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STARBEAMS

Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is considered to be a beauty. She has fluffy red hair and a bright face.

The Princess of Wales has excellent taste and would have made an excellent miliner, but she did better and engaged in royalty.

Jayne, the expectorant man, made his fortune and left his widow in possession. She is estimated to be worth more than $3,000,000.

Fred Grant says his mother has not bought back the Washington residences from the Vanderbilts nor has Vanderbilt "made over" the property to her.

Lord Roseberry has invited Blaine to visit him. The noble lord, when in this country, was entertained by Blaine. One good turn deserves another.

Tom Ochiltree is reported to have received a London letter from Buffalo bill which ran somewhat this way "Dear Tom I've got the big bugs solid from the Queen down."

Miss Kate Vannab, the charming writer of both prose and verse and the vigorous dramatic and musical critic, is only 20 years old. If her talent expands and deepens with her years she will be a prodigy.

Lord Lansdowne is not without his honors. He is ten times a peer. Yet all his honors have not kept his heart tender. He lives easy himself but is content to let those under him have a hard time of it.

Baroness Burdette-Contts is always engaged in some bountiful work. She has taken a poor Irish village out of debt and done something to give the impoverished villagers another chance for prosperity.

Andrew Carnegie has taken a great house in Scotland for four months. He will place the corner stone of the Free Library at Edinburg. Andrew is an American of the Americans, but

Steadman, the poet is also Steadman, the banker. During the day he worships at the shrine of Jupiter and in the evening he woos the muse. He sustains a good reputation wiht the God of business and the Goddess of poetry.

What is the matter with Emily anyway? News comes from London that Miss Emily Faithful has cut loose from Liberalism and joined the Primrose League. People who do not advance always become conservative as age comes creeping on.

Cannon Wilberforce; of England, recently said "Everybody knows that what Boston does to-day America will follow to-morrow and what America does the whole world will follow." America is too large to feel the effect of flattery. But after the canon's remark Boston will feel more complacent than ever.

President Cleveland is credited with saying that Soer's? Lamar has the clearest and most comprehensive mind with which he has always had the reputation of looking far away into space, but some of his recent land decisions show that he has power of keeping firm on solid ground.

There is a girl in New York who is slowly but surely dying with the hicoughs. She has had them for three months and all efforts to stop them have so far proved unavailing. Girls have been known to talk themselves and others to death, but this is the first instance in which the hicoughs threatened to kill any one.

Corcoran, the millionaire, who established the art gallery at Washington is nearly ninety years old. He has lived to see his liberality blessed. His collection of art has given pleasure and enjoyment to thousands and has done untold good in educating the people to a wholesome taste for art. No one ever visits the Corcoran art gallery at Washington without feeling that no city is finished that has neglected to