Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Taine, the famous French author,
is devoted to cats. He likes to sit with
one in his lap. and often kneels before
chair in which one of these creatures
is lying, and talks to it affectlonately.
He has also composed several sonnets
to them.
John p. Mason, of Lynchburg Va,
very strong man, saw bull attack
ing a colored woman in field recently.
He ran to the woman's assistance, and
the bull, leaving the women, turned
upon him. Mason grabbed the bull by
the horns, threw him to the ground,
and broke the brute's neck
Mrs Amelia L. Barr has been elect
ed member Of the advisory council
on literature of the Worlds Columbian
exposition. Mrs Barr's high attain
,nents in the field of literature and the
excellent Judgment for which she is so
well known entitle her to an impor-
tant position in the council.
Patti says that the reason. that she
has kept her youthful looks to her forty
ninth year is because she never loses
her temper and sticks to regular hours.
'No woman can keep young who often
loses her temper. When feel that my
temper is getting the better of me, ]
always get up and leave the room"
George Gould didn't go to college;
instead, he went into his fathers Office
at the age of sixteen, and at twenty
eight he is now six-millionairc in his
own right. Few young college gradu-
ates earn that much in as many years,
but then it is to be observed that earn
ing money is not the end at which a
college education is aimed
Mrs. Bette Taylor cambridge, of
Winchester, Va, and Mrs. Harriet Lane
Johnson are the only survivors of the
long line of distinguished women who
presided over the Executive Mansion
previous to the time of Gen Grant Mrs,
cambridge is the daughter of President
Zachary Taylor, and during his term of
Office she was the lady Of the White
| House.
iblpNDllS Giiti W ltlNN lNllDllNu
greatly the story of the experience in
Boston of an English friend, who, while
staying at one of the principal hotels in
that city, was unable TO sleep, owing
to mysterious, doleful noises that came
from a room near by. Calling boy,
the Englishman asked what was the
cause of the disturbance ooh, sah!"
was the lads reply, that is the Brown
ing club, just reading Browning sab.
That is all, sah."
Some of the friends of the late Walt
Whitman are trying to raise about
81, 900 to buy the little frame house in
Camden, n. j.. where the poet lived and
did much of his literary work. They
desire to have it preserved in his mem
ory, with many of his personal effects.
! Mr. Whitman left number of unpub-
! lishcd manuscripts both of prose and
poetry, among them a poem, "Colum-
bus" which was written on the coming
exposition at Chicago.
A good story has reached James
Payn from Paris anent the anarchists.
A friend of his went to dine at smart
restaurant, and was feeling rather dis
mayed at his extravaganza, when he
was rcassured by seeing very seedy-
looking parsonage seated at a table
near him. He was further calmcd as to
the prices by hearing this seedy person
order far better dinner than he him
self had, But when the waiter present.
ed the bill for payment this wreck of a
man arose, with offended dignity, and
exclaiming, ''Je suis anarchist stallSed
proudly from the place, leaving the
waiter bowing and smiling foolishly,