The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-20

bility, the Duke Of Ailesbury, passed
away, a number of the family heir
looms were missed. They have now
been found and many of "Bill's"
friends could have guessed where the
same would be discovered. The neces-
sitous young man had offtimes boasted
to his pals" about "spouting the fam
lily pewter" the said pewter being vari-
Gus costly articles of silver plate and
pictures. He was man of his word
and the family have had to pay con-
siderable amount to bring the aforesaid
pewter down the spout again. "Tis
an i'll wind that blows nobody good and
mine uncle of the three brass balls has
benefited muchly.
Sportsmen who devote any attention
to the art of boxing are much disgusted
at Corbetts conduct with regard to the
proposed match with Fitzsimmons. 1t
does not sound game" and, after all,
Corbett has not done anything much
yet to authorize his holding is 'orty ed
so Ugh. Beating played-out boxer as
Sullivan was an overrated boaster like
Mitchell, are not enough to entitle
man to call himself champion. But let
him whip Jackson and Fitzsimmons
and nobody would then deny that he
was champion of champions. In the
world of boxing, success nowadays
seems to ruin man and newspaper talk
takes the place of deeds of "derring do"
Where do all the Americans come
from? is natural question to ask after
visiting the London hotels, for they are
one and all full of our transatlantic
cousins. Two New York merchants had
a strange experience the other night.
They arrived at Southampton aboard
the Paris quite late and reached the
Hotel Metropole IN London at l o'clock
a. m. They were very hungry after
their journey, and could, strangely
enough, get nothing to eat at the hotel,
so sailed forth to find friendly restaur-
ant. But no! in London no such place
is to be found open after Il o'clock, and
after wandering disconsolately about
We're returning with empty stomachs
and loose waistcoats when they passed
a box set up by a cab stand, light was
shining from the door and smell Of
coffee tickled their noses. 1t was a cab
mans shelter and their minds We're
made up. The door was pushed open,
and in the company of the cabmen they
partook of coffee and bacon and bread
and butter. One cabman asked them If
they knew Mrs. Somebody or other
living in Hamilton, but could not be
made to understand the difference be-
tween that place and New York. The
keeper of that stall will remember his
American visitors for some time to come,
as they considered their welcome repast
worth piece Of gold.
The eldest son of the duke of Cam
bridge was out shooting with pa and
other big guns the other day when he
had a bigger bag than he anticipated.
He shot several pheasants and two
gamekeepers He saw, as he thought,
some birds rising from the underground
and banged away in Il haphaZard man
ner. Howles and groans followed the
discharge and the alarmed party ran
up and found the two poor fellows
writhing in agony on the ground and
plentifully perforated with small shot.
One man was taken to the hospital In
a serious condition and sportsmen are
disgusted at Colonel Fitzgeorge's ig-
norance of shooting etiquette. 1t Is
still fresh in the memory of the people
that kindly Prince Christian lost an eye
owing to an accident by the duke of
Connought. 1t was a mistake, certainly
but even royalty should be careful.
Mr.. j. Mcneil Whistler is a bump
tious little man; he is also terribly Of
Tended with Mr.. Du Maurier, for-as he
states-takng him off in the tale
"Trilby" that has appeared in Har-
narc An analogy has been published
in the daily papers from Messrs. Har-
per e Bro, which is very gentlemanly
andnice. but Whistler does not meetwith
very much sympathy this side-he Is too
WILLIS.