Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1893 — ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. [ARTICLE]

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The recently appointed Siamese Minister of the Interior, H. R. H. Prince Damrong, has given the lie to his name by his intelligent and well-sustained efforts for reform in administrative methods and practices. Palmer Oox, whose “Brownies* are known to millions of American children, was born in Canada, bat has lived it 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 aretio regions, and the civilized woman who has been nearer the north pole than has any other of hot 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 suob salutation.

E. F. Scott, 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 ooal yard. Me, S. 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. Plokard is a man of literary judgment and of scholarly tastes. His wife is a relative of the poet. George Augustus Sala has the pleasant remembrance that the first money he earned wirn his pen was paid him by Charles Dickens. By the way, speaking of Diokens, the interesting statement is made by Mr. Chapman, Diokens’ publisher, that the sale of his works last year was four times as large as that of 1869, the year before Dickens died.