The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-02
PEOPLE WE TALK ABOUT.

The highest paid Congregational minis
ter in New York is DR.. Taylor, of the
Broadway Tabernacle. who gets a salary of
$4,000 and in addition the cost of a heavy
life insurance.
The history of the world in Arabic is be-
ing written by Mahmoud Fehmy Pasha, a
companion of Arab in exile in Ceylon. He
hopes to finish it this year. It will be in
five large volumes.
Men who stand in the queens favor are
liable to receive promotion. Sir Edward
Malet, British ambassador at Berlin, will
shortly be raised to the peerage. Rumor
Says that he will be known in future "a
Lord Woburn.
Senior Hurtado. the minister of the
United States of Colombia at Washington.
is the show horseman at Narragansett pier.
He is a man of tall, straight figure, and sits
his horse like n centaur. The horse he
rides is a magnificent bay that il said to
have cost him $4,000.
The only son of George Meredith, the
English novelist, has turned his talents in
the direction of electrical engineering, and
in that profession promises to achieve a
prominence commensurate with the posi-
tion of his father in the world Of letters.
His full name is William Maxse Meredith.
Whittier's bodily intirmities have reached
a point where he feels obliged to abandon
his daily walks, except about his own
grounds. He nno endure the fatigue of
driving and his hearing has SO far failed
that it is with difficulty he can converse.
1t also prevents his attending church any
more.
The news of Nine. Sardou's illness brings
out the story of her romantic courtship.
She met the famous dramatic author for
the first time at breakfast one morning at
her own home. where he had come to con-
suit her father, M. Soulie, director of the
Palace Of Versailles. It was a case Of love
at first sight. and before Sardou left the
house she had given HIM her heart.
People usually sympathize with the car
ina of Russia, considering her a frail little
woman, always dreading the explosion of a
bomb; but, contrary to public opinion, her
majesty is the bright star of Russian sooi-
ETY., the leader of fashion and the. helper of
the poor; and it is a noted saying that Dag
mar *is the happiest wife in st. Petersburg,
as the czar, unlike his subjects, is a most de-
voted husband. If anyone needs sympathy
1t is the princess of Wales. and not her sis
ter, the czarina. Although the princess is
supposed to pass a serene existence, yet her
life is very unhappy, constantly fearing the
developments of new scandals with either
her son or husband as the hero.
In spite of his old age, Prime Bismarck
has lost none of his gallantry. To a young
lady who lately asked to be allowed to kiss
his hand, he replied: "Oh, no.! That is not
good enough for SO charming a damsel!"
Whereupon his excellency, without further
ado, gave the young lady a kiss. The prince
is very active in business matters when at
home on his estate. In his brick-kilns at
Fl edrichsruhe he is producing a new kind
of brick and tile. In place of his saw mills,
which were burned down not 4ong ago, he
has erected new ones, which are busily en-
gagged in executing some large orders for
wood pavement. The princes income from
his mills and other industrial works ia fe-
ported to be upward of $4,000 a year.