The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-14
WELL KNOWN. PERSONS.
Anecdote and "Reminiscences.

VI MS own race are preJudlced against
him on account of the fact that he is the
| first colored man since the war to win the
universal respect of the white people in
| the South
The smallest diocese in the world is
said to be ST. Helena. The bishop, DR..
Welby, receives a salary of 5000. and
oversees three clergymen. STILL he has
the title of bishop, which is sweet as the
grapes of Eshcol to an aspiring Church of
England clergyman.
The Grandduchess Sophia of Sake
Weimar left fortune of 100, 900, 900 francs
besides her large estates in Silesia and
Holland, which bring in large revenues
every year. The opulent old lady left
nothing to charity, but her husband, sons,
grandsons and others of kin have reason
to rejoice in the testament which smells
sweet and blossoms in her dust, like the
mint and caraway, and like the anise and
cumin of her Batavian estates.
Miss Elizabeth Lowe, who died re-
Gently in London, had been the editor of
the London Queen for thirty-three years
Her brother trained his sister in journal
1st1c work at period when the woman
journalist had scarce appeared on the
scene. When Miss Lowe took the editor
skip of the Queen, the paper contained
sixteen pages; now it numbers from 100
to nearly $50 and is the most important of
English papers devoted to feminine in
terests.
The aged mother of Joaquin Miller, the
poet of the Sierras, who has lived with
him on the heights back of Oakland Cal,
for many years, is slowly recovering from
stroke of paralysis, and it is not thought
she will survive. Mrs. Miller, though SO
years old, is strong and active. She lives
in pretty little cabin only a few rods
from singular cabin in which Joaquin
dwells. She is an object of tender regard
by her son, who never permits tourists or
curiosity seekers to annoy her
-Chauncy M. Depew, on his return from
his recent visit to Europe, said of the
President of France: president Faure is
splendid specimen of the man of affairs
brought out by democratic institutions.
In business he is successful tanner, but
officially he has the dignity and presence
of his great Office. He is tall noble
looking man, of distinguished manners,
and whether his guest is the Car of all
the Russia, OF Ferdinand of Bulgaria, no
royalty born to the purple through twenty
generations could be more completely the
personal embodiment of the majesty of the
state.
William Lloyd Garrison, son of the
famous Abolitionist, said of his father in
recent lecture in Boston: s'At home
Mr.. Garrison was cheerful. His sense of
the ludicious was very marked. He was
passionately fond of music and had a
habit of singing through the house.
Babies were delight to him, and would
be good with him when the mother
could not soothe them. He was very
fond of puns. When the servant failed
he helped in the kitchen; when there
was sickness he was a wonderful nurse
At the table he made the conversation
general, and drew out the most timid
Mrs. E. B. Titus, of New York, has a
novel position. 1t is her duty to find
recreant parents who place their super
fluous progeny in the POSTGRADUATE hos
pital and then fail to call for the little
ones. So far she has made big success
and has become terror in the tenement
house districts. Instead of leaving their
offspring on the doorsteps to be sent to
Randall's island, these parents have
lately placed their babies in one of the
city hospitals. The Post Graduate was
burdened with such a large collection of
infants that Mrs. Titus was employed to
run down the parents and compel them to
take back their offspring
When the queen of Madagascar was
first exiled to the island of Reunion, she
was inconsolable and spent her time in
"weeping and wailing and gnashing of
teeth" After bit her ex majesty looked
about for more profitable pastime and
finally hit upon the notion that she might
try to learn the art of knitting stockings.
Her first endeavors were crowned with
success; but in the end she produced
pair of socks which were duly forwarded
to the governor of the island History
does not tell us whether the governor in
fiicted the socks on his own feet or pre-
sented them to local museum Anyway,
the queen knits socks and stockings of all
kinds, sizes and shapes, but not for her
self the reason being that she is not
sufficiently expert to manufacture ''royal''
hose.
In the selection of Captain Patrick
Henry Ray to command the new military
post at Circle City, on the Alaska border,
adjacent to the Klondike region, the war
department has shown sound discretion.
Captain Ray not only won good record
as a volunteer soldier in Wisconsin regi-
ment during the war of the rebellion, but
has had an extended experience in the
Northwest and in the arctic regions, hav-
ing had command of the expedition which
established a station at Point Barrow in
1881, and during the next two years made
extensive explorations of the interior.
He therefore brings to the position an
experience and acquaintance with the
country that will be most valuable in the
discharge of the duties assigned to him.
Queen Victoria was once informed by
the manager of her farm that a Mr.. Eli
oft, Scottish farmer, was a breeder of
superior collie dogs, and she thereupon ex-
pressed wish to possess one of them.