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OambeUn' rattier.
M. . botta the father of tbe great
Freni atesuan after suffering loupe
from r in tns stomach 'lied lately
la li iventy-Mxth year. He was
quite ducated bv-t was shrewd and
gmil. nnered with j-.-uoh half hidden
i're.i; oi!ur wit. He trawd agreat
lo.il i itincranc dealer when li was
yonuj-. : 1 even pn-Ued as far Turkey
and E.. 'i'.uuga of shuple ways be
wis not nt all vulgar. Ho was much
opposed to his son's choice of a prof es-
won vbich was that of a professor of
law ami not as his father wished that
of grower in a country town.
Old M. Gambetta was a Genoese. He
had a ( istinctly Italian physiognomy.
Tlivj eyes remained black and bright to
the oi:.l but the face took a yellow
wnx' ii : nge. His hair was long and
thirls :h: I quite white and his beard
thrived .r: the chin formed a kind of col-
lar r.v.i'.rr the throat. Daily with his
head . :.:t. ho visited the graves of his
v.-Ue son in the cemetery at Nice to
lay '-. V8 on them. His housekeeper
"ah .'i - il Cahors servant Miette who
in his long illness with de-
votJmi. 'Sis daughter Mme. Leris ar-
rived Nice just as he had died. M.
GamJi '.i i would not suffer hi3 son to be
buried .uring his own lifetime any-
v.'jieie 'jut at Nice. The remains of the
fci!.H . '. tor will now however prob-
ably o be removed to Pere la Chaise
ond !'. 1 funeral honors be given them
secoii''! dme. France still gets on with-
out ';!! betta but his death caused a
void w !ji;h is yet unfilled. Cor. London
Kewr
About Carving.
A ir in a downtown restaurant
V lommunicative to some of his
lull-' . i mers the other night and dis-!
foiii :.! nn problem in division which'
is r. -. i icular interest at this season of '
tl.e : -the division of a turkey by the
ton'.; i f a carver. The waiter had seen
h :. r-':.. tournament in Paris and he
f vi )! ! an authority. How many good
9w:A !''-.-tions he asked could be cut
Vrom a t irkey of twelve pounds weight?
Noii-j in. 'us hearers could solve the prob-
lem urn. so he had to answer his own
quest inn. His dictum was that ten por-
tion ii: family practice and fifteen in
tt-slaiua ts could be obtained by a skill-
ful cantor. In other words the man
a iaii ly dinner is entitled to 50 per
':t ju -o turkey than is the one who
r:fc- Ir- digestive apparatus in a restati-
ng. :;! !i ors who aro invited out to dine
she t mi i tar this fact in mind provided
f ':.; that turkey is to them the
thiii. ( joy it ought to be to all good
America is. The waiter gave another
Lint on urving again putting it in the
form ii' a query: What is the hardest
'oir J u carve? At the tournament ona
chef wagered that he could turn out
four : ; v.uietrical pieces from any bird
Atxtln- chef took the bet and produced
a guinea hen. Ho won too for the first
-"lief coidr do nothing with his subject.
"O'.iujca hens" explained the narrator
Vlu't built like other birds." New
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Oil: Times.
'-n '1 if 1'iu ln and the French Republic
T';.' ' "unt of Paris is a very intelli-
itt.
iit. Hois very learned: he is brave;
In- is i.;' riotic; h is in his private life a
L..:iii of irreproaeliable honor. lie had
Cjt'i'i' o Frohsdorf his first political act
' iceiJl to the king that he was the heir
l ights. But this very step only
proved die impossibility of resuscitating
the C nnte do Chambord. I do not accuso
the Count of Paris as is too lightly done
of having bought his royal claims of M.
tiuulauger. He is too much a Frenchman
ta ta!:u p;vrt in a coup d'etat too honor-
i!..i: '? put up with such anally and too
?.l:.r-'- d to have believed that M. Botv-
la!i!.. f had a crown to sell.
He -simply put money in a "deal" for
voU's iVrected by the agency of Boulan-
?r. TI'j furnished the millions and Bou-
lan.'.'i'T iho popularity. Ho had stipulated
h. would be given for his money th
-.iier part in the products that is U
.ay a conservative majority. The fail-
re that was suffered and the famoiw
arallel march diminish his chances so
' inch that the republic has now no long-
r any enemies before it or if it has
i. ny they are Republican enemies. Jules
' imon in Forum.
A Large White Owl Cuptnred.
Whito owls called arctic owls have
iieen seen frequently in New Jersey re-
cently. They are not usually seen south
jf Hudson bay and are believed to be
harbingers of cold weather by the north-
ern natives narry Mcintosh of Plain-
field N. J. succeeded in capturing one
of the birds in Hunterdon county last
week. It is mottled almost precisely aa
a Plymouth Rock chicken only its face
Is white. Its eyes are large and bright
the pupils being encircled with a bright
golden ring. Its wings when spread
measure from tip to tip nearly five feet.
Altogether it is a beautiful bird and
one not often seen. Its extremely heavy
plumage makes it in size nearly as large
as a turkey hen. This extends to its
toes and shows it to be a native of the
cold northern regions. New York Trib
une.
Mice Eat Money.
Joseph Peloquin who lives upon
Spring's island had $10 in paper money
in a cup in a closet. Saturday he bought
it lot of wood and when he took down
his money to pay for it he found that
the mice had nibbled the greenbacks so
that only about half of any of the bills
remained The rest of the money was
in scraps around the cupboard. The
numbers upon the bills were n"t de-
stroyed however and Peloquin will try
and get the scraps redeemed. Bidde-
ford Journal.
In an Eagle's Talon.
The 4-year-old son of Charles Waller
A prominent citizen of Italy Tex. was
playing in the yard of his father's home
when a large eagle descended and bore
him away in its talons. Mr. Waller
pursued the bird on horseback and res-
cued the child in a deep ravine two
miles away where the eagle had alight-
ed. The child was unhurt. Cor Cuv
kdnnut' Inquirer.
RAN AFOUL OF A PROOFREADER
j What Unpinned to a. Johnny AVbo Was
j fiiVl-l: lO I'sillS r.Mllg Yl'Olllrf.
! "Aw-d say. ir.u y-ung in.'in taivn you
infuwm r.it1 what is t!io nprrllati.ai of IL'm
ileiice l I'lioirnfiiil;?" !.-l:fil n i!u;nty look
hif p-rsna ei)Vf-!i- iil in mi imklc ilivp ul
sterulrh c-ipn aiuclnut'iit aik!rc-;i- a
dirty f.d sirwt arubhpon eiiier.;-.m -'r.j.ii
tbeik-pi.t.
"Aw witY vr.it itivin' us" c:!:.-d ;-.
future president contemptuous! ; um
ain't no Kuth ave. W'y don't you talk il
CiiIThIii Ktigli-h so ilat a relief kiu tell
I wot yer fbcwiii' about?"
I "Tamil i li.iili mo fwesh young pcoun-
dwel! Dmi't liecome olistweptwous! I
t-hall lavopnund mo queery to i-ouie maw
1 cult: red we-idciit!"
And i lie exquisite turned nwny haupht-
ily iitid toutlii-d on di.wn ! le street mtil
tin uiel tli iiext pirson '.vho happened to
he a proofreader at one lime employed on
a medical journal. The kuoo accosted
; hiui Willi:
! "I aw say me good fwiend cawn you
acquaint me with the d;stinctiv! togno-
iren of the tliowofaih which I uu ut pwes-
ent twavorsiug?"
The iiioolrcader politely listened until
the interrogation was complete and then
'.a the most affable maimer answered:
"I should be infinitely delighted to im-
port the intelligence which you aro desir-
ous of obtaining but an Inevitable inabil-
ity engendered by the obscure and unin-
itiated condition of my intellect on this
pr.rt icular point produces an obstruction
which precludes the transmission of the
information you seek and renders futile
Uie extension of any co-operation I might
proffer in the direction of the elucidation
of a problem which is unavoidably encoun-
tered by individuals unfamiliar with their
environments in a municipality of this do-
se ription."
The frightened Johnny muttered "I'm
evtwemely obliged" uud hastened on.
B iffalo Express.
Id the Whispering Cullery at Washington.
tt is not difficult to imagine thai the
gi ddess of liberty smiled gently and in-
dulgently as they made their way up the
walk to the Capitol. And when they en-
tered the hall where the whispering gal-
lery is tho sightseers all seemed to pause
a if tl'-y had heard Cupid (lap his wings.
The points of interest didn't seem to at-
tract them much and at last they found a
etizy nook behind in a corner where the
crowd could not jostlo them and where
tbey were safe from even the stare of the
ei airway's marble eyes.
"Darling" he whispered "we are at last
alone. You have told me often but I
want to hear it again. Tell me that you
love me."
Her lips parted but as lie awaited her
reply there came the words iu a hoarse
brutish voice:
'You can bet your life I do."
They looked once into each other's star-
t'rd faces and fled.
fhey had struck the whispering gallery
and there was an audience at the other eud
o( the line. Washingtou Post.
The Penult)' of Circumlocution.
He Fanny Brown is engaged. Gueth
who to
She M'hatl That stupid snub nosed
commoii little creature? Who on earth Is
going to be fool enough to marry herf
He Well er that ith I am. Life.
A Close Ruyer.
Customer What's the price of this over
coat?
Clothier Thirty dollars.
"Is it aM wool?"
"Every thread of it."
"Seems to me it's awful heavy."
"It. won't weigh over fifteen pounds."
"And you want $3 a pound for it when
wool Is worth only 30 cents? Xot by a thun
derin' f-ig'itl Give you H50." Chicago
Tribune.
A Itulnecl Effect.
"There was an annoying hitch In the
great ocean scene in my play last night"
naid Broncon Hoyt with a sad smile.
"When the hero jumped off the raft to
save the hroino he got off at tho wrong
place anil one of the waves kicked him in
the stomach. It seemed to knock nil the
sense out of him for ho got right up and
walked ns'iore."
"What did the her-.tne do?"
"She sat on a wave ami laughed." New
York Sun.
After the IStill.
Lady ao Primrose What do you think
of the iiew duchess?
Mrs. Xormanby Oh she's a perfect pho-
nograph! Lady de Primrose I don't understand.
What do yon mean?
Mm. Normanby Well yoa see she
speaks without thinking: Judge.
A Otestial Contraction.
Customer Jut I sent you six collars
and here are only three.
lanndryman Genlemal huyee berry
poorcollee. Shnnkee in washee. Six col-
lea when go in washee; shrinkee three col-
let when coniee out. Exchange.
A M Intake.
Beside me in tho trnln f ho sat
Absorbc 1 in PonieUiiu?she was reading;
A pr'tty I ird perched on her hat.
Her dress was trimmed whh silver beading.
Her boots were neat. A dottPd veil
Held clustering curls In charming order;
Her rounded cheek was sweetly pale.
Her 'Kerchief showed a scalloped border.
Sue scati;.-d hr ho-'k pa-e after pa-a
( A gray kid Auger on tho ever)
With gaze intent. Perhaps her age
Was twenty or a little over.
I really thniisht her fair enough
A burst of poet song to waken;
But when I read this wretched stuff
I dud T mast have bee'i rr.i' 'nkenl
-Madeline krulM In Puck.
III I
Hfc . WOrIEU ACOJT IT.
"The sun hear lri'l girt out lu tan nsniiiW y&rs
I more"
i Anil he woit'.kI nbontlt;
"it ill euro Kive.put then if it ilocsn't before
1 .vml ho worried about it;
It would suroiy on . so Uie sder.tisu said
In nil sclminfleal books that 'jo read
And 'no whul'j uii'iity universe thfta would be
: o-i-i-
! And la wmrle.l f.Nmt ft
"knA SMrf -It y the c.-.rlh '!! f ul i.iin tin tlin"
A h vri iv-.l lli.i u.r ;
"Just as sure and as straight as if shot from a
Bun"
And be worried about it;
"When strong Rravitntion unbuckles her straps
Just picture" he said "what a fearful collapse!
It will coiue in a few million ages iwrliap"
And he worried about it.
Tbe earth will become mucu too small for the
rice"
And he worried about it.
"When we'll pay thirty dollars aa Inch for pure
space"
And he worried about it;
Tbe earth will be crowded so much without
doubt
That there'll be no room for one's tongue to
stick out
And no room for one's thoughts to wander
about"
And he worried about it
"The Gulf Stream will curre and New England
grow torrider"
(And be worried about it)
Than was ever the climate of southernmost
Florida"
And he worried about It.
"Tbe Ice crop will be knocked into small smith-
ereens And crocodiles block up our mowing machines.
And we'll lose our fine crops ot potatoes and
beans"
And he worried about It
"And In less than ten thousand years there's no
doubt"
(And he worried about It)
"Our supply of lumber and coal will give out"
And be worried about it.
"Just then the Ice Age will return cold and raw.
Frozen men will stand stiff with arms outstretched
in awe "
As if vaiuly beseeching a general thaw"
And he worried about it
His wife took in washing (a dollar a day)
lie didn't worry about It;
His daughter sewed shirts tbe rude grocer to pay
He didti't worry about it;
'While his wife beat her tireless rub-a-dub-dub
On the washboard drum in her old wooden tub
He sat by the stove and he just let her rub
Ku didn't worry about it.
S. W. Foss in Yankee Elude.
A Tragedy.
Chapter One. She was young and pretty
as a midsummer dream. He was tall
haughty and rich. Sbe had married him
for his tremendous wealth but at the same
time greatly admired his calm superior
way and cynical spirit. They bad reached
Washington on their wedding journey.
Chapter Two. The snow came down and
Algernon and Henrietta gazed thought-
fully out of the window. "Let us take a
Sleigh ride" said Algernon and the fatal
deed was done.
Chapter Three. Ten years had passed
and Algernon came wearily into the hum-
ble home which barely sheltered his grow-
ing family. Henrietta met hint at the
door with a sad smile. "Ah Algernon"
she said "cheer up. Five years more of
hard work and you will have paid all your
debt to the liveryman. Free free
hal ha!" and the suffering woman fell back
Insensible. Washington Star.
Ktra Pay.
"Phat do you be glttin' for de job Chim-
my?" "Wan dollar an' th' nooinonia." Har-
per's Weekly.
Knew What He Wanted.
"Here's a man at the telephone who
wants a one armed horse and sleigh" said
the new clerk in the livery stable to hi.-
employer. "I'm sure that is what he said
but I don't know what he means."
"Oh that's all right" explained tbe liv-
eryman. "You see he wants n horse he
can drive with one hand. Send him old
Dobbin up there in the corner." Phila-
delphia Record.
Interviewing Illm.
At the police court.
"Your name?"
"Hippolyte Langlume."
"Where were you born?"
"In Paris."
"Have you ever been convicted?"
The prisoner smiles politely: "You ar
Interviewing me then?" Figaro.
Always the Same.
Robinson I like an even tempered wo
man.
Brown So do I.
Robinson There's my wife for instance.
Brown And mine. The most even tem-
pered woman iu the world. She is always
mad. Exchange.
Enough for Two.
When it was found that thirteen were
seated at a table where Abbe Liszt was a
guest tho general embarrassment was
checked by Liszt remarking:
"Do not be alarmed at such a trifle. J
can eat for two persons." London Tid-
tilts.
Her Taste Had Changed.
Jake Jim pson What aDecleanf hird do
you like best? i
Cora Bellows When TwnanrhiM THbed
the canary best but (blushing) since 1 grew
up I I rather prefer the popiu-jay. Xew
York Herald.
His Suggestion.
"Do you think this hat suits my hair
Edward?"
"It's all ri-jht. I suppose. Still if It
doesn't suit what's the matter with get-
ting another iot of hair? Fhegende Blat-
ter. Forewarned.
Winter always tolls uie more
i Than the summer. Now I knov
When my rival's there before
By his fooMt la Uu snow.
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Ullwt WUHtus Writes or a XTell Gn.wm
l.-toii Lhumry Mun.
Kl-clrtl Corrt 'gpondecce.
Boston Di;o. 13. To bo born in Eos-
ton graduated at Harvard own n pjw
in Trinity (VhiHtpa Crook') church a
villa 'Mi tin" north hhoro or ir. Xvwport
and U luried iu r.fount Auburn thn
tsu-i.s'f.-.wt oy -e iuoirn .a in -uttw
! to i.i ''tto idi-a! cai'-ei' of '.nan. Fovlu-
ua'.idy loi i. io liockcly no uuorns and
the public to whose entertainment and
enlightenment he contributes Mr. Rob-
ort Grant has not yet met th6 last con-
dition of this Bostonian outline bnt he
has fulfilled nearly all the others. His
life has been one singularly rich in op-
portunities und he has known well
how to extract from these the finest con-
ditions and transmute privilege into high
service.
Robert Grant was born in Boston in
1852 completed the Bostou Latin school
course with great success and later the
Harvard where he graduated in 1873
and three years later took the degree of
Ph.D. He entered the Harvard Law
school from which he was graduated in
1879 and immediately commenced the
practice of law in Boston. Between the
time of Mr. Grant's admission to the bar
and 1885- 80 a period of some seven years
he achieved a class of literary work
unique iu its range delicate nud subtle
in fancy full of chnrrn and imaginative
grace. This work included seven novels
anc1 a number of very clever poems;
but such was so individual in its own
line twd owed so little to precedent that
his work cannot bo altogether rtnssified
by any broadly accepted definitions.
"The Little Tin Gods on Wheels" a
.satire in erse appeared in 1879 and in
it Mr. Grant showed decidedly his orig-
inal bent his manly hatred of social
shams his courage- in ranging himself
on the side of truth and humanity and
his clearness of vision in distinguishing
the false from tue true. After this ap
peared "The Concessions of a Frivolous
Girl" which went ' through a number of
editions and was a literary as well as a
popular success. The plot was very
slight but on this slonder thread was
hung the hopes and fears the fancies
and the reflections the courage and the
cowardice of a typical girl of society.
The delicacy of perception shown by
Mr. Grant in this work has never it
seems to me been adequately recognized.
He does not make the mistake a not
uncommon one of ascribing to the
beauty and the belle the possession of nil
the vices or errors of the decalogue and
implying conversely that the poor and
the plain girl possesses all tho virtues.
He knows society in its technical sense
too truly for that.
Alice shows the selfishness that springs
from thoughtlessness and from the lim
ited range of sympathies almost inevita-
ROBERT GRANT.
ble to the petted child of luxury but she
has a tender heart and a keen conscience
and moreover she is by no means desti-
tute of brains. Another very excellent
portrait of the girl in social high life is
Dorothy in "The Average Man" a story
that Mr. Grant contributed as a serial
to The Century Magazine in 1883. Un-
trained writers destitute of social ex-
perience have often depicted fashion-
able life as utterly devoid of those graces
of character which we are accustomed to
call the Christian virtues. All the rich
have been depicted as narrow minded
hypocritical arrogant and cruel while
the poor were shown to be generous
patient and intelligent. Mr. Grant is
too much in touch with the most culti-
vated social world of the day to fall into
any such error as this.
"Face to Faco" is another of Mr.
Grant's very charming novels of social
life.
"The King's Men" was a story written
by Mr. Grant in collaboration with
three of his friends leading Boston
authors Boyle O'Reilly "J. S. of Dale"
(Mr. Stimpson) and Mr. John Wheel-
wright. "The Lamps" was the title of a clever
satire in verso.
"The Knave of Hearts.' by "A Ro-
mantic Young Lady" appeared in 1885-
86. On the two hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the Boston Latin school
the oldest school in America. Rev.
Dr. Phillips Brooks delivered the ora-
tion and Robert Grant wrote and re-
cited the poem for the occasion.
Mr. Grant was also invited a few years
ago to write the Phi Beta Kappa poem
and it was for this occasion that he
Wrote his famous "Yankee Doodle." a
very keen and ingenious hit at certain
political abuses and corruptions of that
year in Massachusetts.
In the past two or three years Mr.
Grant has written in a new vein that of
out of door life. "Josh Hall; or. The
School Days of an American Boy."
made a furot among the boys.
Mr. Grant married the daughter of au
English nobleman in Canada and their
home is on Commonwealth avenue the
palatial boulevard of Boston. With a
large anil exacting legal business and
also serving at present as one of the wa-
ter commissioners of Boston Mr. Grant
finds little time for literary work still
he manages to write an hour at least
each day with considerable regularity
He has the happy elasticity of tempera-
ment that eiiables him to do his work
"herever he happens to be either at hi
lome or his office Lilian Whitiho.
NOT PERISHABLE PROPERTY. " TALEs'oF THE TURF.
A Mil. 'i tiiit this ltceii Held ruder a r.e-
-;:il A t tu"luiM'.!f for l'-ip-hi'':i Yeui-si.
"iffliv L'ub. How "a the uiule'r"
"First rate."
"Still alive and eating against the
writ?"
"Yes; the mulo's all right and as
lively as when I first took charge of
him."
"Well I guess I had better tako an-
other receipt from you Bob to keep the
sheriff's records straight" said Under
Bherilf Long in an official talk with R.
T. Scott who chanced to drop into the
sheriff" office to report that ho was alive
tnd that he still recognizes the red tape
which is attached to an old mule. Mr.
Scott signed tho following paper:
I It. T. Scott do hereby certify that oC the two
mules tlmt were left ia my charo by Thomas
C'lmtiintiliani sheriff of Suu Joaquin county in
18r.' and w hich mules I was Informed belonged
to the estate of 31. Capurro insolvent one died in
the year 1873. The other is still nt this date
alive and doing well considering ago and tho in-
firmities Incident thereto tho said mule being
noiv to my ccrtnin knowledge about iX years
old. Nevertheless I am still holding tho said
mule subject to the orders of Thomas Cunning-
ham sheriff. It. T. Scott.
Etocktou Nov. 14.
Tho story of tho mules is interesting
to show how property can be tied up in
litigation. Somewhere about 1804 M.
Capurro was a well to do business man
of this city owning a fine team which
was engaged iu hauling freight to the
mountains and it horse and dray which
the owner used about the city. Hard
luck came upon the pioneer however
and along in 18(i when C. C. Rynerton
was sheriff an attachment was issued
against Id. Capnrro's property and tbe
mule team and horse and dray were
taken in chargo by tho officer.
Tho owner claimed a pair of mules as
exempt property under a law exempting
a pair of animals for a teamster and
also set up a claim to his horse and dray
which were tho means of his livelihood.
Then commenced a legal fight and in a
little while tho Stockton man was forced
into insolvency under the United States
laws. Ho finally won in his fight for
the horse and dray but the pair of mules
claimed as exempt for a teamster were
tied up in litigation which has never
been settled.
Tho sheriff then in office held the ani-
mals under a writ of attachment and
when ho went out of office in 1807 the
mules were delivered to his successor
Freeman Mills. Two years later Sheriff
Mills gave tho animals to tho next sher-
itf Georgo C. Castle and in 1872 when
Sheriff Cunningham went inlo office tho
mules wero given over with the. books
and records aud property under attach-
ment. Sheriff Cunningham placed the mules
in the charge of R. T. Scott as the sher-
iff's and he kept the animals together
until one died in 1878. Tho other ani-
mal is fat and healthy and promises to
live to the cud of tho century but not to
the close of the litigation.
Allowing the sheriff's keeper 3 per
day which i; tho limit fixed by .law for
the pay of keepers the surviving mule is
charged with over $20280 costs. If the
mule is charged with ranch fees at $2
per month the bill against tho animal
struggling to outlive tho courts is over
$575. Adding $144 for ranch fees charge-
able against tho ono that grew tired of
the law's delay and died would make
the bill for ranching to bo collected out
of the only property remaining tho lone
mule over $723. Stockton Independent.
Nliulor's I.lttle Speech.
Professor Shaler is one of the most
popular men in the faculty of Harvard
and the boys are always delighted when
they can get him to make a speech.
After the football victory at Springfield
there was of cours a big jollification
at Cambridge and one of its most suc-
cessful features was a characteristic
speech by Professor Shaler. Iu tho pe-
culiar drawl for which ho is famous lie
began: "I wish to say gentlemen
that many of you have received
very low marks. I think this is
due some what to tho football
enthusiasm which has been so
prevalent here. I can't say that
I blame you gentlemen. I went
to Springfield myself. I settled
myself quietly on the seats und
hoped that the men next to m
would not be too boisterous.
Pretty Foon I found I had gotten
up gentlemen; that my hat
was in tho air gentlemen and
strange to say gentlemen I didn't
seem to care whether it came
down again or not. I intend to
go to Springfield next year gen-
tlemen." New York Tribune.
A locomotive with a HlMlin-y.
A certain engine on a Texas railroad
seems to have as many lives as a cat. It
went through tho Guadaloupe bridge
the other day and executed a somer-
sault landing on a small sand bar the
only spot in tha river. Tbe nine cars
which went with it struck the bed rock
and wore smashed. The engine will be
repaired and again go on duty. It has
been m three collisions and two wrecks.
and has been turned over twice. Its
original number was 40 but this was
changed to 00 to break the bad luck. It
will now probably be given an odd num
ber. Philadelphia Ledger.
A i'riiice's Principles.
The Prince of Naples who has just
come of iige is a very high principled
young man -with a rigid regard for
truth and duty. He has even refused to
write an account of his recent travels
because etiquette and political consider
ations fo.-bade him to tell the whole
truth nt every point of his journey.
Though leserved and soinew hat shy in
public ho is frank and merry in private
life. Dertted to all studies he is espe-
cially fond of history and geography
and possesses a remarkable knowledge
of the most minute details of Italian
history Loudon Letter.
G risen B. Morris has signed O. Cov-
ington t' rule at 108 pounds frui April
1 to .Nov. 80 1891 for if4500 and f25 for
winning and $10 for losing mounts.
J. G. Miller of Sioux City la. hat
the largest standard trotting bred hors
in America or probably the world. H
is 13 hands H inches high and can it is
said show a 2:40 gait.
The death of Morrison McClelland
father of Bryon and John McClelland
at Lexington. Ky. on Dec. 6 removes
another connecting link of the past and
present generation of turfmen. For
nearly fifty years "old man" McClelland
had been a trainer of race horses and
was well known on all the southern
western and eastern courses.
John A. Morris of New York and
New Orleans has in charming Metairio
c metery in the Crescent City one of
the most beautiful family burial places
imaginable. Located near the head of
tho old homestretch where Lexington
ran his famous four miles in 7:19 the
Morris tomb represents an ivy covered
bo trer surrounded by orange trees.
California horses which spend their
finit winters east away from the sunny
slopes that trend down to the mighty
Pacific take no small risk of climatic
ailments. EIRioRey's nearly fatal ill-
ness at Westchester a year since from
lung troubles and Sinaloa's death at the
same track recently show that with
many animals such an experiment ia at
tended with more or less danger.
Robert Bonner speaking of straight-
away trotting says: "The public patron-
ize trotting races to see the horse trot
and with a mile straightaway very little
could be seen. A thoroughbred trotter
in action is one of the most beautiful
sights in the world and a trotting race
can only bo enjoyed on the regulation
oval track. A record made on a straight-
away or kite shaped track is valueless in
my opinion."
At the funeral of the deceased Cali
fornia 6ire Norfolk more sentiment was .
shown than on any similar occasion of
late years. Tho grave at Rancho del Rio
(the river Ranche) was beneath a group
of stately oaks and a number of 'the
friends of Theodore Winters were pres
ent at the great horse's obsequies.
Numerous floral testimonials were placed
over Norfolk's last resting place as be-
fitted an animal which has tiiken A ins'i
important part in the turf and breeding
interests cf tho Pacific coast. 1
THE GENTLER SEX
Jean Ingelovv ia CO but her cheeks are
as rosy and round as a girl's. v
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has received
45000 subscriptions for the life of her
husband.
Lady Rosebery's entire fortune was
Bettled on her husband and will pass to
her children after bis death.
Miss lT.el' in Gladstone is described as
having many of the traits of hur father
and many people would pronbunco her a
glorious creature.
Mrs. Cuff or widow of thelat cavalry
leader and Indian fighter has petitioned
congress to double the pension of ffJOO a
year which sho has been receiving since
her husband's death.
Miss Bollo Stewart a plucky girl fn
Crittenden county Ky. has gone to
Texas and pre-empted 010 acres of land
out of which she proposes to wrest a
fortune in fanning and stock raising.
Aunt Patty Richardson of Bethel
Vt. is the last survivor of tho widows
of Revolutionary soldiers. Sho bps
nearly completed her ninety-fir.st yesar
but is a brisk and active woman wb.
prides herself on good housekeeping.
Lady Wildo mother of Oscar Wiide
is still more remarkable for her Unuty
brilliancy of conversation and accom
plishments. She speaks half a .do?.ea
languages has cordial manner. oxceU
lent sense and a great social following.
The D.ichesse d'Uzes having pi tyed
prominent part in politics and beinij
the most accomplished horsewoman iu
France craves the honor of auttinrsbin.;
A play written by her was well revived
recently by a brilliant and arislcratio
audience.
Mrs. Angelina Jones of .Haailton
Caldwell county Kan. is the mother of
seven boys. Sho weighs 850 pouml-i and
declares that she is but 21 years jf age. ;
Six of tho boys are twins tho older.6
being 4 years of age. The youngest is
about 3 months old.
BITS OF SCIENCE.
Flatinum can now be drawn int wire
Btrandsso fine that twenty -seven Uviuted
together can be inserted into t'uo hoilow
9 n Vinir
Experiments made in Austria make It
laud cement enables it to withstand th
action of frost.
According to the assertion of the oral-
nent physiologist Sappy tlu stoniaca.
contains 6000000 glands by widen the
gastric juice is secreted.
A luminous crayon has recently beea
Invented to enable lecturers to draw oa '
the blackboard when the roc m id dark-
ened for the use of the lantern.
Professor Hartley of the I'ubfin Col 'V
r i ... -.. h.
his experiments that we may .xpec&
water color drawings to last 400 yoara
provided they are protected trout the in-
fluence of direct sunlight.
Astronomers agree upon three mot lor
of the earl h the rotation on its axis ia
one day of twenty-four hours the revolu-
tion around tho Bun in one year of 305J'
its poles around and outside of a line it
right angles to the plane of tho ecliptic
and coinciding with the line of axel no-
tation at its center ia 25W8 y-.-ara
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