Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1901 — IN-THE-PUBLICEYE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN-THE-PUBLICEYE

Mary White, a 16-year-old girl of Callonay, Neb., has won for herself tho name of ‘‘The laughing girl.” For weeks

her mouth remained fixed in a laughing position and all the eminent phy- J sicians of western Ne- J braska could not change it. The girl, who lives with her parents on a sheep ranch, is noted for her good nature. One day while eating dinner , she was amused by a jesting remark' and

threw back her head to laugh, opening her mouth wide. When she tried to close her mouth she could not. Her jawbones remained fixed wide apart. Physicians were calk'd, without avail. The girl was nourished by artificial means, but was failing fast when an osteopathist, by manipulation. caused tho muscles to relax and the jaws resumed their normal position. , Nathan M. Freer of Chicago died the other day of consumption, which he contracted by staying for hours in a hot and humid greenhouse in which he raised tropical plants. He had a passion for flowers and was a wealthy philanthropist. Lord Wolseley is to receive a special pension of SIO,OOO a year as a retired commander-in-chief over and above his pay of $(>,000 a year as a field marshal of the army. J. Ogden Armouj, who succeeds to the management of the vast business interests of his father, is physically and

mentally wholly unlike that gentleman. He lacks impulsiveness and is on the verge of coldness. He _isj_ cautious, modest and conciliatory, does not believe in such slavish adherence to business aa his father practiced and. lacking in combative qualities, is not

apt to engage in those fierce speculative combats that seemed to delight the elder Armour. Mr. Armour is 37 years old. The Duke of the Abruzzi proposes to start from Buonos Ayres in 1902, on a voyage to explore the South Polar seas, in a ship which wild be specially built in Italy from his own plans and specifications. The expenditure of the Shah in Paris and in Vienna has been so lavish that it is estimated that by the time lie gets back to Teheran his tour will have cost him upwards of half a million sterling. Miss Daisy Leiter, the heiress, who is skilled in the management of horses, is to give a series of hunt breakfasts at

Warrenton, Pa., assis te d by her friend, Miss Phillips. It was at Miss Leiter’s request that her father recently purchased a horse for s(’>oo, which was the property of Richard Wallach, who had but a short while before bought it for $l5O. It was thought

early in the season thnt Mr. Leiter would purchase for his daughters the handsome horses owned by Thomas Nelson Page, but after trying the horses. Miss Daisy decided that she did not like them. Congressman Richardson of Tennessee is now Grand Commander of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masons for the southern jurisdiction, succeeding T. H. Cornell, who died recently. The will of the late C! P. Huntington discloses that the only property belonging to him in San Francisco was a mortgage interest in real property in the value of $50,(100. Dr. Charles Sabin Taft, who was raised upon men’s shoulders in Ford’s Theater into tho box when Abraham Lincoln

was assassinated, whose hands wfro on the martyred President's head when he breathed his last, died tlie other day at his home, No. 39 South Seventh avenue, Mt. Vernon. His death leaves only three survivors of

those who were nt Lincoln's deathbed. Dr. Taft was 05 years old. Lord Roberta has just entered upon his fiftieth year of military service. He saw service in the mutiny, and won his majority and the Victoria cross in the campaign which led to the retaking of Delhi. The fact, however, that Mr. Armour never, during his long, exciting and eventful business career, struck first, or attacked nny nun, except in self-defense, will always stand out as one of the great traits of his character. Lofd Rolierts. 'it is said, is the first nian who has ever been entitled to wear both the Garter nnd the Victoria Cross. He is also the first who has ever worn the cross nnd been n Knight of the Garter nnd St. Patrick. Mrs. Tom Thumb is now 00 years of age, but is still blight and active. She is, however, Mrs. Tom Thumb no longer, having married agrfin. Her present husband is Count Mngrl. Henry 8. Eastman, last survivor of the crews wlio served in Commodore Perry’s famous expedition in Japan, died Inset week in Han Francisco, aged <W. Tors, the Japanese wife of Rlr Edwin Arnold, baa become one of the most popular hostesnev In Ixtndon.

MARY WHITE.

J. O. ARMOUR.

MISS LEITER.

DR. TAFT.