Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-19
MEN WHO ARE KNOWN.
What the Newspapers Are Saying About
Them-PersonaI Items.

preme court, Is an entnusiasuc huLteJ
and fisher.
1t cost the emperor of Austria 5000, 900
to entertain the car OF Russia for three
days.
The crown prince Of Italy, it is be-
lieved. WI certainly marry n daughter
of the Comte de Paris.
Pope Leo has decided that all his jubi.
lee presents which are of sacred nature
are to form a Leonine museum.
Emperor Francis Joseph takes beer at
luncheon, a limited amount Of cham
payne at dinner and smokes the ON
monest kind Of cigars.
Emin Bey ia familiarly known in
Germany, especially ut Breslau and
Berlin, where he studied medicine, by the
prosaic name Of Edward Schnitzer.
The best paid story writer in the
try is said 10 be Harlan P. Halsey, who
makes an income of $1,000 q year from
the detective stories he writes for The
New York Ledger.
Mr.. Clifford Lanier, a brother OF Sid
ney Lanier, who is making a name for
himself in literature, has a story entitled,
''The Mates Race With the Blnshees,"
in a southern magazine.
Mr.. F. B. Thurber has a meaagerie of
native animals near his country horne at
Onteora park, in the Catskills. This do
nestle menagerie consists Of bears-old
and young-foxes and accoons. They
ora I-,pF 3, ,of,,S nud y4ov T., ens., NJ
any time by visitors to this picturesque
mountain resort.
One of the poor boys Who started out
in life To make u fortune and succeeded
was Thomas Nickersor, Of Boston, who
built and Owls a controlling interest in
the Mexican Central railroad. His father
was q Cape Cod fisher man who left him
penniless when very Young.
A Mr.. Braunhart, If San Be~rnardino,
Cal, possesses the j ~lentical knife which
the famoSs Apache Chief Geronimo used
in scalping his Wet ms. 1t is about four
teen inches long brass trimmed, with
steel blade ard aclrved ironwood handle.
There are still marks of blood on the
knife.
A. j. Drake, Of Palatka, Fla, has n
vest that was worn by his grandfather,
Albrittain Drake. during the Revolu-
tionary war. 1t is made Of cotton home
spun, with gourd bottoms, and measures
sixty inches around the bottom. ample
confirmation Of the family tradition that
the Revolutionary ancestor weighed SOC
pounds.
II was one Of the hobbies Of Governor
Young, Of Ohio, whose death occurred
recently, to keep what he called a BLACK
Book" in which he pasted every mean
thing that was said about him IN the
newspapers. Nevertheless, he was a
great friend Of the newspaper correspon-
dents, among whom he had a wide ac-
quainIance.
Mr.. Spofford, the librarian Of congress,
and his assistant. Mr.. Hutchinson, are
noted for their wonderful memories. Not
only can they refer instantly TO any book
in the library that may he asked for,
but if requested 10 mention the best books
on a particular topic, they are able to
enumerate them with a rapidly that
would shame a book c~anvasser.
Karl Muth, a matchmaker Of Saxony,
Germany, has a penchant for making
lockets and sending them to distin-
guished people. These locllcts are made
of German pfennig pieces that are about
two-thirds the size Of a copper cent. He
inserts the miniature Of the person he
proposes 20 honor in one Of these tiny
coins, and sends it TO him. Herr Muth
has letters of acknowledgment from
crowned heads and Others; among the
others one from President Cleveland,
whom he honored with one Of his pfen-
mig lockets.
Judge William D. Kelley, Of Philadel.
phia. IS a remarkable man in many re-
spects. lie has been t~wenty-eight years
in congress, and ono characteristic about
him makes him a rather peculiar example
Of success in public life. He is p~ractic-
ally unable to remember for any length
Of time either q face or a name, and this
lack of memory would have long since
consigned many another man to private
life. To make up for his want of polit-
ical adroitness in this respect the sturdy
old protectionist Is gifted with a most
acute and intelligent ear, and he can tell
men by their voices where he never could
recognize them by face or name. So he
closes his eyes when a newcomer ad-
dresses him and thus figures out his iden-
tty.
Although quite a young man, Joseph
Towards whitened locks they are as
snowy as B~oucicault's) and white mus
tache and goatee give him q striking APP
pearance when taken in conjunction with
his youthful manner and figure. How
ard is now attached 10 no New York pa
per, but corresponds for a multitude Of
out-of-town sheets, From this source his
income is perhaps larger than that of any
other correspondent, ave perhaps George
Alfred Townsend, who writes under the
name Of Gath" Howard Is an anus
ing and in some ways a profitable COM
panion, for he has known a host of clever
men, and, having an excellent memory,
is able 10 retail many good things at sec
ond hand.
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