The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-11
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j Jim Rasscll Young, American min
lister to China, wrote to friend in s.:lart.
ford recently. saying: "Thc rulnors
about my wife's health are exaggerated.
Size has Tendencies which require care
OH her part-no more" 2
Tho Bourbons are all very wealthy.
The villa at Cannes of the Count de
Eardi, one oftte Parma branch of the
f.lmily, il so expensive that tho late LIN
press did not feel justified in renting it
at the price asAed.
The highest SUI, realized by George
j. Eliot for any one Of her later works was
$1,000, while tho lowest she reCciyed
was S.O,0N). Scott obtained only S335'Rl
for Waverly, while Miss Burney was paid
only 500 for "Evelna."
a gentleman Of Enterprise, Fla, has
spread muslin under many Of his orange
trees cstccollcet the orange blossoms when
they fall. 10 will make parttlmery out
Of them.
Washington Irving's fr+o,er rector, in
his address at tho Tarrytown i,alebrl.
ton, sid he remembered meeting his
famous p.lrjs|iioncr, who was y pari-ii
warden, after d service, When Mr. Irv-
in. remarked 10 him, witt. a twinkle
in his eye: 81 lmve passed that pate
so o!trn ND and down. the aisle that
begin to feel like Highway man. ]
feel rs though | could stop q man on
ths toaa and say: Your money OF
your lifc!'
April 6, 1865. was the concluding day
of The battle of SHILOH. On tlaas dry Mr.
Il. S. Hammond of East Tennessee was
i'll the confederate army, and stoutly
contenins against :l,s Union. Sixteen
wears later he was appointed United
States district judge for the tsest, .rn
district CT his state, and the seventh, OF
this month, cSat,lv 81 years after the
battle Of Shiloh, judge hammond ad-
ministered the oath of Office 10 Judge
George II. Sage, recently appointed for
tss district OF OHIO.
Some foiinisht ago, Mrs. Gladstone
received u letter from SIR Henry Pom
sonby, the Queens Secretary, written
by her direction, advising her to urge
i'e- husband to accept peerage. The
Queen has OF late frequently publicly
expressed her wish to- visitors that he.
should accept n pccra.e, which, while
lesscning his labors. would enable him
to continue Prime Minister. He prefers
to remain in the House OF ofCommoDs, but
retires from Office.
81 am an entire stranger to University
life in the University sense" said John
Bright in his address on being installed
as LORD Rector of Glasgow University.
~ may be said to be II man who never
had the ad vantage of education. ! had
the teaching of some FrenclI-as En-
gishmen teach French; and had the
advantage of d years instruction in Lat
in by q most admirable tutor-.a country
man of yonrs from the University
Greek, not so much that any trace of it
is LEFT. There was nothing in the shape
of mathematics OF science. Looking at
education. as you take it, am IL person
wlio had Tie misfortune 10 have almost
| none Of it inmy youth
The sword of John Hampton has been
sold at auction in London for IS guineas.
1t is the sword he wore during the civil
war, and is q long raricr with across hilt
dua sCiSil SUttihs ~ Ntlo li.>AC iAA NASA
many, and had always been i'll the pos.
session of the llampdrn family. when in
1861 Il second John lIan,plcn died leav-
I ing the sword nmonc his posses iions His
| brother, the Bishop of Hereford, then
| ordered that it he sold. 1t fell into thc
| possession Of Mr. Robinson. who had Of
ten seen this John Ilampdcn point to
the sword proudly, saying: "This is the
sword of John Iiampden, my great an
ccstor." Mr.. Robinson gave tito Il Mr..
| Friswcll. who recently died, and with
whose effects it has now been sold.
Rear Admira.. j. w. A, Nicholson, who
on March 10 turned over the command
Of the European Station to his relief,
i Rear Admiral Baldwin, and went ON the
retired list, after fortyaive years of &C.
tive and patriotic service, was the last
representative i'll the United States Navy
ola family one or more OF who Sc mem
bers had been prominentin that branch
of the public service ever since the foun'
dation of the government. His grand
father, Commodore Samuel Nicholson
one OF the three brothers, Commodore
in the navy-wns Lieutenant under Pau
Jones in the action between tho Bor
Homme Richard and the Serap!s. He
was also the first commander of the
Constitution (Old lronsidcsl, and WA
senior officer of the Navy at his death
He left Il son-Admirll Nicho!son'3 faith
er-who was an officer in the Navy. ant
served gallantly during the last war will
l E,aok - r;t.,in