Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-09
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.


AUGUST BELMoNT's grave is still watched at
night.
PRINCESS ALIx, Of Hesse Darmstadt is the
most beautiful unmarried girl il Europe.
PRINCE NAPOLEON was a member of the
Golden Club from 1869 until the time of his
death.
JUSTICE STEPHEN, who has just retired
from the English bench, will receive pension
OF So, 900 a year.
TENNYsoN was once asked tosupply dozen
birthday poems of eight lines each for 1900
guineas. The poet refused.
BARNUM desired to be ,cremsted after his
death, but his wife persuaded him to abandon
the idea as destructive to her peace of mind,
REV. DR.. Talmage's mouth is not half so
large as the pictures makes it. He is by no
means hornely man, as homely men go in
these days.
RENAN, in his autobiography says that he
has been obliged to give up the habit of riding
in omnibuses, because the struggle for place
CRATES upon his fner feelings.
BILL NYE and james Whitcomb Riley, who
Tell out year ago or so because of Riley 5
cornwall habits, have made up their differ
ences in meeting at Indianapolis.
Mr.. GLADsToNE's hair is valued at six
pence strand" at least that is what the
Grand Old Mans barber says he has been
offered for the remnants of a hair cut.
Mrs. Koch, the wife of the famous German
specialist, has the entire charge of her hus-
bands immense correspondence, and performs
her duties as secretary very successfully.
T. L. JAMES, of New York, is a man of
many exs. He is an ex-editor, ex-inspector,
ex-Deputy Collector, exPostmastcr, and ex-
Postmaster General. lie is not yet ex-bank
president.
MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND is a proud
woman, for her pet spaniel has taken the first
prize at the Cleveland bench show, and has
won so many medals and ribbons that it has
to have an assistant dog to help to carry them
around.
Mr.. PARRLI, a local artist in New Or
leans, has completed what is said to be an adj
mirable portrait bust of Paul Morphy, the
great chess player, for the Chess, Checkers
and Whist Club of the Crescent City. As yet
the work is in plaster, but it will probably be
cast in bronze.
PRINCE ARIBERT, Of Anhalt, the afianced
bridegroom of Princess Louise, of Schleswig-
Holstein, il descendant of the old Dessaner, .
of whom Carlyle wrote: HE inventedth the iron
ramrod; he invented the equal STEP in fact,
he Is the inventor of modern military tactics, /"
REV. THOMAS DIXON, of New York, is of
opinion that 1--WE need more vigorous
Amerieanism in society. Society swelis APP
ing the aristoeracy of Europe are beneath con-
tempt. The American girl who marries a for
eign snob is a fool, who deserves little pity
when she is abused by the brute whom she
calls Ny Lord. ;"
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON, who succeeds 10
the head of the Bonapartists, is now in his 9th
year-a tall, slender wiry young man with an
expression Of intelligence tinged with melan-
eholy. His manners are atleble and some
what artless on the surface, but mentally he is
credited with being as subtle as florentine
of the sixteenth century.
ANAsTAsIUs, the chief of the famous Greek
hrigands, whose cheerful habit is to kidnap
Harmless travellers, and keep them on short
commons till ransom is paid, Is described as
type OF perfect Greek beauty, 4 very cult
waited man, who speaks four languages, and
has the manners Of courts
CHAUSCEY VI. DEPEw has had brand of
cigars named after him. and a couple of boxes
sent to his office by the manufacturers. Mr..
Depew passed them to General Hustled the
other day, who with an aggrieved air as he
waved the box away asked: Haven't al
ways been your friend Chsuncey2i The cigars
were ordered out Of sight.
BROWNING, it is said, durina the LAST years
of his life, made as much as $4,000 year out
of his poems. Mr. Swinbnrne has for many
years past made an average income Of 5000
per annum out OF his poems, whilst Lord Ten
nyson, II Is said, has for At least twenty years
past, been drawing an income Of more than
$3o,uJ a year from his mus.
Tue Bayard family mansion in Washing on
is advertised for sale. This means that the
great Delaware family, which has been prom
inent in national politics since 1877, retires to
the obscurity OF private life. Ex.secretary
Thomas f. Bayard IS bitterly disappointed
that neither of his sons should enter public
life. One is plain country gentleman and
the other pedagogue.