Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-02
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

| The shad has appeared in Virginia waters
and the first roes of spring will soon be
| blooming on restaurant tables.
There is Il very polite mine superintendent
in Australia. He nailed up olacard which
read: please do not tumble down the
shaft"
Rev. John Patton, who is stationed In the
New Hebrides islands, claims that in 1897
he induced 1,120 native cannibals to for
sake their favorte article of food
snuff has by no means gone out of use.
It's sneezy thing to see that there is money
IN snuf making when we read that the
Atlantic SnuH company has teen incorpo-
rated in New Jersey with a capital of siO =
100000.
dispatch in the London Standard from
Berlin says Prince Bismarck is compara-
lively we'll rgan. Answering the inquiry
of an old Italian friend he wrote: 81 am
suffering from pains in my joints. but other
wise am we'll"
The barber in Waterville, Me- who has.
upon wager, reaten ten pounds of chocolate @
creams at one sitting, will, it Is thought
lose his life; but in his Csc, no doubt, it
Is as sweet to die for ones convictions as
for others to die for their country
Ex-Governor Stone of Missouri thinks this
10 a free country. and consequently got as
mad as Kentucky colonel in a flood when
he was told 4 few days ago that it was
against the rules to festoon the floor of the
statuary hall in the capitol with ruts of
tobacco juice
The premier CT Italy, it is stated, will re-
quest Parliament to fix the price of titles by
special statute, according to which anyone
desiring the distinction of prince shall pay
therefor $4,000. Five thousand dollars will
make marquis, while $4,000 will make one
count and $1,000 a barrister.
Lewis Knapp, the well known and ecccn-
tric tombstone maker of Kenosha Wis, is
n ha 1nf chaft To l.
la2t resting place, with the following in
scription on it: He died as he had lived
for forty years, thoroughly inidel to all an-
cient and modern theological myths"
The sultan of Turkey has given to Emperor
William of Germany the piece of ground in
Jerusalem which is supposed to be the site
Of the laSt supper, and which many Chris
tan communities have heretofore tried in
vain to acquire. 1t is said the emperor will
transfer the ground to the German Catholic
missionaries.
John Crawford coored stable boy at
Galesburg, H.. is about to acquire a for
tune. Some time ago while working for
wealthy family named Foote he succeeded
in marrying the only daughter She survived
the mesaliance only a short time. Her
father recently died and Crawford now in
herits his wife's share of the property
James Glover of Quitman, Kan. is one of
those practical jokers of whom too many
have been born. He pulled a chair from
beneath Frederic Bird as tho latter was
about to sit down and Birds leg was broken
by his fall. Now Bird is suing Glover for
$500 damages. 1t Is doubtful II Glover got
$500 worth of fun out OF the joke. Bird GER
tainly did not.
John NJ. Carroll OF Cincinnati is engaged
in the construction OF an airship modelled
after the familiar domestic goose, which he
expects finally to solve the problem of aerial
navigation. He works after model, having
a goose tied up near at hand, which he oc-
caslonally pokeS with a stick in order to
get correct Idea of its wing action