Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-03-18
PERSONAL MENTION
Congressman Amos Cummings De-
clared the Choice OF Fremon'
Neb., for President.

Mrs. Julia A. Carney OF Galespurg,
III. is not widely known in the wori9 ..
letters, and yet she is the author oil taa'
interesting little poetical moroccan az. ~
ginning little drops OF water, h''ie
grains of sand"
Congressman Amos Cummings has
been declared the choice OF the cia,zehs
of Fremont, Neb., for President. Ihere
is certainly one thing in his fayor-he
could write his own messages ana make
them breezy and bright.
LOYALTY to the Stuarts still exists IN
England, The Roydlist announces that
those DESTROYS OF taking part in the COM
memoration OF the death of Mary Queen
of Scots may 90 to Westminster Appey
at certain time and lay upon her tomp
" cross of flowers" and martyrs
crown of roses"
Miss Soonderbai Powar, native hlgn-
caste Hindoo, has been sent by India 10
this country as missionary. She comes
to point out the evils Of the opium trat.
fic. She wears an Oriental costume, but
speaks English fuent.y. Her oratory is
simple and direct, and she excites the
sympathy Of her hearers.
Aaron Kimball Loring is one OF the
characters OF Boston. He keeps a
book store, into which Emerson used to
drop for an idea, John Lothrop Motley
for a reference, Prescott, the historian,
for an old chronicle, Lowell for new
book of poems and Holmes for his cur
rent literature.
Dwight w. Moody is one OF the men
they talk of as Spurgeon's successor as
pastor of the Metropolitan tabernacle
IN London. Across the water it Is Pc
lieved that the great American evangelist
is enough of Baptist to come within
the requirements of the trust deeds OF
the church property; but little hope is
entertained of persuading Mr. Moody to
come.
Governor Edwin B. Winans OF Michi-
gan is not very widely known outside OF
his State, for, unlike many Western Gov,
ernors, he does not often go East to visit
cities and mingle with men in hotel cor
ridors. He is man OF commanding APP
pearance, with tall, straight, military
| figure, iron-gray hair and mustache Of
| like color. He is usually at his desk by
o'clock, and is hard worker.
The royal family of Portugal has de-
cided to rctrench personal expenses. His
majesty, the King, announced recently
| that the salaries of public functiOnaries
were to be reduced, and that the law re-
ducing salaries should be applied first tc
his own family. Household expenses
have been cut down. Among the lux.
uries which are to be Topped off for q
time is State subsidized opera.
| The sword and bloody dagger taken
from the body of James w. OF Scotland
on Flodden Field are with Queen Vic
toria's permission to be deposited in the
restored Parliament hall in Edinburgh
1t was from the fortress in that city that
the unfortunate monarch volunteered
| forth to the battle in which he was slain.
There are three famous cleopatra ="
poems. W. w. Story's begins, Here,
Charmion, take my bracelets" and Cen
eral Lytle's with 81 am dying, Egypt,
dying" Mary Bayard Clarke's is the
third, and Robert Louis Stevenson is de-
clsred to be at work on the fourth.
Muley Hassan, the Sultan of Morocco,
has strain of Irish blood in his veins
for his great grandmother was blue
| cyCu vi Vic lSlC, IHS
widow of British Sergeant OF Engi
neers. Muley is said to be as bright as
he is stubborn, and the reason seems
obvious.
Francis Parkman is busy with a new
historical work. This will complete his
series of historical writings. and will
cover the period of the struggle of France
against England in her Canadian prov
inces Immediately preceding the nara
tive Of Montcalm and Wolfe. The woIk
will be called ga Half Century of Con.
flict."
That is good legal story just narrated
about George J. Gould. Being in the
witness chair, a foolish lawyer, who be-
lieves in the generally exploded idea that
cross-examination means personal abuse
asked him an impertinent question about
his father. George and the lawyer looked
at each other, when the former mildly
replied; 81 honor my father, and
hope your father is equally worthy oil
honor" The old advice of Charles
O'Conor to his pupil stands good all the
time, viz: Never hazard on cross-ex-
animation any question that if answered
in certain possible way may hurt your
case"