Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-05-12
J MORE OR LESS FAMOUS.
Newspaper Talk About Men of Note.
Stray Bits of Gossip.

: Newspaper Tnlk About Men OF Note.
Stray Bits of Gossip.
Paul du Cbaillu has settled for good in Eng.
land
Pere Hyacinthe Is the latest outspoken ad-
herent OF Gen. Boulanger.
The Hon. Proctor Knott has clock of
which the works were made at Geneva In
lsl779 and the case by IN uncle Of President
Cleveland in 1920.
jefferson Davis says that Horace Greeley
signed his bond put of pure Kindness of heart
Davis had never spoken to the great editor
in his life
E zola, the French novelist, has large head.
a high forehead, nose slightly retrousse,
fine chin, strong mouth, and sad, dreamy
black eyes, half concealed by glasses His
shoulders are almost on level with his ears
Tho death Ia announced of Patterson jolly,
of Dublin, Ireland, tile oldest printer in the
lsworld. He was lOi years DID, and pulled the
first sheet OF the Edinburgh Journal moro
than seventy years ago
a George NJ Pullman has MS much regard
for the executive ability of women as for that
OF men. Flo is always suiiling to ply
woman mans wuges IL she eau do mans
work. He has great many women in his
employ and has high opinion of their use
fulncss.
Zola,s opinion Ct Boulanger is this, accord
Ing to Figaro's interviewer: "Boulanser is
stick with a hat on it, q hat adorned with
lace and plumes-thats all And the worst
of 1t is that this stick meets an i'll disguised
want:of tho nation, wnnt Of some kind Of
despotism-royalty, empire, dictatorship.
Gambettism or Goulangismn
Tho only senator who now hahtually
wears one of the littis black skull caps that
were SO common among the senators few
years ugois Senator Edmunds, whose head
Is SO bald as to be very sensitive TO the
7draughts about tho corridors OF the senate
chamber. The custom Of wearing the caps
Was stlUted by Gen. Burnside aud was quite
ifashionabie> fcr.u d ne..-.z
1 Editor, Pinney OF the WiDstead lConnl
Press retires from journalism without any
nonsense. In his '.valedictory" be says:
ssFrom the customary leave takings OF the
public, with hypocrtical laudatlonand cheap
thanks for generous patronage. must be
excused. thank the public for nothing. 1t
HIS 1uu ulIpIc ISLui IL LII eiii s.ssAe ~ 49,.
for me, and give it quit claim for all chat
| I.have done for it.
British residents in japan are subscribing
for the repair of the grave Of Will Adams.
British sailor who was shipwrecked in japan
In horeign of James |, and who lived tor
many years at the court of Yedo. where he
obtained extraordinary influence. His grave
was discovered some years ago on the summit
of ono OF the hills overlooking the govern
,rnent arsenal at Yokosuka, near Yokohama
Baron Alfred Tennyson, having retired
frcm the poetical business. is about TO start
new lease OF public life as godfather TO
baby colonies A new English settlement Is
shortly to be established in the region OF The
Capo of Good Hope 1t will be- peoplcd by
number of selected families taken from one
of the southern counties of England. The
first party starts in June next. The new
settlement is to be called Tennyson, after the
poet laureate, who for many years past has
takena great interest in the South African
colonies
James Gordon Bennett may well be called
citizen of the world lie has 3 house in
New York, one at Newport, one in Paris.
cottugo at Bourgival, chateau and farm
thirty miles out of Paris, villa ut Nice and
nistenn yacbt to take him across the ocean
or anywhere he wants to go. Mr. Bennett
well on to fifty years of age, but he does noa
Hook it. His tall form is Us straight rs an
arrow, his blue eyes us bright as an eagles,
and his mustache golden brown His hair,
however, is very gray.
Gen Sherman lives, with his wife and
daughter, at the Fifth Avenue hotel. New
York, Tho general is now in his 18th year,
vet few men of 40 have more vitality ,r :n-
Joy life moro thoroughly than this veteran
of the war ST. Gaudens the sculptor, has
bust of Gen. Sherman on exhibition at tbe
Academy IF Design, which is remarkable
i:fsrits likeI ess and the strength of the sculp
tors worl4 The general is too nervous and
to enjoy sitting as long IS it is
Necessary when portrait is concerncd, and
it Is not likely that.h will ever again be So
cured for this purpose. =.
The Beard family are among the ulos5
fartistic citizens presented by Ohio 60 Ne"
York. There are six of them on the roster
IF the Ohio society: Daniel c., Harry. James
C.. j. Il, T. Frank and w. H. Beard. Daniel
C. Beard is famous for his cows bears and
sther animals of that Fix which he introduces
eYso bis own stories IN 81 Eichotas and such
Publications. 10 Is as clever writer as
artist. T. Frank Beard who has done
great deal Of excellent work in Judge, is
small man with a brown beard. w. II.
Beard draws animals in the guise of human
beings rs n specially. James Z. Beard is IN
adept in natural history and in transferring
ibis knowledge of it from brain to finger tips.
s;SsJohn, the only brother left Of the once
famous Hutchinson family, spent few hours
In New Y ork recently, OF his way back to his
home in Lynn, Mass, from Washington.
where be went to attend the woman's con-
yention Though only ca years Of age. MIR.
Huih tnson has the head of patriarch. His
irorS gray hair falls in thick, curly locks DO
hineshis ears, he never having given up the
earl Bfnshion Of wearing it long A heavy
bear1 streoked with gray, not silver, hides
the t:Toat, but not the wid points of Byron
collar, which collar certainly does not detract
fromltbe picturesqueness of the bend. The
lines of the face are not too prominent, but
with the shaggy, overhangine eyebrows.
gives it n strength perhaps needed The eyea
have the expression and tenderness of
woman's.
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