The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-02-29
NOTED MEN AND WOMEN.
Anecdote and "Reminiscences.

uescFloeu as quiet man or gentle man
ners, with soft voice which drops in
half apologize way at the end of each
sentence. He was bred for the bar, but
forsook the law for literature.
"A large mass of manuscripts by
John and Charles Wesley has come to
light in the vaults of the Wesleyan
book rooms in London. Some are in
verse, and show that the brothers we're
sturdy Tories, and predicted the divine
wrath for America if she persisted in
her revolt against King George.
Hall Game has an ideal home inPeel
on the Isle of Man ia the midst of his
family-his aged parents, the pretty
young wife and two bonny sons-and his
life here is characterized by it's noble
simplicity and high thinking, in spite Of
the many temptations to worldliness
which naturally beset man who has
achieved his success and personal popu-
larity.
u
of the good Emperor Frederick of Ger
many in existence recalls an incident
that occurred in connection with the
opening of new ward in the great in
stitution for crippled children at Dus-
seldorf. One of the little sufferers had
been attracted by the insignia of the or
ders that glittered on the emperor's
breast. Noticing this, the kind-hearted
ruler took the little cripple tenderly up
in his arms that he might see and han
die the orders It is this little scene
that has been reproduced so happily by
the sculptor.
Not even Empress Eugenie nor yet
Queen Natalie of Servia, can boast of SO
romantic and stormy career as the
Empress of Abyssinia, who, it must not
be forgotten is entitled to rank among
the Christian sovereigns of the world.
Unlike the two ladies in question, she
can boast of royal blood in her veins, be-
ing, like her husband, descended in a
direct line from the Biblical Queen of
Sheba. She bears the name of Tattoo,
and by title is not only Empress" and
queen of queens" but she is "the sun
and light of Ethiopia"
Tracy Turnerelli, who died the
other day. was for many years charac-
ter in English public life. He was a
great hero worshiper," says "The st.
James Gazette" "and his admiration for
Lord Beaconsfeld was positively idola-
trous. After the signing of the Berlin
Treaty he conceived the ludicrous idea
OF raising money throughout the country
by penny subscriptions for presenting
Lord Beaconsfield with golden wreath.
The money was subscribed, the wreath
of gold was wrought and then Lord
Beaconsfeld. who had keen sense of
what was ridiculous. declined to accept
the offering.
"A sister of the late Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow is still living, although
at an advanced age, in Portland, the
cradle of her race. Mrs. Pierce's was
unique experience in Sunday school
teaching. She took class of tiny girls
on the occasion of their first appearance
at church. They never left her class
through years which elapsed, but grew
up under her influence, until, one by
one, they quilted the school to be mar
ried. The friendship existing between
these girls and their teacher was phe-
nomenally strong, as was that of the
members for each other. Now, as gray.
haired grandmothers, on returning to
Portland for visits, each one pays her
court to Mrs. Pierce. and they still keep
up their mutual affection and intimate
acquaintance.
Harvard lost her oldest living gra-
duate and Philadelphia one of her most :
revered citizens. by the death of Rev.
DIR. William III. Furness at the ripe age
OF SO. The Unitarian body loses, also.
in his demise, one of it's most distin-
guished members, who served for
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emeritus, as we'll as a writer of books
and treatises; and the world of letters
mourns the departure of German
translator of high merit and a mind
richly cultured. DR.. Furness was a
fearless anti-slavery advocate. In the
public prayer meeting held in Philadel-
phia on the day of John Browns execu-
ton dec. 2, 1852 he took part, and he
was one of the party who went to the
railroad station to receive the body
when it was brought from the gallows.
Carlyle had his filings against science,
but they were not very virulent; never
theless in regard to literature, he placed
himself in the position of the ill bird
that fouled it's own nest, as witness the
following amenities: Keats is "curried
dead dog" whatever that may mean;
Shelley is "a CHASTITY object" Coleridge,
"a puffy, misunderstanding old man,
talking in maudlin sleep an infinite
deal of nothing;" Lamb, "a puir cratur,
with thin streak of Cockney wit, moth
ing humorous but his dress;" Walter
Scott "a toothless retailer of old wives
fables;" Brougham. ian eternal grinder