Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-17
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

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 President Patton, of Princeton, Is an ad- mirer of tennis
 Enoch Pratt, the Baltimore philanthropist, is worth S6,oO0,0O0. MT. Jesse R. Grant is in Mexico, looking after his mining interests.
 Edison, the inventor, says he would give all his fame to recover his hearing. A Paris paper speaks of ''Mr. Powderhorn, president of the American Knights of Labor" :" Mayer Anselm Rothschild, the founder of the Rothschild family, began life as a bankers clerk.
 The shah of Persia has requested the ladies of his harem to learn the piano and promises prizes for proficiency. George Bancroft, the American historian, and Von Moltke, the German warrior, are as old as the century-88. Baron de Hein, one of the chief justices of the Austrian empire, has seventeen children, nine of whom are girls. Isaiah V. Williamson, the rich old bachelor of Philadelphia, has given $1O5,OOO to the House of Refuge in that city. Pao Yum, president of the Pekin academy, is translating Shakespeare for the benefit of youthful princes of the Chinese imperial house.
 Minister Pendleton has recovered from his paralytic stroke, but is still very weak, and 1t will be months before he will be again in working order.
 Prince Oscar of Sweden and his bride have gone to Carlscrona, their future residence. in the south of Sweden. They are now known as the Prince and Princess Berna- dotte.
 King Leopold of Belgium recently pur- chased copy of Gen. Grants book, and he has recommended the study of American history in the schools and colleges of his kingdom.
 Billy" Molony, the fugitive boodler, writes from Rome. Italy, that he is tired of Europe and will soon return to Canada. An uneasy conscience is not desirable travelling companion.
 The Duke of Edinburgh, who is noted for his stinginess, is in the habit of having his frock coats made with removable buttons so that the same coat can be used either for uniform or civilian dress
 MT. Gladstone owns patch of land on the Canadian side commanding splendid view of Niagara falls. He was asked to sell when the Prospect park improvements were being planned, but declined with thanks. Prince Bismarck has been much concerned about h!s p;ivate affairs lately as the inunda- tions near Ia"zin swept away three of his larges, sawnlills, in which several hundreds of worknen were regularly employed.
 William A. Andrews, of Cambridgeport. Mass, will start from Boston for England June IS in t!.e smallest boat that has ever att tempted 10 cross the Atlantic It will be only fourteeh feet long, five feet wide and two feet deep.
 Archbishop Benson, of Canterbury, is a warln a'i';H';;'e fr the use of bicycles among the clergy, and adds that he would willingly lend his influence to society for providing impecunious ministers with ''the useful steeds of iron"
 Ex-Senator Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, has made all his fortune since the war; At close of the hostillties he had hardly dollar in the world, but rented an abandoned Ar kansas plantation, and ill less than ten years had made $l,000.000.
 Professor Schmidt, of Gatz university, has hit u;on the plan of cutting off pieces of living sponge and planting them in a suitable place in the sea, as if they were willow twigs. In this way he has succeeded at the end of | three years ill producing 4,000 sponges at a cost of $45.
 Senator Stewart, who owns the house oc- cupied by the Chinese legation at Washing ton, has raised the rent thereon from $6, 900 to $S,OOO. When Minister Chang returns from Peru he will probably seek other quar- ters. Chang is, financially, Chinese giant, but he has due regard for economy. The king of Siam has conferred the order of the Chulachoclao on his dentist, a French man. The decoration is the least important of the four orders of Siam, and it involves the wearing of cone shaped hat of great weight on all public occasions. Recipients of the honor are, therefore, not always as grateful as they should be. Anthony J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, who is considered the richest banker in the United States, is a man of extraordinary modesty, and is rarely seen in public places. He is man of medium size, with dark eyes that are brilliant when he speaks. During banking hours he works as hard as any of his clerks, and many of his employees arc better dressed than he is
 The most picturesque potentate in Europe is the baby king of Spain, who has just cut his first teeth He is a very large child for his age, and has the face of an old man. He is to be left entirely to the care of women until he is years of age, when a tutor and masters will take charge of him until he is 16. At that age he will supersede the queen regent at the head of the Spanish govern ment.