The record-union., 1898-06-24
RANDOM COMMENT.

Nine. Patti is going to sing again in
London this month for the first time
since her bereavement. Her health
is much improved from her long rest,
and her voice has been benefited and is
still good.
The first commission in the volun-
teer navy was given to Gardner c..
Sims, a millionaire manufacturer of
goes out as an engineer on one of the
auxiliary cruisers in the Rhode Island
marine service.
The great naval victory of Trafalgar
and the death of Nelson, which oc-
Cured on October y, 1905, were not
known in London until November 9th
sixteen days afterward. The news of
the battle of Manila, fought on the
opposite side of the globe on May 1st
was known in the United States on the
day after it's occurrence.
During his stay in Hangkong the
Concordia, German club, rendered a
reception to Prince Henry, brother of
Emperor William. The Prince was
asked to make a speech, but, in polite
language, replied that he'd see them all
in Jericho first 'Once only in my life" !"
said he, did / make a speech (the one
at KieD. and l shall never hear the end
of that!'
The United Estates will employ a
light artillery of breech-Ioading guns
of b caliber. There are the most eff
ficient cannon for field purposes con-
strCcted up to date. They can de-
liver projectiles with a muzzle velocity
-
their effective range is four miles. The
projectiles employed are usually shrap-
nels, each one in bursting being re-
solved into about 300 fragments.
When Oliver Cromwell became Pro-
tector, after the execution of Charles
l., he caused the stamp of liberty to be
placed upon the paper used by the Eng
lish Government. Soon after the res
toration Of Charles H., having occa-
sion to use some paper for dispatches,
some of this Government paper was
brought to him. On looking at it and
discovering the stamp, he inquired the
meaning of it, and, on being told, he
said: Take it away; / have nothing
to do with a FOOLS cap" The term
"fOolscap' has since been applied to a
certain size of glazed writing paper.
Prayers are offered up for the Pres
ident, for Congress, for the army and
navy, and for the wounded and dying
in historic old ST. Paul's Church. New
York, at noon Wednesdays and Fri
days. During the Mexican and civil
wars one day in each week was set
and for those in authority, and the
haS
seem appropriate that the church
which contained the pews of George
Washington and Governor Clinton
should be the meeting place of these
men and others for few minutes twice
week.
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith is somewhat annoyed because
SO many members of the great Smith
family are employed in the Postoffice
Department. He doesn't like the idea
of being confounded with his subordi-
mates, especially when it causes so
much embarrassment as an incident
which happened some days ago, when
a friend of the Postmaster General
called him up on the phone. Mr..
Smiths friend and a young woman
telephone operator were the partici-
pants in the little incident, which re-
suited in the young womans dismissal.
In response to his query for Mr.. Smith
the operator told the Postmaster Gen-
erals friend that there was a whole
regiment of Smiths in the Postoffice
Department, and for that reason she
didn't know which one he wanted to
talk with. Mr.. Smiths friend became
SO angry at the girls reply that he i'm
mediately rang off, and to-day there
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