The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-06
PEOPLE OF lro~W

MT. Troop, an American bGnker mas
It is said, presented to the Pope a chair
constructed Of solid silver and valued
at $4,000.
According to a Philadelphia man who
saw Anna Gould and her husband In
Paris. the Count is ungallant enough
to Chamber into his carriage first and
leave his wife to crawl in unassisted.
L.iliuokalani. the deposed queen of
Hawaii, had a good many curious char
acteristics, one of the most pronounced
of which was a perfect passion for the
collection of rope knots made by sailors
of different nationalities who visited
her domain.
1t is interesting to learn that John
Armstrong Chanler proposed four times
to Amelle Rives before she consented to
become his wife. He met her for the
first time at a Newport ball and fell ar
IDENTIFY in love on the spot. Now they
are divorced.
Prof Shaler, of Harvard, delights to
tell the story of visit he made to a
country town. during which he was
asked where he lived. I'm Cambridge.
Mass" he replied. oh" was the an
swer. that's the place where Squire's
pork factory is, amt it?"
Prince Bismarck regulates his life in
quite scientific manner. In his bed
room is a Weighing machine and the
Prince weighs himself in his night
clothes every morning. BY the ma
chine Is a register that records his
weight daily. He is anxious to reduce
his weight, and has succeeded OF late in
so doing.
Opie Reed the novelist, says that the
most remarkable audience he ever ad-
dressed was one at Sterling. Ill, where
he spoke under the auspices of the
Switchmen and Brakemens Benevolent
Association. His audience were mostly
one-armed and one-legged men, and 1t
was pathetic to see them attempt to
applaud.
Mr. Eivind Alstrup, who accompan-
led Lieut.. Peary in his first great Jour-
ney over the ice-gap of Greenland tc
Independence Bay. is writing a book or
the experiences of himself and gallant
leader. AS a matter of honor, Mr.. AL
strup will not have the work translated
and published in English until after Mr.
Peary has issued his book.
The Paris correspondent of Londor
paper says: when the King of the
Belgians was leaving a foundry on the
| Boulevard Voltaire a few days ago 6
crowd of more than 1000 Parisian'
| greeted him with cries of 'Vive Il
Roin" That such homage should have
been paid to royalty in the very centre
of a strongly republican district ha'
created much comment.
On the bust of Longfellow in West
minister Abbey somebody has pinned al
ivy leaf with this inscription: "Brough
by loving hands many miles across th'
sea, from a spot well loved" The lea
was put there early in August. and ha
been permitted to remain, although
| such tributes are usually removed b.
the vergers, who have taken pains t
guard the bust jealously.
Bishop Vincent, in an address to tn
| members of the Genesee On. W Metho
dist conference. advised young minis
ters to ride the bicycle, saying: II thinl
nothing has done 80 much for ou
| young people as the bicycle. 1t ha
saved them from falling into man!
bad practices and built up their consti
| tutions at the same time. / hope yo'
all have them. If not, get one"
1t is remembered of the late Mr.
Houghton that he was wont to tell {
characteristic story of Noah Webster
Houghton was boy in a printers shol
when an odd looking old gentleman
came in one day to make him promis
that he would always set up the wor'
center" not centre" The dictionar.
man is said to have traversed Ney
England on this errand to printers
Living in the open air all summe
has improved the Pope's health, whicl
was never better than 1t is now. III
is entirely free from the fainting spell
that used to come upon him in tn
spring months and when pressed witt
business. Dr. Lapponi says: IF moth
ing unforeseen happens, the Holy Fatn
er's constitution is so sound that h
may well attain his hundredth year."
A Mrs. Richard King is the owner o
a landed estate In Texas which occu
pies nearly 1000 square miles. She EN-
ploys a small army of men on he
property, which is also a Congression
al district, and her power Is so grea
among her employees that she can read
lily dictate, 1t is said, who shall be tn
next representative from that distric
at Washington.
Barney Barnato. the man most talke'
about in London to-day, is not yet fort
years of age. He Is said to have mad
from $25,OOO,OO0 to slOO,OOo,OOO in Soutl
African speculation. He has been
barber, drummer. a brokers' clerl
and messenger. AS plunger his sue
cess has been phenomenal. Just hoy
he got started in South Africa is no
known, but he made a big FORUM
there, and is now adding to it in Lon
don.
M. Lupin, who died the other day a
the age of eighty-four years. was tn
father of the French turf. He inner
tied a large fortune from his father,
manufacturer in the Department of tn
Aisne, and began to keep race horse
as far back as 1885, just about the tim
when the French Derby was founde
by the Due d'Orleans, Lord Henr,
Seymour, and one or two other sports
men, who had recently created tn
Paris Jockey Club,
Though Louis Pasteur was wei
known throughout the world for hi
studies and discoveries in biology, h