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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1891)
Tit o I'a per for the Stork mini, .Merchant and Miner. r T) a vrrn " '' I'd per for lite. Farm, the Workshop and the II om a. hi nine XI 11. cv.vrav city, cu.-lvt couatv. ohkuo. tiiuhsiu v. .irecsr u, isoi. Mint her JO. THE COUNTY NEWS. One of the Greatest Mineral 1'imls Yef Then ha Ui'ti n ltiftlf of activity in Uw clerk' ollict for several day mst over the filing of mineral claim on ftSO acre of iIm nbeto field tip iii the Meadows on ICvriik creek With two filing that liml previously lxen made in that miction by Mowik. 1). Reynold nml (i. W. Itncoti. tlio c'aitni taken up how cover an area almost ciitial to a section of land, and more are to follow. The claim located o far an in section 8, 17 ami 'ill, township X smith, range '-' et. TIhj hatch of filings iitnt If lust .Monday were all made hy Mr. Aher Tyler, n proxct.r who linn been working up the buineis fur Jjoiiip time pant, ami who located miller wer of attorney for nutinr on wewlthy Portland nml Wash ington men who liave organized a company under the incorHratioii law of the stato of Washington with the ohject of working and de veloping the di'Mit of asheatos to itH full cAii'ity. Mr. Tyler first accidentally came Uk)ii the discovery aloiit a year ago and ha since thoroughly prm iiected the veins and deposit, until lit) became satisfied of it richness, when he had a practical test made of the quality of the ore, after which ho had no dilliculty in enlisting capital to the extent of half a mil lion dollars for it immediate devel opment. The company is called the'Tuget Hound Aslicsto Company" and has it princiial ollicu at Taroma at present, but is coutcmp'uling mov ing to 'aucouver to accommodate Portland stockholder. The block i'm all taken and it is the intention not to allow any to be put on the market. Captain (ieo. Hell Is president of the company and I.. S. Ailes, of Tacoma, secretary. It is the avowed inteiilion to have works for the reduction of the crude ore established at the mines at once, to be oerated by water power, and to give employment t. from ) to 100 men. .winui a dtuen men nave been engaged during the past few days in doing the work on the claims hied on, necessary to hold them. The ore, which comes from the leiigc in strips or ints about one or two inches in width by four to ten inches in length, looking for all the world like bits of petrified wood, will passed between heavv steel rollers, under a constant stream of water, and will bo shredded into marketable shape by this simple process. The clear ore is about 70 per cent, pure asbctos, such as is used for boiler coverings, steam pipes, rooting paint, etc., and there is an H-inch vein of the spinning fibre running continuously through the (leKit for upwards of three quarters of a mile, which will a (lord all of the cloth material that will be needed for ages. Kxperts pronounce il the most extensive and the best deMsit in the world so far dicnver cd, and with the rapidly growing demand for it in the arts and sciences, especially as a lubricant and as all'ordiug protection against lire altout the machinery of seagoing vessels, it is hard even to conjecture to what extent the dejsibit can be profitably developed. This much iii certain, that the company are al ready contemplating the erection of very extensive works including the construction of a tramway or rail way from the main line of the S. 1'. to the factory site in the Meadows. TUB IHHTiiltV or T It K t'lMi When (!. W. Itacou wan last year engaged in applying asbestos paint to mi many of the root's of buildings in this vicinity he curried a bit of the crude asla-stos ore in his pocket, which he exhibited as a curiosity While showing it to an interesting group on the street one day, Daniel Reynolds of the .Meadows burst into a roar of laughter and exclaimed: "Why, young fellow, we have got a whole mountain of that stull' up at my place. As a matter of course, Mr. liacou was incredulous, but at Mr. It 's solicitation went up to look at the deposit, when he satisfied himself from the croppings that such was the fact, and immediately made a tiling in his own name. Mr. Reynolds also made a tiling, hut they do say that he filed on his garden patch in order to save it from the ruthless locator in a min ing scare, which his e.cricucu in early mining days led him to fore bee. About the same time the at tention of Mr. Tyler, the gentleman who has oreunued the I'ugct Sound company, was attracted to the de jHit in the course of his projecting in the hills for other metals, and being familiar with the nature and value of the ore, and itH rarity, he at once saw that there was a louan ta in it, and quietly net alxnit the work of making a thorough test of its purity, and adaptability to thu inauiifacturu of fireproof cloth. So satitfnuturv wore the result of the i test that it was not dillleitlt to eon- vince tin most conservative capital , ints to embark in an enterprise that bids fair to inure large return, i We trut that nothing will occur to j delay the development of the mine and that the fullest anticipation of the coiiiNinv will lie realiied. Jacksonville Times. A Good Time Coming. Here are some figure from Hrad ulrect's w hich are of the profound el interest to everv man wlto lives in Oregon and feeils iimn ill vital air. Tin grand total product of tlio t'nited Slates for the year 1S!M will amount to something in the iieigh Imrhood of ."Ua,lJi)0 bushels. Of this, there will be required to satis fy the dt-maiihs of domestic con sumption :UH),(XK),(KH) bushels or thereabouts, and .Vi.eoO.lX)!) more for seed purpose against another season. Accurate and reliable advices show that ICurojte, with the excep tion of Russia, will produce liSS, 0O0.00O huahel lens than will In needed for use in her own markets, and that this dellcit will have to be made up by drafts on the countries which will have a surplus. These will he Russia, which can supply her own needs and eximrt 1,000,(KH) bushels; India, which can eort o.l',,IKHI,(KJ0, ami the I'nited Stale, which can evsirt 1 ID.tHHi.Uh) bush els, (irantiug that all these fig ures are true, I'luro'ie will take all that the world will have to oiler her. and still fall more than .'(1,000. IXK) bushels short of what the needs of her K-ople ask for. Meanwhile the skies are blight over our glorious commonwealth, and the rain has fallen in full and timelv showers. The earth prom ises to give her increase in glad plenty, and farm lands are selling at a figure unheard of in half a .-core of years. We oil our mowing machines to meet a lich harvest, the railroad companies are equip iH'd for unwonted trallie, and the banks are accumulating a surplus because it will be needed to move the crops. We are on the thresh old of a year of great local proser ity; and forgetting the past we take oil' our coats, spit on our hands and give a long ami strong pull all to gether, with courage and 1iokj against the future. Condon (ilobe. How the Mayor Got Hack the SjoiU. A lung time ago there was a good poker game in Atchison, and sharks came miles to beat it. It was a hard game, and the sharks usually got the worst of it. Hut once a Tcvas man dropcd in and beat the game, l'laving in il was the then mayor. A line jaekjiot came up, the mayor oeued it for i'2'; the Texas man, who was dealing, raised it f"i. 'I'he mayor drew three cards to aces ami made "aces up." the Texas man drew five cards and made a straight. It was a clear case of rob, but iioIkkIv squealed, and the Texas man took the money ami hastened to the I'uion deot. In a few minutes he was arrested for vagrancy and lined (K). "We never let a stranger get away win ner in those days," observed the citien who told the story. According to a Pennsylvania story and almoit anything can 1m- be lieved that comes from the (Juay stone state a man lives in Center county who might lc entered as a coiii'M-titor for the meanest man's premium, lie sold his son-in-law half a cow, and then refused to di vide the milk, claiming that he sold only the front half. On this ac c -unt he also required the buyer to furnih the feed for the cow. Re cently the cow hooked the old man and now he is suing his son-in-law for half damages. Attorney (ieueral Miller ban giv en an opinion to the secretary of the treasury thai the Chiuvue restric tion law rijuire that the Chinese convicted ot illegal entry into the I'nited States shall he returned to China, regardless of the fact that thev ma v have actually entered the ; I'nited States from contiguous ter ritory such as Canada or Mexico. It is said that the colored states man, Fred Douglas, our minister to llayti, was unpopular there on ac count of his color. Thoo negroes in that black republic seemed to he getting too high-toned to associate with one of their own race. Twenty-one nations thus far have accepted invitations to come to the world's fair at Chicago and show themselves. The wheat vTohl in fifty oonnlies in Kansas uIuiib the lino o'f the Rock Island road in estimaUsI at 'JI.(XX. 1)00 bunhel. A I'Uguc of Graithofipera. Portion of Cheyenne county, Wyoin , are covered by grasshoppers. For three weeks they have inon hatching out, and myriads cover the prairie for miles ust west of First View. A strip ot land ten miles wide and extending in a southetisl :cr!y dire -lion across the entire coun ty i completely hidden from view ' bv the iliN Is. Thev meet with considerable dilliculty in crossing i the rttilroad, and rnnequently sot-1 ! tie uhn the track, causing the ; ! wheels of the engine to slip, so that J it often requires two engines to mill the trains over th,o place. l'ho I extent of territory thev cover is not I known, but they are said to extend over all th land between View and l.imon Junction, and m '1 far south as the Aranms river, As vet thev have done no daiinge to cropi or grass, Ity th.) time they Iteing tiM) youu. are ah'o lo llv or damage crop thev will Ins well out of Colorado into Kansas. A horrible all'iir is reported from 1 Ienderson county, 'fenn. A man by the name of Zaeluria Wilson had lx!! confiie'd in a cave for .'10 year hy Rev. Jacob Hyde. There seems to have lccii a lover's rivalry iM'tween them in.inv years go. Wilson w as successful in his court ship and married the girl. Hv some means Hyde cntraptHtl Wtf son to the cave and there imprison ed him. Some tourist, exploring the cave in which he wa conllncd, hearing his erioi releasiil him. Wil son was chained to the rocky lloor, and, to make it impossible for him to cscas there was an iron door lilted to the mouth of the cave in which le was confined. Hyde rep resented to Wilson's wife that her husband was dead ai d, after due consideration for her up'jsed dead, she married him. For thirty years the preacher has fed the primmer and no taint has attached ithelf to him. Sacrificial roU-s do not al ways cover righteousness it (teems.; ..... An i to m is going the rounds of1 ll 1.. l 0'....l .. i MM- jnin in kin- 1'iict i unit ii lining working man in Dubuque, Iowa, Uiught a colored shirt, in tearing oil' tlie tag he discovered a note therein requesting the burchaser to corrc.ijtoiul with the maker of the shirt in a New Jersey manufactur ing town. She said she was work ing for starvation wages, and hoH.d to find a home and a husband, when she would Im happy. lie wrote to her, and was pleased with her replies, went to New Jersey and married her. Three weeks after they were united for life she re ceived a letter from Kngland, the home of hur ancestors, containing a draft for f.VUK) ami a notification of the fact that she was sole heir to a fortune of over $7.H,ixa. A Tacnmu Preacher lectured Sun day on the subject ''Short Cuts to Heaven." 'fills ought to furnish a very valuable piece of information, if tiie gentleman really knows what he is talking about. We believe the gissl ltook declares that there is no other than "the straight and narrow ' way, mid applies some rather ex pressive terms to tlio' who attempt tu climb in otherwise. We doubt alajut there being any real easy and speedy short cuts to heaven, hut if the lecturer coil Id give a few hints on short cut to tlie home plate he would be listened to with the utmost interest. Another human curiosity is re Hirted from Montana in the mtsoii of a man w hose skin come oll'nyerv year just like a snake's. lie is at tacked every year in July by some thing resembling a cverc fever, ami in a Unit a week the skin U-gius tu loosen, and in ten days or Iwo Week it is taken completely oil', i Several newspapi'rs vouch for iloc-1 tors who to them Vouch for thu truth of this yarn, but we decline to pub lish it an an actual fact. The t7o.ooo.OOU ofgold that have been sent abroad from this country, il is said in New York, are likely to stay there and nut come back in the fall, 'l'ho eMirt will be paid for, it is said, by American securities. 'I'he iron market is rcimrtctl in good condition, and money easy. : I take J. W. Strange, who didn't the census of I'.astern Oregon. . '.i uum' j moved to Oakemlalc, W ash., he will start a itais-r. Citue l-'asteru Washinglou will take gtssl care mat lie census ageiit. docsn.t Ih-coIIU their' An eastern mull who hua been smistoined lo giKl riMiiU, calls the Orcgun iiiethod uf working thu routlu' "jtiimiiiur fallQwinij." MEN WELL-KNOWN. Tin: prinfi of Union' life I liiMirxv. for fiMM.UMl. l iii r l'A na.i. the I'rvwh enul at Yu Y.rk. ha a Ileal little salary of Ml. two a year. I'm nr. are over ten mile of pneti miitie tulilnir in Wnrmmakrr' I'hiliolel- i!ua Kinrv, npiirln(r ninety hum ow er to O(Tl0 it Horn of Henry Irvlnif'n mum Uavi It'timtelr ileeiileil lo ifn HisHi the tnv The joiinRer, lawnnHi, hail orljrinnlly intfliileil U enter the dlplomutie service A .1 l)n:vt:t. hemls the IUI of I'liilu lelnlila rich men w 1th iS,w,tHKt. The i-itv law one limnlreil nml ily million aire whom) total lnWliir fiwt up over Mmi.000.om). vit WiUiK nceiitly stnrlUsl m- elety by tlaitclntf at a ttrlrnte reoeiitlon i altiml In n UmK brow it ot, tHiitim iieauy laxnioneii. a neiiom'tH nerniir. ...! ,..ll..w ,.,.t,tl,.ttM I,, Itl Ititttitt, i i,,,i A Nr.w Knm.and mitn Is the atV Wner nf the miknilo of .luimn. ltin name U Henry W. IVtilmin. nml hi fonm-rly tvlilel In New llumiwlilre. lluiuirh fnr twenty years or more hln home hit tiecu III .litmn. ItKV. llH. ItNKl MSMIlMlK, w ho fell lll'llll in the Prvhvtcrin (renernl niuwintily at Ik-lmit. Vml '-M.iksi liiMirxniv mi hU life. Ill iHtllev rxnireil the ilay W fore liU tlentlt mill he renew ih! it by tele(nqili. IIAILWAY MATTERS. It kee three lurifi- rhleupi f.iotorleH iiuir lo umiitifiii'tnrti the looomotivi' liraillieliti nml rnilmml lantern! that .ire liw-il in thin rutirttry. The (nt'tii ries irive employineul to t.tUO moil ami boy. Ax Itnliau enpitieer ha nrlKinatci! n Motein hy wlitililu! pniHMHii to iitillzi' tin- imiver of trains running iluwn ifruile. lie Inn jH-rfeeleil a innchliie fer coin- jirewiiii; nlr n the Inilit pix ilown 1'iii.le, wliU h can be tivil to nctunte ti itmt, ir nt the ill ot the engineer, anil Ih- iim iI to aMUt tho locoinutirc on ti 1,-raili'ii. Tin: largimt locomotive ever niatlo weiirhn nearly una liunilreil tons, ami nan recently turiwil out liy the llahl win liH-oinothe worki, 1 '1 1 iliuU-1 pit in It li.i lire pnim of ilrlvliii( wlieeK, the Itri'lnix U eleven feel lonif, nnd is ifiiar antceil lo hntlt M'Vi it huiutred ami sixty b.us up n ifriule olio luimlrvil nml live feet lo the mile. An eH-rliucnt lm Ihhmi uinile on a railroiiil K'tween I'oiiie and rmwali rtith a new roiitliuntllile prepnrtil from lignite, rleh ilcHlu of which hur In-ill fuuitit In Italy. Of the new fuel three liunilreil nml nlxtv-seven kit LT.tiilh iliil the work of three liunilreil kiloirraiiiN of coal. It U thought the iliM-nvery will obviate tho ueveuity of ituikirtitttf eon I. SILLV NOTHINGS, AX KUIIAIlltVSOI.VO IjlMTIOX Shi ( w istftill l - "1 lliink I wmi hi make yot 1 1' o.l wife " He (a sup-'rluteinlent iin'i-haiiieally) "Have ymi hail any ex rii-.n-,'?' i:. "Il-iw iniieli do you love nie" lie -More limn I can toll. Whv, I o ililu t tuvi- y,i uny ui'irv if every our if tllin' freckle were a S'JO Jplhl piece " linlianapoliii .loiiriiul ). i. am. vim .vr tiik I'ihtv. slinirwm " I'll y .iy,oiinif iluukiuson fell in love n ,t'i 'i-. YVitlipu at llrnt i(flil " Ar ru,!i, "Veh -of her father' bank lnli " -I Itloajfo Tribune. "II I vi y u collceteil uiHliy Miuvenir nVhuis, ilear?" ".Nut many," aniiwcreil tin- (,'lilily (Tirl; "I have ncviiiiiiilateil unite ii lot of npuiiii miiivc nir, though priniipally Milllnirvs." 1 1 ulioi in kUk Journal. "I Iiot iiur this hruttil'brimtneil hut to krep the li-flit out uf my even," she hniil eonililiniy. ".Notliliiif run ilo that," he answered (ralluntly, unit the world revolved oil it regular twenty-four-h.itir a-ilny oyktoiu Jut a umiul. De troit Tree l'reim. NEW YOflK CITY AND PEOPLE. I Tin: ereoHoteil wood lloom of a build t I nif recently burned ill New York were ( the only jiortionof the htnu liire not dc ' Unyi'(l. They were only charred. I A Ni k Yoiik fakir bun U-eu arrriiteil j for Ktickiuir tulip blo,oinii IiiUi HTfie ' rated Mexicnu licaiik and hclhnif them to iiiisup'cUiif huukewivvii as Lhinen' , till.'.. Ar a recent fire In a inusle-Uox facto ry in New York "many of the iine.ii' Imucs were net ifoinjf by the llreuicn'ii I work, and could lie heard weirdly above the dill of the nccnc." A 'l'l VnUL- li.,l.. nlu,1il In lui l.nlll ,v.o .,,., aiyi llvlnir lumm ami irti b.ithroniiiii it m u iiw enough to take the head of the lint of maiuiiioth American lioU'U and will cont a round S.l.tMKI.OOO. Tin: dlaimiml cutter of New York earn an avcrnjre Kulary of bikl a week, mid are considered the liest workmen in their line In the world. Twenty year u" nearly all the diamonds sold in tld country were unt and pollslicd in Amsterdam. AHT NOTES. M u. Iliailor, the cliief nronrlctor of the Paris Umvie, lias Just paid 9:i.'i,uoil. a eoiTcspiMHlciit fcy, fur AlphuiiM' de 'euville'k (ainouii palntiii, "The Last . ..rir..We. A M.w ilei'uratU lin. Ih p.vn.rravii ciij-ravlu upon w i i, iii ionuive mi, in rreneli or me. m hii'li l oiisisU in wi.si, lealher, fabrii etc , by lai'alisof a heated tracinir Uiinl ! il entreuuly urled and remarkahln eir. cih muy U' prmlueed. liioln.i: ia Mm iukh, the I'liiflUh art Ut. I. of Trench birth, llftv-wven yearn uf aire, uuil studied chemUtrv III his early life m i t It the ci cUitloii of mak uu iihK profcm-luii. HU llri ilriiHimf .n (Jw" ana ti... FISHY YARNS. Al thisciiam. on the nucstlon of how loif nuluial can live without food. tute that eat wa BCiddentally built iua ha. slack, and wa the re fur nine teen days, when It eaine out alive. A I'oviMiTov (ia I liveryman has a diH which, Ik-sIiIc carry lliif ict.tu:e for hi master, fcis's funif1nf fur useful artiele. He trotted into a store recent Iv. jiickiHlnp a line currycomb ami hur rleil to the stables with It. Till: Dallas (Te. I News ay that few dnvii afi a halie alive and well was found pcrehctt on smin drill ml sailinir plariillv towanl the gulf, twen Iv mile down the river. The waif was tveucil bv nie llshcrmcii and re stors;l to It pari'nts. Tm.io: I a man who live cnliielv on a lieonrlii train lie p every night to the leevr. pay hi one dollar ami tlftv cents ami gcU In the U itb and sleep lliroiigh to AuusUi. Nct night he pK back to Atlanta. He has plenty of nioiiev and ueicr has auvlhlng lo say to the conductor or anylHsly elm' Two in mi.h near Heading. I'a , stole .i U-.ir' cub the other day and wcie ptir-.ued by the mother After running until thev were almost evhaustcd they stopis'd. and the man with the cub, taking It by the hind legs, attacked the mother lie leut her acre the none with her ulfsprliig mi hard that she lluallv lied, teaiiltg the hunter w ith the cub, which was dead. WHCfIL THC MONCY GOES. I..vsr year tlie lire limurolicc eump.v nle doing Intslne. in nhlo received fur preiiiltiiiik M. IT J.'J; nnd only paid out for losses SI.OI.Y tnu. or the losses were only .' per ee.il. of the preuiliiins. Ni.w Ji:kkv I one of the eleven state In which the iswtnl service Is self sui.lalnlng The latest llgures show that last year the surplus revenue of New Jersey's jHMtt oltlces was WJ, Jils ;s. lioiiicoin is shlpiH'il abniml in live gallon. Iron iHinmt uakeii keg. Kaeh ke f holds ten bags and each bag eon tains S..IMU, so that the value of a1ug i S.'xi.ihm. dolil from the other side usually comes lit Isive. Till: great treasury vault at Washing ton cover more tliiui a quarter of an acre and is twelve feet deep. Ileceul ly there wu ilM.tsst.tSK) in silver stored then- all amount that weighed l.ihXJ tons and would load 1" freight cars. Tin: llrehsi In May throughout lite union amounted tu S'JJ, ei,7 in, of which s7, '7'J.iski wa eaiikcd by forest llres. I 'or the llrst live motitlis of this year the losses aggregate Suu.tHMl.lsKI tigaliikt sii.ihjii.ihhj fur the iii erlisl luht r- COUnTSHII' AND M Ann I AGE. A I'.ut liii:.vrr.a Hi no - Visitor (ti dime museum exhibit i "Arc you tin man who eat glass?" i:hiblt "No: I'm the man wh cats the biscuit that my wife bakes " Kp-s'li. "Iter will your wife llleve you'.'' asked llouilder, as he escorted llroui home earlv in the morning. " ill " replied llmw u, joyously. "Of course she will. We've only lieeli married a week." N. V Uecordcr. Hiutii (solilmpiimgi "I'm m glad he pnloses by letter No fuss no helping him on and plcnlv of time to run down lo papa's olllce ami look him up in llnidslreet's Is'fore I give hllu alt answer " N Y roittinent. Tiik (ld. Old Stofy llevUed.-It.ish' fill Young iiiiiii - "Ahem --Sally - alic in " Sally (encoiiniglngly) -"Well. lieurge?" II. Y. M. - "Sally, do vuti s'ihim- your inn would lie wlllln' to be my umt lier-ln-linv?" N. Y. Continent. Ilnow I'.vli -Klnglcy -"Don't you at times lose contldem'e In yourself and feel utterly weak, ns If in fact you weren't worth a continental?" Illngu -"Yes. I felt so the other day when my wife showed me herdiessmaker's bill." Clothier and furnisher. TRANSPIRING AUROAD. A .SCMHl'.n of Parisian ladle recently applied hair bleach to their locks with the Intention of turning them red. but only succeeded in producing a beautiful khliile of green IUavioviis have Ix-cu found in llrlllsh (iiiiann, u here a gold mine owner re cently collected HI stone. All c'rt in Iiudon declared tt::.i of the ct'iiiiciik to Ik- diamond of the purest water. A cm usion iM'tween a khlp and an omnibus is something rare; but one is Jusl resirted from lluinbiirg. The bus wits crossing it bridge and the vessel sikcd her jih-lsHim Into It but nol-ly was hurt. I'lIK reibu'tlon of iMHitage Wtwcen India and Hngland Is thus nltnounced by a KiiIii brancli tiii:ister: "Sir. I.tirop.- isNitage. she is degraded, she is tuo unnas slv pie, registration fee she stands to unnas, kite intact." lilt latest noveltv in ferns iimm In I .on. Ion is one simulating a rose U hen eloM'd it looks like a bnd. When oH-n it resembles it full blown rose, nml, uk it Is kceuted w ith the s-rfume of that Hotter, the Illusion is complete. . STORIES OF ANIMALS. A nrr pooii att.n'loil and nearly killed his mUlrck at i'icilmoitt, Wyo, W. ,1. Uu.M'.i.of Ilutlcr county. I'a., was picked up by a t lelons horse and shaken till one uriu was broken. A niw accidentally shut up In a barn at Cedar liapiils. la , slu t i d there four week without food or water she w iik not much Injured by her lung fast. Whi:n h New lk-.lfunl (Mask. I gr.s-er entered Ids .lore the other morning he heard n noine U'hlud the counter, an I usu Investlguiion found that a clam had fceid a iiioumi hy une U'H, and the uxlcut was making a ili'raUnlIi)rt tu tf44apw. SNAI' SHOTS AT THE DEVIL. Till: devil feel proud of tho man who joins the church tu make money. Till' man who Is-lougs altogether to the devil Is generally the last to rind It out. Tin: devil never get a chance to loaf In a nclghborhixsl where a gois! man live. Tilt devil has to work e.vtm hard to get hold uf the children who have gissl mothers. Kvkiiv time a sermon is heard with out repentance the tlevll give 111 lire another stir. Tin: devil probably lluil a gisst deal of satisfaction In watching the woman who love to talk alsttit her neighbors. Till: man who simply want to Ik gissl enough to get tu Heaven I not a man that the devil waste any pow der on. Tin: devil I not much afraid of the preacher who measures a service lolhsl iiv the amount uf moncv In It for him self. Ir Isn't likely that the devil feels much out uf place In the company of a man who tloi-su'l pay for hi news palT. As sou n church meinlier l'gin to give mure money for mission than they do fur cigars and lubacoo the devil will licgln tu feel uneasy. - Ham's Horn. CAUGHT ON THE WING. A tciiki'.v llew through a plate glass window lite eighths of an Inch thick al Maiihllchl, II , but was nut Injured. A Ti:nm.ksi i. country newspaper has discovered that roaches eau Ity like grasshopers, and can Is seen late at night coming home to roost. Tiiiuii: is a mocking bird in Hatuutou, (in,, that can talk and w hlstle",lohnny, Oct Yuur Hair Cut," and. In fact, any simple tune which anyone hum or whistles to it as an example. A sw vim of liecs entered the cab of a liH'uuiotlve at Huntington, I'a , last week, drove the engineer ami llrcman nut. and slopH'd travel on the ruad un til the farmer owning the Invaders up lcarcd and elTected their removal. A wimhov In the post olllce at Hanni bal. Mo , wits so clean thai the glass must have Well Intlslhle tu a ipiall. The bird llew through It with such vcliH'ity thai it made a hole ill it only a Utile larger than lis Issly The crash oi glass directed attention to Hie incident and the ipialt was found dead on ') i lhir THE DIG I1ROOKLYN IJHIDGE. Tin: grade of the bridge mad way h .Vi feet Hr 1U.I feet of length Tin: "total length of the llr.siklvu bridge is ll,'. ir feel III. irti feel hi .ve the river, computed from the middle m the span. I'm: weight of each anchor plate on the bridge i twenty-three tuns; the height ol the towers above the I midway l.'iti feet. Till. New York end uf the Itrooklvn bridge proper I foituiled on U-d-rock the llrisiklyu end of the brldgu iroper rests on clay. fiir. llrooklyn termlmu of the bridge is OS feet iiImivc high tide. The founda tion of the llrooklyn tower Is I" feet be low high water. The foundation of (lie New York tower 1 7S feet below high water. Tnr.iir. are Wi.OoO yards of euhle ma sonry in the two ends of the bridge I he distance IM'tween the New Ymi I, aiichoritge and the llrmiklvu anchorage Is a, I.M feet. 1 lie weight of the span is 7,(KK) tons. FACTS FROM DISTANT LANDS. In llrltikli India as.(KSi,(Kj) acivti nre cultivated hv Irrigation. At'Hrnu.lA Is the largest lea con suming country In proportion to lis Imputation. Nisi: hundred and llfty submarine telegraph cable me now III opcralion, most uf them In I'urupe- their total length Is over sU.tMS) mile. Tin: lowest teiuiM'rature ever re corded anywhere wa niited by (ions-how, December ail, 171. at Werchojaukk, Siberia - SI degrees I'ahr., or li:i degrees of frost. vast "banyan" tree covering lie- tweeu 0 and T acres ha been discov ered on the tiny Uird llowe island, ."oil miles from 1'orl Macniuirle, in lYiiktntlia. Ills surpassed In sle oiilv by thu greatest of those In India. POPULAR SCIENCE. Tin: earth I gradually growing larger from the fall of meteoric matter. An astronomer estimates thai the glol' is annually 'lted with 1 lil.ooo.noo projectiles. KI'I:himi.MS on the Hrtlllclul pnsltic tlon of rain arc to Ih' niiule in limca. HltlliHiiik lllled with hvdrogen and oxygen glik will Ih' ki'iil upuud oplisled by a w Ire connected ith all electrical apparatus on the groan.', Sivi i: the lee age there U evidence in the fosull faunas and lloras of marine ileKislt ami H-at lmg that nurthwesl ern Humpc has exs'riiiii eil ur wuue time a climate considerably warmer than that uf the present day. Willi. i: cluiidk. eseeially the higher form, hate a general tendency tu move In the same direction as storms that Is, from wckt tu east - It has U'en deeided that they nre a very ur guide to follutv In s'i'lal instances, and they fail ekNM'liilly at time when such as ktklanue Ik the mwt iicciUhI. COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. I'l'.NNSl I.V.lMA coal i cheitiMT than Welsh coal Ilk In Italy Oi l x i: oil Is Ix'ii.g hipHd from south ern California to till orders in Hugliii.il. Mul.Assl.H can lm brought from Cuba In a l4uk ! fur two ttinu u uIIju. LHERARY SMALL TALK. llll.l. Ami, the lieorgta humorist, ha nine children. I'm:t Wiurrnui Is'glus to feel that the blimp, of life are virtually over. Ill fast failing sight I shutting him otr front literary work. "I'lMtiti: lion," the new I'rcneh Im mortal. I not tin c m minute epicurean one might expi'ct from hi writing. A Pari letter deocrll' him a short, squat uuil burly, turned forty, and look ing the hlulT, hearty tar that he I. I'iumi 1'oiti:i:. the Trench author, Is fund uf eat that surround hi desk and nibble al his pen when he write. Uenaii ha a inagulllccut Angora eat uf which he is extravagantly fond ami In huunr uf which Talne eoiusisetl a son net. Da. l.ounicli meditates starting an enterprise In or near llustun as a rival tu the Chautauqua movement. It is to Is called tho Temple IMiH'atlonal un ion. Illhle study, literature, science, ami Mvlal ami iHilllieat economy will Iv Included In Ids system. I Tin: iuecu of liouiuatiia ha under taken to write on the subject of Iluclta rest for a great illustrated work on the capitals of the world, which I now lie lug prepared in I'aris. This l proba bly the llrst time that a queen ha do scriU'd her capital for the public. Vienna will he treated by Mine. Admit and Toklu bv Judith Untitle r. WOMAN'S HAPPIEST MOMENTS. Miss Pit -"I reiuciulHT the llrst time I was in love." Miss t'liiince -"What wouldn't I give for a memory like that." Uiulsvilte Courier-Journal. Ill: "There goes lilady Wliisomr, the everlasting hone of contention iM' tween Will and t holly llunhiuglou." She "Yes, she Is rather thin." N. Y. Telegram. W.vs.N'r I'.xsr -"How p.ile Mis Hick got In that rainstorm we were cutijfhl out in! I Ki you supHie she was afnild of the lightning'.'" "Oh, no. The ruin got away with her color." N. Y. .Sun. Ml. MK "I have just received stitdi a nice letter from Will lie ay hi only thought are of me." Mamie "He probably tell the truth He never Wa much of a thinker." - Indianapolis Jour nal Jack "Maud Murray ha the 'ruby lips' that the poet tells of they are nich it rich red " Amy - "Well, they weivitnlll l.iuri l.euox kissed her a few minutes 1170 Tiie red I on l.uura' lips now " Saturday I'iciiliig Herald. "I sl'iTim It l'isomethl:i.,'i'( a tribute lu line's beauty w hen a gentleman rise and gives one hit. scat hi a ear," Kit Id Ml May Ture suinewhut piuudly. " riii.t depends," s ttd Mi Kcene; "In ome ea ,e il I a 111 irk of iii.iect fur aire " -N. Y. I'n', IN FASHION'S TRAIN. .li:i.Tt.t' whig green I, a fashionable shade Tu: newest Invitation eiuxln are quite lilip'itian. I'ot'll liciToNgl ivcMire the maximum fur instill iry we ir Tin. 11 'iv.- .1 ic fur dancing aw uf gold in' klhv. tin -.'I. 1 1' yon have .yl ymi make your pur cha in "i.lio,!,." not "ht in- " Tin newei.t iliw.r holder take the foi 1.1 of a till .tie or a water lily. A ui.e. ;i bride, h -r unld uf honor and the p 1 fes wore Veneti.1,1 cuduim. 111 ti rose mi. I di'.i b.!iti' blend (uliulrn bly nml t!'.- c .eibci .tlou I b lining t.l nearly everyone, hi in I and bruilelle. ALL-AIlQUiMTJ FAIIM TALKS, A n ui.'. b-i -hi pi it,' tiirai a cloan furrow nii.l s.nei 11.1t and horseilenh AI A si iik froi.i wellf'd auhiiaht, Hie imiiuiic b 'In f k 'pt u 1 ler cover, should contain all th clci.i -tit , of phtnl food. I IIMi 11 pi. null' !i iw 1 he il Ms not care to iiu,.ioti' lo . pr.ieti '. ur liettei' hi comlitioii xx tu-11 he el.iim - he ha no time to read. Not o.ilv s'i mid uti limit 1 liept with the farm but with e.ieli crop. You will then know whcie y.ni derUml the largest prullt W1111. 1. the milk I warmer than thu kurroiindlllg ail It should U left un covered, but when colder ll may with udtantagc Is- covered 1 1 I r.'siited that certain western farmer have tried collars 011 oxen, tu- stead of yokes, nnd lh.it lh,i rifkllll of the lest Is favorable tu the use uf col lar. AHOU7 ROYAL LADIES, w Tin: ilucliev, of .MarllMirou.'fb has piv senled her ha .b 111 I with it larja llll.l Is'uutlful organ wild four in iniialh fiir liU library at lllenheim A nl,i:t uf Th unery peacht, each Maeli 111 which cist ten dollar, wu old. -red lu Paris for the banquet given ill Mohcow lit the tiriinil I laches S.Me'k christening. Till. Hmpres C'trlotta ha rceovcreit her reason, bat her whole life kluet the time, twenty live year njfo, when her husband was shot has been a blank, of which no memory linger. Till: Countess Loredana da l'orlo Hon In latelv receive I 11 gold 111 I il at the international photographic exhibition lu l,lverssil for a d i.eu uuil .'.ully excel lent Hash-light photographs Toll her present to the b iby girl of the duke and duchess of I'ife, her great grandmother. Victoria, has salted nival in consols L-i.'MO to roll 11,1 Interest against the day when, the child shall marry and want 11 dowry. Tut: t'uiiutek Idly Newenhaupt, for merly Mis Wilson, of New York, None of the most feted Indies In Stockholm this season. At a hall i;lvcu by the minister of foreign nlTalrs she hail the honor, that Is to Miy. Prince Kugene, ot Sweden, had the honor of dauclug with Ur.