Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-01-22
FAMILIAR NAMES


TM1EYRASD says of La Fayette He
gives one the idea of man following
the advice of somebody else"
THE Speaker of the Japanese Parlia-
ments and the Chairman of the Com
mittee of the Whole are Christians.
Mr. SUTTON, the librarian of the Man
chester free library, has written
memoir of Mrs. Hemans, the poet.
BARON HIRscH, the wealthy banker of
Vienna, will shortly subsidize schools
for JeWesses in Galicia to the extent OF
e5O0,000
BISHOP PADDOCK, of Boston, who is
still confined to bed with sickness, is
making perceptlble progress toward re-
covery.
QUEEN AAELIE, of Portugal, is now
almost restored to health. She is the
prettiest and most fascinating OF the
sovereign ladies of Europe.
RUSSELL SAGE, who is regarde as the
largest individual loaner of money,
makes it rule never to loan more than
$500, 900 on any given day. That indi-
Gates to some extent what his resources
are.
j. WEsTLAKE, of Wheeling, has in
his possession a land grant made out
February 6, 1907, containing the sig
natures of Thomas Jefferson and James
Madison.
WEBB c. HAYES, the exPresident's
son, lives in Cleveland, where he is
rated keen a successful business man.
He is treasurer of one corporation and
a stakeholder in several others.
EDWIN B. WINANs, the new Democrat
ic governor of Michigan, is a hard
headed old farmer, with neatly trimmed
beard, stylish clothes, and kindly eyes
that beam through a pair of gold-bowed
spectacles. He is one of the California
Argonauts of 40, but found that he could
make more money by establishing a
bank than with pick and shovel.
The London publisher says that 1885,
600 copies of Gen. Booths book, ''1n
Darkest England, and the Way Out,
have been sold, and the demand is still
as great as ever. The work is being
translated into Japanese, French,
Dutch, Swedish and German.
MRS. PER1NG, who has been elected to
the office of road overseer in Kansas, is
a wide-awake woman, with swapping
black eyes and determined mien.
"When she has occasion to say No, her
voice can be heard a mile away" says
correspondent.
GEORGE BANCROFT is still to be seen on
Pennsylvania Avenue on pleasant days,
his arm IN that of a friend or attendant,
walking at good pace and conversing
constantly. He has entirely lost his
ETC., and his mind is gradually passing
away, as the minds Of thousands of other
intellectual men have gone before.
Mrs. MAY FRENCH SHELDON, who is to
lead an expedition to the Congo in STAN
ley's footsteps, is a physician of no
mean ability, and has won a reputation
viable position in literary and scientific
circles in London, where her husband
is the manager of an American banking
house.
REV. DR.. JOHN HALL, of New York,
was visited recently by a young man,
recently arrived from ireland, who,
when the doctor remarked that he did
not remember having seen him before,
said: Indeed, you did, then. Why,
you baptised me twenty five years ago
in the old country, and yet you have
forgotten me entirely"
J. n. HUsrIN, treasurer of the United
States, is tall, slender, blue-eyed man,
with firm mouth and partially grey
mOuStache. tie has pleasing, dlgnlhed
presence, and when at home, at his
place in Connersville, Ind, devotes
much of his time to horseback riding
through the country. His stud of horses
is Of great value, and he is proud of the
trotting prizes he has received from fairs
and horse shows.
THE editor of "Short Cuts and Treas >
ure Trove" invited several distinguished
writer's to answer the following query:
"What are the q lalities most essential
to the development of the perfect
man % A number of interesting re-
plies have been received. Lord Ran
dolph Churchill's is witty and pithy
He says: ain reply to your letter, I
would suggest that a coed digestion is
the essential quality for the 'all-round
development of a human being
know no other" The following reply
from Mr. Labouchere is characteristic:
~ know of no definition beyond add
ing to the mems sana in corpore sano
that the perfect man should also be a
perfect Radical"
ShakeSpeare's Sister.