Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-09-22
PURELY PERSONAL.

Ex-senator Allen has resumed his law
practice at Seattle.
Rev. Samuel p. Jones, grandfather of
Sam p. Jones, the Georgia evangelist, is
still living. and has just celebrated his
Ssth birthday at Gainesville.
Lem Stevenson, who has been a circus
clown for twenty years, has taken the
queerest somersault OF his career. He
has landed in the Salvation Army.
| Baron Won Schloezer recently German
| Embassador TO the Vatican, who aroused
the dislike OF Emperor William because
of his friendship for Bismarck, has about
decided to take up his abode in Berlin,
The Countess Won Rogue OF Rouen,
France, the mother OF Mrs. Florence
| Maybrick, has instituted suit in Rich
mond for the recovery OF 1900, 900 acres
OF land in Virginia and West Virginia,
which she claims were obtained from her
family through deception and fraud.
The campaign for the woman suffrage
amendment TO the constitution OF Kan
sas has opened out there with Susan B.
Anthony, Helen NJ. Cougar, Mary f.
Lease and others on the stump. 1t looks
as II they would have things all their
own way 70 far as the oratory is con-
cprned.
The late Editor Buck of the Spirit of
the Times was q friend and exponent of
honest sport, and his charming personal
qualities won for him troops OF friends
everywhere. He was a generous fellow
withal, IS was shown by his having left
about 100000 in unpaid due bills for
money lent by him to friends in distress.
Admiral Human. the commander-in-
chief OF the French forces in Siam.
whose name has appeared so often in
print since the beginning of the trouble
between France and the Oriental country.
is the grandson of jean George Human.
rich merchant of Strasburg, who was
Minister OF Finance under the so-called
July monarchy.
Thomas A. Edison comes OF a long
lived stock. His father is still alive at
Port Huron, Mich. at the age of 80.
His grandfather was 1903 years old. and
two OF has aants lived TO be 9s and 81 re-
spestively. Samuel Edison, the father
oil the inventor, looks forward to many
ulore years OF activity. He il very proud
oi his famous son, who is known 10 the
family as al. -
fx-Presldent Benjamin Harrison's
Lectures At Stanford University have been
postponed until February. because. as Is
announced, he has other duties pressing
upon his attention in the Fast. They
VIII begin February 10, and the series
will run through till the middle of March.
To most OF them only the students will
be sdmitte.l, but few. which will be ou
some popular subjects, will be open to
the general public.
Thomas A. Edison has been express
ing himself vigorously TO a Chicago re-
porter against the patent system OF the
United States, which, he says, deprive
the real inventor of any chance 10 bene-
III by his inventions. The patent law.
he says, is all right and the intention of
the government 10 aid inventors sincere,
but the difficulty lies in the United
States Circuit Courts and their method
OF procedure. He advocates a change so
that inventors who charge infringement
should have a preliminary Injunction
against the alleged pirates, who should
be compelled TO prove that the patent is
not valid.