The record-union., 1891-07-25
PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKED ABOUT.


Goethe wrote Charlotte Won Stein a
thousand letters in ten years.
General Longstreet will attend the re-
union OF the New Hampshire veterans
next month.
The Duchess of Westminster is the
fortunate possessor of the Nassau dia-
mond, which is valued at 935 900.
Ouida thinks that every year adds to
the pIetenslons and powers of the State
while diminishing the personal freedom
of man.
1t is proposed to erect a monument to
mark the landing Of Hendrick Hudson
on the shore OF New Jersey on Septem-
ber 4, 1909.
Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., has settled
down resignedly to the conviction that
rheumatism has made her cripple for
life, it is said.
Charles Carroll of Carrollton was the
richest man in America when the Ma
tional Constitution was signed. He was
worth $500,000.
A. NJ. Henry, who owned the farm
upon which the first battle of Bull Run
was fought, Still owns it. He was not at
home at the time of the fight.
The proprietor and manager of the New
Orleans PicdyarIe, one Of the best-known
| newspapers in the South, is "a woman
Mrs. Nicholson. She personally super
vises her business.
Nine. Barrios, the beautiful and wealthy
widow Of a President of Central Ameri-
can republic, is spending the year in
Europe, and it is rumored that she may
give her hand in marriage to q member
of the English nobility.
Only two English officers who fought
at Waterloo We're alive to celebrate the
seventy-sixth anniversary of that memo
rable battle. They were General George
| Whichcote, who is 81, and Lieutenant
| Colonel William Hewett, 96.
New Hampshire has the oldest living
college graduate in the person of A. A.
Parker OF Fitzwilliam, He was gradu-
ated from the University of Vermont in
1914, and will be 100 years of age on Octo-
Der Sth. AT last account he was in very
good health.
Lyman 5. Low, a New York dealer In
medals, has among the collection several
hundred medals presented to soldiers in
the English army from 1898 to 1880 for
deeds OF valor and conspicuous bravery.
| With but few exceptions they were all
pawned by their owners to meet the ne
cessities of life.
Count Alexander Keyserling, who died
a few weeks ago, was one of the best
known authorities on geology and pale
ontology in the Baltic Provinces. When
a young man Alexander Won Humboldt
honored him with his admiration and
| friendship. He was claSSmate of Prince
Bismarck in the University of Goettin-
gen.
A London interviewer, who saw Mary
Anderson recently, says that her figure
was as queenly as ever, and her beautiful
face was flushed with the healthy tinge
that comes from outdoor life. Her eyes
flashed with happiness and high spirits.
She wore close-fitting and elegant, but
| cito Of
terial.
Young Mr.. Harrison, the Irish Mem
Der of Parliament who came over with
the Parne1 delegates, is the mildest man
nered of men. He has made hosts of
friends in America by his suavity, his in
telligence and his modesty. The Ameri-
can girls pronounce him the handsomest
Irishman who has come across the sea in
q decade.
Ex-Governor Ames, one of the richest
men In Massachusetts, is likewise one of
the plainest in attire and manner. He
wears an lnconspieuous business suit OF
quiet coloring and his head is covered
with broad-brimmed, Quaker-like
straw hat. The general appearance ofthe
Ex-Governor is that Of a portly and be-
nevolent farmer.
Gladstone is comparatively poor man.
and the occasional literary work he does
for magazines and periodicals is not the
result OF any desire to add to his estab-
hshed fame as writer. He takes a very
matter of fact view of such productions,
reckoning them simply as a valuable
help to the liquidation of his heavy
household expenses. For every article
he writes he receives 81 900.
Professor W. X. Brooks, of Johns Hop
k1ns University, who has just published
a monograph on the oyster, probably
knows more about this favorite bivalve
and its habits than anyone else in this
country. He has made special study of
his subject in five different States, and
has spent much time in wandering about
in the Chesapeake to form more init
mate acquaintance with the shell fish.
Lady Dixie, the wife of Sir Charles
| Dixie. has been one of the prominent or
ganlZers of tradeS-unlons for women in
| England. The things that have been
done and the advances contemplated are
described in an article which she has
written for the August number of the
| North -AneTican ReUieW. 1t may be re-
membered that Lady Dixie is said to have
been the original of Dorothea in Middle
| march.
Carolus Duran, the famous artist, has
all the exaggerated fondness for show and
glitter that characterizes the natives OF
Southern France. He likes to load his
fingers with rings and wear handsome
silk Innings to his coats. In addition to
his distinction in painting, he excels in
several minor arts. such as riding, guitar
playing, and fencing. He is popular on
the boulevards, and everybody in Paris
knows him.
Foxhall Keene, who is just now spend
ing thousands Of dollars on the turf, is
twenty-four years old, tall, thin, and of
a fair complexion. Usually he wears a
long gray or brown frock coat that makes
him look taller and thinner than he really
is. When buying thoroughbreds he
usually stands behind the auctioneer and
waits until the bidding has gone on
awhile before he begins, and when he
starts in he means to win.
Colonel G.. B. NJ. Harvey, who has Just
been appointed managing editor of the
New York World, is one of the youngest
men in the country to hold so important
a position. He is thirty years old and
was born among the Green Mountains.
While yet a raw-boned youth he began
work IN daily journalism on the Spring
field Republican, and since then he has
gathered valuable newspaper experience
on leading papers in Chicago and New
York.
John Hamilton Brown, the inventor of
the segmental wire-wound cannon that
bears his name, for the trial of which
lives in Greenville, n. j., where he is
constantly busy in his shops over his in
ventions. Captain Brown will be re-
membered by the public as the long
range rifle shot, who, with his own
standard military rifle, made the best
score at 1000 yards at Wimbledon with
the American team in England in 1883.
Near Dayton, Ca. there is well locally
known as the well of frozen air" In
drilling the well stratum of frozen clay
and gravel was encountered at depth OF
fifty-five feet. After passing through