The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-07
NOTED MEN AND WOMEN.
Anecdote and "Reminiscences.

rated with the Third Order of the Sa-
cred Treasure, distinction seldom con-
ferred on foreigners.
The Outlook remarks: ut was said
OF a certain great theologian that he
made it possible for a half dozen small
regulations to be made by allowing a
few unimportant errors to be discovered
in his works. 1t appears to be one of
DIR. Parkhurst's functions to furnish the
opportunity of bringing to the knowl-
edge of the public absolutely unknown
men in the New York Presbytery."
The death Of Prince Henry Of Bat.
tenburg, husband of Princess Beatrice,
youngest daughter Of the queen, has
caused her majesty to revise her will.
1t is reported that she will leave Osborne
House to Princess Beatrice and will also
bequeath to her the lease of Abergeldie
House. The Duke of Connaught, it is
said, will get Balmoral, the queens resi-
dence in the highlands.
The life of Mrs. Julia G. r. Dorr is
very busy one, and it is a tenet of hers
that the only way to keep young is to
keep on learning and doing. She has in
her home lovely little conservatory of
plants, which she calls her playhouse,
and of which she takes entire care. She
says Of it that it is "full of bloom and
beauty when winter winds do blow"
Her face is charming Que, bright, pref
ty. and womanly, and one that immedi-
ately attracts admirers.-Harpers b.
gar.
Sir William Fraser. states, in vol
ume Of "reminiscences which has just
been published, that Napoleon III, while
in exile at Chiselhurst, matured plan to
restore himself to the throne. A private
yacht. of which the late Mr.. James AS
bury was owner, had been actually
chartered for the purpose of landing the
former emperor on the French coast,
whence he was to repair in disguise to
Chalons, where an army corps was en-
gagged in maneuvers, there throw off his
incognito and lead the troops into Paris
One of the most prominent men in
the Methodist Episcopal Church was the
Rev. DR.. Sanford Hunt. of the Methodist
Book Concern, who died suddenly in
Cincinnati, Monday, Feb. 10. He was
the senior agent of the Methodist Book
Concern. and had long occupied dis
tinguished position in the church. He
was an author as we'll as preacher. but
his most distinguished service was as
manager of the great business interests
connected with the publication depart
ments Of the church Of which he was
member.
Rev. Sabine Barring Gould, the au-
thor of the popular hymn, "Onward,
Christian Soldiers" is at once country
parson, a country squire, lord of the
manor. sermon writer, student of
comparative religion, popular novelist.
and poet. He has written fifty books,
is deeply versed in medieval myths and
legends, and at the same time is in sym.
pathy with modern life and progress
He is sixty years old. and lives in the
beautiful old Elizabethan manor house
at Lew Frenchard, where the Gould
family have lived ever since the days of
James l.
The London Post tells a pleasant
story illustrative of Pope Leo's kindness.
1t seems that not long ago an English
lady. Protestant, with her little son,
eleven years old, and her daughter. OBJ
tanned an audience of the Pope through
the good offices of Cardinal Rampolla,
the papal secretary of state. The latter
invited the boy to kiss the Pope's slip
per. 1--WE don't kiss peoples feet in Eng.
land" said the little fellow, "but he's a
nice old gentleman, and I'll kiss his hand
il he likes" The Pope was delighted
with the little fellows answer, and paid
him several compliments in Italian.
The late Lord Tennyson once con.
suited an eminent Scotch surgeon and
professor" about some affection of the
lungs. and some years afterward went to
him again on the same errand. On being
announced, the poet was nettled to OBJ
serve that the surgeon not only did not
remember his face, but did not even rec
ognize his name. He mentioned his form
or visit. Still the surgeon failed to re-
call him. Then the surgeon put his ear
to the patients chest. "Ah," he said, II
remember you now. / know you by
your lung He knew nothing about the
author of ain Memoriam." but he knew
his business. and remembered perfectly
the peculiar sound of that ailing lung.
1t is we'll over a cen fury since the
death of Flora Macdonald. who made
herself famous by the aid che gave in
TAG to "the Pretender." Charles Stuart,
in his escape from the Kings troops. but
never before this has her memory been
honored by a monument of any kind.
Now. at last, stained glass window is
to be put up as memorial Of her cour-
age and devotion in church in the Isle
of Skye. This is the place of safety, it
will be recalled, to which she conducted
Bonnie Prince Charlie disguised as her
woman servant-a piece of loyalty to the