The Sunday herald., 1886-09-12
PERSONS AND THINGS.

Al Saint Ginophc, In Savoy, there died recently
woman, Nine. Richard Dietrich, at the age OF one
hundred aud tweniysix years. she was married In
lisa for the first and in iJes for the third time Up
10 her one hundredth and ninth year she enjoyed
good health, and her eyessht was pericct the last
years OF her life, however, she spent in somnolent
condition.
Ast. Louis millionaire Of the fourth degree, who
pays yearly visits to Concord, went TO that then far
western city III his Boyhood, leaving his homo In the
ncrhborpg town Of SalisButy. lie obsIticd sit,ia-
lion In gr6ccry store, and theufrst work nssgcd
siik was 20 wash ont nooeits hogtheads. He said.
~ shall do II well, hut slln not do It very long,"
nnd he Kept his word There IL a whole sermon
there concord IN ny Monitor.
The New York sun says: "It is a mistake to
suppose that with the departure OF tho moro youth
ful crowd the season at Newportis is at an cnd. on
the contrary, the peasantcst time for tho cottagers
is now approaching. when picnlcs, sailing and fish
ing psf,es informal @ dinners n m ,nnsecns and even
ahiulnn days full pleasure, and the long cold
evenings cnlivened by nres, lights, and cards."
The following Ia related Of an East Bridgeport
man; lie went home few nights ago, and, not
feeling well, took what he supposed TO be four
pills and then slept the slccp Of the Just When his
wife awoke In the morning she began a search for
four shoe buttons which ahe intended to sew on
not ud them, and the husband Joined In the search.
Finally ne remembered % where he had ionna the Pills
| tons."-a aBrtdueDurt Post.
King lfumbert has had published for his only son,
| Crown Prince Victor Emmanuel, q special edition
Of Dante's "Divine Comedy" with the commentary
Of stefano Tace, dating from the fifteenth century,
and has pIefaced the work with this dedication: :
the publication Of this ancient Dante coipmentary,
Victor Eunianilsl as reward for. MS devotion TO
strengthen hls midi and eddcaie lid heaft for the The
cultivation Of the literature q his country"
| my dear" said young Chicago wifo to her hus-
k.awy y.gsr at.r t,~.a
aud settled down 10 housekeeping, "in looking over
this box Of books nnd your fathers old family
Bible, and here is entry under the head Of prths
which says: albert W.. born May Q, isto' Didn't
Of he
sion. IT'S full Of mistakes In my once down town
have family Bible Of the new revision. III bring
was found TO contain different version Of his birth.
day. and tne slight c,9la that had lowered over his
Says Mr. tabouchere In his truth, "Mrs. Mac
kay, the latest American star Ia the evet-changinp
social frniarnsnt, has satceeded In capturing the
Prince OF Wales both In Londoh and at Cowcs, and
hear that SHE Ia so much inspired by her success
that she IL anxious that net sonse should purchase
common sense, and as he has no sort OF sympathy
with his wlies socal Hsrisati992s, i99 Il Is Doubtful
viii cSRsent 70 spehd rsoooS On % camoersonc and
aSes Taco Of S Wales occasonaiiy visiting @ Ing 0f '"e
"Thc Queen should bye.and-bye have an excep-
tionally fine assortment OF arrows" Gays the s.
Jdness Gazette. "She got another three Mt Edn-
burgh on Thurslay-the third set from the Scottish
capital. In accordance with the ancient charter Of
the Royal Company q three arrows had be
presented TO her by that body. similar ceremony
took place In isl2 the occasion Of the queens nrst
visit to Scotland Again IN 1910, when she unveiled
presentation taking place, rs on Thursday, at Holy
rood. They are no common arrows. Three Kinds
snakewood, and builetw ooi: the tops arc OF ivory
tho barbs silver, and tho feathers white, red. and
blue. They are presented on r ctshlon Of green
sssS e AZ E Juaro wss n s the
occasion Of George fIs landing in scotland"
remarkable turtle story comes from one Of the
scaboard towns Of Rhode Island. 1t seems that one
Of the Inhabitants Of the place recently caught a
huge mud turtle. The captor cut on the head OF his
prey and dragged the carcass TO his house, about
half mile from the scene OF the fray, and LETT II
upon stone wall, where It peacefully teposed over
surprise % hd iai e a % arties 9a ns'ena Of
n s Gs ss 4 s was
evident that The devoted female 6ad tracked her
resting place upon the stone wall. This is a signal
proof OF the internally OF female devotion-lu the
scofiers are attempting to throw dIscret upon The
fact by asking whether she brought along her dead
lords head and bottle OF Australian glue.-PrOUt-
| dence journal.
The Paris correspondent OF tho London Daily
Ne,cs teegraphs: "Eudoxle AdeOuln, the sleeper OF
the Salpetriere, has awoEe from her long sleep,
which was continued without a moments Interrupt
tion for nineteen days. She had hal slumber Of
fy days early In the year In the hospital where she
now Ia and has been for many years. While she
was sleeping on both occasions relays Of medical
men kept watch by her besile Some hours before
her second period OF s0mn0lence ended she showed
great nervous agitation. often started, and had inter
mlttent fits OF trembling She at length opened her
eyes In the midst OF burst OF loud laughter, which
continued for about ten minutes During that time
she stared nxcdly. and appeared. although laugh
Ing NO hard, az II under some painful apprehension.
Then she spoke as II ahe were addressing her
mother, who was not with her, In an endearing
manner; and, on being handed glass, said she
only saw her mothers image in It, She has since
become quite cheerful, but seems to have hardly
any i,lels except those suggested TO her by the
doctors. Contrary to what Is observed In most hys-
terlcal subjects the OF taste remains while she
Is under the influence OF suggestion. Thus, II she
u given alOes and told II Ia sugar. she Will swallow
Il, making wry face to show dislike. II tpld to
| drink water from champagne glass she shows ex-
| hiaration, md II packet which DR.. vOisin says
contains nm emetlc Ia put Into her hand she has
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