The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-21
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The Sultan OF Turkey will sooa make a
tour OF Europe.
MOODY books OF hymns have earned thsIr
author 81 900 in twenty years.
ALLEN GAMBLER, the Secretary OF State oil
Georgia, is popularity known as the Plowboy
OF Pigeon Roost.
RoBEer c. WINTHROP. OF Boston, is the
Oldest living ex-Speaker OF the House ol
Repres sntatives.
RoBERr BONNER, OF New York, was chosen
President OF the Scotch-Irish Society, in ses.
sion at Des Moines, Iowa.
CHURCH people OF England are foo ling
Premier Rosebery with protests against his
patronage of horse racing.
QUEEN VICTORIA entertained the delegates
OF the Young Mems Christian Association IN
her private gardens at Windsor.
BRoSIsLAw HuBERMAS. the new ten-year
old violin prodigy who IL astonishing Lon
don, is Pole, only four feet high.
ANDREW CARSEGiE AMI Henry Phipps.
Jr.. will give to Pittsburg u telescope con.
tanning the largest lens In the world.
THE grandmother OF the German Kaiser
was, In early life, a musician OF marked abil.
ity. and composed many marches for the
Prussian army.
DR. JOIN CoSrEE FAIRFAX, OF Marylanl
citizen. He has never taken his seat in the
House OF Lords.
VERDI, the composer, was handsome
youth, and though now past eighty he re-
tains some OF his former good looks. He IL
spare an rather tail.
THE position OF British Consul G eneral a,
New York, from which post Sir William Lane
Booker Is soon TO retire after very long
term OF service. is the most valuable in the
British Consular service, being worth slO,.
900 year.
JoHS l.. GRrrrirHs, supreme Court Re-
porter for Indiana, Is called the silver.
tongue1 orator OF the Hoosier State. He
holds the same oi,ice that General Harrison
resigned 20 go into the field at the outbreak
OF the war
SENATOR HIT. OF New York. takes all his
meals In his room privately. He takes ths
same thing every day for breakfast AMI din
ner-sirloin, friod potatoes. coffee ani bread.
He always eats In his shr:-sleeyss an reals
his letters while he eats.
GEORGE WILLIAMS, the fouu Ter o; the
Young Mems Christian As.o ,iltion. wac WIS
knighted the other day hy Qu,en Victoria,
Is skill hale and hearty, and taxes AN apssro-
ing inieres; in everything relating to the wei
fare and progress OF the association.
MRs. drew. Mr.. Glais,onss dIu yhter
first reads ever all the new books ssnt o.
him. She selects those sine thinks he woull
care TO see. Mr.. Glaistons rst1sanaw Dnpt
very rapidly. He rarely gives more than an
hour to the average novel, but he manages
TO get its points.
One OF tbs most popular song writer's In
England Is j. l.. MIlloy, an 1r,shnin ny
birth. and lawyer toy profession. Il,
stands high at the En;lisn bar. bdt hr,n:
passionately fond o; music. like Silas WI;s,
he drops into poe,ty 10y way OF ecr'ltton.
but he writes with more heart thin III "a 10
for breai anl butter.
The Emperor o; Germany dr.nSs no.hin:
but Mexican coffee, an 1 u years supp ~
sent TO him regularly after every htrf,s.
from u plantation In the State OF Michot'tl,
which lies on the Pacific as. oi N,xicI
about midway between the Unitsi State,
and Central America. Tnsrs Is IA iars, G. 'r-
man colony there which has been cu!tiyItin;
coffee for many years.
The King OF Italy has confersel upp1
Professor Virchow, the famous Gsrntn
surgeon. the grand cross OF the Order o. j..
Maurice and Lazarus. Professor VirchoS u
one OF those men who seem to havs tims TO-,
everything. lie Is a university proiesso:, Al
editor. q contrhr'or ~ nv T'a-'''s jo---.'-
q politicia-, and finds opportunity 10 ....Su,
the meetings OF scores Of societies to which
he belongs.