Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-05-26
PRICE ONE CENT
MEN AND WOMEN.


Parker Pillsbury, one Of the foremost
of the original Abolitionists. is still
living at Concord, N. H., aged eighty.
one years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Peabody, who first
brought to this country. from Germany,
the kindergarten method OF teaching
children. is still living in Boston.
General Ezeta. who turned things
topsy turvey in Central America, has
just reached his 27th year--the ago nc
which Napoleon assumed command Of
the army Of Italy.
Miss Helen eraser, OF Cincinnati, il =
customs broker. and is doing large
business Itis adiflicult work that takes
a long head and an extensive knowledge
of the tariffs and monetary systems Of all
countries of tho wUrld.
George Eliot received from $40, 900 TO
$50, 900 for each of her later novels.
Milton was paid $e6 for Paradise Lost
Longfellow received $50 q line for ~The
Hanging of the Crane, which was first
published in the New York Ledger
Sarah Bernhardt, when she returned
to France from London, had 4S trunks
with her, weighing nearly three toms
all being her personal baggage. Traffic
was interrupted at the Anglers station.
and the railway staff paralyEed by this
extraordinary "kit
Mrs. John A. Logan is one Of the most
popular women of to-day among poll
ticians and old soldiers. She Is a very
stately woman with well set figure,
aud the air of duchess. She Is worth
about $4,000, and could rest on her
laurels If she so wished.
Princess Maria Anna. of Portugal. who
is betrothed to an untitled doctor, In
credited with this epigrammatic reply to
a friend, who asked her how she could
bring herself TO marry SO far below her
rank: II prefer TO marry man with
out name than name without man.
There is feminine stage driver In
Minnesota, Miss Jessie Carson, who makes
three trips a week, in all woathers, and
at all seasons, from Usage TO Park
Rapids Whether the mercury flies up
to the nineties or sinks down to alcohol
freezing point, Miss Jessie never misses
q trip.
Miss Alice Wood, the daughter OF the
man who works the farm OF the late
Judge John Porter, of Queechee. VT,
has just moved a field Of grass 90 acres
in extent She did the work alone, using
mower drawn by two horses. Next
year she viii be graduated from high
school.
Rev. DIR. Wayland, who has been
called the Chauncey Depew Of Phila-
delphia in the matter of after dinner
speaking, is six feet one and one-half
inches in height, has dark complexion,
and heavy eyebrows His physical APP
pearance is much like that Of Abraham
Lincoln.
One of Emerson's rules of life was this:
"Make the most of yourself, for that Is
all there is of YOU" And he said to Mr..
Woodberry: Il do not read the sad In
literature. The world is joyous, and
should not be painted in black. Melan-
choly is uncomfortable; grief Ia abb
normal
DR.. Junker, who learned In Central
Africa to live on ants and various other
delicacies of the savage nations, says that
If white explorers would accustom thom-
selves to native food they would keep in
better health, and would not mind when
their European resources were ex-
hausted.
Sir Edwin Arnold no longer intends to
revisit America, as he has parted with
the American rights Of "The Light Of
the World" to Harry Deaken, of Yoko-
hama. He will leave Japan shortly for
Siam, gradually working his way back
across Asia to England, which he ex-
poets to reach about May.
Count Bismarck says: "Cigar smok-
ing / have given up altogether, of course
under advice. Il is debilitating. and
bad for the nerves An inveterate smoker,
such as used to be, gets through 1OO,-
600 in his life, If he reaches fair aver
age age. But he would live longer and
feel better all the time II he did without
them.
DIR. Belle Smith, who has lately ac-
cepted the position Of resident physician
at the women's prison in Sherborn.
Mass, is said to be only 20 years of age.
Miss Philippa Fawcett. who lately out
ranked the Senior Wrangler at Cam
bridge University, and took the highest
educational honors ever won by
woman, Is but % years old.