Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-06
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Prince Bismarck keeps the wolf from
the door with $i7o 600 a year.
Christian Conrad. lla year old hero Of
1919. lives in Manchester. Iowa.
The Mary ]. Holmes Of England, Miss
Edna Lyall, is only 30 years old.
Lord Wolseley thinks the days Of
cavalry i'm fighting battles are past
A Brooklyn woman. Mrs. Annie Hall,
wants divorce because her husband
snores
Sir Howard Grabbc, OF Dublin, has
completed the largest telescope lens in
Europe.
The Marquis of Salisbury is getting to.
ward 800 pounds weight but won't take
exercise
Barnum IS still young enough TO in-
dulgein theological disputes with Bridge
port divinea
Annie Brown, colored, lives in Hous-
ton county. Georgia She is AZ years
old and weighs 500 pounds.
Mrs Jefferson Davis has already re-
ceived some $4,000 from the sale Of her
husbands memorial volume.
Washington police. was private secretary
to President Andrew johnson
Harry Bee, who crossed the plains
in 1880 and secuted for General Fro
mont. is still alive, hale and hearty.
The president of Uruguay has no
White House to live in. He resides in
rooms over millinery shop in Monte
video.
Mrs Oscar Wilde. Countess Waldgrave.
Lady Mount Temple, and Lady Sand
hurst are the patronesses Of childen's
dressmaking establishment in London.
Rev. Dr. Ingalls,, brother II the Senator,
Is president of Drury College. at Spring
field. Mo-. and is struggling to wipe out
debt Of $400. 900 against the institution.
Miss Emily Hays, tile belle Of the
cotton field, aged 10, lives in a cabin 90
miles from Harrison, Ark. and earns
four dollars day picking cotton. The
worst to be said about her is she whistles
@Annie Rooney.
Mrs. Layinie Molenbrook, of Wilkes
barre, Pa, has had eight husbands at
different times but failing to provide
for any of them she now lives alone. al
though all her recent husbands reside in
Wiikesbarre and vicinity.
Joseph Savory, the new lord mayor of
London, was for several years member
Of the London school board, but was
distinguished for nothing except his con-
spicuous neglect of the duties of his
position. His triumphant election 70
tie lord mayoralty therefore conveys
moral in slightly damaged condi-
tion.
Mr. II. de G, Hamilton, who took TO
England from Mr. Edison's laboratory
the first perfected phonOgraph" that
left Mr.. E1ison's hands, has returned.
bringing with him over 40 phonograph
records, among which Is bugle call
made by the bugle that sounded the
fatal charge Of the Light Brigade at
Balaklava.
William Dean Howells chooses the
titles Of his works from Shakespeare.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes" and "The
Shadow of Dream 1.-THE former comes
from King John and the latter from
Hamlet 1t was in Hamlet. also.
that he found his two titles, @The Un-
discovered Country" and "A Counter
felt Prescntment "OtheIlo gave him
"A Forgone Conclusion Jacques, in
@As You Like 1t, gives A Modern
Instance" and Two Gentlemen Of
verona" supplies "A Woman's Reason. "
The Marquis Of Harrington. who is 10
marry the Duchess of Manchester, was
once introduced to President Lincoln.
II was during the war and the marquiss
sympathies were with the South. Linz
coin, not having caught the name re-
peatedly called him Mr. Partington.
Lord Harrington was annoyed and
finally corrected the President, when
Mr.. Lincoln said: "Oh, / thought you
| must be some relative of old MIRA PART
ington who tried to sweep back the
ocean with broom His lordship en-
| ioyed the Presidents humor, as he was
something of wag himself It was
Harrington who, when once waited upon
by an emissary and asked if he would
marry one of the royal princesses, ad-
| justed his eyeglass and inquired, 4Cawn't