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| Pertinent Faraefaphs Of People OF
Fro1insnes Throughout the world.
With the exception Of the king Of
Denmark, Queen Victoria IL the Oldest
reigning sovereign Of Europe.
John Hare. . distinguished English
comedian, will act in this country next
winter. making his first appearance in
New York, December 80.
T. H. Tucker. the conductor who
ran the first train between Boston and
Worcester, Mass. on July 1, 1885, is
still living at his home, Melrose, Mass.
The Duke Of Westminster has spen,
over 100000 pounds in rebuilding
Eaton hall, which il now considered to
rival Chatsworth as England's finest
house.
Mr.. Gladstone derived marked bene.
fit from his trip to the Baltic. The
Improvement was especially noticeable
in his voice, which is now firm and
strong.
Dean Farrar pleads for hospital con.
tributions with the assertion that near.
ly half the population Of London use
them in the course Of the year in one
way or another.
Carl Zerrahan. who has been the
musical conductor Of the Handel and
Haydn Society Of Boston. for years,
has resigned. and B. J. Lang has been
elected to the position.
Baron Edmond de Rothschild has
purchased the recently exhumed speci'
mems Of Roman silver works found
near Pompeii, and has presented the
collection to the National museum OF
Paris
Lizzie Borden was a delegate to the
Christian Endeavor convention in Bos-
ton. 1t is two years ago since she was
ON trial for the murder Of her father
and was acquitted. The Borden muir.
der remains mystery.
The new Portuguese minister to the
United States. Mr.. AIDE Sequeira Che
dim. is a particularly handsome man,
about 40, with very elegant and at
tractive manners. He speaks English
with only slight trace of accent
The old Paramus Dutch church at
Ridgewood, N. j., has seen its first
wedding since Aaron Burr and Mrs.
Theodosia Provost were married there
llS years ago. The distinction fell ON
DR.. w. l. Vroom and Miss Blanche
Miller.
Senior Don Carlos Yslesias, a brother
OF President Yslesias, of Costa Rica, is
now in this country. He is a mining
engineer, and has been commissioned
by the government Of Costa Rica to
study the methods employed in the
United States mint
The new Duke Of Hamilton and
Brandon, who is the premier poet Of
Scotland, is paralytic and confirmed
invalid, while the only son and heir
Of the Duke Of Norfolk, who is the
premier peer Of England, is deaf, dumb,
blind and imbecile.
Mr.. Weyerhauser, Of st. Paul, MINI.
has given sufficient fund to main.
tain chair for Semitic Languages and
history in the university Of Minnesota.
Professor J. r. Jewert, of Brown uni.
versity, has received the appointment
for that professorship
Professor David Mason, who for
thirty years has been professor Of Eng.
lish literature in the university Of Ed.
inburgh, has announced his intention
Of retiring. He was appointed profess
sor of English literature and rhetoric at
that university in 1865.
1t is stated that Michael j. Tanning
has resigned the Prohibitionist state
craftsmanship of Michigan. In a recent
congressional election there the Popu.
lists nominated the Prohibitionist can
didate and ran the campaign for free
silver. Mr.. Tanning objected decided
ly, and after considerable ill-feeling
has finally given up the place he held.
Fragments Of two gravestones with
Jewish inscriptions have been found
during the demolition of the disused
barracks at Mauer, near Vienna. At
the request Of the authorities, Profess
sor DR.. David Muller. Of the univer.
sity Of Vienna, deciphered the texts,
which record the deaths Of two Jew
esses, the one in 1850 and the other in
l4O2.
Mr.. John Bloundelle- Burton, whose
story. The Desert Ship, has created
such stir, was born in 1850. His
parents intended him for military life,
but when at 81 he came into a comfort
able inheritance, he determined to see
Of the world. Mr.. Burton's
irst long story was The Silent
Shore" which had quite career
lnder several different guises.
The Empress Eugene, before leaving
Paris for Cape Marion, gave Lieuten-
Blot, who is under or
iers for Madagascar, the campaigning
MT OF the prince imperial, and also
hat which she herself used in her sad
pilgrimage to the scene of her sons
leath in Zululand. Colonel Blot is
he son Of the late General Blot
whose wife during the empire was one
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