The herald., 1897-04-25

his course, telling him he had not the
power to carry out his plans, he an
swered: "J'ai la puissance de l'impuis-
sance des puissances." II have the pow
er o1 the incapacity of the powers
1t seems that Ada Bird. the little girl
of IA whose marriage and elopment with
the young son of Governor Atkinson of
Georgia has caused such a furore, only
followed the example of her forbears.
Her mother, the former wife of Chas. p
Byrd, married at 49, while her maternal
grandmother, southern poetess, mar
ried even younger
Eli Perkins once asked Senator Will
liam M. Evarts of New, York how,S, man
should have his berth made up on a
sleeping car--with his dead or feet to-
ward the engine. Mr.. Evarts advised
him to ask Chaurcy Depew. who was
present. well, Eli, it doesn't matter
whether you lie with your feet or your
head toward the engine. You'll lie just
the same"
1t has been believed by many that eX-
Senator David b. Hill never called on
Mr.. Cleveland during his second term
as president, except on the occasion OF
dinner, which he attended by special
invitation. This, however, is not the
only occasion. On the Sth of March,
1898. Mr.. Hill made friendly call on the
tion over for half an hour
Gerome intends to present to the Lux
embourg museum his fine new bust IN
polychromatic marble of Nine. Bern
hardt. The likeness is said to be mar
velous, and it is heightened by the
touches of color on the face and hair.
The base of the bust is decorated with
symbols representing Bernhardts ac-
complishments in painting and sculp-
ture as we'll as in the drama.
Brayton Ives, millionaire and banker
in New York, was drawn on the jury
and faced Justice Sedgewicl with very
troubled countenance. please excuse
me-" he said Serve or fine" tersely
remarked tn judge, to whom all men are
alike. Mr.. Ives paid his fine OF 500 and
departed. In the evening he gave BAN
quet to Minister John Hay, where
bumper was drunk to the judge.
Mary Ann Bascombe of Stapleton, s.
l., is one of the most remarkable women
in America Born in a little franz house
at Gordon and Broad streets, Stapleton,
fifty-six years ago, she began life at IL
years of age as maiG of all work, receiv-
ing as wages but $l5 year; yet, from
this humble beginning, she has sue
ceeded through her own unaided ef-
forts in amassing fortune of over $780,
000
Next to Booker T. Washington prob
ably no colored man in all the south
has done more in the last few years
toward the elevation of his race in that
section than Dr. w. r. Pettiford of Ala
bama. Dr. Pettiford enjoys the respect
of the leading white people of his state,
as we'll as the esteem of his own race.
He is at present the prsident of the only
colored bank in Alabama. He is fire
specimen Of the best type of the south
ern negro.
The late Erastus Baldwin of Nauga-
tuck, Conn, after allowing the NauSa-
tuck railroad to use part of his property,
applied to the president for pass. His
request was refused. Mr.. Baldwin
thereupon made it his sole business to
board every train that came along, and
the train hands had to be at the trouble
of putting him of. He followed these
tactics until he company tired of it and
gave him a life pass for himself and
one" and his neighbors rode on it until
his recent death
A. ]. Murat of Apalachicola, Fla, has
some very high family connection.
He is a greatgreat-gra or Mar
shall Murat Napoleon's famous general,
who afterward became king of Naples.
He is the great-great-nephew of four
monarchs-Napoleon, Louis of Holland,
King Joseph of Spain and Jerome of
Westphalia. He Is third cousinlof Louis
Napoleon and great-great-grand ndson
of Napoleon's mother, who died in 1886,
the year he was born.
Since New York's truant law went
into effect at least one of the new officers
has secured the respect of a very tough
locality. She is a modishly dressed
young woman, Mrs. Alger, who
has been detailed to look up truants in
the classic district known as "Helrs
Kitchen" The youngsters haul and
kick Mrs. Alger has grip like steel.
She shakes them vigorously first and
then talks to them gently about the er-
ror of their way. She Is the woman
cop" the "holy terror" and 1.-The lady
with a grip" at first. and then these
youngsters begin to think that Mrs.
Alger is a wonderful woman.