The Anaconda standard., 1890-02-28
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.


PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.
John q. Whittier says that he will write
no more poetry.
General Longstrcct is keeping u hotel in
tho little town of Gainesville, Ga.
Dr. Mel 'osli. il il said. IL not likely Ia
deliver amy lectures in Princeton after the
present term.
NJ. Pa-tcur il said To bs. suffering from,
paralysis, which is slowly hut surely steal
ing over him.
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Dcpcw has bccn non,
mated for president of tho Yale Alumni
association of New York.
Emperor william of Germany has beer,
diss,iasied from publishing n volume of
poems whiclI|.Ie wrote n hoy.
Mark Twain expects to go to London to-
participate i'm the reception to Stanley. tn
which hc has been invited by Sir Francis
Ic Minton.
bratcd the 10th anniversary of their we'd
ding ON Thursday ut the Fifth Avenue ho-
tel. New York.
''Mr. Browning said u friend one day
to the great poet, ''you are "a mystic
Yes" was the response. ''but how did
YOU find il out::'
English dramatic papers announce that
Miss Agnes Huntington is about to
bring an operate company to- this co,in. .
try. under the management of Marcus
Meyer.
John Scott, solicitor of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, is suffering from an at
tack of vertigo at his home la Phila-
dclphia. hut * thought tn bc ont of
danger.
George Darling, brother of Grace Dar-
ling. and only surviving member of the
family, is living at Sea Houses, North
Sunderland, England. He il over 20 years
of age. public subscription has lately
been made for him.
The newly-appoiutcd secretary of Icga-
ton at Madrid, Mr.. Newl,erry, was a few
years ago one of the wcalthiest young
men in Detroit. The fortune which his
lation and Improbable business VEN
lures.
According to- the Washington Critic
President Harrison likes a good cigar and
he smokes ono after luncheon and another
after dinner. The ladies of the family do
treat. Mrs. Harrison docs not dislike the
aroma of n good cigar. although she is like
Mrs. Cleveland i'm tletestinH the o<lor of u
cigarette. The presidential cigar is not of
particularly fine orexpcnsive quality. His
favoritc brand can bc bought at about the
rate of three for "a quarter.
An i'm innate friend of the Tracy family
said tn Brooklyn Eagle man last week !:
"Whcn General Tracy was asked tn be-
come secretary of the navy Mrs. Tracy
and Miss Mary Tracy were strongly OPP
posed tn his accepting the Office. They
were fearful that il would break up the
family and sever ties which had become
very close. When the general said that
hc couldn't see how he could decline his
wife and daughter wished him to retain
the Brooklyn home and not reside perm
ancntly i'm Washington. He was in-
slucetl, however. to follow the other
course"
John G.. Emo is a social leader in Que
BEG. He OWNS fashionable residence,
and gives superb entertainments, which
are attended by the most aristocratic peo-
pie of the city. He has n superb summer
residence the ST. Lawrence. Emo is
the bosom, friend of Premier Mercier and
other distinguished statesmen and Is at
the head of dozen gigantic business ci-
terprises. He has upward of 81 100000 I'M
vested i'm Canadian bank stocks and il n
large holder of Canadian Pacific railway
shares. Emo is at the head of company
which has been given the exclusive right
To use the great powers of the falls of
Montmorcncy.
Anyone loolSin., closely at General But
Icr's hands. says the Boston Ga.ettc. will
notice that the base of his right thumb is
a very well developed, full and firm piece
of flesh, while at the same place on his
left hand il is very much shrunken and
fallen away. The difference IL due to
shaking hands. Probably living
American who has never been president.
has shaken hands with so many thousand
people as General Butler, and hc has de-
velopctl the muscles of his right hand and
arm by il, instead of letting il exhaust
and paralyzc them. The general says that
the reason hanCshaking does not try him
is that he docs not let any man grasp him
by the fingers, but advances his hand to
meet tho other mans, instead of retreat
ing il, and seizcs the other hand himself
i'm a firm grasp. Then he manages the
proceeding To suit himself.