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Show PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. Henry Ward lieecher it looking much improved by hur trip westward. Miss Maud Fullor has returned from abroad, and is with Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller at their residence ia Washington Wash-ington Sir George Stephens is a lucky man, and bis pfierage greatly pleases Canadians, Cana-dians, though be is not Canadian born. He went to Canada when quite young, but began life as a barefooted lad in bis birthplace. i Mary Howe sang at a private reception recep-tion given by one of New Yolk's iW a fevdna mm. One of the rriidsts re- marked to the hostess: ".She sings like a canary." "Yes," was the reply, "only her bill is a thousand times larger. Senator Mcllale, of Minnesota, the author of the famous anti tights bill, is out in a Ic'ter in which he iudiguantly denies that he is the laughing stock of his state. On the contrary, bo says, he is just as popular with the people as bo ever was, and a little more so. Lieutenant Peary's Creenland expedition expe-dition left New VoVk last week on the whaiing ship Kite. Thu party consists of Lieutenant and Mrs. Peary, a tier-man tier-man surgeon, two Americana and several sev-eral Norwegians. Mrs. l'eary will remain re-main at Whalo island during her husband's hus-band's inland explorations. 'Pierre Loti." the uew French Immortal, Im-mortal, is not the effeminate) epicurean one might expect from his writings. A Paris letter describes him as short, squat and burly, turned forty, and looking the bluff, hearty tar that he is. He is not a society man, and is guilty of wearing Ins naval uniform at dinner and evening parties. General Neal Dow. the doughty Maine prohioilionist, lives in a house at Portland which be built in lWS, and which has been his heme ever since Ills marriage. He is eighty-seven years old. but ns several of his nncestors turned the century mark ho expects to take a hnud in the temperance battles of bis state for some years to come. Minna Irving, the poetess of Tarry-town, Tarry-town, N. Y., is bringing suit for $i000 against her next door neighbors, the Landors, for los sustained through the interruption of her liiorary work oy tho howling of dogs kept by the Landors. Cross cases growing out of a quarrel over the canine disturbances were heard by tn alderman on Monday and dismissed. Roliert Herkomer, the English artist, is building u house at biishey. on the Thames, ami not far from London, which will beariu every part the impress im-press of his many sided genius. He drew the plans himself and designed tho decoratioi.s. Some of the carvings will be from his own hands, while his brush will give to tho walls and ceilings ceil-ings their most delicate touches. In the house he will have rooms set apart for the gratification of his different artistic tastes. These are numerous, includiug painting in oil aad water, carving, play-willing play-willing and the composition of music. |