The National tribune., 1885-09-03
PERSONS AND THINGS.

The Mexican editors who recently did this
country have been welcomed home again as though
they were heroes returning from war. They point
with pride to the ftct that they travelled 1869 miles
III the land of the Yankees without an accident of
any kind The trip cost them about SIS apiece.
A savings bank in Portland Ore has $50 gold
piece which WAS taken from the stomach of a
slaughtered COW, and found to be worth sic -. The
milling is worn off the edge, which II smooth and
rounded but the designs upon the sides remain
visible. The date of the coin is 1870 but how long
the COW had been digestng the 1915 no one can
tell.
An orchard of cocoanut trees on the ocean front
of Southern Florida has cost Eyra A. Osborn. rich
Jcrseymhn not less than Sl09 900. The orchard
stretches for % miles along the and there are
in it 30 go thriving trees These trees were brought
in vessels from South America and landed by means
of surf boats built for the purpose
j. J. Owen. the editor of The Golden Gate, has
been telling the people of San Francisco that the
religion of the Sandwich Islanders is all the
surface. and rs for morality. there is such thing
known. He thinks that the missionaries have not
done anything except enrich themselves.
SO many OF the boys sent to West Point prove
unable to pass the examination for admission that
about 80 Congressional Districts unrepTesented.
: They appear to have a matter-of-fsct method
of disSipatng religious superstition in Italy n
days. The peasants of Corano declared they saw
the Madonna appear from bush growing in a
place where. in the last century statue of her had
been destroyed. The place wassOon crowded with
pilgrims. several of whom. owing To the heat and
religious excitement gave such signs of mental dis
o. der that they had To be placed under restraint IN
the asylum. The Syndc promptly had the bush
dug up. Thirty thousand people were present
- A law has been enacted ia Austria making the
observance OF Sundiy compulsory The law. how
ever contain. - c.aiIsc exempling, from it, opera
tion Jewish tradcsmen aud artisans who do
work on their Sabbath.
An odd sign that the political barometer on the
southern side of the Rlo 6rande T. low comes By
way Of III Paso Silver - flowing ia = steady stream
ON the bncSs Of mules IHt0 Usseie sans territory.
Ten. Trevino has made large deposits lately in
Texan banks. and ~cuoT Gonzales. once President
"t the sister Republic, : bug-inE the sandy Shores
Of the great Tiyer really to run across at any
moment That he e-tfInm@ HoFVn under the
warm, protecting wing of the American ea-c.
OF ihc 500 patent medicines Of American con
cOCtion now ia the market. 6s0 kinds are thought
by the BOSTON Globe h. of real value The trade
amounts to s22.0Sb Gsl year. Of this si0OO.pD -
eSpende,l for advertising. The proprietors divide
the profits Of 81 Gt1.eO annual return.
- William A. Wheeler. eX-Nice-President. IL at
Rchfied Springs. and such j. his enjoyment Of life
that, though 81 years old, he does not seem whit
beyond -.
- The worihle-sneS- Of the murdered man WAS
the only plea made by a Wyoming lawyer in de-
fense of his client, who had deliberately shot bar
room bully for merely annoying him. The Judge
said that the argument unsound III law, bat the
jury let Il Justify. to their minds, verdict of
acquitial.
Six of the cergymen who made recent bcy-
Gle tour of Canada travelled hundred miles in
day The same distance has been covered by pro-
fessional riders III 10 hours, but smooth track
with the lIghtest of wheels.
Rhode Island retains the greatest density of
population of all the States
- Meissonier appeared at his best the other
morning. He had come for a stroll through the
salon bOniat ana a lady fTlenu were with MN.
The little party stopped only before the foreign
canyases, SO that the master free to praise
criticise: and he did both with a uuiCkneSs. verve
and charm that eaptvated the listener. SIeissoner
Is of medium hight, rather thiCkset- He has long
flowing white beard, wears glasses when he looks
at pictures, and is rapid in movement and speech
In dress he borders on the dandy. He wears low
shoes. which display red silk socks, his hands
incased in yellow kid gloves, his wrists are encr-
cled with a narrow friil, he carries deity light
rattan while Spring oyercoat is thrown grace
fully over the left arm. glossy si x hat crowns
his head and a complete suit of very dark blue
serge covers his body.
- Ex-President Arthur is said to receive more
He accepts enough of them to keep him in bad
health pretty much all the time.
- Bishop Tuttle, of the Episcopal Diocese of
Utah. tells this joke on himself: "A Mormon Bishop
was in former years the County Recorder OF salt
Lake County. 1 went to have deed recorded.
When asked, How much Is the charge? he an
swered, Oh nothing adding As he put his hand
familiarly on my shoulder, We Bishops must favor
each other "
A man in London has made a startling propo-
stion to the city authorities. He has recommended
II certain watering place not far from the city
burial ground for the paupers of the city His idea
Is TO bury them in the sand of the Seashore, and
cover the graves with concrete which will
harden, and in time these concrete covered graves
VIII form great wall. The paupers would
thus be more useful after death than when alive.
- In n great many parts of the South the people
have stopped talking about politics, and are en-
gagged ia lively discussion of sam Jones' his say
ings and dongs. Some of the papers say that the
regular clergy hate him with a deadly hatred
which they obliged by the force of public opin-
ion to conceal. His enemies not long ago started
the report that he chewed tobacco. but this only
made him more popular in country where tobacco
chewing ~ an almost universal habit. Sam should
come up North soon. Boston, Philadelphia and
Chicago need him badly.