The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-29
THE LISTENER.

John Goodbaby Is a resident Of orono
Me-
Prince bismarck is an ardent admirer Of
everything Englishr
President Dole of Hawaii has a. remark.
able a beard as senator PETER.
Mr. Gladstone 4 said TO take sherry anil
cgg as his congressional tea"
Baron stackelberg, the Farisian million
airc, owns the island Of Worms
Rothschild requires Of his cook difier.
emit kind OF soup for every day In the year
stephen y. Field is the Oldest member 81
the United States supreme court His ago
is75.
Senator Hunton OF Virginia is now I'm his
sevcnty-second year, but Is "A strong and ac-
tive man.
John Patrick Hopkins. the new mayor OF
Chicago, Is said TO be the handsomest chief
executive officer that the Windy City ever
has had.
The name most whispered now as tho
strongest candidate for pope 20 succeed
Leo XIII IS Mgr Dominica Jacobini, the
papal nunciO ia Lisbon
Richard McGriff Of Deerfeld and John
MoGrln OF Geneva, Ind, claim TO be the
Oldest pair Of twins in the country. They
are in their ninetieth year.
Mgr. Satolli does not credit the Spanish
proverb that says bad luck comes with
birds. lie has feathered songsters in every
Part OF his Washington home.
General b. f. Cook Of Northampton,
Mass has kept a jewelry store on the same
spot in that city for over Go years. Hisnine-
tieth birthday, which occurred recently,
,.-- tl,a o.ane "a n Hfpr,ar from e.
low townsmen.
Alfred pinchot is said 10 be the first
American to graduate from a school Of for
estry and take up forestry as profession.
He Is the consulting forester on the estate
Of George w. Vanderbilt, in the North
Carolina mountains.
Senator Isham G. Harris of Tennessee
told friend the other day that he had new
er taken much delight in public life and
would much prefer to follow his profession
Of the law. Nearly all Of his life has been
spent in the peblic service.
There are two men in congress who never
carry an umbrella. These are Congressman
Kilgore of Texas and Senator Cockrell Of
Missouri. No matter what the weather,
whether it be snow or rain. these men do
not take enough account Of the storm 70
carry an umbrella.
Patient old Billy McGarrahan still sits
just outside the gates of congress waiting
for his famous claim TO be put through. He
is not discouraged yet and is back in his
old haunts as cheerful aud sunny and san
guine as the first day he appeared in the
lobby, some 80 years ago.
LaboucLere. the English Radical. is a
man Of the world-keen. unbelieving hard
as nails, a mocker at everything, including
himself, "haneur" of the "haneurs,"
boulevardier Of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sauntering gait, a slow, drawing and wea-
ried voice and an eternal cigarette.
George Stock, a member Of the big furni-
ture manufacturing firm of Schirmer a.
Stock Of Cincinnati, has retired from the
firm and viii go on the stage as profess
sional magician, with the costliest outfit
ever seen. II Is said his work has never
been equaled in this country. Mr. Stock is
very wealthy and a man Of great learning.
Senator Cameron Of Pennsylvania is the
one man in the senate who refuses TO be in
terviewed. His boast Is that never in the
course Of his public career has he yielded
TO the Establishments Of an interviewer. He
is very proud Of the way in which he has
warded off all interviewers and declares
that he will never break his policy of 81
lence,