Omaha daily bee., 1891-10-25
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1t is said that Senator Plumb Of Kansas
makes n speech at every wedding, corn
husking or barbecue to which no Is invited.
The aged Louis Kossuth, tho Hungarian
patriot, knows English remarkably well. HE
learned the language while a prisoner, with
only a dictionary, a bible aud a copy Of
Shakespeare to aid HIM.
Ulysses $. Grant aud Robert II. Leo arc
roommates at the Washington aud Lee uu-
%iversity, Lexington, Va. Let us nave peac5.
e General Curtis. now running for congress
in the WLtertown, n. ", district, enlisted
when 10 years old at the breaking out of the
civil war and came out Of IL eminent. He is
six feet six inches in height.
Paul Du Chaillu, the noted traveller aud
African explorer, IS n little brown man with
flashing black eyes, smooth broGzed faCo ana
a head as bald as a babv's. lie Is a con-
iirmed old bachelor, but has manners that
charm women.
Judge Culbertsou, the Texas congressman,
recently replied to a TRADE of abuse from an
embittered constituent by throwing his arms
around the mans neck and eXclaiming,
"N har's tho nearest grocery ~ This was
too much for the constituent.
General Beauregard appeared at a meeting
of the Daughters of the Confoderacy in st.
Louis one day last week. The general APP.
peared to be in excellent health, his snow
white hair showing up in striking contrast to
a healthy aud rudy complexion.
Timothy Hopkins, the adopted son or the
late Mrs Searles, has n FIVE acre patch Of
vio!ets mt Menlo park, California, from which
he ships large quantities OF overs to San
Francisco daily for six months every year,
and receives a handsome return therefor,
Prince Bismarck continues to flourish, not
withstanding rumors to the contrary. a re
cent visitor to the prince at Nar2in writes:
q the day of my arrival he was we hours
in the saddle, and during the afternoon he
inspected part of the estate, the drive taking
up four hours.n
In his'vil,a up in the hills Salvini dimes at
& and finishes his evening meal at 10. Bud
ding tragediaus will read with wonder that
his dining hall is 10 feet square, aud that tho
trophies of his American tours in the shape
of statues, pictures, medals, plate and jew.
elry are valued at 100000.
Colonel John A. Cockerill, having given n
handsome monument to the Order of Elks IN
st. Louis, evidently believes that ''one good
deed deserves another as he has offered to
present the cities of New York and Brooklyn
with two bronze or stone drinking fountains
to be placed on the Brooklyn bridge, one at
each of the two towers.
Scion Chase, the veteran apostle of fiat
money, is postmaster at Cnase's Mills in
Maine. Some time ago an inspector Gale d
at SolOn's Office, and, after looking over the
book, inquired of the postmaster where he
kept the government funds, which the law
requires must be separate from the other.
I'm my pocket, by CD was the immediate
reply of the famous "inancier.n
Henry George is so enthusiastic a believer
in bicycling that he urges it upon people who
visit him with much more persistency than
he shows in the propagation of mis- own So
cial theories. Many of his friends among
men nave been induced by his example to
practice the art: he has persuaded his w hole
family to learn to ride. and he has Begin
PROSECUTING among the women and children
of his acquaintance.
Three sons of the author of "Pickwick'' are
still living. Charles Dickens, his fathers
namesake, is editor of All tho Year Round
and is known to American audiences for his
readings from his fathers works. Alfred
Tennyson Dickens is a merchant IN Mel
bourne, ana the youngest member. of the fam
lily, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, is a
sheep farmer and a new member of The New
South Wales parliament.
Frank B. Sanborn, the philosopher, is a
man whose name Is not often heard by the
world these days. Yet in Emerson's time
he was the brightest and best beloved of the
coterie of scholars and poets who gathered
about the Concord sage. Sanford still lives
in Concord, and is identified with the modern
school of philosophy there. He is a tall,
slender man, aud when he appears in Boston
is conspicuous for a broad brimmed soft
white hat and a big red flowing crayat.