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Show ABOUT DISTINGUISHED MEN. Senator Blaine was asked recently how it came about that he, a Western Pennsylvanian by birth and education, made his start in business and politics in the far East. He said it was all owing to his wife. Her mother, who lived in Augusta, fell dangerously ill, and Mr. and Mrs. Blaine made a journey to be at her bedside. While in Augusta Mr. Blaine, then quite a young man, learned that the Kennebec Journal, an old established weekly paper, was for sale. He formed a partnership with one of the old editors of the paper, bought out the principal owner, and thus obtained a foothold in Maine. The paper was prosperous and the foundation of Blaine's success. <br><br> GENERAL GRANT, during his recent tour, has been received by the following named princes and potentates: Queen Victoria of England, King Leopold of Belgium, the Khedive of Egypt, the Sultan of Turkey, King Humbert of Italy, Pope Leo XIII., President MacMahon of France, the King of Holland, Emperor William of Germany, Prince Bismarck, King Oscar of Sweden, the Emperor Alexander of Russia, the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, King Alfonse of Spain, President Grevy of France, M. Gambetta, Viceroy Lytton of India, King Thebow of Burmah, Prince Kung of China, the Emperor of Siam, the Mikado of Japan. <br><br> MR. MOODY is said to dislike very much any obstruction between himself and his audience. When he entered the hall in Cleveland, the other day, he found a large ornamental glass stand in front of the platform filled with water and plants. "That is very pretty," he said, "but it must come away; it would feel like an iceberg between me and my congregation." And when he went to the church where he is also to speak, he objected to the platform being too far back, asking for a temporary one in front of the other, "so that I can be with them, and not feel as though I were talking across a street." |