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-Tasso's mother was peculiar It
is believed by some writers that the
madness " h which he was afflicted
was inherited.
-Alphonso V. of Aragon and Naples
was entitled The Maguanimous. be-
cause on more than one occasion he
released prisoners taken IN war. in
stead Of putting them to death or hold
ing them for a ransom
-George Francis Train. 'the SAGE Of
Madison square, New York. is said to
be undergoing a remarkable change.
His snowy white hair is turning black
again. The change was first noticed
Dy Of his youthful playnates about
a month ago
-Sadi Caruot's monument by Roul-
leau has been unveiled at Solay. where
Lazare Carnot was born. From the
description il must look rather absurd.
The figure of France is receiving in
he- arms the mortzlly-wounded presi-
dent in modern dress. with a look OF
resignation on his face
De Brazza's bride. who Is to accom-
VAhF 1AtA ~ africa - AtAIt-A III inner
lean. Her father, the late Marquis de
Chambrun. was for years a resident of
Washington As a legal adviser of the
French Legation. aud his daughter.
who was brought up there, has hosts
of friends at the American capital
-Fifty-four members of the new
British house of commOns-about one
in twelve-have written books Most
of them are on subjects on social and
political economy. and next in number
are those on history and philosophy.
The marquis of Lorne figures as the
author Of n Guide to Windsor Castle
though he has written poems and 1t
least one
Sims Reeves. the famous English
tenor. has married a second wife.
Reeves Is now se~venfr-three years Of
age. and his wife Is nearly City vears
his Junior. Reeves began his career as
a baratOne. but he made his reputa-
ton later rs a tenor. He sang in pub
lie long after he lost his voice. but his
reputation has been sufficiently elias
tic ~ keep him befor- the English
public
-ZolR has Just Won a lawsuit about
~Louries- against Gil Bias The uevs
paper had agreed to pay him ten thou
sand dollars for the story for its feuil-
Teton. but refused TO keep the agree
menG on the ground that the novelist
had at the same tine allowed the story
10 appear in foreign papers. and that
Il had been published in book form a
month before it could be completed in
it, columns As there was nothing in
the contract TO prevent this. lola got
his money.
-Rear-AdmirsI Leieune. of the
French navy, who died recently at the
age Of seventy-eight. was one of the
few men who AVE risen to sdmiral's
rank beginning as an ordinary sea-
man lie was one Of the crew of
Dumont a Trville's Astrolabe when It
sailed around the world. and received
n commission on the return of the ex-
p-titson- He commanded a vessel in
the Crimean war. and after the war be-
tween Russia and Turkey in ISIS
helped 20 reorzanize the Greek navy.
Mr. Borehgr~vink. the antarctic
explorer. says that during his recent
expedition he and his companions com
posed a letter upon which we all care
fully inscribed our signatures: this
was placed in n small bladder which
had been 2 ven 10 Us for the purpoS~
by the Norwegian consul in Melbourne
II was then consigned - the waves
and we all leaned over the buIwarkS
10 see the mail depart Then. much
tn our chagrin. a large albatruss hove
in sight. and before oar message had
gone many yards the huge bird CUB
blei mp the whole"
ST Just. the rev o~lntioni<t's hieher-
to spotiess personal character. has been
attacked by Victoriea sardou. who
savs that he has the record of the
Picpas prison showing that the ter
rorisI. three years before the outhreak
Of the revolution. had spent SIX months
IN Jail he had beaten his mother.
wAo refused him money. broken intn
her cabinet. from which he stole silver
and iewelrv. and was arrested in a dis
orderly house where he was spending
p~roce-dS During the reign Of terror
he r~venged himself by having his
prosecutor guillot ned