The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-08-05
PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL.

"A Meadvi]le fisherman takes all hi.
carp with a hook and line. His method
Is to throw bread crumbs on the water
and then when the fish get to feeding
nicely to put good fat crumb on his
hook; being always certain of bite.
DE Balzac wasted untold gold upor
gaudy jewelry, useless knieknacEs and
fantastic "curios," which, during his
FREQUENT paroxysms of impecuniosity,
he resold to sharp-witted dealers at a
fuinous loss-frequently for less than a
hundredth part of their original cost.
-Iconoclasts have sought to throw
doubt on the old John Knox house in
the Canongate OF Edinburgh. as the
former home Of the great Scotch re.
former, but Sir Daniel Wilson, of To.
ronto the author of ''Old Edinburgh, u
defends the tradition as not inconsis.
tent.
Bishop French, of England, who
died recently in Arabia, was known as
that many -tongued man of Lahore -
for he could preach in English, Persian,
Hindustani, Pushto. Hindci, Tamil and
Punjabi, and was an eminent scholar in
Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Greek and
Latin.
1t is claimed by old people in Kings.
ton, Ontario, that Sir John A. MELON
aid derived his genius from his mother,
who is said to have been tall, cncrget.
ic and hospita BILE Highland lady, quick
at repartee and at grasping situations.
Both his father and mother, however,
We're in straitencd circumstances and
lived very humby.
Miss Louise Nicolson, of Washing.
ton, better known as Nihita, has lately
finished her third tour in Russia, which
has lasted over a year and half. She
has visited the principal cities of west.
ern, southern and eastern Russia.
Nikita is now in Germany, and will
take a well-earned rest at Ems previous
to resuming her vocation.
"A clever, thrifty little woman al
Wichita, Kan, is the happy possessor
of new black silk which she earned in
the most peculiar way. Every time
her husband bought twenty-five cents
worth of cigars she laid like amount
away in a drawer. In less than year
she had enough to buy the silk and pay
for the making and trimmings.
While Mr.. Gladstone was confined
to his bed during his recent illness, con
stant inquiries were made for his health
by workingmen in the vicinity as well
as by his titled neighbors Mrs. Glad
stone gave orders that the men should,
in every case, receive courteous atten-
ton, and that the fullest information
of the patients condition should be
given them.
The jewels of that ill-fated Queen,
Marie Antoinettc, whose tragic death
glorifes frivolous life, are now on sale
in London. The price of a single pair
of earrings is sos, 900, but the stones are
of wonderful brilliancy. A large point
ed drop cut in facets like the pendants
OF chandeliers is suspended from large
circular diamond by a tiny silver pin,
diamond headed. @
"A positive nuisance has grown out
of a new advertising trick by which
certain companies, notably in Boston
and Chicago, are pushing their wares
by getting little boys to act as peddlers
and agents in the hope of getting a
bicycle free" These companies sell
books, baking powders, and lawn
mowers in this way, demanding Il large
sale in return for a cheap bicycle. The
trick is practiced to such an extent that
the average neighbours child is ten
times more of a terror than nature
made him.