Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-24
INTERESTING PERSONALS.

TWICE within the year has Jay Gould re-
fused to serve on a jury. and each time he has
been fined Sl00. Next year, owing to the high
tariff, Mr.. Gould Will try to get along with one
refusal.
BISHOP HUNTINGTON, of Syracuse, goes so
far as to declare that more than half of the re-
ligious organizations, great and small, are at
present practical contradictions of the Ser
mon on the Mount"
SENATOR SPooNER, of Wisconsin, is daring
horseman. and keeps II horses. He rides like
a cowboy, and knows every foot of ground
around Washington. He has been held up
three times this summer for fast driving.
AMONG class Of "a admitted to the bar by
the Iowa Supreme Court the other day was
Miss Lily Kostomlatsky, who passed a remark
ably good examination. She is the second
woman admitted by the Iowa Supreme Court,
and will at once begin practice.
KING HUMBERT of Italy is a man of un
usual will power. After having for years
smoked to excess, he suddenly and completely
renounced the habit. When his physicians
advised him to abandon the use of the weed, it
is related that he pondered moment and said:
"On my kingly honor Pll never smoke again.
and he has kept his word.
FEoDoR Won FREIMANN, a veteran OF the
Franco-Russlan War Of 1872 died recently at
the age of 1l5 in st. Petersburg. He served in
the Russian army 25 years. and received q cross
of st. George for his bravery. At the age of SO
he married l7-year-old girl, by whom he had
two children. For the last so years he made q
daily practice Of drinking pint of cognac just
before going to bed.
Rev. EDWARD EVERETT HALE who sum-
mers in Rhode Island, is of the opinion that the
Statelet was not named in consequence of It's
resemblance to the Island of Rhodes, as he
doubts whether the early settlors knew much
about the shape of the Mediterranean island.
DR.. Hale thinks that, as rhododendrons grow
wild in all parts of Rhode Island, its name may
have been derived from that flower.
GEORGE II. BoUGHToN, the famous Asso-
ciate of the Royal Academy, who left New
York 30 years ago and drifted to London. where
be has since earned fame and fortune with his
brush, is on his way to this country. Mr..
Boughton at one time lived in Albany and his
early artistic career was passed in that city.
He went to Europe to finish his studies, but
finally decided to make his home In London.
The brilliant success that attended his work
has made him one of the leaders in the art
circles Of London.
NOTHING, according to his scientific friends
and admirers, has better shown the kind of a
man Edison is than his discovery of new
method of heliograph signaling. Mr.. George
Homans. military expert, went to him one
day and said: ''Mr. Edison, our State troops
know how to signal with lights for long dis
tances. but they do not know how to render
these signals invisible to an enemy. Can't you
devise plan" Edison walked into his labora-
tory, set two of his high-salaried assistants,
with all the resources of the laboratory. atwork
on this suddenly suggested novelty, and in five
weeks. after an actual expenditure of $500 in
money, had accomplished what he set out to do.