Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-01
THE eusYBoDY.
Speaker Crisp smokes very bad cigars
the worst in the house, in fact

Speaker Crisp smokes very bad cigars
the worst in the house, in fact.
An Illinois man named Storms has named
his three sons Hale Storms, Rayne Storms
and Snow Storms.
Professor Huxley, the great scientist, is
keen eyed, sharp featured man. He is quite
crotchety, almost cranky, in his ways and
is renowned for his irascible temper.
Pietro Mascagni, the composer. is very
rapid producer He is the son of a baker,
was sent to the Milan conservatory, and he
rivals Paderewski in the matter of hair.
The Due de Sagan enjoys the unique dis
tinction of being French duke Ode Talley-
randi and a German duke at the same time.
He is said to be equally popular in the So
ciety of both Paris and Berlin.
The name of Congressman Tarsney ap-
peared in a report published of recent
White House reception as ''Mr Larceny Of
Missouri" and lest he should not know his
friends are telling him about it.
Edward Cary Walthall, who has resigned
the United States senatorship from Missis-
sippi, was elected in 1888 for the term that
expires in 1895 and was again elected in
1892 for the one that runs till 1901.
Watterson thus defines word in COM
mon use: 1.-The real statesman is the man
who can readily recognize an emergency
aud adapt himself to it without fear Of
damage to his majority at the next cleo
tion."
Ex-senator Charles B. Farwell of Illinois
has been resident of Chicago so years.
For several months after his arrival he
walked the streets in vain search for en-
ployment. Today he is one of Chicago's
wealthiest men.
Judge Charles Gayarre, the Louisiana
historian, was elected to the United Senate
senate in 1885, but was unable to take his
seat by reason Of ill health, and his health
has never since been good. but he celebrated
his eighty-ninth birthday just the same.
The fortune of Cecil Rhodes, premier of
Cape Colony, in Africa, is set at somewhere
from SEC, 000, 600 to $75, 900, O0O-all made in
the diamond mines of that country. They
say he has the face of q Cesar. the ambi-
ton of Loyola and the wealth of a Croesus.
Congressman Tom johnson is the son Of
Kentuckian who was a colonel in the
Confederate army. The son rapidly grew
rich through street railway patents and
franchises and is now financially interested
in several important manufacturing enter
prises.
Lord Salisbury always rises early and
takes walk before breakfast and when in
London has his constitutional in the Green
park. From breakfast until l o'clock he is
absolutely alone, and at this time nothing
short of a message from the queen would
reach him.
Herr Much of Vienna, the celebrated
linguist. whose knowledge of European
languages is not surpassed by that of any
one now living, has gone to Ireland to learn
Irish. At present he is residing in Dublin
and is taking lessons from the professor of
Irish at Trinity college.
Judge Stephen j. Field has been judge
of the supreme court for 30 years. No other
supreme court judge has served more than
49, Judge Field is the only Californian
who has ever been honored with an i'm
portant position in the federal government,
executive, judiciary, cabinet or military.
Senator Caffery of Louisiana is said to
be a connoisseur in neckties. His favorite
color is light blue, but he wears this in
all manner of shades. and never by any
mistake does he wear the same tie two
days He has a very handsome complexion
and is proud of it, and he selects ties to
harmonic with his own color.