Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-03-19
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAL.

The earl and countess of Devon re-
gently celebrated their diamond we'd
ding. The earl is a Courtenay, and
can trace his descent from the courts
Of Odessa and Latin emperors of Con-
stantinople of the time of the crusades.
He is a clergyman and prebendary of
Exeter, and succeeded to the title on
the death of nephew only four years
ago.
The Comte de Castallane, whose
engagement to Miss Anna Gould, of
one of the oldest families in France,
their patents dating back to the year
1000. Prior TO that heads of the family
were princes of Provence and vassals
of Charlemagne. The family success
sion includes many chevaliers of tho
Order de Saint Esprit.
Queen Victoria in person conferred
the medal for conspicuous gallantry re-
Gently on a stoker and gunner's mate
of the Alecto, engaged in the attack
on Chief Mana on the Benin river in
Africa. Joseph Perkins, the stoker,
after having his foot shot away,
ran the engine of the ships launch,
which had been drawn into an
ambuscade by the enemy, till it got
back to the ship in safety.
DIR. Goodwin, the eminent anti
quarry and expert in heraldry and
genealogy, who died recently in Edin-
burg, passed a life of extraordinary
adventure. He had accompanied ex-
ploring expeditions into the Arctic
regions, the Australian wilds, the
South Pacific islands and Siberia. He
returned to Edinburg ten years ago
and has since lived a very quiet life
among a small circle of friends.
81 once saw in an open casket in
an uAlertaker's window" said New
York stroller, "a square card of the
conventional style, announcing the
summer-night's festival of a social club;
it stood in the casket leaning against
the side. 1t seemed curious sort of
thing to display in casket, but sup
pose the undertaken must have been a
member of the club, or he was friend
of one, for whom he had displayed the
card"
Mr.. John E. Searles, Havemeyer's
right bower in the sugar trust, is one
of the leading Methodists of Brooklyn,
and has been for years the superin-
tendent of Sunday school. He has a
remarka bly, kindly face and a manner
as gentle as woman's. His voice is
soft and he is very quiet in his manner.
He is tall and rather slenderly built.
II hoorA which
adds greatly to his benevolent appear
ance.
Senator Chandler is said to have
mellowed wonderfully of late, and his
sarcasm is no longer of the frosty. kill
ing kind. He says sharp things, but
they are disarmed by his genial laugh.
He is keen, but the blade glances
where it used to penetrate to the bone.
His wit, which bubbles forth hun
dred times a day, is sugared with the
utmost good humor, and it amuses and
entertains where once it ranked and
embittered.
The empress of Austria has been
leading a lonely life in Algiers. Dur
ing her stay there she breakfasted at
six thirty and dined at five, taking all
her meals alone. Six hours of the day
she spent in walking. Frequently she
would linger among the graves in the
Mohammedan cemetery, watching the
old women seated near them and the
Friday gifts of milk and bread placed
on the graves. Except the bishop OF
Algiers and the Archduke Louis Saliva.
tor, who came from Majorca to visit
her, she received no one.