Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-20
FAVORITES OF FORTUNE.


ITisannounced that Emperor William
of Germany, during his proposed visit
to the King and Queen of Italy, will
visit the Pope.
JOHN RHEA, the only survivor Of the
original Christy's minstrels, celebrated
the 10th anniversary of his birth at his
home in North Paterson, \. j.. few
days ago.
THE latest returns Gen. Lew Wallace
has had from his publishers show that
fully 100000 copies of "Ben Hur" have
been sold to English readers, while
there is a steady demand for transla-
tons of the book in foreign languages.
DR.. MCGLYNN is a very large man.
His hair is dark, almost black, cut very
short, his eyes are blue and deep-set be
meath a nigh and slightly protruding
of regular cast He speaks fiuentlv,
almost too rapidly, and his voice is deep
and we'll modulated.
FERDINAND WARD, the New York
sharper who has Just completed a term
in Sing Sing for defrauding Gen. Grant
is back in New York canvassing for a
printing house. 1t is reported that he
will get small interest in printing Of
flee and become a job printer by trade.
He likes the business and has become
an excellent printer. Sing Sing taught
him what he had never learned before
a trade.
HENRY IRVING, the English actor, pays
scrupulous attention to the details of his
stage setting, and not even the most ex-
act OF authors is a greater stickler for
''local color" When he was preparing
his Faust he spent six weeks in Ger
many with the Lyceum's scenic artist,
Mr.. Craven, and a similar length of
time was passed in Scotland for "Mac-
beth" in Venice for ''The Merchant of
Venice" and in Paris for ''The Bells. :"
JOSEPH FITCH CROSBY, of Milford, n.
H., is a son Of Joseph Crosby, who was
Revolutionary soldier and was at the
battle of Bunker Hill His grandfather,
Captain Josiah Crosby, commanded a
company at the battle of Bunker Hill
which belonged to Col. Reeds New
Hampshire regiment. Captain Crosby
had four sons in the Revolutionary War,
two at the battle of Bunker Hill, and
two at the battle of Bennington; one
was also West Point when Andre was
hung.
THERE was considerable discussion in
Paris over NJ Taine's religious predi-
lections Immediately after his death.
He was brought up a Catholic, and dur
ing the last wears of his life was on
friendly relations with Monsignor
d'Hulst, the ecclesiastical deputy. But
his funeral was conducted IN Protes-
tant church. He attended the services
of "Free Evangelical" clergyman in
whom his daughter Genevieve had be-
come interested, and found him an ac-
ceptable spiritual adviser. 1t is posi-
BILE that he actually became a member
of this Evangelical communion. His
residence in England too, would in
cline him no doubt toward Protestant
ism, so that, like Renan, Taine was per-
haps a Catholic only by accident of
| birth.
IT NAV be remembered that, when
Gen Grant paid visit to Paris in 1877
at the outset of his journey around the
world, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Mackay
gave in his honor dinner party,
followed by a reception. At the
| dinner the menus were engraved
on plaques of silver. After the
| lapse of sixteen years this American
example has found an imitatOr in Paris.
Monsieur and Madame Loze, the project
of police and his wife, gave a grand state
dinner at the prefecture the other day
to the chief functiOnaries of the police
corps Before the plate of each guest
was placed morocco case stamped with
the project initial, and containing, set
silver. on the back of which was en-
graved, by the famous engraver Roty,
an appropriate categorical design.