Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-04-26
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

THE DUKE Of Edinburgh is said to be look.
ing'worn and old.
GEN. MILES is considered the haadsomcsi
officer in the United States Army.
GARIBALDl's son, Men0tt is a member Of
the Italian Parliament and an Alderman Of
Rome.
Mrs. STANFORD is said to support thirty or
| forty free kindergartens for the poor Of San
/ Francisco.
| N. MEIssoNIER, the famous artist, has been
/ rather indOlent since his recent marriage and
| claims that his life work is done.
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL, of Ohio, retains his
ability to dance, and recently astonshed his
1 friends by his Waiting and polkaing.
SENATOR MORRILL,, Of Vermont has just
celebrated his eightieth birthday ut his resi-
dence in Washington Citywith grand reeep
I ton.
| WILLIAM ID. HowELIs recently remarked
/ 10 a friend that he considered foreign travel
detrimental to the career Of an American nov
/ elist.
MRS HENRY WARD BEECHERisattracting
a good deal Of attention at Palatka, Fla.
Though her hair is white, she is remarkably
active.
GENERAL GREEDY, Chief of the Signal Ser
| vice is in receipt Of at least twenty letters q
day from cranks who solemnly hold him re.
PRESIDENT CARSoT Of France has lost thirty
pounds since he assumed his present Office.
He cannot afford to grow much thinner, as his
natural figure is very slender.
Mrs. LIZZIE MEAD, widow Of Professor
Hiram Mead, Of 0berlin, Ohio, has accepted
the presidency Of Mount HoyOle College.
She is now studying in Germany.
REPRESENTATIVE MCKINLEY expects to
spend the Summer in Europe He is com
pletely worn out with his effort to frame a
tariff bill that will please his party
JOSEF HoFMANE, the boy pianist who Is
living at Eisench, raetiees steadily, and has
been composing more or less but has not played
In public since he was in this country.
HERR !. P. s. EsTRuPP, Prime Minister Of
/ Denmark, is a oonsumptiye, weakly looking
little man Of unprep0ssessing appearance.
During the fifteen years that he has held the
Premiership, he has ruled the country with an
iron hand.
NJ. TIszA, the Hungarian statesman, has the
reputation Of being q little near" The bud
get allows the Prime Minister 10000 forms a
year for table money, but NJ. lisa gave one
official banquet year and no other sort Of
entertainment all the year round.
THE SULTAN OF TURKEY recently submit.
ted the manuscript Of a comedy % Partisan
manager under nam dc plume. The play was
carefully examined and displayed certain
marks Of crude ability, but its nl0ti( was too
Oriental for even the Partisan stage
GENERAL MACADARAs, a member Of the
French Chamber Of Deputies is an Irishman
who organized the well-intentioned bot rather
luckless Irish Legion al the beginning Of the
Franco-Prussian War, and fought brayeiy
against Germany.
CADET JAMES NJ. ANDERSON, Of Co A.
First Class, at West Point, when called on re.
Gently 10 explain in writing why he had his
feet on the table during inspection. replied.
1t was necessary that should have my feet
on the table, as my roommate was present and
had his feet On the floor. / live with Cadet
Grimes"
ISAAC PITNAS, the inventonof phonoeraphy.
is hOary-haired man with q SCHOLARLY stO0p
and still presides over the Phonetic Inst.
tute at Bath, England, where he has resided
uninterruptedly FOR more than half century.
He is rising ~ yet he snperyises correspon.
deDee Of 5000 letters year, besides editing
the Phonetic JobyH0l and compiling the mum
erous books which he annually publishes.
MADAME JULIETTg ADAM, the brilliant
editor Of the N0ucitte Rsuue Of Paris, is writ
/ ing series Of articles on American society.
I the information being obtained from ne1spa.
/ per reports and gossip in the past two seasons.
I She is belived 70 have written the articles On
society in foreign capitals under the name
I Count Paul Nssili.p She will probably paw
her first visit to America in the Autumn.