Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1899 — OLD WORLD NOTABLES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OLD WORLD NOTABLES

President Kruger, sleeps ten honrs each night. The Duchess of Leeds is author of half a dozen books. President Kroger knows nearly half of the Bible by heart. Three English lords are members of th? bar—Lords Coleridge, Colin and Robert Cecil. The Emperor of Austria’s salary Is $2,500.000 a year. The Duchess of Bedford has the finest collection of cats in the world. The Empress of Germany gets from 400 to 500 new dresses each year. Adelina Patti was born in Madrid, but riie seldom visits her native land. Paris has a new beauty. She U Mile, de Vere, a writer on Gil Bias.