Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-21
OF Personal Interest

The COMMUNICATIVE chief Of tho cu,,,r
Of Morocco's army is 4 Scotsman Mo
Lean by name.
Ii Hung Chang is credited with tell
Ing director of the bank of England
that self-interest as ii rule Of business
lis the same the world over, but es-
pcciaily in England"
The jewel casket of the dowager
Empress If Russia is the most famous
III the world, from a gem point of view.
Hardly second to it is that Of the en-
press Of Austria, whose black pearls
are noted throughout Europe for their
4ytreme beauty and rarity
Captain Jonathan Norton of East
Lee. Mass. celebrated his Tooth birth
day recently by reciting to a gathering
Of friends some original verse which
he had written for the occasion. He
has lived most of his life within A
radius of ten miles of the village where
he was born, and has been in turn a
farmer. a weaver. lumber dealer. a
match manufacturer and a soldier
Minister Romero, whose resignation
the Mexican government has refused
I" accept has during his career in
Washington rendered invaluable ser
vices t. the nation which he represents.
He has made many friends in this
country. ana his hospitality has been
remarkable, even for the capital city
II is said that the Mexican minister
dimes a greater number of guests the
year round than any other official in
Washington, excepting the secretary of
state. Nine. Romero. too, is a genuine
faVorite in Washington society. She is
az ideal hostess. and her at homes"
are brilliant gatherings.
More than a year before his death
Jules Simon had promised To sit for his
bust to the well known sculptor Injal-
bert. His intentions We're frustrated at
first by the operations which he had to
undergo for cataract. and when. after
long delay. Injalbert set to work he
found his client SO altered by i'll health
that he shrank from the task Death
then rendered ii impossible To do more
than take q cast of the familiar fea-
lures Aided by this ana by memory
the sculptor hopes To he able to achieve
. portrait that viii recall the states
man as he appeared before age and
81. ease had set their mark upon him,
Senior Andrade. Jr a son of the
Venezuelan minister in Washington,
who has just returned from n visit to
Venezuela. says that the American
colony at Caracas has grown of late to
large proportions. and United States
capital is being extensively invested.
The sentiment in the interior is shown
10y the determination of Governor An
drade Of the state of Miranda to erect
a column at the state capital on July
in honor Of the Americans who aided
Venezuela in 1906 The governor is a
brother to the minister here. and his
action is in line with that of the gen.
eral government. which will dedicate a
bronze column on July to American
heroes.
During his recent visit to Cardiff the
Prince of Wales stopped to look at a
linotype machine at the exhibition. and
the operator was not at his post When
found he was discharged on the spot.
The man afterward wrote to the prince,
saying he did not mind being dis
charged, but was greatly distressed at
having caused his royal highness dis
appointment. on hearing of this the
prince at once wrote to the mayor of
Cardiff. who is also Lord Windsor and
asked him to see the proprietors of the
machine and express his royal high
ness hope that the man might be re-
instated. Lord Windsor conveyed the
royal wishes to the managing director.
with the result that the man is now
back at work.