Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-04
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Our London Literary Letter.

4, cient asburdities it is interesting
| to know that an OLD book on agntins
| mas Just been unearthed in London
| Extracts were pupilsned after the ba.
| Tie OF Tommy Burns mere for the cham
| pionship of the world. This book tells
| OF many peculiar hstic anairs OF thi
| old days. The most remarkable was
| between two women. The challenge
| reads thus:
/, Elizabeth Wilkinson Of Clerken
| well, having had some worus with
Hannah Hyheld, and require satisfa,
! ton, DO invite her TO meet me upon
the stage and box me for three guinea.
! each woman holding half-a-crown IN.
| each hand, and the first woman that
| drops the money TO lose the battle
| Hannah accepted and in cold print
| said elizabeth may expect a good
/ humping. / desire home blows and no
| iavors'
The idea of holding the halfcrowns
about the size of 50-cent piece) IN
the hands WAS to prevent SCRATCHING
gouging and hair-pulling.
ANCESTOR, AN AMERICAN.
About the most interesting revelation
made by a writer lately is nat the Hm
press Eugenie is the granddaughter OF
an American True. he was n natural
lied American, but there are few falni-
whieh can claim relationship with 4
real live empress
The history begins with William
Kirkpatrick. He was a small grocer IN
Belfast and as thorough am Irishman
as ever lived. The best of his country
men were emigrating 10 the United
states and SO Kirkpatrick sold out ami
embarked for the golden west. He set .
lied In New York, took out citizenship
papers. went into business, made TO-.
tune became politician and was re-
warded with the United States consu-
ship at Malaga In Spain.
II was there that he met Belgian
grocer of wealth named Grevigny. The
eldest daughter of GreVigny became
Mrs Kirkpatrick and grandmother Of
the future empress. Mrs. kirkpatrick's
sister married De Lcsseps father of the
famous Ferdinand.
CHARGE AGAINST A BOOK,
An item of interesting literary news
comes to me from Warsaw They do
strange things In Russia but surely this
is one Of the strangest The Warsaw
police brought charge against Il BOOK
not against the author or publisher,
The book was arrested, placed in the
prisoners dock in court. the police
gave ediYsnce, the book spoke for IT
self and then sentence of death was
pronounced 4 bOph flNhBbil WIS
burned
Neither author nor publisher were
held responsible--all the blame was
laid on the book.
As might be expected the book was
Of revolutionary character. The au-
thor Gustave Baumfeld, had just plac-
ed il in the printers hand when thu
police seized IT, Some of the book was
in type but the law was clear on the
ba haH ,nf rIIlliCf-
cd--therefore. neither author nor print
en- were guilty OF any crime. Yet Inc
book being OF a nature likely to arouse
Its readers to revolutionary actions
was guilty.
LIMERICK CRAZE.
Despite occasional statements to the
contrary the Limerick" craze in Eng
land is not abating bit. The post
office which usually issues 100000 six
penny postal orders under normal con
ditions, finds the demand quite as great
as in the past few months The last
weeks figures show that two and a
half million of these orders were is-
sued. "Limericks' seem to be catch
ing on well in the states, but It IS
doubtful IL such romantic story can
be found I'm America as has Just crop
ped M here in connection with the
competitions.
There dwet IN n humble home In
T3ristol, the coal port OF the west OF
England. a colllery clerk named VII
liam Trott He has been engaged for
seven years and trying hard to save
enough out Of his - n week salary 70
furnish a home. The other day no
tried limerick IN one OF the Lon
don weeklies. Two weeks later came
n letter containing n check for S1,Sl l.
one of tho first prizes and quite big
fortune for William His marriage took
place within the week.
CHARLES OGDENS,