The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-14
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General Il. ii. Prentiss, "the hero OF Shi
loh." Is stoop shouldered and gray now
but Immensely popular with the veterans
Of Missouri
Philip Becker, Buffalo's late candidate
for the nomination to the governorship OF
New York, II "A member of sixty-eight Ger
man societies.
Sir George b. Airy, late astronomer
royal, Is the Doyen Of British science, is In
his ninety-frst year. and appears to be as
bright and clipper as ever.
Ex- President Hayes may safely be ranked
among the millionaires of this country.
His wealth has come by happy combine
ton Of legacies and good business manage
ment.
Lord Salisbury, the present prime min
lster OF England, was birched at Eton no
less than seven times, the master who In
nicted the castigation being still alive at
Oxford
Secretary Proctor. a most abstemious
man, Is old fashioned in his manner. but
shrewd and keen. He is one OF the several
men prominent inpublic life who resemble
Lincoln physically.
A grandson OF Thomas Hart Benton.
Missouri's great senator. lives in Neosho.
Mo. He Is smart young lawyer and Is
ambitious to become member Of the court
Of appeals of the St. Louis district.
Constantine Petrovitch Pobedonostzetf,
the highest civil official in the empire. He
Is the practical head OF the Russian church
and the most intimate adviser of the car.
John Archibald is one OF the Standard
Oil magnates- He started in as an office
boy at Titusville few years ago, specu
lated successfully as soon as he got hold Of
little money, and is today worth $4,000.
900.
John Mackay has none of the gorgeous
tastes OF his fashionable wife, and careful
~ abstains from giving any outside ap
pearance OF his great wealth. Pearl but
tons are good enough for his shirts, though
he might wear diamonds as big as duck
eggs
Congressman Mills Is almost hermit
In his fondness for seclusion. He is tall
btA1NdEl man, Will u HOfIu iAc6 anu q
white mustache He strides along the
street with his head in the air oblivious
Of surroundings. His most intimate friend
Is Senator Carlisle
Pngilist Corbett, who has knocked out
Kilrain and McCafrrey and made draw
with Peter jackson in the prize ring, Is an
accomplished ingulst, a competent book
keeper and champion IN half a dozen
drink and never swears
Chief Arthur had been a locomotive en-
Rtneer for twenty-five years before he was
elected executive of the famous Brother
hood. His hair is gray, and the carefully
trimmed Prince of Wales beard which
adorns his foFid face is almost white His
upNEr lip is clean shaven
Congressman Hatch has one OF the best
farms in Missouri. His fancy stock Is the
pride Of the neighboring country, and SEN
ator Blackburn says his mutton cannot be
eQualed in this country. Mr. Hatch Is q
great sportsman, and Is one of the best liv-
ers and most sociable fellows in the house
James Stilie. the Edinburgh bookseller,
ID said to be the only man now living in
that city who knew Sir Walter Scott.
When boy he carried proofs to Abbots-
ford. and thus first encountered Scott.
whom he afterward came to know well. He
says that Scott had kind word for every
body
Enoch Pratt, the Baltimore banker and
philanthropist. is eighty-three, has never
worn glasses. walks four miles every day
and says that although he has worked hard
since boy. when he began as clerk. he
feels as young and active today as he did
fifty years ago. He has never suffered o
days sickness.