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Show PERSONAL. Lord Beaconsfield sent his private secretary to inquire after Mr. Gladstone's health. The Sara Bernhardt tie is of white mull, full and wide, knotted in a fluffy bow high at the throat. General Grant and his wife are to visit the Garfields, at Mentor, as soon as they return from West Point. The pope's hair is snow white. He has a strong and vibrating voice, and bears himself with the utmost dignity. Senator Hill's smelting works, at Denver, are said to have disposed of nearly two million tons of gold and silver ores last year. Mrs. Senator Don Cameron, who is described as a woman of graceful presence and bright mind, and the owner of beautiful large, brown eyes, is among the few most admired in Saratoga. Sarah Winnemucca, Princess of the Piutes, has been provided with a comfortable little house in Oregon, with a yearly pension of $600, as a reward for her services during the last Bannock war. After all, Napoleon IV, is not to have a monument in Westminster Abbey. The House of Commons has condemned the proposed erection, and Dean Stanley has to yield with as good grace as he can. The home of the late Henry Wells, the founder of Wells College, has just been sold on foreclosure, and his invalid daughter has but a small annuity left of the large property which Mr. Wells once possessed. John G. Saxe, the poet, has been bedridden for some time, and it is said to be greatly depressed by the death of his wife, who was lovely in person and character. His only living daughter is an invalid. Chief Joseph, of the Oka (Canada) tribe of Indians, is said to be a man of good education - something of a scholar, indeed. He has been ordained as a clergyman, and has translated the four Gospels from French into Iroquois. Speaker Randall is a genial and kindly man, with a round, smooth face, pleasant eyes and glossy dark hair. His expression is said to be winning and boyish. He has two daughters and a son who is mentioned as a boy of wonderful promise. A friend of Charles Dickens once told him that he had heard from "a distinguished poulterer of Pimlico," that he had never sold so many geese as he had "that Christmas," "that Christmas" being the one when the Christmas Carol first appeared. Dicken's face wore his mock serious look as he said: "And this is fame! I have only succeeded in doing for that poulterer what his poet does for Moses." Mr. Tilden is described by has private secretary - so says the Cleveland Leader - as one of the most companionable men he knows. Mr. Tilden "rises," says this young gentleman, "at seven in the morning, eats his breakfast, and goes to work. He generally retires at half-past 10 or 11. When he goes to his room, he takes an armful of books and papers with him, and reads in bed until he gets sleepy. The great part of his reading, and he reads a great deal, is done after the mass of humanity are asleep. He has an elegant library, and an especially ???Line Missing??? fine selection of political and historical works. His collection of books on political economy is complete. It contains everything, I suppose, that has been written on the subject. The Governor is deeply interested in all such topics, and much of his reading is devoted to them." Mr. Tilden is also reported by has secretary as receiving a large number of proposals of marriage from ladies in all parts of the country. |