Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-31
PERSONAL GOSSIP.


Millais is painting his third portrait Of
Mr.. Gladstone
King Oscar of Sweden is busy on a new
play. which he will bring out in the fall.
Dr. Albion W Small, at IS years of age,
is the youngest president Colby university
1as had
The Prince of Wales has the gift of free
hand caricature and is able to his Off the
likeness of friend with a few scratches q
IA pen
John Hart, who drives bakers wagon in
sWestchester, Pa, is u great grandson of the
John Hart who signed tho Declaration of In
dependence.
Marshal Mac Mahon, ex-president of France,
now in his Slst year, is as fresh boy. and
has never yet had from a natural cause a
days sickness
Richard Mansfield is to spend the rest Of
the summer along the New England coast,
after which his royal namesake. Richard LII.
will be given show.
Almost the only commoner neither in OH
cial nor military life at the dinner given to
the shah by the Earl of Rosebery was Mr.
William Henry Hurlbert.
year from the Servian civil list, but he is
extravagant and not likely to limit his ex-
pendture to that amount.
The shah OF Persia was so well pleased
with Mrs Alice Shaw, the lady whistler,
that he gravely proposed TO buy Der AMI
take her with him to Persia on his return.
Jay Gould says that for the first year of his
married life he lived 500 got up at day
break. went to church every Sunday, and was
as happy as a boss bumulebee in sweet clover
Capt Zalinski, of pneumatic dynamite gun
fame is described as very much like Erics-
son and other great inventors in being uuas-
suming." There is nothing of the big gun"
about him.
Capt Nicholas Murphy, of Boston, is one
Of the most noted life savers in America.
During a period of thirty-flve years he has
saved upward Of one hundred persons from
drowning.
Professor David r. Todd, of the Amherst
college observatory, has been appointed chief
Of government party of scientists to observe
the total eclipse of the sun in Southwestern
Africa Dec. -
Rev Joseph s Twitchell. of Hartford,
Conn, better known as Joe Twitchell.0 de
clines an honorary degree of D. d. He con
sders 1t a vastly greater honor 10 DO Joe"
Twitchel OF Yale
A Norwegian geographical society will
probably spring from the adventurous jour
neys of DR. Nausen in Greenland. The ex-
plorer is anxious to organize such associa
ton at Chrstania
Herr Arthur Nikisch, of Leipsic, who is to
conduct the Boston Symphony orchestra. is
q short, 1.-the man, with dark and sallow face
and expressive eyes, He has learned English
in the past few months.
The Prince of Wales receives from the Brit
ish exchequer more than s3S1, 900 year, the
Duke of Edinburgh more than sli2. 000 and
the Duke of Connaught $l25.0O0. The Duke
of Cambridge gets $4,000
John G. CAN'T, the celebrated tramp print
er, who is known in almost every printing
establishment in the central and southern
states, Is 20 years of age, and Inns been CON
stantly on the tramp since the close Of the
civil war.
Sam Wah Kee is said to be the richest
Chinaman in the east He lives in Roston
and can draw up n check for $40, 0l0 any
day, which at least one bank will honor. He
made his money a dealer in imported Chi
nese staples
Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, the senior
admiral of the English fleet, has attained his
9sth year. He entered the navy as far back
as 1904, and is the sole survivor of the action
between the Shannon aud the Chesapeake, in
which he played a distinguished part
Sir Julian Pauncefote. the new British
minister at Washington. is generally recog-
nized as the poli;est and most aniable gentle
man who has occupied that post in many
years. He Is fond of American girls ad-
mires American horses and likes American
cooking.
Zola's newest novel, La Bette HUMANE"
contains all the personal experience of life on
the railway which the author was 50 busy in
acquiring last winter when he rode on ex-
press engines, interviewed traffic managers,
Travelled with guards and hobnobbed with
porters and signalmen
Donald G.. Mitchell r'Ike Marvei1 has
been lecturing at Chautauqua. A CORE
spondent says that in appearance MIR Mitch
ell has become more like a condensed e,li-
ton Of George William Curtis than ever.
while in manner and methods a speaker
the resemblance is even more striking"
The Yale crew have lost their stroke. f. [.
Caldwell, who. after studying in the theo-
logical school FOR two years has determined
sity crew to victor III six races. three with
Harvard. and his - crew In four races,
making better f,s-,rl, it il said. tuan tuat
Of any other coile-a' aars.nan
Victoria. Australia. is mourning the death
Of the Hon. Francis Ormonl. one of that
coloay's greatest pl!anthropists. lie gave
t250.oG0 to Orinofii college, Melbourne,
elC0,c01 to Neipurne unworthy for a de-
partment II music, and was one Of the chief
founders Of the Working Mems coIle.e,
which now has eco students
Lord Clifton, an eccentric English lord,
htsied another lori named Hothfei. Tie
latter's s,lieitor sent Clifton a better which
Clifton returned with the ot,ser atrsn that it
WAS not properly commenced 1t began
MY Dear Sir" Clifton says it should have
begun MY Lord The offending ari-tocrat
also wants 10 he tried by a jury Of lords
Common jurors, he says are not his Iesrs
The common Jurors agree with him
Details Of the emperor's life aboard the
imperial yacht Hohenzoliern appear il. the
papers He comes on deck at O'Clock and
breakfasts on coffee aud eggs and hot aud
cold meats, finishing with glass Of sherry.
He interchsnges kilograms with the empress
at every station After a simple dianer Of
soup, fish and rnaat. with light wines Ger.
man champagne and coffee, he pronlenades
the deck. smoking. and retires at O'Clock
he is Ia splendid health