Missouri Valley times., 1899-12-28

kentucky, started for the capitol With
his MOTHER but they became separ.
ated in the crowd. Mrs. Turner made
her way alone to the members gal.
lery and gained admittance, though
she had no ticket, the necessary paste.
board being i'll her sons pocket. To Il
doorkeeper who said he would have
TO eject her unless she produced he,
ticket Mrs. Turner said: II came here
10 see my baby sworn i'm as a mem
ber of the house, and here | remain
until he takes the oath The door.
keeper wisely allowed the determined
henfucky woman TO remain.
Joseph Chamberlain. the British col.
onial minister, has long been famous
for his orchids, his collection being
one of the finest in the world. Some
years ago he saw in Paris an exceed
'ngly rare orchid, AN exact duplicate
of one he owned He asked the price
and was told 10000 francs. The Eng
iishman at once gave a check for the
amount and then. throwing the flower
ON the floor, crushed the only rival of
his own beautiful flower.
Speaker Henderson gavel is some
thing of curiosity. The head is OF
rosewood from Montejo's flagship and
the handle of native Usage, grown in
Polk county, Iowa. 1t is decorated by
an eagles beak bearing IL scroll in
scribcd "E Pluribus Cnum" On the
upper ferrule are doves and Il garland,
ON the lower pictures of the United
The Iowa arms and Mr. Hcnderson's
4 Il II
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Steven Z. Burch, who got a Job as
a hired hand on the farm of Peter
Greenwalt, near Huron, Kan. and
then eloped with the farmers comely
daughter, turns out to he a Young Mis-
Sourian of some wealth and social
prominence, who chose this means of
finding Just the wife he wanted. He
has written to his rev fathcr-in-law
saying that his search was long one,
but mas been amply rewarded.
j. l.. Nissley, Il wealthy citizen of
Topeka. agrees TO pay 100 per cent
on deposits of more than S25 a year
made by newsboys of the city named
Savings banks there have agreed to
further the scheme. Mir. Nissley has
for wears been active i'm the work of
teaching newsboys and street waits
generally how to save money and ac-
quire elementary t.ucation.
The Youngest trolley car magnate
in the United States lives in .Atlanta,
Ga. He is Cornelius jerome Simmons,
Jr., the only son and namesake of the
president of the Collins Park and Belt
Railroad company of the Georgia city.
Young Cornelius is barely turned IL
years old, and yet he has already been
elected second vice president of his
fathers company.
Two trolley car motormen of Bos-
ton have been suspended from the
congregation of the Broadway 1aber-
nacle church of that city for running
their cars on Sunday. When the
young men got their jobs they were
warned by their pastor not to work on
Sunday. They applied for that day
off and We're refused. Both men have
families
When Mr. Clark. senator-elect from
Montana. appeared to take the oath,
he walked down the aisle on the arm
of Mr.. Carter. his colleague from the
latter filed protest against Clarks
title to a seat on the ground that the
newcomers election had been pro-
cured by corrupt methods. Then the
two went out to lunch together.
Ohson III. Sallurai. an influential
and highly cultivated Japanese. is in
this country to study the condition of
the American Workingmen. He is an
officer of the leading educational in
sfltution for women in Japan and the
outcome of his Investigations in this
country may be Il sweeping change
in methods of life among his coun-
1rywomen.
Police Magistrate Crane. of New
York, not long ago fined and severely
loctured man who was brought be-
fore him for kicking homeless dog
Just for fun Now Harry j. Bas-
com. of Providence. who has some val.
,iable colies in the New York dog
show, has presented Mr.. Crane with
one of them.
One of the most remarkable exam
piles of an elective office becoming
hereditary occurs i'm he recent desig-
nation of DR.. Norman Macleod to be
the next moderator of the Church of
Scotland general assembly. He will
be the third of that name and the fifth
member of the family to hold that
high office.
a grandson of Joseph jefferson is
accounted one of the most promising
of young English composers. lie is
Harry Farjeon, the son of the novelist
lie has won several of the most valued
prizes at the Royal Academy of Mu-
sic. With his sister as his librettist
he has written successful musical
play.
Charles j. Capen has taught in the
l;oston Latin school forty-eight Years
and prides himself upon the fact that.
though now 76 years of age, no one
can yet call him decrepit old man,
nor scarcely white-haired one.
Governor Elect Nash, of Ohio. has
appointed as his secretary Frederick
Links, the son of we'll known CO.
lumbus. o., banker. who last summer
married Miss Thurman. IA grand
daughter of the "old Roman
The Baptists of Brooklyn are going
10 build a $150,000 church, which will