Griggs courier., 1895-05-10
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
The modern ten and ,6fteen-cent
monthlies are said to be creating their
own fields and hotsto be interfering N
yet. in spite of their enormous sales,
with the prosperity Of the older and
more costly ones. So ~
authority on cuneiform Inscriptions,
was not a graduate of any college or
university. His scholastic education
was derived from q small institution at
Ealing, a small town in England.
Mrs. NJ. A. jackson, the widow of
Stonewall jackson. who now lives at
Charlotte, N. c., has recently under
taken ~he editorship of prominent
monthly magazine published at Rich
mond, Va, and will make the interests
of the cotton states and international
exhibition q special feature of the pub
lication.
-Tennyson would not talk about his
poetry, but once intimated that he re.
garded the "Ode on the: Death of the
Duke of Wellington" as containing
more inspiration than some of the 9th.
ers. He once said that he did not ex-
pect much of the Charge Of the Light
Brigade" and was agreeably surprised
at its reception.
Don Marcantonio Cnlonila, head of
the family, who is hereditary prince
assistant to the papal sea, performed
his duties for the first time at the re-
cent celebration of the anniversary of
Pope Leo's coronation. Until his
fathers death last wear. Prince Colon
ma held an Office at the court of King
Humbert; he was obliged to give up
all relations with the Italian court on
assuming his hereditary charge.
Prince Bismarck. although an old
man and man of the world, has not
quite lost his naivete. There is some
thing refreshing about his statement:
During my diplomatic career tried
to stick to the truth. Now and then l
was obliged to deviate a trifle from it,
and that was very painful to the old
man Emperor William l. He always
blushed, and could not face him, but
would look quickly away" This state.
ment throws clear light on both men.
The successor to the throne of
Siam, Prince Chowfa Maha Vajiravudh,
who was formally invested as heir-ap-
parent at the Siamese legation in Lon
don on March 8, is only sixteen years
of age. He is bright, attractive
youth, who is becoming an accom-
plished linguist, and who will return
to his native land a thorough European
in manners and address. He is quite
popular with his English schoolmates.
Mrs. Isabel c. Barrows, of Boston,
is said to be one of the best woman re-
porters in the world. if not the best.
This distinction is due not only to her
quick wit and ready pen, but to the
fact that she is conversant both as q
seven languages. At the time of the
Columbian exposition Mrs. Barrows
was in Greece, but was sent for. by one
of the Boston papers to report the do
ings of the parliament of religions, her
linguistic knowledge proving of espe-
cial service in that capacity.
There turned up at Hamilton in
the Bermudas the other day company
of several hundred British tourists, in
Guiding Sir Arthur Sullivan and many
musical and literary folks of some dis
tinction. They were a sorry and be-
draggled crowd, and their appearance
was partly explained by the fact that
they had left a six weeks washing
ashore at one of the far-down islands
and had come away without, SO that
everybody as at low ebb of linen. They
were eheered with the hope that the
British cruiser Blake, whose captain
had promised to fetch up the missing
garments, would soon arrive in the
harbor. This hope was disappointed,
for the excursionists left, on schedule
time, few hours before the arrival of
the Blake with their linen. Those
that saw them at Hamilton are won
dering how they looked on reaching