The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-15

and half hidden among trees. In summer
the spacious garden which surrounds IL
Is always radiant with flowers. Besides
her English home Jean Ingelow has a
cottage In the south Of France within
spends her winters. Mr.. and Mrs. Hump.
hrey Wards London house is in Russell
square, a locality of abiding historic in
a cottage in Surrey. within easy distance
of Tennyson's Haslemere, where they now
pass the summer months.
1.-THE Swinburne of the canteen' is what
Conan Doyle calls Rudyard Kipling. 1t
would be interesting to know what Swim
burne thinks of the profane association
Of his name.
Sir Andrew Agnew. the last Of the here
ditary sheriffs of Galloway. had a strong
prejudice against the French, and though
often thrown into the society Of French
their language. once, while journeying to
Edinburgh, Sir Andrew halted over Sum
day at his daughters house and attended
the parish church
The minister. having given out his text
from the Old Testament, disputed the cor
rectness of the authorized translation. In
enforcing his opinion he quoted the text
In the Hebrew original. and the words
sounded to Sir Andrews ear rs the
French salutation: Comment youS por-
teZ-vous?" 3.
The sheriff writhed in his seat, aid 1t
was with the greatest difficulty that DIS
daughter kept him from speaking cut his
feelings. But as soon AS the beneil ciion
had been pronounced Sir Andrews dIatn
exploded. TO the amusement OF the con-
gregation he roared out:
The sCoundrel, Yet might ha' forgien
him had he not used the only French
words ever knew"'-Youth's Comp inioa.
The ,marctage rate IN England ana
ha loo rfa n
reported to have been lower than In any
previous Ike period
Among the landed properties brought to
the hammer within the past rev DAYS
was Elrnswood, in Hertfordshire. In
small house, now demolished. on this es-
tate. lived for many years, James Lucas
THE Hertfordshire Hermit" whom Chas:
Dickens made the subject OF one OF MS
Christmas stories. Tom Ilddler
Ground" +,
He was a well educated man who in
herited the estate Of his father, pros
porous West India merchant. ms s.D &c
centricities are summarized In the Die
tionary OF National biography, Which
says: HE refused TO administer ms
parents wills, deferred for three months
when the sculpture was enforced) the
interment OF his mother and barrlcaded
his house OF Elmswood, in the kitchen or
which he took up his abode. lie eAclud-
ed furniture, abjured washing slept on d
a loose blanket. His skin grew grained
with dirt, and his dark hair long and
matted.
His dietary. besides bread and penny
and gin, and he protected his food from
rats by hanging II in a basket from the
roof. Lucas enjoyed the society Oh
tramps. always putting 70 them y series
answers with coppers and a glass OF
gin. lie thus attracted all the VaSa-
bonds in the kingdom, and had to protect
himself by retaining two armed watch-
formidable iron grille at which he recelV-
ed visitors. These included Lord Lytton,
Charles Dickens. This eccentric person
died OF apopleXy In 1874, and was buried
in Hackney churchyard.
While the hot summer breezes are driv--
ing stay-at-homes 10 city parks and
horse car suburbs, club, whlcn mas lor
its motive a great deal OF out-of-door
work, is thriving in the city OF Boston:
The members are said TO forget the neat
and go about their club work with
reckless abandon as 10 whether tney are are,
in town or out OF tin the green parks
OF the city or on it's dustiest highways.
The new Boston organization Is cup
for men and women. II has been chris
the purpose Of studying the historic city
from one end to the other, ana as the
PRESIDENT, Mrs. l.. A. Phillips. says,
For the purpose of knowing our city
and being able to tell why We are proud
OF being Bostonians."
Fancy lO3 earnest men and women oc-
cupying high places in the first rank Oh
society, both educational and artistic,
meeting together week after week, read
ing papers making speeches. and reiat-
ing experiences. And fancy these same
people. divided into small bands ana
visiting different quarters OF Boston 10
d oil Oh h. oft "a
asking questions, borrowing relics. and,
in short, finding out all there Is TO know
about the public parks, city statutes.
great buildings and historic spots. ram
cy this. and you have Bostoniana as II
stands now.