The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-02-11
THE ADVOCATE.
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best Greek scholars in America.
King Christian, of Denmark, is the
oldest European monarch, while King
Alfonso, Of Spain, is the youngest.
"Abe" Baazardi the notorious Penn
sylvania outlaw, now serving term
in prison, has become totally blind.
George Lord, of San Bernardino,
Cal, is said to be the worlds oldest
mason. His ageis ninety-eight years
Patti has built a railroad from
Craigy-Nos to Swansea, which she al
.csss ell tho Welsh country people to
Use free of charge,
M. La Sale, the baritone, has quit
ted the operate stage in order to. de-
vote himself to science and more par
ticularly to chemistry.
The late Count Dante Serago -Alig-
liiero, who was Mayor OF Venice and
proved very good one, was direct
descendant of the poet Dante.
Emile Zoia will visit England again
In the spring. He wishes to study
theindustrial and social life in such
cities es Manchester and Sheffield.
Marion Butler, of North Carolina,
thirty-two years old on his last BIRTH
day, is the youngest man in the United
States Senate, since the time of Henry
Clay.
London society has been iocking TO
= the rooms of the Fine Arts Association
TO see Edwin A. Abbey's paintings,
and he himself is much sought after
socially.
1t is said that his.Phantom Majesty,
Z the Due d'Orleans, ia tired of being a
correspondent in English divorce
COURTS and would like to marry an Aus
trian Archduchess.
Ruskin once wrote to Dante Gabrial
Rossetti. eft you wanted to oblige
me you would keep your room in or
der aud go to bed at night. All your
fine speeches 60 for nothing with me
till you do that"
DIR. Mary Walker is now living on
farm about three miles west of Os-
wego, N. Y. She is familiar figure
on the streets of the town. She al
ways wears full suit of black broad
Ncloth, with frock coat and silk hat, and
4 walks with cane.
Sardou is now sixty-four years old,
wrinkled and half bald, but in his
elastic step and brilliant eye as youth
full as boy. He is SAID to have
earned 81, 100000 from his plays. Yet
his first play was dire failure.
The Queen of Portugal has put her
husband on strict course of diet
since his return home, as she found
\ that His Majesty had increased over
twenty pounds in weight during his
wanderings around the European
courts.
There was not member of the roy
al family within reach of the Duke
and Duchess of York when their sec
ond son was born. The Cabinet Min
lister. whose attendance was required
by the law, arrived thirteen hours too
late.
DR.. Fanvel, who recently died in
Paris, had larger practice in his spe-
cial branch--diseases of the throat
than any other physician in the world.
Yet his fee was only $40. Among
his patients were Gambetta, Queen
Isabella, the Emperor of Brazil, the
King of Roumania, Theirs, the EN-
peror Napoleon, the Princess Clotilde,
the Comte dc Paris aud the late EN-
press of RUSSIA.
A few years ago Sousa's entire in
come was the $1,000 year he receiv-
ed as leader OF the United States Ma
rine band. Last year his royalties on
his marches amounted to $4,000, Mr..
& Sousa is native of Washington,
where he has lived most of his life,
and he is forty years of age. His
father was musician before him and
his first appearance in public as per-
former was made when he was ten
years old.
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