The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-26
MEN AND THINGS.


Mr.. George Riddle, Of Carroll County, Nd, has I'M
der the same roof with him no less than twenty-five
unmarried daughters. and Riddles riddle IA how 70
get rid OF his Riddles
Old Mrs. Gladstone not only pins that big bouquet
on Williams coat every time he proposes 10 speak in
Commons, hut she goes with him 20 the House and
Ats IN the ladies' gallery 10 hear his speech.
The Boston 7rdrstter, alphabetically noticing
John McCullouphs fortunate escape from being run
over, inexac,ly speaks Of him as the "eSactor,'
whereas SO far from being an eN-actor he ia pro
dlGally pfofusc In his liberality.
Editor Henry Laboucherc, OF London truth,
cruelty yet ttuthtully declares that the present Earl
Cairns better known as the late Lord Garmovle, lisa
reduc'to al dlsU,dun OF the principle OF heredl-
tafy Legislators. lie viii not he r0rd arts In the
House OF Lords, though.
Countess Gladys OF Lonsdalc, who has been will
ing 10 marry several people, and who wanted TO
marry Durham provided he could get rid ~ the wife
already on hand asserts that sne VIII marry ne Grey
Ing big bets that she won't.
Charles Dudley Warner has about the same con;
tcmpuous opinion Of Florida that he has expressed
concerning every other place that he has visited and
written about; "The more see of this land OF
Iawamps and algators, the less am able to under
stand why the Spaniards and French fought over "
as they did, and massacred each other, and why the
English warrcd on French and Spanish, and the In
dams refused so long 10 he exterminatcd. Why
anybody should want thelan Ia still mystery
Here is something for our vanderblts, Goulds,
Huntingons, and other millionarcs who cannot
find a profitable investment for their money. y
recently been found in Southern Africa Tho Grand
Mogu the property OF the shah nj Persia, weighs
only $50 carats The Orion, the Regent, the Koh-i-
moor, are all much below that weight. The wonder
ful stone Is to he polished IN Amsterdam by the nfn
OF j; Metz CO. II Ia reported that special build,
to do Justice to the diamond giant
The decision reached by the President 10 appoin,
civilians to the Army long as vacancies can be
properly nlled by promotions In the service ia dis
mayng the political aspiiants for Army places, but
II is encouraging to the soldiers. The rule never
ought TO have been waived and II Is little singular
that II should be now rrldly enforced Ivy the first
President since Mr.. johnson who has had no con-
| necton, direct or indirect, with the Army. u is,
however, the embodiment Of the same principle APP
piled by Mr. Cleveland to the clyil service fhat the
| capacity for the work II has TO do.-N y. Times
A gentleman driving little bay horse attached to
buggy left Folsom yesterday morning for this city
at the same instant that the train pulled out for
Sacramento. He arrived Just i've minutes after the
| train. The animal he drove was a common mus
tang, but evidently has considerable speed and lots
| OF bottom. In conversation he said: al turned
| him out about two weeks ago on field near White
| Rock. All he could 6nd to eat was grasshoppers,
and think for giving animals speed, limbering up
| their stid joints. giving them kind of Maud S.
beat Allow that horse TO feed on grasshoppers for
| one month, and l will speed him for 100 miles
against the hest locomotive stanford has got
| Sacramento (Cdt) Record-Unton.
| Here Ia an item which we propose shall he read
in silence and Immediately forgotten. We went out
| In the country the other evening TO preach. We
stopped at the house Of brother for supper and
were most graclousy entertained, the ladies' Of the
house making themselves specially entertaining and
devoting themselves ardeDy to the promotion OF our
comfort. Leaving the house In advance Of the fam
lily, we hurried to the church and began the services
their eeats with the OF the congregation without
our observing their entrance. After the sermon we
hands with the e Saints and chat around to the best Of
| our poor ability. Presently we found strkingly
good. looking sister IN front OF us, and holding out
our hand expressed wish to form her acquan-
ance. vicious litter ratified through the crowd,
and the sister looked a little scornfu We asked
what 1t all meant, and to our undolng found that
the lady in question was the one who gave us our
supper We spent good part of the night in trying
10 e we say
| (Vd.) Religious Herald.
The death Of Lord Cairns, late Lord Chancellor of
England, recalls the fact that he owed his in
life to this country. Many years ago, when Penn
sylvana was In financial difficulties and 1t appeared
that there was no property in the State worth hav
| came to the United States and began oinvest money
In the keystone State They bought lands here and
Railway; opened coal and iron mines, and made
themselves for time what the Camerons have since
results vindcated their foresight. They returned to
England with an enormous fortune, still, however.
retaining COnSuerabe properly In THIS country. Tney
| used their money SO wisely and so well that about
twenty years ago Lord Derby. who was then Prime
Minister felt that something should be done for them,
and he offered the elder brother peerage. The old
Scotchman declined "1m too old for a coronet,''
he said, "bnt, my Lord, IL you want to oblige me.
| raise my nephew Hugh to the peerage and I'll give
| him cIo,000 year 10 enable him 10 support the
dignity of his rank" 1t was so DONE Hugh Cairns,
who was rising lawyer and member of Parliament,
became Lord Cairns, his uncle gave him $4,000
year out of the money he had made in Pennsylvania,
and Lord Cairns lived to preside the House of
Lords, which he did with much wisdom and dignity
San Francisco Chronicle.