Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-30
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

If the sultan has his way he will remove
few Greece spots from the map of Europe.
Forty-fve scorchers were cooled OFF In
Detroit in one day with fine of S. and trim
mings.
Indianapolis is to invest s75O,0OO in public
parks, and desirable real estate has attained
a beautiful golden altitude.
The Kentucky court of appeals has de-
cided that a fatal mosquito bite calls for
the payment in full of an accident insurance
policy.
The selection of Lemuel Eli Quigg as chair
man of the Platt republican committee of
New York City is an intmation to party men
to mind their P's and Q's.
The governor of Georgia has eighty-six
glittering colonels on his staff There is a
show worth the price of admission to the
Transmississippi Exposition.
Emperor William recently gave a bible to
each of two new churches in Berlin On the
fly leaf of one of the books he wrote with
his own hand this quotation from st. John:
Without me ye can do nothing" In the
other he wrote: "Obey my voice and / will
be your God, and ye shall be my people, y
which he found in Jeremiah.
B. p. Hutchinson, known as "Old Hutch, "
is living at the home of his son-in-law, e.
A. Lancaster, in Chicago. He does not go
out a great deal. and when he does venture
on walk he is attended by some one. ~,
friends say he seems quite contented, but
they do not consider that his mental facultiee
are by any means as keen as they formerly
were.
The opposition to the new law requiring
marriage license in New Jersey Is not con-
fined to Gretna Green ministers. Eligible
girls oppose it. 1t is said that there are
nine women to the one man In the state.
Consequently, 1t is argued, that when a
girl captures man, there should be nc
legal obstacles to an immediate hitch, lest
the prize get away
The new senator from Florida Stephen r.
Mallory. occupies the seat held by his father,
a'so Stephen r. Mallory, from 1851 to 1861
The elder Mallory resigned to go into the
rebellion with his state and was the con-
federate secretary OF the navy. The son has
been a member of congress and when de-
feated for denomination made the announce
ment before leaving Washington that be
would come back a senator.
There are various ways of shuffing off.
Godfrey Balske of Defiance o., aged 81,
made cannon out OF a gas pipe, loaded 1t
with powder and nails, placed the muzzle
against his breast and touched Ii off with
a redhot WIRE Chicago man perched him
self on a thlrteen-story balcony, shot hole
into his head and dropped to the ground
floor. A st. Louis man tried to show how
long he could live under water and lost his
breath. In Philadelphia a lad raced on his
bicycle with a railroad train so close to II
that one of his pedals struck the car steps
and he was transformed into an angel. Other
novel methods will develop as the season
progresses.
Washington ofHceholders are amazed over
the action CT woman In refusing promotion
in the pension department. The facts are
worth telling. When informed OF her good
luck, she went to the commissioner and
said: There Is woman who sits beside
me who merits this much more than / do.
she is a splendid clerk and supports her
sick sister and child. Her necessities are
greater than mine. / want to ask favor
OF you" The commissioner OF pensions
stood amazed at these words: 81 want to
ask you" continued the female clerk, III
you Will let this other woman have my pro-
motion and the increased salary until she
is In better circumstances Then we may
change again" or course the request was
granted What II the selfish are amazed
The rest OF human kind honors her for 1t.