Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-12
Personal AND OTHER WISE.

The wealth of Rev. T. De Witt Talmage
Is estimated at $500, 900.
The stained glass window which is to be
erected in the church of Oliver Goldsmith'e
native village will represent a scene from
The Deserted Village"
John Bright resented the fattery that he
was a greater orator than Mr.. Gladstone
Those who said so, he declared, did not know
what they were talking about.
The Greek general Smolenski is As years OF
age and a graduate or the best military
schools. He is considered the most expert
artilleryist in the Greek army.
George Laskaris, a native of Greece and
for some years a prosperous fruit merchant
in Elmira, N. Y, is said now to be an oficer
OF high rank in the Greek army.
King Leopold of Belgium has invited the
officers of the United States army to compete
for tho prize of 5000. Which he has offered
for the best treatise ON the military history
of the Belgians.
The Natal sculptor who is busy with a bust
OF President Kruger grumbles very much
about Dom Paul's back hair, which sticks
out in such a way that it is difficult to get
an accurate mold.
There is a physician in Wauneta. Kan.
who is proprietor of the drug store, justice
Of the peace, and constable. He sells the
boys liquor, and then arrests them and fines
them for drunkenness.
Among the ~steerage passengers who ar
rived in Philadelphia on Sunday was a China
man named Go Hang. Knowing that he would
be debalred from landing on account of his
nationality he earnestly declared that he was
"Ilish," but he failed to convince the officials
of the truth of his statement.
A royal mountain climber from Italy,
Prince Luigi. nephew OF King Humbert, has
decided to scale Mount st. Elias on the
boundary between Alaska and British North
America. Prince Luigi has a record as an
expert climber of the Alps, and in his COM
pany will be others of high rank.
Edward G. Bradford, who has just been
appointed United States judge for the dis
trict of Delaware, is a native of that state,
and a direct descendant in the eighth
degree OF william Bradford, who came over
in the Mayiower and was afterward gov
ernor of Plymouth colony. He is a man
of great ability and very popular socially.
Colonel Vassos, the Greek commander in
Crete, is said to be of Montenegrin origin.
Els grandfather offered his sword to Greece
in the days of the War of Independence. and
became one Of the chief lieutenants of Kara
iskaki, the great Greek leader. He then
earned the surname OF 'tthe Tenacious" and
recent events have proved that the old mans
leading quality has been fully inherited by
his grandson.
h. o. Becker, ir., a music teacher In Ma
rion. O.. received a letter last week from his
father, h. o. Becker. ST., of Dresden,
saxony, notifying him that the military
court at Leipsic demands his return to Ger
many and his appearance before the mill
tGry court to show cause why he left the
German military service, and that a levy
has been made upon his father by the Ger
man government for 50, 900 yearly for his
absence. The professor says he Is now an
American citizen and that he cane TO this
country six year9 ago, after serving his time
in the Prussian army.
The suryeyo for laying the pneumatic
tubes connecting the New York and Brooklyn
postoiiees nave been completed and the work
Of putting tho big pipes in position on the
bridge viii begin In a few days, The tubes
will be of cast iron, in twelvc-foot sections
aud eight and three-slxteenths inches In
diameter, The carrier. which will be twenty
four inches long. will make the journey
across the river In three and one-half min
utei under an air pressure Of six pounds TO
tho square inch. One of the tubes will be
for dispatching and the other for receiving.
A regular stream of carriers may thus be
kept going in both directions. Each carrier
will hold 600 ordinary letters. 1t will there
foro be possible to dispatch 2i6. 900 letters
every hour In each direction.