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Volume- XIII.
c.'LYYox crrr, a u.lyt county, oh kg on, tiumsiiy. j.iNu.utv ji, isos.
Number
the
NEWS.
A MVSTUUtOUS CITY.
Sonor Juan Alvitroi, who has just
return' U to the City of Mexico,
from an imploring exjHjtlition in tho
southwestern part of the repnhlic
ropurla thut ho hml fmiml n city
which h.nl ncrer Ihwu ontereil hy n
while man, ami which has evnlont-
ly Itcon in otiU.nce for htimlresls of! tlmt elms of inon who have capital
years, join buck Iteforo tint time of j ami who make, milling their avoea
the ooni.uesl of tho country hy the thn. Coal crojH up on every other
Srtanianls. It is nn old AteeUwn. ranch in this roifion. hut the farm-
ami the approaches to it are so well
. . . . . .
guarded by nature that it is nn im
Kiwihility to roach it if the iuhahi-tiint-i
do not Wiuit the traveler to net
in. It Ho in ft lmot inncecssihlo
umuntatiiR, far away from eivilixi
(ion. Hy nccident, Alvnrex lcainc
atraru tlmt it city wan in the vicinity
nit 1 then hi endeavor.) to roach it
were unavailing on account of the
pjrsistcnt opnsition of the native-).
He had lioon traveling over the
in nnilahis in search of an outlet to
th ) INteilio Ooean when he caino to
tho top of an elevated plateau nnd
cro-uwil to the further clgo. He
hid a in igntlieent view, an I, while
lo iking ovor tho ountry ho saw
w-liat he toik to be homes in the f.ir
distant vallev. He at once Hot
nl'iout to reiicli the place. After
days of hard work, climbing over
olill'a and mountains, he reached a
place from which he obtained a
good view of the city, and saw that
it was regulnrlv laid out in streets
and was in-upled with a race who
knew Something about civilization.
The houses were of stone and were
surrounded by yard in which were
growing (lowers and shruhs.
A careful examination of the
country showed him that tho city
wan within a natural amphitheatre
anil was accessible from one Hide
only. He saw that the only means
of access wan through a long and
narrow defile which led into the
mountain.-; from the Pacific coast
side, and he (started to reach the
place where he could find this en
trance. Ho made an outline draw
ing of the city as it appeared to him
from the distant mountain top, and
this in all that he barf to show that
there is a city within the mountain.--),
for he was never allowed to reach
the spot.
From the drawing it is plain that
tb'! city has not less than -1,000 in
habitants. The houses are all of
Mono and arc supplied with doors
and windows. In the city is a
building which was undoubtedly
the temple of worship, for on its
walls could be seen sculptured de
signs rcjirei'enting the Deity, It
was in the shape of the ancient To
ocalli, which are to be found in
many parts of this country, and the
people could lie seen passing in and
out of it during all hours of the day.
After ten (lays' arduous work,
Alvarez found himself at the foot of
the mountains on the western slope,
and H't about searching for the
canyon leading to the city. He
found the entrance, but was mot by
a band of Indians who refused to
lot him proceed. They otl'ered him
no violence, but insisted that he
should return. He told them that
he had come over the mountains
and ilid not know how to get back
After n consultation be was told
that be would have to remain u
while a a prisoner, mid two runners
were cnt into tho mountains, who
returned in a day with orders from
someone in authority, and Alvarez
wan blindfolded and placed on the
back of a mule. He traveled in
this condition for three davs only
having his bandages removed from
his eyed at night. On the fourth
day no was told to remove the band
age, and when he did so ho found
himself an the Iwrders of the 1'ncillc
Ocean. The Indians had gone,
leaving him with nothing to guide
him back to the place where he had
seen tho oity.
lteproeentrttivo Watson, of (leorg
ia, 1ms introduced a resolution in
structing tliu house committee on
the judiciary to investigate the
l'inkerUni dutoctivo agency; to ex
amine its character; to impure into
its 111. -thuds and purses; to ascer
tain the numlier of armed men it
maintains; niton what terms those
men are used or can be einnloyod
as militia, and to report whether
such orgaiiiiation, cither in it char
acter or iU operations, violates tho
constitution of the Tinted Status.
The preamble recites that such an
agency is known to exist in certain
statue, and is said to maintain 1111
armed force of .'WXl men, whose pur
jHise is to act as militia in certain
states totpicil disturbances between
employers and employes by tho use
of force and bloodshed. l'he pre
amble, in conclusion, saytstlmt such
an organisation is liablu to bo usl
for the most dangerous ohjuots, and
is adverse to tin civil institutions of
tliid country.
OKKOON'S COAL l'U-2 1. US.
Fresh ooal llnils nil along the
John Ihty ami tributaries demon
strate I icy owl the shallow of a dotiht
that this ,mrt of Oregon is literally
teeming with coil, says tho Fossil
Journal, ami that .1 liohl of suniass- 1
I inn richness awaita tho attention of!
1 .
ers ure not ttossessetl of moans silli-
clout to develop their discoveries, j
and thus untold riches continue to j
cumber the ground. Hut it is not ,
always to Ik s-o. Pessimists there j
imt who oonlldently assert that each
sueeensivo find is only a slide. ;
When coal was first discovered l.'t
miles from bore 'twas only a slide; J
when (!eo. Metteor struck remark- j
ably pure coal in the Imttotn of his 1
well in town 'twas only a slide;
when t-Uant Dement excavated on
Itutto creek and brought to town
nuggets of coal 'twas only a slide;
here and there along the river be
twoi'ii here and Dayvillo excellent
coal has ltcen unearthed, there
ing two or throe .well-defined veins
at tho latter place but, you know,
they are all slides. And now tho
same croakers reiterate, concerning
the newly found John Day coal
All foolishness! It's nothing but a
slide. To all these wu replv: In
the name of goodness, if this vast
coal field, extending over 100 mile,
is a slide, where did it slide from?
And, granting it lo In- a slide, what
does it matter? I,eSs slides than
100 mile slides have got there before
now, and, depend, upon it, Iwfuro
many years have passed lCastcrn
Oregon's coal fields will have slid
into prominence, and this one in
dustry will give Oregon siuh a
boost as all her other industries
combined cannot give her.
A Dark Horse 1'iom the West.
It is said by those who profess to
be well informed that tpiite a num
ber of gentlemen are hoping to be
chosen presidential candidates this
year. It is further rcwrted that
these gentlemen are greatly perturb
ed by tho direful, doleful and awful
uncertainty which hangs ovor their
patriotic aspirations.
Mr. Harrison appears to be out
wardly calm, but his pulse probably
runs high up into the nineties. Mr.
Itlaine is sure of tho nomination if
he wants it, but he prefers to wait a
bit before committing himself to the
embrace of jnipiilar enthusiasm.
Mr. ( leveland muntaius unpene
trable cilonco, but is by no means
iiidillercnt to tho prospects of the
future. Mr. Hill on the contrary,
has taken the whole world into his
confidence, ami says, by the broad
est intimations, that he wants to 1m
president, and will do his best to
win tho day.
Many of those hopes, however, are
doomed to disappointment. Tho
next candidate of the republican
partv will be Itlaine, and no 0110
olso. Tho candidate of tho demo
cratic party will hail from tho West
and for the present is a dark horse.
If tho democrats see that, they see
a good deal, and the probability is
that they will soe victory. Now
York Herald.
New Use (or the Telephone.
'Tho telephone is alsjut to have
a new application, namely, that of
foretelling storms. A new discovery
has been made as to one of the
properties of this means of trans
mitting sound. Hy placing two
iron bars at seven or eight meters
distance from each other and then
putting them in communication
on one side by a copKr wire cover
ed with rubber ami on the other
hide with a telephone, a storm can,
it is said, bo predicted at least
twelve hours ahead through a dead
sound heard in tho receiver. Ac
cording as the storm advances tho
sound resembles the beating of hail
stones against tho windows. Kvcry
Hash of lightening, and of course
every clap of thunder that accomp
anies a storm, jinx hires a shock
similar to that of a stone cast be
tween the diaphragm and the in
strument." This paragraph, which wo ox
tract from a coiiteniHrary, is going
the rounds of the pajiers as a fresh
item of information. It is pleasing
to nolo that tho "discovery" was
made as long ago as ISIS, and that
tho Scientific American of that your
and tho following year contains
several accounts of experiments in
tho winiu direction. Sciuntiliu
American.
If you wish nunt and buty job woik
you cm do no bettor than to cull 011
thu Nuws.
Tilt-: MtCSStAlt CKAZE.
An Eastern dispatch says: First
Lieutenant Uorke, of the Second
cavalry, of the Tinted states army,
was a pnscetigcr on a day express
Imund for Washington. He came
direct from tho I'ine Hidge agency,
where he has ImX'ii attending to
some allairs of the government and
looking over the field. He will now
make his roHirt of tin condition of
the Indians at that Hgency to Sec.
rotary Noble, and preparations will
1k made to suppress any outbreak
"Trouble is brewing anion the
Indians of the Fine Hidge agency,"
said he, "and it is uiv linn belief
they will soon start another crusade
ngaiiHt thi' whites. I have sM-nt
some time among thorn, and when
I left there a few days ago they
were sullen and at times very ugly,
and made ox-u threats against the
whites. If it were not for the fact
that they are now largely deendent
on tho government for food, fuel
and clothing for the winter, they
would rise up in arms at any mom
ent." They are again talking alwut the
Megsiah, and it will not tie long Ik?
fore the ghost dance will again be
resumed throughout the agency.
Tho Pino Uidgo ludiain are a very
jM-culiar race of people, nnd need
watching continually.
-Our
Winten G row 1 11 1- MlMer.
A reverse of seasons is supsmd
to take place Ukiii this earth once
in every 10, MX) years, duo to tho
varying inclination of tho earth's
axis About 1..100 years ago wo
entered the eKK-h of a more genial
winter tciuraturc, and if nothing
hapiens to prevent, wu may oxect
a gradual softening of our winter
climate during the next nine thous
and years, when another glacial
eKKh will begin. What t-ort of a
country will this U in tho year
ll,f00? Will it resemble Kg'ypt,
with remains of great buildings
buried or sticking up out ot the
sand, and known to Imj more than
1,000 years old? Scientific Ameri
can. Senator Vilas, of Wisconsin, has
introduced a bill in congress amen
datory of tho act repealing the tim
ber culture laws, tho first amend
ment, striking out tho requirement
that a person must be an actual
resident to be allowed-to make final
proof. The second amendment
striking out the provision that no
person shall ho entitled to make
entry of desert land except he Ik) a
resilient of the state or territory in
which the laud is located. Tho hill
ought to be defeated.
A BRAZILIAN LUXURY.
,.lil In Kilt If I'.ili-n uml li Hum If llxn
lti!( Wl vry i:.frt4liliii;.
A Sun ri'imrlor found lituiwlf In r
cniHil that Mtoul nUrln Into a fruit
Uro nltnluw the ulher tlay. In tho
wlnilow. tmivinif hy n ntrlntf, wn Miuie
thlui; that Im.kod like a bit; llartlutt
Har. exn-it that lit eulor w doop r"d.
Drt th lij end of the fruit was n pulpy
IcKiklnif prululwram-u. I'uotilnjr. hit way
into tin- stum nnd k!iIiiik l 'the
itrniiKo frott In the window, there
jxirtor asked the dealer:
'Whm kind of a pear la that?"
"It' 1111 kind of a niar," replied tho
fruit man. "It's a llraalllan caju.'
"Oh, Indci-dt" bald lh ri'iwruir.
"Yi," replied the dealer, "that's a
caju, and U'm tin-only one In tint city, 1
KU. It's a curious kind of a fruit, loo,
fur ubilu it U ono of thu Burnt delight
fully ciml and ri'frehlni iif deltoaclex
It wilt make you deathly l-k.aud may Ui
kill you, if you i-.it IL l'hu llrutlllan
ctaju Kiuu't niado to to cairn. Von hau
lo drink It lo properly enjoy ll."
"Ah!" nalil the reirter. "What arc
the hablu of thUpjeullar fruit?"
"Well," hM the cuitodlan of thr
raju, "that one In tho window in what
lliey call a garden caju Wauo it it a
cullhutcd one. hut it u'ru "lid, very
wild. They make a claret inn out of
the wild caju down In llratil hal the na
tlrnadolii on. It will aland you on
your head in leas than ti n uilnuto.
The cultivated fruit Monii'limet turn
out nil like that one, hut it 1 alo apt
to ho yellow, and mirham pink. Tho
ti.n..a ll... on In r. r in li-.. f n
lluoncd hy it. color, ihon.-h. A rod '
one can't discount a pink 01111, and a yel
low ono ia as much of a thoroughbred a
either of tho otliitr. Tho p ilp of tho
most luacloui oraiifn ian'l hr.lf.ai tuinpl
ItiU' as tho inatdo of the caju, hut thu
caju pulp la polMin. Juloo ta what tho
caju ia for. I'll Ut that n d one yonder
hat .nore than n pint of juico in it, and
If yotl over taated It you'd never let t;o
until you eti;ulfwl tho whole of It
Thore'a nothini; llnor. Tho swell lira,
zlltatt Hucl-s the Julco out ot acajuotory
inonilug b. torn break fast."
"What doe tho caju uonr that rie
HUtte for on lU bl' nnd?" ukutl tho ro
ljrtcr. I'ruiiiliin.
Ml IlumKiy (on rocoivlni; hot. first
kU) I'm aiirprlMsl at your audacity,
sir.
Mr. liraiw (jflvUif liur aneUior) I'm a
llUh W; surprUdl at It myself; but 1
vuui It's all rl'h'. -1'uuk.
FOR THE FASHIONADLE.
I.n tho embroidery lino there Is node
l(li so popular a th lleurnle-lh. One
largo llnon houae lia-t been unable to
supply the doraand for fine handker
chief eiubrotdoreil with this dainty di
alKii. To nr. totally fathionable jutt at pnn
out you muot ixwwew aome piece of jew
dry in the !ihaMi uf a heart, lloautiful
hoarthaMil pins and rings are aliuun
eotnpiMMl of a turuolo aurroiuided by
ptarU or diamond.
A ciorrrv addition to a droMtnir-tabte
l a out-i;lal candelabra. TIiimd oome
in (alrof two branrhe) each, or one of
lle tmtnchxa Is equally dexlrablo. The
newest one hae (fold and silver sock
ets for holding the eandles.
rnn sa.ntiikxcm lampaareall the mrc.
Tho prettiest are of cut I.im, upported
hyiiiluia ilunder atom, and with tho
hhudoof white or yollow silk, frliicHl
no at to resomble tho llowor from which
they tako thiar name.
Ovoiivt.v hrnceletH are the nowest
thliurt that clply K'r''- have chosen by
which to announce that they are fet
tered to a lold laddie. They can bo
made in Kold, if one mi din I re, hut the
moat approved ones are of allver.
It was sure to romo, in lllit of cer
tain i'venta--that Is, the dancing fad.
The Kipularlty which the various for
eiifii dancers in New York haveachlowHl
and tho ot Idonl deal of the public, for
atl description of 3Ui;. dancing lias
brouchl it about.
RAILWAY NOTES.
Tin: railroad capital of tho world H
eillitnle.1 at WO.OOO.OOO.IWO,
Tiik Bvo Now Knyland States have
built an far this your 1H miles ot rail
road. North rtnlltm baa built -i).
It coats on an average a.l? conts to
carry a pnaaenKoroiie rnllo In tho t'nllisl
8tat, ami tho avomgo lunKtli of hli
trip it 41. 17 iiillea.
Ki; tiiixii cars ft:n out with the most
popular rierimllraU and hunks will Ihi
alt.ti-hed to the p Kentfi-r trains on the
St I'eterburir-VRrinw mllriMd. (Ireat
care will Ik taken Ui have the ears prop
erly lighted in tho i-venlnj(.
In r.iiKl.oid one person out f etory
.-UJ,ooo iKoplo oarriinl t killixl. In
1'rance one out of livery "J.OOO.OOO pat
cnnn U ktlleil. In IlelKlum one out
of evury U.oiW.OO) is killiiL In i'ruatla
only one out of 'Jl.SOO.OSJ la killed.
Tin: lViiuxylraiilA Kailroad Company
haa awarded contrucu for buildlllir
Iron forry-boal which, when i-ompIeUHl,
will bo ihn largnat and tttrontfrnt, ferry
li. tt allont. The new touet will Ik en
tirely of Iron, except the joiner work,
and will bo a double-decker, propelled
by a aerew at each end.
Tin. Imperial Council has aanolloneil
the plan of building tho (li-blrlan rail
road. The work will begin Immedlnte
ly. The entire eiwt of the enleriiriau is
culmalcd at alwut loo.ooo.OtSj rubles.
The road will unite the interior of Si
beria with tho 1'uc.ille D.xi.in and will Ihi
very ndvanUtKuoud for lrnUKlo pur-o-.es.
INDUSTRIAL
ADVANCEMENT.
Hi i i rii ta talking
about a 88,000,000
hip c.m.il.
Tub pnomnatle Hue between New
York and I'hliadclphlst la now conaid-
red an ruu,ured faot. Il ia expected
hat It wilt transport large paokae
H-tm-cn the two cltloa in lots than
twenty minutes.
On in.t 1. ri turnaot tho Canadian eal
ilthery show tlmt .13,517 aenla were
,.iki n the pant i aon, an Inereaae of
i.ixr) oter laat year. Of lUla numlwr
!,3s.'l were taken oil the coast of ItrltUh
Columbia and is.ioa in Itehrinjr Sea.
Tin: mine ral fleldiof Idaho are amoiik'
the lartfeat In tho world, and atnee tlwlr
dlamiiry hae prudiieiHl JUTi",i.10,00-).
t'hi ield Ian yiar w an a follow : (told.
5J.jul.f1.IO; .ilter, fT.AST.MM; lead, ).
lUO.ooo; mipper, s.l,io,
'1 111:1:1: t-i a prune orchard of forty
tree at llranifi rvllle. Cal., which bore
this year ),.) pouuda of fruit, an ater
.tc of 705 niuudii to tho tree. One trim
anionjr th-t nunitHir prtnluced l.ll)
IHienda. The fruit hai aold in that lo
cality Ibit aeanou for ccnta n pound.
Tin. in: ia a project to eonalroct a ablp
canal acroia New Jeraey from the Deln
ware rlti r to the Atlanti'!. The achenie
Wfci lira. anjjeUil by merchants of
Tuiladolp'ila. wtmdeairo a shorter water
runli' to Now York and an abbret lutlon
of the j in rm y of hundnda of miles
duw u the hay and around Capo May to
tlrike the m-can p..llt 1 t Kuroe.
THE NOTE I'APEfl THEY USE.
Mils, litmus"' lliictiiatea Imtween
white nml a peurl ifruy in her choice of
noU pnHT.
Mas. (t.r:vr.l..tn invariably uauH
either u.pure thlli-or u pale t(r"y pajKir
for HM In her com-oiiiliiice.
Mils. A roil IliuU n white woven
I pan-hinent IIiiInIi inoreto her tnate than
w lhi"K , f,,r 1,,u,'r IM'I-
'I'm: MuriiiiMt ili l.uiu.i luvarlnbly
uvea a pale uxiire-liueil paper with 11
aiiinll r.il emwn In the lefl-hiind oorner.
M uh. .1 A tu:s (i. ISi.aivk's illnner mini
la a whlU curd tt ilh tiny bonier of sil
ver mid 11 hiuall "11" in ailver at the top,
Mus. At'ol'air. IlKi.Mns'r'a iliiiiiercnnlH
are of plain white curillxiunl, IhxiU
dhiipi'il, with the llcluiont creal In col
li r i.n the oiiUiilc corner.
Mum. I.kvi I. MonroN- Una for .vnnrs
iivh) a ainiMitb linen note puxr In pure
white, with her inoiiugruin, II. ,M., in
dark-blue lit the top of the pa(e.
Mas. Cil.tHl.i:s(silHa la un anient nil
inlror of roav i-olur, nod every jwirUeln
jf note puH-r or curda in her inialnt
vvrltingileak benra a faint tiugti of old
nave color.
l'nrrrv Maiibi. Wmioiit wna forinerly
very fond of lu-uvy whiu telling note
i-r, but biiu-e ahe Una twcoliio Mr.
I'enliuaml Ymiukii aim iuhw uraum linen
jaipor with IMtitHilliX court in tluu red
lcttcrluif.
MM int -m
NOTED AMERICANS.
J.vv llm 1.11 bits purcliavd tlirvo anil
planU in Knnaas,
ltomr.r liAKMKrr, alncc hta return to
llnltlinnre, ia rvxrtel to lw "liaiklng
like himself itifuln."
Onk iut'rc..tinir fact In conniption
with Cynia I'ield'a golden ve.lillii(f wna
that the entire bridal party of ISIU was
prcant.
Skvatoii ri.CMii en the stump Itcglna
alhnkiti with bin rlifht hand htulfiHl
deep down in Ida linvchca pocket. The
thiiinli of 1im left hand la stuck into the
lower vest p. whet.
.1. S. Uhou.v, who was (inrllclil'N
private sevretiiry. nnd who tniirried
Ml; Mollle liurlleld, lias lulely liecomii
privnle acrclary lo Seen-tury ItiisU of
the A(rrk'tilluntl Department.
ScvtToit Hvturs Mild to n reporter
the otlu-r day: "I think now that. If I
wen ktiiudliig where I tvna llfly-tbive
J ears ajfi" Slid joiiriiallaui was what it
now ia, 1 khoiibl cIiihhh. lis the bualneMt
of my life tlmt of n journnliht. I can
m- In It irn-uter poaMhlllticH than nm
embruci-d ill other profcaaioiiN."
Sknaioii C.tiu.im.l:, of Kentucky, and
Thomita Cnrlyle, the t;niit SiHiteh phll
imnpher, nn aald to be from the wnnc
fninilr. ileapile the iliaalmlliirity In the
N-llliiy of the iinniea. The ini'iiilvrs
of the family nn able to truce their
lineage back to the dnyn of ;ihh1 Kino;
Alfred mom thiiii eleven hiuulrcil
yenm.
Mn. Kn'ki:iki. 1.1:11, who hiiM n very
tine pluce 011 the lludaoii, Is how inak
Inif nn Itiilliin I'ttnlen, which la a new
lllHlortuklnir in thlacountry, there Indue;
only one like it, and thai U in Miihmi
chtiaetU. This will In tilled with n
variety of fondifn pliiuta, and In the
auintucr mmikoii will Ik n place of (,'reat
U'atily.
Mil. IIi.ai.sk la a ffrent htodcut of
Napoleon Homtpnrte. He bua In his
holme in Washington a nuinlH-r of ev
celleiit e(roviiira nnd etchiujra of the
Corsieiin In the vnrloua ktii(eN of hi
meteoric career, but the picture of Nn
poleoiiji.s the youthful, alert, tlh'cHah
coiiiiiluiider of the army of Italy la ono
tlmt Mr. 1 1 In tin- dulhhtn In sliowlii); liU
vlaitora.
THE INFANT TERRIDLE.
l!ot"VIn:il -"Say, Johnny, did your
folka have a private ln at the theater
laat nlifht?" .lohimy - "No; but they bad
one after they fot houii."
Ai.okiinox -''I'ouimy, do you thinlc
your aUter would marry me','" Tommy
"Yes. She'd marry iiliiewt ntiylhxly
(nun w hat ahe Mild to ma."
"Ma, baa aunty 'ut bona in her
inoulh?" "No; why do you nali'.'"
" 'Cauae Captnin June cmufht hold of
her, anil anld he wua (rolnj,' to lake
honey fmm her lim; and ahe anid.
Well, iimVa hnate.' "
"Ik vop know what the ilenil bin
(piiKea ore, Itiifiia?" aakeil the tfrcat
orator. "Yep. I.ntln, (irecl: nnd Kn
llidt." "I'.nBlUh?" "Yep. I.'nffliahU
dead, too. l'n anid you munlcreil It
in your Hpeeeli laat tiltfht."
ClIAHi.t-.v -"Won't ymi teach tne all
von Know about tvhlttliinr, Mr. Ilnb-
Icy." .Mr. llttliley " hy. I don't know
vi ry much, Chailey." Charley n.
ttlt.lyi "Oh, you lunat, bceanw I
lieimi pa any that you were always
m.il.in.r MilnUil reinarka."
Hi: (iu,i.iK "Uoliliy, did your mother
make nny dero'iitory lemarka nlMiul
my i.iiiirinK after I wna ipme the other
il.l'nt.'" Hobby -"N-ll-ll-o, ahe didn't
n tl;c any deroirntory remurlc.." He
iiltl? -l'm iflaii Ui hoar Hint." Hobby
-Huthhti ncnrly illml luiitfhlne;."
Wit.ur.'H papa Imd a visitor who wore
a wry till allh Imt. Willie hail neter
ateli aueli a tall bat, nnd na they tt ore
Ifotrijf lip tho walk to the limine he
naUilllaheil the vialtor nnd moi tilled his
ipa by exelulminjf: "Say, mlater,
d's's your head tfo way lo the top of
tlmt hut?"
Awm liter (dlapUyliiH the plims)
"Hero la the fniul elevation, with the
outalile window nnd cin-ulnr (ritllnry;
this ta the eaat elevation, ahovt llir oriel
lower." Teddy (cnoriuoualy lutereaUMl
In llit new bullae) "And where aro
thu two mortjntfes pa said ho waa i;i
iuf to put on'."
FACTS ABOUT LIDRARIES.
Tin: I'omonit (Cal.l public llbntry bus
hwt but one Walk in three yenra.
Or wv. n liunilred Iniya nml (flrls who
drew laMilia from the library of the
Collci'e Settlement III Klvintoii atreet.
New York, laat year only two hud
American pareuU.
Miw. Uahix I'lll.AMl Haski.s'. daiuli.
ter of On late I. like I. I'olnnd, Ima
(;lveii to the (own of Morrlatown, Yt ,
one Ihouamul dollara tmviinl a library
which la Ix-hitf established there.
Tin: reoorila of the New Haven pull
lie library ahow tlmt there were four
thoiiaiuiil leaa tHHika ilriiwu luat year
t ii u 11 the year prvvloua, the ilecrenn-Is-1
nj; nlinost wholly In the Held of lie
Hon. A skssiiii.i: ineiiuirlnl will 1 ;hut
diiilleateil to Wlllilc Colllua. It will
constat of a small library of choice lie
lion to la presented to the "I'ooplo'a
I'alucv" In Ixindou. 1'iftecii hiimlreil
dollara baa nlrundy boon niUcil for thla
purMae.
Sotu: one has Ihth liitervlewlnir a
oouiitry IxHiU-aeller In Hiiifliiiid with an
e. tendril bualneaa ami lenriiml from him
that while the ladiea are rcuililiK a inure
K'lloiia lino of laaika, Arnold, l'muilo
unit l.iinjf. the men are Uiklnjr to novel,
reudinjf with a veiitfealice.
WITH the eiiauinif year the ImiM-rlal
Library of St. IVUraburk' will U'tfln
publiahlnir a cululoysieof all tho l!u4uu
Umka it oontMlua which were laamal
from the preaa aiuce thu art o( prlntiiui
wo Inlrmlueeil Into lluaala. 'Hie eata
lotruu will Ih publikhott in itoriwlloal la
atalltueuW, Mialcr thu tsllturahlp of u
lcariK'il coiuiillaatuu. ...
DOINGS AT A DISTANCE.
Ix lhil.tnd about oli;bty-ot-on jioora
an dlni'toM of publlo tMinipvtulos.
TilKiir la one society of laiya andfiirls
In l.'niiland Ui protectatilm.tls which has
otcr otrfhty thoiis-uid uioinliors.
I'uaiii. Ilahlni; la allllcarrlial 011 In the
rlter Tay, In Kncland, and some tnlua
bio Jewel have lately been found.
ll Is the purpose of a company of
capitalists to run a steamer on the Sea
of Oalilco, for which they hau obtained
jl oonreaalun,
Jacoii's well and tho plot of ground
aurniutidlni; It have been aold by (ho
Turkish (internment to the Orook
church for four thousand pounds.
A iiisrim-t In the central provinces of
India 1 holm; r.ivai;isl by a p.ick of
ttiilto, which hate klllisl forty cattle
watcher, who were ohletly youths of
both soxos from oltfht to sixteen years
of ae.
A stiAi.i, estate In Llnoolnahlre which
mild for thlrly-omi thounaud dollars In
th70iiudh.it since had two thousand
dollars put Into additional tiuUdliik'-i.
brought ten tluiUMiid live hundnsl dol
lars last week.
A (IniiMAM Muutenant'Colonul bat
boon deprived of hi commlsatoii bo
cause In a ns-ently published work he
advises the publlo not to k'o to church,
which he says Is an antiquated Inslltii
t Ion not in acoirJ:in;o with modern sol
otie.0. Tin: rate of w.i(,-iw paid to firemen on
ship sailing from IaiiiiIoii Is CI 13 per
month on voyage up tho MiHlllorraiiean
to Australia and New York. To the
Capo of (loo,! Hope. Nalul, China and
India it stands at from CI IS. to I'l pur
inon th.
Nor lonj; bro South Africa bad to hit
lairt all thocoal ahe uaisl, but now she
laluea all tho coal ahe wlahos for her
own uo and exports tint surplus, Tho
reason la that the oo.tl Held of Natal
hate Inero.ned tholr output tea remark
able di'ifroe.
Cuk'us ure nut of favor In fashionable
I'.irlstau drawing-rooms; they auifgcat
Ihn hour of departure to tlsltors loo
openly. Still, a It la Inconvenient not
to know the tluio, fashion sanction an
old watch hanging on tho wall, (minis!
In an artistic drapery of aatbiuo bro
cade. The watch ought to bo a family
heirloom, the more eld-fashloned the
bettor.
Tiiiiix young soldiers near Warsaw
returned from a debauch with blood on
their clothes and tho statement that
they had hcituu so inn ono thoy did not
know. At tho aamo time a sergeant In
their regiment was found tutmlorid,
and tho throe soldiers wero tried, con
victed and shot within twenty-four
hours. The next day another soldier
urrotnlensl a tho murderer.
KINGS AND QUEENS.
Tin: (Jueun of Kngland's saving
In
routul numbers are gs.oou.ooo.
Qn:i:.v MAiuii'iuiiri:, of Italy, Is fond
of smoking and 1 said lo have dimlansl
that her cigarette la morn eaauutlal lo
her comfort than any thing else In life.
Kx-Kimi Milan, of Hurvla, la going to
deacend iiihiii Loudon In aearoh of a
wife early In tho new vear. l'orhapa
ho tuny coillluuu his Journey 10 Amur,
lea.
(Jui:i;n Vinoiii.v aiHOida tint two hour
from eleven at night till 0110 In the
morning In reading or writing. Despite
her late houra for retiring to bed ahe
Is an early riser.
ICino Ht.'itliKlir of Italy ha declined
to ask I'.irliaiuiiiil for nn allowance for
the I'rlncoof Naidea, heir to the throne,
who bus IrtMuimn of age, because the Na
tional treasury Is In a doplutod condi
tion. Qi i-.KN Viitouia Is now unable to take
any walking exorcise, and ia inoro apt
than heretofore lo get chilled when
driving. She regretfully acknowledgea
that she la able to do loss and leaa over
year. (Jfl:i:x HiltiA of Holland, who will he
regent during tho minority of tho
I'rln ea Wilhiltulua, baa greatly en
deansl heraelf to tho Dutch piiple by
her doineatlii iunlllle. She ha Ik-cii a
most attentive nurse to her huahand.
and la a singularly wlao and devoted
mother.
Tin: 1 June 11 of Italy la exhibiting a
Utiidmicy toward aUiuluiiaa, a slate of
Ihlnga lli.it la most uutteti-oino to her.
To waril olf thla Increasing corpulence
she aant the greater part of last sum
mer In long nnd cxhu,. in mountain
trnia. which reduced her weight but
used up thu royal ladiea who attended
her.
ART TREASURES.
A ui:xtn.VK portrait of Culuwhiia,
pa In Ud by Initio lu 1001, baa, It la
claimed, boon discovered.
Tin: Am-aileiaia delll Hollo Arte of
Venice li:is Uiught from Hie l'crlcoll
family of Home four paintings by Carlo
Crivein which oaino from thed'Asto col
lection in lieuoa.
'I'm: drawings of one of the moat fa
mous .Upaiicao arllats, Rukus.il, now
dead, have I men brought together by
the Uinilou l-'lnn Arts Society ' and
plni od on exhibition under Its patron
age. At ration, l-'rnnce, a aorlea of froac4Ka
III good preservation has been found In
tin roof of thu cupula of the eulln-ilral.
They represent St. Stephen liidng aUnii-d
lo death, with a circle of ulght pruphdta
alaiut the central llgure.
TliC f.imous Hindoo god, Lliigbnm, la
now owiiisl by an Ihigllah Renlli'in.in
uameil Speuocr, who id thlrUM ii
thouannd dollar for It at nil auction
sale In linden 111 Ibbtf. Thla ourioiia
relic auinils but twolvu and oiio-half
Inches high.
(Ikmiiax papers report that a "Itooo
Homo" in oil la now on exhibition at
StullgarU which Is giving rise to a lively
oonirovcray. Mouie winnnlaacunt malii
lalu that it la the intaalng "Ijuti lluwo"
palnlnd by Albert Durer In lftltt, tthllo
others stamp It as a spurious production.
HIS QUiiLit PATIENT.
t I'lirOrli.i ll.tslf. Ilia singular litpi
rltfii.'M 11 lib Winn 111 nl Cuslilmt.
"Mv fun ilest i.tllout? ' aald the doc
tor Well, that noeatlon U aomotblng
if a facer. You ttotv)i4per followa do
a.k t ie nn -eresl iit.stlon."
"I'ell me. Doc." urjoil tho acrlhe.
'.itei.il ih- mo t singular pallnl you
mil' u- imi- had. a Hi" cato limy 1m."
"I too." a 1 1 the d.sjtor, thoughtfully,
yon aw bound to stick to 1110 like a
vampin until I loll you somothlnc',
lnn g.ie. A oortaln worn in who
him on West rifty-oivonih street has a
,init for etory thing extraordinary.
.,e 1 1 iv In I you would call a beautiful
.Oman, but I don't lnlleveaho hnaovon
.11 iul.igy for a soul. Whether bar
uisbitid fillio the latter fact I do not
pr, I 11 ! 1 1 si , and If ho dm he haa too
much j.rul- to confess It to the world.
Well, tin woman rami) to me one morn
ilia w lib 11 1 1 it to t tal and ieiiiested mo
n I11J 01 aonm of It commits In both of
nor arms and nock. Of course I In
ipiired what Iho lliiild might Us Shu
lllsltlTed:
I'liafs itll rlghlj 1 will glvoyuu fifty
dollars if you will do IL
' ltut, madam,' I proto.ttedi 'I am not
In tho habit of Injecting unknown Holds
Into tho human system."
"'Oh, I know what It I,' she an
swt rod, "1111.1, moreover. 1 don't want It
in my system nor In my vein. I alin
1,1,' want ll admliilstoriKl under tho
skin.'
"I lookol at bor a moment and wun
ilorod, t ti 011 ; Ii she did not look llkoone,
If ahe was a morphine llmul. She
seemed lo ill 1 1 no m sumi-ausplclou nnd
sild: 'N 1, It H no kind of morphine.
Smell of It.'
"Sim held the llttlo vial In her own
hand to my nostril, which lnhalo.1 a
potent fr.igram-0 lu which roao oil was
represented. 'You sen.' she explained,
'I have a friend who ha just returned
from I'.irlii where alio has soon this
thing successfully done. Come, hero
I a llfty-dollar note. Do you rofuao',"
"Now, you at a uottapapor man
Miow the talun of llfty dollara and o
lo I. It snctuod wlao for 1110 to any 'No,'
but 1 icuroil tho uocenary Instrument
nid told her I would comply with her
ie,tiot at her own peril. 'All right,"
,he anuored, and la live minutes 1
iad completed my novel task. Mho bad
in Idea, you know, that her arms nml
neck until. 1 exhale a delicious perfume
and alio went away as happy as a two-days'-old
hullorlly.
"lu aliout a wook alio came baok and
nauti-d mo to lujeul auino more of tho
polonl essence, lu her arms and neck,
On her right arm I noticed nn lu
il.iinml spot Ju tl whuni the prevloiM
injection had Ikiiii made, and 1 told her
Hint It lookud a If an abtcuai was form
ing thorn.
"'Neter mind,' aha aald, 'I want to
tl i.il out If there la any thing In It.'
"Thou I firmly declined to pursue the
exKrtmonL Shu dnpirtoil In n state of
wrath, and 1 have not soon her fmtil
Holiday lo this. Shu wa my funniest
patlont." N. Y. I'niss.
llrallli slel Itifirrlin.
The fact that wrong Is In many onset
a mere oxpn'aaion of exceaa In what
was right Hud numerous Illustrations,
Most vices, Indeed, can on this ground
claim a highly respectable ancestry.
Tho value of exertion, again, lu lu
tnrlous forma (whether associated with
work or play) has doubtless ever been,
a It still Is, dl.irininted by tho name
Inherent risk. Thus It I thai we llud
oven so groat a boon a physical exor
cise hcoomoa lu many minds, and not
unreasonably, tho subject of conlllultng
doubts. It has boon overdone; tho ro
creathe mean has boon printed ami thu
resulting exhaustion oan llud uo uolucu
:', In rest,
On tho "sins lis.
"I picked up a hit of Infer inatloii the
other day," said a hotel clerk, "that I
hadn't thought of before. A couple of
men wore talking lu tho otllcc, slmn
nun askisl on what day of tho week
( hriattna wilt bo this jear. 'Let's sco,'
replied the other, 'I wan married on iho
llrsl day of May, that was Widucad.iy.
Christmas will come on Wislneadny'
That alruck inn forcibly, and when 1 got
a little leisure I gathorisl up a lot of old
calendar. and investigated it. 1 found
that it is trim that the llrsl day of May
and Chrlatma uf the aamo year occur on
tho same day of the wook."
AN EGREGIOUS CHUMP.
How a Yiiiinir l.rtfl l.iiiullmr) Killed His
I'slhrr's llelilcii Csll,
Ilolug told that In ono of the Ituaalnn
law iMiurta there Isacaso jvhlch has been
on the docket for morn than four linn
dnsl years, anys tho Washington l'oat,
we are reminded of tho humiliating fuel
thai our own belated country I ' very
young. Sllll wo are proud to say that
lu the brief time of our Natlou'a exist
ence wo have succoimIim! In accumulat
ing a largo and choice assortment of
e.isna which may not only alio won r excel
lent Intentions but give evidence that
In time we will have tho moat olalmrnto
and costly nollis-tlnn of untliiio law
uatns ill tho elttllrisl world. We ho
lioto wo hate uoaiichchumptsh lawyers
as tho one on whom tho story I told In
london. When ho wa a young man bis
father retlrtsl from practice, leaving tho
hustnoHH to him. Within n week the
young lawyer came homo nnd proudly
proclaimed:
"Well, father, I have done In three
days what you couldn't do in all tho
years of your practice,"
"What la that, my son?" ,
"I have settled that Noa estate oaso."
"Settled It, my aon Settled It, did
yotl say?"
"Yea, father, I sottled It In throe
days, and I could have done It In one
If tho Judge had been at home."
"Young man," said tho niloundml
parent, "you aro an a, n rotisuuimuto
ass. Why, sir, four generations of your
ancestors have lived on that ouso and
grown rich, and you audyuur children's
children might hate done thotaiuuif
you had not loca an egregious .".