The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-10-19
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Louis !. of France was the stam-
merer, because of defect in his
speech. Michael H., emperor OF tho
east, had a similar defect, which gave
him the same designation. 1t is said
he could not speak until he had
stamped his feet
Alexander the Great was desig-
mated by his subjects The Conqueror,
title, though much less deserved, be-
slowed by his people on Alfonso or
Portugal and Aurunzebe, the emperor
of India. The same title has been given
also to James /. of Arragon; Osman l.,
sultan of Turkey; William l., the con-
queror of England.
Nj. Hippolyte Raymond, author OF
"Les vingt huit jours de Clairette."
and many other successful farees in
the style of Labiche, shot himself
through the head recently IN Paris on
account of insomnia and worry. hts
plays were having long runs, and the
latest, mile. Bernol," is being re-
hearsed at the Cluny theater.
Lii Hung Chang. who is not to-
bacco smoker, has one of the finest col
lections of smoking utensils in the
world. He has pipes of all ages and
from all parts of the world. He keeps
adding constantly to his treasures in
this line. Cigar-holders of every va
riety-some of them exceedingly costly
form an interesting feature of his
collection.
-Viscount Mountmorres, who is
member of the London county council,
has informed the London press that
he is ready to furnish it with contri-
buttons at the rate of one dollar and
fifty cents per two thousand words il
taken by the week, or at lower rates
for longer period. He says that he
is "a vivid and graceful writer OF more
than ordinary capabilities"
-Dagobert II. of France was The
Young. He was years old when he
assembled the throne. Leo IL and
Louis VII. were also sometimes thus
designated, the former having been
only 4, and Louis VII, who was II on
his accession. Ludwig II. of Germany.
who is also designated The Young,
was % on his accession, and Romanus
H., emperor of the east, was 20.
Nelson's medals were offered for
sale few weeks ago, and now those
of Field Marshal Lord Hill, "Welling-
tons right arm" and for time COM
mander-in-chief of the English army,
are to be sold at auction. Among them
are the Waterloo medal, the Grand
Cross of the Order of the Bath, many
foreign orders and swords of honor.
and the gold casket in which the free
dom of the city of London was present.
ed to him.
A violent attack on the behavior
of the French in the last war printed
in the Morgen Zeitung under the title
of "Hyenas on the Battlefield" con-
tanning serious accusations against
the troops engaged in the battle OF
Woerth, has been shown to be stolen
from the Garienlaube of 1865, where
the attack was on the conduct of the
Austrians at Sadowa. The only
changes in the article were the substi.
tuition of Woerth for Sadowa and
French names for Austrian.
-Mascagni has written an article on
opera librettos for a newspaper at
Cerignola, in which he says that over
one thousand five hundred librettos
are written in Italy every year, and
that two hundred of them are sent to
him. He has had books from rail.
road porter, from sailor, a shoe
maker and q pig doctor. One dealt
with Italian unity, among the charac.
ters being Garibaldi, baritone; the
Pope, basso, and Victor Emanuel, Q
tenor. Another called May Day" was
about strike, and had chorus, "Wa
want an eight-hour day."