Kansas City journal., 1897-06-08
OF CURRENT INTEREST.

Some time ago a number of Princeton
students assembled late at night before the
door Of the house that shelters the cOnse-
Grated person of the Hon Grover Cleveland
and hOwled for a speech. The sleeping
statesman. reused perhaps from ambitious
dreams of the impossible. appeared at a
window clad in garments in which it Is
customary 10 WOO slumber. Checking the
Inclination to review his administration he
announced that he was for Princeton, first,
last and all the time; paid a graceful, IL
heavy. tribute to the athletic prowess Of
the athletic side of the university, and
finally retired. The result is. says the New
York Sun. in telling the story, that when
ever two or three Princeton students are
gathered together at the time called the
shank OF the evening by the festive, and
late at night by the quiet and respecta-
BILE. the crowd is always taken with wild
desire to go round and call on Cleveland for
| a speech. This is quite irrespective Of the
political views of the celebrators. In fact.
it is now a standing joke natural part OF
a lively time. As the Hon. g. G. has not
Dan Lamont OF Thurber to look after him,
the situation is grave. He takes his young
friends seriously. though they look on it
all as good fun.
The arrest of Cora Routt. Of Seeley din
ner notoriety. on the charge of stealing sil-
verware, while II will undoubtedly add to
her professional value. has sent a thrill
OF dsmay, the New York Journal says.
through the many pleasant side streets
where the twang of the banjo is heard
these summer nights and the soubrettes
rest" after their professional lab0rs and
make merry among themselves. There is
scarcely one of these sOubrettes who does
not boast of large and interesting collec-
tion of towels. napkins. forks. spoons that
have been appropriated while on their
travels from one hotel to another. At an
impromptu supper served few nights ago
in the Autoharp fiat in West Forty-hfth
street the display of silverware represented
no less than six prominent cities west OF
the Mississippi and there were no two nap
kins alike.
A ring decently exhibited at Antwerp was
the admiration of diamond cutters and
merchants because il was the first success
full attempt to cut ring out of a single
stone. There are a great many difficulties
in this method of cutting diamonds. as the
stones have a certain cleavage and par
ticular veins. all of which have to be care
fully studied in order to prevent splitting
just as success seems within reach. After
several unsuccessful attempts and three
years labor the feat has been accomplished
by the patience and skill OF one of the best
known lapidaries of Antwerp. The ring Is
about six-eighths of an inch in diameter.
In the Marlborough cabinet there is ring
cut out of one entire and perfect sapphire.
The newest adornment of PhiladeIphia's
Fairmount park is the bronze group OF
Dickens and Little Nell" wrought by F.
Edwin Elwell, a sculptor of repute This
will be remembered by visitors to the Col
umbian worlds fair where IL occupied a
conspicuous position in the American part
of sculpture hall in the art building. and
admired hV n a & a gpnfi-
mental group. then as an excellent portrait
statue of Charles Dickens. The novelist IS
seated in armchair on pedestal, and
.on the base stands Little Nell, from The
Old Curiosity Shop" looking up at her Gre
ator with loving gaze.
The English board of agriculture has pro-
hibited the landing OF dogs in Great Brit
ain without a license from the board. The
order will take effect after September IS.
There are more than half a dozen provi-
sions, conditions and restrictions specified
in the application form for the license.
The last is: IAN applicant for a license for
the landing of dog will be required to sat
isfy the board that proper and suitable ar
rangements can be made for such deten-
tion and isolation of the dog as appears to
be necessary or desirable"
Admiral Brown. who will soon retire
.
for preferring Indianapolis for his home:
"I'll be the only admiral in Indianapolis"
he says. whereas II I settle in Washington
I'd be one of forty. When a man goes into
the club at Indianapolis and inquiries IL
anyone has seen the admiral. they will
know that he means Brown, but when such
a question is asked in Washington forty
old coves will rush up and answer, I'm
here"
The Buffalo Commercial tells story of a
little girl who was greatly disturbed by
the discovery that her brothers had set
traps to catch birds. Questioned as to
what she had done in the matter. she
replied: "I prayed that the traps might
not catch the birds" Anything eIse2'
Yes" she said; Il then prayed that God
would prevent the birds getting into the
traps. and" as If to illustrate the doc
trine of faith and works. II went and
kicked the traps all to pieces"
curious feature of the inter-parliamen-
tary chess match was that on the boards
I'm Washington the queen invariably stood
where the king ought to stand. and vice
versa. So 1t was in London The explana-
tion is that British players. out of defer
ence to Victoria. have for many years
changed the piece wearing the crown from
the king to the queen. But while the two
pltGtS udNt btth mus NAldHktus tut pay
has not. When a king has reached the
British throne the crowned head in Brit
ish chess will be king again.
The New York savings banks are crying
out against the bicycle. Inquiry among
several of the downtown institutions has
ELECTED the information that there is an
unusually heavy withdrawal of deposits in
amounts ranging from slO1 down to s25, tho
amounts representing the cash price of
bicycle. The fact that a considerable
amount of money is drawn IN $40 and so
lots would seem to indicate that the cheap
bicycle is growing in favor.
Requiem masses were celebrated in Rome
and at Genoa on the fftieth anniversary Of
Daniel O'Connelrs death. In the latter
city a procession marched from the church
to the house in which the liberator died,
where bronze medallion was unveiled.
The 100000 memorial church at Cathirci-
veen. County Kerry. his birthplace, will
be completed this year.
The feats Of horsemanshp performed by
the cadets at West Point astonish the Wis
itors at the graduating exercises there.
And yet. this accomplishment of the cadets
is no new thing. In deeds of daring and
skill on horseback they can outdo the cow
boys or any other class of equestrians in
the world. II is part Of their education.
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