Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1884 — Some Prominent People’s Doings. [ARTICLE]

Some Prominent People’s Doings.

ANTICIPATION AND REALIZATION. “I began life as a lawyer.” said Shirley Brooks, “passed my examination before the Incorporated Law Society, with hopes of becoming Lord Chief Justice, of course. I drifted into literature, and ended by writing immoral novels.” MANY PARTS, BUT NOT “ROLLA", “Well,” said Webster,“l always meant to be an actor, the part of ‘Rolla’ first firing my ambition. I bought a sword for the part, and ran away to go on the stage as a boy. For weeks I was halfstarved ; sold everything but the sword. It nearly cost me my life to save it. Since then I have been my own master, and had my own theater for many years, and have played many parts, but never ‘Rolla.’ That’s odd is it not?” GEORGE SAND’S POVERTY. Though ishe always worked hard Mme. Sand was always poor. “So you have money difficulties,” she said to Flaubert. “I don’t know what it is, since F have nothing more in the world, (she had disposed of all her lands for her children.) I live from day to day like a working man; when I shall no more be able to do my days work I shall be shipped to the other world, and then I shall need nothing more.” She really felt the want of money. THE TRIUMPH OF AN HOUR. G. W. Lindquist, one of the survivors of the Polaris Expedition, declares that no Arctic voyager need expect to be made a hero of very long after his return. He holds a master’s certificate and was once toasted from town to town, but now, as he laughingly admits, is able to find no better position than quartermaster on a coasting steamer. Nevertheless he is in favor of polar expeditions and is quite sure that they are productive of good of several sorts. BILLY MANNING’S LAST JOKE. Talk about the ruling passion, Billy Manning joked with his last gasp. The story of his death is full of puns and of side remarks that force' a smile. Those who stood about his death bed, sad as they were, laughed through their tears. Several of his old companions in minstrelsy called in to proffer assistance to the sorrowing wife. Calling his wife by name, Billy said, in a voice husky and halting: “Set—the gentlemen—some—chairs —and—take—their —hats —and—don’t—forget—my—size.” Two hours after the undertaker was called in. _ The almost general use of barbed wire may prove uncom’ortable for politicians who desire a place on the fence. —Arkansaw Traveler.,