New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-25
PERSONAL.

A.. rdunras * quoted as wondering why sherman
can. ,lvors Il,cd Joe Johnston SO mueh ana Ect
uore Indifferent T. Ice. "Ot course 6eheraI Jo''s'o'
=. n mos, charming man socially he adu'u' H"N ~
understand. was Lee. Perhaps their paruah'y pr
Joan. i Gle i , "%c IN his dcmcanor toward all persons
vim came IN contact Win l"m'
-. william T.. Abbot. Of Philadelphia, who has
r,.urred home after exploring East AFRICA Win DE-
voycr thc German savant, has presented To inc
,c,dorv NJ Sciences in that city a fine couecl2h Oh
,,eads and skins 0i animals shot near Mo"h' N'''"
Nlnro.
vr, Stanley Is reported 10 have said with ardor'
=, Dow, DAYS ago. that she " hated that Mr.. Mckinney
cha ohio Congressman-and that II Mckinley dar'u u
90 over to dear old England the pcople there wonld
hang and burn him In eiigy' because oil HIS a""
Fpoiish tariff law. The genial Major, they say, on
hearing of these remarks, observed kindly " We must
g' V",W the lady. She is Il thorough English woman:
and then am informed tiot Ier worthy moV'"r ~
Interested I'm Cornish I'm mlhesl'
,obu VI Francis. Of Troy, who is spending the winter
=, Alabama. and Is nearly seventy years of age. Is
stl hale and hearty and enjoys his six or seven-muo
walk daily.
This story Of Sir Edwin Arnold's pretty daughter
comes from London 10 Mr.. BOX; " During her recent
STAY with her father In Japan Her Maleety's emma
squadron ships and the American Pacific fleet werc IN
,o hortor ~ Yokohama at the same time. Sir Edwin
and hs DAUGHTER entertained he admirals of both fleets
ot luncheon. and In return were naturally invited on
hoorl the ships. The American feet was ir,t visliej, ana
rnon leaving the gallant American admiral presented
Miss Arnold with % beautiful bouquet, tied with rib
hons of the ship, rs "a token Of the respect of himself
and his officers. This American courtesy came to the
ears of the English commander. and, not to be outdone
by his American brother. lie presented Miss Arnold
with n larger bouquet and doubled the number OF
rl,bous. Then the American admiral sent Miss Arnold
a few verses Of his own composition. This was going
a little further than the English officer was capable of,
lint he had some verses written to Miss Arnold and
dispatched them to her three days afterward. The
daughter then told her father, and she Immediately
found a third contestant. That same afternoon brought
her another beautiful bouquet and attached was "A
card bearing the following lines:
"'Oh. happy maid, whom two great flags conspirc
10 Notwithstanding rich melOdlOus pOSlc,,
When admirals rhyme, the muse unstrings her lyro
TO bind In pride their May flowers and their roses.
EDWIN
DR.. Lyman Abbott appears TO be more popular than
any other preacher at the Harvard College chapel ser.
vices for q long time. lie has oniclated there for a
fortnight, and there is a marked increase In attendance.
Messrs. Morrill,, Edmunds, sherman and Ransom
are the only members OF the Senate, still In service.
who were in the chamber when Mr.. ingalls, first
went there.
Howard C. White, of Syracuse, who represents the
Ist Onondaga District in the present Assembly. viii.
IT Is reported, receive a foreign appointment at the close
Of the session. Mr.. White is a son in-law Of United
states senator sawyer, OF Wisconsin.
Correcting the assertion that Governor Foster is tho
partner Of senator Bficc, a Washington rorrcsDoudent
says: " AZ the time the Nickel Plate Railroad was first
organized In Ohio Governor Foster and Colonel Rrico
had some business arrangements in connection with H.
Governor Foster was ut that time, rs now, II capitalist.
Colonel Brice ut that time was a lawyer I'm Ohio and
lot "a capitalist and without any reasonable eNp,c.
tatons that he would ever become the capitalist which
he now II. irice was sent To New York by Goyernor
Foster and Others to aid la the negotiation OF the sale
" the Nickel Plate Road to the Vanderbilt internst
The story goes that by reason of the mlsunderstandin
Of some telegram, from Governor. Foster, Brice made
the first considerable money that he had ever made in