Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-27
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, who is better
known as Uncle Remus." would not take a
prize at beauty show. His mustache, which
| looks like the fragment of blacking brush,
| struck by cyclone, only partially conceals a
coarse mouth, while his eyes seem on the point
of popping from his head in order to escape
from nose which his most partial friend
would not dare to call handsome.
JOHN JACOB AsToR died worth S4O. O.OOo, 100
after beginning a salary of 81 week Tor
beating furs in q damp cellar The $40 600, 600
left by him in lS49 has grown in 40 years to $780,
200, ,O00 The Astors know the value of money
and never waste or spend it uselessly. The
habits of the elder Astor were as regular as
Dutch clock. His only recreation was a game
of checkers; his only beverage was glass of
ale after dinner
JAMES R. RANDALL, the author of "Mary-
land, My Maryland" )" will be known as "Single
Song Randall, )" il he is known at ALL That
spirited lyric was inspired by the first blood
shed in the Civil War, in the streets of Balti-
more, on the 10Th of April, 1861. Mr.. Randall
was ~ years old when he wrote MY Mary
land" He is now so He is little above the
medium height, with a slight stoop; his hair,
eyes and mustache are brown. He talks
nuently. but his conversation would be i'm
proved by an occasional fash of silence.
of existence during nine months of the year.
Unlike most authors, he works in summer and
rests all the remainder of the year. His home
is handsome red brick Queen Anne villa,
the principle attraction of which is a large
library on the first floor. Here Mark Twain
may be found any day during his loafng sea-
son, sitting in comfortable arm chair, with
his feet on the window sill, partially hid by
cloud of tobacco smoke. Mrs. Clemens is
sweet, lovely, refined woman. but a serious
drawback to her husbands complete happiness
is the fact that she cannot appreciate his
jokes.
AUGUSTINE DAILY. one of the most success
1ul OF theatrical managers, has nothing very
striking either in his face or figure Beginning
as journalist in New York when % years old,
in short time he began to write or rather to
adapt plays His first successful effort in this
line was "Leah," which was produced on De-
cember s, 1882, at the Boston Museum. 1t made
remarkable hit and has kept the stage ever
since. Mr.. DAILY went on adapting plays for
five years, until 1867, when he produced his
frst original play, piece called Under the
Gaslight," which was an immediate success
In 1869 he began management with the Fifth
Avenue Theater, and has proved himself a
very capable manager.
SENATOR JOE BROWN, of Georgia, is a
nome-Spun statesman. Doth In his dress and ad-
dress. Raised in the back woods, he knew lit
tie or nothing about the refinements of social
life when he went to Washington, and natur-
ally enough, he was constantly making mis-.
takes In etiquette. On one occasion ne was at
large dinner party where serrapin was served
in the old Maryland style. Thu was the Sen
ator's first introduction to this delicious deli
cacy, whose exquisite favor pleased him i'm
mensely. Using his fork as harpoon, he
seized piece after piece of the savory dish
until his appetite was fully satisfied when,
pushing back his chair, he said: This is
mighty good eating. must get my wife to
make me some of this kind of soup when go
back to Georgia"
above the weakness of love, saying that ''mar-
riage is like mirage, distance lends enchant-
ment to the view; those who are in the institu-
tion want to get out and those who are out
want to get in" few years since she met the
Marquis de Stufa, an Italian nobleman of
ancient family, who possessed many fascinating
qualities, and the fair damsel of 42 summers
fell in love with him. The Marquis admired
her talents, enjoyed her society, and was fire.
quent visitor at her villa near Florence.
Ouida was prepared to become the Marchesa
de Stufa, but she was never asked. She made
her lover ridiculous in a book. Those who
have read Friendship will probably remem-
ber that the hero is a weak, tickle sort of char
acter, who does not know his own mind for a
week at time, but who is full of vanity and
possessed of a high idea of bis own Importance.
This hero was intended for the Marquis de
Stufa.