The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-06
WELL KNOWN PERSONS.


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Cyrus Cobb's marble bust of DR.. S. F.
Smith, author of america which was
ordered by the State of Massachusetts, is
finished, and will be placed in the new
memorial hall when it is completed.
Joseph Jefferson closed his winter term
several weeks ago and is now on his plan
tation in Louisiana. He remained in New
Orleans for few days while on the way
to his country home and seemed as brisk
and active as ever.
Helen Keller who is obliged to do her
writing laboriously with pencil on
board specially prepared for her use, re-
ceived a most welcome Christmas gift in
the shape of a typewriter 1t will be of
great service to the remarkable blind girl.
The late Shah of Persia was thrifty
kind of man. He had saved up snug
fortune of 5000, 000, 900, two-fifths of which
was in solid cash. 1t is reported that his
successor will devote $50 900 900 to advance
ing the civilization of PERSIA bright
idea.
"A Boston biographer of the younger
Salvini says: mo dark corners lurked in
his character, which can be summed up in
single word-lovable lie was the most
delightful and sympathetic of companions,
the best of hosts, kind, courteous and con-
siderate.''
Coils p. Huntington some time ago
built palatial residence on Fifth avenue,
New York, at a cost of So, 500, 900. But his
family has never moved into it on account
OF superstition of Mr.. Huntington that
its occupancy would be speedily followed
by his death.
Joel I. Headley, the historian, who
died JAN 16, at Newburg, N Y, was born
in 1913, at Walton, in that state, and grad
uated from Union College in 1889. For
some years he labored in the ministry but
eventually gave himself to literary effort.
His best known books are ''Napoleon and
His Marshals," washington and His
Generals, - "History of the War of 1872, -
''Sacred Mountains, y 1.-THE Great Rebel
lion," ''Grant and Sherman, )" Life of
Farragut" and ''History of the Great
Riots.'
Sir John Millais was graceful speak
er, but his speeches cost him a great deal
of time and labor At dinner given at
the Arts Club, on Leighton s appoint
ment as President of the Royal Academy,
Millais was in the chair He made an
admirable speech, frank, sympathetic,
eloquent, and apparently unstudied. His
friends congratulated him, saying they
had no idea he had the gift of oratory, or
could speak so well and so spontaneously.
Spontaneously he said "Why, that
wretched speech has kept me awake for
the last five weeks!"
Although care is proverbially said to
have killed cat, it does not seem to
shorten the lives of British statesmen. TIL g
New York Sun notes that Mr.. Gladstone,
by completing his S7th year, has broken
the record of modern times which had
been held by Addington, Lord Sidmouth.
who died at Sc. Earl Russell died at Sc,
the Duke of Wellington at SO, Lord Pal
merston and Earl Grey at 81. OF the other
prime ministers of Queen Victoria who
are dead, the Earl of Beaconsfield's age
was n, the Earl of Aberdeen's rs. the
Earl of the Derby's so, Viscount Mel
bourne's So, and Sir Robert Peel's SO.
According to the India papers the The
osophic company, led by Mrs. Tingley, did
not receive the most cordial welcome from
their fellow heosophists in that Empire.
1t is said that Mrs. Besant happened to be
in Benares at the time of Mrs Tingley's
arrival in Bombay, and wrote letter de-
nouncing her as one who claimed to be the
reincarnation of Madame Blavatsky. To
this Mrs. Tingley replied, with some acri-
mony, that such claim was utterly ride
ulous, especially in view of her FREQUENT
expression of belief that the soul of Bla-
vatsky had not been reincarnated any
where, either in the West or in the East.
1.-Two inseparable comrades" saws
The Philadelphia Record, ''both members
of the Loyal Legion, are General II. 6.
Huidekoper and State Senator Francis A.
Osbourn. Both are veterans of the Civil
War, in which unpleasantness each lost
an arm. But while General Huidekoper
is minus his right arm, Senator Osbourn
mourns the loss of his left For years it
has been the practice of the two veterans
to make one pair of gloves do for both.
Whenever the General purchased a new
pair he invariably sent the right glove to
the Senator, and when the Senator iu-
vested the General would get the left
glove. Up to last Monday the Senator
hadn't received a glove from the General
for about year, and had concluded that
his old friend was parsimonious, when
package was handed to him in his seat at
Harrisburg. On opening the bundle the
Senator was overjoyedsto find right-hand
glove.