The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-16
PERSONS AND THINGS.
Interesting Facts Cleaned from "fh'
Times" Exchanges.


THE Grand Duke Constantine, the most
talented and clever member OF the Imperial
family OF Romanoi, was wont 10 discomfort
nrosv bores who were presented 70 him for
he FIRST time. His single eye glass hung
from his neck by an elastic cord' anu -
soon as ever his in.erlOcut0r had embarked
on some long winded speech ne would
quietly give the elastic an impefceptiDie
twitch. which had the effect OF sending the
eve glass rebounding up 10 ms eye NneIe
IA remained fixed. without any apph -ht
effort or action on his part. He would then
razo fxedly through the eye glass al the
unfortunate speaker as though nothihs hau
happened. The effect Of this little manu- ulie
was generally tO discomfort conpieieil ule
new presentee, whose utteranees were cur
short, not only 10y the manner I'D Which lhe
monOclc appeared % ny mp to lhe vl"nu
Dukes eyes Of its own accord, but also ~
ibe fact hat his imperial highness seemed
totally unmoyed thereby.
SENATOR TURPIE Of Indiana, Is said
to be a perfect master Of no less than
seven languages besides the English. lie
reads Iatan. Greek and Hebrew almost as
nuontlv as be- does English, and can speak
very well French. Spanish, German ana
Italian. lie has also pursued STUDIES lh
Indian. Celtic and other tongues. Dis pas
sion for research in this line being remark
able for man who is ranked in Indiana as
an oxcepti0nally good lawyer and who has
taken "a prominent part in the politics on
hia state 40 different periods since 1871.
Most of the HOOsiers who come t0 W a7hine-
ton invariably speak Of him as Judge
Turpic and his Democratic admirers are
said % think almost as much oi him as the!
did of tine late Nice-Ircsident Hendricks
WAurAcA, WIS, claims TO De the great
est potato market in the world 1t is esti'
mated that last seasons crop. raised and
marketed within radius OF thirteen miles
of the town. was 100000 bushels, ol Mlich
GOO. 1000 bushels VIII Doe shipped rom w au-
naca. These viii sell. or have sold. no an
average price Of thirty cents per u.sie,
or "a total of $4,000. the great majority Oh
which viii Dee paid from money outside OF
tha state. Estimating the cost Of raising
and marketing the crop at eighteen cents
nar bushel. or S210.O0O. tine farmers receive
n clear profit of S3lj.O for their years
work. less the wholesale dealers profit.
RESPECTING "artists' colors," Dr. a. j..
Laurie said. at q recent meeting Of the
British Scientific Association. that one
noinf that came out in the course Of his I'M
aiiirin. about the cOlor- used Dy The Ola
masters was the fact that they largely cn-
plovod vegetable pigments. many OF when
were not used by modern painters. his To-
searches into the ordinary meinou7ol milu-
featuring col0r- showed that great faila-
''o ., i,..ior and fbe matter WAS au im-
portant one 90 look after. one ol tne most
valuable .i, o.7 3 ,,.. ny ''' '''
'''''' r,.-
The Marquis '"il' '"'- .'''''' .''
ouiine millionaire, VINO purchaser lhc l7lNHu
.f Monte Crisfo some time AGO. has just
-., .l.tl.1 ,rfi.ans
7enl Ilu1 "i'". ". t.s.l.-, b.. fr,ilI n
p'iH.oi' "''" "a ... ..f.i.r.,i.I hv
l'i"eo oi Nv, 49, D,,,,.s mo nalace
que ''Dl 80 ''' '.., a., d.. Jir,ial into three
gnu ..'. $50. ff.' vim. and fha
s'.e i''riii', Nm MI construction win
occupy lhree years. The Marquis i..a dis
tinguished lacnisn'n' .i.a VIII i''"e ''''7
one o' i''7 i'''''''''- ''''''''
THE Prince OF Naples heii apparent w
the throne of Italy, was recently startled
...,.fi. f,i,i,,, in Rome bv q. new terror now
"i''' w.
-...,i,',,,, ,|r,far Of Americans
,...- 1911 moan fbaf M fhe Prince ON the
C.rso Iooiiu., up. the Prince saw that one
OF the Americans had pointed 7oinelliil5 ~
. .'' ii' ,,i.od III. iaf lIe had Seen that
nothing more deadly than a Kodah bad been
directed toward hliA' Inc AD'1i '0'" i''''
e,.,.,4op ppvn,.n,, il mentioned bv the
Harrisburg Times "7 lie pl''"'i0