The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-06-10
BRIEF MENTION.

Queen Victoria has paid $4,000 for
the pearls owned by Lady Ohio Fitzger-
AID She will make Princes Beatrice a
present of them.
1t is rumored in society circles that Mr..
Gould has disposed of the famous Atalan-
Ia. The new possessOr is his son GeOr-
gle, who received the yacht from his
papa as birthday present. Mr.. Jay has
abandoned his trip around the world.
Queen VictOrias costume worn at the
royal wedding is described as a marvel
of the modiste's art. The material was
black MORE antique, with silver thread
running through it, interviewer with the
fabric. A special loom had to be made
for it, and its cost was e5 per yard.
Mr.. Chamberlain's recent speech in
Parliament, which occupied three and
three-quarter hours, is said to be one Of
the longest ever delivered in the house Of
commons. / was remarked as an eX-
ceptional physical performance that the
without pausing to take even a drink
of water.
1t is not every novelist who can in
dulge in the luxury of yacht, or needs
one to IocaIize the scenes of his fiction.
Jules Verne, who is announced as tax
ing a business trip" up the Mediterran-
can in his fine boat, the St. Michael,
does 50 to visit Oran, Anglers, Bone, Tu-
mis-, Malta, the Ionian Islands, Sicily,
Naples and Rome, for the purpose of
giving a basis of reality to his fanciful
inventions.
''Seaeral queer incidents" says q
Washington correspondent, ''have oc-
CURED lately at the top of the Washing
ton monument. The other day a gaunt
and hungry cat made her appearance on
the scaffolding where the workmen stand
having climbed the winding flight of
stairs from the bottom. She looked
wildly about her for few moments and
then gave leap into space. -Four hun
bred and thirty-four feet is a good deal
of Jump. but she Tended on the ground
alive, making the greatest leap ON record.
Prince Victor BOnaparte has had
great disappointment. He has just misc
ed an inheritance of 60,O00,OOO francs.
Nine. Anban-MOet, wife of the cham
payne merchant, died some days ago at
Seville, leaving personal fortune of co.,
900, 900 francs. On Saturday last her
will, two copies of which were deposited
in the hands of attorneys at Epernay.
was opened. 1t contained the following
dispositions: Il bequeath all my fortune
to my husband, but in case he should re-
fuse to bequest, or in case he should die
before me, all my fortune will belong to
Prince Victor Napoleon Bonaparte." NJ.
Auban preferred surviving his wife, and
did not think it worth while to refuse
the bequest.
Recently an Irish member Of the house
of commons complained that the public
notice attached to the coronation chair
in Westminster Abbey had been altered
by the omission of all reference to the old
legend that the coronation stone was first
used in browning the Irish kings, where
upon an explanation, written by Dean
Bradley, was offered Many years ago
an inscription in Latin was attached to
it stating that the stone was the pillow
on which Jacob rested his head at Bethel
and the legend went on to say that it
was carried from Palestine to Egypt, and
thence to Spain. From Spain it was said
to have been conveyed to the Hill of
Tara, in Ireland In 1851, in order to
meet the convenience of the visitors of
the Great Exhibition, the head guide
wrote on a label notice to the effect
that the stone had been used at the corO-
nation of the ancient kings of Scotland
and Ireland, but omitted all reference to
the legend relating to Jacobs pillar,
while retaining the closing part referring
to Ireland. The label having become
dusty and dirty, the guide, who has con-
siderable antiquarian knowledge, turned
it over recently, and on the back wrote
simply the historical fact with regard to
Scotland, and ignored the legend en-
tirely. Dean Bradley adds that geolo-
gists have conclusively shown that the
chair is of Scotch limestone, and that no
stone of the kind is to be found in Pales-
tine or Egypt.
Knocking the Government Down to
the Highest Bidder.
Philadelphia Record.