Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-02

| ticularly in marine work. Mrs. Wander
| bilt took an interest in the man, supplied
| the funds necessary for a thorough train
| ing and launched him In the world OF
| art.
Lillian Russell had an Indian coach
man few years ago. He became i'm
bued with the hlstrionicfever, and Us
now touring the country towns In the
title role of Uncle Toms Cabin"
The bass-viol player OF an orchestra
Is now an actor, and In old-men parts he
has won reputation second TO none.
Warner Miller. ex-senator and head
OF the Nicaragua-can project was once
a choTe-boy around country mill.
Sir William Van Horne. president Of
the Canadian Pacific railway, not so very
many years ago occupied a subordinate
position on the Chicago. Milwaukee and
ST. Paul railroad lie was knighted by
the Queen because Of his services In the
construction Of the great railway system.
John II. Inman, railroad magnate and
cotton king. was mountaineer In the
rugged hills Of East Tennessee.
A nobleman attached to the court OF
Emperor Franz Josef. OF Austria. and
exiled because OF some ugly scandal, Is
now a book-keeper IN a Broadway inn
porting house at 50 a week.
Another nobleman. who gamblcd and
frttered away his fortune and the re-
spect Of his family worked FOR some time
as Interpreter at Ellis Island and in look
ing out for the wants Of the immigrants.
He always wore scarlet waistcoat as
an emblem of the faded glories, and
every once in a while would challenge
some of his fellow-employees, in order 10
show his high breeding.
4 jockey who grew too heavy to ride is
now employed by a large tract society.
A s22-A-wEEK PLUNGER.
A man famous few years ago a. a
plunger in Wall street is now earning
s22 a week as cashier in an uptown hotel
restaurant He says he is saving some
/ money now.
a former prize-fghter now conducts a
florists establishment on Broadway, ana
I has displayed no little ingenuity in floral
/ decorative work. He secures many rich
+ contracts from fashionable people, ana
/ besides has a genuine love for his dainty
/ wares.
! bank burglar. notorious twenty odd
/ years ago. and known TO all police Off
! Gals on both sides of the Atlantic. IS now
| connected with a cosmetic establishment,
| keeping books and collecting bills from
! the ladies who have been beautihed. lie
regularly attends church. and until re-
! Gently sang In the choir.
An aeronaut, wearied OF touring the
! clouds. is now manufacturer Of var
! nish in Pearl street. He rs regarded as
| a safe and conservative businessman by
his associates.
Here Is a strange change. An artist
who was rapidly building UP compe-
tence at portrait work. closed his studio
one day without warning his friends,
and took up the business of training race
horses lie was a Kentuckian by birth,
aud had been reared in the thorough
bred section OF the State. Thousands OF
dollars had been spent upon his art
education. and just when he began 10
realize the hopes and expectations Of his
friends ne gave up every thing for the
pleasure Of being In the company Of fine
horses.
A Brooklyn man. who had studied for
the priesthood. and was just about TO
take orders, relinquished the idea, and
opened a butcher shop on Court street.
He is a finely educated man. but he wears
"A white apron and cuts UP meat from
6 o'c~ck I'm the morning until o'clock
IN the evening, and has never been heard
10 complain about the life. When he
made the sudden change he feared that
he had contracted consumption from
overstudy and a general weakening Of
the system brought about by confinement
and hard work. He took matters into his
own hands. and decided that a butcher
shop was the best place for a man with
weak lungs. There may be something
in his idea, for to-day he Is fat and
strong and looks as II he would live for
more than threescore and ten years.