St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-21
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Bismarck denies that he is an Invalid,
and says he doesn't suffer half as much
from dyspepsia as from people sending
him poetry ON his eighty-Second birth
day.
Rev. Charles A. Parrish, colored
orator of Kentucky, has become quite
popular with his congregation since he
earnestly advanced the belief that
Adam was a black man, and the for
hidden fruit watermelon.
The wife of a Well-known naval Off
Ger in Washington wears very hand
some gold necklace that once adorned
the neck of Peruvian princess. The
lady's husband took it from the princess,
whose mummified body he found in
Peruvian grave.
John D. Rockefeller. of the Standard
| Oil company, is at his summer home
near Cleveland. He has completely
| lost his nerve and is afraid he will
| never get we'll again. The care of his
vast wealth has used him up complete
| ly, and yet he is by 10 means an old
| man.
Joaquin Miller has been sued for
1928, alleged to be due the plaintiff in a
real estate transaction. He says this is
| the first time he has ever been sued, and
| }
| CANT is more likely to be his own lawyer
| the first time than the second time.
Chief Justice Lucas, of the West Vir-
| ginia court, is one of the biggest and
brightest lawyers in the state, land sec
| ond to none at the bar in eloquence and
| power. And yet he is not over four
| feet in height He is one of those pocket
! giants who get there while bigger men
are left behind.
Mrs. Mary White Martinez, the moth
er of the actress, Sadie Martinez. has
patented in sewn counties steam wash
| ing machine, gas stove, a foot bath, an
| ice cream freezer, and clothes dyer,
and she makes her models with her
own hands. She has taken dozen
first prizes, and her inventions alto
gether have proved great success.
| William Fullerton, a graduate of Har-
ward, replaces NJ. de Biowitz as the
working head of the Paris Office of the
| London Times. NJ. de Blowitz continues
| his special contributions. Mr.. Fuller
ton has been connected with the Times
staff and has done good editorial work
| for two years. He was formerly con-
nected with the Boston Advertiser and
| resigned his position to travel in Eu-
rope.
| The old monarchial families of France
are gradually trickling into the recep-
| tons of Nine. Carnot, which means the
acceptance of the republic. Ladies who
have shut themselves up for twenty
years in the Faubourg st. German are
beginning to appear at the palace of the
Elysees. With this tendency and the
sanction of the republic by the Catholic
church. the roYalist must
soon be YerV Jew
|" Octave Thanet, the novelist, is an
Iowa girl. her real name being Alice
French. She has been obliged to go
away from home for material for her
stories, the scenes of many of which
are laid in Arkansas and the Eastern
states. 1t is certainly remarkable that
she should have been able to overcome
the disadvantages of non-residence SO
completely as to portray with the fidel-
ity and accuracy credited to her the
oddities and dialectic peculiarjties of
Arkansas rural life. The material for
her sketches was collected mainly dur
ing summer outings in the AdirOndacks
and i'll Canada, with an occasional win
ter in Arkansas.