The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-01-11
NOTED MEN AND WOMEN.
Anecdote and "Reminiscences.

Victoria's son-in-law, who goes with the
Ashantee expedition, has taken the pre-
caution to insure his life for $50OOOO
Colonel Lamont, the Secretary of
War. carries level head and has con-
tributed nothing to the war scare. Not
only has he said but little himself, but
he has held in check some of his over
excited lieutenants, and rebuked them
for their indiscretions.
Elk Empress Eugene has recently
deposited her will with a prominent
London attorney, in which, true to her
pledge. she has left legacy to each of
the 1884 male persons of France born
on the birthday of her son, Prince
Louis. 1i)
Some English newspapers have sug-
gested Sir Edwin Arnold for poet laure-
ate; the Saturday Review thus defends
his muse "He is past master of clap
trap, of the turgid, the bombastic and
the rhetorical; and we are at loss
edge Of languages which enables him to
translate indifferently from so many
tongues, or the superb assurance with
which he dubs his execrable verse po-
ems" Alas for the Light of Asia,'
The Duchess of Albany has recently
done something to justify the aristocra-
cy in the minds of the democracy. She
has invented school-room desk and
seat, for which the Sanitary Institute
has awarded her gold medal at it's ex-
position in London. 1t was designed
some time ago, and is now used in most
of the royal and imperial nurseries in
England and on the continent The in
veLtion has special reference to the ef-
feet of posture on the health of school
children, and is very suitable and prac-
ticable, all parts being adjustable to the
work of physical development of child.
The lady who was sometimes known
as Lady Caithness and sometimes as the
Duchesse de Pomar, died in Paris. Her
of London fifty years ago. when the city
had society of it's own. She was mar
ried more than forty years ago to Span
ish General calling himself Count de
Pomar, and she SO distinguished herself
in the eyes of Pope Plus TX, that not
only was her eldest son created Duke
by his Holiness. but she herself was ad-
vanced to the rank of Duchess. She
was convinced spiritualist and fancied
that she was reincarnation Of Mary
Stuart, Queen of Scotland.
The German botanist, Alfred Mol
Ter, though not sluggard. has gone
to the ant and considered her ways; and
writer in Good Words tells Of the wis.
dom which accrued therefrom. He dis
covered that tropical ants never eat the
pieces of leaves which they may some
times be seen carrying. Instead. they
knead them for a quarter of an hour.
forming them into doughty little pellets.
These form vegetable soil over which
a fungus grows, on the surface of which
appear little knobs OF mushrooms about
the size OF pin head. These mush-
rooms are the only food of the ants, who
work hard at fetching and kneading
leaves all their lives. p3 3al1oa
DIR. Chalmers, the eminent divine,
was fond of telling the following story
LADY Betty Cunningham, having had
some difference Of opinion with the par
ish minister, instead of putting her usual
contribution in the collecting plate,
merely gave stately bow. This having
occurred several Sundays in succession,
the elder in charge of the plate at last
lost patience, and blurted out, we cud
dae wi less o yer manners, and mair o.
yer siller, ma leddy.'"
Dining on one occasion at the house
of nobleman, he happened to repeat
the anecdote, whereupon the host, in
not over-well pleased tone, said:-
Are you aware. DR.. Chalmers, that
Lady Betty is relative of miner"
II was not aware. my lord" replied
the doctor; "but. with your permission,
shall mention the fact the next time
tell the story."-1he Standard.
-Murad Bey, formerly Ottoman COM
missioner of the Turkish debt, who re-
Gently fled from Constantinople to Parie,
sent to Gladstone. a few days ago, pam.
phlet which he had published in Paris,
entitled, "The Yildiz Palace and the
Sublime Porte" with view to enlight-
ening public opinion on Turkish affairs.
In the course of his reply acknowledging
the receipt of the pamphlet. Mr., Glad
stone disavowed any feeling of enmity
toward the Turks and Mussulmens gen.
orally. He said: 81 have felt it my duty
to make it known that the Mohamme-
dams. including the Turke, suffer from
the bad government of the Sultan. l
have heartily wished success to every
effort made toward ending the great evil.
Still, Turks and other Mohammedans
are not, so far as | know, plundered,
raped, murdered, starved and burned,
but this is The treatment that the Sultan
knowingly deals out to his Armenian
subjects daily. There are degrees in
suffering. degrees in basenes and villainy