Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1899 — PERTINENT PERSONAL; [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PERTINENT PERSONAL;

The King of Portugal is a perpetual smoker. Sarah Bernhardt often trims her own bonnets. Rudyard Kipling’s favorite headgear is a golf cap. Maj. Strong says Col. Fred Funston is the bravest man that ever lived. King Oscar of Sweden has just had his life insured. He is 70 years old. Ex-President Casimir-Perier of France said to be contemplating a trip to this country. Kipling has produced fifty-three publications since he began writing eighteen years ago. Count George Apponyi, former leader of the Hungarian Conservatives, has passed his ninetieth birthday. Rear Admiral Schley will succeed Rear Admiral Howell as president of the naval retiring board at Washington. Queen Margherita of Italy speaks German fluently, and generally uses that language when she meets German artists. Lady Lechmere is one of the greatest women hunters. She is now with her husband shooting big game in Somaliland. Bellamy Storer, the new Minister to Spain, is a Harvard man, as are the ambassadors to Great Britain and Russia. Senator Quay is a master of French literature, and finds his chief delight in reading Victor Hugo’s works hi the original. Since Senator Allison became a widower over fifteen years ago his wife’s mother has been the manager of his household.