St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-07
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Mark Twain is in Paris. AS he can
not write French, the gay city is open to
congratulations.
II. G. Wheeler, the Republican candl-
date for governor of Iowa, owns and
cultivates 5000 acres.
King Milan is said to be the champion
liar of Europe. Munchausen, Mulhat-
ton, Milan-what curious predisposition
to prevarlcation is it that lies in the in
itial letter NJ?
The young king of Servia and Prin-
cess XeDia, the daughter of the Prince
of MONTENEGRO. are engaged. The
young lady is only eleven years of age.
1t has long been known that the car
favored such match,
William Miller, of CRANKY, Mass, is
60 years of age, has not been 100 rods
from his home in eleven years, and has
all his life slept in the same bed. He
has touch of heart disease and fears
that any change will cause instant
death.
John Knox owned a clock made in
Paisley in 1860. Lawyer Woods, of
huntingdon, Pa, OWNS 1t now, and
John WitherSpOon, one of the signers
of the declaration, brought it to
America. Here's 'grandfather's
clock" any of the grandchildren might
be proud of.
Senator Mcpherson, of New Jersey,
own one of the finest salmon streams in
Canada, the NOteshasquan, which is re-
puted to be alive with gamy fish. The
senator's angling outfit is of irreproach-
able eXcellence-in fact, the senator
himself believes it to be the finest III
America.
DR.. Horace Furness, the Shakespear-
can scholar, has counted the lines in
Shakespeare'S comedies and found
total of SO, 900, and in all that number
finds but nineteen lines that are hope
lesSly obscure. Some these he believes
should be charged to the errors of the
printers.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria wants
to retire from the rulership business, it
is reported, and settle down quietly
with his fiancee, Mile. Helene Bacar-
escu, one of the Roumanian queens
maids of honor. II is stated in Bu-
chareSt dispatch that. if not closely
watched, Ferdinand would elope with
the fair Helene.
Frank ingalls,, younger brother of
the ex-senator, is president of Drury
college at Springfield, Mo. He is tall
and slender, and otherwise resembles
his distinguished brother in personal
appearance. 1t is interesting, by the
way, to know that there is Que presi-
dency in the ingalls, family. Lightning
does not often strike twice in the same
place.
The queen regent of the Netherlands
and her daughter declined the offer of
a public reception during their recent
visit to Amsterdam. They requested
the city officials to use the money col
lected for the receptioTin feeding the
poor. Consequently more than 10000
poYerty-stricken creatures received
presents of food and money, and So, 900
school children were, provided with
breakfast. Each child received also a
photograph of the young queen.
The remarkable memory the Prince of
Wales has, that enables him to recall
little incidents in the careers of COM
paratIye strangers who meet him, is the
result of assidu0us practice. He reads
the newspapers with as much attention
as an editor does, and stores away in his
memory for future use every scrap of
information relating to people who are
likely to be thrown in his way. He has
trained his eye so that on entering a
room he sees everybody there at a
glance, and possesses a marvellous fac
ulty for recollecting faces.