Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-10-29

NJ. Pasteur has now, by the grace of the
Emperor Of Austria, become Baron Won
Pasteur, and been decorated with the
order Of the iron crown. 1t is big adver-
tisement for him.
At Frostburg, Nd, there is a l6 year old
lad who is now six feet four IN height and
weighs 1856 pounds. He is very promis-
ing boy, having grown at the rate of half
an inch month for two years.
Lieutenant-Goyerno Jones of New
York, has placed himself under the care
of Dr. ii. d. Noyes for treatment necessary
TO prevent him from threatened blindness.
His sight has been failing for three years;
the result OF overwork.
A New Haven special says; Mrs. Julia
Benson, an inmate of the bridgeport Hos
pital, has reached the age Of 100 years.
She was born in Oyster Bay, l.. l., on 0cto-
Der 18th, l70i, and has had nine children,
Of which number but one survives. This
child is now over 20 years of age.
William Allen, nationally known years
ago os Land Bill Allen was sent to the
Columbus, o., poor house last week. lie is
said TO have spent fortune in the work
that finally resulted in the passage by
Congress Of the National Homestead law,
giving actual settlers each 100 acres of
land. He Is So years old.
Mr.. Estee, the cabinet possibility, is the
man who officially announced to Mr.
Harrison his nomination for the Presi-
dency, and remarked that, while honor
able, worthy and able men had been can
didates, yet" he said impressiyely to
General Harrison, you were chosen"
He didn't mean what was meant by those
who smiled at his slip. He and the Presi-
dent have been good friends for years
A young. man who once had the pleasure
of an introduction to Marie Bashkirtseff,
described her us possessing piquant figure
and supe.bly proportioned arms, but
devoid of facial beauty; her nose being too
short, her eyes too oblong, and the curve
Of her mouth too severe. The occasion of
this observation was a festival given in
Rome, and the. young Russian was i'll a
white plush robe. her favorite material,
and nesting amid her dark tresses was a
diamond star.
The ex-Fenian head centre" Stephens,
has been allowed to return to Ireland on
pledges given by some of his friends that
he will live quietly and take no active part
in public affairs. Stephens is now an old
man and III feeble health. He could not
give the government much trouble. but if
he attempted ii would soon find himself in
the grip Of tho law. Stephens only desire
is to end his days in Ireland; and this
natural and harmless wish may be granted
| philadelphia Telegraph.
NJ. Chartran, the Partisan artist, has had
| the honor of painting the popes portrait
He had mnch trouble in persuading the
pope to endure the fatigue of posing. Leo
is represented rs seated in q red armchair
with mantle over his pure white costume
| and a pontiiical cross on his breast. Thi:
is considered quite triumph for the
Frenchman, as II is only the second por
| trait Of the pope In existence that was
| taken from life.
Theodore Bent. who was sent to inyesti
| gate the famous Zimbabye ruins in South
Africa. writes home that these ruins art
undoubtedly of Phnnician origin, and thai
the inscriptions and other evidence he ha.
found Enthusiastically indicate the form ot
worship, the manner of Elaboration and tn,
| system of gold smelling practiccd by The
vanished people who erected the struc
lures They are relics of people fal
advanced in civilization, though the pres
ent inhabitants arc mere savages.
When the late William Henry Smith
presented himself OF Oxford to take lii.
I'D. c. L., Tin 1879, the students had theii
little joke at his expense. 1t was generally
believed that Gilbert had modelled His ST
Joseph Porter, X. G. b., after this states
men; and acting upon that theory, tn,
undergraduates greeted Mr.. Smith, as Ii,
stepped forward to receive his degree, witt
the chorus, And now he is the ruler o
the Queens navee." They also displayet
banner in the form of pinafore, in
scribed, "Admtto to ad gradum ID. q. l..
and SO do his sisters and his cousins ant
his aunts." To cap the climax the organ
list struck up the tune in question.-N
Tribuac
Mr.. Nosmo King Jones is at one of TIN
uptown hotels. MIR. Jones accounts 70
his peculiar name thus: His mother wa
anxious to give him an uncommon name
and one day before the christening sh
noticed On tic door of building the nam
Of Nosmo. This struck her fancy. Nov
for a middle name. Later, coming alon,
by the same building, she saw on doc
the name king" All, this was what sh
was after. "Nosmo King Jones he shal
be-" She said. and he was christened 50
On the way homo from the church sh
passed the same building again The door
were all shut, and behold, the doors Will
the names on them that she had selectc
were shut together, and she read, no
Nosmo King but No Smoking. and he
heart was broken Washington Star.
Mr. Goodwin recently read very inter
estlng paper to the Society of Antiquaries
of London, upon some Iieratic papyr
which he has lately deciphered. Ii is
romantic story of 800 lines, relative to tn
adventures Of an Asiatic wanderer, who
about u. G. 2i00, fled from the court q
King Ammenemes l. into Ethiopia, wher
he was Hospitality entertained lie mar
ried the daughter of chief, and grew /
be rich man. In his old age he longe
to return to Egypt, and wrote to the kin
for pardon. The king returned graciou
answer, The adyenturer described, on hi
return to Egypt, the awe with which tn
kings presence inspired him. The kin
pronounced him innocent, and furnishe
him with a splendid house, granted him
large pension. and paid him the compl
ment Of tho age, by building for him
magnificent tomb.