The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-15
PERSONALITIES.

Governor Leary, Of Guam, has placed
a tariff of 81 a gallon on whisky and IL
cents a quart on beer Paintings and
stationery are admitted free OF duty.
William Waldorf Astor is said to re-
sent the fact that his fellow country
men in England drop his prefix OF honor
able. which he had until he was natur-
allied.
Queen Victoria has been presented by
Lord Curzon with a great gold CANDLE
stick from n buddhist monastery. 1t is
studded with Jewels, is very old, and of
great value.
Baron Stumm, the iron king, is In bad
health, and has obtained leave of absence
from the reichstag. of which he Is
member for the purpose of spending the
winter in Italy.
On being applauded with hand-clap-
ping during a recent sermon the Rev. Dr.
Lorimer, of Boston, stopped, forbade the
people to clap and requested them to say
amen instead.
Despite the eastern flavor of some of
his verse, r. r. Aldrich does not know
any Oriental language. He Is at present.
however. studying Persian with a view
to translation of Omar Khazyam.
Nine. Loubet, wife of the president OF
France, Is an expert milliner and a good
chess player She has a large circle of
girl friends, who are advised by her to
cultivate themselves above ''showy tai.
ents."
President Mckinley is a lover OF chess.
a game with which he frequently amuses
himself. He Is an expert at all chess
problems and believes firmly in the value
of the game as training for logical
thought
President Eliot. of Harvard is some
thing of pedestrian, ana never rides
| wher time and distance permit him to
| walk. Thus he frequently walks from
Cambridge into Boston. a journey which
he generally accomplshes in very good
| time.
Captain John Parsons, Of Oswego, has
presented to the sons of Governor Roose-
velt of New York, a miniature full.
| rigged yacht. 1t Is nearly five feet long,
| and is ar exact copy of the American
| yacht VoluI teer that defeated the Brit
| ish Yacht Thistle.
| General Wheeler's features are quite
like those of General Grant. and when
shown a rough sketch Of the former
drawn in the Philippines. General Miles
said the other day: II never thought Of
| 1t before. but n 1t wasn't for the hair
this might be Grant"
| DR.. Alonzo T.. Taylor. assistant direc-
| tor of the Pepper laboratory of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, has been ap-
pointed professor of pathology in the
medical college of the University of Cali
| fornia. He succeeds DR.. John c. Spen-
cer who has resigned
Mrs. Richard Croker announces that
her sons will not go into politics because
she thinks a man pays dearly for what
ever heights he may reach Serving his
country through politics" She express
es the hope that her boys will win sue
cess In business careers.
The late Duke Of Westminster seldom
wore high silk hat Although he was
far fiom Indifferent to his personal ap-
pearance. he preferred the comfort OF
| the low hat popularity known in London
as the bowler" and almost always wore
one. even on church parade in Hyde
Park.
! Benjamin White, n broker of San Fran
| cisco, owns what he claims to be the
stub Of the pencil with which Lincoln re-
wrote his Gettysburg speech on an en-
velope aboard the train bearing him 10
the battlefield. The pencil was borrowed
from and later returned to Mr.. White s
father who was with the presidential
party.
While a student at Norwich university
| Admiral Dewey took lessons in painting
In water color and proved an apt pupil.
IIe produced several promising bits of
| work, mostly marine sketches. one OF
which has been rescued from oblivion.
and. In a large frame, now adorns the
walls of one of the university's class
rooms.
Although Pope Leo XIII is nono-
genarian, he is by no means the oldest
of the successors to st. Peter. That dis
tinction belong to Pope Agathon, who
reigned from CSC to 6SS, and died at the
age Of l07 years. Pope Gregory IX d2ii>
was 30 when he died. Celestial III Ql9s,
49, Gregory XlII QilO 91 and John XXI
| Q239) 90.
Melton Prior, the special artist of the
London illustrated News, now I'm Lady
smith. dispatched nine tracings of his
drawings with different runners. in the
hope that one of them might get through
the Boer lines. Experience has shown
that since the siege began only about
one runner in twenty succeeds in run.
ming the Boer lines.
Miss Agnes Irwin, dean of Radcliffe
Icollege who was recently chosen by
Governor Wolcott to serve on the Parish
exposition commission, is "a great-grand-
daughter of Benjamin Franklin. She
was born I'm Washington in 1S4l, and Il
a daughter of William Wallace Irwin
Her maternal grandfather was Richard
Bache grandson Of Franklin. Her moth,
er's mother was daughter Of Alexander
J. Dallas.