Arizona republican., 1900-07-17
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 In England the Ascot race meeting ended in a blaze of triumph for the American jockeys. The total value ot the seventeen events secured by the five American jockeys during the week Is S119, 700, while the thirteen races landed by the English jockeys were worth only s65, 400 Tod Sloan had eighteen mounts and won six. He was second in four, third in four and unplaced in four. His most important victory was the capture of the Gold Cup, which he easily brought off on a 100 to chance, the veteran Norman, for Mrs. Langtry, defeating the French crack, Perth II, by many lengths, by which the French lost S300,000 to the English bookmakers: L. Reiff made the second best record among the American jockeys. with four wins and three thirds, being unplaced in eight events.
 It is probable that a grand ceremony will take place in Paris during the 5x- position, in connection with the trans fer to the Pantheon of the remains Of Diderot, Balzac, Renan, Rude, Ingres and DelacroiX-that is to say, of three famous writers and of the same num- Der of celebrated artists. To this list it was proposed to add Lamartine, Michelet, Quinet and the painter David d'Ang5rs, but the descendants of these great men refused to allow their bones to be disturbed for the sake of posthu- nous honors, however splendid. The heart of the first grenadier of France, La Tour d'Auvergne, is also to go to the Pantheon, there to join the rest of his body.
 Among the colleges Harvard was probably the best represented at the republican national convention. Be sides Gov5rnor Roosevelt. Secretary Long. who was also mentioned for the vice presidential nomination, is Har- yard man, having been graduated in 1875. Senator Wolcott. the temporary chairman, was graduated from the law school in 1871, the same year, in which Senator Lodge, the permanent chair man, was graduated from the academic department. Senator Penrose, who had an important part in the prepara- tions for the convention, took his bach elor's degree in 1881.
 T think we ought to put this wedding on the front page,'' said the copy read CT. Something out of the ordinary" asked the editor, glancing up. ''I should say so," answered the copy reader. there is no bower of roses, no floral bell no wide spreading canopy no 'blushing bride nothing beautiful in its simplicity no solemn strains to the wedding march" Enough" said the editor, that is probably the most marvellous account of a wedding that ever appeared in print. Put it on the front page"
 The tail feathers of the feriwah. q rare member of the family of Paradis- eidae, or birds of Paradise, are the most expensive known. Indeed their price may be called prohibitive, for the only tuft existing in England-prob- ably in any civilized land-was pro- cured with such difficulty that it is con- sidered to be worth s5O,OOO. It now adorns the apex of the coronet worn on state occasions by the Prince of Wales
 Pierre Lorillard's house boat Caiman, which was burned in Florida waters a short time ago, was the most elaborate boat of the sort in this country, and the loss is estimated at nearly $1OO,OOO Mir. Lorillard's boat was equipped with its own motive power and so arranged that riage house, thereby permitting the
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