Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-01-23
PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL.

"A Vermont editor hnS invented .
new way for stirring up delinquent sub
scribers. He writes obituary notices
of them, assuming that they must be
dead. since he does not hear i,om them.
Fulton IN. Y. Republican.
With the desire of giving Ter hus-
band a true picture of herself. woman
in Atchison, Kan, hal her photograph
taken as she appeared at daily house,
work in her kitchen dress, with n baby
on one arm and broom and dust pan on
the other. ,.
The deeds of property in Odessa,
Tex, provided against the sale OF
liquor, and that the property should re-
vert to the town company In case OF
violation of the clause, but in one deed
the clause was omitted and the pur-
chaser of the lot is selling so much
liquor that only an injunction can stop
him.
Sir Edwin Arnold has been criti-
cised rather sharply by Rev. William
Elliot Griffis, of Boston, n Congrega.
tionalist, for saying in his recent book
on Japan that the Japanese had never
been separated by crecds and religious
wars. Mr.. Griffis has himself lived in
the empire, and he claims to know
enough OF its history to be aware OF
theological feuds which led to great
bloodshed.
"A typical wanderer has stopped
temporarily in Dallas lie has travelled
for fourteen years. crossed the country
from New York to San Francisco.
worked his way through South Amer
lea, and has been a fireman, a police
man. a railroad man, sport, a drum
mer and a solder. He says that the
world has used him pretty we'll so far.
| and that he intends to wander around
| until he dies.
in the will of the late king of
Wurtembcrg some curious lcgaciea
were left. The bootblack outside the
palace gates is to wear paten. leather
sh ,es for the rest of his life. be dressed
in blue tweed homcspun and receive
pension of 1000 marks a year An Old
apple woman who sweeps q crossing
around tn, corner gets pleasant po-
sit;on in the palace, n black silk gown
and a small pension.
"A stage that runs between Sacra-
mento and Plymouth was held up by q
hi yhwayman who ril1ed the mail bag,
and, as no passengers had started on
the trip. the driver was compelled to
give up his cash, amounting to about
twenty-five dollars. 'Is that all the
money yOu nave! tnc nlSn"ay"d
asked. Every cent" the driver re-
Piled. "Wcll. here's dollar, the high
wayman said, aad he tossed up the coin.
"A well known London millionaire,
who made his fortune selling furniture
and who is now something Of a plunger
on the turf. is called the Duke of Bed
stcads." He began business in a little
square room at one end of Tottenham
court road The Duke of Bedstcads'
establishment now covers two city
blocks and its owner sits in parliament
and owns the Derby winner Comnct,
besides. He male his beds early in life,
but he didn't lie in or ali ,ut them.
Baron nirsch is said to be worth
500, 600, 900. He made his wealth chiefly
out Of contracts for building Turkish
and Transylvanian railroads The
when he assumed the contracts. but
| they got the idea that the railroads
would not succeed aud therefore with
drew their support He then secured
assistance from big banking firms OF
| Frankfort which he was able to influ-
| ence through his marriage, and thus
| obtained funds enough to carry on the
great undertaking. European finau.
ciers have been surprised at the enor-
nous success of these railroads. They
| paid from the day they were opened,
and they made one of the greatest for
tunes in Europe for the bold contractor
who pinned his faith to them when
others thought him foo'hardy.