Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-24
THE LISTENER.

Tho Few. DR.. Parkhurst has become q
member of the immigration Restriction
league.
Among the untutored Indians of the
west General Kruger is known rs 1.-THE man
who talks once"
Lord Rosebery's hair since his recent i'll.
ness is quite gray, ard he looks like q man
who has suffered much and is still in i'll
health.
Charles Dickens, the younger, has sue
cccdcd the late james Sine as a literary
adviser to the house of Macmillan g. Co. in
London.
George Augustus Sala is greatly inter
estcd in Dress considered from the historic
standpoint. He possesses one of the larg-
est collections of pattern books and fashion
plates in existence.
Gladstone looks forward to the future
without fear of death In declining to do
some literary work recently on account of
press of other business he agreed to begin
the task in the latter part of 1896.
Henry Harrison Quintard Of Hartford
is 81 years of age and is hale hearty and
strong. He attributes his good health to
the fact that he has not touched intoxicat-
ing liquors of any kind for 80 years.
Rev. Charles p. Strong of Savannah.
one of the most prominent Episcopal clcr-
gymcn in Georgia. has followed tho exam
pie of the Rev. DR.. Hebcr Newton and re-
pudiated the doctrine of the physical resur-
rcction of Christ.
NJ. Eugene dc Robespierrc, a grandneph-
ew OF the famous revolutionist, was sum
moned before Paris tribunal few DAYS
ago charged with selling coal under
weight, De Robespierrc being O coal mer-
chant. He was acquitted.
John Drew is one of the most domestic
OF all well known actors of New York. Uo
lnclines to the life of a gentleman of re-
hnement and culture. He loves art and
music, and is thoroughly and enthusiastic
ally fond of outdoor sports.
Captain Hans Doxrud of tho Red Star
steamship Switzerland is credited with
having saved more people from sinking
vessels than any other transatlantic can
tain. Captain Hadley of the National liner
France is another heroic life saver.
William Deemer, the soldier who saved
thousands of lives in tho Mexican war bv
preventing the explosion of a powder mine
at Chapultepec, is living in Bethlehem.
Pa, where he washes windows and pol
ishes doorknobs for living. He receives
small pension.
Ex-senator Edmunds of Vermont. who
frequently appears before the supreme
court at Washington to argue cases, is in
more robust health than when he retired
from the senate, and he looks younger and
more brisk and dapper, partly owing to the
clothes of fashionable cut that he now
wears.
Private Secretary Thurber is said to be
one OF the cleverest narrators Of dialect
stories ever known in Washington. When
nc NJ, hrst went into the White House service,
Ihurber used to give up hours Of his time
every day to the entertainment of tho pres
iacnt and his friends with his exceptional
gifts In this direction.
Edmund Russell wears rather unioue
DIT OF adornment. From four jeweled rings
on the fingers Of his left hand extend fine
goid chains which are attached to a heart
SNAPPED opal, studded with diamonds. This
pauDic covers half tho back of his hani,
anu IS held in place by another chain
"nA0n passes twice around the wrist.