The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-03-04

This country came near having
Crescentia as the name of one OF its
states, instead of Maryland 1t was
originally intended to give that name
TO the province granted as a proprietary
government to Lord Baltimore, but when
the charter was presented TO Charles
l. for his signature he struck out that
name and substituted Maryland" in
honor Of his queen, Henrietta Maria OF
France
-Baron Hirsch, the ricn Austrian
rival Of the Rothschildz, whose chart
ties to the prosecuted Russian Jews
has made his name better known on
this side of the Atlantic than even his
enormous wealth, is a very lavish en-
tcrtainsr, but personally most abstemi-
Gus He spreads a liberal table for his
guests, bat eats only the plaiuest food
himself and drinks but little wine. It
IS mis- iuvariabls rule TO retire 20 bed
before IL, leaving the company to their
own amusemeuts for the rest OF the
night.
Once upon time when man had
narrow escape from threatened ca
lamity. he showed his gratitude to prov
idencc by making a pilgrimage, by Civ
ing aims to the poor or gifts to the
church. But times have changed
Leonard Patterson. "a young man Of
Bangor, Me, had q very narrow escape
from death recently An immense safe
1etl on llLlts DuL Tor some EefLAl4 ne GSr
capped with but slight injuries. he an
nouuces in the newspapers that, ''iu
honor of his miraculous escape he
''yvill give a dance in Union hall"
The death in Wales of William
Hooper Ropes, formerly Of Boston,
calls attention to a notable class, Of
which he was mem Der, In the Boston
Latin school. John L0throp Motley,
the historian and minister to Australia
the son of Daniel Webster Henry sum
ncr, the brother of Charles Sumner
Turner Sargent, Prof. Z. T.. Salisbury.
who has been president Of the Ameri-
can Oriental society, well known as the
/ professor OF SanslsUit of Yale, and Rev.
George Z. Ellis. of Boston, were with
Mr.. Ropes in the class that entered the
Latin school in 1924
Here are some hard things to say If
Won speak rapidly; Peter Piper picked
a peck of picked peppers; a peck OF
( picked peppers Peter Piper picked. II
| Peter Piper picked peck OF picked
/ peppers, where's the peck of picked
| peppers Peter Piper piclzedP'' Thou
yyatLd'st the rickety stiff over the
Z mUuHtaiu-heiEht cliffs, and clearly
sHW'st the full-orb'd moon. " when a
/ twister, twisting, would twist him a
| twist. For twisting e. twist three twists
/ he Will twist, But if one of the twists
I unLFflats from the TWIST The twist uI-
[ twisting uutwists the twist" Robert
/ Rowley rolled round roll round.
/ Who're rolled the round roll Robert
/ Rowley rolled rOund?"
/ Howard Pyle's studio in Whining
! ton, Del, is an interesting com bInatiou
! of wOrHroom and old curiosity shop.
! The building was erected especially as
studio, aud Mr.. Pyle is gradually I'LL
/ ing it with rare old furniture and curl
/ GUS antiques In the little auter0om
. are two richly carved high-bacIed
/ chairs bearing the crown OF Sweden
/ and dating tack to the early Swedish
/ settlements on the Delaware. The body
/ Of an old-fashioued carved mahogany
/ zpinuot serves as a paint chest; an suor-
! nous old chest OF inlaid wood occupies
! one corner Of the room and serves vari-
/ Gus useful purposes. A steel helmet
/ that protected the head of a German
| knight two and u half centuries ago
l and half a dozen antique flint locks 60
/ to make mp the stock of properties used
/ by SIR Pyle in studies for his pictures
/ OF Dygone times