Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL NOTES.
People Of Whom You Have Heard and
Things That You want to Know.

Things That You want to Know.
"One touch of nature makes the whole
world kin" The Car Of Russia calls his
baby girl by a dimnutive that translated
means Little Blue Eyes
Minister Romero and his wife are among
the most accomplished entertainers at the
national capital They nave an old butler
whose dining room decorations are unique.
Mrs. Fred d. Grant is considered one of
the most artistcally dressed women in
New York. She has dark hair brown eyes
and rich, radiant beauty.
Among Princess Maudes oddities is said
to be a passion for the incognito. 1t Is
said that she has frequently appeared in
English middle class society as Miss
Mills"
The Duke of Marlborough's cigarettes
have a stopping of cotton to keep the
nicotine from his mouth. In England this
Is said to be the keynote of the Dukes
characteristic health Is not the most ro-
bust, and he coddles himself most care
fully.
President John w. Thomas Of the Ten
nessee Centennial exposition, Is also presi-
dent of the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis railway, and Western and Atlantic
railroad. He personally directs the affairs
Of the Centennial, and he serves without
salary.
The senior law class of the Missouri
State university has abandoned It's plan to
have Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll deliver an
address next commencement, because of
the opposition of the faculty.
Students at Bowdoin college have started
a cooperative store. All the odds and
ends of the daily necessaries of students
will be bought at wholesale and sold prac-
tically at cost. The entire enterprise Will
be managed by students.
Mrs. Langtry's daughter attracts much
attention at Niagara, London's new and
fashionable skating rink, where she is
frequently seen. Her skill on the ice is
more than ordinary, and her beauty rivals
that possessed by her mother in the days
when the phrase Jersey Lily" was in
vented.
Miss Frances Power Cobbe, who recent
~ celebrated her 73d birthday, Is said &c
have been the first woman to do regular
work on the editorial staff of London
daily.
Not quite 1000 persons are living who
possess British orders Of knighthood.
People In Madison county. Kentucky who
have paid in their taxes are entitled to be
married free by the sheriff.
A method of silvering mirrors, producing
mirrors of much greater brillancy thar
those made by ordinary processes. has
been discovered by Herr Hans Boas, Of
KEEL.
Another gold find has been made neal
the town of Merour. Utah. 1t is at the foot
hills of Rush Valley and on the southwes
side of Mercur. The ore runs from 81 tt
$40 per ton.
Prof. Herbert Nichol OF Harvard has &C
cepted his election to the new chair o
| scientific psychology in Johns Hopkins
University,
Milton M. Woodward, recently elected
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Rabbi 7. NJ. Wise of Cincinnati says tina
during the last 90 years he has offficate,
nj 10 600 Jewish weddings, and only thre
couples whom he has married have eve
annlied for a divorce.
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of tho british ministry. She reads all tn
nrincinal newspapers. daily and weekly
and marks whatever she thinks will be O
use To her brother and his colleagues.
pr,rcess Mario of Orleans. wife @
Prince Waldemar of Denmark, has jus
startled her relatives by having her photo
granh taken in a flsherman's uniform
benlet and all
A. Aocro on the Gold Coast. the frs
doily ne,wsnaner of West Africa. The Col
Coast Express has been started 1t is
four-page sheet, each page the size of oil
binary letter paper.
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