Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
Personal Points.

Gov. Russell of North Carolina, who
fiercely denounced the railroads before
his election. has made a public confess
sion that he travelled on free passes.
lie yielded to the arts of the passenger
agent in just two months after his in
guration, not wishing to insult" them
by refusing their "courtesies.'
The well known stineiness of the late
Alexander Dumas has given rise to n
variety of anecdotes. We are told that
he was once asked whether he ever
gave anything to the poor. and he an
swered: ooh. yes! When l come
across a bad piece OF money / always
give it away to a blind man"
william C. Todd. the generous New
Hampshire man who has given the
Boston public library $4,000. the in
come of which is to be spent on news
papers only, gives his reasons for the
Improvement of the newspaper to the
extent of making 1t as accurate u
chronicler as possible"
A comicai contest was recently
fought by two IHuddersfleld O1ng.) bill
posters. They had been covering each
others bills for some weeks, when
they agreed to settle the matter with
paste brushes, each starting with a
full bucket OF paste In five minutes
lIle were II hIbll sight, tdtn CoNtltu
from head to heels with the sticky
stun.
Casimir Perier, late president of the
French republic, arrived at the viii
lage inn near Sens recently with his
son. both on bicycles. They wanted
meat for their lunch, but the landlady
had none. She suggested. however,
that IL they would go to the butchers
in town for it themselves, she could
cook IL: so the eN-president mounted
his wheel and fetched his own steak.
Gen. John T. Wilder. who has just
been appointed pension agent at Knox
vile. Tenn, was born at Hunter N.
y. in 1880. He was living in Indiana
when the war broke out, and enlisted.
serving with great gallantry through
the war. At its close he went to Ten
nessec, and has probably done more
than any man in the state for the min
eral development OF eastern Tennes-
see.
I'D s. Stokes, the ex-managing head
of the Hoffman house. New York, is
going into the railroad business in
western Virginia. Mr. Stokes Is inter-
ested in some coal mines there, and
his railroad project embraces n scheme
for the carrying trade Of these mines.
Undoubtedly he must have a consider
able amount of capital behind him,
for in the opinion of his friends he has
saved little out of the wreck of his
various litigations in connection with
the affair of the Hoffman house.
An English paper tells a story of the
Rev. Mr.. WatlSinson a Wesleyan
preacher Some time ago he was stay
ing with n good woman who was yearn-
ing for the old times and mourning the
degeneracy of modern days and GUS
toms. The Wesleyan ministers OF the
earlier part of this century, she said.
rose early and dear Mr.. Wesley was
in his study at o'clock in the morn
ing. ut It not to be wondered at"
was Mrs. WatlSinson's dry reply: were
Mrs. Watkinson anything like Mrs.
Wesley / should be up at two o'clock"
Bjornsjerne Rtornson and his daugh-
ter, Nine. BerglIch Ibsen. recently gave
in Copenhagen an evening of music
and reading. The Norwegian poet
disclosed Notwithstanding. the sixty
five years, a remarkably powerful and
resonant voice, and his reading of sew
eral poems OF Victor Hugo that he had
translated into Norwegian prose was
much anplauded. Nine. lbsen. the wife
of DR.. Sigurd Ibsen. Henrik Ibsen's
son, sang several French and Norwe-
gian songs. She had a small but very
agreeable voice. which she is said to
use with much skill.
In her Abandoning an Adapted
Farm, Miss Kate Sanborn tells OF her
annoyance and being besieged by
agents. reporters and curiosity seekers,
She says: II was so perpetually
harassed that dreaded to see
stranger approach with an air of
business. The othor day I was Just
starting out for n drive when noticed
the usual stranger hurrylng on. Put
ting my head out Of the carriage, I
said. In a potulant and weary tone:
DO you want 10 see me2' The young
man stopped. smiled, and replied: 1T