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Show PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. It takes tho sultan of Turkey forty minutes to say his prayers in royal form. The Misses Emily and Ueorgiana Hill have started a school of journalism in London. Nearly onu hundred and fifty women are buying and selling real estate in Superior, Wis. Congressman Key bum of Philadelphia Philadel-phia has bought an island off the coast of South Carolina. Colonel Ingersoll believes that when he lives through February he is safe for tho rest of the year. Lord Brassey owns tou thousand acres in Australia. A man with such a name ought to own the earth. Stanley is reported convalescent, and Dr. Parker, who has been attending mm, has returned to London- A now park is to be created at Bangor. Ban-gor. Me., and named Hamlin Park in honor of the venerable Hannibal Ham-lin. Ham-lin. Mrs. Ormistou Chant says that she complied with tbe demands of 1307 auto-graph auto-graph seekers while sho was in this country, and never once lost her tern-per. tern-per. Sigfried Wagner, Richard Wagner's only sob, has made his debut as a pian- i!5 JrP,VTi conert gin at Wahn-fried Wahn-fried Valla, Bayrenth. Apparently he is not much of a young man. Governor Francis of Missouri is still a young man. He is of medium heieht with portly figure, and he hai a blonde mustache, light hair and blue eyes. His voice is well modulated and pleasant. . John P. Buchanan, the democratic nominee for governor of Tetuessee is a cousin of the late Presiueut James Buchanan. He joined the confederate army at the ago of J0 and remained with it until the close of the war. George Francis Train will attempt to boat the record of a trip around the world He will leave Tacoma on the steamship "China" August 7. aud calculates cal-culates that he can make the trip of the globe iu fifty-seven days. |