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Herbert Gladstone will visit the United
States and Canada during the coming
summer.
According to the propaganda in
Rome, there are 218,000, 900 catholics
| In the world.
King Oscar of Sweden. who has hith-
erto confined his pen chiefly to verse;
has written war paper.
Miss Emily Faithful has given up her
proposed trip to the United States on
account of her poor health.
Gen. Boulauger Is said to be quite
skillful at sketching. AS an agitator,
! however, he does not draw well.
Emperor William conferred over
5000 decorations last year, not includ-
ing the order to skip that Bismarck got.
Senator Blair stands alone in the
opinion that the defeat of his bill is a
greater calamity TO the country than
would have been the defeat of Gen.
Meade's army at Gettysburg!
Betsey Cox, colored woman who
died recently near Greenville, 5. C.,
was 1870 years of age. She remember
ed many incidents of the Revolution,
but never saw George Washington.
Jesse PARROT. who lives on II farm
near Carrollton, Ga, recently cele-
brated his Tooth birthday. An old
Georgia Cracker, PARROTS policy is to
stay as long as there is anything to
stay for.
Emperor William is reported to have
purchased the private diaries of the late
Emperor Frederick from Frau Krus,
widow of the former Major-Domo of
that sovereign, paying her Il large an
nuity for life.
Pho Pico, the last Mexican Governor
! of California, now nearly 90 years OF
aye, is pauper and has been notified
to leave his old homestead. Nothing
remains of the great wealth this old
man once possessed.
Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria. who
has long given his skillful service us an
| oculist free to the poor, has opened at
Meran hospital and free dispensary
| for diseases of the eye. The ducal
doctor personally directs the establish
ment.
Carlyle may have had genius, but he
was not always gifted with good man
ners." When he was introduced TO
DIR. Joachim, the violinist, he said, Il
haven't great opinion of musicians
they seem such vain, windbaggy sort
OF people"
Gen. Alger owns tract Of pine land
in Northern Michigan containing 200
| square smiles, and his wealth Is eSti-
mated at $40, 600, 900. When he went
to Detroit at the close of the war he
was compelled to borrow money to pay
his board bill.
Chauncey NJ. Depew says he would
! not sit down with thirteen at table.
'Three times in my life have been
one OF dinner party of thirteen. On
each occasion one passed the joke TO
another that he or she would be the
victim. In every instance one of the
guests died within the year. So. in my
experience, the truth of the adage was
proven
Frank O'Bricn, of Atlanta, Ga. has
n valuable relic. 1t is the canteen
which Gen. Mcpherson had on his per-
son when he was killed, and which
bears the imprint of the bullet so it
is supposed, that killed him. The
identity of the canteen is abundantly
vouched for Mr.. o Brien will pre-.
sent it to the Mcpherson Society OF
New York.
Ferdinand de Lesscps leans heavily
! forward rs he walks and his hair is
white rs Stacked lime. yet he still re-
tains buoyant flow of animal spirits.
and his handwriting is anything but
shaky. He still affects receptions with
n vengeance and personally conducts a
voluminous correspondence. He is
! justly proud of his thirteen "children, q"
who range in years from to 45, He
is himself 80.
Prof. James Leidy. the scientist. who
was reported as giving a partial in
dorsement of Keely's wonderful claims
for his motor, writes to Philadelphia
paper: II never authorized any one tC
declare to the world that Mr.. Keely
had discovered new and wonderful
force, for although | may have believed
he had done so | would not positively
assert that it was So"
Archbishop Corrigau has been having
a grand trip through the Holy Land.
He celebrated mass on almost every
sacred spot of note in Palestine. When
the Archbishop and his friends went
out for sail on the Sea of Galilee the
water was as smooth as glass. Within
IA few minutes the whole scene wa:
changed into an angry tumult o.
waves. DIR. Talmage had similar ex.
perience.
King Louis Philippe of France had
in his employ AS porter in 1916 one
Joseph Catonio-a man of immense
proportions, giant. He was taller
than the tallest drum major. and his
manners were excellent. Catonio died
recently and left his body to the Ana.
tomical Museum ut Rome. and Prof
Todaro in few months will have the
skeleton of the porter of the Tuilcries
on exhibition.
Alphonse Daudet, whom Henry James
and other critics consider the greatest
living author. is still young man. He
has not yet reached his 50th year He
went to Paris in 1857 without money or
friends. His success is of his own
making. Personally he is delightful
| man, a genial conversationalist and an