Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-10


publication.
Meissonier married at the age of rs the
biggest woman in Paris, and whenever
they promenaded the boulevaras she
was to be seen leaning" on the arm Of
her great little lord and master.
The Florida Times Union says that
Charles l. Cragin, of Philadelphia, is the
owner of magnificent residence ON Lake
Worth, which il known as the further
most south mansion in the United States.
When any one wanted to make General
Sherman confident he would exclaim /:
Don't you tell me secret. I'll give it
away to the first person meet. don't
want any secrets. Devilment begins with
secrets.
Charles Tebo, Of Barre, VT. WHO is of
French descent and So years of age, has
20 children, 27 Of whom are girls and al
living. Mr.. Tebo is q frislxy man for all
this, and one of the best fiddlers and clog
dancers in the State.
AT the annual banquet Of the Ohio So
ciety, in New York, Governor Campbell,
Of Ohio, described himself as the first
Governor of that State whose parents
were born within its boundaries and who
had his own birthplace there.
William j. Miller, of Labon. N. j.. has a
brass spectacle case over 400 years old.
The outside case ON top and bottom has
a 10 years calendar from 147S to 1897
engraved thereon, with instructions ID.
Dutch, the figures, letters, etc., being
quite legible.
Ex-Queen Isabella's daughter, the Prin-
cess of Paz, is happily married to Prince
Ferdinand, of Bavaria. The prince is
distinguished as a medical student, and
his own and lis wife's charities hay,
made them noted throughout Germany
for their philanthropy.
A citizen of Savannah once tried to
draw out Sherman against Grant. Said
Tecumseh: rIt won't do; it won't do
General Grant is great general. know
him well. He stood by me when was
crazy, and ! stood by him when he was
drunk, and now, sir, we stand by each
other, always.
General Jacob Ammen, of Lockland,
Ohio, is probably the oldest living general
of the late war. He was born in Bote-
tourt county, Va. ! in 1908, enlisted as a
private at Columbus, Ohio, became col
onel of the oath Ohio, and the next year
n brigadier general. He is a brother of
Admiral Ammen.
The allegation that Mr.. Cockrell is the
only United States Senator who ventures
to smoke pipe in the Capitol leads Eu-
gene Field to cite this stanza of Albert
Fixes, regarding Messrs. Thurman and
Edmunds:
Not from cigars these Senate stars
Their inspiration drew;
Old pipes they smoked as they sat and joked-
Yes, pipes. and cob-pipes, tool
Queen Isabella Of Spain, who has made
Paris her home since she was first exiled
from her former kingdom, is said to have
won the favor of the Parisians by her
dignifed reserve. She is still thoroughly
Spanish in her tastes and sympathies, and
conducts her receptions at her residence,
the Palace de CASTLE, according TO the
strict court etiquette.
Mary Philomena Ditzen, tawny haired
and square shouldered woman Of 30, con-
tributes to the support of herself and
family by fling saws. She has a yellow
haired husband and a big bank account.
Unless her plans fail and the fates wreak
vengeance she will make university men
of her sons and spend her old age in rest
and luxury. She is resident Of Chicago.
By the provisions of DR.. Schliemann's s
win, a mausoleum is TO be erected in
Athens to contain his remains ard those
of his Greek wife and their two children.
To this second wife he left the antiquities
in his house at Athens, while 10 his first
wife, from whom he was divorced num-
Der Of years ago, he bequeaths $50, 900.
Her two children and tho two of his
Greek wife share alike in the division Of
his property.
II made 9 speech in my youth in the
Mohawk Valley, said Chauncey M. De-
pew in the course Of a recent address,
"when / was frisky with aurora borealis
and rainbows. / was depicting the pos
sibility Of the ideal republic under the
principles of the party which / loved, and
when concluded, an old campaigner, an
old timer, an old spokesman stepped up
TO me and said: sChauncey, that speech
had more frill than shirt. -
Miss Gertrude E. Fonda, Of st. Albans.
Vt, has won the $50 prize offered for
the best original design by woman for
an article Of household furniture. Her
design Is q bookcase IN the form of q
large volume open at little more than
right angles, with the shelves across the
open pages. It Is made OF wood. and
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