The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-08-10
MEN TALKED ABOUT.

WEN tAINEU So0Ot.
from the Newspapers Of the Land.
The Thakore sahib Of Sohdam has just
married his fifty-irst wife. III.
James Russell Lowell and Joseph Chamber
lain are recovering from the govt in London.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes is to furnish
the chapter on the Massachusetts, dialect in a
forthcoming book on Americanisms
Mr.. Winans, who hires so many deer for
ests in Scotland, has been sued by the trus-
tees Of Lord Lovat for f6 500 for rent due,
and condemned to pay.
The late DIR. e. II. Lefingwen, of New
Haven, had a fine collection Of autographs,
estimated to be worth nearly 100000.
The late James Freeman Clarke left an au-
tographic will giving his entire estate to his
wife, from whom he says he received it.
The late Kaiser Fritz, ever after his mar
riage with the English princess royal, kept
the anniversary of Waterloo as a fete day.
Walter Besant, the well known English
novelist, is in poor health and has gone to
the continent to recuperate. He is suffering
from overwork and writer's cramp.
The venerable Hannibal Hanllin has a
pump, not as venerable as he himself, but
even better preserved. 1t was set up in his
back yard over forty years ago and is as
good as ever.
Joaquin Miller is living the existence Of
q hermit in the mountains near Oakland,
Cal H. is engaged upon a poem of some
length, entitled Legends Of Christ" en-
bodying quaint stories picked up by Miller
when he lived in the Levant
separate summer and winter estate When
the icy winds are bowling about our heads
here the veteran player is in Louisiana
among his flowers. His summer home is in
New Jersey, and in both places he is q free
handed entertainer.
Laurence Oliphant, the author Of ''Irene
Macgillicuddy," has been interviewed on the
subject Of novels, and has confessed that "of
all the older writers of fiction Charles Reade
stands at the head" He prefers the writings
of Dickens to Thackeray, but Of the men he
cared most for the latter.
Col Lamar Fontaine, of Canton, Miss,
drives pair Of pet bears to a buggy. He
has trained the animals himself, and may be
seen out behind his novel team every fine
afternoon. The bears run a sort of awkward
trot and seem to take their position with the
best possible good nature They are, Of
course, muZzled-
The shah of Persia has requested Charles
A. Ashburner, of the United States geologi-
cal survey, to take charge of the Persian en-
cheering corps The Shah is of the opinion
that valuable deposits of coal, iron, petro-
la11rn nd hn fol fn
be found in Persia Hitherto nothing but
turquois has been mined in that country.
Mix Chu PAX, Corean minister at Wash
ington, wears q most remarkable costume
when he goes for walk in these days. His
dress is white, and on his head towers the
steeple shaped Corean hat. Over his white
costume he wears long coat of blue mus
quito netting, with tails that reach the
ground. In his hand PAX carries a cheap
gingham umbrella. Thus attired he stalks
solemnly along, accompanied by his secre-
taries.
John Bright, the English statesman,
learned how to work before he began to
speak for and represent workingmen, and his
three sons were taught trades. His father,
old Jacob, was a poor man, with nearly as
many children as he had shillings a week for
his work as a weaver. At the present day
the Bright mills are scarcely to be surpassed
In the country. Over 1900 hands are en-
ployed in them.
Sidney Booth, the 15-year-old son of Agnes
Booth Schoeffel, has a passion for collecting
eggs He has three large cabinets in his
room filed with all sorts and conditions of
eggs, from the humming bird to that of the
ostrich, and bis library is largely composed
Of books ON the subject of his hobby. Young
Booth will probably follow in the footsteps
Of his brother, Junius Brutus, and go upon
the stage after he has finished with his school
books.
Oliver P. Rahm, inventor of the self
scratching match, is living quietly in Boone
vile, N. Y. He is now an old man, and his
fortune, estimated at $250,O0O, gives him
every comfort and successfully keeps the
wolf from the door. His famous match was
an inspiration which came to him in sleep.
On retiring he had attempted to light his gas
with an ordinary match and had burned his
fingers. He had dream which suggested
the device by which he made fortune.
Mr.. Herbert Ward, the explorer of whom
much is now heard in connection with Mr..
Stanley, is a nephew Of Mr.. Rowland Ward,
the naturalist 1t is told that one morning.
when Mr.. Stanley was preparing for his ex-
petition, Mr. Ward called at the explorers
rooms and asked to see him He was lucky
and obtained an audience. "What is your
businessp asked Mr.. Stanley, looking the
young fellow down with his penetrating eye
~ want a billet. Can you give me onel'
"What, to accompany meP' Certainly"
"Where are your credentialsf' "Well, I
have just come back from British Borneo,
where I was exploring" Mr.. Stanley spoke
a fapu words in MALAY and Mr. Ward ra