Oxford eagle., 1894-01-11
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Ivan Riaboshapka, probably the
most famous OF the leaders Of RUSSIAN
Stuudism. who for some months pss'
has been living in jail in Elizabethgr7d,
has just been banished by admtnistra-
tive order aud forwarded TO Gerusi'
place in the wilds Of ono of the prov
inces ~ TranscaucasiA He Is over
sixty years Of age.
Capt Isaac Bassett has just com
pleted his sixtv-second year Of eoutinu.
ous service in the employ Of the United
states senate. He began A. a page.
appointed on the recommendation OF
Daniel Webster, and to-day his face !,
as rosy. his white hair i a. iuxuriani
and his step Is as elastic as il has beer
at any time during the last twenty
years
At a meeting in Boston the other
dav under the auspices of the Nassa'
chusetts Indian association Miss p
Pauline johnson. Of Canada, read sev
eral original poems. She Is the daugh-
ter OF Mohawk Indian chief Miss
johnson appeared in the costume OF
hertrihe. which included necklace o.
cinnamon hear claws and bracelet o.
panther claws
There sill remain in California
more than twenty-five descendants of
John Brown 10 help colonize and civil
izc other new lands. Miss Sarah Brown
one daughter. is an artist and art teach
er. with classes At san Jose and sara
toga, while her orchard az the latter
place is fruitful in French pruneS,
oli~es. peaches. etc. She much rcsem-
bles both her father and mother.
William n. Howells il a hard
worker and Is obliged To use type
writer since he injured his wrist sc
badly that he can not use a pen. His
study or workshop Is a model Of tidi-
ness aud ~ neat as his sentences. Mr..
Howslls is warm friend Of Henry
George and has similar political views,
"a some OF his novels have shown.
They agree admira bly, socially and 50
cialisticaily.
Mayor Bcnris Of omaha nephew oi
George Francis Train. says the ''Citi
zcn's' income is supplied by the LAT.
tors daughter. to whom Nr. Train
turned over about two hundred thou
sand dollars while he was making
money lie sets the pace himself. his
present allowance being twelve doilars
a week, and he saws that II he were tc
draw thirteen dollars he wouldn't
know what 20 do with the odd dollar.
Admiral Avelau and his associate
Russian officers found their recent
visit to France well worth their while.
II has been estimated that the pres
cutS they received were worth 1000. 00C
francs. They were o. all kinds. amcuc
them tallow candles, Weighing all told
300 pounds. Thousands Of bottles ri
champagne. fine wines. liquors cognac,
SOAP. pcrfumery, linen and bric-a-hrac.
The chapel Of the admiral, vessel is tc
he adorned with painting by j. Mail
lart. pre<e ntcd by the clergy OF France.
The following regarding Rufus
Choaie. the ceiehrat t-d New York law.
yer. is claimed to he true Having ar
rived at the old sighted age. he did not
recognized IL. or lid not wish 20 com
msnee the usc ~ glasses In rleading
a caS. he had difficulty IN seeing his
notes. and. in order properly to de-
cipher his manuscript. kept holding
his Hap.r farther aud farther off. On
one os-A>icu this ~ annoyed the Judge
That he az las; burst out with. Mr..
Chrate. { wogid ad-is. you 70 yet one
~ tvsss FHfryg-x a.fth~ra rr,fr ~ .or,-,- ~
a pz.sr Of spec-acies.