The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-09-10
PURELY PERSONAL.
Wealthy Danish Bankers Resemblance
to the Russian Gar Causes Him
10 Become Insane.

Candidates Harrison, Reid, Weave,
and Bidwell were all born in Ohio.
Bismarck used to spell his name with.
cut the &C." German usage In word.
having similar ending sanctionine
either form OF spelling.
Lord Herschell. Great Britain's new
Lord Chancellor, is not direct descend
ant OF the great astronomical Hersch-
ellis, but Ia OF the same family.
VI. Larsen, a wealthy Danish banker
80 strlklngly resem bles the Gar OF Rus
sIa that he has got finally into an insane
hospital; he came 10 imagine that he
was really the Gar, aud fear OF assassi-
nation unsettled his mind.
Henry de Rothschild. one Of tho
young swells OF the famous family ri
Rothschild. is at Saratoga. He is one OF
the Paris Rothschilds, and s said 10 be
heir to more than So, 900, goo. He is an
athletic youth OF 10 years.
Sir Frederic Leighton, President OF
the Royal Academy, is mentioned a.
llKeiy to be recon mended 10 a P,eraye
AS literature and science have both a.
ready received this compliment. il ia
only night that art should be recognized
in similar manner.
The Prussian army is said IN contain
but one officer raised from the ranks
Colonel Landemann, who was promoted
Tor acts OF exceptional bravery in the
Schleswi e Holstein campaign IN 1851
tie has just been gazetted commander
OF the Sixtieth Infantry.
NJ. lola is one OF those who flourish
on aouse. A fierce battle il raging in
FYQnFa ~
wrote La Debacle" and therein re-
yealed, II Is alleged, LACK Of patriotism.
Every newspaper in Paris ech0as in Va.
rious modulations the shout of sstrajtor ;,
and meanwhile an edition Of 100 600
copies OF " La Debacle' has been soId
out.
Ben Butler is aaid to be badly bent
WIN age. HIS face has the look OF
heaith, but his massive frame has be- (
come an unmistakable burden. Hishands /
move unsteadiiy, while MS eyes aprear
sw0i4en and almost hidden by the thick /
,o!dS OF hesh On his cheeks. But his ,
mead Ia clear az bell, and at "a there il
no shrewder lawyer or po itician in New
Eng land.
Prof. Unwin Of the Guilds Cjlleya
London, has, il is said, been offered over
t),OOo year TO undertake the duties of
Eng neer-ln-chief 10 the extension works
now being carried out at the falls of Nj
igara to utilize part Of the enormous
hydraulic power which hitherto has been
,unning TO waste. What Prof. Unwin's
iecison in the matter ia has not vet
The artist Whistler lived in Washing.
on about thirty five years ago in snch
poverty and seclusion that few paonle
rere aware Of his existence. He was
hen poOrly-paid draughtsman in the
ervice OF the coast survey, and was
orced TO practice the stGctest economy
o keep the lamp Of life burning. Uia
quarters were a barren attic. the walls
md ceilings OF which he covered with {
ketches OF all kinds in charcoal and
,encil.
The wife OF Mr. Frick OF Homestead
3 OF Massachusetts stock. Her fatber 1;
'as Asa Z. Childs, who between 1929 !
nd 1888 was engaged in the wholesale y
noe business in Pittsbnrg, making his |,
nrchases in Boston, where he and his !
rother, Harvey Childs, were well a
nown. They were, partners OF John ;,
.lbree OF Boston, who attended to the Il
urchaslng OF the firms stock in that -
ny and was widely known and highly q
bushes. man. - -