The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-01
MASCULINE MENTION

Ex-Pres5dent Hayes declares th... :.
truth wha*eSer IN tbs staseu1eot tn, %
growing feeble In mind or body.
President Garnet of Franc r.....
$4,000 per annum as salary and : nv.
sum for rent and travelling expenses s
Cyrus Small. superintendent OF tn ~.
ton police, recently entered upon r.. -
taeth year OF bis service in that depsrtm::uus
Colonel Jacob Ruppert, Jr., Of Go~,,,..
bills staff, Is the owner Of three s. ~
uard dogs which hs bought in Euonrs ~
$4,000
Str John Macdonald signed all tbA,.A
tons that came along, including ons ~
himself asking to< the oommuts.ion ~
death sentence.
NJ Edfel, who conceived TIE town, .,
Parts. lives up ON the Jungfrau, in th.
Swiss Alps He has obtained permirv;os u.s.
to build railroad up the mountain.
Senator German, Of Maryland, is ma,
Of unpretentious ways and quiet tastes
His attire Is plain and he does not snnes,
at first view TO be the political leader that
be is
One OF the most renArkabfe booking man
in the south is Captain James J. WHIT
who succeeded General R. E Lee at thu
helm OF the Washington and Lee uriea,.
aty. Captain White Is ahoat. 6 feet q
inches
The bold 30rym<n who pot pointed ouss.
lions TO the Prince Of Wales ia the baccarat
trial, IS Goddard Clarke, successful Lon.
don business man, who is said to reeemhl.
ex-senator Blair somewhat tn personal an.
pearance.
Edison looks when at WORK like a bov
apprentice. Hts manner and speech ara
very boyish. But the fire of genius shines
In hts keen, gray eyes, and the clean cut
nostri1s and broad forehead indicate stzopo
mental activity.
General Wolseley, who is In command Of
the British forces in Ireland, IS fftyeieht
years old and probably the best soldier in
England. He Is q native Irishman and the
son of soldier. He entered the service at
eighteen as an ensign
August Belmont, although he has as
sumed the management of the big bank
ing house, finds time for all kinds of sport.
He hasstwo yachts, kennel Of fox terriers,
drives a coach and tandem, and has good
stable of saddle and coach horses.
Police Inspector Byrnes is one Of the best
dressed men in New York, and while very
quiet in tone, his clothes are always of the
best and perfect in fit. Observers have en-
deavored to find the inspector wearing the
same suit of clothes twice in one week, but
without success.
Lord Coventry, of whom 80 much has
been heard in the Gordon Cumming trial.
is the principal steward of the Jockey club.
the final authority on racing matters, and
chairman of the tribunal before whom all
offenders against the laws of the turf and
of betting are tried.
Elihu Thomson, the Boston electrician.
who is regarded us Edison's most formid-
able rival is a slender young man with
clear cut features, small brown mus
tache and wavy brown hair. He is bright
talker, good listener, and is very popular
among the electricians of the east.
Hiram S. Maxim, who has been styled
the most versatile inventor in the world,
is tall, well built man of ffty-6ve, with
strong face that is ornamented by
bristling gray imperial. He is low manu-
featuring guns e England. and devoting
his attention to an electrical firing ma
chine