The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-16
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Amelia Rives chanler, the
authoress. is said to be making great
progress in her art studies in Paris,
which include both painting and sculp-
ture.
-Truxton Beale, the new minister to
Persia, gets his baptismal name from
his great grandfather, Commodore
Thomas Truxton, who helped win the
early fame Of the American navy.
Carmen sylvia has great liter
ary admirer in the sultan of Turkey.
The queen of Roumania recently sent a
superb edition of her works to the OF
toman potentate, who has expressed
great pleasure in reading the queens
poems.
The greatest natural orator in the
senate is Mr.. Eustis. of Louisiana.
lie is big man physically, and has
full voice and deliberative. imposing
style Of speech that is very effective.
At times his voice fills the senate cham
ber with its reverberations and again
it falls to loud whisper.
Mr.. Bancroft was born only six
years after Bryant: Prescott was but
four years his senior; Bancooft was 8
years old when Emerson was born.
George Ticknor, who has been dead
twenty years was only 3 years old when
Bancroft was born. Bancroft survived
Hawthorne nearly twenty-seven years,
though Hawthorne was four years his
junior.
An exchange says that Joaquin Mil
larf mt {rip m a q
he gets older. He lives the life of 3
hermit, '.loafing and inviting his soul,
as Walt Whitman puts it. on his ranch
near Oakland. Cal. There are three
cottages on the ranch, one OF which is
devoted to his wife and her children,
the second to his mother. while the poet
occupies the third and seldom seeks so
ciety of any sort.
-Ex-Secretary Bayard has aged con-
siderably since leaving Washington,
though in apparently good health. 1t
is noted that success in politics seems
to act as a powerful tonic, and public
men in Washington bear their years
better than when retired to private
life 1t will be remembered that Sec
retary Blaine aged faster during his
four years retirement than he did be-
fore or has since
The library left by the late George
Bancroft is reputed to be one of the
best private collections of books in the
country. 1t contains about twelve thou
| sand volumes, among which are many
| works in foreign languages and every
book in the collection has a value apart
| from its selling price. The books were
| closely packed in the four rooms that
comprised Mr.. Bancroft's library work
! shop, and there was never any attempt
made to display them.
| King kalakaua was worshiped by
| the colored folks. When he visited New
| York they crowded to see him. and ever
i since they have kept his portrait con-
spicuous in many of their homes. His
kinky hair and the general features of
his face were such that it was hopeless
to try to convince the ignorant among
| them that he was not an African. Per-
haps nothing that has happened since
the war pleased the race SO well as the
honors that were paid to the walnut
colored king in this county.
Queen Victoria has five maids to as
sist at her toilet-viz.. three dressers
and two wardrobe women. We are told
1 also by high authority that the senior
dresser, who has been many years with
her majesty. is especially charged with
the task Of conveying orders to different
tradespeople = jewellers, drapers and
dressmakers; one dresser and one ward
robe woman are in constant attendance
on the queen. taking alternate days
| All this when the royal lady is well and
in good spirits. At other times the maids
are made to retire to the lower apart
ments and told to stay there until called