Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-15
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The United States supreme court thinks
It knows beans.
Reports of the show indicate that New
York scores a horse on the rest of the
country.
The Cherokees have ordered a boycott OF
whites on the reservation. Leading chiefs
cry out: America for genuine Americans
Should the powers attempt to carve
Turkey, it is likely the operation will pro-
woke a few remarks from an in Sultan
source.
One of Mr.. Depew's latest. uttered at Buff
falo recently, was. at is sweeter far to en-
joy tafy while living than to be decorated
with epitaphy when dead"
There's a wheel loose in the management
Of the New York horse show. For some I'M
accountable reason American horses were
awarded the principal prizes.
Charles A. Dana is an enthusiast in arbori-
culture, and his country place on the north
shore of Long Island is a tree museum which
contains almost every species which will
flourish in this latitude.
Mr.. Roosevelt's prowess as a hunter of
big game in the west has become a Dakota
tradition. But men change as well as the
times. Teddy made a mistake in tackling
the tiger without a thorough knowledge Of
its habits.
A st. Louis plumber. who is alleged to
have fallen heir to a fortune of So, 900, 900,
keeps right on wiping joints and plugging
leaky pipes. Having a real clnch on hand, he
is not bothering himself about a trifing for
tune abroad.
Fighting Bob" Evans. who is to command
the new battleship Indiana, is said to be one
Of the least SNOWY men in the United States
service, but one of the strongest. His left
leg is lame from a twist it received at Fort
Fisher, where, while a midshipman, Evans
showed very daring bravery.
One Of those curious twists given to the
brain nv ligaaSa has hpfalipu the motor Piph-
ard Mansfield. He is just completely recov-
cred from the typhoid fever. but finds that
he has forgotten every word of his lines in
Beau Brummel,'' 'Jekyll and Hyde" and
other pieces, and will have to relearn them
all.
Mr.. Richard c. Rowe has been induced to
return to an Iowa county where he and his
brother worked a inancil deal which netted
them $33, 900, and cost the taxpayers a like
sum. Richard was not as fortunate as his
brother Chester. who MeXlcaniZed himself
and will remain in that country enjoying his
share of the swag.
Lord Raleigh and Prof. Ramsey called at
the United States embassy in London last
week, and James r. Roosevelt, secretary of
the embassy, presented them with a check
for $40 900, which the Smithsonian institute
has awarded them as the first Hodgkins
priz. for their paper on argon, the new eie-
ment discovered by Lord Raleigh.
Marion Butler of North Carolina, the
youngest member Of the new senate, is tall
and slender and much like a college pro-
fessor in outward appearance. He has prom
inent features, dark brown hair, mustache
and pointed beard. Mr.. Butler is 80 years
old. His father was an extensive slave
holder, and he was reared on a plantation,
but the war deprived him Of his family pos
sessions. Senator Butler has already reached
Washington to look for quarters for the win
ter.
1.-The cradle of democracy" has been dis
covered, and is on exhibition in the depart
ment of forestry at the Atlanta exposition.
1t is "the cradle in which Thomas Jefferson
was rocked" A reporter says; you can see
the place in the side where the infant states
man cut his teeth, and on one corner he
Clipped Off a lot of wood, where his wisdom
teeth came through. The government is
not responsible for this part of the story,
but the visitor may see it fot himself"
The relic is not as effective as the rock
that put Tommy's long distance followers
to sleep last week.