The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-20
PERSONALITIES.


General Lawton, in recent interview,
declared himself total abstainer.
Professor George II. Dadd, of Yale, has
received from the Japanese emperor the
third-cass decoration Of the order of the
Rising Sun.
Germanyis last veteran of the Erie.
heitsbing" against Napoleon has just died
at the age of los at Wogast, In Pomer-
ania. His name was Schmidt.
George Tritch, the pioneer millionaire
who died in Denver recently, first came
to that city In "A wagon which contained
all his worlds goods and mining out
fit.
The Khedive of Egypt, whose salary
Is $4,000 "a year, complains that the sum
is not sufficient to meet his household
expenses, and he will have to dismiss
some of his wives.
Captain Andrew Tainter, the million
aire pioneer Wisconsin lumberman who
died at Rice Lake this week, went West
alone at the age of is and began work in
u sawmil at $40 a month.
Senator Mason says that young friend
of his in the Chicago public schools re-
Gently remarked to him: THE way they
keep changin' things these days l know
more bout joggafy than the joggafy it.
self"
The assignment Of Rear Admiral Samp-
son to the Boston navy yard will net him
total of $G79j per annum, counting
shore duty pay and allowances. Admiral
Schley, at sea, without perquisites, will
receive $500.
Mrs. Susan Eleanor Andrews, of No
vada City, New, is said to be a great
grandchild of Robert Burns. She claims
to be the daughter of Elizabeth Burns,
who was the child of Robert, one of the
sens of the poet.
T p pf la Mo. Is the
oldest school teacher in his state. For
more than half a century he has taught
In the country public schools of Missou-
ri, beginning his long course of service
in the fall of 1915.
Frederick c. Penhcld, for four years
consul general of the United States at
Cairo, Egypt, says that when Great Bri-
tain gains control of the Transvaal the
railway northward from the Cape will be
extended to Cairo.
There are women physicians who count
their income in thousands, and one lady
practicing i'm the West End of London
| earns $4,000 a year Miss Annie Rom
berger, of Philadelphia, has a practice
worth $1,000 a year, and she Is one OF
many who earn as much.
The Earle of Arlie, who, rs command
ing officer of the Twelfth Bancers. has
been ordered to South Africa with his
regiment, is a wealthy nobleman who
prefers the active life of the soldier to
| the easy existence to which his money
and social station entitle him.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, the younger
| brother of the Emperor William, who for
some months has been in command OF
| the German squadron on the Asiatic sta
| tion, is coming to San Francisco this fan
| on his flagship, with the purpose of cross
| ing the continent and calling upon Presi-
| dent Mckinley
The first lady doctor in the world was
an American wOman-Mss Elizabeth
| Blackwell. who was enrolled as a physi-
clan in the Medical Register of Jan. !,
| 1S49. One of Americas most noted lady
| doctors, Marie f. Zakrzewska, was a ma
| tive of Berlin, but she had to leave the
| German capital in consequence of the
| strong prejudice aroused against her.
| Justin McCarthys sight continues TO
| improve, but he is not yet allowed to try
| it with reading and writing. He is con-
| stantly engaged in literary work, how
| ever, debating his copy to secretary
| and being read to for a certain time every
| day. He is employing his pen on fiction
| just at present, having engaged to dc
| three of his charming short stories for
| various Christmas numbers.
| A very charming little woman is Tama
the japanese wife Of Sir Edward Arnold
| She has somewhat the air of a Pa
r, risienne but mingled with it all is the
| dainty grace peculiar TO the gentle wO-
| manhood of the land of flowers. Lady
| Arnold speaks her husbands native
| tongue with fluency, If with a foreign
accent, and her English letters show how
| wonderfully she has been able to adapt
| herself to the English mode Of though,
| and expression.