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Congressman Miller. of South Carolira.
ltss TITLE 70 marl, him as coiered man.
lis $ il eeing white and his hair per-
fstly 81 'aisnt. He is a forcible speaktr.
~o'd Man Worth. as the modistcs call
him, il said TO be the worst tempered
man in the world since CARLYLE. He
doesn't swear, but his growl is simply
t rrifying.
Secretary Foster is youthful looking
official. His form is 1.-the and agile. his
hair dark. and his, eye bright. He has
easy and engaging manners, and is alta
bic and approachable.
An official letter from the Eastern
Lunatic Asylum, of Virginia. TO the Gov
ernor of that State says that one of the
inmates has been there for "a years, and
is 100 years old
Cardinal Manning is SO years old, and
Gladstone is 81, and when the two cro-
nies get together and talk about their
boyhood days, they are as happy aa old
soldiers on pension day.
The present Lady of the White
House, it is announced, is engaged in
making a collection of interesting letters
sent her by anonymous correspondents,
which will be. published in book form.
Mrs. Lille Putnam Norman, who died
recently in North Adams, Mass, was q
granddaughter of General Israel Putnam
and owned the sword which he carried
during the Revolutionary war.
James r. Randall, the author of
maryland, My Maryland, has been for
the last quarter Of a century the editor OF
Georgia newspaper lie is writer of
great power and originality and a most
scholarly man.
John Stephenson, who built the first
American horse car, is more than so
years old, butstill vigorous and energetic.
His mind is yet busy with Inventions.
and he can accomplish as much work in
day as a man many years his junior,
Miss Emily Howard director Of the
First National Bank, at Auburn, N. Y,
is the first woman in the United States to
hold such position. Miss Howard is
rich and for several years has maintained
at her own home a schoo! for farmers
sons and daughters.
Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER. of Boston.
has taken strong ground against the
proposition to colonize Palestine with He
brews He says that country can not
support more than 3,0O0, 900 people, and
the Russian exiles alone, numbering
100000, would largely overpopuIate Il.
The kaiser's six little sons are sub
jected toa severe regimen by their father,
They sleep in pl; IN. bare room. upon
iron cots, with hard mattresses and scant
bedclothing. At every morning they
take cold bath and are then put through
vigorous gymnastic exercises.
Waterloo veterans seem to be more
numerous outside Of the British king
dom than in it. France boasts dozen,
Germany twice as many more, and Bel
gium two One of the Belgians is Cheva-
lier George ID. Epinois. who now, at the
age of 81, is burgomaster of the village of
EpinOis les Binche
John l.. Waller, of Kansas CITY. the
new United States consul to Madagascar.
is a negro, born a slave in Missouri, from
which State he went to Iowa, where he
was educated in the public schools. He
is Al years old, and for the last 13 years
has lived in Kansas, where he is a leader
among his people. Mr.. Waller is law
yer.
M. Diebler, the French executioner,
had his son with him-giving him an OBJ
ject lesson, as it were-at the execution
of Eyraud.' This repulsive Office re-
manned in one family, the Sansons, for
seven generations, and perhaps Diebler
would like to found like dynasty in his
house. He is said to have made for
tune of $1,000 francs by his virtuosity on
the guillotine.
DIR. Kate Bushnell, once a medical
missionary to China, and later physi-
clan in Denver, Col, has been chosen by
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union TO make trip around the world
in the interest of the department of that
body devoted to social purity. She will
first spend several months in Germany in
study, and will then start on her journey
around the world.
David G. Peabody, of Denver, failed
many years ago, and his creditors, mostly
Boston merchants, received but a small
dividend, owing to Unforeseen complica-
tions. A few days ago he went TO Bos-
ton, and, at a dinner given by his old
creditors, he gave each one the balance
of his almost forgotten account, which
had been legally settled long ago, saying
he could not feel that he had been NOR
ally, if he had been legally, discharged
till he had paid in full.