Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-31
THE LISTENER.

The youngest deputy in tho French chamber is a Nrnd.;ln, NJ March"gay, who Is only 25 years old.
 Lord Dunrslyrn is now no longcr n mere lord He amounts to s,nn"thing in the world. New York tailOrS are naming trOu- scrs after him.
 John Thorn, late president of tn" | tica and Black River railroad, a millionairc, left among other hrqur>ts, $2,Oo0 each 10 tight forlnrr conductors of that line John Wan2makrr intends to found an | institution for tho information of inchri- atos and also for a " Friendly inn, and | will cxpcnd S45. GOO for those purposes. Professor Briggs says he has not hrcono an Epi$copalian. His ecclesiastical status | is unchangrd He is a PrcShytcrian-even | If a suspended onc-and will rcmain so. Mr. IAbouchcrr never attempts any | flights of clOquence when addressing the ] house of commons. He considers that a l friendly. colloquial style is more effective. | Bismarck has hrcn decorated with 5l or drrS He has every decoration that the German emTeror can brStow except that | of the FricdcnsklaSSc, established by Fred | erick the Great.
 | The grcatcst dog owner in the world is | Gn>tav Javanuvitch, the cattle king of the Russian Sttppcs, For the protcction of | his i 300. O0O sheep he employs no less than S5 GOO shepherd dogs of various breeds,
 Arthur J. Balfour, Conservative leader In the house of commons, has abandoned golf and taken to the bicycle. As BalfouF sets the vogue for many Tory youngsters golf may he expected to wanC somewhat.
 Andrras IIaftas, the last veteran of the Gryrk wars of liberty of 1891, died in Ath- | vnS r,vrnIly, ll6 years old. He had oftc,I | expressed the wish Ia 1.-Two till 1901, in or der to bc able to say that Inc had seen thrcC centuries
 (. Es,vlur; Borchgrrvink, Danish cS | plurrr, iS said to be the first man to set foot on the shores of Victoria Land beyond the nutarrt!c Cirrlc. The landing WAS made Jan. 23 of tho present year, He w;:: taken Ia that point by the whaling steam vr AntHrctic
 John F. Cook, Jr., the only Afro-Amcr lean resident of Bonncrport, Ida. has beer elected mayor of that town. He is a drug gi>t. His father was for a long time ta1 collector of the District of Columbia and i, now one uf the most popular and wealthy | men uf his r!cr nt tho national capital.
 General simon Bolivar Buckncr of Ken
 lucky is now 75 years old, but is ns alcr mentally and nS Vigorous physically n most men of 5O. He stands $ feet in hi
 stockings. He is rVm4rkahlv nhStrrninuS ) his only indulgence heinz tobacco, wlicl he smokes in a long stemmcd corncoI pipe
 Germans ar, nothing if not metholical Herr von OStcn- Sackcn, a lieutenant c ) husSarS, r,Crntly wounded himself mortal ly by accidcnt. Tho doctor told him Il had only thrrc hours to live, whrrrlHnr s after making his will, he drew mp the off
 'ial raY"rt of his own death and Scnt il [
 his superior officer.
 The death of Sir Patrick 0 Brirn recall
 his reply in tho house uf commons to Nil
 lsis,-;ir, who had htr'n nagginay him ''S Snr.
 said the latter, If I wcrr to say to th
 house that rrCarClrd the honorable men
 l'rr for C.van with contempt and di~daiI
 what would the house r'ply? Sor, u q house would say, Pat, mo hhoy. roight y t arCl' "