as an actor.
1t Is said that Amelie Rives will APP
ply the money received for her new
novel According to st. John" in the
interests of friend. The book con-
tains the impressions of Paris received
by the writer during her stay there.
She is credited with saying: 81 have
worked very hard and hope have
quoted down the extravagances of style
which offended people so much. | con-
slider the things ] do now as simply
studies, and / am searching all the
while"
The empress dowager of China is a
strong minded lady and rules her fam
lily with an iron hand. She is woman
of powerful physique, and so strikingly
handsome and of so firm and strong a
disposition that all wills must bend tc
hers. When the emperor inadvertently
does something to displease her he is
made to regret it, and as for his poor
little wife, she has nothing to say al
all. She isn't even allowed to have a
good time, as she might have if she
were left alone
Mr. Whittier recently said in re
gard to Skipper Ireson's Ride" thu
controversy concerning which hal
broken out again 81 thought hat
made all the amends possible for that
The story was told me by an old school
mate, and l cast it in verse form. Whel
the fact was made known to me tina
not Skipper Ireson but his crew wer
responsible for the abandonment o
the wrecked ship, so stated it in m.
published poems. would not inten
tionally do harm to anyone"