The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs Rachel Stilwaggon, who has
just died at Flushing, L. l., aged one
hundred years, made all her own
clothes and performed her own house,
work until she was ninety years old.
Prof. Harriet Cooke, professor Of
history in Cornell, is the first woman
ever honored with the chair and equal
pay with men professors. She has
taught in Cornell twenty-three years.
The well.known Connecticut wealth
er prophet. Horace Johnson, of Middle
Haddam. who predicted the famous
blizzard. and whose weather horoscope
was printed two or three times year
in the State papers, has become insane.
Paul Lidaw, the German novelist,
Is about to visit this country and is ex-
pected to write book about us when
he gets back home. The book will be
novel" enough if it follows the prece-
dent set by foreign travellers in this
land generally.
A sensational story was printed in
Berlin recently that Baron Gustav
Rothschild had been sent to Algiers on
account of the condition of his mind.
1t was also said that the Baron had lost
90. OOO, 900 francs lately by specializing
in Paris and in London. and that since
1856 he had lost 200, 900. 600 francs.
Another New York society woman
who has gained substantial name in
the world of letters, and whose recent
publication Of THE Anglo-maniacs"
has given her wide fame, is Mrs Bur-
ton Harrison. She is q very pretty,
vivacious lady, whose winning manners
are great charm. Mrs. Harrison is of
Virginia birth and education and has
long been known as successful writer
of plays and sketches.
MIR and Mrs. Stanley have reason to
remember Toronto pleasantly. They
were in the city just seven hours, dur
ing which time they were the biggest
people in the town. The Ontario So
ciety Of Artists gave them a reception,
presenting to Mrs. Stanley q handsome
album Of paintings Mrs. stanley made
graceful little speech of thanks. Tho
artists gave her three Canadian British
cheers, and every body was supremely
happy.
Francis the Second Of Naples, that
luckless Bourbon Ounce whose throne
Garibaldi overthrow in 1850, and who il
said to be one of Daudet's ''kings In
exile,' still lives in aimless comfort In
Paris. where his sole activity is walking
once day from his apartment to the
Church of st. Philippe to say his prayers.
He is rather small and insignificant in
appearance, and looks like pensioned
bank clerk rather than monarch re-
tired from business
| William Westale. the novelist, lives
at High Standing. Loughton, and is .
Lancashire man. He was born in 1885,
In appearance he is slight and slim,
about five feet five inches high, with
grayish hair. much wrinkled forehead.
bright blue eyes, straight nose. q soft,
silky grayish beard, which delight an
Eastern cadi He speaks very clearly
and emphatically. and it is evident that
he has good deal of reserve force.
When describing "A scene his eyes light
| mp. and you can not fail to feel that he
is seeing the whole thing as he speaks.
He has great fund Of humor, and
every now and then some quaint little
story comes out. He practically began
! to write stories when he was in his
teens Then he contributed to the local
/ papers.