Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-13
FOREIGNERS AND OTHERS

FohElGNERS AND OTHERS.
TIE Sultan of Johore. who is contap,-
| pia,l'lS q visit to the Columbian Fair.
is the possessor of $4,000 GOO worth 90, nf
diamonds and other of the worlds goods
! IN proportion.
a nooK Of ESSAYS bv Henry James
will shortly be published by Harnars
under the title of Picture and Text /"
Tine new acknowledgement, Baby"
NiSSell, the largest man in the CleVe-
iahd caplnet, has discovered that he is
TOO Dig Tor the chair occupied bv his
| predecessor, and is having one CON
slructed according to plans and speciti-
cations furnished by himself. 1t is "a
, inches across the seat.
! Proc. ELISHA GRAY was once a black
smiths apprentice and has rusty
Wrought-iron tire-shoVcl kept in the
corner Of his library to prove it. He
pounded the shovel into shape on an
| ONO anvil early III the tifties.
| The face. of William Muldoon, as
| plctured III current autographs, has a
family likeness to that Of the famous
Greek pugilist represented in plaster
cast of much interest in the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art. Nose, lips and
brows are strikingly alike in the Greek
and American professors of the manly
! art.
SENATOR CoCKERELl., of Missouri. uses
the Identical desk in the Senate cham
Der that was was used by jefferson
| Davis.
LEO NH. is said to command per-
sonal allowance of 100000 a year, and
| to spend only 500 Il month of it on his
table.
MRs. BEIAMY SroRER, of the Rock
wood PottcrieS, Cincinnati, who won
100 awards in the Paris Exhibition, ex-
| poets to be even more successful with
her Chicago exhibits.
SIR RICHARD OWEN, the naturalist, left
an estate valued at $4,000. He first
came into prominence through his
work in the prehistoric department of
! the Crystal Palace.
! ACCORDING to correspondent at
Rome, Emperor Williams announce
ment of his intention to visit the Italian
capital on the occasion of the silver
wedding of the King and Queen has
not been received in Rome exactly as Il
boon and Il blessing. 1t is an honor,
according to the correspondent, which
the Romans would willingly have dis
pensed with.
, SOME TIM, ago Prof, Royce of Har-
ward lay down TO take nap on the sofa
and on waking up saw the eyes OF ms
| youthful son fixed on him with look
of great intensity. "What are you
thinking Of my boy" asked the Pro
| fcssor solicitouslN. Il was thinking,
| father" said the budding philosopher,
"that YOU look like the devil.'.
AN earl is about to enter the editorial
| ranks in Englaud-Lord WlnchclSea,
who is about to found and run weekly
devoted to the movement for a union OF
all classes Of agriculturists.
JOINS HorK1Ns UNIVERSITY will next
June, for the first time, confer the TUE
of PHI. u. upon woman. Miss Flor
cnce Bascom, a Massachusetts girl, will
at that time be SO honored by that i'll
stitutiou.
Mrs. ROBERT Louis STEVENSON Is a
portlv. av-hared woman, who was a
| GRANDMOTHER when she became MI
| Stevenson $ wife. She is a remarkably
clever woman, a talented writer ana a
chattv and CHEEKY conversationallst.
GEN. SAusslER. military governor OF
| Paris, has seen active service IN Algeria,
Italy Mexico and the Crimra, and is
kent ON the active list by a special act,
excmptiny him from the operation OF
the age-limit law. In the event ot war,
| If is understood, (ycn. SallSSdCI Npui''
he commander in chief of the French
! forces.
AMANDA BREWSTER SEwELL, the artist,
was the daughter of an Adirondack mn
keeper. Her surprising talent was dls-
covered by some philanthrop'c summer
tourists, who helped the young girl to
ret ont in the world and set her on the
way to that study and practace winch
eliminated, before herr marriage, IN Il
fame that has known mo 'dnnnutoh
since then.
N'uE. CATHERINE GAnACH, whose death
occurred recently at Tarascon, tr'nce;
ared leo wears, was haptised III I'oa
under ''tree Of liberty; 4 century
aro there were thousands CT these So
called trees of liberty IN France, put
frw Of them are standing at the present
time, Two of them that stock near the
Rotanical Garden, Paris, were cut down
a short time ago.
Ir is said that until a year ago the
neople of the little town or kahdolPh'
| Mass, where Miss Mary Wilkins nNes'
had no idea that she was an authoress.
I'm Miss Wilkins own households therE
ar, two of the quaimtest old ladies N al'
New England, whose peculiar person
.l;tv has Given the authoreSs some OF Tue