The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-27
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

In point oi service Amos J. Cummings, OF
New York City, will be the Oldest member In
the next Congress.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was reelected
President OF the Association for the Ad-.
vancement OF Women at New Orleans.
The Queen OF Portugal has boon studying
medicine for some time In order to be bet
ter able TO care for her invalid husband.
Queen Victoria wholly refuses to be man.
aged by her physicians having very decid-
ed ideas OF her own on health and hygiene.
King Oscar Of Norway and Sweden takes
great interest In American newspapers -es-
Ties. "' ' ''"" p'"
Lord Wolseley, the Commander-ln-Chief
oil the British army, attributes his success In
life to his mother, who superintended his
education.
"Mark Twain" has been quite prolific
inventor. He holds n number Of patents
due to his own ingenuity, some Of which
have been quite profitable.
At the age Of ninety-three. Sidney Cooper
OF the Royal Academy, is painting pictures
for the exhibition next spring. He was made
an associate fifty years ago.
P. A. d. Widener, the Philadelphia street
railway magnate. has arranged for tho
building OF magnificent steam yacht, In
which he will spend two years on a tour Of
the globe
Lord Napier and Ettrick, who lust before
the war was British Minister at Washington,
and later was Ambassador at st. Petersburg
and at Berlin, has just celebrated his golden
wedding.
Mrs. Rudyard Kipling attends to all OF her
husbands correspondence and carefully
guards him against would-be intruders. He
Is said to be the most unapproachable
literary man In the world.
William Lewis Wilson, for six years a
member Of the Evanston 0ll.) Living-saving
Corps, during which line II saved $40 lives,
has resigned In or,ier to study medicine at
the Northwestern University.
The Duke of Devonshire owns 81. 900 acres
In Derbyshire, but none In Devon, Lord
Derby, some so, 900 acres In Lancashire but
none in Derby; Lord Leicester, 10000 acres
In Norfolk, but none in Leicester.
The Prince OF Naples, heirto the throne of
Italy, is a dark-eyed, slim. fiaglle-looking
youth OF twenty-five. He wears single
eyeglass and dresses after the English
fashion. He is an accomplished linguist.
The Sultan of Turkey has seven children
-four boys and three girls. His oldest son.
who Is close confidant OF his father, Is only
heir presumptive, as the crown succeeds to
the Sultan's brother under the Ottoman
law.
Engels, the late German Socialist leader,
directed by will that his body should be
cremated and the ashes cast into the sea. In
this way he sought to make q posthumous
expression Of contempt for the theory Of the
resurrection.
1t Is generally understood that the son of
General Sam Thomas Ia to be made Presi-
dent OF the Ohio Southern Road. The young
man Is only twenty-five years old, and when
he Is elected to that Office he will be the
youngest railroad president In the world.
David Plunkett, member OF Parliament for
Dublin University, who has just been raised
TO the peerage, though not wealthy man,
has probably more money standing in his
name than any single private citizen IN tho
worbi. He Is trustee for many rich people,
including the Guinesses and generally holds
in that capacity from $3.50, 900, 600 TO $780,
600. 900 worth ofeourities-