The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-02
PERSONAL AND IMPERsonAL.

PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.
"A man was seen loafng about a
building that was being painted at Bel
fast, Maine, recently. When asked if
he wanted a job he said that he was
only waiting for the men to be paid off,
as he wanted to borrow a dollar.-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
William ID. Mccoy, United States
Minister to Liberia, who died at Monro-
via May II, was a native of Cambridge
City, Ind, and about 40 years of age.
He had been a teacher for many years,
prior to his appoint ment, and was one
of the most progressive colorcd men in
the country.
Every spring the emperor Of China
goes to 1.-The emperor's field,' Plows u
portion of it, sovvs it with several kinds
of seeds and superintends the ceremony
while the princes and nine courtiers
perform the same act in honor of the
god of agriculture. The empress at
the same time gives her ladies d lesson
in silk culture.
Mrs. Martha Raymond, colorcd,
who lives near Woodbury., n. j., claims
to be lis years old. She says she was
born in Virginia in 177S, and some OF
the oldest residents of Woodbury. admit
that she seemed to be a pretty old vvom-
an when they were young people.
She has been living in that town for
about sixty years.
The duke of Ncwcast1e's speciality
in amateur photography is to secure
portraits OF rare wild animals in their
native surroundings. He travels in
quest of these with Gambler Fenton, 4
member of the Royal Geographical so
cicty and we'll known as of the
most expert amateur photographers of
animals in the world.
Judge Mckinley. of Duluth, is in a
singular position. He is judge of the
r.: 4, l.
recently admitted to the bar, will prac-
tice. And yet he is proba bly, the only
man in the world to-day who can pre-
vent his wife from having. the last word
or fine her for contempt if she does not
stop talking when he tells her to-
1T is related of Edwin Booth that
he was at one time able to save the life
railway station, and Mr.. Lincoln had
inadvertently stepped track in
front of an approaching engine. Alb
sorbed in thought, he had not noticed
the vicinity of the train, and would
have been struck down had not Mr.
Booth sprung forward, caught him in
his arms, and lifted him almost bodily
to place of safety. The engine was
that it actually grazed Mr..
Lincoln'S heels.
-Ex-Secretary of the Navy Tracy is
quoted as saying, apropos of the dis
battle ship like her is always exposed
to the danger of caIpsizing, being top
heavy. The Victoria carried a mon
strous gun, weighing 40 tons The
largest gun we have weighs only sixty
five tons This tremendous weight
placed the ship at the mercy of the
waves as soon as the water began to
pour in. This accident only re-enforces
what 1 have repeatedly said in my an
nual reports, that. however, it may be
for England, it is folly for to keep a
large battleship cruising in time of
peace
-Self-interest is not an inevitable
quantity in human nature. There is a
bluff and hearty old Irishman who
keeps a small book store in a New York
suburban town, who expresses opin-
ions about the wares that he sells.
When Il boy inquiries for ''Daredevil
Dick. the Dead Shot he says: ''What!
Haven't you any better way to spend
your time than in reading trash like
that? Here it is. You ought to be
ashamed of yourself. Now, don't you
read it until you've shown it to your
parents \ man who had ordered,
through him. a number of works on
spiritualism and magic, was greeted,
on the delivery of those volumes, with:
MAN. man! Time must be heavy on
your hands to want to be studying rub
biSh like that