The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-12-07
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

-D1n1el WEBSTER USED 10 DC Iona Oh
draughts. The widow of cS-Spcalltr
Linn Boyd, Of Kentucky, says that
| when in Washington he often visited
her husband, and that they would
play the drcary game OF cinckers
steadily hour after hour, sometimes till
after midnight"
Richard Brinslcy Sheridan WAS
once talking to friend about the
prince regent, who took great credit to
himself for vnrious public occurrences,
as il they had been directed by his po-
litical skill or forcscen by hi, political
so9acity: But" said Sheridan, after
cxpatiatin9 on this, what his royal
highncss moro particularly prides him
self on, is the late excellent harvest
Rev. Charles II. Sturgeon wns
asked not long before his death by
an American preacher, Rev. DR.. viii
liam Wright. if it was true that he
once said: RESIST the devil and he
will flee from you; resist y deacon and
he will fly at you" The great preacher
answered that the sentence was older
than his grandfather and so could not
have originated with him. and that he
never had any experience which would
have justified him in repeating it
-Rossini was blessed with u not very
retentive mcmory-espcciallv for names
of persons introduced to him. One day
he met Bishop, the English composer.
RoSaini knew the face we'll enough,
and at once greeted him. "Ah. my
dear Mr. -" but he could progress
no further. To convince him that he
had not forgotten MIN. Rossini com
menced whistling bishops glec, "Whcn
the Wind Blows" compliment which
"the English Mozart" recognized, and
would as readily have heard as his less
musical surname.
Miss Caroline Preston Da"is could
not, according to the laws Of the uni
versitv OF Virginia, attend its lectures,
but she did PASS succesSfully its cSami-
nations in mathematics. receiving from
the faculty certificate Of excellence,
and the members of the graduating
class voted to her the privilege OF an
honorary diploma. Miss Irene y. Colt.
the brilliant young woman Of Norwich,
Conn, who successfully passed the
classical examinations at Yale last
summer, but was forbidden the priv
ilcgc OF entering the university because
of her sex, has accepted place as
teacher in the girls seminary at Cen
eva, n. Y.-IIarpor's Razar.
Adm Human, the communicable
chief OF the French forces in Siam,
whose name has appeared so otter i'll
print since the beginning OF the trouble
between France and the Oriental coun-
try, is tic grandson Of Iean-George
Human. Il rich merchant OF Strashurg.
lie was minister Of finance under the
so-callcd July monarchy. The admiral
was born in 1888 and WAS graduated at
the naval school in 1857. lie became a
ca plain in 1850 Nine years later be
was made vice admiral and commander
in-chief of the division Of the cxtreme
orient. He went cra tho French expo
lition to Syria, Corea and Cochin-China,
and played prominent part during the
siege of Paris, He hiss been sent by
the government on scrcral important
diplomatic missions The admiral
married Mile dc Bouthlllicr- havigny,
and is the father of SIX children. lie
is man of medium height, exceeding
ly strong, erect AMI forceful-!ool<ing.
His features arc l,rge, his beard is
heavy and gray. On the whole he is
an ideal-loolling French soldier.