The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-12
PERSONAL

CHISA's EMPEROR has got tired Of counting
with the sbacus and IS now studying English
arithmetic
s b. ELzIss has lately offered $4,000 toward
the erection of Baptist church ct Clarksburg
in West Virginia
THE queen and Princess Beatrice took lunch
Saturday with ez- Empress Eugene Of France,
at her residence a. Farnborough.
PREsIDESr HYDE Of Bowdoin College has
started a crusade against the obnoxious cigar
ette. giving daily lectures on the subject.
Archbishop KENsICK's completion OF half a
century as q bishop is only the second incident
OF the kind In the history Of the Roman Cath
ole church.
LORD CAvDEs and Lady Evelyn Campbell in
tend TO start early In January for a cruise
among the West Indies in his new yacht, the
Maid OF Honor
KARL LUDw1G MIoHELET, one Of the founders
Of the Philosophische Gesellschsft. will shortly
complete his Goth year, and the event will be
celebrated IN Berlin.
MISS LOUISE BAYARD. the daughter OF the last
Secretary of Stat, is TO be married at her
fathers home in Wilmington. on Dec. 21, to Dr.
Frank Angel Of Ithaca
TIE DUKE or CLARENCE and Avondale,
eldest son OF the Prince of wales whose en-
Ragement TO the Princess of Teck is announced
Is u years old. Tbs princess is "a.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE. COMMISSIONER vEAzEY,
who was on the supreme bench OF Vermont be-
forel be was made commander-in-chief OF the
grand army, finds his chief relaxation Ia watch
ing foot ball games.
CARDINAL GIBBONS aud Archbishops Corrigan,
Ryau, Feehan and Williams have accepted the
invitation of Canon Plancarte Of the City of
Mexico TO attend the opening of the Collegiate
church, Gussoloupe. famous shrine IN Mexico,
next month.
PRESIDENT HARRISON is a great pedestrian,
and bis favorte method of getting a good
tramp is to be driven out into the country In
the white house mail wagon and have the driver
set him down at a long distance from home so
that he can walk back.
AN ODD EXPERIENCE in the interesting life of
Sir Edwin Arnold, which seems to have been
overlooked during his stay here, was his climb
ing lo,0OO feet to the summit of Full San, in
Japan, and writing on the edge Of the crater a
picturesque poem of nineUy-two lines, in order
70 win wager made with woman.
G. W. G. LEE, who is the president Of Wash
ington and Lee University, Is a tall, brown
bearded man, straight as a soldier and SO re-
served and modest in his tastes that the ap
proach Of a young girl will bring bushes to hts
cheeks. His special fad is mathematics, and he
is very popular with the students.
MILE. BILoEsco, the young Roumanlan re-
Gently admitted to practice law in France, is a
tall, graceful and dark haired girl of 49, She is
the only Guild Of a banker of Bucharest, and In
that city she has hung out her sign. Her course
of instruction in the law In Paris lasted six
years, and during that time she was absent but
one day from the lecture room.
ANDREW JOHNSON was the only President who
ever stood on foreign soil while holding Office.
1t occurred during the famous Swing around
the circle, In 1885, while visiting Niagara Falls,
when he went in a carriage TO the Canadian
side, The President did not think at the time
that he had violated a precedent, and il occurred
to him only when he had returned TO his hotel
and was alone with hts secretary, who promised
to keep the matter secret.