Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-15
rHg SONS OF ApkM

Senator Sherman. who always dresses well,
| ties his own necktie.
Congressman Kelley, of Pennsylvania, was
| q proof reader at the outset Of his career.
John Jay was the only chief justice New
| York state has ever produced. He was ap>
| pointed in l7s9 and served six years
Lord Augustus LOTUS, at one time Queen
Victoria's ambassador at Vienna, now pre-
sides over the bookkeeping department Of
Lady Lotus millinery store
Matthew Arnold drew a pension from the
| British civil list. The pension lapsed at his
| death, but it Is understood that Queen Vic
| toria will be asked to continue the pension to
| Mr.. Arnold's widow.
Ex-senator Powell Clayton. of Arkansas,
has made all his, fortune since the war. At
the close Of hostilities he had hardly a dol
lar in the world, but rented an abandoned
Arkansas plantation and in less than ten
| years had made 81 100000
George Francis Train has contracted for q
lecture tour. with the provision that twenty
or more minutes Of each lecture shall be de
voted to exploiting the history and purposes
| OF the city of Omaha
The Emperor Frederick of Germany has
directed that hereafter, in the service of the
Lutheran church, he shall be prayed for not
in the old form, as ''his imperial majesty the
Emperor Frederick" but as thy servant,
Frederick, the emperor"
The youngest cowboy in the world is Lo-
gan MulhalL He is only six years old, but
he owns and manages a herd of over 100
| cattle in the Cheyenne nation. He is worth
81 100 in his own right. and his profits this
year will probably reach $500
The Rev. George Barnes, the famous evan
gelist from the mountains OF Kentucky, is a
man Of striking appearance. He is now 80
years old, Is iully six feet tall, and his
straight, vigorous form shows no sign of the
stoop that comes from age His face shows
strength Of character and earnestness in
every line.
During Max O'Rel's visit in this country
he received letters from a number of would be
prominent people in various parts Of the coun-
try suggesting that in case he concluded to
write a book about the United States he in
corporate in it some reference TO them; and
to make this easy for him they inclosed a
laudatory sketch Of their lives
Otto Hegner. the new piano prodigy, over
whom London is going into raptures, is said
by careful critics 70 be gaining the hearty
approval Of professional pianists He looks
younger than his alleged II years, and is a
pretty boy with curly black hair aid inteIli.
gent face. For six years he has been receiv-
ing careful training from Hans Huber. Of
Basel
The number Of artists who WELD the pen
as well as the brush is increasing every day.
To the list. which has for some time included
the names Of Frank d. Millet, Howard Pyle,
George H. Boughton, Kenyon Cox, Joseph
Pennell and William p Gibson, may now
be added those Of Edwin Blashfield and
Frederick A Bridgman- Mr. Pennell and
MIR. Blashfieid are ably assisted by their
wives, and it is hard to tell where one lays
down the pen and the other takes it UP.
Mr. Gladstone received an honorarium of
100 guineas for the manuscript of the last
brief essay with which he favored an Ameri-
can magazine. Tho Sage of Hawarden has
got higher pay from several American peri
odicals than they ever gave to any other
writer. few days ago the editor of a
monthly arsenal Of brains made him an
Offer which overtops anything yet sent to
him. at is not for his thought" the editor
said In explanation, 'but for his nainep
Recently, while in social converse with q
friend, Bismarck, in answer to a question.
remarked that in the course of his long and
eventful life he had never met with but one
thing that really mystified him. 81 cannot,n
he said, account for the fact that q group
OF wax figures never by any chance look at
an object they are supposed to be interested
in, or at each other" This little revelation
of the mans keen observation exhibits the
spark that has made him a great statesman
Congressman Charles O'Neill, Of Pennsyl
vania, is the only man in congress who per-
sonally knows and can call by name every
voter in his district. If he receives a letter
from person he does not know, the first act
after his arrival in Philadelphia is to call upon
that person and make his acquaintance.
Every new family that moves into his dis
trict is at once looked up, and every one that
moves away receives a Godspeed from the
Congressman
John Wheeler, q toll collector Of the Titus
vile and Pieasantville road, has made from
the caudal appendage Of q porcine squealer as |
perfect a whistle as ever was seen. 1t Is made |
entirely Of the skin of the curly afterpart of |
pig, and it is as hard as nickel and has been |
polished till 1t shines, Mr. Wheeler has
made several Of these eccentric triies, we am |
tOlu w netnef ne Is now devOting his |
leisure hours to the evolution of a silk purss |
from a sow's ear is not stated Mr. Wheeler |
is a native Of one Of the eastern states-that |
OF the wooden nutmegs, we believe
The Rev. DR.. E E. Murray doesn't believe |
in the church fair, and in the last Presby- |
terian Quarterly says so st length, giving |
reasons for his unbelief. at seems strange |
he says, that those who would think it be- |
meath them to turn peddiers, restaurant |
keepers, etc, yet think they are honoring the |
church in thus degrading her. What state |
our poor church must be IN when she is |
forced to take to selling oysters and ice |
cream for a livingI Z What minister with an |
atom Of self respect would tolerate propo-
sal to raise his salary in such a wayi With |
all our dime readings, ice cream festivals, |
oyster suppers, concerts, ETC., every one of |
the benevolent causes Of the church is Ian |
gushing for the want Of proper support"
Miss Linda Gilbert has devoted fifteen |
years and most of her fortune to prison |
reform. She has established twenty-five |
libraries in the prisons of different states
and found employment for 5000 ex-con-
victs.
AngOstura Bitters the celebrated anne