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Show . . The A fternoon Tea. The fellows who ride cross-legged in the street cars ought to be. bored for the simples. sim-ples. People who steal plants and llowers may have pood taste but they seem to be singularly singu-larly devoid of good principles. The American girl is a power wherever she appears in foreign lands. At present tbe Northern-born wife of the youngest president pres-ident on earth. General Barrios of Guatemala, Guate-mala, is sharing her husband's honor. Accordiug to foreign accounts Wbistlor, the artist, is to leave London and take up his residence in Paris. If London should feel too lonely without him it tnitrht induce Mrs. Shaw, the American whistler, to settle Josm In the English metropolis. The roads round about the "Hub" must be better than they are here. The Boston Transcript says cyclers old and cyclers TO'.mg. boys u:d girls, young men ::nJ maidens, old men and matrons a!! on wheels wrere everywhere on the loads about loston yesterday. A Washington item says: Senator Sherman Sher-man is the stoutest defender of the Chinese to r,e found in tbe senate, and he is particularly particu-larly careful a3 to the quality of Chinese tea which is poured out for him in the Capitol restaurant. No monkeying is permitted. Mr. Froude, the Historian, says: "As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities." This may do as a general average aver-age out it will not answer with the egotist, ile always imagines that his peculiar abilities abili-ties are without end or beginning and absolutely abso-lutely w ithout limitations. A Washington correspondent says Jerry Simpson is sai l to be much the shrewdest of the allitiuce congressmen. But this is not much of a compliment when you come to examine it. This writer, however, may be one of the old party hacks and, therefore, not very reliable on a question of this character. Horace Greeley's letters always l:ad trouble trou-ble in finding iheir way to their intended n destination. John Eckerd of Pottstown, Pa., I has received a letter written by him more than thir.y-cight years ago. The note referred re-ferred to some bunks which Mr. Greeley had presented to the Pottstown library, iu which Air. Eckerd was then interested. The letter was still sealed and was found in oue of the books. Ex-Spcaker G.ilusha A. Grow, who has scarcely allowed the word politic? to be mentioned men-tioned in his presence since his failure to be elected United States senator in ISsl, has hied his hat into the political r.ng once more. He has been elected a delegate to the Minneapolis convention from his own congressional district, and is willing and even anxious to be elected permanent chairman chair-man of the convention. It is just as well for a woman to be prepared pre-pared for the battle of life. Mrs. Brvau, the arifc of the brilliant orator from Jlfebraska who made such a sensation by his ti.ritT Speech in congress, is a graduate of a law school and has been admitted to practice iu the courts of her state. She no longer practices, prac-tices, however, and when asked to what branch of the profession she adheres she invariably in-variably replies: "Domestic relations." She says, though, that if her husband should die or become disabled in any way she would always have her profession to fall back upon. Queen Victoria always has her way care fully marked out for her w hen she starts on a journey. Her recent long journey from Hyeres to Darmstadt was excellently managed, man-aged, for it was got through without a hitch and the train arrived precisely at the litne fixed, nor was her majesty fatigued, us the night saloon affords all the accommodation of a comfortable bedroom in a well appointed house, and the speed was considerably reduced re-duced during the hours of repose. The royal party both lunched and dined in the train, as there were no long halts during the jour-net". jour-net". Art is always trying to outdo nature, but generally 'here is a failure somewhere. San Francisco is to have tin artificial waterfall, said to be tiie highest of the kind in the world. It will start from the upper reservoir reser-voir of Strawberry hill aud have a fall of seventy-fire feet. A gorge is to be cut in the face of the hill as nearly like a natural ravine as possible. This will be aligned on either side with cmi-aUalic plants and Slow era and at inc base large boulders will be arra'jgc-d io throw the water into separate streams and dash it o::t in spiays. About a :ni!'.! m gsUoaa c-f water daily is to be devoted de-voted i! is waterfall and the expense of pitting ii into working order, it is estimated, estima-ted, will not exceed !o,000. which amount has been given by a wealthy San Francisco getilcinan. |