The daily sentinel., 1900-07-26
The first and foremost point in jour.
nalism is to supply the news.

| Here is queer true story about some
umbrellas: A lady who keeps a sum-
mer boarding house at the seashore near
Boston went down the other day to look
the house over and find out what must
be renewed She found numerous UNI
brellas left by former boarders, and ty-
ing them together she took the bundle
to Boston, to have them repaired. She
stopped in at Hoveys and laid the bun
BILE on the floor at her feet at the coun-
ter. When she had made her purchase
she forgot her umbrellas. and absent
mindedly picked up an umbrella lying
on the counter, thinking it was hsrs, or
not thinking at all, and started off.
Then the owner Of the umbrella, wom-
an standing next to her, seized her and
said very sharply. You have taken
my umbrella" OF course she apollo
gized, feeling much cut up about it, and
went on, forgetting in her huster her
own bundle OF umbrellas. The next day
on her way to Cambridge, she went to
Hovey's and readily recovered her lost
package OF umbrellas, which had been
kept for her On the car for Cambridge
she noticed lady cycling her very close
ly. Presently this lady leaned forward
and eaid to her, with elegant emphasis:
"You seem to have been more fortunate
today" 1t was the lady whose umbrel-
la she had taken the day before.
A number OF years ago, before he was
famous, Theodore Roosevelt was asked
how he pronounced his name when it
was introduced in this country and what
it meantY Here is his answer: My name
10 pronounced Ro-sa-velt, the 8 with al
most a sound; introduced about 1929
Dutch; means field OF roses.''
Hosts Of Americans are doing Europe
this summer and have made the Paris
exposition their excuse for going. Many
and varied are the descriptions Of places
visited by those that have gone over the
a street in Naples is well worth repro
ducing so here it is: "The streets oil
Naples are the most picturesque in Eu-
rope. Goats, donkeys, oxen, mules
COWS, rags, lace makers, hucksters
hawkers, carriages, carts, soldiers, men
women and children, all jumbled up in
one conglomerate mass-the donkeys
braying, the COWS bawling, the women
talking at the top of their voices, the
men swearing and the goats giving milk
such in street in Naples. And be-
cause you are gullible American, a
whole living hospital will come up and
beg"
Victory does not always fall to the LOT
OF those that most deserve it.
A London correspondent of the New
), York Sun. who has been in St. Helena
gives many very interesting facts touch
ing the Boer prisoners, from which a
few are herewith condensed. Gen
Cronje, his wife and three members OF
his staff are in Kent cottage, perched on
/
storied dwelling, with slate roof and
yellow washed walls, standing out clear.
ly from a background Of green hillside
or Gen. Cronje, the letter says: On the
stoep and beneath the veranda for the
best part OF the day sits Gen. Oronie
dark of visage, somewhat longbearded
and with hair turning gray, His eyes
are deep set, dark and fsrretlike and his
demeanor is one Of extreme reserve.
Piet Cronje can speak English almost as
we'll as any Transvaaler OF Dutch OK.
traction, but you may ply him in vain
with questions iu English. He positive
ly refuses to speak anything but his ma
tive vaal, and even then his replies are
little more than monosyllables. He has
little to say about nything, and is dif-
ficult to draw. OF course he feels his