Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-26
an uncovered expanse of shirt front literally
besprinkled with tobacco juice"

Jacques st. Cere, the nom de plume OF
Armand Rosenthal, the Paris journalist, who
died recently, is the phonetic equivalent OF
Jacques Sincere" which in English would
be Truthful James" Rosenthal was for
years the detractor and defamer Of America
in the columns of Figaro and the Paris New
York Herald. He ran away with the wife OF
his benefactor, Lindau, and was tried about
three years ago on a charge of blackmailing
Max Lebaudy.
Caleb Wright, who has just died in Eng
land and who was a member of Parliament
from 1885 to 1895, began work at the age
of 8 years. For twenty-one years he worked
in the same mill, going through the various
stages of promotion till at 16 he was made
q spinner. When about 80 years of age he
started a spinning mill of his own In Man
chester and made a fortune in that business.
He was the son of a poor clerk at Tyldsley.
who was the father Of thirteen children.
His career would furnish forth a new chap
ter Of Samuel Smiles 'Self-Help" IL that
distinguished author were alive to write it.
Spencer Plat, American consul general at
Singapore, has long been intimate with
oriental intrigue and Is unusually sharp
witted. While stationed at Teheran, Persia.
at one time a Partisan syndicate was ar
ranging for some concessions from the shah.
An enterprising American was on the way
to secure the same fayOrs. The French
man had the necessary documents at Te-
heran and they were just about 10 receive
official signature when Mr.. Plat raised the
point that the Persian minister in Paris had
failed to sign the French copy of the papers.
The documents were returned 10 Paris for
correction. Meantime the American arrived
| and gaplirp1 that for which hp came
A Washington correspondent of the Pitts
burg Dispatch says that in warm weather
Speaker Reed rides In a street car to and
from the capitol. He usually walks, partly
because his action is particularly graceful.
partly to exercise his muscles and keep
down flesh, partly to escape the staring he
suffers in a car, which Is so annoying to a
man OF his modesty. When he boarded a
car the other morning TO go to the capitol
an unbaked citizen was seated beside him.
well, Mr.. Speaker" exclaimed the man
in a loud tone, when do you think the wap
will be oyer?' why, is there a war;"
drawled Reed, in a tone of alarm. Who's
been killed." "oh, come now, really, I
want your opinion. When do you think 1t
will be over?" "Over Where?" said Reed.
and that ended the c~olloquy.
The medal which has Just been presented
to NJ. lola by his friends Is six inches in
diameter, and bears on one side the profile
of M. lola. with the legend. Homage q
M. lola" while on the other side is a rep-
resentation of a thunderstorm. with the sun
peeplng out from behind the clouds. Acrosa
the face of the coin on the latter side Is q
phrase used by lola in one Of his articles in
favor OF Dreyfus. Truth is approaching
and nothing shall stop 1t. Emile lola. 14
January, 1895" The medal, which weigha
five pounds, was cast instead OF being
stamped, In order to avoid copies having ia
be deposited with the government. The
law only exacts that stamped coins shall
> be deposited. No duplicate of M. Zola'a
medal will be made. but smaller specimens
In bronze will be stamped for the subscrib-
! ers to the presentation fund.