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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1891)
Tho J'aper fbr IM Stork iMut, .March an I and .Miner. NEWS. The Paper for the Farm, the Workshop and the J fame. la! nine A77. C'l.WOA- CITf, G1U1XT COU,YT)'. Olth'OOA', TllUJiSDAY. I) ICC 'KM Ui l-lt 3, IS9.L Number 3 THE GRANT COUNTY THE TERRIBLE COBRA. IlidtVt Vrnnmnni Serpent That l Ho UrtMiletl lif the Nttl.r.. It iraa n hot .'tanttay m.irnln H I;n, without a e,nui in the hratcn skies, say rrHrr In the Christian InU'tthjrencer We had jnt come home from early morning services and IumI taken iar scuts al Um breakfast table. At thsi "pen d'jnr of ourdlnlng-rrxmi tmr Telri tpt vho,.ACinT sppcnroL saying; "&lr. nWg cobra hu Just Iwn chasing h (rag th rough the wlmlc length of our front veranda. He struck at it oaiti und again a It spmng jiast the -vn Ih-s of Jour sitting-room, but th fnv. ntt.-rliV piercing shrieks (us n frog on wlien iHirsuod ljr ir serpent) sprang eneh time quirk enough to elude lu jaw, and bye the r Ihey nish.xl nir the end of the veranda an. I tbe frog sprnng Minlcr a lsx thnt In standing there, tixi near ilown upon the bard lloor for the f eobrn in gri under, nnd secnx-l " i "Well,' said I. "lvhrrp Is the cobra i How?" "Thnt U just what I ilon t know," villi he. "for while I mth look I UK to sc what had I ,. hoc of the frog - how In' had got aw ay- tlK etibrn dis appeared among tli llnwcr-xita, and I cannot m where ho has gone." "Ho must liuve n hole there close by Ihe vemndti soiurwlicre." will I. "Will yon please go anil watch until I com.-. iuhI se If you can get sight of him again, for he must Iw killed if he lircs ii neur the lioitM iui thai." I ilon't go a-shootlng on Sunday, hut I went for my pistol thou, for I con, 1.1 erel It decidedly a work of necessity iuhI mercy U put nn end U the danger of nuntclccs or our people leinK liltten ly that ilondly eolinv. Soon appearing with a revolver, which I kept for trav ellnjr through the junlen at iilffht, I went to hunting fr the cnhru'K hole. Two lurire mitive llower-pots hLxmI nlxmt nix feet from the t ml of the ve ramla, with each a liemilifut roio ffrow inj; in It. of which my wife w.ii very fond, mid tH-tiilo which Ik almost daily , U)1 piekin? oif tlewl leaves or water- ! nil? mm tending the ms s. 1 iuhim di covered a 1101c in me jjrouml alHiiil as lartfo as my wrist, itartlallr winecBletl hy Iha (frttiw that wan growing right lc- tween tho two llower-pit.. which wen far enough apart for a stsoii to stand U'tween them. The hole went down Ierpeiidiculurly. growing larger ah It went deeper. It took but a moment to til ing a hand-mirror and throw a re ticulum of tl u bright Mill right down into thu Itolo. It revealed u horizontal t'hnmlier only a foot or mo deep, ami the glistening fccaloK of a cohra colled up at rest. Taking a pieco of broken wagon-tire lu my led hand to htop up the hole vt ith and jil.iclng the end of it slantingly in the hide, I tired down Into it. Not a motion was Keen. IhndmiMKNl. Tuni lu',' tho tire Hp edgewie I llrvd again. What a uiuiruiing there wni.! 'I he cohra had lven wmmd.sl. o struck up vleioiihly at the iron, which was turned down lint an houii l I had fnvd to U.-cp him from darting out at nn. I turned the Irone l.rewihc aa l iiri-d a'.iin anla.r.iin. When 1 h..d unloaded toe fci:.l!i harrel I let him strike his head out and . aught it against the ide with tho iron tin-. 1 had brought with me a pair of Urge heilgo-sliears. With these 1 caught hold of his protruding neck n:id with a htout pull with luth han.U pulled him out and gnro hun a lllrt out Into the compound. What a scattering tneii' was of men, women, mid children .My ullention hw been so taken up by tho uiake that 1 had not nutioed whnt n big croud had ifathered around. How they herenined und ran! for they did not know Uiut the grip of tha hear had dUlocaU-d the fellow'k neck, ami swing r full-hixed cubra Hying out toward them they seemed to think he wa springing nt them. An 1 had gripped tho head of the co bra with thu she am I had given the wugon-tire to the teacher, linking him to Insert the end again Instantly that 1 drew the cobra out, for wliere one co bra k. you will usually Qui! a second. I eiHoc Inm-'U nod thntw tlw rys of the mt In again. Yea, theiir were bright oobm'k hA'itl and another is:ibrn wrig Kl'ng. lAkuliag my pisUd again 1 re iKSObxl the Uriug, hoping that lie would stride hU head out, so that l conlil natch his head al . Squirm and strike as he did his head did not come out of tile liide until 1 h.ul llred many times; but it iiuully came and l secured him h!o. On draw log him out null cxtun iainx him cl.jucly we found four tee u phtobkoil holes ihroiurli hU Lsxly, mvl btill Uurc whi. fight In him. Any thrv -of tie: v.'oumLs wojld liuvo proved fatal i. I time; but he di -d in iking a splcinli.1 light. Wv laid the eobrusi out on the vornndu and Jiwasuiv.l tliem. One of thclil lucasured II v.- feet eleven inches niul the other six feet und two Inches, than which one rarely Und a t-obru larger- Tindr hiilu showed thai they li!t cvkleutly Imn livlnif there right ntn.mif the tt iwut pot '. thnt were t -tilled iluHyaml within sin feet of our veranda, cud within tw.-lvr fwl of my study ibur f r weeks or inoottis. Though the co bra Ik tlm deaUiUmt M-riiit known, nud thousand of person die of their bite yunriy In Imlln, no one in our mUJuu lint uver Uun banmtl by unit. FOR THE FAIR READER. I.10HT .gloves can U rlesned with ; oom menl; black kkls, with h lrioi of oil to which aafcw drofis of Ink hnrv Ikm imMpL An invitation to an evening reception calls fir a written rrgret, but whoilwr yon accept or decline a formal call I should 1st mode nftcrwartla. j Cut m-H we,Wlngi are on th ibsglliw. ncconllttg U the ecclesiastical commit tee of the l.ltehflel.l ill.ss-san eoliven tkw ttreatcr privacy and les cost me MtMMt to le sought for. A tut.VTV Utile rackcr U now scrrcil with oysters on fashlotisble tabic. It Is in the shaH uf a blue-puitil oyster slwll. sml U snl.l to lw sjsvlully nice In uallty a well as picturesque lu form. Vni.vrr l now the fashkinnble ma terinl for brklosmokls' sIkh-s. The only obJ,-ct,m to it, i.Wm the I'nll Mall (iniettu rather nnitely. Is that it makes th feol Imik somewhat lrgv The favorite shades for evening wear are lieIiotroiH primrose, mow green and jmIc pink. AS art 1st U) I'.eoorntlon at a reent lasnKuiauie Mine neon eonslstcil or n largo basket of w hlte lilacs In the Cen ter of the table, and from this rstpvs of lilacs slid smlln cvtciKhil to th plate or each guesu I.a h rope tenniuaUd In a larjc cluster of I'.irtuu riok'U, rvstlns; on a lai-e hamluerchief, which was de signed as a souvenir. l.umioiiiKHv In silk, rlbUin ami g.dd throail Is wvii on nearly every article elestgned I ir homo or p.-rson.il decora tion. A pretty young girl at a recent ball wore a dress of tulle with dainty umiimitlory in blue ribUm lu forgcl-me- not. Her white satin sllpjs-rs were also covered with blue rlbUm embroid ery of the same dainty llowcrs. HER MAJESTY VICTORIA. Md.Uno. .lt.s..l Wrtl KnUrlslutiiflr or Her II. in. n Uf. Mine. Alluinl In the New York World: A good deal lias Imh-u suld latidy In tho nenpaK-rs concerning Queen Victoria, hut so niurh of It I calcuUtrs! to give fslm Impressions with regard to the ljuren that I am tKiitHl to send you s few nob-1 slsiut her, ami. si I hate had the honor for a long tlmepaslof person ally being acquainted with her Majony, I l.pn you tll lelleve tlmy aro true. W 1th rer.ird to tho Queen' piddle ca pacity It Is netslless for Inn to speak, as all the world knons hw she has ful-fllb-d her numerous and arduous duties, and I shall therefore oonflno mysolt to emlestoring to glu some Idea of her prUste life, and csptvUlly of her In her Scutch highland home, as It Is there thai I have seen her most anil havo had the best opportunity of Judging. j The Queen rKes tsarlv In the marnlnr. and sfler breakfast reads and aniwers 1 her letters and transaoo hiislness. iihn . Is fond of the oten air. and If the ' weather m favorable often has her pa ' pers taken inUi a tent or summer-house upon the lawn, which oommands an or U nslreaiid most lnely view of lielf nagar, lu surrounding mountains and the valley of the I lee. After this com in a walk or a drlvo In a pony carriage, and then luncheon, st which no u no Is ever present eiuept member of the royal family. During the afternoon the Queen takes a long drive, often etttinJlng to oer thirty miles and always lu an open e-ir-rlafe. She dlnei late, never Iniloro 8:30 p.m. An hour spent In tho drawing- room talking with the ginww wliomay iisve iH.n inviKsi nntshiM the day, and the Queen relires to rest. llie Queen is faithful to her old icsletl to the young t .!..., w,o Mars H p-n and rinds flm h.-i..Ur blUs. "Wkere s the resr , i, Klljah. "Oh, my fee Is s!.-' Is tt. reply. As .Simpson edges t..ard the door he lays to his father's frleud; ' I jrue. -m ucky to get S. I'm afull uhid ran lldn't know my grondfaUier.' PEOPLE OP AMERICA. (IKS. MiiJta' wife Is n sUter of ,enat..r Ciini.-mr.'s wlfc and a niece of iienntor and Hen. Mu'ramtt. Jov Twioit, of Tcmicsve, goes out of oiiiee with a r.ssir.1 ..f grouting eight hniKln-il and mie p.ir l"ii.s in four years ami i lie nick nam.' i r titc paiiloti gov ernor. " Mw TitOWMiA KiitM Kit. ly gave b b. II at which di..n-'i..;i'i . runiisbeil the music. To hic t n p. i f. ctly In keeping the dnm in-r s:,ouhl hare l-eli mi the electric llghl fanUn.ll.- Uh. It im.i: Joiw I.iinu .i-. ju .l cb rated to tl.e supreme, omrt '.s.m-h In Mau chusi'tts, is a direct .U sv,i.laut of it wr- Mm i'i tliut name wh c.ime over In the Mnvlt.'Wer, mid who pre.iche.1 for the pilgrims in U'.i den. n.sk .if X,-r York's H. h.-sl m.m-ti lu real eslute U Me s I'. .11. u.lcr, w ho has sn iniorue of smiy t.'x-u v.u.t dot hni a year. She Is nmit llilrt y-rlvc years old. Is tall, t.l. n.I. r unit pretty, and piawesses a line vohe, Si.xat.ih Auuit'-n, ..f UHikit. Island, ts iiiiel umt genii. manly, hut likes a hit of good fun. In .irum.-r. when tsn- gn us is not sitting, be Ix urouml 1'rovl-dene- alt the time an I nlwcya ready for a clALi-hoUc duwu the lay. l'UASk HaTtom Is a typical Amarlcan. He (s.inmcu.'id life a-, u ne.rsbov, and was stmaU-r gMi.-rul of the I'liltM MEDICAL MATTERS. Till: lxndon Hospital says fully 250. (nhi ueains iccur in ureal Hrltain every year that could bo prcv enlotl by prois.'r snuituri, regulations. I.NVK.vrioN, a London scientille jour nal, says that it has lieen discovered thnt the kolu nut lias the power to restore to normal condition the worst suilctvr from intoxication or monomania. (lot chew em' cramp Is a new addition to the types of disease produced by the frequent use of a single group of mus cles. It is n muscular in.-.inlintion similar to writers', telegraphers', nillk- iiihIiIs' and ulgarmnkers' cramp. Vestern Medical l'cortcr. I l.irs have long been accused- not without reason -of spreading dUoa; but It is asserted now from Havana that lil(Miiitoos have u use, for if thev In oculate anyone nfter biting a yellow fever patient, the disease which follows Is so mild that fatal results nru nue. 1'ngllsh Mechaulo. As English dentist who triwl hyp not Ism lu his profession was very suc ccmiiiii. nc cxi no-ten a t.sitn lor a lady w hen .she was in a hypnotized con dition, ami when she was awakened she audi she had not felt the r. moral of the bsith, ami she litis nut cxiriencfl any .lis.-iimf.irt slncsj. A rurcscii physician has discovered that the cause ot articular rlicuiiiatisni in to U- found In a N)s-elllc luk-ro-or- gnnlsm He has oultivaU-d the microbe, nn.l after Injecting it Into rabb.ts, has observed the itillammatioii of the living m.'iiibrani) of the hcurt which is cluir- ncloristic of Intlaiiiinatory rhcumntltm. LEfTtHEIR WEALTH. Tiik sister-in-law of a pauper In the lioi-hoi!Sf at tiluxguw, SvotlaiKl, has leiueathcd $70,(HMj for church pur- 0.MM-S. Tiik will of l.ndy U. .!. ry leaves three million dollars of her rsoimlty to her husband, no end of reully, and, Im-sI.Ic remembering some of her ltoths child relatives, provided for her ser vants. A Mas. mik of Kansas City, who died recently, left tliki.OOO to distant relatives und cut olf Iwr husbaiul with a J4 legacy and a request that he wouldn't make n fisd of hliuwlf by sp'mling it recklessly. A iiu-ii lady of At.-hlson, Kan., made her will recently, slid lu it she says that all her fortune is to Is. given to her hus band at the end of live years If he call prove that he has vi-.lt.-d her grave ten times during thut (Mrlod. Tiik w ill of the lute Vice 1'rcsldent Md'ullough. of the Pennsylvania rail road, bequeaths the bulk of his estate, valued at Jflu.oOU.OOU, to his two grand children, the sou anil daughter of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Darlington, of Allegheny. Tun late Mrs. Mary C. .Shaw, of l'ltts burgh, l'a., has left the Income of her property, amounting to about fifteen hundred dollars, to Miss Alice II. I'lctchcr. for her life-time, to aid in her i resenrvhrs in ethnology and arcliuMdoyy mining mo iiiuiaus. V friends and thoughtful for every Issly 1 wta, lesldont Arthur. He has uu wiimiii she comes In contact, re-nietulx-riiig the smallest detail about them, their families, and their occupa tions, slid giving evlitetico of this at nuHit iinexpecb-U Mi.uiH'iits. A olrcuin stance wlii.-h happened to mo jusUtlist strongly tlui truth of this. I'our v.-ars ago 1 wsa singing si the ltoyal ()M-ra at lienui, ami was not even aware that the Queen knew of my entrageiutint there. 1, s.sin alter mv debut, was alalan.'n dinner psrty al the llnglish Ilmlsissy. and silting next to me was one of the geiitienien of IheCisiHii I'rlneess' house, hold, liurlng dinner he put Into my a n a a toiegram, UMIIiig uiu to read 1L This was fronj iheQueeii to her daughter (now the ISnipres I rislurlckJ, r.s-om- mending me to her and desiring her to do all she could for me. NeisilesH to say that after this I was so cxrltist that I could eat no dinner, and I Insist. si on keeping the tebwraiu, onu of my precious snuvuiilrs. Her Ma)eitr Is fond of mnslo and Is a isl i.iusi.-ua. Mi., stiuh.il music with Vendelss,iln and i:i;;;ng w Hh laldache. ta con-- . .iii-ii, e of tins teachinir hi. infer i '.he old Italian music u any tin i, hut At the ar.i- time she can ap-...s-iut.-a iy thing thai Is gwsl In the it. iici n ai i tin- 111 I knjw Mm ex. "-rleaci., .ut I have suiiir all kinds of oisli to to r. the new and the old. The Qun a Is ui-ich tourli.it by a slmnle. Iiomely ballad, and after I bale stiiur to r s.uigs ija- U.iiim Aitatr" or ' (11.1 t'ollts at lluiiiu" 1 have seen lesrs lu l..,r w-S. 8b"- has non In retirement for a great mail) j. ais, and during that Urn., has ln.t l.. ea p.. n-i.l at a sllljle .imriitl. Hrftiriii4ii.'e; yet she reiucniltcrs well the old artUts und the uiunii.ir In wuloli tbey rendensl Urn various well known rules. Kor Instance, when I udd In-r that I a as stud) Ing the "llugueiiois." snd as folii to sing It In America, she said tnat was one of her favorite Mr.is: that she thought .Mario was sux-rb as ltoj, and that although (irisl sang tin- music sph. mildly, sho never roullsisl h r iib a of the char-acur of Valentine. Ihe Que.-n herself look afu-r the w lfre of all h -r tenants and s. rvanu. nu ir any .ci.. of thi w Is sk-k she l.ih llrst one to pay th.-m n visit and Uvtt., lie in little iiuforts. Huriug her suy In Soullund shu L.t-..- a plaasuro during her drives tu stopping at various e tucs to ask after tho a.-l-fr of Ihu innisws. When so occupied the Queen I. at kind and slliinb. as am- urduiory lad y uauid (hi. When she tm id one of her first visiu and Utuk tas la-en everything on a new spasr. from newslsiy to editor, and would rather lie the editor of a live newspaper than president. ."utter l'oi!r.i:iiSni i r , of the While Star lU-et, c.mkleri l.linsalf the great est trareler that eier live I li nnse dur ing his connection w ith the company, he has sit'ud Ms.Joo nautical miles, or tin, ooo stumlard miles, ueurly four times the di.-.tancc ls-tween the earth und the moon. Ijf the stx-lcty of tie- lied Cross a sh rlut arrluisologlcul .irtinent Is form ing, the mUiiioti of which will lie to prevent the vandulistie destruction of old monument and works of art lu time of war. Iv A I tor f, Switzerland, the Tell monument committee is making every cllort to press forw ur.l Us work. I'our prizes of fl-UI. SJ;!k, (I'J.'.O mid 9100 have Is-eii otlc.reil for the four ln'sl plans for tho inoriiiniont. Tiik historical gray out of Nnisdeou I., which was stolen fr.uu n iiiuseiim, was fouud recently hy the jsilice lu the Quarticr du Temple in I'uri. An old clothes dealer had given the thief (.ev enly ueuts for It. An Italian nobleman, lh Count de Ijirgucs, Is owner of an anokiut w.nxt cngi living of ( hristopher l olumlms, which is U-lie vis I to Ik- a true likeness. It will probably have a place III tho coming American e;s.slti.n, Mh. Wali-okii, the Ln.'lish antiquary, has started subscription to pay for re cutting the inscription on the tomb of (leorge ('hupmaii. who translated Homer and who is buried in the old cliuruh of St. (illes-iii-Uio-KlBlds, bin don. Dt'Hl.vil the rec-iit demolition of the old wall Of Tcinesvnr, a grent stone goblet was found underground. On it was the Inscription: .it-fan lawonosy. 154-." It Is suppoM-d to lie the goblut given to Stefan J,oono.y by the women of Temcsvar for hU brav.-ry in defciul lng the town against the Turks. MOT KNOWN UY NAME. I'l. ituoMi s colored waller who threw ae-.lf. -s,t at the bead of .lolili 1.. Sub l liv :. is s-n to apH-ar in n tableaux as J -.) .x .l. fyln-f the lightning. ' i A W AMiiNoios- swell lins a S.'i,hn) , brown ssllt thnt was formerly the ' pr-qs-rty of the king of WurlcmU-rg. The dog feels his sisltlou keenly. A i-.il.oitKli woman who kidiiacd child front IU nreuts at Sun Diego, Cat . was arrested nud explained her action on the ground that she hoard thnt the child was Is-lng III treated. A MIXisn iiof Iannis, N. . Is n tvpl e.il UlepUHiuiiilii... He was taking din- ucr with oih-of hU isirlshloners lately u.iu won in too u.'l of saying grace, when li.- ssk. ted il sllier "isiii from the table. A ioi.otu.li woman living near llm llluc river, Indian territory, it re- ttortcil to have given birth to four c till ilrrn. all of whom are doing well. "The WHliblned weight of the children I twenty-scren siiioils." i -. . ... ... ,. . . .v mi. -so nim in iinuuiiKii, Mo, lias tnad... three nt tempt within u week, while i .11 the street, to .break awav from n sweetheart for whom Ids love has grow -i torpid, and In the spi luting matches she has run him down each lime, IN W.tm nsburg, Mo , lives a light HiiU calculator who has done. In three Ivours, w.-rk thnt would have taken six ordinary accountants slv dvs. lie enu al.. al any perl.sl of the duv or night. gi-. c tliti oaact uiorldl.iii time In hours, minutes nud s.-c.ui.ls, though he cutiliot tell lime b I'siklng at a watch or elook. AT THE CAPITAL. URIEF I'ERSONALS. l'Hiii.r-.r Harmiimis Is fond of a game of billiards und usoa a heavy cue wii. a he plaj s. Cu.i:Li:t 1'iMrKli, tlui new secretary of the t.v isurv. Is a liilllloiinire and li st.s-!,h..l,. r In the Standard Oil ("o He made his start us u dry gissls merchant. Till: champion billiard player of the senate Is Senator Wolcolt, although Senator 111, u-k burn Is u close second. Vance, llutler iuuI uveu I'aliiiiluds are fund of the game. Will... Hey, I'hllllp. Ilnsiks, of llos ton. Was rets. ..... In Wsshlugtoii he was given the privileges of the llisw in the senate, an honor rarely uce.ir.lrd even to distinguished visitors. (inv. Hu i 's seat ill the senate will tm licit to that of Senator Daniel, of Vir ginia. His.lcsk son the outer row of the item. s-ratic side nlld was is-cillilcd f. tw .-lie years by Senator Wude Hutup- lou. Sim?k tho election, In sss, there have teen more changes In the present house of representatives than there has Is-en in mil' other house since the foundation of the government, ten iu.-uib.-rs having died, six resigned and nine In-eu uu neaU.-.l. -- - TRICKS OF CUPID. A rAf niMti.K of (leu. Sherman's au tograph w 111 adorn his tomtntoric. Miciiai:i. Davitt Is credited with the design of making California his home. Cof .sr Hi.mitur IIisuaiii-k says that the Kugllsli are doing splendid work for civilization lu Kgypt. Jon.v T. Koun, of llaltlmore, Is re ganle.1 as the oldest thentrlcal mali nger lu the t'nlted States. Ir Is said that the grand duchess of KnAO-Weliner owns the most perfect collection of lewels lu the world. Jos:i-ii I't iiTriu has a fad. Il Is to ! s'l"""tiy commence whatever he has to do of Iui Isirtanco on the tenth day of the month. M All iUAJAii Dill i.i:i:i-Simiii and his ton went granted an Interview of moro than nu hour by Queen Victoria nt lirassc. Titr crown prince of (Jrvrce lins a chapel snd altar for use iisin the field when he linp-us to lo engaged ill war like operations. No t.rss than flre hundred and sli teen original poeir.s, It Is said, were sent to Von Moltke on thu occasion of his birthday celebration last October. Tiik sultan of Turkey Is said to be mi exx-rt at the great American gnine of drnw siker, though where and from whom he learned It is not known. Mu. KuisK Tu. mill:, son of iur T. De Witt Taluiagc. has Ik-cii nts-epteil by the llnsiklyn I'resbytery as a candi date for the Presbyterian ministry SiuKnwiN Aiisolli savs the mikado of Japan innlwa; s obliged to wnlk nlouc In public, his iinn Is-lng considered too sacred for even ihe empress to take. Mil. T.wi.isn, a llritish incmU-r of p.irlliimcnt who died recently, was sup-sk.-i1 to have the largest collection of foreign stuuiH, any man ever isisacnsciI. Du Si.ivAUii Wi:iiii. of New York. Is very much of a society man. He im credited with owning u hundred scarf pins, more or less, and he liclungs to all the swell clubs. WRITERS AND PAINTERS. Hungarian novelist. Is n Jokai, the millionaire. Uosa Iloxiiia ii's latest picture, lu the sixty-ninth yenr of her age. Is u hind- scav painting, "After u Storm lu thu Highlands." Sknoii (IaI.Isis, n rising Spanish novelist. Is a modest and retiring man, very fond of hemming handkerchiefs on n sowing machine when not engtigcd In writing. Vi. aiuuiii Kiiuoi.K.s'KO, the talented Russian wiit.-r, Is now- a prisoner In the fortress of .St. IVler and SI. Paul His arrest Is due ton seilcsof in tides entitled "tu IK-n-rtcd I'.il.u-es," Vn.v v l'uit.uiiiv Is at present prob ably the most noted irtiult painter In llermaiiy. Sho 1ms iccelved an nnlcr for ii llfe-slicd sirtrult of the cinpiesii, 'though she has eicelled so far only lu the jsirtrults of men. Tnc prince regent of llsvarla has , made the r'reneh painters Cuxln, ('our , tola and Hull olllecr of the Order of j Merit of St. Michael and given the i knighthood lu the suinu order to Car- Here, Onlre and llliu-t. O.si: curlmis habit of the venenilihi Jules Simon Is thnt he docs most of his writing lu Im-iI. l'or many years he has pursued this practice; he lies Hut on his buck, holds n tablet of pax-r alxivc him nud does Ids writing thereon -kccmlug-ly nu Impossible thing. Yet the old gentleman's ehlrogrsphy Is n murvul of neatness and etacturss. ENGLISHMEN OF NOTE. vmi m COMFORTAOLY f.HSERADLH. llml i Die Islsle In Wlileti s.imn Prsipln 'rake liftfKht. Any of us cuu ic .lcuiU-roccaidoiiully meeting v. ith p -opt- nU iupis ur to Klory ocr l heir uiif. rtunes. 'In u muu or v.ouiun, of UiU turn of mliMl, a giicvi.uec f some hied ts-cotues u neeei. ity. Ith. ut It, life ifrows stnUi ami uiiprutiLiIdc. Tu be vtibifoi-liibly miserable sounds auoinaious; I ul tlun, huitiun nature, U-in:r InlioiU) lu lU variety, hrmsis Uranife aaouMlic. TUr la tu ettroqtt Iwlf-lRvnlkl, who. wbife never OuU anaugb tu d, U ii iruUl wiiM u Um ilootM-, nmj mel miuboly Uo V W fricruU, 'llm innn- Wn.li horses are numerous lu the mountains ueur Antelope valley, Ne vada. Il Is diltlcult Ui keep tatiie liur.-s lu that section, us they s.s.11 U-coiuc :isi oi.t.-nled ami wniulerolf to join the musluuga. Tin. ss-vr.-tary of the manufacturer..' burvau of Denver says that lu (iiiiintson w.unty, f.d., then1 are three hills of solid iron und manganese ores sou, ,mxi uod l.llM feet high, their Iwscscovvrlng in-.re than I, ooo acres. T'ikio: Is a tract of forest tnes in -lUtheru Oregon, euibnielng aUmt 1 tt, -sii-.-j..rc miles, which. If cut and sold ut sltiiA-r I .om feet, would pay our national libttwk-e over. It Is estimated thut he mr.Munt of mereJiiinUibJi! tliula-r ri'peatlng his g.ssl wishes omr and omr! sun ui my mile iw was So much struck with thU tbst tin said to me after sl.o was gone: "U uiaunu,i, wbala liltlo outan for suck a hg Queen!" It I, ajj this that h it eitt.lii Uio Queen so helmed hy all her s..b I have cudeuvorod In thei few Uug login- a slight Idea of Queen Motorla, and If In doing so I ha VII 111. truded myself too much II Is his-auso f can not help It, th alxivc being lly ruliiil experleuc-iof her Majesty. HIS FRIEND'S SON. Thst't Why llie l.,,i-r Wu 111.. I i lllilljr UU I'llriit, A young man visits the olllci. of an ai- Uirney, sals the New York Herald, i.n.1 gives h!ni a claim of SUM to collect. lour naine, ' asUd thy dlsciplu of lllsckstone. "Klljah 8linisoii,." Is tho reply, "Nut tha son of my old frluml Ugo Muinssiny 4V Well, you don't know how glad I am to meet my old friend's sou. tliie mo your hand." and ho wrings the young man's huiid with tho utmost fusion, adding: "l hiiHiyou wl oomo lu and see im. often. It will bo a treat for uu.. I SHsuro yon, to havo on oie (wrtunlty of conversing with you about your father." A week Inter young Klljah calls again. I ho law yer rushed toward tO LTIIIlL Mil. scUes Isjih his liahilH ami Hhakiw them. l-indil.g iimoUIlU Ut IB,KHJ,WsJ,(sjo ci,t. -iv i i:.oni livgunittu. his groat iilonsuro at In hM xwur to stir u --Ttc maU of a Maine scboaner h-s a Uiat foltowvi him 111. , ,i . .... 1. -II.......J ... . .. . . 7 m ..v ... tu .vsg a bam in v.bpt!Vr it like. tho Anil expressing hailng had II Idge's son. l "Thou you huv thu luunoy for mo?" SuggesU isimpson. "CorUlHly. wrtalHly. Iluru It is," Und ho bunds an envelope carefully Tiik rlu.llng of a sk.-h ton ut Sernu lon, Pa., sturU-d it police mystery, until the Imnos worv found to bo those of n calf. A vktkua.v hunter of Dnnforth, Me., lu ntt.impiing to kill a huge Ix-ur with i knife, was carried three miles on the inluml's Iwuik beforo the wild Ixnist lied from Ihu loss of hl.asl. "Tinmw up your hands and cash!" yelled a highwayman with n gun to Patrick Matthews, of Sheiiamloali, Pa, Matthews gnve up a p ickago ho w ns currying, then knockcl the man down w llh ii stone, and, r.c i. ring his pnclc age, escaped. A irilltllil.H uieth.sl of sitletile was n.lopt.-d by a inachlnist of uldlieiin, Westphalia. He put the engine at its highest mhmI and then threw himself against the lly-whccl, w hleh stnick bin heud oft at once and tossed his body against the wall with rushing force. Unther violent, but d.-.i.l sure. A imx c.HiUltilng n U snake, con signed to King A I'runlihn's circus, fell mid broke open In the Ht.utherit express ortlce at Itiriuiiiglutm, Ala. Tlio snake, seven feel ill length, drove the other is, ciipuuts from the ofll. . and c. ,in-lleil the night clerk to tulo- refuge In tho vault, where he s nl hours U-fore the snake was recaptured. Ni; of the largest ilov il flshu. ever ' caught In I'liBct ssMliiil was iHiughti near Port Madison the other day by some fishermen. lieu lirsl caught It would measure, spread out, fifteen or twenty feet across from t!,i to tip uf its arms, (In each of its i ight arms wum over two liiinilred suck, i-, milking in all upward of sixteen huudred. Tiik latest fish si. it comes from Ocaln, Tin., where lh. c .k at n res-1 tuuraul Is alleged to hale foi.ud a ilia-J iiioml ring In a Hull's Ntoinnrh. Thu ring Is of handsome d. .igu and contains m-v.'ii snmll stones s-t in a circle, with one larger than the n t in thu center. Inside the bsiul on the lower side are engraved Uio letters is K. K. The ring I a valuable one, pnibably worth from one hundred to nun huiuliod and twenty live dollars. . Ilr. "Charlotte, I love von; can not return my Blfectlon?" She -"I afrakl I'll have to, as I have no use for It." In Lake county. Tenn., a short time since, n loling 111(411 of tilelitv seven lll.irrl. d a widow of fortv uine, who ha sei. nt. -,-u living.-hihlrc n. I. 1.- 1.111c. Ivy , the other .lav. Pol ly onu i oi! ins. agcil twelve year., Hiis in, i ie.1 to Jesse Istnahue, a w hfrnvcr, tin; ty three yuors old, Polly s parents coo . Ullllg. A liiv.u. lover of aSturgls (Mich )glrl sui"veiled ill getting a t.iuixirarv st poiici iciit of the ulhcr fellow 'siii.irriugi' to h- r by having his new dress suit st..h-:i from the tailor ah ip. Minus seven minutes after a roiipb-ent.-iid the Atchison courthouse tin- other day they came out mail and wife. The license had Iw.-n obtained slid the e. reiuoiiy performed within that brief time. Ma i. iK Curt r-"So you refuse me Miss I'oiid.iut?'' Miss r.--"l'nnery sorry .Ma)..' l ru.t. but your sou has Just pro (x . I to me, and I accepted him." Major I. "(oxsl gracious! You don't mean to say tho Ixiy has Ik-cii such uu ass." Miss WiMTiiiuir "P.xir .lack has now Ucii a fiill-lle.liMl aruhlt.H-t for sli in-. nibs, and he hiisu t had a single com mission. He designs U'lilitiful hoilsek," Mr. Towues "Miss Winlhrop-liM,allc- can t I x-rsuaU- mu to let j our brother ilc.o'ii a nice con u try hous.- for- for us?" SANITAn Y CLIPPINGS. Ni:vrn breathe through the mouth unless it Is liul-.xv.lblu Ui breathe through the inxvo. Waii-.U kept lu a r.xsu for awhile is unlit for ice. and Ice w ater should al M.i,s Is- kept eorer.-d up A I l siiu handkerchief tied, without fol.li.i,' over tl.e face Is u complete se curity .i.fiinst soli. K-utl. in fr.nu smoke; !t s-rmits tree br.-iithlug nud. at the same tune, excliulit, thusiuokr from the 1 11 1 's. Vi..x ru.vTlns Is ii provision of nature too often abused. lAcr) sleeping rx.m should have Us w iuilows ojs-n an hour every morning, and all the IhnI clothing laid 0(0)11 to tin- ulr, wlietu, If (xisslble, the sun can shliiw iixin them. A si .. i l l i,ii joint lu a suw cr or drain lis' ni iy lx- tested hy wrapping it with ,u i.iule layer of white Muslin moist ene.l with ii solution of acetate of lead t As the ims escux-s through the meshes of the cloth, it will be blackened by the sulphur comix. uiids. A SU Iiuls woman thinks that mar ried mini ought to wear rings on their Augurs, as the ladlcsdo, Indicating their social status. She says If they did there would not Imi so many wounded hearts lying around. When a gentleman aje proaolms s Isdy she could readily di tormina whether ur not ho Is In or out of the matrimonial market, and duuiean herself accordingly.1 'Nl'lisis.' ain't what it used to Imj said Mrs Hump "They tlx up all their liicillcines so nice iftiw u.u s that there ain't no fun In mnkiiig x-ople lake it at all."- ludiaualxdls Journal. "Siv. have you ever had vour store broken Into?" "No. You see. every thing is so very cheap here that If a thief Wi.nlfl anything he simply coni.-s III und hiys for It." I'llegcnilc lllnlter. IN l'lorlilii, I'lrst Oiiesi hy (o run spehk of that gentleman sv. his high- uess?" S.-.xiiid (iit.-st "lie is the pro prietor of this hotel When you isiuu to pay your bill you'll understand II more fullj ." "What makes you color your lemon ade red'.'" ashed the curious old gentle man of the circus iiieichnut "(.rent Scott," was tho Indignant rcssinse; "you don't expect us to take money for clear water, do you?" Washington Post. CONCERNING OTHER NATIONS. A Si:w map of I'hlnti has been ordered by the emperor, and Hid surveys have already begun. Mil. lliiiriis, I'. H. consul at .Sydney, says that the people lu Australia have Ix-gun tu discourage Immigration. Tin: exxirt of euuurles from (5cr miiny Is very large. Kv. ry year nlxnit lao.Utsiof thi-s.- birds nr.- scut to Amer ica, a. two to Kiigland. nud alxmt 'J.ooo to Itussin. llunir Iliiir.iiv's national debt nm. innts at present to three billion four hundred ami ninety two million dollars. It Is more than f uir times as large ns the debt of the I 'lilted Mates. An llnglish army ofllc-r says that it has rained only twice in tweiity-nliic years in Aden, and then only enough to lay the dust. "The last time It rained thcie was three years ago, after twen-ty-slx years of drought." Tiikiii: Is u great ilciniiiid for Russian sugar tu central Asia, especially In Per sia, w hither It Is trausixirted by way of llatoum nud I'nll. This demand has caused many large sugar factories lu the south to double their working capao ll' Tumi. s nothing more discouraging to a man than thoughts of how greut he Intend. '.I t., he Atchison tiloU-'. Till: chances are that the until who hates himself h;istudlcdhliiis.-lf pretty tboroiighlv Mllwiiukce S.-iitilic. Kvcui mini U the archilect of hit own foi tune. And It's luckv for the most of us thut there's no building lu sjx-ctor nlxnit Yof may lx- sure that a man has u very angelic dlxjxs!lion If hu never gelt mad wliuii hu fulls to guess u riddle. -Souiervllle Journal. riiiijisoi-iii.ii is a man whocun feci us easy over his own troubles as he diH-s over his nelghlxir's. There ure no philosophers. Atchison (Jlolw. Ir Is ii mini's Hut t to work for his dally bread, but a gil many sn-u are fools to work as hard as they do for a little cake and pic Some rvlilc Journal. I'm: sun tells the troth ulxmt a man when It takes his picture, but the pho tographer has to do a gixxldeal of lying with his retouchiug pencil lx.-foru he can sell it to him. Tin: ship of matrimony has a ruin- piuilonw ay, hut there Ik tiiuny hiishuiids und wives who never find It. Aluir.M i: makes the heart grow fond er, but presents Hoiiictliui-s have the suuie effect, Chicago I'lguro, A m uiaim: writer nllirius that there Is no such thing us uhsoliite silence. If the man Is married he Is right alxiiil It. A nt nu innn who has tx-i-u rclccb d by n iiuiiiImt of Ix-llrs suys he thinks American Ix-unty Is on the decline. Washington Post. Il tx-ople worked as hurd after mar riage to keep each other as they did 1x lore me engagement to w In raoh other. iinirrlugc would Ixi more of u suo- i'vs. Alohlsoii tllobc. . Tin: late Karl llraiirllle spik Prcneh with a purer accent than any content sirury KiiglUhmau. Sin I'liAtii.ts Dii.ki: Is rery fond of fencing, ami lu one of thu nxuns of Ids laiiidon house he has u choice collec tion of old swortVi nud handsome niplert. Sill KliivlN AliMil.lt is an absent, inln. led man and Is somewhat negli gent of his atllrc. He has a mild eye, n calm face nud a general ulr of Itullf- rrcnee. Tin: new Karl tlninvlllc Is a pain fucivt lad of nineteen. He Is at present a student at Kton, ami cannot tukc his place lu the house of lords until he at tains his majority. I.oiiii Sai.imu uv recently lost a fa vorite servant by diphtheria at Hat Held house, and the next day he had the w hole eustlc drainage overhauled at an exx-nso of several hundred xiuiids. Sin ( Mvm.Ks Du. kk Is forty-eight .urs old lie Is n Ulan of average height, with a lung brown Ix-ard and a deep volw Is wealthy, capable of hard literary wurk, a convincing speal;. cr lu parliament ni.d s mini of eixxl milliners nud eicellcnl tnsi,- lu di-ess. AMMONIA AS A CLEANbCR. A rtw drops In a cupful of warm water, applied carefully, will remove sxits from puliitlugs ami uhroiuos, (itiKAsi: stxits may lx) taken out with weak aiiiiuonls lu water; lay soft whltu paxr over and Iron with u hot Iron. Yi:i.i.ov status left Vy sewing inn- chilli oil on white limy Ihi removed bv rubbing the sxit with a cloth wet with niiiiuoiiia tiefiiru washing wild soap. Loi-u. parts of sium.mU and lur pciitiuc will take paint out of clothing, even if it lx- hard and dry. Saturate thu sxit us often sa ucesury slid wash out In soup suds. 1 1- those who perspire frrely would use a little iimmoulu lu the water they h.ithc lu every duy It would keep the llesli clean and sweet, doing away with any disagreeable odor. I't'i a tablesp-xinful of ammonia lu a quart of water, wash your brushes and cunbs In this, and nil grease and dirt will disapx'ar. Uliise, shake and dry in the sun or by the tire. I'l.vNNi.i, and blankets mny lx soaked In a pail of water routaiiiiug one tuble sxxiuful of uiiiiuonla and u little suds, liilb as little as possible, nud they will Ik- white and clean slid is, III mil shrink. WATERS UIO AND LITTLE. Tllllir V-TlllitsK steauitxnsU liurlguto the Congo river. Tut: greatest ix-ran depth ever found by measurement was In the Atlantic near Puerto ItU-o, 4, CM futhoius. Tin: deeHisl running streum that Is known Is the Niagara river, Just under the susjM-njI.in bridge, where il Is 700 feet deep by actual measurement. A I. i:rnkii Investigator says that the (treat Dismal swamp Is not u swamp at all, hut a Ix-uiillful sheet of clear water, mid "the healthiest place on the conti nent." Tin: average soundings In the oxiu Atlantic give a depth uf -J.OOO or 3,001) fathoms. The sun's rays Illuminate this mass of water to the depth of 400 or :is) fathoms only. The greater part of the ocean lx-d Is thus pitch dark. AixxiuniMi to I lerr Japing, thu hourly rale of water falling over Niagara fulls Is III J.IWd.OoO tons, representing 10,000, ooo horxc-xiwcr; and the total dally pnxluctloii of coal lu the world would just nlxnit sullli-e to pump the wuter back ugaln. SAGE OBSERVATIONS. Dov't call a spade a spado when It Is li shovel. I'ahiiios stul ilceeucy should lx: alwnyi on gil terms. No u a N Is iircnuutuhie for thu mis takes of Ills friends. A has' Is frequently known by the company he keeps nut of. Don't lose sight of nn honorable ene my, he'll make n gixxl friend. No man ever yd minded his owu billsness who didn't gut Into trouble. Ilowi-.vi ll groat some men's abilities lire, their liabilities ure always greater. IIiinistv is the Ix-st policy, Ix-cuiise II Is the only policy which insures against IomioI character. I. f si T- ... St. 4 .. ' ' ,.' ; i r ' fi '.' ! '.- ? It. , M s; v ' m -sGC e-. , illff'IWIillWWWWlir