Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-01-24

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and poor, high and low, men, m
children. In the house were the rel
atives OF the decaaeed and tho distin-
gnished persons who cams to pay the
only srioute they could pay to the maia
tney loved. 1 have no wish TO parade
their names. A choking sensation was
ssest in every throat when Mr.. Blaine
burst into tears as he looked at the face
OF his dead friend. 1t was the saddest
scene w saw. A thousand per-
sons said when his name was men,
TONED: HE was the best friend I eyex
had"
Thefus Sawyer. one of the Wisconsin,
senators, is called the lumber king, says
q Washington writer. He has made u
fortune in lumber, and is now adding
another to it. There he stands, with
his hands IN his pocket, right in the
middle OF the middle aisle. He is the
brer Iarrypin of the senate. He's as
broad as he Is long, although he ia we'll
shaped. He has a perfectly round
head 1t is perfectly smooth on top. His
ssinged hair Is perfectly white. So la
his fringe OF beard. His face Ia as FIRE sh
as an infants. But his parrot-like nose
and his keen %twinkling eyes deprive 1t
OF the innocent expression il ought TO
nave: he Is a very well-balanced, we'll
polished looking man. He gives good
dinners, it he did come from Oshkosh.
Perhaps the wealthiest woman In tho
world is the Russian Grand Duchess
Catherine, widow Of the Duke George
Of Mecklenberg-StreliE She inherited,
through her mother, one-half Of the fab
ulous wealth amassed by the Empress
Catharine III. and nsr SON Paul, the
other half having descended to the
reigning family. The Grand Duchess
makes good use of her riches. She is not
only a patroness Of science and art, but
maintains at her own expense several
hospitals in st. Petersburg, pro-
viding also for talented young physicians
with means for scientific Journeys and
Investigations. Near her palace she has
established an eating house for indul.
gent students.
The st. Louis Post D~ispatea's CORE
spondens at Washington says: Before
leaving Washington, Mrs. Sherman,
wife Of the General. added another
name to her long list Of Catholic con-
verts. This last convert, like many
others who have been Influenced by
Mrs Sherman, is a young lady with q
rich papa. rhe Young lady is Miss Wes-
ton, of New York, daughter OF the own
er Of the Portland Flats. The family,
for several years, have passed their
winters III Washington. They are Uni.
tarians, though liberal even for that
sect. Il Is q great grief TO the family
that the daughter iE converted to
Roman Catholicism, and like most con
yerts, especially young lady
Miss Weston is more deyout than tn
most rigid Roman Catholics. who hay
been brought up in that fatth.'
The full name or the late Greek pro-
fsssor Of Harvard college, who died re-
Gently at the 3 Of rs years. was Evan
glmus Apostolides ~Sophectes. lie was a
native III Greece. He was d graduate of
Amherst college. and one or the snoss
expert classical scholar sin this
oountry. EesjCed performing his TaRn-
lar dulles hi Harvard, Professor Sophie
cles prepared and published several e6
ucational works on the Greek and allied
languages which have been wjdel ac-
cepted as of crest merit by the teachers
of the country. OF late years bis duties
have consisted In giving instruction To a
1 lew students in modern Greek and de-
liyering lectures ON Pindar and Atber
representatives OF the earliest Greek lit
etature.