The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-24

Count Won Munster combines fhe dr,ts.~
Of snbassadbr with thoze u 1 hor~e de1Isr
n ConsfsnS the great French stn,e>.
man. Is strikingly like Mr. Blaine 10 ap-
pearance
The most precious life in the world 1.
that Of Viscount Dudley. who has jusf
osen insured for a .20QuOO
oficer Rollings. Of Philadslphia. Is said
70 bs the largest policeman in the United
states. Heissix feet eigh. inches in height
and weighs $40 pounds
Henry c. Cook. tailor Of Norwich.
Conn. has beard seven feet two inches
long. 1t has been growing thirty years.
His height Is five feet six inches.
w. K vauderbilt's private secretary !.
an Englishman. Frank Foster by name.
De Il about thirty years OF age, six feet
tall. and very reserved and unapproach
able man
The Hon. John Bigeiow, ex-minister %
France, Is a tall, fine looking man Of Ro-
man presence. with a snow white beard
and white hair. 10 assist him iii walking
be ca ries cane
General Palmer. the new commander In
chief of the q A. r.. IL affahle and Hin
many warm friends. HI il III excellent
presiding officer. hiit i slow and not par
ticularly eloquent speaker.
Herman Celman. the south American
millionaire. owns 100000 yacht, the
Southern Cross. is only twenty eight years
OF age and has an income OF 500, eco a year.
He h the only son OF ex-President Gel.
man Of the Argentine Republic.
Major Rathbone, OF Ohio, the new fourth
assistant postmaster general. is forty-three
years old, and is one OF the most expert
enced men In the service. He Is hand
some fellow, a thirty second degree Mason
and wide awake business man
Dr.. Newman Hall. the noted English
gregationalist divine, Is seventy five
years old The famous tract, Come TO
Jesus" OF which he il the anthor, hasNhad
a greater sale than almost any other re.
tigious work excepting the Bible
Professor Harrington, the new chief OF
the weather bureau. is a rather stout man
Of medium height. He Is about forty-five
years old. There is a short. bristly brown
beard on his face. and he has the dash Of a
man Of unusual executive ability
Rev. Phillips Brooks In said TO be the
fastest speaker in the world Verbatim
reporters who timed him found that he
speaks on an average OF 2l2 words min
ute. Stammering in his youth Is account
able for his remarkable haste il speech
Ex-Secretary Bayard is growing fieshy rs
he advances in years, and his fine height Is
now balanced by fair breadth OF body.
His face has become set in severe lines and
his hair has whitened rapidly since death
robbed him Of his wife and his favorite
daughter.
The Baddely brothers, who won the
doubles lawn tennis championship In Eng
land this year. and one Of whom won the
championship, are so like each other that
It Is said to be absolutely impossible to tell
them apart unless they wear some distin-
gushing mark in dress
Sergeant John Leirch. now citizen OF
Indianapolis, was one Of the brave Six
Hundred who rode up to the mouth OF the
guns at Balaklava. He was boy Of
seventeen when he enlisted at Nottingham
In the Eighth Hussars, who formed q part
Of the famous Light Brigade.
Mr.. Sturgeon, the famous English speak
er, has found enough spare time In his busy
life to become a botanist, fioriculturist
and practical landscape gardener. and
his Norwood residence has glass houses,
gardens and grounds surrounding IL which
are the envy Of the neighborhood.
Archbishop John ireland, Of St. Paul, Is
tall. Of robust figure, with broad shout
ders. and has large intellectual head
His attire is always plain. In the pulpit
he Ii somewhat awkward. but he speaks
with great force and earnestness, and there
% a delightful charm about his oratory.