St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-05
MEN AND WOMEN.

The cZarewitch is coming to America
early in June for few months.
Prof. Swift thinks that his new comet
was S,000,0O0 years getting here.
Ambrose Thomas, the composer, has
now seen his eighty-tirst birthday.
Myron w. Whitney. the famous sing
er, has been seriously ill at Rutland,
Vt, and though recovering will not be
able to appear in public tor several
weeks.
Mr.. Gladstone is the only living mem
Der OF the Peel administration. No
American statesman now living was in
active public life when Mr.. Gladstone
had already taken prominent position
in affairs.
Mr.. Edison says that when he was a
boy he sold peanuts and newspapers on
the railway trains. One day baggage
porter lifted him from the ground by his
ears. The membranes snapped, and
that is how he became deaf.
George w. Estes, who died in Lowell.
Mass, last Friday, at the age of eighty
seven. was said to be the first man who
ever played snare drum by note. He
Officiated as drum major at the funeral
OF President William Henry Harrison
in 1871.
Mrs. Crawford, who attained notOriety
in connection with the scandal about
Sir Charles Dixie, became member of
the Roman Catholic church some time
ago, and now deyotes much of her time
to improving the condition of the Lon
don poor.
Vasili Verestchagin. the famous Rus
sian painter, was bitten in the leg re-
Gently by a mad dog. Although the in
Jured flesh was cut away Immediately,
it is said that NJ. Verestchagiu will
place himself under the care of Dr..
PaSteur in Paris.
Rudyard Kipling's contributions to the
London Times are paid for at the rate Of
$3.50 letter. less than one-third of what
Lord Randolph Churchill received for
his South African correspondence
which goes to show that it pays better
to be lord than literary man.
1t IS stated on the authority of a
wheeling newspaper that '.yery few of
the people of Martins Ferry are aware
OF the fact that William Dean Howells
was born III their midst" However
that may be, it is certain that the novel,
ist first saw the light of day at Martins
Ferry fifty-One years ago.
Emile Zola may secure a seat among
the ImmortalS OF France after all. At
the last session of the French academy
Camille Doucet read letter from the
popular novelist, announcing his candi-
dacy for the seat made vacant by the
death OF Admiral de Ia Graviere. Pierre
Lott being out of the way, Zola, it is
said, believes that his election will be
certain.
Or. Vaughn, the new archbishop of
Westminster. will have hard task be-
fore him. lie is Tory and opposed TO
home rule. This will make him out of
sympathy with his flock, who are mostly
lrlSh The arc h3iSlop was educated at
StonyhurSt, the great Jesuit college i'm
the north of England. He was expelled
from there for smoking.
Rosa BoHheur has of late years painted
only heads Or single figures of ANIMALS,
but there IS now on exhibition in Lon
don recent work from her studio show
ing a group composed of a lion, a lioness
and several cubs. The background is a
representation of an African Scene, with
palm, date and aloe trees, and mount
alp range in the distance.
John ID. Rockefeller makes it a custom
to open his morning mail at the break
fast table. The letters from unknown
writers are distributed among the
children, who peruse them and mark
upon each envelope the disposition
which should be made of the case.
Afterward MIR. Rockefeller himself goes
over the correspondence and reyises the
work, but to one unacquainted with such
matters the accuracy of judgment
displayed by the little ones in passing
on the merits of begging requests can
be nothing less than startling.