Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-15
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.

Private Secretary Halford has taken to
horseback riding as regular exercise.
George Pickett wears the watch his father
wore in the great charge at Gettysburg.
Minister Reid's portrait, ty g. P A. Healy,
will be exhibited in the Paris Salon this year,
President Dwight. of Yale, has son who is
said to know more Greek and Latin than his
father.
Professor Huxley complains of growing
deafness AMI liahi lily to become iatigued
with talking. He is 65 years old.
Captain Charles King, the writer Of mill
tary stories, is r, tired army officer. His
portraits show him wearing eyeglasses.
Rev. Moses d. Hoge has completed the
forty eighth year OF his pastorate OF the
S, cond Presbyterian Caurch, of Richmond,
W.
Oscar Wilde reads in bed for several hours
daily. He reads himself 10 sleep and reaches
for his book on awaking. He is very rapid
reader.
Henry Nj. Stanley writes from Cairo that
he Will not accept any proposition to lecture.
The account which he is now writing will
fill two volumes.
Dr. Carolina Wilderstrom is the first femi-
nine physician to practice in Sweden. She
has settled in Stockholm and charges the
poor nothing for her services.
DR.. Burnett, the husband of Frances Eodg-
son Burnett, lives in Washington, d. G.
He says that bis wife will return to this
country as soon as she is able to travel.
Senators Berry of Arkansas, and Hampton
and Butler of South Carolina, have each lost
leg while in the House. Col Oates, of Ala
bama, and Gen. Hooker, of Mississippi are
both one armed.
Mrs. Charles D. Haines is the first woman
in the United States to become the president
of a railroad. She has just been elected
president of the Medina Valley Railroad
Company in Texas
Hans Won Bulow has resigned in huff,
his position as pianist to the German Court,
and now Gdvertises himself in the papers OF
his native country pianist in ordinary 10
His Msjesty, the German people.
General Robert c. Schenck is u familiar
figure at Washington His form is trine
bowed with his weight OF seventy years, but
his eyes sparkle as brightly as ever and his
mind has lost none of its clearness.
King Hubert, of Italy, is vegetarian
His physicians will no; permit him to drink
coffee and his only beverage is Bordeaux
and water. His favorite fruit is the peach.
He suffers constantly from dyspepsia.
Mr.. Alexander Murrly, director of the
British Museum, is expected to visit New
York In May, on the invitation of the trus-
tees of the Museum of Art, and is to deliver
three lectur. on Greek Sou pture there.
Mr. Gladstone is ANNOUNCED TO b4gin in
Apri! a series of art Giles on ''Tbe Old Tes-
lament" i'll popular magazine, and ex-
pected to complete tue greater part OF his
work upon them bafore leaving Oxford.
The baby King of SPANS foster-mother is
Maxmina Pedraja. handsome brunette
from the province of Santander. When
chosen she was so poor that her nsighbors
had to subscribe $40 for her journey to
Madrid. She is now worth fortune.
Governor Albeit, of New Jersey, is a great
reader. He has always kept up with current
literature and is we'll informed regarding
the tendency Of fiction in these latter days
He admlres Rider Haggard's works lee use
they take the reader out of his usual groove.
Hon. John Prentiss Poe, of the present
Maryland Senate, is one of the nearest liv-
ing relatives of the author of the Raven"
Mr. Poe has none of the political gifts of his
immortal cousin, but he is hard work ing
lawyer and politician.
Mgr. OConnell, rector of the Americ IN
College at Rome, denies that an American
woman has ever received the Pope's Golden
Rose. Miss Gwendoline Caldwell was de-
barred from receiving it, despite the rumoIs
to the contrary, because she was not of noble
birth.
Mrs Proctor, wife of the secretary OF War,
will leave Washington with her young son
in few days for the Hot Springs, N. c., the
baths of that place having been recommend
ed by her physician for the cure of rhuma-
tism, from which she has been sufferer.
Redfield Proctor, Jr., has almost entirely re-
gained his health.