Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-19
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

NiIlais b painting biz third portrait a
Mr.. Gladstone
King Osrsr Of Sweden Is busy on new
play, which be viii bring out in the fall
DR.. Albion " Small. at IS years Of age,
d the youngest president Colby university
,as bad
The Prince of wales has tbs gift Of fires
hand caricatire. and 10 able to his Oh the
likeness Of friend with . few scratches d
pen
John Hart who drives . bakers wagon il
wetchester, Pa, Is . great-grsndson OF tho
John Hart who signed tbs Declaration Of In
dependence
Marshal Mac Mahon, ex-president Of France,
now in his slst year, rs as fresh as a boy. and
has never vet had from q natural cause
days sickness
Richard Mansfield IL TO spend the rest Of
the summer along the New England coast,
after which his royal namesaks. Richard III.
viii be given a show
Almost the only commoner neither in ofh
ciai nor military life at the dinner given to
the shah by the Earl Of Rosebery was Mr.
William Henry Hurlbert
King Milan has an allowance Of e9O,OO
. year from the Servian civil list, but be h
extravagant and not likely to limit his ex-
penditure TO that amount
The shah OF Persia WAS 20 we'll pleased
with Mrs Alice Shaw the lady whistler,
that he gravely proposed to buy her and
take her with him to Persia on bis return
Jay Gould says that for the first year Of his
married life he lived on tl00, got up at day
break, went TO church every Sunday and was
a. happy a. q boss bumbiebee In sweet clover
Capt Zalinski, Of pneumatic dynamite gun
fame Is described as very much like Erics
son and other great inventors in being unas
suming." There is nothing Of the big CUR"
about him.
Capt Nicholas Murphy. of Boston, is one
Of tho most noted life savers IN America.
During q period Of thirty five years he Inns
saved upward Of one hundred persons from
drowning
Professor David p 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 q
Rev. Joseph S. Twitchell, of Hartford,
Conn, better known a. "Joe Twitchell.' do
clines an honorary degree Of d. D. He con
q
rwttchell, Of Yala
Norwegian geographical society will
probably spring from the adventurous jour
neys Of DR. Nausen in Greenland The TX
plorer IL anxious to organize such an associa
ton at ChristianiA
Herr Arthur Nikisch, Of Leipsic, who is to
conduct the Boston Symphony orchestra, Is
. short, 1.-THE man, with dark and sallow face
and expressive eyes lie has learned English
In the past few months
The Prince Of Wales receives from the Brit
ish exchequcr more than t2S7, 900 q year. the
Duke Of Edinburgh more than SIZE, 900, and
the Duke Of Connaught ei25.OO0. The Duke
Of Cambridge gets e9S,0O.
John g. CAN'T, tho celebrated tramp print
er, who is known in almost every printing
establishment In the central and southern
states, is 20 years Of age, and has 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 Boston
and can draw upa check for e25O, 900 any
day, which at least one bank will honor. He
made his money as dealer in imported Chi
nese staples.
s,u IToND w lillhlIl L airy " dIlls, tne seIiloI
admiral Of the English feet, has attained his
ysth year. He entered the navy as far back
as 1904, and is the sole survivor Of the action
between the Shannon and the Chesapeake, In
which he played a distinguished part.
Sir Julian Pauncefote the new British
minister at Washington, is generally recog-
uized as the politsst and most amable gentle
man who has occupied that post in many
years He is fond Of American girls, aJ
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 40 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 c'Ike Marvel'1 has
been lecturing at Chautauqua. A CORE
spondent says that in appearance Mr.. Mitch
eli has become more like a condensed edi-
ton Of George William Curtis than ever,
while in manner and methods as a speaker
the resemblance is even more striking"
The Yale crew have lost their stroke, f. l..
Caldwell, who, after studying in the theo-
to 60 into business He stroked the Univer
lty crew to victory in six races, three with
Harvard, and his class crew in four races,
making n better record, it is said, than that
Of any other college oarsman-
Victoria, Australia, is mourning the death
Of the Hon. Francis Ormond. one 81 that
colony's greatest philanthropists. He gave
$3.50 900 to Orrnond college, Melbourne,
ell0, OO0 to Melbourne unworthy for de-
partment Of music. and was one Of the chief
founders Of the Working Mems college,
which now has 2,00O studentA
Lord Clifton, an eccentric English lord,
liheled another lord named Hothfeld. The
latter's solicitor sent Clifton a letter which
Clifton returned with the Observation that II
was not properly commenced" 1t began
My Dear Sir" Clifton says it should have
begun My Lord" The offending aristocrat
also wants to be tried by jury Of lords
Common ju ors, he says, are not his reera
The common jurors egree with him
Details Of the emperor's life aboard the
imperial yacht Hohenzollerr appear liz tho
papers. He comes on deck at = o'clock and
breakfasts on coffee and eggs and hor and
cold meats, finishing with glass Of sherry.
He interchanges kilograms with the empress
at every station After n simple dinner OF
soup, fish and meat, with light wines, Ger.
man champagne and coffee, lie promenades
the deck smoking, and retirs at 0 O'Clock.
He Is in splendid health.