The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-05-23

Tho PIL.cc u Naples, crown prince OF
Italy, Is, II Is runorcd, q candiint" for tho
Il u Princess Sophie. daughter N Elm
pcror Frederick. Of Germany.
Capt. J. Is Coffin, 81 Massachusetts,, cI-
pects To hn.ca jolly time as American con
ml at St. Helena. he viii have " DC q No
polcon Of ch"eriulncs- If lie does
The now Duke Of Rutland, Lord John
Manners, inhcrits 7O,cO0 acres Of lind, five
mansions and about $1,000 annual income
from his brother, the bachelor duke.
When Judge Gresham is in evening dress
be Is considered by his friends the most at
t~ract!yc man living. II is supposed that he
will Weir "A dress coat ut the convention next
summer.
Senator Chnrr, OF Rhode Island, Is tho only
momUrr Of the United States senate who al
WAYS wears n swallow tailed coat, while At
,Oruny General Garland pridcs himself ON
ncvcv hHvin. owned one.
S~tcn"3raphcr ID. +. Murphy has been the
reporter u the United States senate for
nearly forty years. He hos reported Clay,
Webster and CaSs, and later Sumner, Sew
Grl and other famous men.
Austen Chamberlain, eldest son Of the
Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, il TO enter
larlinln"mt. lie has been studying in Berlin,
and it i 4nid that Prince Bismarck took a
great fancy 70 him and frequently enter
tanned linn at dinner.
Cyih.rt II. Gillette, Of Kcokuk, Ia, Is n
veteran Of tic late war who is now totally
blind. For fifteen years ne has been unsuc-
c~csstuliy applying for n pension. His claim
has just iccn allowed, and he will receive
about $ld,OUO in arrears.
Ono Of the newspaper men In congress, ard
one OF the youngest members of the house as
well. Is Jacob Tost, cdiiur OF The Valley
Nirginian, Of stanton. His boyish face Is
innocent Of u beard, and he looks hnlf u dozen
years younger than he really Is.
Alexander Dumas sat down one night not
long ago and wrote n single act play before
hoquit the work, which lasted from . o'clock
In the evening till 2:;0 in the morning. lie
drank eight cups OF black coffee while ho
wrote and converted tWenty-nine cigarettes
Int ashes.
Gen. Lew Wallace, the author OF BE
Hur,' Is said to 10 distrcssingly absent
mindnl. He has been now when at break
fast 10 put two hcaping tcnSlOonfuls OF
Engnr on n soft boiled egg, and then, almost
before the laughter had died away TO snlt
bis coffee with great d~clihcration.
The sultan OF Morocco takes great pleasure
In the short line OF railroad presented TO him
by tho King or tho BclglanA II Is his
mnJcstyS great delight to climb into the ga
loon car and whisk around the palace
grounds, while his dutiful subjects gaze In
wonder upon the strange conveyance
George Gollop, OF Strobe, Dorsetshire,
England, Il about To celebrate his 95th birth.
day with great fcstiVity. Ho Isl representa-
tive Of n very ancient family In the west Of
England, and succeeded 20 It's estates in lTS2
He Is doubtless the doyon Of tho English
squircarchy, and when nearly 50 was the
father OF twins
Gen. Baron Won Loo, London; Gen. Count
Won IDhndort, Vienna; Gen Won Werder,
St Petersburg; Prince Won Hobenlohe-fn gcl
flngcn, Rome; Cen Prince Won Ftadziwill,
Madrid and Lisbon; Gen. Count Won Alien,
Paris, and Prince IIatsfeldt-T rnchcnberg, TO
tho Vatican, make ny the list OF tho nowly
appointed German ambassadors
Whenever Emperor William went TO his
study window TO acknowledge q military sd
Lutte he invariably buttoncd his coat. To @
general, who asked him why he was so ccre-
monious, he said: 1.-The soldiers have never
Seen me with my coat unbuttoned, and they
rover shall. 1t is the ono button left unbut-
toned that il the ruin OF tho nr'"v"