Show PEOPLE AND EVEXTS The grandfather of the Rothschilds scarcely had a penny in 1800 Cabriole dAnnunzio the Italian novelist nove-list is writing a story whose heroine is said to be Eleonora Duse Mother Mary Gonzaga now in Philadelphia Phila-delphia is the oldest sister of charity In the United States She recently celebrated cele-brated the sixtyninth anniversary of her initiation In twentyfive years the Presbyterian women of the Parent Womans Board have raised 2690950 and have 163 missionaries mis-sionaries and 1100 native readers and teachers now in the field I Profesosr Zuspitka who died the other day was professor of English at the University Uni-versity of Berlin It has been said of him that although a German he was the greatest authority on early English A wellknown department store in New York city has rented an old unused church edifice and has converted it into a riding academy for purchasers of the especial makes of wheels in which the firm deals A Belgian inventor has devised an immense im-mense lamp such as has probably never been seen before It is composed of 30U pieces six feet high and measures 110 feet in diameter It is fed with lard oil and the consumption Is said to be very small Colonel Travalyan of Fresno Cal who was in charge of Balaklava says there are at least sevent survivors including nine officers besides himself In the charge of the Light Brigade there were 618 officers and men of whom only 223 escaped alive Marina Mrs P T Barnums handsome residence at Bridgeport Conn is to be sold This i is thought to give some color 11rn1 dSt ttot h I of truth to the report that she is i to marry a rich Englishman Mrs Barnum looks to be hardly 30 Besides Marina which cost 3U000 and an annuity of 40 000 she has 10000000 rho average age of the presidents of the United States has been 56 Grant who was elected when 47 was the youngest young-est man ever elected to the presidency and the first Harrison who was inaugurated inaugu-rated at 68 was the oldest The average length of years of presidents after date of Inauguration has been fourteen years John Adams lived twenty years after the date of Inauguration and died at the age Of 90 |