The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-05-13
MEN AND WOMEN.


The Emperor Of Austria has q private
fortune of about $1,000 900.
TurgeneT .he Russian novelist. had
the largest brain yet recorded by medical
science
When Queen Victoria wears her very
best clothes the outfit includes $3.50, 900
worth Of jewelry.
The Rev. John NJ Small, Of yelling.
ton, Maine, is not only the pastor of q
church, but collects the taxes Of the
town in which he lives. He weighs 3l5
pounds.
Senator Morrill, is described as the pa.
triarch OF American whist players. He
has scientific knowledge Of the game
and once n week has q select company Of
players at his home.
Miss Balfour, whom Lyttleton Glad.
stone (son of the G.. o. NJ is to marry, Is
not Arthur James Balfour's sister, us has
been currently published, but another
lady of the same name.
Time works no changes with Patti,
they say. With the managers it is diff.
fcrent, for at Covert Garden thirty years
ago she was paid $500 month; now it
is "a 900 night and share Of the re.
ceipts beside.
Queen Natalie of Servia is trying to
find n publisher for her memoirs. which
will contain the story OF her divorce.
The authorities Of Berlin and Vienna re-
fused to allow her to print the book in
those capitals.
Tennessee has six surviving ex-gover.
nors, all Of whom still reside in that
State. The Oldest and most noted Of
these is Senator Isham G.. Harris. who
has been in Office nearly sixty years,
thirty Of which have been passed in the
Senate.
Ex.Queen Isabella Of Spain receives
$3.50, 900 per annum. which is very fan
from covering her expenses, and she is
invariably head over ears in debt, so
much so, indeed, that she has frequently
been placed in the most embarrassing sit
uations
Louis Kossuth recently wrote to some
compatriots, who were indulging in
a commemorative banquet, and stated in
the missive that he is practically as strong
and vigorous as ever, except for an occa.
sional failure Of his eyesight. He is
ninety years old.
NJ. Ribet, the French statesman, as
cribes large share of his success to the
sagacious encouragement he has received
from his wife, who was formerly Miss
Burch, daughter Of Chicago banker.
The Chicago girl has long been proven.
bal for her understanding.
The fortune of the Duchess of Mont.
pensier, estimated to exceed $50, 900, 900,
will upon her death 60 to her daughter,
Countess of Paris. Her only son, Don
Antonia, whom she cordially dislikes,
will get as little Of her wealth as will
her eldest sister. ex-Queen Isabella.
Mrs. Coleman Dray ton, when she was
Miss Gussie Astor, was so noted among
her friends for the marked simplicity OF
her manners and the engaging candor OF
her life that a portrait Of her, pressing q
milk-white dove to her bosom, was cir
culated among hor friends with the title
"Innocence" beneath it.
Judge Emery, of the Supreme Judicial
Court Of Maine, was given pair Of white
kid gloves not long ago by the grand jury
Of Franklin county as All emblem Of the
county's irreproachable morals. The
Judge had to dismiss the jury from SER
vice because there were no indictments
to be acted upon at the term for which,
the jurors were drawn.
Empress Eugenie felt so acutely the
complete absence Of recognition which
she experienced when walking about
Paris last year that she has declined t0
stay there on her way to Cape Martin,
though much pressed to do so. Princess
Mathilde met her at Care du Nord, and
while waiting for train they dined like
ordinary passengers in the refreshment.
room, quite unnoticed by the rest OF the
inmates. The empress is looking strongeI
than she has for some years. -.-
The oldest inhabitant Of Southern In.
diana is Alexander Hockaday OF Blue
River township. He was born in what
is now the State Of Kentucky, in 1880
and consequently is in his 1l2th year
He is the father of twelve children, and
his wife, who is thirty years his junior
is still living. Mr.. Hockaday never took
but one dose Of medicine in his life, and
did not take that until he was more thar
one hundred years old. He is hale and
hearty and bids fair to live several years
vet.