Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-24
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

| Count Castellane is said to have dropped
a snug roll OF Anna Gould's money II
| Kaflr speculation. Come easy, go easy.
Ex-Governor James L. Campbell and ex.
Congressman Paul Sorg, a pair of Ohio lefts
| threaten to increase the democratic retired
list In New York.
The tone of the Pail Mall Gazette toward
| everything American shows that Astor IL
determined to break into royal circles re-
| gardless of cost or country
A brother Of a party to a suit being tried
In an Indiana court attempted to influence
the judge by means Of Masonic signs, and
| falling to heed an admonitlon was committed
for contempt.
The birth Of a girl heir to the Russian
throne is said to be a source of great dis
| appointment to the emperor. The car, 1t
seems. harbored hopes common to most
fathers. wherefore nature delighted to
Josh 'em.
After thirty years of litigation Samuel
Holiday OF San Francisco has won his fight
against that city for possession of a fifty
acre lot forming the highest part OF Lafay-
cite park, one Of San Francisco's most beauti-
ful pleasure grounds.
Ex-President Harrison chatted with the
newspaper in New York the other day ON a
variety of topics, but emulated the obscure
clam when the subject of politics came up.
There is charm about the silence of the
Indiana statesman that is inexplicable to the
sages Of Maine and Ohio.
One Of the prize winners at the New York
horse show was ridden by a prominent
society woman whose husband is notorious
burglar just sent to the penitentiary in
Massachusetts,. She did not know he was a
professional craftsman, but had a decidedly
swell time on the proceeds of his toll.
The arrest Of the editor of counterfeit
detector" on a charge of showing the queer"
illustrates the truth of the well known
lines:
Vice is monster of such frightful mien
AS to be hated needs but to be seen.
But seen too oft, fSAliliar with her face,
We first endure, the2 pity, then embrace.
Edward Simmons the artist who designed
the decorations for the new criminal court
building in New York. rejects the idea of
blind justice, and has depicted that deity
with both eyes open, holding her scales in
one hand and the American flag in the
other He is quite right. Justice can no
longer afford to be blind in New York or
elsewhere.
'Thurman's most noticeable characteristic
in the senate" says ex-senator Edmunds,
was his command of pure, strong English
He was powerful in debate, never mincng
matters, but calling things by what he con-
sdered their right names. He was brave in
his convictions and was always working for
what he thought the good of his country and
not for hire"
There is much ado about the attempted
robbery Of an express car in New Jersey, and
the impression is sought to be conveyed that
the attempt was unusual 1t was. because
projected by amateurs. II takes the genteel
speculator to do the handsome in holding up
not only cars but railroads. Numerous speci- |
mems of his artistic work are in the hands of
|
Justin Mccarthy tells how the duke of
was once accused in the House
Of Lords of not understanding the bill under
discussion. The iron duke got up, and, |
humping the table, answered.: my lords, l |
read this bill once, 1 read 1t twice, I read 1t |
three times, and If after all that I don't un-
derstand it." why, then, my lords, / must |
be a id stupid fellow
Rev. Madison Swadener Of Cincinnati is a |
man difficult to provoke to anger, but when |
aroused buzzsaw isn't in 1t with him. The |
other day this man Of peace caught a bur-
glar in his house, knocked him down and |
politely kicked him out. Later the burglar |
to get his hat. Mr.. Swadener |
reached for it. The burglar reached for him. |
Then he threw temper to the winds and |
sailed in. His arms worked with the speed |
Of windmill in a gale and by the time his |
storage battery was exhausted the burglar |
described somersaut down the front steps
md landed on a picket fence. 1t is pre-
umed the riled man of peace INDUCED in
ew pleasant expletives during the contro-
yery, but these should not affect his claim to
he championship belt.