The Penn's Grove record., 1893-10-20
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

WITH Hamilton Fish dead. only
three members of the Grant Cabinet
survive. They are George NJ Robe.
son Of New Jersey, who was Score.
tarY OF the Navy; Benjamin Fl. Brls,
tow of New York, Secretary of the
Treasury, and ]. N. Tyner of Indi-
ana, who filled out Marshall JEWELS
uneapired term as Postmaster Gen
eral.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON is sad
to be the most laborious writer. He
rewrites his manuscript to such an
extent that at the end of the day
scarcely n Of the original sentences
remains unchanged. Occasionally
he spends three weeks on a single
chapter, and then throws it away.
Some of his recent work seems to
have escaped his vigilance in this d.
rection.
ALERT 5. WILLIS, our new min
lister to Hawaii, has had no expert.
enGe in diplomacy, but is said to pos
sess the wisdom and discretion nee.
cessary for his duties at Hon lula
He is a Kentuckian BY birth, breed.
ing and education, and was born in
Shelby County in 1843. He was in
Congress four terms aud could have
been there now if he had not declined
a denomination. He is a lawyer by
profession.
Miss EUaENIA DE FORREST, an &C,
tress OF San Jose, Ca, has received
the sanction of the author tics OF
that city to wear trousers, and pro-
poses to- obtain a legal right to appear
in the same garb all over the coun-
try. Being an unmarried lady, Mis-
de Forrest is, Of course, doubtful OF
her rights. Thousands of married
ladies are wearing the trousers,
whether the constituted authorities
like it or not.
THE Marchioness of Waterford is o
woman of action. 1t is related that
looking through the window OF hci
house on Charles street, London, the
other day, she saw a cabman iIl-using
his horse. Raising the window, she
commanded the man to desist, and
upon his refusal she gathered up her
skirts, opened the front door, and,
letting go her aristocratic left, she
BACKED the fellows eye and then had
a pc fceman take him into custody on
the charge of cruelty to animals
The cablnan hasn't recovered from
his establishment yet.
One DR.. Mcgowan is said to have
discovered that the Manchoorian
monkeys of China store up wine in
earthen vessels, the wine being Of
two kinds, pink and g cen. Posi-
bly, the doctor may be right, yet there
Is room for the belief that he has got
things mixed. Gentlemen who are
addicted to oyerindulgence in wine
not infrequently have visions of pink
and green monkeys, not to mention
cardinal-red elephants and Prussian-
blue boa constructors, and the doctor
probably confused his facts In max
ing up his statement He very likely
means that he has seen pink and
green monkeys.
NEARLY every printer in the coun.
try has heard Dictionary" Brown,
who died in Washington recently.
He was a p%roofreader in the Govern.
ment printing office and his knowl.
edge Of Engl sh photography was lit,
tie short OF marvellous 1t was use.
less TO argue with him. Compositors
would challenge his marking OF
proofs, and bring the dictionary to
him to sustain their position. Mr.
Brown would take the dictionary and
remark; well, we'll; that is a re-
markable error to creep into a die.
t~ionary. We will correct it," and
taking a pen he would note the proper
spelling on the margin Of the book,
and then he handed the disputed
proof back to the compositor to Cor
rect He was always right, too,