Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-19


Wingate is very good 20 her mother and
sister, who visit her at intervals, but to
whom Lily win rarely go, for she is the
light of the old eyes whose home she
makes so radiant with her presence.
NOTED MEN AND WOMEN.
Ole Bull left SON who is now about
20, and who viii soon make his debut in
Paris as a violinist
The. Prince of Wales, it is said. smokes
daily three or four cigars of brand that
costs s.. 500 thousand.
Baron" Yerkes. street railroad mil.
honaire magnate of Chicago, is going to
build baronial castle on the Hudson.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe began Greek az
10, and now at 7s she has just read the
plays of Sophocles in the original.
George keenan,, the lecturer ON Siberia.
is an expert telegrspher. and his copy
is like copper plate, to the delight of
printers.
Winfield Scott one of the greatest
generals America has ever produced, is
honored by no monument worthy the
name
The works of Thackersy are said to
sell more largely the booksellers and
to be in greater demand at tl4N libraries
now than ever before.
Cassius NJ. Clay says he always arises
hungry from the table, wherein he bears
a resemblance to his LEAN aud hungry"
namesake whom Caesar feared.
Rudyard Kipling's age is definitely
fixed by the statement that he was born
in Bombay in Chritmas week, 1867, and
is therefore in his 26th yesr.
Julia Marlowe's verbal memory is said
to be superior to that of any other wo-
man now on the stage. She can commit
a play to memory with marvellous rapid
ity.
The ex-king and queen of Naples. who
have no children, live most of the yearat
the Hotel You'll, lont, at Paris, upon
the fourth floor, receiving no one save q
few old adherents. They are very poor.
Lieutenant Maxwell. of the United
States Army, says the Dakota climate
adds to ones stature. When ordered to
that country he was over 81 years old
and had reached the age when growth is
supposed to stop, but during residence
there of over a year he grew three aud y
half inches. Dakotans say the climats
often has that effect
Nine. Wagner feels that she is fulfill
ing sacred mission when she presents
her husbands works TO the audience aV
Bayreuth in the most perfect settings
and performed by the best of singers. IL
is said that over 800 600 have been spent
in bringing out "Tannhauser alone In
everything the great composers " dow
has followed her husbands directions to
the slightest detail.
Bernhardt affects profound contempt
for money. In an interview with a
Western reporter she said MY earnings
during my careerl Nothing. Nothing,
] say. 1t comes, il goes. keep no ac-
count Could not spend the money
would not earn it. Money is to spend
detest accounts. don't bother have
enough. ] never calculate. | can't cal
culate. Oh, bother the money"
Three sons of the great author OF
"Pickwick" are still living. Charles
Dickens, his fathers namesake, is editor
Of All the Year Round and is known to
American audiences for his readings
from his fathers works. Alfred Tenny.
son Dickens is a merchant in Melbourne,
and the youngest member of the family,
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, is a
sheep farmer and a new member of the
New South Wales parliament.
John Hoey invented the system Of
sending money by express. While a
clerk in the Adams Express Company's
employment in this city, says the New
York san, he was asked by woman to
send some money to her son. a soldier at
Washington. and bound for the front.
Hoey thought the matter over, and, with
out consulting his superiors. sent the
package of money by the express The
money reached its destination, but Hoey
was reprimanded for his bold expert
ment Nevertheless, from that one act
grew an extremely profitable branch OF
the express business.