The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-16
MEN WHO ARE KNOWN.


What the Newspapers Are Saying About
Them-Personal Items
Judge Gray, Of the United States su-
preme court, is an enthusiastic hunter
and fisher.
1t cost the emperor of Austria $500, 900
to entertain the czar Of Russia for three
days
The crown prince of Italy, it is be-
lieved, will certainly marry a daughter
Of the Comte de Paris.
Pope Leo has decided that all his jubi-
lee presents which are Of sacred nature
are to form Leonine museum.
Emperor Francis Joseph takes beer at
luncheon, a limited amount of cham
payne at dinner and smokes the COM
monest kind of cigars. -
Emin Bey is Familiarity known in
Germany, especially at Breslau and
Berlin, where he studied medicine, by the
prosaic name Of Edward Schnitzer.
The best paid story writer in the coun-
try is said to be Harlan P. Halsey, who
makes an income of $1,000 year from
the detective stories he writes for The
New York Ledger.
Mr.. Clifford Lanier, brother of Sid
ney Lanier, who is making a name for
himself if literature, has story entitled,
''The Mates Race With the Banshees," !"
in a southern magazine.
Mr.. F. B. Thurber has a menagerie Of
native animals near his country home at
Onteora park, in the Catskills. This do
mestic menagerie consists Of bears-old
and young-foxes and raccoons. They
are kept in cages, and may be seen at
any time by visitors to this picturesque
mountain resort. sort..a-1sss.....,......s..
One Of the poor boys who started out
in life to make q fortune and succeeded
was Thomas Nickerson, OF Boston, who
buAs and owns q controlling interest in
the Mexican Central railroad. His father
was Cape Cod fisherman who left him
penniiess when very young.
A Mr.. Braunhart, of San Bernardino,
Cal, possesses the identical knife which
the famous Apache Chief Geronimo used
in scalping his victims. 1t is about four
teen inches long, brass trimmed, with
steel blade and q carved ironwood handle.
There are still marks Of blood on the
knife. =. ... r,..
A. J. Drake of Palatka, Fla, has a
vest that was worn by bis grandfather,
Albrittain Drake, during the Revolu-
tionary war. 1t is made of cotton home
spun, with gourd bottoms, and measures
sixty inches around the bottom, ample
confirmation of the family tradition that
the Revolutionary ancestor weighed S62
pounds. .
It was one Of the hobbies Of Governor
Young, of Ohio, whose death occurred
recently, to keep what he called "Black
Book" In which he pasted every mean
thing that was said about him in The
newspapers. Nevertheless, he was q
great friend of the newspaper Gorrespon
dents, among whom he had wide ac
quaintance.
Mr.. Spofford, the librarian of congress
and his assistant. Mr.. Hutcheson, ar,
noted for their wonderful memories. No
en2y can they refer instantly to any bool
in the library that may be asked for
butif requested to mention the best book
on a particular topic, they are able t.
equmerate them with a rapidity tha
wQlld shame q book canvasser.
Karl Muth, matchmaker of Saxony
GeSmany, has a penchant for maxim,
lockets and sending them to distin
glhshed people. These lockets are mad
Of German pfennig pieces that are abou
two-thirds the size Of copper cent. H
inserts the miniature Of the person h
proposes to honor in zone of these tin
coins, and sends it to him. Herr Mutt
has letters Of acknowledgment iron
crowned heads and Others; among tn
others one from President Cleveland
whom he honcred with one Of his pfeu
mig loekets.
Judge William d. Kelley, Of Phhadel
phia, is a remarkable man in many re
spects. He has been twenty-eight year
IN congress, and one characteristic abou
him makes him rather peculiar exampl
Of success in public life. He Is practic
ally unable to remember for any lengt
of time either face or Q name, and thi
lack of memory would have long sine
consigned many another man to privat
life. To make up for his want of polit
ical adroitness in this respect the sturd
old protectionist Is gifted with a mos
acute and intelligent ear, and he can te
men by their voices where he never coul
recognize them by face or,name. So
closes his eyes when a newcomer ad
dresses him and thus figures out his ider
tity. ....
Although quitea young man, Josep
Howard's whitened locks (they are a
snowy as Boucicault's) and white mus
tache and goatee give him q striking az
pearance when taken In conjunction wit
bis youthful manner and figure. How
ard is now attached to no New York ps
per, but corresponds for a multitude c
out-of town sheets. From this source hi
income is perhaps larger than that of an
other correspondent, save perhaps Georg
Alfred Townsend, who writes under tn
name of "Gath." Howard is an anus
ing and in some ways profitable con
papion, for he has known host of cleve
men, and, having an excellent memory
is ableto retail many good things at SEX
ond hand.