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T.nts unna uune uori oi nussis,
I who U on Uur of the world
shortly, U 25 yean old. He la a
ion of the Grand Duke Vladimir,
brother of Alexander III of Russia, and la,
therefore, a first cousin of the present
ciar. The young ncble la accompanied by
a suite of officers. He la a colonel of In
fantry, to aald to be of a atudloua and
scientific turn of mind and la unmarried.
Sixty years after his death General Wil
liam Clark of the famous Lewis and Clark
expedition la to have a monument erected
over his grave. The monument la to be
erected by Mra. Mary Susan Glasgow Clark
of New York City, widow of Jefferson
Kearney C:ark, for many yeara a promi
nent St. Louisan, who died la New Yrrk
about two yeara ago. The money for th
memorial waa left la the will of Jefferson
Kearney Clark, who was the youngest son
ef the great explorer.
The recent knighting of Sir F. C. Bur
nand serves to recall In th Outlook if
London a Jest of the witty editor tf
Punch. Shortly after he became editor of
that paper he waa urged by his friends t
take an appointment to a remunerative
sinecure In Australia. It waa not to h'
taste, however, for he answered promptly,
"A B'ur'n 'and's worth two la the Bush."
"Yeara had elapsed since I saw the houa
with the seven gables supposed to be the
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one which Inspired Hawthorne's Immortal
story, and being In Its vicinity recently, I
went to see It again," says a writer In the
Boaton Herald. "But I wish I hadn't, for
that venerable domicile has been touched
with the canker of modern Improvement.
Electric lights, a furnace and bathroom
and kitchen boilers serve to render the old
time home cf Salem'a watchmaker 'com
fortable,' but an awful paradox In the
opinion of the antiquarian, not to aay ro
mancer. I wonder what Hawthorne would
aay to the changea there. If this Is really
the famous hcuBe, one wishes It might
have been preserved as America's foremost
prcse writer described It In that claastc,
and aa Mlea Ingeraoll left It when she de
parted this life."
The death baa Just taken place at Roches
ter, England, of George Thomaa Crook, for
merly lnapctor of machinery In the royal
navy. Mr. Crook, who was T2 yeara of age,
waa known In the service as "the man who
aat on the safety valve." for his plucVy ac
tion during the Egyptian war of 18S2. He
then, at the risk of his own life, adopted
the heroic expedient Indicated In order to
raise sufficient steam to lift ashore at Sues
by means of a rickety crane two locomo
tives which were urgently required on the
Egyptian railway.
When the English troops In South Africa
were dally expecting the announcement of a
peace settlement with the Boer leaders a
clergyman telegraphed to Lord Kitchener
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from the Orange River colony: "Aa I am
the acting chaplain and conducting divine
service In many camps tomorrow, may I
ask If the hymn, feace. Perfect Peace,'
would not be a most appropriate one to !v
out to be sungT" Lord Kitchener wired
back: "Please yourself; but I think 'On
ward, Christian Soldier,' quite aa good."
A well-known and highly respected fire
works manufacturer died recently In the
north of England and his wife ordered a
very expensive tombstone to be erected in
hla memory. She waa very much perturbed,
for no epitaph submitted to her did she con
alder suitable. After a prolonged and dili
gent search she discovered one she thought
to be appropriate on the tombatone of a
prominent musician In a Manchester ceme
tery. Now on the memorial stone of this
Doted fireworks manufacturer It' la stated
so that he who runa may read that "He haa
- gone ta the one place where his works are
excelled!"
Lord Salisbury has been often accused of
cynlclam. This la due to his many cutting
expreaalona. In regard to a bill In Parlia
ment to establish parish councils be said:
"If your desire is to Interest the people I
should rather recommend a parish circus."
"You cannot aend your Ironclads up Mount
Ararat" was his objection to Intervention
'at the time of the Armenian atrocities.
' One time he waa talking with Sir Hiram
Maxim, the Inventor of the famous gun
which bears bis name, when the prince of
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and aaked what they were laughing at. "I
was telling Sir Hiram that he bad prevented
more men from dying of old age than any
other man that ever lived," said Lord Salis
bury, ;r)wiy
No one looking at Lord CL.orlea Berestori
today would Imagine that In 1860, T-hen he
first went to sea, he waa a delicate lad aui
waa, In fact, put on b ard the war ship
Marlboycugh for hti health. When he first
ret foot on board he h ard a sailor say:
"Poor little chap, he ain't long for th a
world." Lord "Charlls" has seen many
lively times since then and la still sluidy
and vigorous.
Two United States senators were talking
over old times a few days ago when con
versation drifted to the late Senator Zack
Chandler of Michigan. "Senator Chandler
was underestimated, I think," aald cne.
"That Is, he was a bigger and better man
than moat of hla acquaintances gave him
credit for being. Ono day I suggested to
him that I should like to see him preBltfent.
'No, no,' aald Zack, with emphaa'.a. 'I
hope I shall never contract the prcsllentla!
fever. It Is sure death. Men recover
from the smallpox, cholera and yellow
fever, but they never get over the presi
dential fever."
Mr. Balfour js the fifth statesman since
the union of Great Britain and Inland who,
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having been chief aecrttary of Ireland, has
become prime minister. More than seventy
years have elapsed since the last Irish sec
retary who subsequently became prime min
ister was appointed. In 1830 Lord Stanley,
subsequently known as the great earl of
Derby, was appointed Irish secretary, and
held that office till 1833. The other prime
minister wno were previously Irish secre
taries are the itike of Wellington, who, as
hu- Arthur Wellesley, was Irish secre'ary
from frou: 1807 till 1809; Sir Robert Feel,
who filled that c!ce from 1812 to 1818, ana
William Lamb (Lord Melbourne), who was
Irish secretary from 1827 to 1S'8.
During the Omaha1txpoBltion, relates ift"
Portland Oregonlan, Senator Chauncey
Depew and 8. R. Callaway, president cf tbr
American Locomotive company, were stroll
ing about the Midway, taking in the sight
when they were Invited into a large hall t
see the "greatest performance on earth.'
The hall filled up rapidly, and after a wa!
of ten or fifteen minutes the senator said t
Mr. Callaway: "This must ta a good sho
so many people are crowding Into to s
it." After some further waiting, durln :
which the hall waa jammed full, the la
J. Sterling Morton walked down the a'sV
and, stopping to shake hands with th: sena
tor and Mr. Callaway, said: "What i
thunder are you fellows doing here? The
Is a fakir outside calling out, 'Ccme in an :
see the great and only Chauncey M. Depe
Only 10 cents to see the great and on
Chauncey.' "