The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Governor Jones of New York
has been confined to his home In Bingham
ton by a severe cold.
The venerable mother OF Ope p. Read of
the Arkansaw Traveller died recently at her
home in Portland, Tenn.
The Prince of Wales has not bothered his
royal mother greatly about money. BE SIM
ply waited and his creditors did it for him.
A monument will be erected shortly in
Tutlingen, in the Black Forest, to Max
burger, author OF THE Watch on
the Rhine"
The recent rumor that NJ. ROustan,
French Minister to the United States, is
about to be transferred to Madrid, is OFF,
cially denied.
Rudolph F. Sigel the favorite son of Cen
eral Francis Sigel, has been ad1udged in
sane bv the Supreme Court of New York
He is 80 years old, a civil engineer, and
married
The Hon. Edward Mcpherson has filed
his final account as executor Of Thaddeus
Stevens will. The present market value of
the securities belonging to the estate is
S54 426 q.
John Bullough, the Scottish millionaire.
who died recently, was the husband Of
Shela, the heroine of William Black
novel. "a Princess of Thule" She was a
daughter Of Stornaway broker.
Judge Montgomery of the District Of
Columbia Supreme Court, who has been i'll
for some time at Washington, has recovered
sufficiently TO be able TO 20 to his home in
Michigan, in hopes of completely restoring
his health.
Mrs Clarie Taylor o. Peru, Ind. has
started for France with the heart, hands
and feet of her mother, who died some time
ago and requested that these parts be re-
moved and taken to her native country for
interment.
The Comtesse de Beaumont, who died in
Paris a fortnight ago, was only sister of
Marshal MacMahOn; but she lived in a diff
ferent fashion, encouraging artistic Bohe-
mianism, and not Directing to Republican
lions IN her salon.
The Countess de Nuremberg, who was
recently MARI led to a member of the I'M
perial house of Russia, has negro blood in
her veins. She is daughter of the poet
Pushkin, who was a descendant of a negro
favorite of Peter the Great.
Russell Sage goes to bed at 10 o'clock
every night in the year and is up at 6. He
is very abstemlous in his habits, but during
the winter months he takes a spoonful of
whisky IN water every morning and Occa-
sionally drinks little claret for lunch.
Two weeks before Moltke's death the ac-
count of the celebration of his birthday,
October Goth last, was published in book
form. In 1t congratulatOry dispatches from
Princes, statesmen and Generals occupy 7S0
pages; from societies and meetings, 1900
pages from students and schools, ia pages
Dom Pedro would doubtless like to end
his days as the returned Emperor of Brazil.
but, like the rugged old patriot that he is.
he declares that the experiment of Brazilian
splf-government will prove success.
They will hold their place among ma
tions," is his terse comment upon his coun-
trymen.
II. II. Johnston, the African explorer,
who has just gone out FROM London as Con-
sul-General for Portuguese East India and
Imperial Commissioner fOr,the Trans-Zam.
best, is a Spick-and-Span, debonair little
man. who, it is asserted. will exercise his
autoeratic powers with the airy grace of a
diplomatic attache.
Kate Fields new system Of economy for a
days shopping may be worth trying. ''In
filling out list OF purchases" she says, 81
always try to pay for the first thing bought
a little more than had previously planned
to. This induces feeling of caution for
the rest of the day and leaves a comfortable
balance when night comes"