The morning news., 1890-12-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


taat Canadian Tarson pronounced at his abIe
last holiday time. Some one had given him
I1FEey Nlla al the ''6XingS." and ovsr the frs,
I ISlnIles tne grace began with the words Most
- oo.lll;i.n JehoTah. The next dayth-r was
very little turkey left ard the parson said: For
shaL We ar about to enjoy we thank t1ee. etc
On O,n tle third DAY the turkeys remains looked
Iel tlAel me keel and ribs OF ship Just begun
Jfer tnat the parsou said - Lord we en-
potatoes
ECGESE SsITTH, secretary Of the National
frison Association. tells remarkable story of
the answer thief gave to the question. as
II9ghesty the best pOlicy?n It was in the
I-.illFA lFA refornatOry, where class was under
EOLhS instruction. a Young man ashed per-
mission 70 answer the question y believe
honesty Is the best policy" said he because of
7e 2 ct.se Where knew IL to work that way. Sees
4 uefe was two young fellers in New York and
they was crooked, sees And they didn't succeed.
lhey went TO Philadelphia. and they turned
over new lea. and agreed TO be square and
l,,'nesJ They Cpened clothing store, sees Aud
ttef prospered They got everyOOdy's conf
uehce, and they borrowed Sl01.0OO to enlarge
their business. aud then they failed, and got
a"ey WITH every cent OF the money, which they
est" O0>- -.'-
IRE much-wronged .Se-vian queen, Natalie.
mas at length been persuaded to withdraw the
memorandum which she INTENDED TO submit to
Tue Skupte china. Il was represented to her
tlsl sne would be dong serious injury TO her
son son and t. the dynasty if she raised parlia-
lnentary discussion Of the events when pr
ce1ed her divorce, and sac appears to ave
yielded 10 this consideration. In return, the
IeSehts nave promised that they VIII do their
OetHosJ 70 procure for ner more frequent inter
views with her son than had been arranged for
her oy King Milan. 1t is not TO be expected,
however, that Qu en- Natalie should cease alto
gether from atte npting to get her divorce
quashei; The opinion expressed by the Metro
poLtan hcaa9l TO the inyalidity of Arch
pishop The0dosius' decree has reopenei the
e "HO . question, a1d the queen has many more
partisans now than she had a short time ago
WHEN man becomes professor in Harvard
eniVersity he puts himself on public shelf, as
u were. from which he must expect to be taken
down and consulted by every Cambridge citizen
az ms aasure, SAYS the Boston r dUelier Thus
ne becomes a sort of chat el, and naturally has
tlot t luch time to devote 10 the development of
MS own pers nalty. OF course such a man is
very particular as 20 whom he chooses for
we. But as he has no time TO mold any maiden
70 us TASTE II is inevitable tnat there should be
some institution to 90 this work for him With
thlS purpose the annex was founded, There is
dispute as to how the system works Some
say that the highest rank damsels are recon-
mended by the annex faculty. and they are
awarded to the first applicant Others say that
the Oldest single professor has first choice, and
ne picks out MS choice from the entire number
Nights
Says the Chicago Mail Congressman William
Mckinley has been in congress for twelve years.
but ne is still comparatively poor. He owns a
small farm in Columbia county, Ohio, and a
mo est but attractive residence at Canton
~nere be has always lived. Aside from these
ne has little, and S50OO0 would probably be
considerably owe the sum total OF his posses
sions The home life OF Maj. Mckinley is a
nodel In every respect Mrs. Mckinley is an
invalid, They have no children; but sister of
the major, principal of one of the city schools,
lved at the Mckinney resid dance for many years
until her death few months ago. Mai. McKin-
ley mas one brother, who is a business man in
New \ forK. By profession Mckinley is a lawyer.
lie never had profound liking for his chosen
Calling and practiced at the bar only a short
time. lie entered politics soon after admission
to the bar. and was elected prosecuting attorney
OF STARK county. This was the only political
Office ne ever held, except that of congressman
hls district has been gerrymandered three
times
Two GENTLEMEN have recently made re-
markable discovery at Victoria, British Colum-
bia. The field of their researches is in the
nelghoorhood OF Macauley Point, and they
claim TO now be able to read in a number of
ru ie graves, which they are at present investi-
eating, the story Of a prehistoric race. These
strange places Of burial are constructed of stone
some Two feet long by eighteen inches in width.
ount up, without cement, of broken rocks
Each grave is covered securely with heavy fat
stone which. on being removed, displays tue
last traces or the crumbilng skeleton, which
passes into dust at the touch. Only few
bones have been secured that will bear hand
Aing, but the scientists have arrived at one con-
clusion--that the race of people thus buried were
placed in their graves in sitting posture, the
knees being doubled to the chin. They were.
evidently. predecessors of the present. race of
Indians, found Oh the No tn Pacific coast-pos-
sihly the ancient Esquinaux Of the pre-gacial
age.
The GRANDSON of the celebrated Naundorf,
the Potsdam shoemaker who claimed to be by
right Louis XVII King of France, has spent
few weeks at Fontainebleau, at the house Of one
of his partisans. There are still people in
France who believe thatathe son OF Louis XVI
never died in the temple prison. but was taken
to Germany as the adopted child of a workman
aud brought up there The present head of the
House of Bourbon, as the Naundorff family is
called by its adherents, is an officer in the Dutch
army. He is styled officially Louis de Bourbon
in virtue OF an act of the states general of Dec
%, 1868, which conferred Dutch citizenship
upon his father, Prince Adalbert. The latter.
the son of Naundorf, was born at Camberwell
and was eat red at the Registrars on April 26,
lS40 under the name of Adalbert, Prince OF
France son of II. R. H. Charles Louis Duke of
Normandy, and of Jeanne Elnert his wife. NJ.
Jules Favre wrote a pamphlet to prove the
legitimacy of NaundorR and brought forward
very serious arguments, which have never be en-
refuted. Leaders of the royalist party regard
him. however, as an impoStor.
THE TEA given from to z o'clock last Wednes
day evening in Washington, D. c., by the
misses ration OF CahrOrnla, 10 introduce into
society their younger sister. Miss Edith, was the
occasion of the first appearance of Mrs. Henry
NJ. Stanley and her mother, Mrs. Tenant in
the resident social circles of the capital Since
the death OF Mrs Patton. some two years ago.
the Misses Patton have been living a secluded
life at their handsome home on Massachusetts
avenue, overlooking Rock Greek, and Wednes-
day nights event marks their return to social
life. The Misses Patton, assisted by their
chaperon, Miss Mason, welcomed their guests in
The beautiful white oak drawing room. The
pretty young debutante won universal admira-
tion in her simple gown of white mousseline de
sole as she stood TO welcome her friends. In
the dining room Miss Pauncefote. daughter of
the British minister, presided at the tee table
Sir Julian and Lady Pauncefote. Miss Sbyl
Pauncefote and Count Sala of France, were
among those present. Mrs. Stanley and her
mother, accom- panied by their travelling COM
panion. Dir. Jephson. left their hotel apartments
to-day to remain until Monday as the guests of
Sir Julian and Lady Pauncefote at the British
embassy The wife OF the distinguished explorer
and the wife of the British minister are old
and warm personal friends
SENATOR GEORGE said last Saturday, Incl
dentally, in a speech he was delivering in the
Senate: Fred Douglass has led to the altar
one Of the brides Of the north, and has given
her great distinction in society as well as in the
government by rejecting upon her t1e honor
of mis- name and reputation for greatness in
scholarship and otherwise Others desire to
do the same thing. They have more or less
SUCCESS. l do not know how that will turn out
to be- The sarcasm OF the celebrated Mis-