The herald., 1895-01-26

1t is said that the income of Justin Mccarthy
from literary work has shrunk from $l5, 900
$4,000 sincs he began to devote himself so
closely to politics.
w. a. Clarke, the Montana mine owner, is
building million-dollar palace in New York.
His fortune is estimated at from $20000,000
to $40 o 10000. Thirty years ago Mr.. Clarke
arrived in Montana with pack on his Shout
der
A large statue OF Ii Hung Chang, the famous
Chinese statesman, ordered and paid for in the
times befor the war made Ii Hung so very UNI
happy, is about finished, the German sculptor
having put on the final touches and prepared
il for shipping off
General Franz Sigel celebrated his SEVENTEEN
birthday few days ago at his home in Mott
Haven. He received large number of letters
and kilograms, among Others a letter from his
old companion in the German revolution of
lS48 and in the civil war here, Carl Schurz.
|, Richard Croker, the ex-Tammany boss, is q
perfect counterfeit of his former chief John
Kelly. Lik > Keys, his face has bulldog ex-
preston, he is grim and tacturn and loyal to
his friends. Croker, however. is more OF dip
lomat than Kelly was-a quality for the Guilt
vation OF which his wife, woman OF refine
ment and education, is responsible
There are at vassar two beautiful vases sent
from Japan by former graduate. who is now
full land forces in the capture of Port Arthur.
The countess, although a Japanese, was so
thoroughly Americanized by her four years
in this country that she spreads an American
table and wears Paris gown.
Senator Turpic has fe friends in the senate.
He spends most of his time sitting in his seat
watching the performance with the eager and
alert eyes of the boy in the gallery Of sensa-
tional theater. Most of the time he is chewing
something Added to the chewing is constant
involuntary and perhaps unconscious shaki ng
of the head, the effect of some nervous strain
in the years that have gone.
''Ham" Fish. just elected speaker OF the New
York assembly, traces his ancestry back to
heroes of the revol ution, and he is ole of the
elect among New York states exclusives. He
is the first society man to WELD the gavel IN
New York's assembly. Fish has pocket bor-
ough in Putnam county and successfully re-
sisted Thomas C. Platts efforts to defeat him
when he was aligned among the ex-senator's
foes.
Mrs, Burton Harrison, whose books have
made her famous. was N high spirited young
girl named Constance Carey when the war was
raging. She was a confederate and to send
flag to General Lee cut up her best pink silk
gown and her light blue silk jacket and en-
broidered and sewed a confederate flag, which
today is cherished as very precious souvenir
of feminine devotion by Colonel Robert Alex
ander Chisholm.
Nine Dreyfus, with the faith that women in
variably display under similar circumstances,
refuses for a moment to believe in her hus-
bands guilt and has expressed her intention
to follow him to his place of exile The French
law, while conceding this privilege appears to
sanctiona most arbitrary exercise of tyranny
as regards other members OF the family. Two
brothers OF Captain Dreyfus residing at Null
house, have been ordered to withdraw their
sons from the public school at Belfort, where
they were being educated.