Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-09-03
PEOPLE ELSEWHERE.

Antonio de Navarro, husband Of
Mary Anderson, has an interesting col
lection of photographs of his wife in a
room in their home at Tunbridge Wells
They represent her in all the parts she
has played, and Mr.. de Navarro has ar
ranged them to make a frieze around
the entire room.
OF Rev. Robert Jones, a prominent
Welsh Baptist minister, who died a cew
years ago, it is recorded that during
parliamentary election he made he
following announcement from the pull
pit: I do not believe in capital punish
ment, but if there is any member of my
church who intends voting for the tory
candidate l would gladly walk twenty
miles to see him hanged
Representative Amos Cummings says
he never saw a person use a fork TO
convey food to his mouth until he was
Is years old. So the other day, when
he saw Senator Allen of Nebraska US
ing his knife for this purpose, it &C.
CURED to Amos that he would renew
the experiences Of his youth and follow
the senator's example He tackled a
fried egg, and, as he was about to slip
it into his mouth, it slid down toward
the handle of the knife, and landed in
the congressional shirt bosom.
Joseph Chamberlain is one of the
most industrious men in public life.
He rises early, is closely occupied at
the colonial office all day, and contin-
ues his work we'll into the night. He is
one of the best-informed men in Eng
land, and is, perhaps, the best-eQuipped
, debater in the house Of commons, With
the widest range of accurate, well-Ci-
gested knowledge. He is remarkable
too, for the little exercise he takes; he
, never INDUCES in athletic sports, and
even rides in a carriage to and from
his Office.
A meeting to consider the pest
means of celebrating the 400th ami
yersary of Melanchthon's birth, on FeU
16, 1897, has been held at his birth
! place, Bretten, in Baden. The grand
duke of Baden has consented to act as
patron of the enterprise, which was
started, and is actively promoted, by
DR.. Nicholas Muller, professor of the
ology in BerliD. The foundation Of 9
MelanchthOn Museum on the site of the
/ house in which he was born is pro
( posed.
/ Having now made the grand tour
by their trip to Italy and back through
Austria with their parents, the elder
| sons of the German emDerOr are gOino
straight to school at Plon, in Holstein
| The selection of this quiet little place
is a special compliment to theil
mother, who was a princess of Schles'
| wig-Holstein. In the grounds of Plor
sch1oss there is fine lake, and the EN-
peror has taken special measures tc
have his boys thoroughly trained in the
are of rowing.
Herr StOcker, ex-court chaplain anC
champion Jew-baiter to the German La
| ton, is having a bad time of it in Der
| lin. Recently the Protestant Count
hlieben-SanGbitten brought an &C
ton of libel against his ante-SemitiC
! cOIumniator, and the cirCumspect
| Stocker has inserted in the Kreuz
| Zeitung a most abject apology. At the
same time a Colonel Won Krauze has
! brought certain very severe charges
against the ante-Semitfc agitator. The
| trial of Baron Won Hammerstein fol
forgery and embezzlement is likely tC
! complete the downfall of the SJudaeo-
! phobe Luther"