The Clifton clarion., 1889-05-22

some of the arts are very apparent. The beautiful hair that used to be chestnut brown is now auburn, which gives the artificial look to the whole makeup. She wore demure gray velvet and wool gown and 6 pretty gray bonnet, and near by or far away would never be taken for the woman who was married in tho early years of the war and has been before the pub- lie and through trials and tribulations ever since. Her eldest daughter is in New York studying for the stage, and the younger girls are in school here Washington letter.
 The Chattanooga (GO News has the following conundrum for its readers: Mack Carter, son of Bill Car ter, married Tuck Phillips daughter and Tuck Phillips married Bill Car ter's daughter, and Bill Carter marri- ed Tuck Phillips daughter. Bill Car ter is, therefore, Tuck Phillips son-in- law and father-in-law and Tuck Phil lips is his father-in-law's sons father in-law, while Bill Carter's sons wife is his father-in-law's daughter. Now, if Tuck Phillips has child born to him she will be Bill Carter's father-in- laws child, and at the same time his son-in-law's child. But the impossi- ble thing to tell is what relationship would exist between the respective children of the three couples were they to have children. Can any one tell?
 Iron cross-ties have proved failure on the Pennsylvania Railroad, where they have been tried for several months, and white oak ties are being substituted. The wooden ties yield sufficiently to the motion of the train to make riding easy and comfortable, while the iron tics fails to give o1 the road-bed of broken stone and makes the riding hard and unpleasant to the passengers, as well as wearing on the locomotive and rolling stock. Moro frequent repairs were found necessary with the iron ties, too. In England and France, where iron is much cheap CT than here and wood much deareT, ties of the latter are used in prefer ence.
 It is related as something wonder full in point of endurance that the Duke of Beaumont recently made a trip on horseback from Badmington to Man ton and back, distance of sixty miles, taking two days for the trip. The American or Californian who on occa- sion can and does ride 7b miles or more on horseback without rest will be psrdoned for regarding this great exploit" of the dukes with smile.
 Readers of American papers who are accustomed to seeing columns of space in each issue devoted to English and European news will be surprised to learn that SO prominent 6 journal as the London Standard finds that less than 8 qnarter of one of it's sixty-four long and broad columns is amply suffi- cient to contain all the American news that it deems sufficient to supply to it's readers.-San Francisco Chronicle.
 Duke Adolphus of Nassau, who has become Duke of Luxemburg, is one of the richest royal personages in Eu- rope. He lost his throne in 1866 and has since resided principally at Vien- na and at Schloss Hohenburg, beau tiful place in Upper Austr'a. He be- came reconciled to the Prussian gov ernment about two years ago.
 Miss Travis - An, Johnny! 1 have caught you with fishing pole orer, your shoulder. I shall go right and tell your father. Where is he2
 Johnny Dumpsey-Down at ths" foot of the garden digging the bait Burlington Free Press.
 Misses Hattie Blaine, Florence Win dom, Miss Proctor and Miss Miller will be the Cabinet families rontrihu> ton. 10 the Washington debutsntea next winter.