The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-23
PEOPLE OF

King Humbert of Italy has adopted the
hot water cure for dyspepsia.
lgnatius Donnelly is said to have wholly
abandoned his literary and political ambi-
tons.
Senator Vest lately won s257 by backing
n small pair. His opponent held ace high
and was trying to bluff.
Emil lola recently sat upon a Paris jury
and Alphonse Daudet is now acting as
juryman at the Paris a~ssizes.
Mary c. Hall Baldwin of Chicago claims
that she is n descendant Of Shakespeare,
and is preparing a genealogy of the fam
lily i'm proof Of her claim.
Little Joseph Hoffman, who is living at
Eisnach, practices steadily at his home,
composing more or less, but has not
played In public since he left this country.
The car according to a statistician's
calculations lis b largest '~'private" owner
OF Ian In the world. The total is about
100000 acres about the size of the whole
Of France.
Thomas futile and wife of Stratham,
both in their 92d year, are probably the
oldest married couple i'm New Hampshire.
They have been married nearly 20 years,
and have eaten 60 Thanksgiving dinners
i'm the same room.
King Oscar of Sweden, who is well
known as an author, has turned his pen
from poetical TO military themes. He has
just published n minute study Of the
Swedish army, based on his observations
during the autumn
NJ. lie Cassagnac is formidable because
of the skill with which he wields tongue,
pen n sword. He is a man of powerful
stature, d~ark-skinned, dark-eyed, and
wearing a mass Of jet-black hair, brushed
straight back from the forehead. He
speaks with a lisping cadence peculiar to
Southern France.
Mark Twain uses 800 cigars q month.
Thomas A. Edison is an inordinate
smoker and also believes that chewing
tobacco Is a good stimulant for any one
engaged IN laborious brain work. He is
rarely seen without a cigar in his mouth
and has learned the art Of chewing and
smoking simultaneously.
An American relates hat he visited Ed
monitor churchyard TO see Charles Lambs
rave. Waiting till a service in the
church was finished, he asked the clergy
man the location of the grave. He re-
piled that he had heard that Lamb was
buried there, but had never seen the
grave and didn't know about il.
victoricn Sardou is 81 years of age. He
lives at Marty, near Versailles, and al
though his plays are generally pictures OF
contemporary life and manners, he has
great sympathy with everything hat can
boast of historical association. He writes
by rule. disclaims any possession of
genius, and. like Mr.. Pinero, often re-
writes a scene half a dozen times.
Victoria Woodruff has issued a circular
i'm London ~denouncing Queen Victoria
because she appeared at "A recent ''draw-
ing room" wearing the great K~oh-i-noor
diamond as a brooch and otherwise
dressed OF like an Indian squaw. The
American Victoria insists that the English
Victoria should drop vulgar, barbaric dis
play and set her subjects an example OF
motherly simplicity.
Hartman Kuhn of Philadelphia gave "a
dinner last Thursday at the Bellevue ! n
honor Of Count Pappenheim and his Ian
Gee. This being his first appearance, so
To speak, 'in public" his costume was n
matter of interesting study and admira-
ton by the score of guests present. He
wore knee brooches of black satin, with
silk stockings and patent leather shoes of
the variety known as pumps; his waist
coat was of black satin, cut high and dis
| playing very little linen, while his coat,
of the usual swallow-tail description, was
of green cloth, plentifully adorned with
\ sily.r buttous.