Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-13
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

W llllaln, klHS O1 bE5 N0JAtIldl1uSS lS GAS richest monarch in the world.
 Miss Nellie Gould, the daughter Of Jay Gould, is probably the richest heiress in America
 Mir Floods condition has so much inn proved that he meditates wintering in the south of England.
 The crown prince of Greece is liberal in his ideas of statecraft, and mingles with the people ill a Democratic fashion.
 The king of Siam has sent a wedding pres ent worth $200, ,0O0 to the emperor of China and a note saying, 'I hope you'll be as happy Siam"
 Two English daily papers have been for bidden sale or circulation in Turkey because they exposed the sultan's drunkenness and knavery.
 A London 'society personal" says: 'Mrs. Vanderbilt's arrival in London has placed Mrs. Mackay somewhat in back seat socially"
 The Marquis de Talleyrand- -Perigord re- gently won S20000 at Monte Carlo. He played the limi t, g, 400, at each bet His wife is an American.
 Mrs Frank Leslie declares that the reign of Paris as mistress of fashion is at an end, and that London will hereafter set the styles for women as we'll as for men.
 King Otto of Bavaria's latest development of mania is to imagine himself black cat. His demented majesty now moves round on all fours and calls loudly for live mice.
 Dona Maria de Andreda is considered to be the most cultivated woman in Brazil. She spent four years in New York studying the American school system, which she is intro ducing with success in her own country.
 Mime. Le Ray contemplates another voyage of exploration This intrepid French woman, who has travelled all over Asia Minor, is about to start for Teheran, from whence she intends making excursions into the least ac- cessible portions of the Persian dominions.
 The king of Uganda, Africa, who has amused himself of late by executing five wives every morning before breakfast, has become weary of the sport and is looking for a new diversion. He might find it novel and amusing to act like a gentleman for time.
 Gen. Butler grows stouter every year and he is unable to walk any considerable dis l tance without feeling exhausted. But if his 1 body is failing his mind is not, and his friends and brother attorneys say he is as able an advocate and as formidable an opponent as ! ever.
 Lord Dufferin, the English ambassador at Rome, is an ideal diplomatist. With hand some features of rather delicate cut, an aris- tocratic bearing, and dress which Is stylish almost to the point of being dandified, he is a very noteworthy figure and immensely popu- lar with the ladies.
 Mrs. Cleveland paid neat compliment to Hadji Hassein Khouli Khan a few days ago. When she received him she wore a dress 1 trimmed with Persian braid Hadji contem- plates returning this attention by calling on her in a Cleveland, O., suit of clothes.
 R. Kondo, of the Mining university of Japan, is said to be the richest Japanese out side of the Mikado and his family. He is the operator of sixteen gold silver and copper mines, and is about to visit the Lake Superior mining districts in order to get knowledge of the mining machinery used there. His possessions are estimated at S60,00O,0O0.
 Mr. Stanhope, the English minister of war is said tb be a kind hearted man, but very narrow and precise and rigid in his manner: a regular prig. His brother, MT. PhiliI Stanhope, with whom MT. Gladstone stay: when visiting Wolverhampton, is extremely unlike him in disposition, being genial ant frank and very liberal in his politica opinions.
 Browning, the poet, is greatly satisfied with the Venetian palace which he recently purchased for $25, ,000. It is a vast building which was erected early in the Seventeenth century ln the Renaissance style. The mag nifcent facade is covered with immens, heads of men and animals. The ceilings O. the principal salons are superbly painted anc decorated.
 Zola, the novelist, is of average height ane inclined to stoutness. He has a round, soli( head, a high, bulged forehead, a turned III nose, small black eyes that are constantl. concealed behind glasses, for he is very nea sighted. He wears a full pepper and sal beard and mustache, cut very close, tn same as his hair, which bristles up as a sor of indication of his cumulative temperament Zolas small vice is gormandizing.