The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-27
personal.



A correspondent OF the ST. Lolis
GlCbe-Democrat says that George ". Nc
Million, Of FriaT' s Hin, ". Va, can, Of
nand. recite the names. birthdays. hour Of
OF the lives Of all the Presidents in regu-
lar order.
The Princess Of Wales vas foolish
enough recently to give a woman who
nad reached the century mark a gratuity.
since then she has been overwhelmed
with applications for money from all the
poor old women in the kingdom. who have
attained the age Of 100. and their name is
legion.
Neither Bessemer nor Siemens was
trained as metallurgist, and yet they
nave peen acclaimed as the most epOrh-
makln8 inventors in the history Of she
lfcn trade Sir William Armstrong was not
trained as an engineer. but as a solicitor,
ana yet ne has reVOlutiOniZed the art Of
gunnery and the manufacture Of ny
Gen. Maceo. the foremost leader Of the
cuban insurgents, was prominent in the
struggle for freedom made by Cuba %
years ago. He IS tail man, modest
ana reserved in bearing He is neat aud
quiet in MS attire. HIS popularity with the
cuban patriots Is great. He possesses the
VIII power and foresight of a born leader
Of men, and mis- influence is the greater
from MS perfect self-cOntrol and conserv-
atism.
The late Robert Louis Stevenson once
wrote to his publisner REGARDING the birth
o. the central idea in DIR. JekyI and Mr..
hyde as follows; 1T may interest you to
know that the main incident occurred in
a observation-disclosures tion has its uses.
woke up, and before / went TO sleep again
the story was complete. 1t is too bad,
says the New York World. that Stevenson
did not make public what he had eaten
that night for supper.
The Duo de Orleans has an extraordi-
narily interesting collection OF sporting
trophies, costumes, arms. fabrics and Gu
riosihes gathered during his various wan
derings about the earth. Perhaps the
most striking part of the collection is The
large number OF heads and horns that
represent the Dukes hunting prOwess in
Central and SCUM Africa Altogether
there are nearly 1900 birds. beasts and
reptiles included IN the collection.
Mr.. Louis r. Nethersole thinks the
American Sunday newspapers a mon
stroSlty. II was in New Y Ork that he first
made its acquaintance, and he declares
ne has not yet recovered from the shock.
He sent bellboy 10 get him four of the
leading papers and the boy came in fairly
staggering under their weight. He was act
ually helpless from surprise, but when
he did recover he selected one paper from
the mass and pitched the others into the
street.
The Goulds are certainly family with
some sense of the possibilities and respon-
sibiliues of riches says the New York
Press. George found it made a great bus.-
ness, a respected and honorable position.
a beautiful wife and a big family some
of the things which make life worth liv.
ing. Edwin has followed his example.
Howard maintains that gayety and-revelry
come before soi.dity, but he enjoys life TO
the full. Helen has accomplished in chart
table work what DR.. Parkhurst has In
politics. She has completely reorganizec
two or three tenement houses, cured Grip
pied children by placing them in hospi-
tails and making delicate and difficult
operations possible, and given hundreds
of poor children nearer glimpses of heaven
than all the missionaries who go to the
Cannibal Islands will give the savages
from now to dOOms-daY.