Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-14
personal ANp ornnRwIsr.

Tho war will probably end in time to let
General Wheeler take his seat in congress.
The st. Louis girl who kissed Hobson for
tho dangers he had passed is regarded by
Chicaeoans as a very rude young thing.
The humble and d~espised mule seems to
have been a much more useful animal in
the Cuban campaign than the fiery war
horse.
"Soapy Smith OF Cripple Creek and Skag-
way is reported to have shufled OFF, truly
for sure, at the latter place. Smith ran
up against the yawning end Of a Klondiker's
gun and dropped for keeps.
Just to show that all his boys have not
gone to war. Uncle Sam has beaten his own
wheat record this year by 100, 900, 600 BUSH
els. Spectators who are thinking OF cor
nering the crop will take notice.
1t is generally understood that people who
poke their nose into other affairs than their
own invite trouble, but that knowledge does
not diminish the practice. a woman at
Shamokin. Pa, lost her life by leaning out
of a window and rubbing her nose against
a live wire.
1t is recorded Of a young fop who visited
one of the Rothschilds that he was so proud
of his malachite sleeve buttons that he in
sisted upon exhibiting them to his host. The
latter looked at them and said: "Yes-it is
a pretty stone. l have a mantel piece made
Of it in the next ROOM
Bismarck, Gladstone and Leo XIII were
all living when the battle of Waterloo was
fought. Bismarck, the youngest OF the
three, was then an infant of between 2
and 3 months. Gioyacchino Pecci was a
little more than 5 years old. Gladstone
was 5 years and a half.
"If we had let go Of ourselves for an in
slant we should have cried our way TO the
| ship" said one Of the California officers just
before the great Pacific sailing. There were
twelve companies of California volunteers
which marched through the city that day
to the accompaniment Of the cheers and
sobs of 200,O 900 people.
Sir Thomas Upton. who has caused a chal-
lenge to issue for the Americas cup, takes
occasion to explain that he is not a Scotch
Irishman nor an English-Irishman. He says
| he is Irish from crown to sole. His yacht
| will be Irish in build and design and will
bear the name Shamrock" Sir Thomas
remarks incidentally that the racial hyphen
is overworked.
e. H. Butler of Buffalo, who is a can
didate to succeed Edward Murphy, jr, as
United States senator, is the editor and
owner OF the Buffalo Evening News, a re-
publican journal now. but for some years an
Independent newspaper. Mr.. Butler has held
no public office except as a member of the
Buffalo Grade Crossing commission. He Is
a close friend of Chauncey M. Depew.
The crusade against swear words in New
York, if rigidly enforced, and the fines col
lected, will fatten the local treasury amaz-
ingly. A good beginning might be made on
a public official who recently relieved him
self in this style: why, a taxpayer called
on me a few days ago and before leaving my
office he said that he was going to have me
arrested for using improper language. Now,
I'll use whatever language l please. The
bible is full of damns-so an l at times"
Attached to the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment is a drill instructor whose language
while instructing his men is somewhat lurid.
The regimental mascot is a parrot which
swung in a cage at the drill ground when
the regiment arrived at San Francisco. A
party Of ladies visited the camp one day
and began talking to the bird, which sud
denly replied as follows: "Fours right, tours
right. Damn 1t, why don't you tours right