Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-05
NEWSPAPER No1oRlE1N.

What the Press Says Concerning Men
Whom the World Has Heard CT
Balzac used to write lying naked on ths
hoor
DR.. Lyman Abbott has never taken vaca-
tson-
The Earl Of Derby is pronounced klepto-
maniac.
Ex-senator Tabsr uses n bar Of gold worth
$4,000 for paper weight
The late Col King Harman owned an
estate Of n, 600 acres In Ireland.
Mr.. Franklin Simmons, the sculptor, is
about TO execute a bust of the Hon Hannibal
Hamlin-
Andrew Lang, the English balladist, makes
part OF his income by writing verses for q
soap manufacturer.
A bill TO prevent the gathering of wild
nowersn has, for some unknown reason, been
introduced into parliament by Mr.. Shaw
Lefevra
The grave of Henry Eawcett is at Trump
tngton, England, marked with only a plain
tablet bearing the words, .'Speak to the peo-
pie that they 60 forward"
Mr.. Sato, secretary of the japanese lega-
tion at Washington, is not a stranger to this
country. He was educated at a college in
Indiana, and is not in tho least Oriental In
his speech or mode of thought
Kyrie BeIlew took naphtha launch to Eng
land with him last year. He thus introduced
TO his countrymen kind Of boat which has
xnce become very popular in Great Britain.
Eaphtha launches are now manufactured in
England
Professor Donders, the great oculist OF
Utrecht. has attained mis- list year, and re-
tired from his university chair amid a regu-
lar shower Of testimonial funds, medals, ad-
dresses and decorations from various Euro
pean sovereigns-
Congressman Breckinridge, of Kentucky,
who Is noted for his eloquence as en- orator.
nys that his favorite books are the Bible,
Shakespeare and "Don Quixote" 1t is his
custom before making speech to read a
chapter in the Bible, and he usually chooses
the book of Isaiah
Speaking Of j. a Blackburne, the famous
English chess player, who win make q tour
OF the country next season, Vanity Fair,
Of London, says: t'He is tho quietest and
most unassuming of men. Every one who
knows him likes him, and no one ever said an
unkind word OF him. While at the board
his diet is coffee and tobacco, and he takes
little whisky before going to bedn
]. C. Flood. the San Francisco millionaire
NAV safely be said to have the most dazzling
country Mace in America The estate 10 AZ
Nenlo Park. Cal. and covers OOD acres. and
Is under the constant care of a handsome
gardener and 40 assistants The drives
which are several miles in length. ara made
ff white gravel. the bo,,se is white with oold
frirnmiups- both inside and ont. and eold and
white are the DECORATIONS of the stables and
all the huiIdincs on the place
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big toe, the only appendage she has large
enough to fili it, and has put SO much life
into the love passages between herself and
Francois In the pantomirne that Appoo is
dreadfuIly Jealous, and the circus authorities
have to keep Francois constantly under
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