Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1891 — LAND OF LAFAYETTE. [ARTICLE]

LAND OF LAFAYETTE.

CORDIALWV PROMCSES TO ATTEND THE FAIR. ' \* | s Swindled Persian Jeweler# TV ant T-* l ®** - Diamonds—Tbe Episcopal Church Loses a Prominent -Worker. France is the first foreign Government to accept an invitation to participate in the Exposition. The acceptance is. cordial. The is as-follows: Leoahonof'ihb United Statks, I ;; f ? Paris, Feb. L jL- .s The Bori. James G. Blaine, Secrets rybf State Sir —On receipt of the instructions in your No. 22JL X at, once conuoqnic&ted, to the French Government through the Minister bf Foreign AffaTfs.'-ln'' the hathd' 'of' the ’ President of the Untted-Gtates, thefof roal' Invitation to participate in the Exhibition at Chicago in,;,J893, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of America.' , . ~ . M. Ribot promptly' acknowledged this and 3Aid that Aie vvhhld '6bmih l bhicate the invitation to hlt colletugurea -and advise mo of the result. . ‘ ...: ... 04 . Late Saturday evening I received tho formal reply of the Frerifeh Government conveying ip cordial terms its , acceptance of the invitation!. ’Tho substance of this was at once forwarded tpyou in a telegram,' of which a copy is’hereto appended. I inclose also a copy- and of M. Ribot’s note.' -*• I shall feel obliged if you will kindly send me twenty additional copies of the printed documents annexed to your circular No. 229, as M. Ribot expresses the desire of having ten more copies. I have the honor to be your obedient servant, Whitbtlaw Reid. Minister Ribot’s letter is as follows: Paris, Feb. 14.—Mr. Minister: -Referring to ray letter of the 10th of this moptb, I have tho honor to announce to you that the Government of the republic accepts with the greatest pleasure for France the Invitation which you have transmitted lo it in the name of the United States to take part in the Universal Exposition which is to take place at Chicago in 1893 in commemoration of the fourth centenary of the discovery of America. The Government of the republic is already occupying Itself with the measures necessary to insure the participation of French artists and manufacturers in this international celebration, and as soon as the Commissioners to represent it shall have been designated I will take care to

Inform you. Accept, etc., etc.,

RIBOT.

UNCLE SAM GARNI HED.

Two Paris Jewelry Firms Trying to Recover Diamonds. A queer move Vas made on behalf of two Paris jewelry firms to recover valuable diamonds alleged by the Government authorities to have been smuggled into this country by Jacob Kronfeld, alias G. Lange. From the firms of Veuve, L. B. Citreon & Co., and Henri Kaminker & Co., of Paris, it is alleged that Kronfeld, alias Lange, who was ro ently arrested in Chicago, procured diamonds worth $7,000, and in return gave drafts. Before the paper became due Kronfeld disappeared and the firms heard nothing of him until they saw h s name in the papers in connection with a diamond seizure. The Government officials took possession of the stones and held them. Attachment suits have been com* menced by the Paris diamond firms to recover the valuables, and tho District Attorney, the United States Collector, and others at Chicago have been served with garnishment proceedings. The District Attorney says he will pay no attention to the garnishment, as he holds the diamonds by means of an order of court Attorney Newman was asked the reason of his bringing the attachment suits in the State courts on behalf of the jewelry firms, “fiuppase they can’t prove that the dianhonds were smuggled to this country,” he said. “If they can’t then we will enforce our suits and recover our property. ” DEATH OF TUB REV. UENJ. H. PAD. DOCK. The Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts Breathes Bis Last. The Rev. Benjamin H. Paddock, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Di rcese of Massachusetts, died at Boston, agod 63 years. He had been ill for several weeks, and during the recent days had hung between life and death. He was a native of Norwich, Conn.; a graduate of Trinity College and of the General Theological Seminary of New York City. He taught for a short time, but in 1852 he took up his life work, becoming then assistant minister at the Church of the Epiphany, New York, while he was a deacon. In 1853 he was chosen rector of St Luke’s Church in Portland, Me., but withdrew after three months on account of the climate. For seven years he served as rector at Trinity in Norwich, Conn., and then from 1860 until 1869 had charge of the Christ Church parish in Detroit, Mich For I#ie four years preceding his bishopric he was rector of Grace Church. Brooklyn Heights. He was elected bishop in 1873. Bishop Paddock was the author of a number of articles in reviews and periodicals—canonical digests, sermons and charges—among which were “Ten Years in the Episcopate,” published in 1883; “The First Century of the Diocese of Massachusetts,” published in 1685; and “The Pastoral Relation ” In “A. Miner” Key. Pressed for time—mummies. Jardin des Plantes—the cemetery. T.. i\,„u eternity issue* uo return tickets. A matter of course—table d’hote bill of fare. How to become fore-handed—evolute back to the monkey. It is quite natural that there should bo judges at a bench show. How much information there is in the world that is not at all informing. The flag-bearer of a regiment prefers to bo judged b.y nis own standard. Painters Are not of a military turn generally, yet they s and by their colors. Never believe tho man who says ho had forgotten all about that little loan you return. Millionaires competed for a running prize at Tuxedo Park recently—a well-to-do race. No wonder beer is increasing in popularity when water is rising all along our river courses. What a pity that some men are not as wise as they look, and some women as amiable as they sometimes appear. When ex-President C eveland was urged to invest in Florid.% lands, -he said he didn’t care to be transformed into an orange “Grove.” It is said that electricity is to be applied to smelting furnaces. A person who has been in Butte City, Montana, and not smelt furnaces, electricity wouldn’t help. Muddy Water, a Seminole, living in the Indian Territory, is said to be the oldest living Indian in the United States —lO9 years old. Muddy Water has probably never made the acquaintance of Fire Wator.— Texas Siftings.