The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-09-27
MEN OF NOTE.
Personal Items nom the Newspapeeu
What It Is to Re FamouA

MEN OF NOTE.
Personal Items from the Newspaper.
What It Is to BE FamouA
The chief reason for Moltke's resigna-
ton, expressed in his letter to Emperor
William, is that ''at my great age am
no longer able to mount horse"
John Tod, Scotchman who has just
published in Edinburgh book entitled
bits About America" says that Amer
lean women have great power of ex-
pressing what they mean.
Ex-Governor Knott, of Kentucky, has
not read book that has been published
within the last fifteen years. He reads
the newspapers only when he cannot
avoid it. He says that the old books are
good enough for him.
The only Indian Ia Dakota to whom
naturalization papers have been issued h
the Rev. Luke p. Walker, . graduate Of
the Indian school ct Carlisle, Pa. He Il
full bloodcd redskin, but has COM
pletely severed his tribal relations.
A Richmond paper tells OF a local
Beau Brummel Of half q century aep
who would be Formidable rival Al
Berry Wall were he alive today. Ha
was the best dressed man Of his day, and
when he died left legacy Of seventy
one pairs Of trousers to hin heirs.
The home OF Maurice Thompson, the
poet, at Csswfofdsrille, Ind, = dark
gray hopee of : dozen roodna deqp eet q
Z Nlt}o &fove q n1Apts, an1 3uo1tnc l1eo
broad, beautiful atreet, On the otk>l
side of which is . wen kept park Of Avn
acres. set in trees and carpeted with blu(
grass.
The king of the Belgians, who has been
visiting plain Mr.. Mackinnon in Scot.
land, Is q very quiet man, and he pre-.
served his incognito so well that his roy.
atty was not suspected. He went about
in knickerbockers and hob nailed boots,
and it Is said that he didn't look the
least bit like king. 80 q
Chief Justice Fuller is the smallest
man on the supreme court bench. He
b feet Q inches In height and weiaAa
1876 pounds Justice Gay u q giant
compared to Fuller, being 8 feet inches
In height and weighing nearly S0s
pounds. Justice Harlan is also Large
man, being two inches over ak feet Ii
height and weighing 26O pounds.
That wonderful pianist, Josef Hot.
mann, has grown stout and sturdy since
he left New York. His return next yea1
will be eagerly looked forward to by
lovers of the phenomenal in music. /,
turns out now that a great many stories
about wealthy people who were anxious
to devote hundred thousand dollars to
the boys musical education, philanthro.
pists who were bound to prevent bis
playing at any cost, etc.. were pure in.
vention. y
1t is said that the late Charles Crocker,
the California millionaire, was never &C
happy as when enjoying the fun to b.
got out of his enormous wealth. It d
told Of him that he enjoyed with the
kesnness Of a boy the fun Of running uI
the price of picture or bit of bric-a.
brac that fellow millionaire was old
ding on, and that he was equally well
pleased if the other had to pay big
round sum for it, or if it was knocked
down to him after the other had chased
1t up into the thousands of dollars.
John Lucas, the head waiter who died
at Saratoga the other day and left fer.
tune of $50, 600, used to scorn an ortii.
nary fee, although he did not hesitate tc
mete out punishment to any guest who
failed to render tribute. On one occa.
sion lady put So into his band and
said: ~ want better place in the din.
ing room than this one, so near the pan
tries" Lucas threw back the money
and shnnted out, angrily: "H you think
% will win my good will you are mis-
taken" 1t took fee Of at least $50 tc
secure any favoritism from him.
Enoch Pratt, who gave to Baltimore
the free library that bears his distin.
guished name, recently entered upon hif
81st year hale and vigorous in body and
mind. Mr.. Pratt, whose name will be
linked with that Of Johns Hopkins as a
benefactor, did not wait for the uncer-
tain operation of a will, but gave the Ii
brary building and the ground it stands
on valued at $3.50, ,000) and his personal
check for nearly $3.50, 900, upon the city
OF Baltimore agreeing to give $50, 900 q
year for the support of the institution,
which has had the incalculable advan.
tage of his personal guidance thus far.
Detroit can be proud Of Joseph L.
Hudson and NOT make any mistake about
1t. In 1875 the clothing firm Of r. Hud.
son & Son, one of the largest In Michi
gan, compromised with its creditors and
paid sixty cents on the dollar. Not long
after the failure the old gentleman died,
and Joseph L. Hudson, the son, carried
the business forward as we'll as he could
He soon proved that there was the right
business mettle in him. He gradually
stood on solid ground again, and now,
after twelve years, has paid every dollar
of the 40 per cent. indebtedness-so
thing over $50, ,000-of the original firm
He has paid interest money, too, on al
the sums since the date of the failure
and gone to no end OF. trouble besides te
seek the creditors out, east and west. HI
has just paid the last debt, that of q pooi
widow in New York city, who was thu
last to be found, and returned to hi.
home completely happy. No one would
predict now that his business will moi
double In year.
John w. Bookwalter has been one ol
the most interesting characters in New
York lately. He Is a quiet, reserved
looking man OF medium stature, broad
forehead on which big, iron gray browx
stand out in bold arches speculative gray
eyes and thick thatch Of iron gray hair
Mr.. Bookwalter, who was the Demoeratia
candidate for governor of Ohio some
years ago, does not look over fifty year
Of age, if so old. In conversation he h
as charming as he chooses to, be, and,
while persistent bachelor, he Is great
favoritc in society when he goes near il
His collection of japanese antiquities Il
said to be the finest in the world. Al
his home in Springfield. o., whore he ha,
made and is making an enormous for.
tune out of the manufacture of waite,
wheels. Mr.. Bookwalter had collected ari
treasures from all over, the ancient and
modern world. Some years ago hs
brought most of his collection to New
York and stored it. Some OF It is now ON
exhibition in the Cincinnati centennial.
Among his treasures are white cashmere
shawls eighteen feet long and ten feet
wide, which can easily be drawn through
an ordinary finger ring.