The Sunday herald., 1886-08-29
PERSONS AND THINGS.

we're written when he was physically very weak, In
,ed, and suffering acute pain, Col. Benton sent for
'cveral old friends 10 bid them farewell. Among
hem was the President, to whom the dying man
'aid, taking his hands: "Buchanan, we are friends.
supported yon In preference to Fremont, because
he headed n sectional party, whose success woud |
have been the signal for llsunon. I have known |
10 do right. have that faith In you now, hut you
must look 10 higher power to support and guide |
, yon; we VII, soon ,, NEE, N ano,hcS world; am
uod Is made, my earthly affairs arranged; but ! |
eonld not go without seeing You and thanking you
said, "Farswelin 4 week before rec Col " Ben.
nessee friends, senator Houston and Representative
Jones, requesting that Congress would not notice
nls departure; There I'm ~ he snid "no rule Of
OF my death, aud II there were such rule should
not Wish II to be applied In my case as being con.
tained.r Both houses adjourned, however, to al
tend MT. Bent0n's funeral, at which there was a
STss s,a'Sn the
gress, and other distinguished persons. Only two
Of his daughters, Mrs Jones and Mira. Jacob, with
their husbands, were present. the other two, Mrs.
Fremont was at the time on her way to California
and Mrs. Bol!ean was In Calcutta. The remains Of
n, one Of his M who had died short time
at the funeral tney reposed side by aide, friendly
hands o HAVING 10 srewn their common bier Win now
beauty.-Bem PerieB IOore, IN Boston budget.
"a singular quest has resulted In n singular fnd,'
says the Pdu Mali Gazette. "For some time past NJ
friarte has been seeking for the tomb OF C@sar
Borgia. There were traditions TO assist, but they
seemed on the whole not very Trustworthy. 1t was
known that Borgia had been buried somewhere IN
Navarro: His last years had been spent ~ volun-
teer In the army Of his brother in-law. who was
King oi the country. But beyond the fact that he
sSo, az S sa o.
the khro, nothing definite was known. II seems
strange that prince who found a chronicler In
tra Italy from the Adrlatic to the Mediterranean,
should have PASSED away with no dennte note OF
ordinary exile ihe Sh "e nave Teeh besn an
explained. M. iriarte has, however, had strange
success Naturally the place where Investigations
his lie. but the search was fruitless. Then the
whole OF Navarro was made the subject OF Inquiry.
The records OF churches and the archives OF towns
were Investigated with results that only msled. AT
last NJ irarte came on clue. In the presence Of
the Judge OF the district the street In front OF the
and the body were found, 1t is supposed that In
some early restoration Of the church bygone bishop
OF the diocese, outraged at finding 30 bad man
bured In cOnsecrated ground. had ordered the
CONN to be removed: but II seems strange that no
tradition OF the circumstances should have fingered
at Vlana."
1he Philadelphia Record, In discussing the scarcity
Of food fishes In the waters OF the Jersey Coast,
among other things, says: "rhe Secretary Of the
United States Menhaden oil and Guano Association,
having been asked to explain the couses or the
scarcity has kindly turned the light Of his
intellect ON the subject AMI made the matter clear
that an infant can understand II. The rascalIy
sharks are At the bottom OF the whole trouble. This
s not nero surmiBe, based on knowledge OF the
active habits and voracous appetite OF sharks.
With his own eyes the Secretary OF the United
states Menhaden on and auano Association saw q
scooped In by the net OF menhaden steamer, and
the following Ia list Of the contents:
2young sharks, IA inches long;
2nndigested sheepshead skulls;
a26 menhaien, without a scratch.
"That inventory explains everything. The catch
OF sharks by the menha,ien companies Ia set down
At 5oo every year Taxing 1t for granted that half
OF the 6O,OOO sharks would have gwen birth to two
yonng ones every year. and thar the young ones
would have initiated the example OF their elders, the
Guano Association estimates that il il had not been
for the menhaden steamers and their annual cap
tnre of sharks for the past ten years the stock 81
sharks ravaglng the waters Of the Jersey Coast
would have been lO2, $50 900 larger than II now s
and the scarcity OF food fish and menhaden would
have been as the scarcity of boss politicians In Para
disc"
"a Japanese gentleman In Hamburg" says the
50. Ja,nes's Gazette, "went to ses 'The Mlkado'
there, under the Impression that 1t pretended to be
native production imported from Japan. Full
MS discovery that II is such thing, he has written
long exposure OF II to u Hamburg newspaper. The
names Nankl-pOO, kokO, POOh-bah are not Japan
| ese. 'fhey have more resemblance with the chi.
! nese.' The embroidery OF the dresses Ia what In
open their mouths too widely but one IL 80 exquls
ttely beautiful that III she were only to procure
somewhat more exact belt, she would look quite like
| real Japanese The son OF the MikatiO, Nanki
poo, kisses the young girls too much Very sus-
piclons L. the embracing, as that fashion is NOT
known with us In Japan. Most iannng proof OF
all, 'rhe Mikado Is fanclful; and In Japan all plays
are prohibited that do not stick to facts. MIR. Gl
bert has been found out. His play Ia original"
"ThOugh NJ. Chevreul, the veteran French chem.
lst, Will complete his hundredth year tho last day
lnPt hin Nnnth IA had.
ago, says the ST. Jdmes's Gazette, ''Of which 1t Ia
safe to say he wOuld search his souvenirs In vain
| a parallel. lie received a visit In his laboratory
from the members of the Chinese Mission IN Paris
and the conversation naturally turning the sub
lect OF light and color which Al. Chevreul has spen
niA HE IN investigating. one Of the party asioniahct
him by declaring that he cOnld see perfectly withOu
light, and he actually read some pages OF book II
the datk. NJ Chevrenl doubtless knows that 1
o Q, 1s ws arse w
the same power. And the younger Scaliger assures
US that when he awoke from his brief SUMMERS hi
| was able TO read In the dark without lighting h
lamp"
"Gath" has gathered some interesting data on thu
subject OF stepping. stones to the Presidency. 9Th,
Office OF Goveror," he writes to the Enquire,
"seems the easiest stepping .stonc to Presidential
savorss, and Il these warrloss HAPPEN ni1 to he law
yers also, or to have been Governors, the c0mblna
lion Is frequently effective; Jefferson, Monroe, Va
Cleveland have all been Governors, and sewers
other Presidents held conspicuous State Ofilcea ar
Pierce, Madison, and Andrew jackson. The oppoi
ing candidates who have failed Of the Presidenc
have often been Governors, like Tilden, Seymour
He'll, and Cass."
Some time last year the editors of the Souther
BiuOuaC received manuscript on Lees invasion Q
Pennsylvania, which secured Immediate publication
The money for the communication and others tbs
followed sent to Nashville Tenn, but the authG
could not he Identified by Nashville people. He wa
dnally found to be convict named swallow, In tn
Tennessee peniteniiary. Governor Bates usual
State penai Institution, and iast july Swallow nam
got ON this fortunate list few days ago this ma
was arrested here for obtaining money on false prt
. | lenses.
"The most persistent swordnsl,," !" says the Bosto
Journal, "was the one that attacked the schoone
Volunteer OF Gloucester recently while the crew wa
dshing some thirty or forty miles from the cap,
The nrst intimaton the men had OF the charge wiz
again until four charges wei were % made. When SSa n n
schooner came into port she was taken upon th
an1 was m ioana sS st .hs sword IA
OF ten inches. about six feet from the steTnpOst"
Raitlesnake Jim, Of Wooster. Ohio, says that III
only reliable cure for the bite Of rattlesuake Ii tn
peniine Hesays that bottle OF turpenlne heldovs
the bitten spot, the uncorked month down, VIII dra
, out the poison, which tan be seen az II enera th
turpentine In sort OF blue dame Toledo Blade.
the KIND Of snakes seen by Raltlesnake dim WEI
probably such az are produced by tree use OF the wei
know snake poison antidOte-a bottle OF 30 of blu
ruin. commonly called whlskey.
The Municipal Council OF Naples is consldern
the project OF abOlishing the cemetery Of Camp
Sant0 vecchi0, long -standng menace to the pul
lie health and OF Introducing the cremation of bodis
J | as compulsory measure.
A foreign lady who lost Ei2 900 at the Monte Car
, gaming tables has committed suicide. This max,
the sevcnIy-sixth case OF suicide owing to losses
I, Monte Carlo since the beginning OF the season.
8 The favorte cOors OF the mountain girls IN
4 month are blue and gold. A blue nannel dress aI
{ | bunch OF golden rod at the waist.
; The Wise Crop or California.
lSan Francisco ChrOniclel
e Two or three weeks ago we published interview
J. with leading wine merchants who generally agree
that the crop 0f 1856 would not fall short OF 20 OO
}, ON gallons. Now comes the Vtcultural Aasocl
!, ton, which reckons the crop ut l6,O0O,OO gallon
l. | There Ii pretty Wide margin between the wv
The Viicultural Association, 10 our knowledge, e
II deayors ~ obtain correcl Information. The me