Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-04-15
B|G-H[ARTED BAIRD.
Sympathy For Those Who
Were In Misery.
GOSSIP OF THE OLD WORLD
Served Up In an Entertaining Man
ner For Our Readers.
GOSSIP OF THE OLD WORLD
fAmerican Press Special.l

Baird, who though inclined TO be coarse,
was not bad-hearted. A pallid wretch
stopped him in the street one night shortly
after his horse, Mary Hampton, had won
the Derby and asked aims. Baird inquired
where the man lived. and pushing him
into a four-wheeler cab drove to the poor
fellows wretched lodging in Whitechapel
At midnight he came back and called hi,
secretary aside and said: II have seer
something awful A man with his wife
and eight children living in one dirty hol,
of a room without food or fire. Go some
where down the river, hire cottage for &c
years IL the wife's name and give them
an annuity that will give them enough to
buy bread and coal for that time"
Love and n Lucifsr Match.
The marriage Of the present King and
Queen of Italy was altogether due to a
lucifer match. When Umberto was heir
to the throne he was engaged to a beauti-
full Austrian archduchess, but his be-
trothed was accidentally burned to death
through treading on q match which had
been left on the floor of her room and
which set fire to her clothing. It Is said
that q careless servant had dropped il
along with some other matches and that
the archduchess, having just lit a cigaret,
threw the lighted match down and thus
met her awful fate which left the prince
free to wed another.
What Did the Countess Think
An amusing incident took place at the
fancy fair at Nice yesterday. A beautiful
Russian countess, who had a stall at the
fair, saw a handsome man in evening dress
with large, dark eyes and q moustache, and
went up to him for the purpose of pinning
flower in his button hole. She did SC
and then held out her hand. The man
smiled affably, bowed and said: Excuse
me, madamoiselle, / neither give tips moi
take them; am the waiter"
Man with y Gun Followed Balfour.
During Mr.. Balfour's progress through
the city of Belfast on his propaganda mis-
sion against home rule and in favor of rev
olution police inspector observed man
following him and putting his hand every
now and then to his hip pocket. The
constable watched his chance and snatched
from that pocket large revolver In
order to avoid any scandal in the crowded
street the man was allowed to go.
Nerves Wouldn't Stand the Strain.
No more proofs are needed of the extreme
nervous prostration under which the
Princess Of Wales was suffering when she
left England than the fact that she went
away at the very time tfs%* the delicate
little Duchess of Fife, her daughter, was in
an interesting situation. The princess wa,
asked to remain, but her physicians would
not permit her to postpone her trip.
Prince Is Getting Old.
The Prince of Wales has completed hi,
A0th vear ne colone1 of tho pripca ~ w alaa
Own Royal Hussars and the annual reH
day during the Derby week. None of the
present when the prince was gazetted a.
colonel. He has seen line and staff both
changed more than once
How VIII He Pan Out?
The coup de'etat Of little King Alex.
ander Of Servia In taking possession of the
government, although under age, is the
outcome of recent election which the
Radicals won but were cheated out of the
fruits of their victory, and while nobody
doubts the young kings pluck, many
think that his action is very like 'playing
with fire."
Humorous Strikers.
Even grim and ghastly things as strikes
have their humorous side At Hull the
door of the labor exchange was painted
during the night the green color of the
Wilson line OF steamers, whose owners ar,
fighting the strike
Figures Cut Down.
1t is said here on good authority that the
amount alleged to have been paid dowr
by Mr. Astor for Clieveden Is exaggerated
and will not exceed 100000.