The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-04-16
A ROMAN PALACE.
Pope Leo Has Given the Queen Re-
gent of Spain the Pa1azzO AltempO.

Pope Leo Has Given the Queen Re-
D The Queen Regent of Spain having
expressed a desire to possess a palace
in Rome. Pope Leo has just presented
70 Altempo, which lie lately bought for
1000, 900 francs The Palazzo Altem-
20. was formerly monastery, which
Cardinal CARGO Altempo had rebuilt
and embellished. Toward the year
1850 there remained of the illustriolls
Altempo family on]! Donna Lucretia
and a cousin, Count Albert. For fam
lily interests it was decided that the
cousins should marry. After a few
years Count Albert died, leaving a,
daughter, who did not long survive
him, and so his widow remained sole
heiress to the great patrimony of the
AltempO. r~ - sos
In 1850, when the French troops were
in Rome. one fine morning, the count
esS perceived from her window q re-
markably handsome soldier in the
dragons, who was performing some
military service. The countess made
some preteXt to send for him, and thus
made his acquaintance. Under the cir
cumstances it was only natural that
this ripened into something warmer,
and it was not long before, through her
influence, Jules Hardin by name, was
made an officer. whereupon he married
and quilted the army.
A. The second marriage was not more
fortunate than the first. Within a
year the countess died, leaving a baby
girl who soon followed her. OF course,
the father was his childs heir, and the
immense property of the ancient and
enormously-wealthy family of Altem-
po passed to the eX-soldier, who was
invested by Pope Plus TX. with the IT,
tie of Duke Of Gallese. The second
wife Of the duke was Donna Natalia
Lazzani, a beautiful girl of distin-
guished family OF this marriage the
duke had two children-the eldest, Don
Luis, being married to a daughter OF
Prince Belmont. one Of the most fash
ionable matrOns at present in Roman
society. The young Princess Sophi de
Gallese is to be seen at every fashion
able entertainment at Rome, and is as
beautiful as she is popular The ro-
mantle career Of the French dragoon,
who developed into Duke Gallese, has
been made tho theme of one of Marion
Crawfords most successful novels
New York Press.
Telling Stories Over the Wires.
1T seemed like waste of tilne,'
said g gentleman who passed an even
B ing with Mr.. Edison in NOrWalll. Ohio,
ito hear Mr.. Edison rolling off story
after story and demanding of all his
acquaintance to tell him more, when
4 he knew how much information We
might have received from him. i
finally asked i,in. how he got to be
such a story teller. Well he replied,
sWhell was quite young man VAS
a telegraph operator during the war.
B I was stationed at ST. Louis, which
was q sort of distributing point for q
large district. and when we would get
oul hatch Of stuff of, a.r1 we still had
severn hours 70 pit in, used to get
pretty tired. Then we would begin to
call up the operator at the other end
Of the line and gossip with him. l al
ways liked stories, and if Chicago had
Z: good one he would wire it to me.
Then / would send that off to Louis
vile. and New York and Cincinnati,
and hear them laugh over it by wiring
back s. Ha!! ha Y over the wire. In this
way we could get all the best stories
that were going and we would always
write them out for the day men. 1t
I got to be 4 sort of passion after a
while, and has stuck to me ever
SINCE - Cleveland Plain Dealer.