The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
MASCULINE MENTION.


Count Won Munster combines the duties
of ambassador with those OF horse dealer
NJ. Constans. the great French states
man, is strikingly like Mr.. Blaine in ap
pearancs
The most precious life in the world II
that of Viscount Dudley, who has just
been insured for FL .2O0,000
Officer Rollings, of Philadelphia, is said
to be the largest policeman in the United
States. He Isl six feet eight inches in height
and weighs $40 pounds.
Henry c. Cook, tailor OF Norwich,
Conn, has beard seven feet two inches
long. 1t has been growing thirty years.
His height Is fiye feet six inches.
w. K vanderbilt's private secretary ia
an Englishman, Frank Foster by name.
He is about thirty years Of age, six feet
tall, and very reserved and unapproach
able man.
The Hon. John Bgelow, ex-minister to
France, is a tall, fine looking man Of Ro-
man presence. with snow white beard
and white hair. To assist him in walking
he ca. ries a cane
General Palmer. the new commander in
! chief Of the G. A. r.. Is affable and has
many warm friends. he Is an excellent
presiding officer. bat slow and not par
ticularly eloquent speaker.
Herman Celman. the South American
millionaire, owns q Sl,00U,00O yacht, the
Southern Cross, is only twenty eight years
of age and has an income Of $780, 900 year.
He is the only son of ex-President Gel
man Of the Argentine Republic.
Majos nathbone, of Ohio. the new fourth
assistant postmaster general, il forty three
years old, and Is one of the most expert
enced men In the service He is a hand
some fellow, "A thirty second degree Mason
and a wide awake business man.
DR.. Newman Hall, the noted English
Congregationaist divine, is seventy five
years old The famous tract, Come to
Jesus" of which he is the author, has had
greater sale than almost any other re
igious work excepting the Bible.
Professor Harrington the new chief OF
the weather bureau, is a rather stout man
of medilm height. He is about forty-fve
years old There is Il short bristy brown
beard on his face, and he has the dash of a
man of unusual executive ability.
Rev. Phillips Brooks is said to be the
fastest speaker In the world. Verbatim
reporters who timed him found that he
speaks on an average of 2l2 words a min
ute. Stammerng in his youth is account
able for his remarkable haste in speech.
Ex-Secretary Bayard is growing fieshy as
he advances in years, and his fine height is
now balanced by a fair breadth of body.
His face has become set In severe lines and
his hair has whitehead rapidly since death
robbed him Of his wife and his favorite
daughter
The Baddely brothers, who won the
doubles lawn tennis championship in Eng
land this year, and one of whom won the
championship, are so like each other that
1t is said to be absolutely impossible to tell
them apart unless they wear some distin-
gushing mark in dress.
Sergeant John Leirch, now citizen of
indianapolis, was one of the brave Six
Hundred who rode up to the mouth of the
guns at Balaklava. He was boy Of
seventeen when he enlisted at Nottingham
in the Eighth Hnssars, who formed part
OF the fsmops Light Brigade
Mr.. Sturgeon, the famous English speak
er. has found enough spare time in his busy
4fe 70 become a botanist, for1culturist
and practical landscape gardener, and
his Norwood residence has glass houses,
gardens and grounds surrounding it which
are the envy of the neighborhood.
Archbishop John Ireland, of St. Paul, is
tall. of robust figure, with broad shout
ders, and has large intellectual head.
His attire is always plain. In the pulpit
he is somewhat awkward but he speaks
with great force and earnestness, and there
Is delightful charm about his oratory.