Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-16
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Naval academy at the head Of his class in
1861.
General Whittier thinks "for some time
yet Orientals will prefer rice and opium to
pie and baked beans.
Cat island. where the Maria Teresa may
or may not be cast away. is one Of the var-
Gus places reputed TO have been the landing
Of Columbus.
Though one Of the youngest general ofh-
GERS in the confederate army General
Wheeler was the Oldest in the national serv.
Ice against Spain.
Captain John H. Buckman, U. S. NJ. re-
tired. enlisted in the navy nineteen years
, before the civil war and served with Dewey.
At Fort Fisher he raced Lieutenant Bob
Evans up scaling ladder.
Governor Pingree Of Michigan was at IA a
hand in a cotton factory at Saco. Me-; six
years later a shoe cutter In Hopkinton,
NJ S.; two years after that private In the
First Massachusetts heavy artillery, was
taken prisoner and spent five months behind
the Andersonville stockade.
Hilary Bell says in the New York Press,
in speaking Of the famous song of Lottie
Collins and her acrobatic method Of singing
1t, that Labouchere discussed 1t in Truth.
Sir Edwin Arnold wrote a learned treatise
about 1t for the London Telegraph and even
the bishop Of London referred to the ballad
in his sermon at St. Pauls.
That was a happy thought of Governor
Wolcott's when he said at the Miles banquet
that General Miles reversed the order that
prevailed In Great Britain, where an hon
ored career finds It's close In Westminster.
as the general drew his first breath in West
minister, Mass. It Is a bon mot that will
stick to the general as long as he lives.
Renni ven Hazeldorf, eldest son Of an
Austrian baron, who Is distingu shed officer
In Francis Joseph's army, Is working as
helper in a horseshoers shop at Hammond,
Ind. He recently came to this country from
Cuba, where he had been fighting for the
insurgents. Mr.. Won Hazeldorf Is grad
| uate OF Heidelberg and speaks five Ian
guages.
| The professional bull fighters of Havana
are going to petition President Mckinley to
take no legal step against the amusement
from which they derive their living This
is a fair illustration OF Spanish slowness. II
the bull fighters were enterprising they
would renounce their profession and accept
| the situation, learn to talk and become popu-
lar heroes Of the prize ring.
The announcement by Colonel Matamore.
| the Cuban insurgent, Of the hum drum ways
| Of peace and his taking to the mountains
! with some twenty OF his followers to resume
| his old vocation of being a bandit is an
| intimation that the fun Is about to begin
| and that the Cuban news will henceforth
| and for some time to come be less con-
cerned with yellow fever and sanitary sta
| tistics or reports as to desirable opportuni-
ties for the investment Of American capital.
| II. now. the great number Of Cubans who
| follow Matamore's example should prove as
good fighters as the American Indians have
been. our new army recruits Will speedily
become seasoned.
A circular issued by the officers OF the
| United States League Of Local Loan and
Building associations contains information
| of substantial value to these organizations.
1t contains two rulings concerning war stamp
taxes-one by the Treasury department and
| one by the attorney general. both explana-
| tory Of the exemption clause Of the war rev.
| enue act. The ruling Of the Treasury de-
| partment through the commissioner OF in
| ternal revenue Is explanatory Of the ruling
! OF the attorney general. The substance OF
! both rulings Is that building and loan asso-
cations which loan money exclusively TO
members are exempt from stamp taxes on
all documents except on checks and drafts.
| Among the instruments exempt are deeds.
mortgages. releases, notes, bonds. etc
A friend OF Agassiz and fellow member
! Of the Harvard faculty relates story which
, the famous ornithologlst was fond OF telling
about his visit to the great German natural
ist Lorenz Oxen, upon whom he once
dropped In quite unexpectedly. The pro-
fessor received his guest with warm en-
thusasm. but apparent embarrassment. He
showed his visitor to the laboratory and the
students at work. also to his cabinet. and.
, lastly. his splendid library OF books pertain
Ing to geological science, collection worth
some 81 1000 and we'll deserving the glow
OF pride which the owner manifested as he
expatiated on its excellence. The dinner
hour came and then the embarrassment OF
the German reached It's maximum point.
Monsieur Agassiz." he said, with perturba-
| ton. "to gather and keep up this library
exacts. the utmost huebandry of my pecu-
mary means. To accomplish this / allow
myself no luxury whatever. Thrice a week
our table boasts Of meat; the other days
we have only potatoes and salt. very
much regret that your visit has occurred