Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-06
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

JOHNS HOPKINS, the founder of the univer-
sity that bears his name in Baltimore, entered
the same city at the age OF 10 with 62h cents
in his pockets and died worth S7,OOO0O0. He
worked harder to make the first 81, ,0OO than he
did to make all the rest. The bulk of his wealth
was made as private banker.
ROBERT BROWNING is one of the most fam
GUS diners-out in London. He is round, rosy, a
bon-vivant--in fact, a jolly good fellow, having
none OF the poetical melancholy and dark, Cor
sair-hke appearance and manners which Byron
made so fashionable, He likes Americans, and
says our women are the sweetest and prettiest
in the world.
THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINsoN has had
an eventful history: Son of a merchant, he
graduated at Harvard, studied theology, and
was pastor of First Congregational Church at
Newburyport, Mass, and was obliged to leave
it on account of his anti-slavery preaching: he
then was an unsuccessful candidate for Con-
gress on the Free Soil ticket. Returning to
the pulpit he was pastor of free church at
Worcester, Mass, from 1852 to 1855, when he
left the ministry and devoted himself exclu-
sively to literary pursuits.
CARDINAL MANNING is a slight, graceful,
delicate gracious, dignified man, wearing no
insignia of his princely rank in the church,
except small red hat Like all intelligent
Bngishmen, he is deeply interested in the
United States and our institutions He regards
this country as the future home of the greatest
number of English speaking people. His
home is a plain brick house, the chief attrac.
ton of which is a magnificent library. He is
the most abstemious of men. dining off of a po-
tato and ar. egg. His position obliges him to
attend dinner parties, but he never touches the
luxuries of the table.
LUCKY BALDWIN" of California, has been
blacksmith, farmer, stable keeper; he has
kept hotel, grocery store, and theater. He
was a boatswain on st. Louis canal, became a
travelling tradesman; crossed the plains and
did rsttling business in tobacco and rum
among the saints at Salt Lake City. Finally he
reached San Francisco, where the first thing
he did was to start temperance hotel Then
he became brickmaker and made money.
0phir stock was running everybody at the time.
Baldwin tried his luck at it, and came out
winner of SlS.000,0O0. He is now so years old,
tall, dark, wiry, nervous and energetic.
SAMUEL COLT, the inventor of the revolver
that bears his name, was originally black
smith, rough, uneducated, coarse, but genus
in his way. A company was formed for the
manufacture of the pistols, but Colt had so ter
rible temper and was SO unreasonable that no
person could get along with him, SO he bought
out the company for song and set up for him.
self. A lucrative contract from the Govern
ment during the Mexican War was the founda.
tion of magnificent fortune. He bought
large tract of swamp land near Hartford,
Conn.,, and by spending liberal amount in
draining, he brought these useless lands up to
the value of 81, 100000
HENRY LABoUcHERE, NJ. P, and editor of
Truth, has had a romantic and interesting |
life. Born in London in 1881, he was educated
at Eton and Cambridge. Leaving college, he
set out on his travels and arrived in Mexico
where he fell in love with lady of the circus
he Joined the company and became sort of
Ouda hero. Growing tired of this life, he came
to the United States and found his way to st.
Paul, then cluster of shanties about which |
the Chippewas roamed. Becoming fascinated
by their wild, rowing life he hunted with them |
for six months. He next brought up in New
York, where he thought he would go into the |
diplomatic service. He became attached to the |
British legation at Washington. but at the end |
of two years he was dismissed for enlisting |
American citizens for the Crimean War at the |
same time with Crampton, the British Minister. |
He next appeared at St. Petersburg, then at |
Constantinople Finally he became journalist |
and Member of Parliament for Southampton.