Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1890-08-07

Nine. Albani did not get a peep at
herself in the mirror until she was g.
Charles II. Fairbanks, an Adrian,
Mich, photographer, Is able to con-
verse iluently in twenty languages.
Young John Jacob Astor is stoop
shouldered, probably in anticipation
of the great responsibility he will have
to carry in later years.
Emilia, daughter of the widowed
Countess OF Dudley, who has become
engaged to Herbert Bisma rex, is barely
Is, and the count is past 40.
Senator Ingalls, receives an average
OF twelve hundred letters day. The
services OF two typewriters are neces.
sary to dispose OF his mail.
The Drummer Boy OF Shiloh has
been found by Chicago census emu.
nleratOr. He is Adelbert CarrinetO on,
and he entered the army when he was
l years OF age.
Gilbert. the English dramatist, be-
gins his literary work at about mid
night and keeps on writing until the
sun has risen. He is great consumer
OF cigarettes.
Mrs. Moses Taylor OF New York is
one OF the richest women in this
country. She inherited S2O,OOO, ZOO
from her husband, and the estate has
since increased greatly in value.
Nirginia's first woman ply sician was
Mrs. {. l.. Haynes, who has recently
been elected assistant physician OF the
Western lunatic asylum after passing
successful examination before the
state medical board.
Dom Pedro now proposes to spend
the autum at Baden Baden, and the
winter in Paris. His MAN object is
health and tranquility nowadays.
O ambition he does not seem to have
a trace left.
Ida Lewis, the heroine Oi Lime Rock
Light house. who has saved the lives
OF so many persons. receives from the
government n salary Of $3.50 II year
and two tons of coal.
Pasteur has treated during the pas,
three years 1,SS3 persons bitten by
mad dogs. and of This number only
thlrty-three died. These figures seem
to overcome the theory that the Pas
teur treatment is not effective.
Theodore Tilton is described by a
lady who recently saw him i'm the new
salon in Paris. lie has grown stout
and his long, white hair was pushed
behind his ears and his face had a
restful look, peculiar to men OF leisure.
Jay Cooke says that he recuperated
his fortune "by never changing the
temperament and mind derived from
my father and mother and from my
earliest experiences in life. have al
ways been OF a hopeful temperament,
never living in the cloud"
Charles Stewart Parnell is a close
reader OF American newspapers and
American literature generally. Bal
four, chief secretary for Ireland, is
also an omniverous reader OF Ameri-
can newspapers, and recently said:
II like the snap OF the American
writers"
Talmage's gross income is about
S5O,OOO year. Mrs. Talmage Is the
fnancier OF the family. 1t is she who
makes all the doctors engagements
and does his banking business. She is
u charming little woman, who devotes
all her time to her husband and her
family.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland's beautiful
home in Madison avenue has been
closed for the summer. The floors
are laid with white crash, every chair
and divan has linen apron, and the
pictures, pedestals, cabinets, mirrors.
consoles and mantels are shrouded in
new cheese cloth. The shutters are
closed, the shades drawn and the
whole house is in darkness. World.
Chauncy Depew says that in some
respects the Prince OF Wales is the
best public speaker in Great Britain.
He is. said MIR. Depew, ''in his man
ner oi speaking and in his habit OF
thought more like the American speak.
ers than are the majority OF English
orators. He speaks without hrsit a.
ton, somewhat rapidly aud Yet dis.
tinetly, and with e:i ease and absence
OF the hemming and having which
characteriZes the public utterances oi
some OF Great hritain's clearest
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