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Mrs. James L. üates, of Milwaukee, owns a Bible that was brought over in the Mayüower in 1620. Mme. Adelina Patti, who was taken suddenly ill in Birmingham, is suffering from laryngeal catarrh. Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth, wife of the commander of the Salvation Army, has started on a tour of the Pacific coast. Col. M. Lewis Clark, the racing expert, is going to South África tó visit his brother, Jefferson Clark, who has made a large fortune in mine speculation. A'exander S. Williams, ex-captain ' aiid inspector of the New York pólice forcé, has been nominated for state ! senator by the Republicans of the Twelfth New York district. Mark Twain has been quite a proUño inventor. His flret patent, taken out in 1871, was a strap for suspending trousers. He has been assignee of quite a nuinber of patents, severa] of recent date. Gen. Guitierrez, governor of the state of San Luis Poiosi. Mexico, wfeti is now in Atlanta, is one of the richest men in Mexico, owning valuable farming Iands and mining concessions. He is commander of the Mexican arny. It is said that the pope is strongly opposed to the proposed visit of the King of Portugal to Rome, and tried to dissuade the king from coming to the Italian capital. In vatican cirrles it is said that the pope will refusf! to receive King Carlos, who is expected to arrive October%7. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Barnato were unable to break into European society, despite their immense riches, until Sir Edgar Vincent took them up and gave them a sentí off in Paris. Vincent, who is a rich man hiinself, holds the position of governor of the Ottoman bank of Constantinople. Mammy Pleasance, the old colored woman, who supplied the sinews of war for Sarah. Altïtea HilI's suit against Millionaire Sharon, is dying.
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