The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The widow Of Fernandez Gonzales.
the Spanish novelist, died lately.
Although her husband made four hum
dred thousand dollars by his pen he left
her poor.
Rev. Mgr. Goddard, ex-Empress
Eugenie's chaplain, has been compelled.
In consequence of ill-health, to resign
the pastorate Of St Msry's church at
Chiselhurst He was tutor to the late
Prince imperial of France, and for some
time the pope's domestic prelate-
-Tennyson is an entirely self-made
man He is one of the twelve children
Of poor country clergyman, Of Som
ersby; and, although he Is q lineal de-
scendsnt of the Plantagenets, he has
never received assistance from any Of
his wealthy and aristrocratic relatives
Hon. Hugh McCulloch enjoys the
distinction of being the only man who
has twice held the Office of secretary of
the treasury. His first appointment
was In March, 1865, by President Lin
coin; the second in 1855 by President
Arthur. Mr.. McCulloch is in his eighty
fourth year.
Count varoustoff Daskoff Is at the
head of the czarowitz' relief commit
tee, and claims that one of the chief
difficulties with which his staff has to
labor in relieving the necessities of the
suffering population is the prejudice
spripging from their ignorance and
superstition.
Miss Laura n. Ford, Philadelphia
authoress, has purchased ten acres OF
land on one of the highest submits Of
the Green mountains The location is
now a wilderness, and Miss Ford is to
personate the pioneer. The forest is to
be cleared and number of summer cot
tages will be built on the site, to fur
nish q summer retreat for herself and
friends
Prof. Skeal, who maintains the or.
thodox belief that the study of Latin
and Greek Is serviceable for improving
students style in English compost
ton, thinks also there is something to
be said on the other side. Whatever the
study of Latin and Greek might do
toward improving the students style.
the study of languages and English lit
erature would do more.
Jean Ingelow is the daughter of a
banker of Lincolnshire and was one OF
a family of eleven children She wrote
her first poems on the window-shut-
tiers, closing them away out of sight
when completed. Her brother was the
first to secure the publication of her
poems, and four editions OF a thousand
copies each were sold the first year.
Twenty-six editions of the same vol
ume have since been published.
Frau Flygare-Carlen, the deceased
authoress, has left the whole of her
property to charitable institutions
The university of Upsala is to receive
10. 900 kronen; the same sum is to be
devoted to poor students: poor fisher
men from her home are to receive the
interest of 10000 kronen every year,
and q, 200 kronen are to go to found
in the Latin school at
Skars.
Prof Theodore W. Dwight, who
died recently while in the act of sign
ing his will, left an estate valued at
81 ,Ooo,0oo For nearly twenty years
Prof Dwight's income from his teach
ing and writings ranged from s25,000
to $4,000 per year. 1t afterward
dropped to $4,000 per year, and at the
time of his death his salary as emeritus
professor in Columbia college was
s., 500 All this was in addition to his
legal practice, from which he is said to
have derived large income, his fees in
single cases, as referee or counsel, at
times amounting to as much as 800, 200.