St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-02-25
Prominent Personals.

Mrs. Marion Crawford, the wife Of the
ilustrious novelist, is described as being
very beautiful with a wealth OF golden
hair and large dark eyes. She is lover
OF music and talented pianist, and she
is also an accomplished linguist, speaking
four languages with fluency. Mrs. Craw-
lord is the daughter OF General Berdan
OF the famous sharpshooters. She was
born at Klmbal, West Lebanon, New
Hampshire, where she spent the early
years OF her lite; and now, after many
wanderngs abroad and residence in
| Italy, she has turned back to her own
country, where Mr. Crawford has built
home near her birthplace for per
manent residence.
The fact that DR.. Creighton, the Lord
| Bishop of London, rolled and smoked
nineteen cigarettes the other day while
talking with newspaper man, recalls
the story of the big, burly Bishop and
the little curate in the compartment OF
railway car. "You will not mind my
smoking, will you? said his lordsh.p p.
Not if your lordship doesn't mind my
being sick, "submsslvely replied the little
curate.
The S lection OF NV York as place
OF residence by Mrs Jeff Davis is thus
explained by friend in 1.-The Macon
| (Ga.) Telegraph" Mrs. Davis told me
that the plantation at Beauvoir did not
afford a living for herself aud daughter,
on account of freshets, floods, the low
price Of cot ton, etc, and that it was nee
essary for her to work for living. The
best work suited to both OF them is oil
literary character, and when they began
to look for purchasers OF their produc-
tions they only found them in the North
They have make repeated efforts to dis.
pose OF their work to southern purchas
ers, but have found the demand very
small tori there being pract caIly no
demand for high class literary work IN
the South, all OF the biz publishers and
newspapers that are able TO pay tor it
being IN the North; consequently, it be-
large cities and they selected New York.
There they find ready market for all
their productions, and the income thus
derived, together with the small income
from the Beauvoir plantation, affords
them comfortable living"
Professor Hamilton King, the new min
lister TO Corea, took out his citizenship
papers in Detroit on Monday. His ia
ther was naturalzed in Maine more than
thirty years ago, and SO he has been a
citizen OF the United States by virtue OF
that TACT since his majority But as he was
unable to show his fathers papers he
was Obliged to be naturaized before pass
ports could be issued to him.
Lady Henry Somerset has written
letter to Lord George Hamilton, the
secretary OF state for India, to the effect
that the letter which she wrote him
in 1897 in connection with the repeal ot
the Iudlan environments act was widely
misunderstood, and she therefore desires
TO withdraw her endorsement OF any
form or principle OF state regulation OF
vice. Lady Henry's attitude on this
question. it will be remembered, has
caused great discussion in the ranks OF
the W. Z. 7. U.
The School OF the Oriental languages
in Paris has recently added to it's lac.
ulty new professor. Oda Yorodzpu,
" no will occupy,a chair of japanese. His
entrance into the school makes the num-
Der Of native professors there FIVE. The
others are Mahmuud About Nasr, pro-
lessor of vulgar Arabic; Kalpakjian,
of Turkish; Ramsiray, OF Malaeacde, and
Lien Young OF Chinese. The last named
is the only one who wears the costume
of his native country.
King Oscar OF Sweden and Norway
has bestowed on the Scandinavian au-
thoress. Clara Tschudi, the medal for art
and science. This is the first time that a
scandinavian authoress has received this
honor.
The Pope has gone to America for a
successor in the dictatorship OF the Vati-
can observatory to Father Denza, who
died as Tar back as December, 1891. His
choice has fallen upon the Rev. DR. George
NJ. Searle, professor OF astronomer in the
Catholic university at Washington, who
has just been called to Rome. Professor
Searle is known among original investi-
gators as the discoverer OF the minor
planet Pandora. which he tracked in
I he skies many years ago wh'n he was
connected with the Albany observatory
Not long since, Pope Leo introduce Ell a
large new telescope. and also added con-
siderably to the accommodation OF the
Vatican observatory, in which he has
always taken deep interest.