Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-02-14
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

1ne car OF RUSSIA wears rug IN wnicn u
imbcdded piece Of tho trpo,roa
Browning disciples now " that the poe,
wrote Lady Geraldines courtship" In two
consecutive hours VIZ
Oliver Wendell Holmes says he is glad that
there are born controves slalists, and that he
, e not one Of them.
King Milan, of Servia, offers to abdicate Il
the German government will guarantee him
an income Of e00, 900 o year.
Senator Morrill,, who will DO 70 years old
In April, attends to his senatorial duties with
as much enthusiasm as his colleagues Of fewe,
years
Tho stamp collection Of NJ. Ferrari, son of
the late Duchess Of Galliera, contains about
2,000O 900 specimens, and has a market value
Of oi250O0.
There Is runior afloat In London artistic
circles that Mr.. Sargent, the American
painter, is to bo chosen on associate Of the
Royal academy.
Tho Prince Of Monaco, who is hypochon-
driac, recently took to his bed In the convic.
ton that he mad been poisoned because his
cook made mistake in seasoning.
viscount Claudeboye, eldest son of Lord
Dufferin, Is earning a reputation In India as
. mighty tiger slayer. On q recent expedi.
ton he shot six Of the terrible beasts In two
days fbA+4t
Professor Arthur NJ. Marsh, who Is leaving
the English literature chair at the University
Of Kansas for that Of bellies lettres at Har-
ward, is native Of Newport, and IL only
about 80 years old
Tho household Of the emperor Of China Is to
consist Of 500 persons, including thirty fan
bearers, thirty umbrella bearers, thirty ply.
sicians and surgeons, seventy-hve astrologers,
seven chief cooks and sixty priests
The author Of the novel "As in Looking
Glass" f. G. Phillips, has been soldier, jour-
nalist and theatrical manager, and he Il
now successful lawyer. He has been more
than once asked to stand for parliament.
The German emperor's Christmas present
to his eldest son consists Of complete collec-
ton Of the uniforms adapted to the child's
size) which have been in use In the Prussian
army from the days Of the Fredericks to the
present time.
The articles describing animal and vege-
table life in the Greater Antilles, which have
attracted much attention and given the
writer, Lafcadio Hearn, the title of the
"Gauter of America" were by former
Cincinnati reporter,
Prince Bismarck's son William will enter up-
on his duties as president Of Hanover on Feb
10. Because Of the illness of Princess Bismarck,
who is suffering from asthma, it is probable
that the proposed visit Of the prince to Berlin
will be put off until next week.
Mr.. Barney Banato is the diamond king Of
south Africa Sixteen years ago he was
penniless boy Of 10 years. Three years later
he had $4,000. Then he bought four claims
at Kimberley which paid him net $1,000 q
week for four years, and then he sold them
for s6OO, 900.
F. T. Bafnum does not designate the rooms
in his palace at Bridgeport by such every day
appellations as green room," ''blue ROOM
or "red room, but the different apartments
are known as Horace Greeley" Mathew
Arnold, MARK Twain" and "Cary Sisters.
That's an idea.
It has been discovered that tho late Ben
Hopkins, cashier Of the Fidelity bank, of
Chicago, left his widow In comfortable cir
cumstances and was not intestate, as was
generally supposed. Hopkins life was in
suied for 10000, of which amount, it Is said,
S25 600 is good.
Mr.. Frederic Harrison, the chief positivist
In ItsTdon, is a middle sized man. with bril- |
liah~ yes, ruddy face, kindly look, and /
manner which is pleasantly academic. He is |
an enthusiastic lover of the French nation ami |
republic, u brilliant writer and q veritable en-. |
thusiast for humanity.
San Francisco is about to suffer the perma-
nent loss of another Of its millionaires
Young Mr.. Sharon intends hereafter to re-
side in New York. He has bought beauti- /
fui home on Gramercy park, adjoining the
mansion of the late Samuel j. Tilden, and it
Is now being put in order for occupancy.
Louis Onativa, the new leader Of the New
York dudes, is blue blooded Brazilian. He
Is " years old, and is described as fair and
Ianguid. with far away look In his eyes. He
poses like an artist, bangs his hair, and has
S5OOOO income year. He likes fox hunting.
keeps ten horses, and It takes three valets to
look after his clothes.
James G. PATTERSON, the insurance mil.
lionaire of Hartford, is typical Yankee Ho
Is big, bearded man, with slight stoop,
reflective eyes and deep voice. He has two
businesses, the second being that of q dealer
In choice marbles He is said to know more
about marble in all ages Of the worlds his
tory than any other man alive.
Cardinal Lavigerie has brought over from
Africa two graceful gazelles as q present to
Leo XIII. They have been housed in corner
Of the Vatican gardens, and tho pope never
takes luis daily walk among the vines and
shrubs which he himself has imported, with
out stopping in front Of the Enclosures where
the animals have become quite tame.
Treasurer Hyatt, of the United States
treasury in Washington, signed check re-
Gently for $5s,0OO,OOO payable to himself.
This was TO reimburse himself for money OK.
pended last month in the purchase Of bonds.
ETC., which he has Theoretically paid from his
own pocket. 1t is the largest check issued
from the office since he has occupied it.
Mrs. Lew Wallace, Mrs. Dahlgren and
Mrs Custer have written books, and have
been helped to regulations by the fame of
their husbands.
One OF the most successful of book makers
among women is Mrs McNair, of Philadelphia,
who wrote "The Complete Home. subscrin.