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Show PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Of Professor John Fiske in private, tho Book Buyer says that he has an excellent ex-cellent baritone voice and sings German Ger-man and English songs with expression, expres-sion, taste and feeling. He can also execute a Beethoven upju the piano. Abraham Emerson, of t'andia, N. H., is the son of a soldier who fought at Bennington and is ninety years old. In spite of that great age he is in excellent health and is uncommonly sprightly, lie may any day be seen at work on his farm. Mme. Mcdjeska says she cannot afford af-ford to get angry for the reason that to loso one's temper is to lose one's beauty. Husbands who have scolding wives ought to do themselves a good turn by cutting this out and pasting it on the looking glass. Like many another wise elderly man Francis 1'aikmun, tho historian, has taken to gardening, and is as successful success-ful at it as was Evelyn. He is particularly particu-larly fond of roses. He is writing again, having in a great measure recovered recov-ered his health. The Sabbatarian element in England has been greatly shocked by the order Of the queen that a band of music play on Windsor terrace every Sunday. Tho queen following the great American idea, probably intends to conline tho programme strictly to sacred music. Young Couingsby Disraeli, the nephew and heir of the late Lord Beaconslield, is developing into a liueul speaker. In personal appearance ho much resembles resem-bles tho early portraits of his famous uncle, his features possessing in a marked degree the characteristics of the race to which he belongs. Ida Lewis, at Newport, i3 the only woman lighthouse keeper in the country, coun-try, and tho last, it is said, to whom will bo given a light by tho government, govern-ment, it is said also that no light on the coast is more perfectly attended to than hers, and the government inspector in-spector always gives her an unusually high r port. |