The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-06-18
PERsoNaLrANo LITERARY.

4=tt~t little majesty n Hoissnaa is q
merry, goeslRatnred child, and has aS
ready showri signs Of superior intel
iect. She looks fofe sres eagerly 10 her
visit in Berlin, as she wiif then have SIX
little military princes to play With. III
\ Fazely thai she will be betr5zfasd to
one Of iiseS3 during her stay.
The tiles ahous thc fireplace in the
dining room of Coz. Rnsse,rs home i'm
fS9tbriiQe arc each orttansef ffied by a
picturil eS sur of the old houses occu-
pied by the Fscestors of the governor
and his wife. As hrS. Russell is de-
zcendant of Gov. John Hancock. the
liz representing the noted Hancock
hous,' bR Beacon street in Boston nat
urally has fse tisce of honor.
An Englishnisif stopping at Bos-
ton hotel was kept Swakc By COM
pound of disagreeable noises, and upon
his return to England he told the story
20 MI Browning. He said that be en-
ditad the annnoyances as long as posi-
BILE. and shehi calleda servant to explain
it, which he 6s,, 'Oh, sab! that is the
i'rowning club, just reading Browning
sab, That is all, sah!'
1t is stated that the allowance made
tn Cardinal Melchero by Prince Bis
r;aFck will have to be paid him during
his life, as il .as on this understanding
that he resigned the see of Cologne. In
a number of Other eases the recipiSuts
of pensions from the G,fefph fund have
Sc1uired vested rights to ibeht These
amounts will be deducted feefa the
money paid 10 the duke of Cumberland
-Tae new American Society of Au-
thors.r which has been ret up in this
country. is organized upon the model OF
m English society of atlthors, which has
tsen doing service for some time past
by promoting intercourse among book
writer's. and by giving them informa-
ton concerning copyright laws, the
ways of publishers, and the means OF
securing popularity. Few of the sue
cessful authors of this county havey
ioined the American society.
--ffoSiing Rear, an Indian prophet OF
s3i; predicts that within two years the
people If the whole country will be suf-
1
eral famine over the country, when all
the people will be without corn or
| wheat and the animals will die for want
| IF grass. lie says that he has been told
by .iis Great Spirit tn prepare for the
time wheT his people will be hungry
and he is now advising them to lay up
stores of corn in order 70 be ready when
/ 4l., famine comes
ten, Custer believed In having mar
tiai music on all possible occasions He
w6TH have the band ont at five o'clock
in the 1fSrning and the last thing in
the evening. One day when n regiment
had Just come into camp Gen. Custer
ordered the band out. The men were
tired and reported that they had lost
the nouthpiecee to their instruments.
VERY WE'LL said the general. "you
may take pict#xes and shovels and help
rcpair the roads You may find the
missing mouthpieces while you are
working" 1t is unnecessary to state
that the band played soon after.
| The famous novelist, William Black.
Is described as tightly-built, 1.-THE OF
limb. strong in the arm. capable OF
great physical endurance, yet below the
| medium height. short black hair,
| thick brown mustache, dark hazel
eve, firm mouth. square forehead.
| Black gives YOU the idea of compact
s,reugth-a small parcel. so to speak,
well packed. You might sooner take
him for an artillery officer who had
seen service. a yachtsman. or a man
who had spent most of his life in out
door -ports and pastimes than set him
down as all author, and particularly as
! a novelist.