The morning call., 1891-06-23
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

The probably unprecedented political
career of Sir John Mcdonald aggregated
actual service as Premier OF twenty
years, ten months and eighteen days.
Lady Brooke in her girlhoOd was as de-
muTe as a little QuakereSs ana even more
deYuut She was a constant ChuTch-gOeT
and had " mission" for parish work
Justin Mccarthy the younger is only 30
years old, and yet has published eleven
books and seven plays. In personal appear
ance he is tall and thin and has nOticeabIy
small head.
Richard Henry Strange, the colored
tragediaB, Is going abroad soon, ana expects
to play Shakes peare's tragedies In London
aud Berlin, supported by company Of
white actors.
The Empress Carlotta has recovered her
reason, but her whole life since the time.
twenty-five years ago, when her husband
was shot, mas been a blank, of which no
memory fingers.
Next to Senator Hoar, Senator EVarts has
had more college titles conferred upon him
| than any member of either house OF the last
Congress. lie has received degrees from
Harvard, Yale and Union colleges.
Miss Edna Lyall has written letter ap-
pealiDg for help for the fund which IS being
raised to redeem the late Mr. BFadlaugRS
properly. in order to make some provision
Tor his only surviving daughter, Mrs Bon
ner
The Emperor of Russia's new steam
yacht, the POarnaya, 800 tons, which Is
magnificent vessel The internal arrangement
being marvel of comfort and luxury, IS
now on her trial cruise. She can steam nine
feen knots an nOur.
The Servan boy King, Alexander, is a
sturdy lad OF IA, with Keen eyes and an In
telectual face, hut he is as Self-willed and
stubborn as any royal child. He has been
well educated, and speaks German, French
and English in addition to his native tongue.
The Sultan may not be much on the high
moral plane business, but he mas prohibited
Turkish ladies from trOtting around the
streets Of COnStantinOple rugged out IN gOr-
ge0us Partisan costumes. He has been
warned what Worth dresses and ducks of
b0unet5 cost.
Ex-Governor Ames was once asked TO pay
a physician $1,000 for services which the
wealthy patient did not consider worth that
much. But, as his medical adviser would
not reduce the bill one cent, two cneckS for
$500 each were sent in payment, Que dis
tinctlY stating that 1t was for professional
attendance and the other 4" Tor extOrtl0n."
The embalmed remains of all the dead
BTaganzas, the rulers OF Portugal, lie Ia
mausoleum in Lisbon, where they are pre-
served in trunk-like chests ranged around
the walls A recent American visitor was
permitted TO look upon the face OF the late
Empress of Brazil, whose features are so
wen DitctINEu dlu W iOob LACE 10 ~ oSlflO
that she appears simply to have fallen
asleep.
General Butler says of the late Josiah
Abbott Of Massachusetts, that on the morn
ing of the Old warrior departure for WASH
ington with his regiment, at the outbreak of
the Civil War, the Judge came aboard the
cars, sat down beside him and pulling roll
Of bills from his pocket, said: Butler.
you are going where you will see great SUI
fering of the poor soldiers under you; take
this and as long as it lasts relieve that suf-
ferng, so far as il will give relief. and when
it is gone, if you see need, send TO me for
more"
The Duke Of Fife is one of the richest
peers Of England. At the time OF his mar
rage Parliament was asked to grant the
Prince Of Wales an extra allowance for his
children. Parliament did so with very
BAG grace, which disguised the Duke, then
Earl Of Fife, and led to his remarking that,
so far as he was concerned, the settlement
OF the discussion could be postponed until
the marriage of another child of the Prince
Of Wales. as he had ample to supply even a
royal princess with all luxuries.