Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-11-22
PURELY PERSONAL.
The List of Musical Prodigies Includes a
Young Cherokee Indian Girl
Emanuel Lasker.

Rudyard Kipling has reconsiderd. and
will not settle down in this country.
Emanuel Lasker, the chess expert, the
other day played five simultaneous
games OF chess, blindfolded, and won
them in an hour and half.
John l.. Davenport was appointed SUI
perintendent of elections in New York
twenty years ago. Horace Greeley hay
ing recommended his appointment.
The Scotch Earl OF Crawford and Bal
cares is visiting New York incog. He
is tall, stout, fine looking man, with a
brogue nearly as broad as himself He
is coming West to hunt.
Most men whose name is Mcleod pro-
nounce it Mac-cloud !" but the ener-
getic President of the Reading road, &C.
cording to the Boston advertiser, prefers
"Mac-leed" for himself.
Drs. Rubners and Vernicke of Ham.
burg, who have been experimenting to
see If cholera germs can be transmitted
to tobacco, claim to have demonstrated
that tobacco smoke is sure death to the
bacilli.
Prof. A. d. Hopkins of the West Vir-
ginia experiment station has arrived
from Europe with bug, which, be
thinks, will destroy the pine-tree beetle
that has so greatly damaged the West
Virginia forests.
Acknowledgement. Douglas of Mary
land has received from DR.. II. Seaman
of Philadelphia the map used bv Gen
eral Stonewall Jackson in the civil war
from the time of the battles with Pope
to the battle of Fredericksburg.
Senator German, who has USUALLY en-
tertained good deal at his home on
Rhode Island avenue in Washington in
the winter time, will not reopen the
house this coming season. but occunv
apartments In hotel-the Portland.
The list of musical prodigies in Boston
at present includes young Cherokee
Indian girl, who is said to be remarkably
accomplished. She expects to return to
the Indian Territory when her education
Is completed as teacher of her tribe.
1t is said that the weeping willows OF
America all sprang from slip sent over
by Alexander Pope from England. The
statement has the same proof as has the
claim that all the cherry wood is nro.
duced by gratis from the original Wash.
ington cherry tree.
BY the death OF the late DIR. Thomas
William Parson, the poet, there is only
one member left of the characters tho,
Longfellow introduced in his "Tales Of
a Wayside Inn Luigi Monti If New
York {" the young Siciliap ~. who is "
brother-in law OF DR.. Parsons.
The Sultan OF lahore, whose ca,ito,
and palace are but fourteen miles ron,
Singapore, intends TO light his palsce
with electricity at an early date. Jahors
would probably require plant of tiftv
arc lights. The Sultan will do noth,ns
until he returns from the Chicago Exno.
sition and has seen the best results y,
electric lighting in the United States v
Verdi, the composer, has get his hear,
on having the great French baritone
Maurel, for the leading role in his nsu,
opera, Falstatf." But it is reported in
Rome that Signor Ricordi, the publisher
who was delegated to conduct the mac
essary negotiations, finds that ths
Frenehman will charge fabulous nrics
tor his services, and it does not seen
practicable to agree to the terms a.
manced. In consequence Verdi is said
to be much depressed in spirits. NN