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movement Is on foot to erect in Bal
timore suitable monument to the men,
DRY of Edgar Allen Poe.
Already Alfred Austin, England's GUS
tom-made Laureate, Is paying the penalty
of greatness. His mail is enormous, and
the autograph llend is after him in force.
one of the curious features of the case Is
that Mr.. Austins receives as many requests
for his signature from the United States
as he does from England.
The German-American citizens of Balt-
more are taking steps to commemorate
the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniver-
sary of the birth of Baron de Kalb, the
revolutionary soldier which Will occur on
June %.
The citizens of st. Paul intend to erect
a monument TO commemorate the Grand
Army of the Republic Encampment, which
will be held in that city this year. Each
State Department of the Grand Army will
be asked to contribute stone for the monu-
ment. bearing the State inscription.
Cocus wood has for many years been
used in the manufactures of flutes be-
cause it gives forth a flexible and mellow
sound; but it has been found by certain
nutists that this wood not infrdquently
poisons the lips.
General Bourbaki of France is now near
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the hattie Of waterloo Rourbalki while
retreatinp before Marteudal's army
towards Switzerland tried to blow out his
brains, and for weeks lowered between
life and death.
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More persons have climbed the Alps this
winter than ever before in the season of
snow and Ice. Prof. Fischer's recent as
cent of the Ffnsteraarhorn was the first
winter ascent OF that mountain ever made.
Mrs. Robert Barrett Browning, the wife
of the artist and daughter-in-law of the
poet and poetess. Is living in New York.
Mrs. Browning was Miss Fanny Codding-
ton of New York.
Gen. Harrison is said TO have received a
fee of $4,000 for the two-hour speech he
made in the Supreme Court last week. or
5000 an hour. There are probably 10000
words in his speech, which were worth a,
| least 81 per word.
The Sultan of Morocco who Is not In
| clned to pedestrlanism, has had a little
car line built through all the rooms of his
palace, ending in his bedroom. small
motor pulls a two-seat sort OF sled. 1t cost
100000. With this the Sultan goes about.
Victor Robert of Paris has paid $50 0OC
for the collection of postage stamps-al
new-formed by Count Primoli, Princess
Mathildes nephew The stamps were val
ued one by one; Moldavia's $1,000; Reun
ions, $1,000; Tuscany lire, 5000 and so on
NJ Robert is famous "timbrophile.'
| President Crespo of VeneZeuela has The
advantage OF an intimate personal ac
quaih'ahce WIN tne geography ana pnysi
cal pecuiarl'ies Oh the Nehehuela- pulant
country, lie was porn ah9 Drought up l,
and Indian parentage, and has the fighting
qua"''.s u oo'i iae'S'
MI alvin w. Ne"~eS' iu'c VI me i't"'
otate commerce COMMISSION ana son
commissioner Neazey' ana ex-rrahu com
mahder OF the Grand Army OF the kepup
nc Is now clerk 10 'ne Rouse commute
ON racine railroads he Is graduate o
dartmouth coIlege' ana is pursuing IN
study Oh law III tne ih'crirh Oh MS oihcia
duties
the empress OF Russia owns an ermn
mantle which Is valued at $4,000. 1t is
present from her subjects living in tn
province Oh EMERSON
TEMPTATION to trv The dramatic feld II
is now engaged upon play the heroine O
which Is Nautch girl
Monterrey Jephson, Stanley's able an
faithful lent enant has recently been an