The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-07
NOTABLE PEOPLE

Sir John Ailla.s president q the Royal
ecAcemy = snsAsed at present on = por-
Mr.. Swinburne 10 about TO make . new
story OF baien in ar Thomas NaIlory:s
'Aorfe dArthu-" the source OF Tenny-
soszs "1dytz Of the King"
Douglas Jerrosd was sometimes witty It
the expense Of bis wife. He once toad her.
when she vas no longer young. that he
wished wives were ike bank notes. %
that one OF forty could be exchanged for
two OF twenty.
II Abdul Hamid Khan. sultan OF Turkey.
snoald loss AS JOB. he could proeeS,y get
2.o0 horses. and he can break q doaen
EiAss vases with revolver while galiop-
Ing past them.
A: recent English Liberal vomen's
fhAt she vas in favor OF men and women
proceeding on al four&" Another speak-
er asserted that IF women cannot bear
soldiers while sun another believed that
''one good woman in the present cabinet
you'd have great influence IN the right
II P. Goodsell. Of Geneva. N. Y, who
harnes. shop. His friends are trying 10
persuade Tim TO take . rest from hfe's
busy tolls and enjoy the balance Of his
them He commenced his apprenticeship
al the harness business in lxsS at the age
OF u years. and has been II work et his
trade ooutnuously for sssenty-ons years.
Joseph Straw. OF Seward. WirneeaEo
county. III. has bean granted . patent
for IAN OK or COW horn guard" It con-
sisis OF chain fastened TO the upper lip
of the animal. and running to the Zip OF
the horn. where 1t is attached TO q cap
That sips over the point, It Is so arrang-
ed that when the animal assumes . posi-
ton o. belikerency the lip Is drawn UP
and gives him something else TO think
about
J. S.ma. Of Praha, Tex. now one Of the
wealthiest men IN the state. is . good IL
austratioa Of what . foreigner can do in
The United States. He came 70 this ccun-
word Of English. and secured work a. .
common laborer in Chicago. He finally
drifted to Texas. where BY hard work and
nuential citizen. He has helped many Of
bis countrymen to get on their feet. and
througn the announcement thus offered
up in Praha, which iooaxs up 10 NJ. sisna
- Its father and prince.
Frank Jones. the brewer Of Portsthouth.
-. H.. y not disturbed by the fact that
the Auburn. Ne. Methodist conference
tee Of the Maine Wesleyan seminary. be-
cause he 3 q brewer. Il didn't know that
! was going to Be chosen" he says. but
tain Six or seven years ago Penobscot
county. in Maine. was $4,000 in debt
Well. they put all the rumsellers in Ban
gor and the ether towns in tnat county
into court once q year and fined them 500
all around Now the county is out Of
debt. l wonder how those Maine Method
lists like the idea OF living In . commun-
ity whose treasury has been filled that
way?'
The Prince OF Wales II the victim Of
this story: The other day two English
ladies' staying At Cannes went over to
Nice on a visit. On reaching the station
on their return they found that there was
not seat 10 be had IN the train. II was
q matter OF consequence that they should
get back TO Cannes by this particular
train, and they went up and down in
some distress. looking for seals. Suddenly
gentleman approached them and said
that the Prince of Wales-who happened
to be travelling in the same train-wouid
be happy to i've them seats in his COM
partment- They accepted the gracious
offer with gratitude and made the Journey
to Cannes in the company Of the prince
and his eQuerry.