Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-05
PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL-

Henry IL, OF England, is represent
ed as wearing green boots, his spurs
fastened with red leather straps, black
leather gloves, with outside jewels on
each finger and a star OF gems on the
back of each glove.
An unfortunate man gained access
to a rich nobleman. He depicted his
misfortunes and his misery in so NOV
ing a manner that the noble lord, with
tears in his eyes and his voice chokeds
with sobs, called to the servant: s'John,
put this poor fellow out into the street,
he is breaking my heart
An ingenious youngster. very much
the product OF the century, has been
airing in public his doubts that this is
really the year 1892 His theory is that
in the dark ages nobody paid particular
attention to chronology, and that years.
and even centuries, may have been al
lowed to pass as mere unconsidered
trifies-
The French minister of public in
struction has decided to preserve the
home of Joan of Arc in Domremi 3
museum in which to illustrate her his
tory 1t will contain models of the va
rious statues raised to her memory,
copies of the paintings showing various
scenes In ner lie anu the pictures VI
her which are in the Pantheon
DIR. J. p. Mum for several years
received $40. 600 year to act as Jay
Gould's exclusive physician This is
probably the largest annual fee for ex-
elusive attention ever earned by an
American practitioner. DIR. Mum was
already very wealthy man, having q
fortune of $1,000, 600 of his own Be
!. To- r- cd srh
tied something over s., 900, 000-
Bishop Leonard tells a good story
on himslf. He was teaching Sunday
school in Utah, and asked little girl If
she knew who Christ was. She replied:
80, yes, sir; he was man" Fearing
that she might have an impression that
Christ was more human than divine.
Bishop Leonard asked her what kind of
a man he was and if Christ was any
thing like himself. 20, no." she re-
piled, ''he was good man."
-Renan died so poor that his widow
will sell his library early in the year in
order to tide over the period of waiting
for government pension, which par
lament is pretty sure to grant her. A
Paris correspondent estimates Remains
income as never amounting to more
than about three thousand dollars a
year The great Frenchman had a dis
dain for money, caring only for enough
to pursue his studies in some ease and
comfort.
One day, when Jenny Lind-she
had long been Nine. Goldschmidt-was
staying with a relative not far from
Peterborough, she attended service in
the cathedral. The dean, who thought
the singing very perfect, was rash
enough to ask Mime. Goldschmidt how
she liked his choir. She looked at him
with quiet smile, and replied, with an
emphasis that could not be mistaken:
''Oh, Mr.. Dean, your cathedral is sim
deed most beautifulI'
in course of a conversation relative
to the death of Lord Tennyson, DIR.
Oliver Wendell Holmes said: There
were four great men in the lives OF
whom 1 felt I had certain relation
ship. They were Darwin, Gladstone,
Tennyson and Lincoln-men who made
the year 1909 conspicuous, and 1 was so
unblushing as to creep into that year,
too. Gladstone only remains He is
| just my age. Tennyson was also nearly
the same age He was born on the 4th
of August and / on the Goth of the same
month We are SO nearly contempor-
aneous that do not want to speak of
! him / do not feel that can say any
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