Omaha daily bee., 1892-10-16
SOME MEN OF NOTE.


Carl Schurz, at the age OF 80. wrote let
ter of admonition ana advice to Abraham
Lincoln.
The late General Hustled OF New YORK
loft comfortably large slice OF property be-
hind him, as we'll as an insurance upon his
life Tor 100000
The year OF Tennyson's birth, 1909, was
also that OF Lincoln, Darwin and Gladstone.
The century has produced no big four that
can eclipse them.
Rev Father Palladius, the famous Russian
missionary, has brought out after twenty
years of labor, a Chinese. Russian dictionary
containing ,66S hieroglyphics.
Daniel Grant, one OF the famous triplets
OF Torrington, Conn, died last week at tho
age of IL years Two bi others survive. A
few weeks ago the three brothers celebrated
their list birthday anniversary.
The statue of William Penn, soon TO bo
raised to the top Of the tower of the Phia-
delphia city hall, is nearly finished 1t Is no
stub Penn, either, having height OF thirty
five feet and weighing So 400 pounds.
Governor Ira Il. Chase OF Indiana was
once drummer for an agricultural ma
chino company, and flooded Missouri with
plows, reapers and binders. Ho has never
repented OF his doings in those times
Osgoodsby. the fellow who wrote tho
famous Murchison letter, is still living near
Los Angeles, ana might be again used as a
political corkscrew to draw some damaging
letter from some prominent politician.
The largest man In Kentucky Is said to be
Ross Skaggs of Lawrence county, who
weighs 52l pounds, and is six feet eight
inches tall. His arms measure two feet in
circumference, and his thighs three feet.
He Is 81 years of age.
The late General John Pope, by dating one
of his orders, Headquarters ia the Saddle"
pronprod the confederate commander, Rob-
ert f. Lee, TO perpetrate what was said TO be
the only joke of his life. "What can You
expect" he is credited with saying, "of
general who puts his Headquarters where his
headquarters ought to be-"
Hon. David Dudley Field, who makes
in the October Forum strong plea to tho
better class of voters in the United States to
attend the primaries, is 81 years old. In
spite of his years, however, he retains all
his faculties and writes with clearness and
force, ana although for the past two years i'll
health has confined him to his house tho
viGor Of his intellect is still uulmpaired
Senator Frye has remarkable staying
, powers as campaign speaker. He made
twenty-three speeches III succession in
Maine, and his voice is none the worse for it.
He has now gone west, and has beon an
nounced for more dates than he can possibly
nil in Missouri Kansas, Nebraska and the
Dakotas. For one day he Is billed to speak
in three towns, morning, afternoon and even
ing
Won Moitke's famous economy in language
used to inspire bets among the officers and
general staff every yerr as tho kings BIRTH
day came around, as to the number of words
he would employ IN proposing his mas
ter's health. Some backed n nineword
speech, others putthelr money on eight words
Moltke's habit was to say, ITO the health Of
his majesty, emperor and king" or, "To his
imperial maiestys health" In 1854 an oys-
ter breakfast was staked on the marshaPs
not using more than nine words, but, because
he began with the word ''gen tlemen" the bot
was lost. Thereupor the loser found such
comfort as he could in declaring that tho
general was growing loquacious in his old
age.