The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-23
PERSONALITIES.

A. c. Swinburne, the poet, IL leading a
very retired life. His health has suffered
severely Of late and he is rarely seen on
the streets.
With the prospective retirement Of Mr..
Vest from political life at the end Of his
term the last Of the Confederate senators
. will have gone.
According to the Hartford Courant, the
late Editor Burr. of the Hartford Times,
was once tNhdered a cabinet position by
President Cleveland.
General J. c. Bates. one of the new
major generals, ia one Of the few officers
who speaks a Philippine dialect huently.
He Is said to be a master Of two.
Rev. l.. d. Cole of Ann Arbor, Mich.
who has been offered the presidency Of
st Stephens college, Annandale. N. T..
will, If he accepts. be the youngest COL
lege president in the country.
Senator Platt, Of New York, Is an ex-
cellent French scholar, and has made a
valuable collection Of early editions Of
the French memoirists Of the reigns Of
Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
President Bashford, Of the Ohio Wes-
leyan university, announces that Mrs.
Elizabeth Mebarry. Of Richmond. Ind.
who gave $4,000 to the university, has
added $4,000 to her fund. thus sndowing
two chairs.
II am not in such bad health as the
papers say" writes Archibald Forbes, the
famous war correspondent, to New
York friend. II am comparatively we'll
at present. but 1t is true that I fear my
constitution Is much undermined"
The homo of F. Hopkinson Smith. at $50
East Thirty-fourth street, New York. Is
filled with interesting curios, pictures,
tapestry, pottery. ETC., the collections Of
twenty years spent by the owner in
travel, engineering. art and literary pur-
suits.
Mr.. Moody knew his Bible SO we'll that
his eyes and fingers could find any pas
sage that he wanted from Genesis to Rev.
elation in the hurry of rapid speech as
easily as the fingers of a master musician
can find the notes Of familiar sonata
on the keyboard Of n piano.
Rudolph Schwartz. the sculptor, has
completed the first one of the colossal
soldiers monument. The contract calls
for completion by next August, when the
monument will be dedicated. Ex-Presi-
dent Harrison has been asked to deliver
the oration upon this occasion.
Mrs. Theodore Birney. national president
of the Mothers congress, Is urging the
members Of that body to do all In their
power to investigate and remedy the evil
OF over-study among children. 1t is her
opinion that children study too hard and
that overwork has often made pupils hys-
terical.
Sir Philip Burne-Jones, Kipling's cousin.
relates of that author that when he is
absorbed In his subject he writes with
great rapidity. and each succeeding line
on a page begins little farther to the
right so that when he gets to the end OF
a sheet there are but two or three words
to line.
The story of Thomas Edison's constant
smoking while at work In his laboratory
seems to be only partially true. He puts
a cigar in his mouth when he begins
work, but at once becomes so absorbed
in his work that he often forgets to light
1t. though he keeps drawing on 1t" Wig.
orously all the time.
1t is said that voluminous diplomatic
work by Count Nigra, italian ambassador
at Vienna. containing memoirs Of the
principal political events Of the last for
ty-five years. and covering the period Of
his ambassadorial service in Paris, Lon
don. st. Petersburg. Constantinople and
Vienna. will soon be published.