The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-22
MEN AND MATIrR5.

Great regret is felt around Glasgow,
Ky over the death of 'Old Rial Lewis
the most famous of antebellum nddlers In
that region. Rial had all the old-time ne
gro's charac teristics, and Az or oo years
ago he cut an important figure at all the
gatherings of the bellies and beaux in
the Barren river country, section at
that time renowned for Its wealth, It's
polish, the beauty of its women and the
gallantry of its men," ~
Count and Countess j. Pourtales of the
Russian nobility, but for the past eight
years residents of Colorado Springs, are
in san Francisco on a visit The count
has built a casino at Colorado springs
and made other investments. he is still
a subject of Russia, however. and twice
within the past eight years has returned
to that country to report for military
duty. as required under his parole.
There are but two European potentates
who manage to get along without change
of residence or outings of any description.
These are the pope of Rome. and the
sultan of Turkey. The sultan has never
LETT Constantinople since he assembled the
| throne under such tragic circumstances
20 years ago. His holiness has remained
within the precincts of the vatican since
| the triple crown was placed upon his
| head in 1S7a.
Clarence Black of Peoria is probably
| the best nlaDuOiin PidytA III TINS
for his age. He has the natural gift OF
playing on almost any musical instru-
| ment, but his favorites are the mandolin
| and violin, either of which he plays with
| marvellous sweetness and expression. In
| appearance he is about years old, al
| though he really is years of age. lie Is
| the son of Rev. ID. T. Black OF Peoria.
| and comes from family OF musicians.
| Sir Arthur Sullivan has just confessed
/ hot he ALWAYS work with the
| rapidity ascribed to him. When the fe-
yer is on me and the subject excites my
fancy l can turn out four numbers a day.
on the other hand, l have spent a week
| over a single song, setting IL over and
4 over again. until l felt the melody inter-
preted the story of the words. L have
| thrown i'm the fire dozens of tunes that
might have been used as 'pot-boiers' and
| sold to popularity of my name"
| He'll Chetelain. the African explorer.
missionary and philologist, who is now in
the United States, is engaged in laying
before philanthropists a plan for the
| practical abolition OF the internal slave
| trade in Africa, under the name of the
| Phila- African Liberators league. The
object of the league is to found in Africa
refugees and settlements of liberated
slaves on concessions of land obtained
from England, France. Portugal or the
Congo State.
1t is recalled i'm London that the first
OF American girls to carry on the rich
and matrimonial prizes of the British no.
| bility were the Misses Carroll Of Carroll
ton. Md, who appeared in London so
ciety in 1924 and took the town by storm
Their fresh beauty was such that they
speedily were known as the three
| graces" and each of them married higi
up in the aristocratic scale. one becoming
the duchess of Leeds. another thu
marchioness OF Wellesley and the thirS
Baroness Stafford.
Mr.. Balfour recently !nveigled his IN
Gle Salisbury into the first and only in
diligence i'm golf. The prime minister wa
on a visit TO his distinguished nephew a
Whittingham. when he consented to han
| die the golfing iron. lie rather character
| istlcally aimed a terrific blow at the ball
struck too low, and. looking around 70
the result he asked the caddie: "Wha
have / hit?" The irreverent caddie. not
ing the removal of a lump of turf
grufiy answerer: Scotland. my lord"