VOL. 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.
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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,'
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