The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-17
PE1SoNALITIES.

Max ORell, the French author. says
that he has never seen an American wo-
man who could be considered really ugly
General Theodore Schwan takes with
him on all his campaigns and smokes
every evening a pipe given him by Sitting
Bull.
Sir william Van Horne, chairman Of
the board of directors of the Canadian
Pacific railroad. once filled the position
of a humble ticket agent.
General d'Exea Donmerce. senior off,
Ger of the French army. is ~ years old
and has served under three kings, an em-
peror and two republics.
George Everett. builder OF pJstoflices
and custom houses foi the United States
government, worked at day labor as a
stonecutter less than twenty years ago.
Here Is an enthusiastic New Workers.
appreciation of Padcrewski. "Why,
there's only one pianist In the world all
the rest of them are merely hired help"
Fighting Bob" Evans at one time Of
his life intended to be n miner and went
west at the age Of 16. arriving in Salt
Lake City with $500 and n navy revolver.
ID. *. Pearsons, the millionaire phil
anthropist, lays 1t down as the chief rule
for financial success to be ones own man
ager and to trust no one to take care Of
ones business for one
Governor A. II. Loi gino. of Missis-
sippi. who opposes lynching. was once
nearly mobbed by fellow.st tudents at the
University of Mississippi for n violent
speech against lynch law.
Sir John Lubbock. since his elevation
to the peerage, has decided to take the
title Lord Avebury from a property in
Wiltshire. said by antiquarians to be a
greater Druidica! monument than Stone
henge.
Representative Mitchell May. Of the
Sixth New York district. has the repu-
tation Of being the best-dressed. man IN
congress. His clothes are always Of the
latest fashion and cut and 1T him like
a glove.
Joseph L, Meyers. recently elected q
member of the Ohio state senate. walked
from his home in COshocton to the capt.
tai. distance of loo miles. q few weeks
ago. to show his dislike for railroad cor.
porations.
William Dean Howells relates that as
boy his first literary workshop was a
narrow space under the stairs at his
home There was desk against the wall
and little window giving sufficient light
This was his study for six or seven
years.
A movement has started In Litchfield
county. Conn.,, to buy up John Browns
birthplace In the town of Torrington, re-
pair 1t. and hold 1t as an historical relic.
The house is In dilapidatcd condition,
and has for some years been occupied by
poor negro family.
Thomas Yates. of Toledo, o., Is the
only American citizen who took part IN
the famous charge of the Light Brigade
at Balaklava. He was in the Seven
teenth Lanccrs and maintains that the
charge was ordered out of Lord Lucan's
insane jealousy of Lord Cardigan.
Three men who have been newspaper
reporters in Albany have become men,
bers of the cabinet. The late Daniel
Manning. Daniel s. Lamont and Charles
Emory Smith, less than twenty-five years
ago. sat side by side reporting the pro-
ce"dings of the New York legislature.
Professor w. +. B. Dubois. of Atlanta
university, has begun an investigation
into the career of college-bred negroes,
and will make a report to the annual
negro conference to be held at the uni
versity next May He finds that there
are between 1905 ami 1850 negroes who
have been graduated from college.
Visitors to the Paris exposition next
summer will not be denied the pleasure
Of listening to the inimitabie Yvette
Guilbert as was once feared The singer
has lately undergone q most trying sur
gical operation, but Is now well along to-
ward recovery. She expects to be able
to return to the stage late in the spring.
1t Is calculated that Ruskin wrote
more books than any three of the rad
ing thinkers in England The entries IN
the most recent bibliography number
Loo. this number including. OF course.
the various editions. letters. etc. His
books number TO- II Is said that the
drawers of the Brentwood library are
full OF manuscripts.
A pretty story, which comes from the
deathbed Of the Duke of Westminster. is
that almost at the last. when unable to
speak, he signaled for a sheet Of paper
and pencil. He then wrote on 1t that he
wished for check for G1.O00 to be sent
to the officers families fund. This wish
has been carried out. and the check has
been received at Lansdowne House.