Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-08-05
mEs AND woMEs.

Congressman Simpson runs coo acrs
farm.
Constantine Paparrhegopolous, the
Greek historian, is dead
The sultan Of Turkey is at present an
ardent student Of German.
General Schofield's bride, Miss Xii.
bourne, Of Iowa, IS "a years younger than
he is.
Jacob E. Ridgway, of Philadelphia, is
the owner of about 500 dwelling houses,
and is erecting about 100 more.
NJ. NJ. Pomeroy, Familiarity known as
Brick, is about 60 years old, bald, and
wears chin beard. He resembles coun-
try Methodist parson.
Queen Victoria has presented an els-
phant to the sultan of Morocco as q
mark of her appreciation of his offer To
alleviate the evils of slave dealings in his
dominions.
Barnum made his mistakes. 1t is said
In London that Mr.. Barnum, before
starting for home, confided to Mr.. Glad
stone the information that he had dropped
SOC, 900 upon his Olympia venture.
Mrs. Charlotte Smith, of Brooklyn,
who lately celebrated her 101st birthday
surrounded by representatives of five
generations of descendants, makes Il her
boast that she can still tell the style of a
woman's gown at distance without the
aid of glasses.
DIR. William Seward Webb has pur-
chased $4,000 acres of land beside the
$1,000 recently secured for his private
park in the Adirondacks. The whole
amount was obtained at about So or SO
an acre, and includes several lakes.
Emerson, being asked by a wealthy
landowner If he had any particular
views on the land question, replied la
conically: "Yes, neighbor; so long as a
deserving man has no land my title to
mine and your title to yours is vitiated.
Sir John Macdonald had an only
daughter an invalid for whom he had a
peculiar affection. It is said that the
figure of the prime minister carrying the
frail child was by no means an unusual
ore at the circus or other popular amuse-
ments.
General Don Carlos Buell. is OCCASION
where he goes now and then to dissipate
the monotony of farm life. His form is
erect and well preserved, and he is an
entertaining talker on military and other
topics.
Mrs. Rosetta r. Hostetter, of Pittsburg,
Is one of the five richest women in
America. She is the widow of the manu-
facturer of the celebrated bitters, and
enjoys an income larger than that of
most crowned heads from the SIC, 900 900
her husband left.
Mrs. U. S. Grant has all the love letters
written TO her by the General, then Lieu
tenant Grant, and said of them recently
that during the four years of his absence
every mail brought her letter, every
one Of them full of sweet nothings, love.
and war, and now and then some pressed
leaves and flowers.
George w. Jones, to whom Is given the
credit of naming both Wisconsin and
Iowa, is still living at Dubuque, and en-
| joys good health at the age of 81 years.
lie was serving as minister to Bogota
during the war, when he was recalled
and sent to Fort Lafayette for writing a
| personal letter to Jefferson Davis.
General Stewart Van Vliet has outlived
all his associates at West Point in the
class of 1910 except one, General George
w. Getty. This friend and contemporary
of Sherman says that he has never been
inside of church nor has he ever been
present at a funeral, but has never missed
a wedding to which he had an invita-.
| ton.