The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-05

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New Yorker and . millionaire,
"Uncle Rufus" Hatch used to play
snthems on the organ. There is no
law, however, against millionaires
making music.
Miss Amy Reade's new book will
be called "Slaves of the Sawdust.
Whether she has inherited her distin.
guished uncle's literary ability re-
mains to be seen. but she appears to
be following along The lines he laid
down in thing against the wrongs Of
social serfdcm.
A pen sketch of Marie Van Zant
the pr;ma donna. pOr'r W her Is -.
slender rli-h figure, with II tie
round face, an lp..nuel n'se. small
blue eves alu chestnut Ha.r. She is
little. tat, "a - - hr-..sie. ceS
u pal- and Petersburg IL c0vero
E. t..s.r goat interest.
-C.r. J.mes Grant Wi'-oa'-
.a-r v ,h pc pa ishsr, William
Wis II. II Pousokeepsje. IL Vas q
fayori-z of Gen. Grant, under whom
ne served at Weeks urg. New Workers
are locking to him for the chanc. OF
re lily learning something about 'he
history Of the town they live in.
1t may be the eloquence of their
advocates that started MeserOle and
Earl Ru; sell to preaching as soon as
they came scot-free out of scandalous
trials. The hero of the Dovey Com.
stock case has already abandoned the
pulpit. It remains to be seen how
long Earl Russell will keep it up.
Frederick Greenwood says that
the press of England has in the past
twenty years undergone q miserable
decline" from its former high stand
against printing scandalous court pro-
ceedings. There can be no doubt
that in the same period the American
press has made . corresponding I'D.
vance.
Joseph William Richards, the
only author who has produced stan
dard work on aluminium, which he
calls the metal of the future, is only
twenty.seven years old and was born
in Birmingham. Mr.. Richards has
been an American eince he wac seven
years of age, and is professor Of Met
allurgy at Lehigh University.
-1ennyson's dislike, not to say
hatre1, Of the common people grows
on him with his years. His beautiful
home at Hsselmere is so arranged as
10 exclude the "profsne herd" from a
sight of the venerable poet, and it is
a rare thing for an outsider to catch
q glimpse at him as be sirolls about
the pa;Tssn with his long PIPE and
slouch hat.
Arthur aunserford Pollen, son
of Lady Somerset, the evangelist, has
been hunting very different game out
in the Rockies. His mother pursues
the wretched into the jungle Of pow.
erty, and each writes we'll about the
pleasures of the chase. Mr.. Pollen is
said to be preparing q detailed story
Of his adventures in Western America.
"A Taylor lines seems to hold
the proud position just at present of
being London's leading expert in
ghosts and ghost stories. 1t is Mr..
Innes's deliberate conviction that any
man who can demonstrate by the
rules of evidence that he has seen a
ghost can have a place for his evil
dence in the British Museum and
niche in the temple Of Fame for him
self.
With all his faults the new Sec.
rotary of War must be enrolled in the
list of human libera'Ors. When he
was beginning h;s New Mexican CD
reer as lawyer nea'iy every Next
can in the Territory tc!d a peon in
virtual slavery. The United States
law provided a reward OF s25 to ANY
citizen who would secure the indict-
ment of such a slave holder, and the
thrifty Elklns got lO,O0o Mexicans
indicted.
"A college chum of Hawthorne
says that he was slender lad, "hav.
ing a massive head, with dark, bril-.
liant and most expressive eyes. heavy
eyebrows and a profusion OF dark
hair" He was young man whom a
fashionable youth might have been
inclined to ridicule for some eccen.
tricities of manner and attire, but
though quiet and amiable, he was not
given to standing much bantering,
and was able to put stop to it with
his fists.
1T is . matter of speculation how
great an estate Senator Plumb left,
though he has always been rated a. q
Senat0P Dolnh sava that |