Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-05-25
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

GEORGE GOULD is a telegraph operator.
THE King Of Italy eats only one meal
day.
The Duke of Edinburgh can speak seven
modern languages.
Zo1A Is the most popular French novelist,
with Daudet a good second.
TIE Governor of New Zealand has just
been compelled to pay fine for fast driving
THE late Dr. Brown-Sequard, the celebrat-
ed French specialist, was the son OF an
American.
THE Grown Prince OF Bulgaria, aged four
veeks,ts already Honorary Colonel OF two
regiments.
The Prince of Wales is the owner OF one
of the worst slum districts in London, ana
refuses to purify it.
CHAPLAIN BoaBY makes the 9hortest
prayers that have been heard in the House or
Representatives for years.
CANCER of the larynx has laid hold OF
Humbert of Italy, and the sad end OF that
monarch cannot be far off.
QUEEN VICTORIA. it is said, when she Is in
doubt about word, writes 1t so llleglDly
that possible mistake Is hidden.
THREE United States Senators were born
In foreign lands-McMillan in Canada, Pasco
in England and Walsh in Ireland.
THE citizens of Raleigh, N. c., have ap-
pointed a committee to raise funds for a
monument to the late Senator Zebulon b.
Vance.
THE widow of Henry Ward Beecher is said
to be In great financial straits, and 1t 1s re-
ported that her friends are taking steps TO
raise fund for her benefit.
Manuel. GARCIA, member Of the first opera
company heard In New York, 1s living In
London, where he still gives singing lessons.
He is eighty-nine years old.
THE little Queen of Holland is very popu-
lar, and she has become, If anything, even
greater favorite by being photographed In
the typical peasant costume OF her country.
THE millionaire of the United States Navy
Is said to be Commodore George e. Perkins:
In the army the wealthiest man is General
Nelson B. Sweitzer, who is also a famous
cavalryman.
FRANK HATroN is the fifth cabinet officer
appointed by President Arthur to pass over
to the majority. Frelinghuysen, Folger,
Timothy o. Howe and Benjamin II. Brewster
| were the others.
ONE of Madame PATHS trials Is the mania
| people seem to cherish for having her ADOPT
! their children. She declares she receives
| hundreds of offers of babies for adoption In
the course OF the year.
| A RECENT visitor describes Tolstoi, the
| Russian novelist, as follows: "He wears a
| full PEASANTS smock, belt round his waist,
| and has melancholy, deep-set eyes, coarse
| gray hair and thoughtful, wrinkled brows. y
i CONGRESSMAN MoCLEARY, of Minnesota, Is
| the schoolmaster of the House. He was for
many years professor of political science
| in the Minnesota State Normal School, and
has written a number of schoolbooks that
are widely used,
The cause of Senator Stockbr1dge's death
! Is thought to be the nervous shock he sus-
tanned by being knocked down and dragged
/ some distance by Chicago cable car last
summer. The apparent injuries at the time
t were trifling, but it is said that he was never
himself afterward.
| PEFFER, of Kansas, Is the Senator who
affects the greatest luxury in his glasses. He
wears q pair of gold-rimmed spectacles, and
keeps besides, on the lapel of his coat, 9
pair of gold eye glasses, fastened to goic
clasp and attached to gold chain that Is
heavy enough to attract attention.
WILLIAM STEINITz, the chess champion, Is
in New York under medical treatment for in
somnia. Emanuel Lasker, who is contend
ing with him for the chess championship
! of the world, is native of Prussia and Is
now only twenty-six years old. He begar
playing chess when he was twelve years o
age. His career as pheLomenal player be-
gan in 1889.