The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-29
PERSONAL.

/ Ex-Gov. Taylor OF Tennessee has been lee
turing in Washington on The Paradise Of
Fools. = He denies that his lecture has any
local application
Miss Henrietta Along, whom q commander
OF the United States navy has made Mrs.
/ William Henry Whiting, is Is years old, is
one-hah Chinese, three-eighths American,
I and one-eighth Hawaiian.
Ex-King Milan, of Servia, has again come
to the end of his financial tether Since his
abdication he is allee ed to have spent nearly
eauOOUO9. and II is regarded as possible that
he will attempt some fresh coup etat with
view to the acquisition of a substantial sub
! sidy from the Servian government.
Another representative Of foreign religion,
Aurnshotang Ras Telang, high-caste Brah-
min who has tarried in America since the
parliament of religions at Chicago, is studying
the manners and customs OF the American
people. He is at present in San Francisco
and Is said to be gathering material for
book.
The novelist ouida is decidedly plain look
ing, about 50years old, and overdresses shock
ingly." She drives out on the fashionable
throuRhfaTes of Florence every bright day,
garlsh picture against the turquoise blue
satin Of her smart borugham, in an orange
colored batiste, much trimmed with lace, and
black guipure mantilla.
Frederick Rucker, the famous German
painter OF animals, committed suicide by
drowning himself in the river Spree, near
Berlin, few days ago. He inherited o for
tune from his father, a wealthy Hamburg
merchant but spent II In aiding unfortunate
colleagues, paying for the education Of many
OF them and In purchasing the work of poor
artists A second fortune, received after the
death of his brother, went the same way
Ruckert was 62 years old. He had travelled
over the entire Orient.
Miss Margaret Irwin, one OF the assistant
labor commissioners OF England, reports
FE,.ff IT, IT,
tive Society of Glasgow the women were
lately taking work at less wages than men, in
Work usually carried by men. The men
struck because the demand that the woman
should be dismissed was not agreed upon.
The Tailor s Union made peace by arranging
that the women should be paid the same
wages as the men This is new way of deal
ing with competition.
The Washington Rost says that the
Father OF Congress" in length of cnottnuous
service, is the Hon. Justin S. Morrill, who
went TO the House In 1855. served there until
1867. when he was promoted to the Senate,
and has there remained ever since. He has
the distinction of being both the father of the
congress and the father of the Senate. Mr..
Morrill, is IN his S4th year, and If he shall
i've to serve out his present term he will have
Deen IN congress forty-two years, thirty OF
which will have been spent in the Senate.
Among Gounods papers memoirs have been
found in which the composer gives interest
nag OOLhllS III bu5 uTSL LESSONS OF SOlIeRRlO,
which he received from Duprez, the cele-
brated tenor. The memoirs also stated that
Gounod made the acquaintance IN Italy of
Mendelssohn, who predicted for him a career
even more brilliant than that of Cherubini.
The subscriptions received by the committee
OF the Gounod monument now amount to
$4,000 francs. The list will be closed on Dec.
81, and II is believed that with the proceeds
Of the performance at the opera a sum of
10000 francs or 10000 francs will be realized.
The committee desires the erection of a
ct fgNea fHrNuava 4.4
is hoped that the municipal council will au-
thortze this to be done.