Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-04-17
THE OBSERVER.

Sir Edwin Arnold is said to have the best
manners of any man in London.
Nothing, it Is said, gives Comptroller
Eckels so much enjoyment rs the reading
OF financial books full of dry statistics.
Justice Field was alcalde, or mayor. of
the town OF Marysville, in southern Cali
fornia, when that territory was part of
Mexico
Mr.. William Durant has been treasurer
of the Boston Transcript for 60 years Al
though in his seventy eighth year, he is at
his desk every day.
Yang Yu, the Chinese minister at Wash
ington, is cutiing very wide swath, HIS
costume, carriage and mansion outshlne
those of any other diplomat.
President Diaz OF Mexico is low of stat
ure, small head, retreating forehead; short,
crisp hair; high check bones and sallow face.
His manner, however, is fascination ltsell.
j. S. Il. Srranahau of Brooklyn, the only
living American who has public monu-
inent of himself, drives out every pleasant
afternoon to Prospect park and takes q look
at his statue.
Though StonewaIl Jackson was man OF
deep religious feeling, he invariably fell
asleep when in church. He was a dyspep-
tic in his youth, and for year lived on
stale bread and buttermilk.
Senator Vance is great fayorite at
Washington rs we'll as in his own state
The south has produced few better stump
speakers, and like Lincoln he has at his
tongues end fund of good stories to in
terest his audience.
The Liberal whip. Mr.. Marjoribanks-
pronounced ''Marshbanks"-whO has be
come Lord Tweedmouth through the
death of his father, married. in 1913, Lady
Fanny Spencer Churchill, a sister of Lord
Randolph Churchill.
LATE Pence, the popular Colorado Pop
ulist member who had such Il iiamboyant
time of it in the house recently, is native
of Indiana and lived in that state till 1879,
when he went west. He stopped for cou-
pie of years in Kansas on his way.
The late Huns Won BuIow had wonder
full memory. He once committed To mem
DRY on railway train three of Sterndals
Benefits compositions which he had never
seen before and played them without notes
at e concert three hours afterward.
Cal Brice is the Mark Tapley OF the SEN
ate He is never disturbed by anything
and is always looking into rosy future
He is like wholesome boy in the irrepress-
ible buoyancy of his spirits. II do not know
what it means to worry," he said once to
German.
Jerry Simpson was asked il he would
have senators elected by the people, and he
replied: ''Oh, no l would abolish the SEN
ate, and then there would be no senators.
Personally they are the best fellows in the
world. but n senate is contrary to the spirit
of republican form of government"
Ex-Governor Beaver of Pennsylvania has
accepted election as IL member OF the coun-
Gil OF his town of Bellefonte. After the late
William Bigler had been governor of the
state and United States senator he became
a school director in his town and attended
to the business of the Office with enthusi-
asm.
When Gnlushn a Grow took his seat in
the house, he found there only two members
with whom he had served before-Hoiman
of Indiana and Siczles OF New York-and
only one man in either senate or house who
was serving when his first term began in
1s51-Senntor Harris, who was then In the
house.