The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-19
PERSON ALITIES.

Jerome Hall Raymond. the new presi-
dent of the University of West Virginia,
was a newsboy In early life.
Former President Dwight, of Yale, Is
to contribute to .E n. Dingleys life of
his father a chapter of recollectione.
Major General Otis is only two years
younger than General Wheeler, who is
the oldest officer of that rank in the SER
vice.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton believes
| that In love affairs women should have
the conventional right OF proposing as
well as men.
Addison Cammack the Wall street
bear, knows the highest and lowest prices
every listed stock has reached in every
month for ten years past
Alfred de Rothschild has every pint of
water used in his London house brought
to town every day IN cans from his wells
at Tring, III Hcrtfordshire.
Joel Chandler Harris has a horror of
| the theatre. He has never in his life
been known to enter the doors of one
except to hear reading by James Whit
comb Riley.
Thomas y. Tsdison's handwriting bears
| q cl. SO Tegrml lance to that Of Edgar
! Allan Poe, a fact which is the despair Of
those who seek to 'read character" by
ones chirography.
Joseph II. Douglass. grandson of Fred q.
erick Douglass, is winning a reputation
as violinlst, inheriting his love of the
! instrument from his famous grandparent,
who gave the lad an Amati violin
| which cost $1,000.
President Kruger like other men, has
| his weakness. 1t is for green carpet
| slippers, which he dons the minute he
| crosses his own threshold. In regard to
H., L. I,
| tremGly economical.
In appreciation of Miss Helen Gould's
generosity i'm furnishing cots for Amerl-
can soldiers in Cuba, the corporals of the
Sixth Ohio regiment have united to buy
| u golden miniature Canteen, suitably in
scrtbed. and present it to Miss Gould.
The late President IT, L. Plant, of the
| Plant system, is reported to have be-
qucathcd to General MaXimo Gomez $780,
600; to General Fitzhugh Lee $4,000; "a
Mr. Springer, 5000, and various sums to
other prominent persons in Havana.
The oldest surviving ex-senator of the
United States is James Ware Bradbury
Of Maine who has just celebrated his
9th birthday. His practice of law eX-
tended over a period of 72 years. For a
part of his senatorial term the late Vice
| President Hannibal IIamln was his col
league.
General William T.. Draper, American
ambassador to italy, was the guest OF
honor at the annual outing of the Mil.
ford, Mass, board of trade the other day
He said in his speech that during the
recent war the sympathy of the Italian
people was almost unanimously with this
country.
A. b. Slawson, who has charge
of the Congressional Librarys reading
room, where 600 newspapers are ke pt or
file, is probably the greatest authority
on American newspapers. lie knows the
history of nearly every one, and can, al
n glance, tell from which any loose clip
ping he may want to classify has beer
taken.
Bret Harte, who is living comfortably
in bachelor quarters in the West End o
London, is an Industrious and extremely
painstakng writer. lie never writes
story unless he has an order for II. II,
does not submit his manuscripts for in
speCtion. Mr.. IIarte formed the habi
several years ago of debating his stories
to a typewriter, but he always employ!
one special operator
\ woman's glory is her hair, and tina
of Mercedes Lopez Mexican, Is sait
to be unique. Mercedes's height is 3 fee
and her hair, which is said to be th
longest in the world, trails on the grounC
four feet eight inches. 1t is so thick tina
she can wrap it around herself till she Il
Conplctly hidden by it. Mercedes is tn
wife Of a poor shepherd and so fast doe
her hair grow that she e Gble to SCI
large tresses OF it to hair dealers ever!
| few weeks