Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-11
PERSONAL AND lMPERsGNAL.

Much regret is expressed that tho
princess of Wales continues inconsola-
bic for the loss of her favorite son.
Physically the princess is much
changed, and, indeed, since Albert Vic
tors death she seems to be oblivious OF
everything, notwithstanding the beauty
of Cap Martin.
| The pocket umbrella has not yet ar
rived, but a Florida negro was ont In
the rain few days ago under comb
nation hat and umbrella. 1t was his
own manufacture, made of palmetto,
and was about three feet in diameter.
He walked about in Florida downpou
without getting wet at all
Emile Olivier, minister of Napoleon
III, has SO long disappeared from pub
llc life that, in many quarters, he was
assumed to be dead. However, he has
once more come into prominence as a
man OF sixty-seven. He is this year to
award the prize of virtne, which is an.
iiually bestowed by the French academy
A gratifying inclination to do the
mother-in-law justice was recently
shown in Dantzic, Germany, where
shop-keeper was sentenced to eight
days Imprisonment for frightening his
relative by marriage. He sent her a
bogus telegram announcing that her
daughter was dead, and added insult to
injury by not preparing the dispatch.
Miss May Grief, plucky Cincin-
natl girl, put chair over a hole that
had been dug in front of her fathers
house by telegraph men who wanted to
put pole in, and sat on the chair for
several hours while her father got out
an injunction. Meanwhile the work.
men stood around, in the words OF the
old figure, like Patience on monu-
ment smiling at Grief"
John Jacob Astor second and Will
liam Astor were not the only sons of
William Il. Astor He had another,
Henry Astor, the brother of the man
who died the other day. This uncle
and granduncle Of the surviving Astors
lives quietly in small village in Column
bia county, N. T., and married the
daughter of farmer in the vicinity,
and is perfectly serene and happy, and
has never envied his relatives their gay
and exciting life,
Dir. Mezger, the distinguished ply
sician of Wiesbaden, began life in Hol.
land as a butchers boy. Although he
numbers many royal personages among
his patients, he will not leave Wiesba-
den to attend them, but receives them
in his own town. He has as yet. only
made exceptions in favor Of the pope,
the czarina and the empress of Austria,
In recognition of his success in treating
the czarina, he not only received his fee
of S4oO day but was also decorated by
the ear with the Stanislaus order. set
with diamonds.
-Ex-Councilman Robert Thomas OF
Germantown, Pa, is old enough to re-
member the reception to Lafayette in
Germantown in 1924 Of story some
times circulated that there were two re-
ceptions one for the plain people and
another for society leaders, Mr.. Thomas
says: mo, that isn't true, and I'll tell
You why. My two uncles were out in
the field at work, and when they heard
The music they threw down their scythcs
and passed through the hall at the Chew
house with the rest of the thronp who
lad come to do honor to the marquis"
A little Washington boy, named
larry, is apparently never so happy as
when listening to his mothers fund Of
Bible stories. One Sunday, after the little
elbow had been an attentive listener to
he story of Samuel, he left the room,
nd his mother, wishing him suddenly
or something, called Harry" Know
ng he was in the next room and could
lot fail to have heard her. she twice re-
eated his name, and then, in an an
Dyed tone, going to the door, spoke
ute sharply. Harry, have called
on three times why did you not an.
wer?" Well" came the response,
the Lord called Samuel three times,
nd He didn't get mad aboutSit,"