Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-19
SONS OF ADAM.
Newspaper Comment Concerning Men o.
Note-PersonaI Mentiou


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Note-pers,,., Man,,..
Mr.. Walter Besant is a small. animated.
| bright eyed and black haired man. fond OF
the theatre, claret and a pipe.
R;az Pasha- the pexv ,r,,,. ,,;r;s+or =,
Eovnt ia a Mobammadar Dc ,arnIooos,o.
Nnbar Pa,I,a was an Armsn;an rhr;s,ian
I,rfa,,o, .,o -.
:, ~ ia ..p,rtIs,s I'D, p,a' vas onee msi,oer
lila. araa,, ....ni .ses' anu ps'iaoeu IN
e,nnd tho, HE nat,,rai .n ~, Dus NC sool SON
.sthar thar t;rh, ''''A ""' W sing
@ Mr. biacSDurne, tne greas
eneso f.!, pfoieSsiohai Pnrenoiogist,
enu ,s ~. ~ aIS SUI wneh Tue ia''er was
ae, . ~ "ou'u oecoine eAceeoingiy
"
Paul haJon, the celebrated etcher, dieI in
his country seat at Anvers-sur-Oises several
weeks ago. ne mad Just returned from
very successiui "Trip In America, where he
mao etcneu many portraits, including that OF
MIS- CieVeiand.
Last fall bug few into the ear of Henry
Bolton, Of Frederick township, Montgomery
county, Pa, rendering him entirely deaf on
out and his hearing almost Immediately re-
turned
King Kalakaua, the versatile monarch of
the Sandwich Islands. has written a learned
treatise on the Diametrical Physiopnomy of
the Earth. The article is based on observa-
tions of the volcanic phenomena for which
the Hawaiian group is noted.
Uncle Elias Harper, of Blakely, Ga, is "a
years old, but still quite hale and active. He
is veteran of the war of 1872 and preserves
as keepsake a Spanish dollar, minted in
l777, the first money he received for his SER
vices.
Mayor Fitler Of Pbiladelnbia is n rone.
maker and he somet;res e.bibits n his
friends curious rome cable that he keeps in
his Office II ia mada of bongmen,s roros
each strand having been taken from rope
by which some poor criminals neck was
broken.
Count Maurice Esterhazy has been put un-
der guardianship to check his mad extraya-
gance. He owns, free and clear of incum-
brances, more than 22O, 600 acres of land in
Hungary. and can travel in a straight line
more than fifty miles without quitting his
estate.
Seabrin Storke an eccentr;c old cobhIer in
JefYerson- Ga who still keens az his trada.
although 50 wears old ;s a yataran of tbrea
wars He heat drum in Jackson's army Mt
the battle of New Orleans, fought in the
Mexican war and served with credit through
the war of the rebellion. Despite his ad-
vanced age he makes as good shoe as any
shoemaker in the state.
While the emperor of Brazil was ill in
Milan his estimated expenses were 100000
francs. The regular hotel bill was 1000
francs a day. but on account of his illness
other guests had to leave. and for thirty-five
days the cost was &, 900 francs. A physician
from Paris made two trips to Milan for
10000 francs, two Italian doctors were paid
Loo francs day, and he had to give a lot
of fees.
For some time past Mr.. ". D. Howells has
abandoned pen and pencil in his literary
compositions, using the type writer instead.
Mr. Howells sits back leisurely in his chair,
thinks out his train of thought, carefully
fashions his sentence and as each is COM
pleted transmits it to paper, striking the keys
with one hand Many other authors are fol-
lowing Mr.. Howells' example, but for a long
time there was prejudice among literary
people against the type writer. They imagined
that work done with it was stifled and formal
This opinion has since been abandoned by
many writers
A curious story anent the Jananese am.
neror,s oninion Of dancing is told bv The
TOXIC Dempo Thar i,nrns, relates that ra.
centlv a min,ster of state wbi,e in .nd;ance