Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-13
ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN.

Both Macaulay and Sir Walter Scott
had prodigIous memories.
Andrew Fuller could repeat poem of
800 lines after hearing 1t read once OF
twice.
John Wesley had a remarkable mem
DRY, and at eighty-flve, even, it was
still vigorous.
The Rev. Ellis Howell of Marshall,
Ill, has just married his One-thou-
sandeth couple.
Samuel Ayres, an Adventist, living IN
Worcester, Mass, predicts the end of
the world on the night OF October Z,
1899.
Robert Ray Hamilton is rhirty-seven
years old though be looks younger. lie
is an agreeable conversationalist and a
fair public speaker. 1t was he that con-
Quoted the proceedings against Capt.
Cregan in behalf of Allen ThOrndike
Rice, whose close friend he was.
The king and queen of Greece have
seven children, the youngest year old.
The Princess Alexandria is a very pretty
girl of nineteen The queen is fond Of
American literature, takes all the maya
zines and adOres the works of Haw-
thorne. All the children speak French,
English, Greek and Russian.
John Hopkins, the founder of the uni
versity that bears his name IN Baltimore,
entered the same city at the age of nine
teen with 6215 cents in his pockets and
died worth 81 600, 900. He worked
harder TO make the first $1,000 than he
did to make all the rest. The bulk Of
his wealth was made as aprivate banker.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was very
poor when she wrote "Uncle Tom s
Cabin . The last chapter was written
in the office Of her publisher in Boston ..
It was a cold winter morning, and she
arrived at the store half frozen. She
stood over the stove half an hour before
she was sufficiently thawed to hold her
pen. Three months from that time she
received a check for $40, 900, as the first
payment on the sale of "Uncle Tom 8
Cabin -
Russell Sage is something more than q
mere business machine. He served three
successive terms in congress, during
which he originated the idea of purchas-
ing Mount Vernon and keeping it as a
national domain. He advocated the ap-
point1nent of a committee of ladies ,
which eventually grew into the Mount
Vernon association, by whom the home
of Washington was finally purchased and
fitted up as it is to-day. Mr.. Sage is
tall, thin and straight as Mohawk.
Bayless W. Hanna, late minister to
Buenos Ayres, tells this on himself, and
no one could tell it better: Some months
ago at Buenos Ayres a rich Spanish
banker gave a dinner to some friends and
Mr.. Hanna was seated on the right of the
hostess. She inquired as to the health
OF Mrs Hanna, who was not
present, and asked how many child
rem they had. Bayless, not I'M
Outstanding Spanish very well,
thought she wanted to know the age of
Mrs. Hanna, and SAID, Forty eight,
madam - To his surprise, the lady
threw up her hands and exclaimed,
''Gracios a Dios, que no tengo expose
Americano!" which, being translated,
is, "Thank God, I have not an Ameri-
can husbaud!'' Next day the Spanish
banker called on Mr.. Hanna and said +:
"YOu astonIshed my wife yesterday
when you told her you had forty-eight
children - ''why, my dear sir, -
replied the minister, 81 thought your
wife inquired as to the age OF Mrs.
Hanna, and I gave er the fOrty-eight
figure. l have only four children, and
they are enough.