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Newspaper Page TextVOL. 9. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1802. NO. 3. THE . OREGON MIST. 1tVKD KVBKV rBIDAY MOKM1NO - J. R. BEEQLE, Publisher. The County Official Paper. tth.aripliiB Hat,. Oiw eopy on, y,r la advaBC..,. On, wy i nioulh Din "V1 AdrortUInf Bat,,. ' PnifrMlnnal eardi on. rear, On, ooliiniu on, jr.,' ... Hilt eoliiniuou. ,,r ........ Ul.rb'r mluinn jr,ar Ou, lucth nil, intinlh (Iu limit line iiiiiihIi. Jinih Imiti Hi mlll.lll ............ " Ijh'.I nolle.,, III canl, ft llii, ff Sratl )" Ilnuj lOwiiUpwllii, loi 1Kb Ma-tqueut l- rIrl aiWartlMnwinta, SI.M tn; In lor r t liiMrilou. ni1 7 u.nu p f mob lor eeuh ub au.nl luwrilou. ; CO L UM IU A. CPU .tMKKUTU . , County OIlMM. Juilm .....D. ). Hwt Mr, HI. 11 I. ) I ,rV... ;....,;.,...,... K Quint, 8r. m h.rln. .,. M HtH.r, Ml. tlul.ua Twaiu' l. W. :!,, St. il.lmia Miiut. ot Honooia. J. U. Wall., Snapprw, AaLmor...... ... C. t. . Haliilw llurwyor....... M.M......A. B. UilU, . Il.ian. Commlwlonan. J(( . Brno, ClaUaaule. i! Society NotlC. ',;'' MAMiHia-Ht. Ilfl.ni tndn. No. la-Rrfnlw ComiBunlcllou. Oral ,ul 1 Mini Saturday la twli nnih ,1 l.w r. M. at Maoui. Il.ll. Vl.ltluf B.mrwra In ikkI Undlu luvltmt In attend. ' Mamixic Kalul.r ImIk Nu. 34 Swted m I lnraiwi , m or boriwh lull nunnatltM) p. n. at MaaonKi Hall, vor BH'iohard', atoro. VI.Kim m.inlMra la cood Maudlin l.vllad to altaud. Plntl SBday-Dir Ialwid, 11 A. I SI. Helen.. 700 r. m. ibKintid Similar User City, H . . R,at0, 7;Oo r. a. Tulrd ssoasf QllltoB, II A. Uoalton, 1 r. a. Fourth Sunday H.arlr l.laud ((llllahan), 11 A. ., Mi A,. VbuRLISOAMK. a,lcr. ' Th. Malta, flown rlvar (hoat) Iom at :S0 A. . (i rlr.r (bnai) vloaiw at I r. M. Th. mail lor V.iiionta and "lll.tmrg leave. St. Ilel.u. Tawdajr, Tburtdaj and Saturday at Th, mall for HarahUnl, OItlnl and MIM Laraa Uulnn Monday, Wadnaadajr and Prldajr at 1J m. Mall, (rallwar) Borth cloa, at 10 A a.; lor Portland at II r. . Tr.Hl.n' Oulda-Klvar Kuatra. MTaMia n. W. hmt U.tk H. Il.ln. lor rortlauit at li . Tiimday. Tbunda? and Ht- dar. WaduaMlajr and Krl iay at ;IW A. M. Hraaaaa irMirM K Moooit Inm Ml. Ilclan. lnrPorllanddall)racMtHanda)t at f an A. a. Kxtarnlm. laawa Portland at r, a. mm T . ibtw fli. II r.ri.T 11 it vihiki. mu- PROFESSIONAL. DR. H. R. CLIFF. Physician and Surgeon, t. Halaa. Or. : DH. J. E. HALL, Physician v and Surgeon, ClaUaaala, Columbia Co., Or. '. T. A. McBailra. A. I. Dbbimu. " MoBRIOB DRESSER. Attorney '.' at Law, Or(oa dtp, Or. Prompt attention Wao to laud oHlc baalnMi 7 , ' A. B. LITTLE, Surveyor and Civil Engineer, It. Halaaa. Or. . ' f ;oaoir awrr yor. ion nmjuiK. wiw iM. tlnf aod augluMrlMf oik pionpily doo. W. T. BoY. 4. W. DBAria. ' ' I '. I i BURHRT DRAPER, Attorneys V at Law, raaroa Clip. Or. Tw.lv. ..in' nirliBrM a. Roalatnr nl th. Vnltwl Hta ea I.uU 0 hnra rwHiininand. Id our .ptvLltr ol all kind, ol bualneu bat r th, Und OMat or tha i.'mirta, and luvolvluf th. pracllcM IB tn, uauarat una uiuua. , . J. B. BROCKENBROUQH, ' ATTORNEY AT ;. LAW, , ' Or(oa Cltp. Or. ' (I-U Sprolal Awnt ol Oaneral Und OJIt.) ' H unoairal, Pra ampilot and liinlwr l.ud Ap Kit at rmt and other Und DIWu, -BBalBaw a llaliy. ' Offloa, Btcoud Floor, Und OfBoti . Building, ' i , , ; CflflS. W. PVGEH, Notary.' Public -.-AND- INSURANCE AGENT, MAVOCK, OR. MlSOPLIANKOUa. ! Dd.SWITZER,; GENERAL INSURANCE "W.iSi'i'-j'.w ? ri1- ' Real Estate Agent, St. Helens, Oseqom. -00 TO John A. Beck, Watchmaker and Jeweler, 4. , - - POR YOUB , ELEGANT JEWELRY. Tb, TlnMt Amnrtment of W.lohM, Clooki tad J,w,lry ol all UtMerlptlona, PIANOS and ORGANS. Hallett it Davis and New 8calo Kimball I'ianou and Kimball Or gans, I invite lnHpection, and defy competition. L.V.MOORE, 105 Washington St., Portland, Or. Write for cataloniie nd pri-i. Montiou title paper. 1 EVERDING & FARRELL Front Street, Portland, Oregon,. DEALKR8 JNf WHEAT, OATS AND MILL FEED OF ALL KINDS, Hay, Shingles, Lime, Land Plaster. Also Flour, Bacon, AND A UKNEUAL ASSORTMENT OF roceries, , . Which we tell cheap for cash. Give ua a call. EVER D I NC & FARRELL. Cla,tslca,iiie X-iixie. STEAMER C. J. W. SHAVER, Master. Leaves Portland from Aider-street dock Monday, via Weetport, Skamokawa and Cathlamet, Wednesday' and Friday for Clatskanie, touching at 8auvien Inland, St. Helena, Columbia City, Kalama, Neer City, Rainier, Cedar Landing, Mt. Coflin, Bradbury, Stella, Oak Point and all intermediate points, returning JlOtf IS THE TIP -IN- eoirg This desirable property adjoins Milton Station, on the Northern Pacific ivaiiroaa, ONE HOUR'S RIDE FROM PORTLAND. And is only 1J miles from St. Helens, the county-seat, on the Columbia river. Milton creeit, a beautnui mountain aiream, runB wiwuu 200 yards of this property, furnishing an inexhaustible , supply of water for all purposes. LOTS, 50x100 FEET, . Banging in price from $50 to 100, can be secured from D.J. Switzer.St. JOSEPH KEItLOGG Joseph Kellogg FOR COWLITZ RIVER. HI m. Leaves KELSO Monday, Wednesday and Fri IM O rTn VUi5l day at 5 Thursday and Saturday at 6 a. m aJVwCrrl IVCaUl. WSJVai daily, Sunday excepted, arriv ing at Portland at 10: W a, m, Returning, leaves PUH1 JUAiNU p.' m., arriving at 7 p. M. ' " - ' ' : DON'T BUY ANYWHERE BUT , , YOU WILL FIND THE . Freshest. Purest and Best of Everything ., :L AT THE CLATSKANIE '.' DR. J. E. HALL, Proprietor. . I - m mm aaaaa. S,l,ul TI1VA f f M nnnp POWER ",,u and THE LEFFEL WATER WHEEL W. SHAVER. luesday, xnursday ana saiuraay, TO SECURE Jl LOT town. Helens, Oregon & CO.'S STEALERS and Northwest a. m. . leaves PORTLAND Tuesday, YOUR1 DRUGS AT A REGULAR - DRUG v. STORE. use LESS WATER ENGINECO. SPRINGFIELD, 0,U.$.A. WHEEL bm3 PACIFIC COAST. Indictments Dismissed Against Mormons. HIGHWAYMEN ROB A STAGE. Oregon's Board of Equalization Raises the Total of Taxable Prpp erty Other News. ; . ' ' Thn irrln haa firm hold at Sacramento and Loi Angeles. All danger of flood, in Oregon from the Willlaioette it now paued. ; The icvmrn at TracEe nave Dean fluhtlnir bard to keep their ponds clear of snow. . .-, Duties collected at Victoria th part year Amounted to $1,000,000, the highest figure yet reached. - Frank E. Hill, a young aruggiw, wiu hm in an a war at San Bernardino to the charge ot bigamy. The Oregon Board of Equalisation haa raised the total of taxable property of the State 3l),00 J.000. Anaheim is satisfied it lugar-factory project la s weces, and th factory will be in operation next fall. ,: . i Stockton has now four flouring mill running, they having a combined capac ity of 6,000 bArrels per day. The pdiitinn of the wrecaea steamer a. dJ in hunt nl Virtnria haa heen EM.II IWMV ' " " " " ' ' unchanged by recent trm. Three creameries are to DeesuiDiisnea I'. f V.IIm l.vnn Mltnlr. Nftv. The milk of 6,000 cow will be used daily. ' Chines flhOTmen are chsrgea witn i.n:nM i tUtK .tfMt. nf HaAramentA fih caught in the foul water of ButUp- vi lie Lake. ;-. v-.t :.,!,. :' i feit money st Boi City ha been found guilty or a Jury, nor maio Hwuinm made tneir escape. -..:.,;..,;; The certainty of the completion of the :ap in th cot road by the Son them wiflii f .ii.intr the Dulas of the land owner to beat tronger. W. A. Arlington of East Portland Willi. UUWHH wu.p"-- - a log, and in doing ao the load in the gun was discharged and the top of the hea l 01 tne young man wa uiuw u, rrH. cjuA.tir nf Ta AnonlAa MimDlaina that he iiinahle to reach parties who . . l J : J V .UA nM n A Inn. owing to the publicity given the proceed i.am The nartie in intereit avoid the erving of writs. Hiehwaymen held up the stage near the Idaho and Montana line the other night, and collected S6.000 in jewelry and $100 in cash from the passenger. The jewelry is the property ol a Chicago wholesale house. . (ndiotments against nearly 100 Mor nons in I labo have been dismissed at ti.. : mt-m Th. miwnmaA m nhanred with violating the election law, and the esse involved the construction- of the liiMho test oatn. Michael Flynn of Virginia, Nev.,ha appuea lor letters paieuii uu ma -".f, which he claim he can hold atationary in apace while the earth revolve be neath him, thus enabling mm to circum navigate in twentv-four hours. - nni himii r.f thai larlv hnn aent from Anatralia hv Mr. Koehele are alive. It has not yet been proved that th Insect multiplies rapuuy enougn to vavi iiij service : so horticultorUts in the south are advised to continue lumigauon. : r n liamnhall wall known In the l? RM laAnViann mm at Han Francisco, ha mad an affidavit at Tnickee, in which he wears be was l)ried by the prosecution, and will tell a different story if a new trial is granted Bell. , ,:.,;v, Jesua Arvlso, charged with robbing . t. . . il Anil hAtHMn HavI. and Solomonville, A. T., bu been sentenced to ten years in Ban yoenun, wbi. an viso is the last of a gang who monthly robbed stages and the mall in Southern arisona. Bishop Hoge of Bear Lake county, r,l u ..Mminani In fha Mwmnn nhnntn. lu.miipi uuiiiioii, " " . is on trial before the United States Court for unlawfully cutting timber on public lands. Mr. Hawley, his attorney, says if he is cleared at all it will be on a tech nicality. : : Reliable information from the Temes ca tin mine, now being operated by the San Jacinto estate, i to the effect that there have lately been opened up large ul: i m. Thn mlna la IHJ . IRO VI IUW-l.no ..w " .,.l,lni. -.;,, a fnll fnrAa anrl la nrnrlns. Ing about two ton of metallic tin per day. . . . ' ' Asu tfor damage to the amount of l2,U0t) has Deen oegun Dy jura, neiaon Balbridge of Santo Anita, CaL, against the Western Union Telegraph Company 1. lKtn A m o.aa rA frnin Kr alrtBT hnB- I ll vruiu. . hand was delayed one week, when she reached OolU'nbus, 0.,wher he was, he was aeaa. . The Oregon Board of Railroad Com iniininniu. Ami. that the railroad ataci dent on the Union Pacific near La TUmimU. 9Q 1i01 In whtali II nil'IO itJ ...... l. . au, - v., " three per ns were killed, was due to the negligence oi ne company, iw Board ssys th engine was not suited to the track. s , ' Parties who were induced to locate land on St. Clement Island at consider able expense are disgusted with their information from the land office at Wash niton that the island is not subject to i J: 1 J . U -. .U. survey ana disposal, auu i.uaii. hw iiwr ernment haa reserved the land for light I ,nilaa wvn rnAAB : Holoc iters of the Benton Consolidated Caledonia and Knickerbocker mining claims in the Gold Hill district, Nevada, have Instructed their attorneys to notify he pn DUO not v pnrcnBea snare. u itoi-k in the above-named companies, claiming that th title to th ground represented by the said stock haa been rl..;...l ' - iuiioiiwi. Th. Plmnl. fi TI (7 . nf tha JzA instant was an excellent paper, and its circulation cast win nave uenencini re turns to the Territory. The agricultural nA Knvlinnlfnral nsiaathllir.iAa aI the Sail River Valley, with ths present results a we'l known, are not exaggerated, but will be a revelation to those who ar seeking for a pleasant plaoa for homas. EDUCATIONAL fuming Made Compulaory In Ail Qlrls' : School In Catiel and B.rlln, . Germany. Readin. fPa.1 workinsmen hsv pro test, d against the introduction of cook ing into the public schools. In th universities of Germany there are l.ftttO foreign students. Among them sre.AUij Americans, 331 Rnrsians, 2(13 Austrian,, 20 Swiss sod 117 fcnguan. The new Harvard cata'oeue shows her whole nnmber of students to be 2,054, and that sli haa 124 professors and in structors in the faculty of arts and sci ences. .: .'! Thai Mnnnt Holvnks Alumna! Associa tion of New York has raised 4',00J for an educational project in memory 01 Mary Bi igham, the first President oi tb college. Vaaaar'a ahara of the Faverwesther haniiMii rti.ii.Oii l ia to be used in build ing the new dormitory, which the in crease in the number of students has made necessary. - The Brokaw memorial at Princeton College is to take the form of a recrea tion field, and the plans as deciaeo upon contemplate one of the finest series of such grounds in this country. , Thnmaa H. Swone. a wealthy res'dent of Kansas City and a graduate of Center College at Danville, Ky., has sent that institution a check for 125,000 to be used for any purpose deeignated by tn lac-, olty. -,....((. .-.,:-).. Seven trlrls have passed exsmination at Brown University, and will take up the freshman studies under the privilege of the co-education law recently enacted by the corporation. The class will num ber over 12) members. - i ' There are at present 133 001 college snd schools in India for m, n, with S.flM, 890 students, but there are only to be found a few hundred schools of low ver nacular standards and hall adoxen col leges for women, with 204.201 students. In Rnvkiavik. the capital: of remote Iceland, is chari'aMe lady ha erected on ner own iana nign M-nnm iur irauu girls. Needing more fund for teach' T salaries, books, etc., than her private in come would cover, she has sold her fam ily jewels, many of them heirlooms 7'X) years old, in order to obtain tbe money for her enterprise. in Denmark and Sweden it has been th custom 'or many years to weigh and mnunre the school children everv year Out of 16,i"0J boys and 3,000 girls the re sults were as follows: " In the seventh or eighth year of life boys grow consid erably in height and in weight, after Which a oeiav sets in, wnicn reacnen u maximum in the tenth year and lasts till tha fourteenth veer, when a consid erable acceleration of growth suddenly aela in. This acceleration lasts till tne end of the seventeenth year. It maxi mum il in the fifteenth year. Its accel eration is at first in height snd later on in weight, gaining its maximum in tne latter in the sixteenth year At the end of the nineteenth year bodily develop ment of youth seems to end. In girls the course of development is quite dif ferent. The decrease in growtn alter ine eighth vear is not so areat as' in boys. and yields in we iwemn year w a rnpiu increase in the height The acceleration in the increase in weight cornea later. ait outstrips It in the tourteenw yea-. In the seventeenth or eighteenth year the increase ia but slight. The increase . a. I . 1 . . alvmtat. in weign, nowever, biu.b w w ..""" in the twentieth year, when the growth in women may be regarded as ended.' A remarkable thing la that boys grow aater than girls, in weight snd height till the eleventh year, then more slowly till the sixteenth, aud then faster again. With slight variation these relations ob tain all over Sweden and Denmark. NATIONAL CAPITAL. Bill Introduced to Admit Free to th ; World's Fair All Who Starved k in th Union Army. Representative Pickler Introduced bill conferring the privilege of free ad mission to the World's Fair on all who served in the Union army or navy dur ing the war. Representative Stamp of Maryland In troduced a resolution requesting th President to lay before the House any definite and positive information in tha possession of the 8tate Department rela tive to the famine in Russia, with such recommendations for action as is within the power of the government. ; 5 ' Representative Enloe of Tennessee has introduced a bill amending paragraph 199 of the schedule tariff law of 1430 ao aa to provide that lead ores aid lead dross shall pay a duty of cent per pound, provided ore containing silver and lead, in which silver is of greater value, be considered silver ore and be admitted free of duty. . - " ; . Representative O'Neill of Missouri has introduced a bill for tbe enforcement of the eight-hour law In ail departments of the sovernment and extending its provisions to laborers nnder government contract, aiso a. uiu pruuiuiMua; nu ui of convict-made goods or materials ia the departments ox public buildings or under contracts with vhe Indians. , Senator Allen's speech on the Nicara gua canal haa attracted a good deal ot attention and elicited very favorable comment. He said it was the wish of his constituents that this canal should be built, and pointed out the many ad vantage that would accrue. Speaking of what the Pacific Northwest could send throuffh the canal in deep-water ships. he referred to the gigantic forests, the walls of coal and iron, the immense catch of fish, while Eastern Oregon and Washington had a cereal belt surpassing any part of our country or in the world. The speech contained all the points in his recent interview on the same subject. Representative Wilson has introduced a bill for a lightship, house and flag sig nal at Gray's harbor, appropriating 1150.000 for tha purpose. He also intro duced public-buildings bills forthethree principal cities ot Washington; on ap propriating $600,000 for a building and it at Tacoma, another, for the same amount at Seattle. The bill for Spokane appropriates $300,000, and it is th only one which csn possibly be got through this session, aa Representative Sweet of Idaho, who is a member of the Commit tee on Public Buildings and Grounds, says that he will favor Spokane above tbe other different sites, and it ia not possible for on titate to get more than one building during this Con. res. Mr. Wilson will introduce a bill for a public Duuoing at waua waua, ami will let it ton its chances la tb Hon, EASTERN ITEMS. Perkins Appo'nted Sen ator From Kansas. CHICAGO HOTELS CROWDED. Secretary Tracy Promulgates a New Order Formation of a H uge Glass Combine. It will cost $950,000 to put the desired wings on the White House. :i Baltimore ministers have taken a firm stand against Sunday funerals. Dnluth's receipts of wheat since Sep tember 1 have been 32,173,043 bushels. Ths Massachusetts naval battalion is to be armed with the new Lee repeating rifle. :' " '.;'..:;,.: ' . Death notices in the Philadelphia newspapers fill from four to five columns daily. , Chicago expects to have her South Side elevated railroad in operation by April 1. ... Contributions to the flour fund for the distressed Russians now reach 700,000 pounds. Kentucky's State; Treasurer thinks $3,000 is too small a salary, and he has resigned... , i..-. Texsrksna (Ark.) School' Board is alarmed about gambling among the school children. ; :. ; ' "' All the type foundries in the United States are said to nave oeen so. a lo sn English syndicate. Congressman Cutting is the father of a bill to prom ste the efficiency of th militia of th country. ... - Mixed-blood Indians are organizing to demand the same treatment the govern ment gives full-bloods. Tha failed New York firm of Henry E. Titus A Co. is found to have $5,000 of asset and 200,000 debt. Maine sustained a bigger loss by fire dnrinar 18U1 than for several years past. Tbe losses foot np more than 1,100,000. The strike of the Southern express messengers on the Illinois Central threatens to extend over the whole South. The total number of murders com mitted in this country during the past year was 5,906, aa compared with 4,290 in 1890. Many Congressmen favor the digging of the great ship canal from Niagara river to the Hudson, to cost about $40, 000,000. . i At Philadelphia the work of destroy ing the dies used for making coins dur ing 1891 haa commenced at the United States Mint. Joseph Pulitzer is back of an enter prise to publish the Chicago World, which an incorporated company pro poses to establish. It is almost impossible now for Chi cago hotels lo accommodate the tide of travel setting thither from all parts oi the civilized world. Georgia cotton factors have called a convention of all those interested in sToain cotton to take action on th proposition to reduce the acreage of cot ton next year.;..,;. Representative Fitch of Hew York in troduced a bill fixing the following rates of duty: ' Barley, 10 cents per bushel; barley malt, 20 vents per Dusnei ; nope, 3 cents per pound. -A , The total value of the ireieht passing the "Soo" caual, leading ont of Lake Superior, last year was (128.178,208, which is an increase of $26,000,000 from the aggregate ot 1890. It is stated that the National Cordage Cimpanr, which controls the manu- . . , - i .. : . l. : - laciure oi uinuing twine iu vuia coun try, intends to. raise the price of its product 1 or 2 cents a pound next year. Reoresentative Pattison of Ohio has introduced in the House a joint resolu tion amending the Constitution by mak ing the Presidential term five years and de luring the incumbent ineligible for re-eirction. Representative Newberry of Illinois introduced a bill authorizing the Secre tary of War to detail for special duty in connection with the World's Fair such officers of the army aa may be required for the purpose. ; At Wheelina. W. Va.. preliminary steps have been taken in the formation of a powerful glass combine to oppose the United States Glass Company. Th combined capital will be in the neigh borhood ol 14,000,000. Under the recent decisions of the Chi cago courts any person of good character is entitled to a saloon license in that city, no matter where the groggery might be located and no matter how objectionable such groggery mtgnt be. j - Twelve breweries In Cincinnati, Cov ington and Newport hay agreed to form a combination similar to th whisky trust for tha purpose of improving the quality of the product and reducing the expense oi production ana aetivery, ' Kansas Alliance men are suspicious of tbe National Union Company, a cor poration whose alleged object is to mske cheap purchases for the benefit of the Alliance members. They think it is in reality a branch of the Jute Bagging Trust. ,-.' Hassan' Ben Ali of Morocco is seek ins a concession to make a Morocco ex hibit at the exposition. He says he will spend (50.000 in showing tae people. manners, customs, amusements, etc., ot his country and in bringing to Chicago a tribe oi Berbers.- The United States Supreme Court has sustained tne law oi tne state ot eoutn Carolina, which provides that the ex Dense of the State Railway Commis sion be borne by the railroads doing business in the State, each being taxed a proportionate shsre of maintaining the commission on the basis oi tne mile age within the State. ' -, Secretary Tracy haa promulgated new order relative to the classification of rating of vessels. It provides that shipi of and abov 6,000 tons displacement shall be classed as first rates ; those of and above 3,000 but below 6,000, second rates: those of 1.0X1 and above but be low 3,000 tons displacement as third rates, and all those of les than 1,000 tons displacement as lourtn rat, . PERSONAL MENTION. Cardinal Manning Does All His Liter ary Work on a Pad, Which H 1 Rests on His Knee. ' Edgar Saltus, the novelist. Is pictured . ss a small man with a sturdy frame, a fine head, an observant eye and a mus tache black as night ; Sir Edwin Arnold calls Zola's pen "the noisoned scaloel" of the dissecting room of literature, and yet the poet pretends to admire the novelist. Mme. Tatenn. wife of the Japanese Minister in Washington, can talk Eng lish well enough to go shopping, ana, like her American sisters, she greatly enjoys that pursuit. The oninlon of the eminent French neurologist, Cbarcol, that all men of ge nius are to some aegree insane aimpiy Indorses a popular belief that has ob tained since the beginning of time. . General E.Burd Grubb. United States Minister to Spain, with his charming young bride, who was Miss Violet Sop with of Liamore, Argyllshire, Scotland, is th leader of diplomatic entertainers at Madrid. ... .; Queen Victoria has long been regarded as more or less of a rec use, being nota bly indifferent to society. .But ot recent years she has grown more social in her ways, and now shows a fondness for making visits. ,. -f .,, -..if ,..; ,,;-. The richest of the new Senators is Felton of California, who is said to have one million to Stanford's three. Hewss a poor boy at the time of the discovery of gold in California, and made his money in mining. The widow of Emile de G'radine.'the amous French journalist, died recently in Geneva in obscurity. She wss th publicist's second wife, and in first com ing to Paris in 1855 shone for a time at the Tuileries ss a great beauty. . Lothar Bucher. Bismarck's former pri vate secretary, is preparing his master memoir. Bocher was a revolutionist of 1848. He is the anther of some of the ablest political pamphlets of the day. He ia said to be a man of wonderful ability. , , Charles N. Felton. the new millionaire Senator from California, was a forty- niner. Jtsoth tn tbe mining camp ana afterward as 8heriff of Yuba county he displayed plenty of courage, but was often severely criticised for bis tove of clean linen. . ., :-.,;; ; . . - Secretary Elk'ms has a large family to house in Wsshinzton. He has six chil dren with him all the time, the eldest being daughter by his first wife; hut there also is a still older daughter, who is married, that makes long visits with her parents. .'."'v. .,,. Alexander Dumas is nothing if not original. He has now proposed a tax upon diners out tor the Benefit oi tne poor. Most people have run away with the idea that a fit of indigestion was sll the tax upon a diner out that he could well stagger under. The manuscript of " Home, Sweet Home." was given by John Howard Payne to Mis Mary Harden. Mis Har den ha died, and tbe manu cript has disappeared, though it is believed to be atiil in existence, and efforts are being made to discover it, : , j Tennvaon'a dialike. not to say hatred. of the common people growson him with bis years. Uis beautnui Dome at na'ni mere ia so arranged as to exclude the " profane herd " from a sight of the ven erable poet, and it is a rare thing for any outsider to catch a glimpse of him as he strolls about- the garden witn nia long pipe and slouch hat. : ':. ; ' ; ? Cardinal Manning does all hie literary work on a small writing pad, whic i he rests on his knee. The famous English prelate ia now past 81 years ol age snd growing feeble. His fine, intellectual face is seamed with the lines that old age brings, and the skin is drawn tightly across hie broad forehead. The Cardinal is a very tall man, more than six feet in height when erect, but his slender bVure ; is bent with years, and his white hair shows in scant locks from beneath his skull cap. ' WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. ' Thn PrnalHant nf Ecuador Orders a Complete Display of Women's : Work at the Fair i 5 f The women physicians, pharmacists and dentists of Illinois intend to prepare an exhibit to be made in the Illinois State building. , The denartment of electricity is mak ing an effort to secure a complete collec tion of historical electrical apparatus iu order to show the progress of the science from early times. i The pressure exerted on the Rhenish manufacturers to induce them to exhibit at the World's Fair is likely to be suc cessful. Several prominent ones among them, who at first refused, are changing their opinion. . ; The President of Ecuador has ordered that a complete display of woman's work shall be prepared for the .fair. This ia to include a collection of gold and silver braid work, woven Straw and other novelties. Two or three women maybe sent to Chicago to take charge ofthedisplsy. .,. ,, . L. Taksqui and K. Ikeda, two repre sentative commissioned by tbe Mikado of Japan, have been in, Chicago seeking detailed information concerning the exposition. ., They were greatly plensed and said their country wou d make a fine exhibit, and that in it won'd b a number of piivate art treasures of the Mikado. ? vyiwiS- : In the interest of the Persian participation-' in ths exposition the Pen-inn government has lifted the export'duty on all goods which will be tent to the World's Fair from Persia, and it h also lifted the import duty on alt goods which will be purchased at the World's Fair and brought into Persia.' These concessions have greatly increased tb interest taken ia the World's Fair in Persia. ' - . ; 1 , , . Electricity Is to be tbe motive force 'in Jackson Park during the construction of the buildings. The eleetrio plant has been completed and steam engines roust go. This is done in order to reduce the fire risk. The saw, mills, need in getting out building material, which have been run by steam, are now supplied by elec tric flower, furnished. If desired, meht and day. ; Electrical Engineer Sargeont is prepared with a sixty horse-power plant to supply electric motor service,' 0P9IT IHE ISMOND, POSTLAND, OS