Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-11-25
ALLITERATIVE NAMES.
Those of Famous Mem and Wom-
On the World Over.
Many Of TAem Easily Remembered
Because Of Their Alllteratave Cen.
struction-An Interest.
iAg List.

More than one actress has proclaimed
her faith in the ALTERATION Of her
name and attributed her luck to that
little circumstance. Lily Langtry, Lii.
liam Lewis, sTsr-, Mitchell, Margaret
Mather al.i, j. katherine Kidder sub
scribe to i.ls sentiment, and even Joe
jefferson likes TO know that he is u.
j."
Looking around the various pursuits
in life, one fLds that people with allit-
Grated names have risen to great prom
inence.
Among the mer of letters, for ex-
ample, in early ard late days are found:
Charles Churchill, the great English
satirist; Chei~.orher Csanch and Daniel
Defoe, theaa,..ug f"E cbinson Crusoe;"
Gerald Grii- !, tie lisa novelist and |
dramatist; sidrcy Smith, one Of the
founders of the Edinburgh Review; |
Thomas Tickell, whose ballad of Collin |
and Lucy spread his fame near and far;
Tom Tusser and William Wallace,
American poet and lawyer; William
Wadsworth, the poet, and William
Wicherly. the Restoration" dramatist;
Michael Mason, the great French dra-
matist; Sir Travers 1wiss, the noted
English scientist; William Whewell,
the philosopher; Henry Haggard, who
afterward adopted the name of Rider"
Haggard, Rider being the second name
| of the noted author; John Jellett, of
Trinity college. in Dublin, one of the
ablest mathematicians of the age;
Thomas Thorpe, the eminent chemist;
Samuel Scudder, the scientist; james
Joule, great English philosopher;
Max Mueller, the master of Sanskrit;
Seba Smith, a noted American journal
list; Eossiter Raymond, one of the great
mining engineers OF the day; Walt
Whitman, the poet; Barton Booth, the
English tragedian and author of the
seventeenth century.
| Among famous statesmen whose
names have this same charm of ALTER
alton arc Benjamin Beaconstield, Ben
jamin Brewster, Blanche Bruce, the
whilom colored United States senator;
Ben Butler, Charles Carroll, of Mary
land, the last of the survivors of the
signers of the declaration of INDIE
pendence; the late David Davis, of Hi
nois; Dan Dickcrson, of Connecticut;
Frederick Frelinghuyson, of New Jer-
sey; Hannibal Hamlin, Bertrand Ba-
rere, the French politician, who was a
member of three distinct national as
semblies; Lucius Lamar, Sir Michael
Morrison, a noted Irish judge; William
Window, Richard Russ, a noted states
man; William Writ, who aided in the
prosecution of Aaron Burr
!, Among the famous soldiers are
Giuseppe Garibaldi. Braxton Bragg. The
hero of Shiloh; Chris Carson, or Kit,
the famous scout and trapper; JOSEPH
, johnson. who opposed the Sherman
forces on their march to the sea; Marie
MacMahon, the eminent French mar
shall; Gen. Montgomery Meigs, of tn
federal forces; Sam Sturgis, the com
. mander at Wilson's Creek; Thoma
: Truxton, the commodore who was neve
= defeated in battle; Tom Turner, one O
the most prominent American naval OF
.fcers.
q Among the theological lights ar
: found: Frederick Farrer, the grea
;. English pulpit orator; William Wigh'
=. man, prominent bishop in the Metf
odist Episcopal church; William Walsl
I. archbishop OF Dublin.
u The ranks of artists and sculptors di
h close alliterated names that are famous
= Hubert Herkomer, the English scull
n tor; Randolph Rodgers, the America
o. sculptor; Worthihgton Whittridge, Il
70 American landscapist; Martin Milmor
70 the Boston sculptor; Jean Jerichau, tt
Is Danish sculptor.
er Celebrated musicians who boast tn
r popularity are: Joseph Joachim, Il
~ violinist; Frederick Ferdinand Floto'
Az the composer; Theodore Thomas, Il
n. orchestra leader.
III Among famous physicians are foun'
e- Sir Henry Holland, of Great Britain
IN John Jeafferson, the surgeon; MORE
IS Mackenzie, the specialist.
Vs. Commercial men, too, have the char
ed There is Alexander Agassiz, the wealth
On owner and operator of the Hecla al
or Calumet mines on Lake Superior; I
on one Levi, the noted commercial stat
be tician; Potter Palmer, Of hostelry fan
nd Women have this lucky charm, but
in is not nearly so common with them as
nv is with men, There is Harriet Hosm
IN the sculptor: TeresWTietjens, the gre'
est operate singer of her day; Lucy l.
com, the poetess; Catarina Cornaro,
40, celebrated Italian beauty; Maria NJ
voc Ian, the great French vocalist, who
-. came the wife of Leon Carvalho, the
w., rector of the Theater Lyric, of Par
I'd Maria Mitchell, a noted astronom'
Tho Emma Eames. the charming singer. a
xyp Frances Folsom, eX-President Gle
Iord,e xU;fa ST T0uis Republic