Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-24

children, do you know who lamp
"Oh, yes, we do said a little five
year-old tot TO the great railroad man.
You're the man that ridesln my papa's
carriage
The late democratic disaster gives
special point to the following, which
we have, says the Washington Critic,
from an authentic source:
Not long prior TO his death Sam
Bowlcs, of the Springfield Republican,
in company with Murat Halstead and
Henry Watterson made a visit to Stod-
dard johnson at Frankfort, Ky. They
were taking in the fine stock farms and
other attractive features of that vicin-
ity, when one morning Mr.. Bowlcs was
seated in n large easy chair, looking
upon the blue grass and rare forest
trees in front of Colonel Johnston's
place. Halstcad was in the library eX-
aiming some manuscripts preserved
by the Johnston family from the last
century, while Wattcrson was walking
restlessly between the library and the
hall. where Bowlcs was seated, dilating
in IA loud, shrill voice upon the political
crimes af the day, the necessity for tar
If reform, aud the calamities generally
for which the republicans we're espon
sible.
"Look'ee here, Watterson,n said
Bowles. without changing his position
or turning his eyes from the fair pros
peCt in front, you have been trying
for a long time TO kill the republican
party and you haven't succeeded. Shall
| tell you how to do ity'
Watterson checked his nervous step
and halted as nearly in front of the Mas
sachusetts editor as the doorway would
admit and said:
Yes, if you can tell me that do SO for
the sake of humanity
ITS simple enough said Bowles,
gravoly-'join it,
Halstead dropped his manuscript and
laughed loud enough to be heard the
distance of a block, while Johnston, in
appreCiative confusion, tapped his bell
and called for fresh mint.
~
At Albany the other day a Journal
writer fround General Butler reading Il
scientific magazine. 81 was reading an
article on astronomy, said the General,
II have Il grandson who is studying as
tronomy, and he and | have some great
debates on the subject. 1t is nip and
tuck. He will give a poser, and Their |
will endeavor to stick with one. the
magazine has just such an article in it
as will answer one Of the young mans
questions, and s o | have mailed the
magazine to him." and the general
laughed to himself. Then he told of n
geometrical question the boy had given
hi,,,- ssFNalyn 81 ,ln,,, gpl rlnaA a nt-lin-
der on it, what part of the cylinder
touches the planc?' The general re-
piled:
1.-The line"
''How can that be-" responded the
student; "a line has no width, breadth
or depth. Being without these how can
anything rest on IT.
~
Perry Belmont had rather an awl-
ward experience on his arrival at the
Court OF Madrid, says a Washington spe-
cial to the Baltimore Sun, When he pre-
pared himself for presentation TO the
king he was informed from the foreign
office that the Spanish government had
received no official notification of the
withdrawal of Mr.. Curry as United
States minister. The Spanish court is
nothing if not formal, and in the alb
sence of this notification the creden-
tials Of Mr. Belmont possessed no sig
nificance. Under the circumstances it
was not good form for Mr.. Belmont to
remain in Madrid, or in fact to appear
in public. He therefore withdrew to
Seville and went into retirement: took
the black veil, it may be said, until the
department Of state could forward in
formal official style the notification that
Mr.. Curry had been relieved. This
cOntretemps, of course, will have the
effect to shorten very considerably the
limit of the time of Mr.. Bclmont's Off
cial enjoyment of the pleasures of the
Spanish capital.
EX-President Rutherford b. Hayes at
tended the Pittsburg Teachers insti-
tute, which was held in the First Presby-
terian church, says the Philadelphia
Press, and delivered an address on
manual Training of unusual bril-
liancy. Aside from the address there
afterwards occurred "a little incident
which was the principal theme of dis
cussion among the teachers, principally
the female element. When the eX-
president had finished his remarks he
stepped from the platform and going to
u libILI SlOup III a tOlllCI w ing cN buI
two of the prettiest young lady teach
ers and kissed them very ~affectionately,
much to the delight OF ali who wit
messed the act.
#*m
Jay Gould is particularly fond of
baked potatoes, according to the Phila-
dclphia Times, and says that the sim
pier his food is the better it is for his
head. 'IGnd my time filled up pretty
much with business" he once said.
land | certainly find that can get
along better when my food is the plalu-
est of the plain. | do not mean to say
that | do not like some of the dishes
which | cannot eat, but fortunately /
am not sufficiently fond of them TO
make it any sacrifice to give them up.
Your complex dishes of high !avors are
very good, but they are not business"
Tho first occasion on which Nine.
Carette saw the Empress Eugenic, says
the Pail Mall Gazette, was at a ball
given to the imperial couple in the
town hall at Fontaineblu, in August,
lS5S---a fete which was nearly ending
tragically. The ball room had been in
stalled on the upper story of the build
ing, The guests had assembled. and