Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-13
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The work of tearing down the old reser-
voir in New York City to make way for
the public library began last week, and thus
the metropolis will lose its only fireproof
structure.
Thomas A. Edison is most particular as to
detail. For instance, in selecting bamboo
fiber for use in electric light bulbs he first
collected a specimen of every kind known
TO science.
General Joe" Wheeler's pet military
theory is that the American soldier has no
equal. He has collected statistics from all
history to prove this and has all his figures
at his fingers ends.
For thirty-fve years." says Senator
Hear, 81 have never missed, while in this
country, my Sunday morning breakfast of
Goldfish balls. Can any one accuse me of
being a traitor to New England?"
1t has been decided that Cuban vessels
may display the United States flag in for
egn ports, but it will not admit their own
ers to the ball games or carry the full meas
ure Of American privileges in other respects
Major Marchand, whom half of France re-
CARDS as a new Napoleon, was the son of
q widow and as such exempt from military
duty. His mother was at first opposed to
the army, and started him in life as a law
yer's clerk.
The recent talk to the effect that more
wealthy Americans were thinking of pur-
chasing the Lakes of Killarney has caused
Michael Davtt to express the wish that
20,000,000 Irishmen in the United States
would club together and buy the whole of
ireland.
New Jersey has substantial reason to be
friendly to trusts and corporations Her re-
ceipts from taxes on corporations this year
will amount to more than $1,000 900, and
this will be in addition to about $4,000
that will be received this year as filing
fees for companies newly incorporated.
The dum-dum bullet, mentioned in the
proceedings of the peace conference at The
Hague derives its name from Dunn Dum
India, where it was first manufactured by
the British government. 1t has a hollow
brass top and when it strikes its victim the
top becomes unbrella-shaped, and, tearing
through the flesh, makes a wound that Is
declared to be incurable. 1t has proven a
most efficient agent in permanently quiet
ing rebellious natives of India.
1t Is said that saloonkeepers in New York
adjacent to the tea saloon just opened by
the church army with the idea of getting
the poor people to drink tea instead OF beer
retaliation is to consist, so far as determined
upon, in the selling OF tea, well as beer
the originators of the tea saloon do not feel
worried The tea saloon sells tea at /
cent a cup, whether hot or cold, and the
regular saoonkeeDers propose TO offer it at
the same price
The two famous homes of Samuel ]. Tllden
--Gramercy park and Greystone-haye been
disposed of by the Tilden heirs. The Gra-
mercy home was sold last spring and the
Greystone mansion and fifty-one acres of
ground were auctioned last Thursday. The
latter house located near Yonkers, was
built by John T. Warlng in 1870 at a cost
of s225,OOO and occupied by him until his
failure in 1879, when Mr.. Tilden bought
1t for $125, 900. The Sage of Greystone made
1t his summer home until his death, In 1886,
spending about 100000 on the property
meanwhile AS recently as 1896 the prop
erty was appraised at 1912 800 The price
paid last week was $17l 900.