Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. [ARTICLE]

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Thb recently appointed Siamese Minister of the Interior, H. R. H. Prince Damrong, has given the He to his name by his intelligent and well-sustained efforts for reform in administrative methods and practices. Palmer Cox, whose "Brownies” are known to millions of American children, was born in Canada, but has lived in New York for about fifteen years. Though a bachelor, he possesses special talent for writing stories for little people. The beautiful and daring wife of Lieut. Peary, who braved the rigors and perils of a winter in the arctic regions, and the civilised woman who has been nearer the north pole than has any other of her sex and culture, is said to be only about 23 years of age. In describing the homage which her subjects have to pay to the Queen of England, henry Labouchere admits that kissing a lady’s hand is always a pleasurable performance, ■ but he prefers to exercise his own judgment and taste in the selection of the subject of such salutation. E. F. Soott, one of the wealthiest colored men in Virginia, went to Clifton Forge several years ago without a dollar. He now owns eighteen houses and lots, a hotel and a large amusement hall, and is putting up a large building on Main street He also runs a wood and coal yard. Mb. 8. T. Pickard, of Portland, Me., whom Mr. Whittier made his literary executor, is one of the editors and proprietors of the Portland Transcript, one of the oldest and most popular literary papers in New England. Mr. Pickard Is a man of literary judgment and of scholarly tastes. His wile is a relative of the poet. George Augustus Hala has tho pleasant remembrance that the first money he earned with his pen was paid him by Charles Dickons. By the way, speaking of Dickens, the interesting statement is made by Mr. Chapman, Dickens’ publisher, that tho sale of his works last year was four times as large as that of 1863, the year before D tokens died.