San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-04
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

sits by her husband while he does
all his work.
Monrovia, Ia Liberia, is named
after James Monroe, in whose presi.
dency 1t was founded, In 1922.
Rider Haggard thinks Egypt the
most interesting and least explored
coun 'ry IN the world.
The poet Burns spelled his name
Burmese This family pam until the
publication of his poems in 1856.
Elwell, the sculptor, who recently
completed q bust Of Louisa M. Alcott,
was one of her "little men,"
The czar,s crown is said to be worth
four times as much as Queen Vic
toria'a. 1t also causes him four times
as much uneasiness.
Mrs. Garrett Fawcett, the widow OF
the blind postmaster-general OF that
name, Ii eaid to be the best platform
speaser in England.
lit Is said that the German Emperor
is responsible for the fad affected by
some giddy youths who wear five or
six rings on the third finger.
1t Is said that In England there are
100 lives of Gladstone in manuscript.
ready to be rushed to the printer the
day the grand old man dies.
The late Amelia B. Edwards was q
precOclOus author. Her first story
was written when she was only four
years old, a and executed in capita
lerrers only s 5a* 81 faa
Maj. A. w. Barrett, Of Los AZ.
CERES, has been selected as the success
sor of Maj Bonebrake, of California,
on the board of managers of national
soldiers homes.
The Grand Duke Paul of Russia lie
SO tall that he is obliged to carry hi
bed with him, as he cannot find on
at any public house long enough ts
hold all of him.
Kaiser Wilhelm gets up at 6, the
Emperor Francis Joseph is at his desk
or abroad by 5, aud the czar is often
astir before q. N. Queen Victoria
arises at 8 O'clock.
How the Roth echilda are housed at
Ferrieres, near Paris, may be judged
by their five establishments, worth
eS00, COO, peeding the services OF $50
people. The stables contain 100
horses.
The late Prince Of Furstenburg
practically owned the entire country
bttween the Neckar and the Danube,
in which is situated the Black For
est, the Schwarzxal aid, dear to song
and story.
Miss Jeanne Lawrence, the well
known American cantratrice, q pupil
of M. Criticos, achieved q grand suo-
cess on the occasion of her recent
debut at Nice In the part of Gilda in
"RIgOletto." -. .s...s
President Eliot. of Harvard, sticks
to his Mormon friends and writes that
the United States government Is
violating toward them lone of the
most fundamental and precious prin-
ciples Of American liberty"
Elk Gov. Curtin, Pennsylvania
war executive, is the same soldierly
man, erect aud self-controlled, that
he was twenty years ago. The most
marked sign OF age about him is to
be observed in his gray hair.
Atthe auction sale of Boulanger
relics In Brussels, the brave generals
eyeglasses went for nearly S., and q
tiny champagne goblet of historic
associations, brought $50. The
empty revolver case, minus the fatal
weapon, sold for a little over So.
George KEENAN,, the siberian trav.
eler, author and lecturer, is one of
the most fluent, interesting and mex
naustible OF living conyersationalists.
The Russian exile system is the sub
jeot nearest his heart, and he never
tires Of discussing it.
Father Duren, q Roman Catholic
priest in Wisconsin. who rescued the
daughter of q wealthy Partisan from
drowning m the Mediterranean last
winter, has received from her father
S55, 900, which the good man will de-
vote to charitable purposes.
The death of the widow of the tenor
Gardoni recalls the fact that she was
= daughter of the famous Tambur mi.
Or all the fine stage artists of Tambu
rini's time not one Is left but Nine.
Albani, who is as hale and hearty as
she was forty years ago.
Secretary Elkins' country house in
West Virginia is kept open all the
year round, his father and staff of
excellent servants occupying the place
in the absence of the secretary. Mrs.
Elkins will leave the capital with her
children for this home when warm
weather sets In. -
Roea Bonnie is nearing the COM
plstion of her great picture, "The
Threshipg Floor" and though she
has already refused SIG, 900 for 1t. 1t is
not unlikely that she will send 1t TO
the Worlds fair. She has fame
enough and does not now have to
court 1t In cheap ways.
SWEET HOME.
"Your Sweet Home flour manu-