Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

| The press of San Francisco and Seattle
is suffering from an acute attack of Klon-
! dyctis.
Very little war news comes from Havana
| nowadays. The proximity of the insurgents
tends to impair the efficiency of the type
writer's.
Ex-Champion Corbett is now telling read
ers of an eastern newspaper what to do in
fight. Details of the Fitzsmmons swpe
are omitted from the text.
great deal of mystery surrounds the
case of a Kansas City girl whose celuloid
comb caught fire while combng her hair.
The color of her hair might solve the mys-
terry.
Topeka is now officially classed as a dry
town. the corking ultimatum of the gov
ernor extending to drug stores as well as
saloons In case of necessity however, the
usual prescription for the stomach's ache
will be filled without serious trouble.
Prince Louis Napoleon, colonel of the Ian
GERS regiment of the Imperial Russian guard
at ST. Petersburg, has asked the cZar fol-
leave of absence at the end of August, in or
der that he may not have to witness Presi-
dent Faure's visit to the Russian capital
The request has been granted.
A large juicy mortgage for $143 900 with
a beautifully embossed gold clause has been
slapped on Tammany Hail. New York. The
receipts Of the hall have been mighty slim
since the tigers grip on the offices was re-
ldXed three years ago, and the chances OF
another feast are not as bright as the sachems
desire.
Admiral Nelson's old flagship which was
driven ashore by storm at Blackpool, Eng
land, startled the townspeope by display
ing on its side the inscription, England eX-
poets every man to do his duty. That duty
is TO use Blanks pills" The enterprising
medicine man was taken in and dosed heav-
lily by the local courts.
Gay If he would write book giving his i'm
pressons of the United States after his COM
ing visit he said: Il shall be there too long
to write my impressions. | understand that
no traveller ever writes a book who stays in
country more than week, and ! shall be
in America three months at least"
Chicago chemist is preparing food tab
lets for Arctic explorers, Alaska gold hun
ters and that sort of people One tablet is
a square meal and man can carry a year S
provisions in hiS hip pocket. Fortunately for
the chemist the trial will be made at so
great defiance from the factory that the
victims cannot do justice to their feelings.
Leadyllle judge instructed the grand
jury in the strongest terms to indict every
body responsible in the slightest degree for
the violations OF the laws against gambling
and kindred Offenses and. 10 and behold
when the indictments were returned one
against the judge himself for failure to see
that the law was enforced headed the list.
King Oscar OF Sweden and Norway, who
will soon celebrate the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary OF his reign, has received the honorary
degree Of doctor in all the faculties OF the
University OF Vienna This is the first time
that such distinction which has to be sane
toned by an imperial decree, has ever been
conferred. delegation OF sayants from the
university will visit the jubilee at Stockholm
to present the diploma to King Oscar in per
son. The document itself is fine work OF
art, on which several OF the most prominent
Viennese artists have collaboEated.