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Show PERSONAL. Talmage triumphed. The Synod sustained him by a two-thirds vote. -- The colored senator, Bruce, is the youngest member of the United States Senate. -- Colonel Thomas Scott began his railroad life as station agent at Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania. -- Mr. Ramsey, the new Secretary of War, is tall and very heavy, and has a voice to match his figure. -- John B. Gough, the lecturer, has saved $100,000 and a nice farm near Worcester, Massachusetts. -- The Pope writes a fine, clear back hand, forming every letter distinctly and signing himself Leo P.P. XIII. -- Professor Proctor should be smothered in star dust, he is making such a fuss about it in New York. S.P. Post. -- Governor Cornell, of New York, is to have an "official" gold pen made from Egyptian gold four thousand years old. -- The Turkish Sultan is economizing to the extent of ordering that instead of seven dishes, henceforth but three are to be served at his dinner table. -- Captain Eads is now in Constantinople. -- The Earl of Aberdeen has a distinction unique among earls - he is the sole owner of a railway, the entire cost of which came out of his own pocket. It is ten miles in length, runs chiefly on his own property, and cost $275,000. -- Mr. Jerrold Dixon, the son of Hepworth Dixon, who has just died suddenly, was an amiable young man of literary proclivities. Strangely enough, he was found dead in his bed holding a novel which bore the title "Taken at the Flood." -- Mrs. Lucy Stone is quoted by the Cincinnati Gazette as saying that Chief Justice Chase once said to her: "I see no end of the good to come from woman's suffrage, both on the elections and the on the elected, and on the women themselves." -- Mr. Moody believes in a personal devil. Being asked by a St. Louis reporter if this was true, he replied that he "most certainly" did believe so. "The Bible," he added, "is just teeming with facts in corroboration of it. He is the prince of darkness and has this world for his kingdom." -- The ex-Confederate soldiers in Maryland have presented to Miss Julia Jackson a silver pitcher was a testimonial of the affection they have for her as the daughter of their commander, General "Stonewall" Jackson. Miss Jackson will remain about two years in Baltimore, where she is completing her education. -- Here is a description of Mr. Gladstone: He looks an active and powerful man, of middle height, with broad though somewhat stooping shoulders. He speaks with animation, and uses frequent gestures. His hair is gray, his face puckered with wrinkles, but his eyes are still very young, quick and full of fire. -- When "Thad" Stevens was a young lawyer in the Pennsylvania Courts, he once lost his case by what he considered a wrong ruling of the Judge. Disgusted, he banged his law books on the table, picked up his hat, and started for the door with some vigorous words in his mouth. The Judge feeling that his dignity was assailed, rose impressively and said, "Mr. Stevens!" Mr. Stevens stopped, turned and bowed deferentially. "Mr. Stevens," said the Judge, "do you intend by such conduct to express your contempt for this court?" And Stevens, with mock seriousness, answered: "Express my contempt for this court! No, sir! I was trying to conceal it, your Honor!" |