The herald., 1897-03-23
STARBEAMS

If we educate all the people what - toI
become of the quack doctors and 1ackieo
lawyers?
One of the advance patterns Of the new
summer shirt waist somewhat resembles
the star spangled banner s4
A member of the Connecticut legislature
Mr.. Main of North Stonington, has achiey~|
ed fame by gravely declaring In open ses-
sion of the house that "eagles get the1EI
teeth into everything they can lay their
hands on"
One day a foreigner asked the wife ct
Leonidas the Spartan king: How - 1e
to govern mem" because" was th6I
naive reply. I'VE Spartan women alone
have men TO govern.
George M. Pullman began life as clerk
at 81 a week and board. He says that an
he gets out of his vast wealth now, is hs9|
board and clothes. Still, II Is not nkelyI
that he would exchange his present tnsI
come for 81 a week.
In the soda water business in this coun<|
try there are 500, 600 invested. It We@[
John Manners of New York who originateq>I
in 1882, the idea of charging water Win
carbonic acid gas. The name OF that greeI
man-who first suggested the idea 9<|
dropping ice cream into glass OF soQ9
water has not been preserved Tor n1storys|
Lord Byron is wholly unknown amonxI
the Greeks as q poet. They remember ht{xt|
only as a soldier and patriot. There ~
no reference whatever to his poetical g1fk
on the monument the Greeks erected to h14|
memory. An American visitor to Greec8
not long since conversed with leaQ1u
Greek scholars and mentioned BYRON
fame as a poet, and found they were wnoHx
ignorant of 1t and, in fact. were surprse4
that Byron was known to Americans a9 -
poet instead Of warrior.
The Count Saint Germain, who appeared
in Paris in the reign OF Louis XIV, ana pre-
tended to be possessed of the elixir OF l1fe>
had a valet who was almost as great as h<4I
master in the art of lying. Once, when tho|
count was describing at O dinner party 4'
circums tance which occurred AZ the cou1{|
he appealed to his servant for the conf
firmation of his story, who. with the greatc|
est composure. replied: You forget. sir, i
have only been five hundred years m your
service" 'True," said his master musings
ly, 'it was a little before your time.
The origin of the popular pebble on the
beach, slang expression Is almost lost 1u'
the mists of antiquity. Away back about
was training himself for public speaking
He had habit Of stampeng, ana, g.
cure it. would walk along the beach an4I
pick up suitable pebble TO place IN n!1
mouth while declaiming to the sea by way
of practice. 1t helped him wonderfu!lX<|
One day the pebble persisted IN slippiu4
out, and Demos themes finally flung II away
in disgust, testify exclaiming: you aro|
not the only pebble on the beach," and then
he picked up another not quite as smootl11
There are $40 members Of the Englis1
house of lords and only three constitute
quorum. A session usually lasts but uxI
teen minutes and there is generally onlI
about forty members present; sometime
but half dozen. The lord chancellor
divested of nearly all authority. Wis
there is conflict Of opinion on any matte
he remains silent and cannot even declo
who shall speak first when two peers ri9
at the same time; nor can he cast th1
deciding vote IL a tie. Instead OF aye
and may the members generally -
content" or ''noncontent.
Rudyard Kipling told a feminine admir1
not long ago that London society We
something which not only palled but quic
y disgusted him. Now that ne has giv1
hostages to fortune by assuming the car1
of husband and father. OF course ne
not free to act as in his bachelor days. B0
SO he assured his listener. after sox11
months experience in London in the se1@
son before his marriage he went into to4
slums and lived on the East Side for ttr(@
for no other reason than to get as compl4o@
a change as possible from that artthcI@
existence in which he was called upon Il
play an unwilling lions part-Kansas Gu
Star.