The sun., 1891-10-04

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country estate in Kent There. far
removed from tho madding crowd and
its attendant temptations. Mignon and Bootles
have become model couple. presenting shin
Ing examples to monkeydom. They have
now" writes Capt Thomson. more than
doubled their respective weights, and their
health. summer and winter. except whom Boo
ties once endeavored to digest tennis ball. is
invariably excellent For years both monkeys
have been entirely free from parasites. and
| their present splendid condition ascribe not
morely to adherence to temperance principles.
but mainly to strictly vegetarian and especial
| " to regular diet, with plenty Of open-air ex-
ercise and cleanliness at night Only dur
Ing rain or snow arc they placed under an open
shed. Mr.. Bootles's great delight on Q sum-
mers day Ia to turn somersault, generally .
back somersault from the bank into tho middle
Of q duck pond. and. attempting this onoe after
. sharp frost on sunny winters morning, he
| was much astonished to find himself sitting ON
hard glacial surface. rubbing the lower Joints
| Of his bruised vertebr@."
Tho caravan Of Travelling Snowman Nowoll
was proceeding along tho Oxford road at Ux-
bridge this morning when its chief ornament
q fat boy. aged 1B. weight 40 pounds. moon
siderately moved from the centre to tho side
| Of the vehicle. which consequently capsi1ed.
The fat boy foil upon Georgiana Novel; aged g.
and remained there until extricated BY half
dozen strong mon. engineered by an expert In
weight lifting. Poor little Georeiana was found
| 10 be dead. life having been crushed out Of her
trail form BY the fat boy The Coroner's in
quest was held on the small corpse this after.
noon ct Uxbridge. and the jury returned .
verdict Of accidental death. The fat boy was
entirely exoneratsd from blame. but he loved
little Georgiana and remained inconsolsbls.
Tho naive way In which the British reporter
goes about his business could not be much
better illustrated than In the following. which
appears in tho Bankruptcy Court column Of
the soleInn and respectable Daily 1tlsraph
| under the heading Be Lillian Gladys Thomp-
SOM"
"This was sitting for public examination.
the debtor being described - spinster OF
Sydney street. Chelsea In answer 10 Mr..
Pope. the assistant receiver. the debtor said
that she at present occupied furnished apart
ments at hve guineas week. Her income had
consisted Of presents from gentlemen friends.
and had amounted TO from z0O0 TO E70O Q
year."
Any person who believes that tho British ~
porter thought that this statement Of the case
possessed any Of tho elements OF humor II
mistaken. He would have written In the Same
matter-of-fact way Of tho source Of tho in
come Of any spendthrift lord. trsdesman. or
speoulator who might be in the court
Tho Ssrvian Bacon Curing Company. formed
with largo capital for the purpose Of supplying
Europe with pig products. has come to an un-
timely end. and the stockholders arc talking
Of prosecuting the promoters. Tho Servian
was to have replaced the American hog. and
there was tohsve been no room for Chicago In
this hemisphere. But the company failed to
fulfil the terms OF its Government concession.
which was consequently cancelled. and the
concern Is now in the Bankruptcy Court The
stockholders are now endeavoring to find out
what has become Of their money. which has
disappeared in an unaccountabls manner.
Further proof has been given Of the farcical
character Of the recent British army manpu-
vrss In Hampshirs BY . discovery. tardily made
and announced to-day By the Lanoss tho chief
medical nswspAper here. that there wore no
field hospitals organised and working In con-
nection with them. The battles were fought
and hundreds Of men were theoretically killed
and wounded. but hospitals were regarded ap-
parently 20 unnecessary encumbrances.
The friends Of Ashmead Bartlett entertain
very faint hopes Of his name being disassociat-
cd from the Hozier divorce suit although there
are other correspondents BartletFs name 10
politically the most prominent and 40 the dis
closures about him might effectually end his
political career. the Scotch Judges have prao-
tcally decided to hear the case in private
Lady Blanche totally denies the charges made
the unreasoning jealousy OF her husband.
Edward Brandus, ofthe New York publishing
nrm Of Edward Brandus d Co. has Just como
from Paris. whore he has signed . contract
with the French Copyright Society. of which
Comic de Keratry Is president BY which Bran
dus's firm become the agents Of the Society
for twenty years. Brandus says that hence
forth all French books, operas. plays. music.
Photographic, artistic reproductions. &c.. will
be copyrighted and disposed Of In New York
exclusively By his nrm. and that American
publishers and theatrical managers must
hereafter deal with him: In other words that
Brandus 4 Co. will now protect all literary.
musical and artistic French works In the
United States
Richard Harding Davis. who was only IN
town for few days, received many attentions
from literary people On Sunday he was the
guest at the Reform Club Of James R Osgood.
The others present were Edwin A. Abbey.
John Drew. Jonathan 6turges. and ClsrenceW.
Monvane. Davis sailed ON Wednesday with
his mother and sister on tho City Of Paris for
New York. Among other passengers on the
same steamer ore John Hoey and Michael
OBrien. Stllson Hutchings and Imrs Kiralfy.
On the Alaska are William +. johnson and Mrs.
Burbank Roberts. On the Umbria are Mrs.
Joseph Koch. wife Of the Excise Commits
sioner. and Guy McGee Of Chicago. On the
Germania are II. J. Farmer Atkinson. n p.
and the Rt Rev. Mgr. Doane. and on the
Augusta Victoria are Alexander Gordon of
Hamilton. O.. and his family.
Tho match which Blundell Maple seeks TO
arrange By running the crack three-year-old
Common against Queens Birthday in two
races for q wager Of 5000 for each race Is
attracting much interest among sportsmen.
but the owner Of Queens Birthday. Major
Joice. declines to run at mile and . hall.
though he is quite willing to run at two miles.
reducing tho stakes to f1.0O0 side. which
.l,a hoA "A III.