Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-04-15
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The illness Of the Duke of Edinburgh
recalls the fact that it was q similar i'll
ness, hopeless from the start, which
carried of his brother, the Dlke of AL
bany.
AN irreverent critic is said to have
shocked Augustin DAILY greatly by OBJ
serving Of Baron D'Eynecourts recent
sylvan drama: "Tennyson is in no
sense . Sardou. Nor, for the matter OF
that. Is he q sardine."
THE Valkyrie, the Earl Of Dunra-
ven's speedy yacht. has won some fine
prizes In the matches of the Riviera
She is one Of the fastest yachts in Med
iterranean waters. and there Is no
keener yachtsman afloat than her
owner.
THE New York Advertiser says: After
q careful diagnosis of his symptoms, Mr..
Thurston has como to the conclusion
that he is suffering from an acute at
tack of the Vice. Presidential fever. 1t
may be added that this is . very rare
disease and not contagious.
LADY BRAsskY. who met her hus-
band, Sir Thomas Brassey, on the IA
nous yacht Sunbeam, near Washing
ton a few days ago, has we'll won q rep
utation as q traveller. Her writings en-
route, too, are seasoned with smooth
words and sharp observations.
ENGLAND's representative at the
Rehring Sea conference in Washington,
Sir George Baden Powell, Is . pro-
nounced frce-trader. As an author in
the economic field he has made his
mark, his work on ''Protection and Bad
Times being considered q standard.
THERE seems to be . growing DISPOSE.
ton to suppress the funny man in news
paper life, and now some OF the gradu-
ates from Vassar have appointed . spe-
cial committee whose lively mission it
is to be to see to it that nothing but the
truth Is written about their dear alma
mater.
IT seems that publishers like liberties
with titles. MIR. Howell's last storr,
''The Quality OF Mercy" has been
printed in England under the title
''John NOrthwick, Defaulter,' owing to
the circumstances that another book
under the American title had already
been published there.
The widow Of Gen. Custer Is not only
q beautiful woman. but q fascinating
talker also. She is frequently reported
A. giving lectures In various parts oil the
country. and Ler description of ''Buffa-
loes and buffalo Hunting" in Spring.
field the other evening. lasting two full
hours, is said to have been delightfully."-
graphic.
A New York letter says: "When
Nine. Adam Of Paris recently sent out
a number Of reception cards with the
inscription ITO Talk" she was COM
PEELED to explain that there must stu
be thirty or forty women left in Paris
who know how to converse, and she was
trying to get them together.
Mrs. CLEvELAND's +: orite flower is
the pansy, and its dc. cate fragrance
was always pcrceptible about the White
House during her husbands administra-
ton. Mrs. Harrison has a passion for
orchids and has them In prOfusion in the
roOms Of the executive mansion. Tho
White House conservatory contains
over one hundred and fifty varieties Of
the orchid-about five thousand Of the
plants in all.
GEORGE WASHINGTON was Com mand-
er-in-Chief Of the army at the age of 43;
Cromwell entered upon his remarkable
career at 20: Napoleon conquered Italy
before he was 30: Gladstone was . men,
Der OF Parliament at %; Macaulay be-
gan his literary career ~ 20; Columbus
started out on his voyage OF discovery
at SO; Frederick the Great began the
thirty years war at the age Of 80, and
Blackstone had finished his common
taries before he vas IS.
Mrs. DELLA FARNswoRTH, who died
at Jonesboro, Me-, recently, came Of
stern stock. She was the daughter Of
Samuel Watts, . brave revolutionary
soldier, and Q niece Of Hannah Weston,
. woman famous In MAins annals b.
cause she melted her pewter spoons Ink
bullets and carried them seven mile.
| through the unexpiorcd wo0ds, travel
Inc on font, 70 the sol3terss Who Mer'
said u - wishput amHanltioA. MI
Hapna1NrAk vnA ~ 10.