The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-11-18
PERSONAL AND .IMPERsoNAL.


he did not happen 10 be favorite with
the city editors he was compelled to
throw up his job and become a million
nire. .4p
AS dancer the kaiser is. not a sue
cess. He is stiff and unbending as "a
ramrod He whirls with great rapid
ity, and everybody on the floor gets out
of his way-not so much from respect
for royalty as to prevent broken shins
and torn costumes. .,.9,....l
There is q thrifty farmer in the
west who pays twenty five cents a day \
less to those of his hands, who work in
the field nearest to the railroads. This
he does because they stop whenever
the trains GO by, and so lose one-sixth
of their working time. ..s4..,.,s.l,i'. Al
The oil excitement at. Mcdonald,
Pa, has poured wealth, into the laps
of several poor people. The luckiest
80 far heard from is Mrs BERTHE Nc
Calluin, who from small piece Of land
she once tried to sell for $3.50 has
| already received S25. 900 in rentals. y
The Corean minister at Washing
| ton and his wife are often unique feat
ures of the theaters, which it is their:
| delight to attend. They have box,
and when the curtain rises, they bring.
their chairs close to the railing, and,
with elbows Ion. knees, lean forward
and watch the play with unmist stakablet
delight painted on. their faces. .is,,is..'. :.
i Mrs Grover Cleveland is a very
cautious letter-writer; never using "a
sheet Of paper when the reply can be,
written on q visiting card, The ideas,
Of Mr.. Pepdennis and the ex-president
are alike regarding letters, and his
charming. wife snbmits.tlle correspond
ence of the day to him, with the sweet,
!, privilege of sealing or destroying it
Il "A timid man, living alone in the
outskirts of Hartford; has hit upon a
novel device for soaring away burglars.
Each night upon retiring he places q
huge pair of boots outside of every
bedroom door in the house to convey
the impression that every chamber is
occupied by an able. bodied man. i "A
burglar who happened. in would think
he had struck hotel l.--,. .{syHR lf3r
i Fifteen keen and courageous Cor
sicians form the cars -body.guard.
They accompany the czar almost every
where, sometimes in uniform; and have
even to keep watch in. the imperial
kitchen and occasionally actt;as cooks.
Three of them can never. be convinced
that the wine has not been ndrugged.
and they insist upon tasting fresh
bottles three or four times o day, =, 'l'' !,
An American woman returning per
manently to her native home after a
long residence in Japan sayssthat her
chief sorrow in leaving the Mikado's
land was due to the fact that she had
to give up her collection of teapots Il
had over five hundred aof them, she
walls, every one a gem, a1idsit took
me days of thought and choosing to
select the fifty I permitted myself to
bring home with me. -. ~ -.
II The first time the emperor of Aus
tria ever donned frock coat and a silk
hat was in 1861 when he went to visit
the Paris exhibition as Napoleon III. s
guest Little pleasure did he take in
these garments, and he has never worn
1.-The like of them since he left Paris. Al
home or abroad .he .sis, always in uni
form, except,when he goes outshoot'
ing, and. then he wears the Tyrolese
costume, with green worsted gaiters
and legs bare at the knee in the High
! land fashion. . @siS3 = sfs'''tsS'l.S