The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The foremost plowmaker in the world il
James Oliver, who recently passed his
eighty -four,h birthday. He Ives at South
Bend. Ind.
William Dudley Foulke. the civil service
rcformer. has the reputation OF using more
adjectiyes In his speeches than any other
orator.
William Crosby. publisher of Boston.
who died the other day at the age OF eigAty-
nine years. once refused poems that were of
fered by Lonefellow.
Most Rev. William II. O'connell who suc-
ceeds the late Mgr. John Joseph Williams
as archbishop of Boston, is the youngest
diocese in which twelve years ago he iab-
ored as an assistant priest IN a slum parish.
The anniversary OF Count Tols,ors literary
activity was celebrated in Warsaw yesterday
by performances of his plays in the thea
tres 1t is expected that the Count will
ceive the Nobel prize for literature this ait
tGmn.
Lady McKenna, widow of Sir Joseph Nc
Kenna. left the bulk of her fortune of $3.50
COO to societies for the care OF horses and
dogs. For the maintenance OF "Rorey' and
"Ruffles.' her two doss she left aunuities
Of $500 each.
Prof Stewart Macalis,er. who is now at
work Investigating on the site of GAIA. has
discovered the ruins of eight cities there.
DIS ting back to period of 5000 years before
Christ, and has substantlated that Samson
really did pull down the pillars of the tenn
pie of GAIA.
kid" Wedge. until recently a prize-
fighter, has been appointed pastor OF the
First Presbyterian Church in Barnston. Me-
bfaska. He says that most cities of the
ring have never talked with n fighter.
Ira T. Haworth. warm personal friend
of President Lincoln has just celebrated
his elghtieth birthday In chicago. He pos
sesses cane and gavel given to him by
Abraham Lincoln in 1860 which We're made
from. the wood OF n black walnut tree cut
down by Lincoln himself. he cane w,,a
Whitfield by Lincoln, and bears around tho
top Of 1t band of German silver contain
Ing the inscription no Ira Haworth from
Abraham Lincoln 1860"
Finding that his wife always kept him
waiting quarter OF an hour after the din
ne. bell had runs. the Chancellor dAgues-
seau French jurlst who died In 1851. re-
solved to devote the time to writing book
oil Jurisprudence and. putting tho project
in execution. In course OF time produced a
work in four i,iarto volumes.
A dog In Pittsburg jumps into autos as
they pass near the sidewalk and the drlv-
cars, are passing in the same direction ha
Jumps from one to the other. and generally
without accident. i&
An effort is being made to encourage the
diamond cutting industry at Cape Town
Tho work has heretofore been done almost
leacluovcly at Amsterdam, but at present
a great deal of this work is being donefn
tine United States
al chbishop in America and head OF the arch
| New factories are Swinging up like
| mushrooms IN the Rhine country. and all
Iars built SUBSTANTIALLY There is a general
lcomplaint, In consequence, OF the scarcity
/ OF labor. 1t has been said that no man in
| Germany is idle unless he chooses
NJ snv.la. professor OF cthnolosy a I
lCclumbla University. who has spent nearly
lfour months In making Investigations and
Ieonectng data concerning the prehistoric
Traces that he believed inhabited the mouli-
tain regions and coast Of Ecuador has nr-
| rived In New York. He found the ruins of
] a city whichsh believes was founded many
years before the Spanards settled In Ecua-
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