The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-09-13
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What the Pencil Drivers Say About M
Whom the World Knows,

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What the Pencil Drivers Say About Men
Whom tho World Knows.
John Bright Is so weak that even bath
chair exercise exhausts him.
Lord Lonsdale is sending home copious
diary notes from North America for pub
lication.
A son of President Tyler has been
chosen president of William and Mary
college, at Williamsburg, Pa.
The two sons of Joe Chandler. Harris.
Julian and Lucian, are now called ''Brer"
Fox and .'Brer" Rabbit by their friends.
Jay Gould is poorer than some people
suppose. Instead of being worth nearly
$500. 900, 900 he is worth only &75,OOO,-
600. Applicants for charity should let
him alone
Mr.. Carlo Pellegrini, the celebrated
caricaturist, will not be interviewed nor
photographed. He adopted his well
known signature 'Ape,s he says, be-
cause when caricaturing he ''apes" the
peculiarities of his subject.
President Garnet, of France, has been
placed in curious dilemma He was
taught the handicraft of carpenter
in his youth, and the striking carpenters
of Paris have written to him, complain
ing that he has not attended their meet
ings nor subscribed to their fund.
Russell Sage is at least fifteen years
older than Jay Gould, but he has not a
wrinkle in his face. and ia as well pre-
served as a man of so. He attributes
his continued good health. after twenty
-6seyears 10 Wall street, to. the fact that
he never permits himself to worry about
business outside Of business hours.
The mikado of Japan has almost fin
ished his new palace, which has taken
six years for its construction. There are
100 rooms in the building, and the din
ing hall will seat 1877 guests. The fur
niture Of the state department. came
from Germany. Not the least interest
ing object in the palace Is an American
plano.
Before Edward NJ. MUNICH, Of Buffalo,
died he directed that his body be Gre
mated in the Fresh Pond crematorium,
and his ashes scattered over one of the
flower beds on the lawn in front of the
retort house. Mrs. Munich faithfully
carried out the directions of her husband,
and for weeks afterward his light
gray ashes were plainly visible on the
flowers and plants where they had fallen.
The correspondent of The Independence
Beige at Rome writes that the state of
Leo Kills health is far from satisfac-
tory, but that his real condition is care
fully kept from the public He is in
painfully nervous state, and Is constantly
pursued by a morbid fear of death, the
slightest ailment assuming in his ex-
cited imagination the form of serious
disorder.
Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist. is
very much opposed to having his photo
graph taken. He sat to Photographer
only once, and that was just before he
left England, because he wanted to leave
his portrait with few friends; but he
broke the negative with his own hands,
so that no more impressions could be
taken. Mr.. Moody makes his home at
Northfield, Mass, where his mother, now
81, still lives, and where he has his CO.
worker, Ira D. Sankey, for a near neigh
Dor.
Men who have more than one occupa-
ton frequently use different forms of
their name for each one. Mr.. Stedman,
for example. as the banker prefers to be
known as E, G. Stedman, and in itera-
ture as Edmund Clarence Stedman. In
business circles Mr. Francis Hopkinson
Smith is known as FIJI. Smith, or Fran
| cis Il. Smith, while in art circles he has a
wide reputation as F. Hopkinson Smith,
and SO business and art have their nice
| distinctions even when exemplified in the
same person.
When Signor Verdi arrived at Monte
catini, where he is spending his vacation
this year, he found fine grand piano
| installed in the sitting room which had
been taken for him. 1t was open and,
| as delicate compliment to his illustrious
| guest, the proprietor of the hotel had
| placed the score of ''Trovatore'' on the
stand over the key board. The composer
removed the book, closed the instrument,
locked it, put the key in his pocket,
started for walk and flung the key
over the edge of a deep ravine.
There is a stery going the rounds about
the late j. c. Enga, director of Kroll's
| Opera house, Berlin. He asked two of
his stars, Nachbaur and Reichmann, into
his sanctum, and invited them to men,
ton their conditions fer new engage
ment. "Well." said Nachbaur, '.you
know my terms. Half the gross re-
ceipts." 81 also," said Reichmann; II
cannot take less than half the gross ~
'Gentlemen," gravely replied j. c.
Engel, ''supposing accept. will you, oe-
casionally, let me have a free ticket2 l
should like to be able to enter my own
| theatre"
Referring to the emperor of Austria q
recent writer says: ''He has no taste for
court gayety and leads rather solitary
life, retiring early and rising with the
dawn. When, however, his presence is
necessary at official ceremonies or festive
| gatherings he is one of the most punctual
of men. His only passion is grouse
shooting, and in the season he frequently
slips away from Vienna to the Alpine
forests to indulge In his favorite sport.
| He is very charitable, and, having q
large fortune of his own, distributes his
bounties freely though discreetly. Fran
els Joseph is never ill, and owes his ex-
cellent health to his constant occupation
and proverbial sobriety,"
A tall, dark man, with raven black
hair, high cheek bones, sunken cheeks
and the garb and manner of gentleman
of the old school, a physician whose
name at one time hung upon the lips Of
the entire country, visited New York last
week. He was DIR. Taft, of Washington
who was sitting in frons seat at Ford's
theatre when President Lincoln was as
sassinated, and who, on a call being
made for a physician, entered the box
where the wounded man had fallen te
the floor and took charge of the case
He jumped over the foothghts and wa.
passed into the box at the front by the
assistance Scf three actors. DR.. Taf
caused the president to be carried across
the street to the house where he after
ward died. Mr.. Lincoln was so tall ir
stature that no bed in the house would
receive bis prostrate form, and1 he wal
laid upon mattresses on the floor.