Democratic messenger., 1888-09-01
MEN TALKED ABOUT.

OF Personal Gossip.
A nephew Of Count Won Moltkc Is kill
ing rabbits In Australia
E. Berry Wallis friends say that he is q
living illustration Of the paradox, "How
to be well dressed though married."
Jacob w. Hoyt, Of jackson. Mich, e
one Of the Oldest baggage masters in the
country. lie has been smashing trunks
for thirty-scven years.
Cornelius vanderbilt's income from his
capital is said to be In the ncighborhood
OF 100000 month. while that Of
William X. is not far behind It.
The Prince Of Wales wears billycock
hat. smokes short pipe and drives about
in hired carriage when at Cannes or
Nice. and cuts everybody who attempts
to treat him as prince.
"My friends" said the French presi-
dent to the crowds who were crying
"Vive Carnot" on his recent tour, "do
not say 'vive Carnot.' but 'Vive Ia Re-
publique!
mo meat for dinner, eh?' quericd
Jacob Wall, rs he sat down TO his dinner
in Troy. "Very well-I'll 20 after
some." That was one day eight years
ago. and he has not returned yet.
Gen. Prejcvalsky. the Russian fill
buster. has set out with band of Cos
sacks for Thibct with the aim Of creating
n pretext for Russia to rcadjust her
boundaries in that part OF the world. 4
Vladimir. the Greek Catholic bishorSok
Alaska and the Aleutian lslandSpfs q
noticeable figure at San Francisco. which
has just become the seat of his diocese.
He Is tall, straight and handsome. speaks
English well, and is n graceful as well as
n forcibldSspeaker. For eight years no
was mifiienary in Japan.
Senator X Aler, Of South Carolina. is q
direct desc-ii s.'ns1hc dukes Of Ormond,
Of Ireland. a )is entitled to bear a
Pierce Butl5 tas an officer in the
British arm ,tfore the revolution who
tTak the sid(eof the colonies in the strug-
gle sor separation and aftcrward became
q Unhed States senator.
John Boyle O'Reilly wrote the poem
''The School House Clock" while pris-
oner in Arbor Hill prison, Dublin. The
verses were written on n bit Of brown
paper. and were called forth by clock
standing in a corridor Of the prison,
which was the fac-simile Of the one that
ticked in the old school house in a little
village near Drogheda when he was q
boy.
Capt. William Andrews fears inn
mcnse waves less than the whales In his
projected canoe trip across the Atlantic.
lie says schools Of whales. which are
tame, are wont to play dangerously near
craft that can he spllntcred by single
blow Of one OF their broad tails. To
guard against this he will carry q supply
of cartridges TO frightcn away the dis
agreeable companions.
4 friend recently spoke TO Louis Kos
suth of the ilourishing condition of Pesth,
when the Hungarian exile said that it
almost broke his heart to hear of that
beautiful city and not be allowed to SEQ
it. The friend suggested that he might
20 there wearing blue goggles and wig,
after the style of Gen. Boulanger. No."
was the reply, "yet it is just possible that
] may see Hungary again. II Russia at
tacks my country will go wi ut a,
wig or disguise, and will visit every viii
lagc and every city, and give my right
arm in the service Of my fathcrland."
\ very close personal friend Of Evarts
said the other day that il was astonish.
ing TO him that the press had never rec.
ognized the fact that allusions TO his per-
sonal appearance. unless they are very
complimentary. wound him more deeply
than any other sort Of criticism, no mat
ter how harsh. This friend said that in
the senator's college days his companions
were all aware that he prided himself
upon his Romanesque and classical ap-
pearancc, and in this respect his char
acter, il 1t has altered at all, has grown
stronger. Nothing pleascs him so much
rs compliments upon the contour Of that
face which caricaturists have been so very
free with for ST. many years.
Thirty years ago there was trcmcn-
dous contest, which was felt over almost
all Of Europe. over the Jewish child
Mortara. whom the archbishop Of Ho-
logna claimed rs the property OF the Ro-
man Catholic church on the ground that
lic had been baptized by serving maid.
The church prevailed and took the boy
from his parents lie has now reap
pcarcd rs an asce,ic monk Of extraor-
binary eloquencc, learning and iervor.
and has been preaching to great audi
enccs near Madrid. The queen and court
have subscribed to help the convent
chapel he has built in the Basque high
lands. lie i called Father Morlara. lilo
is ecanon ot the Order of Saint Augustin.
and among other accomplishments he
speaks twenty-five languages.