The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-23
Current GIeaninsS,

Mrs. Emma Herr, of Lexington, XIV
is enrolling clerk of the Kentucky Stat,
Senate.
n baby weighing exactly one pound
was born in San francisco last Christ
mas day.
Frank Deboe, of Crittenden County
kentucky, gave his sweetheart "a glass
OF eg9nOg. Now he's liable to 90 I,
jail for giving liquor to a minor.
Sir John Robinson having resigned
the edItOrshlp of the London DoiEu
NeWs, his place will be taken by Mr. 7.
L. Cook. of the Westminster G0zette.
Queen Nictoria's New Year gifts +,
the poor of Windsor. Holy Trinity
and CLEVER amounted to 81 500 The
beef distributed weighed ton and /.
half.
Miss Anna Laurens Dawes. who .,
making quite a reputation as a maya
zine and newspaper writer. is a daugt
ter OF ex-senator Dawes OF Massachs,
sets.
Professor knackfuss, who executed
kalSer Wllhelm'S allegoricai cartoon
has been appointed director Of the Ber
I'm National Museum. in succession t.
DIR. Jordan.
The suggestion has been made thai,
the house of the Rev. DR.. Samuel r
smith the author of america, at
Newton Center. Mass be purchased
ana preserved as memorial.
Mr.. John Chippendale, probably tn,
oldest Of English surgeons. died in Lon
don recently in his ninety first wear
He was educateda at University College
London, and at Paris, and was the
author OF several medical works.
Possibly the most expensive cioac.,
ever made were the 20,OOO Havana.
made for the Spanish Marshal Prim Al;
a present for Napoleon Ill. each cigar
beng stamped with the imperial n
III gold. They are said to have cosi.
$4,000.
Two Catholic priests Of the Dioeeav.
OF Southwark, England, Rev. Loed
Archbishop Douglas, brother of tho
Marquis of Queensberry, and Father
It. John, have been in Canada looking
tor a place to send young Catholic:
waits and strays of South London
They have found such a place in the
Lake Dauphin district, where they have
purchased a house and some land.
The English Peter Farley" the pse;s.
dOnym to conceal the identity of Nj
William Tegg. died recently in hts
olghtleth year. He was the son OF
Thomas Tegg, book auctioneer anu
publisher IN London and succeeded l..
MS fathers business in 1915. Under
The pseudonym of Peter Farley" he
wrote large number of books for tSle,
young of which he was also the pub
sher.
The most interesting physician Of the
present time in Europe is Herr Asst. the
shepherd Doctor who prescribes for
thousands of patients at Radbruch. IIq
diagnoses disease by examining a lock
II the patient s hair. and his universal
'harge tor advice is about a quarter at
dollar. Clients wait patiently tina
whole day through to see him. even 10
,ad weather, and if by the time he 70
Tres, near midnight. they have failed
o have an audience with him. they tats
Up their posts uneomplainingiy the nexf,
Rossetti's wife, Elizabeth >iddall
as girl employed i'll bonnet shopjn
leicester square. Shs was only sew
nteen when they were engaged. and
was eleven years before they wer3
larried. She was a beautiful womaa
nth greenlsh- blue eyes. coppery goiden
air. and red lips the type Rossettr
)yed to paint and in addition had
lnch talent as d painter. acquiring
UGH skill under Rossettis instruction
hat Rnskin allowed her $3.50 a year ~.
clip him. She took stimulantS aud
plum alternately, and when she died
II empty laudanum bottle was fouu(t
t her side.
Woman, Of London. says that th2y
iflcn]ty of getting Il fairly good like
eSs Of the Queen increases every yeas
or one thing, her majesty is proven
tally impatient of the camera. and alb
)utely refuses to pose longer thar; =
NV seconds. Then there is the diff
atty of making her look as tall as pos
bic: and, besides all this, the piotog-
lpher who has been ''commandeG
ever knows. mp to the last moment
hen or where her majesty vii. cor,
mt to receive him and he taken.
II the other hand, the Princess @.
'ales makes the most graceful ana.
tereSted OF Sitters.
Isaac w Raven. of Hil!helm, Pa.
,came, the owner of a turnpike the
her day that he didn know what IL
} with. Three years ago he was throws
ON carriage on the pike and sns
ined broken leg. This led to suis
T damages, and he got a verdict f0g
1000, which was sustained by the Sit
enc Court. But the turnpike people
fused to pay. and the sheriff, in at
mpting to satisfy the claim. only haG
e bidder and that bidder was Ravea
ID he got the pike. Raven compro-
sed with the company by giving back
e turnpike and accepting $1,000 in
sh. they to pay all costs
Among the notable benefactions OF
hn II. Spauding. who died in Boston
Saturday, was the education OF
elem Keller the deaf. dumb, and blind
i, whose fame has become interna-
nal. Some years ago he gave $4,000
seven young men employed at the
lited States Hotel The story of this