Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-21
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Guides to Canton are superfuous. Just
follow the crowd.
Senator Thurston is evidently in favor
Of the free coinage of American phrases.
A mans loyalty to his party ticket is
indicated by his readiness to button on.
The metal in the tower of the Philadel-
phia city hall cost S7S9 900. It's ring is
second only to that of the New York state
capitol.
Due regard for truth compels the ad-
mission that the ~favorite sun is not in
creasing the admiration of the multitude
with its scOrching ways.
The marvellous penetration of X rays ex-
cites considerable establishment. Yet the
penetration of Old Soils rays, even in June
is as an electric drill to a gimlet.
A French prophet announces that the end
of the world will come next September.
Something unique in ascension robes. then.
will probably figure among the fall importa-
tons from Paris.
Minister Matt Ransom says American
capital is building up Mexican prosperity.
OF President Diaz he says: "A wiser and
better chief magistrate never guided the
destinies of a nation"
The president of the Transvaal, in re-
leasing the Rand invaders. not only fat
tened the public treasury with huge fines,
but also saved a great deal of expense in
dismissing the involuntary boarders.
The Lewiston CMe) Journal says: South
BtT"lch appreciates the generous act OF
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett, the authoress, in
stepping in and paying the local band 800
to continue its customary summer con-
certs, when municipal expenses were so
heavy that the town couldn't afford its
usual appropriation"
The recently appointed minister from
Costa Rica, joaquin b. Calvo, is well known
in Washington, where he has been charge
d'affaires for the last five years. He is a
man OF marked ability, a journalist by pro-
fession and a member of a family long
identified with the politics of his country
and of Central America.
A story is told on Russell Sage to the
effect that a lady Went to him a few days
ago with a subscription book and asked his
assistance for a worthy charity. Mr.. Sage
took the book, ran quickly through the list
of names and saw that Mrs. Russell Sage
was down for $25, so he promptly took his
pen in hand and put "Mr. and" before
Mrs. Russell Sage.
Ben Wade was orce asked as 10 what he
thought OF Henry Werd Beecher, who was
the great preacher of the day. He raised
his hand as he replied and brought it down
on his knee with a slap, saying: "Beecher,
Beecher! Hang aBeecher! / don't like
Beecher. Beecher has knocked hell out of
religion and religion without hell is no
better than pork without salt"
Daniel Chester French has attained the
honor Of being the first American artist
to whom permission has been granted to
erect an outdoor statue in Europe. The
statue will be Of George Washington and
will cost 500, 900. A group OF American
women in Paris formed themselves into a
Washington Memorial association, and after
raising the necessary funds have secured
the consent OF the municipal authorities Of
Paris to erect the statue in the French
capital on Rue Washington.
Alfred Belt, the director of the Chartered
company, whose connection with the Jane
son raid and the cipher kilograms has
brought him into prominence, is the most
retiring, as we'll as the richest OF the great
South African millionaries. He has never
courted publicity, is invariably mot at
home" to the interviewer, and has a deep
rooted dislike to having his photograph re
produced In the illustrated papers. While
not possessing Napoleonie aspirations, Mr.,
Belt, curiously enough, bears an ex-
tTaordinary resemblance to the Little Cor
poTal' in both face and figure.