Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-20
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LEGATION.
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
5000, 900, 900 he is worth only $40, 000,-
900. Applicants for charity should let
him alone.
Mr.. Carlo Pellegrini, the celebrated
c~aricaturist, will not be interviewed o
photographed. He adopted his well
known signature ape" he says, be-
cause when car~icaturing he ''apes" the
peculiarities of his subject.
President Carnot, Of France. has been
placed In a curious dilemma. He was
taught the handicraft of a 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 is as well pre-
served as a man Of 90. He attributes
his continued good health, after twenty
five years in 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
400 rooms in the building, and tho 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
piano.
Before Edward NJ. Munich, of Buffalo,
died he directed that his body be Gre
mated in the Fresh Pond crematorium,
and his ashes scattered oyer 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 a
painfully nervous state, and is constantly
pursued by n morbid fear of death, the
slightest ailment assuming in his ex-
cited imagination the form Of q serious
disorder.
Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, is
very much opposed to having his photo
graph taken. He sat to a photographer
only once, and that was Just before he
left England, because he wanted to leave
his portrait with a 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
80, still lives, and where he has his CO
worker, Ira ID. 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 Z. G. Stedman, and in litera.
ture as Edmund Clarence Stedman. In
business circles Mr.. Francis Hopkinson
Smith Is known as F. H.. Smith, or Fran.
els III. Smith, while in art circles he has O
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 a fine grand piano
installed in the sitting room which had
been taken for him. 1t was open and,
as a delicate compliment to his illustriou.
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 a walk and flung the key
over the edge Of q deep ravine.
There is a stery going the rounds aboui
the late j. c. Engel, director Of Kroll,
Opera house, Berlin. He asked two Of
his stars, Nachbaur and Reichmann, into
his sanctum, and invited them to men
ton their conditions fer a new engage
ment. well" said Nachbaur, ''yor
know my terms. Half the gross re
ceipts." Il Also" said Reichmann; "a
cannot take less than half the gross. ;
.Gentlemen,' gravely replied J. c
Engel, ''supposing | accept, will you. oe
casionally, let me have a free ticket
should like to be able TO enter my owl
theatre"
Referring 10 the emperor Of Austria
recent writer says: ''IIe has no taste 70,
court gnyety and leads rather a solitar,
life, retiring early and rising with til,
dawn. When, however, his presence 1
necessary at official ceremonies or festivI
gatherings he is VA Of the most punctua
Of men. His only passion is grous
shooting, and in the season he freauentl,
slips away from Vienna to the Alpin,
forests to indulge in his f~avorite sport
He is very charitable. and, having
large fortune Of his own, distributes hi
bounties freely though disereetly. Fran
els Joseph is Ill, and owes his ex
cellent health 10 his constant occupntio
and proverbial sobriety."
A tall, dark man, with raven blac
hair high cheek bones. sunken cheel