The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-31
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

Lewis Minthort of Shawano, Wis.
is the father of twelve children. He
has the distinction of being the father
OF family composed entirely of trip
lets.
John Bright's fortune, instead of
being ESQ. 600, was but ESQ. 600. He
left no public legacies, it being his
opinion that the support of public in
stitutiOns should come from the living.
"A robust woman keeps a saloon in
Cincinnati, and during the past five
years she has broken heads, aEms and
legs for seven different men who
wouldn't walk out like gentlemen. A
wagon spoke is her favorite weapon.
Aunt Emily Ward. j" a well known
philanthropist of Detroit. lately cele-
brated her eightieth birthday. She
has been instrumental in giving not
less than twenty men and women their
start Ia iife.
There is a man in Warren's who
has a mania for whistling all the latest
tunes. He has whistled so much that
he has blown the center of his mus
tache away, and it only grows at the
corners of his mouth. -Waltham
(Mass.) Free Press.
-''Prince Bismarck and Pope Leo
KILL" says M. de Blowitz, the cele-
brated correspondent, ''are the only
men-I have seen nearly all the great
persOnages of the time-who have not
disappointed me, but have even sur
passed my expectations.
AFohS1a Oh =. L..
the singular appellation of Pork and
Beans" The name was originally be-
slowed on him as nickname, but in
course of time he adopted it regularly,
and has since used it in all his bust
ness transaction, his family name be-
ing entirely forgotten.
Miss Julie Catlin, of New York, is
a clever amateur violinist. who is the
happy possessor of a violin bow with
diamond of the purest water set in the
end, the gift of her fancee. The idea
is not a new one; Ole Bull, who never
wore jewels on his fingers, had dia-
mond flashing in the end of his bow.
Fred L. Ames, who is worth $20,-
900, 900, is supposed to be the rich
est man in Boston. He lives in the
finest house in the city, entertains gor-
geously and is regarded as the aristo-
crat of the aristocrats. Nevertheless.
his grandfather, old Oliver Ames the
first, use to peddle shovels of his own
make in that town.
Miss Fabian, q devoted little En-
glish woman, passed through New York
recently on her way to the Sandwich
Islands, where she was going as a vO'-
unteer nurse to the leper colony at
Molol1ai. She knows that she can
never come back TO her friends, but
she felt that duty called her to that
terrible spot. and she has followed its
call with perfect cheerfulness.
Madame Modjeslxa is Polish wom-
an and an ardent patriot When
playing in Warsaw, she always alb
aents herself from the stage on the
plea Of illness. If the Gar visits the
city. Etiquette requires him to make
presents to the principal performers
when he attends the theater, and Mod
jeska could not bear to receive gift
from the oppressor of her people.
Miss Emily Florence Chartres, Of
Manchester, England, is undoubtedly
fiddler of great skill. She not only
obtained the gold medal for violin
playing in the Royal Academy of
Music competition, but she has also
been created a Licentiate of the Royal
Academy OF Music, and also an asso-
ciate of Trinity College, London. This
is the first time that either OF these
honors has been obtained by woman
for violin playing.