ffl0M PRIVATE TO PR E SID E N T .
IN oU R A N C E AGAINST
O ne F orm
o f I m p o s it io n , a t L e a s t ,/U n s
“ X
F o u n d a I t e u ie d y ,
X -
1 bit of history co n n ected w ith th e
/ Fmil Frey, w ho w a s re c e n tly
¿ " p r e s e n t of th e S w iss re-
? , ie. " ill in te re st b o th officers a n d
\siiiccrs of the arm y.
•
When the civil w a r b e g a n in th e
r«ited States you n g F re y w as a t a
1 • ersity in S w itzerlan d , a n d b e in g
i n d with p atriotic im p u lse to aid a
sister re p u b lic he cam e to
strngg1”1"
this country w ent d ire c t to th e Sw iss
i ,nv in Illinois an d e n liste d as a pri-
in the T w e n ty -e ig h th Illin o is
‘
T»t0
volunteers.
The Army and N a ry J o u r n a l says
.■ t he served w ith his re g im e n t u n til
he resigned as second lie u te n a n t on
¿ e n . 1S02, to raise a co m p an y for
•he Eighty-seeond 1 llinois, in w h ic h he
served as captain u n til m u ste re d o u t
with it, June. 18C5, h a v in g serv ed a b o u t
pur years and c o n sta n tly in th e field,
lie was taken p riso n e r w ith p a r t of
the Eleventh corps a t G e tty sb u rg J u ly
1, isG3, anti for a long tim e w a s h e ld as
hostage under sen ten ce o f d e a th , an d
after his release w as b re v e tto d a m a jo r
for gallant and m e rito rio u s services.
At the close of th e w a r lie re tu rn e d
to Switzerland, w here he o b ta in e d th e
r»nk next tot lie com m ander in c h ief,an d
was elected to the S w iss fe d e ra l council
aw served in the c ab in et.
lie revisited th is c o u n try as th e first
envoy extraordinary a n d m in is te r
plenipotentiary from S w itz e rla n d to th e
I nited States, serv in g th ro u g h th e ad-
ministrations of P re sid e n ts G arfield,
Arthur and Cleveland.
The next step of th is e x -p riv a te o f th e
federal army of th e U n ite d S ta te s is,
according to the custom of S w itz e rla n d ,
from that of vice p re sid e n t to p re sid eiit
4 a European republic.
E n tit le d t o a P a s s .
F ro m London comes new s of (lie o r
g a n iz a tio n of a Social D em ands In su r
an ce com pany. The society arises ou t
of th e question th a t each man and wom
a n p u ts to himself; ‘‘llo w much can I
give w ith o u t seem ing shabby?” w hen
ash ed to give money to objects for
w inch th ey have no sym pathy, b u t to
I w h ich tra d itio n o r some sense of reel-
p ro city obliges co n trib u tio n .
1 here a re a lw ry s restless people
• a b o u t g e ttin g up statues, testim onials,
a n n iv ersa ry gifts, from silver din n er
services dow n to quill pens, whom one
w ishes in Jerich o , but are impossible to
refuse. 1 o th u s lighten these needless
b u rd e n s of life comes th e Social De
m ands Insurance company.
A ccording
to a w rite
r in the of London
Times
th is society,
e n receipt
a sub-
serip tio n g rad u ated according to th e in-
com e and needs of th e member:!, will
tra n sa c , for them th e whole businesson
th e ch eap est possible scale. ’The so
ciety will no t be afraid of being called
sh ab b y , having no corporal delicacy of
feeling.
M em bers (who have paid in th e ir sub
scriptions) will m erely send to th e sec
re ta ry each w eek th e ir social begging
le tte rs. T'lic society, doing a ready
m oney business, can easily buy in bank
ru p t stock of clocks, epergties. bric-a-
b rac. silver, books. Thus it will be able
to fu rn ish su itab le presents ut reduced
j prices.
1 T h e London society goes far in engag-
Ì in g a staff of sculptors, ghosts, iinpres-
; slo n ist p ain ters, in acquiring a collcc-
| tio n of p a in te rs' misfits th a t can be
easily a ltered to suit the occasion, arid
I o th e r a rtis tic refuse th a t may be util-
' ized a t reasonable terms.
T h e subs, ription of a duke, for ex-
! am ple, to th e Social Demand.-. Insurance
! com pany is p u t a t £10 IDs, w hile a per-
i son of le tte rs would no t be charged
m ore th a n Os. 8d.
In th is country, u n til th e tariff is re
duced. the subscription of the rich men
ra n k in g w ith the English dukes would
be approxim ately ?"«'), w hile w riters
w ould ba proportionately charged not
m ore th a n $2 a year. These .sums, liow-
ev er. , iire iiu tg itio n fees, and e n g a ;;-x
' o n ly th e services of th e society. Moneys
pavl out would have to be subsequently
reim bursed.
“I called to g e t a pass, Air. W ebb,"
said an old lady w ho in s iste d upon
walking into th e office o f th e th ir d vice
president of th e N ew Y ork C e n tra l
road the other dr.v. “ I am v ery g la d to
see you madam, b u t w h y sh o u ld th e
read give you a pass? Y ou a p p e a r to he
well able to spend t he m oney fo r o n e .”
"Yes, I’ve got th e m oney, b u t m y a u n t
know" your g ra n d m o th e r,
‘‘
that is the case th e ro a d is c e rta in ly
compelled to give you a pass, m a d a m ,”
«id .Mr. Webb, an d w h ile th e c le rk s in
the outer office sn ick ered w ith d e lig h t
A D IFF IC U L T JO B .
the third vice p re s id e n t sig n ed th e
necessary paper, an d th e old la d y sm iled T li o M e n d i n g o f t h e N iiM penslon l l r l i l g « * t
X lii g a r s .
and waddled out, h ig h ly p leased w ith
T h e cables of a suspension bridge are
herself.
su
b jected to g re a t strains, and are
WARRIORS O F T H E W O R L D ,
th erefo re firm ly anchored to heavy
A son of Gen. Pope a n d g ra n d s o n s of m asses of m asonry by means of long
•kn. Sherman an d Gen. C. F. S m ith b a rs ol' iron o r steel having hole» at
were among th e la te st e n trie s as cad e ts each end by w hich they arc 1x4ted or
it West Point.
p inned to g eth er. The Engineering
C apt . C harles H. I I e y l , of th e N ew s says th a t one of th e oars in ihe
Twenty-third in fa n try , h a s b een de an ch o rag e of one end of the smallei
tailed to rep resen t th e w a r d e p a rtm e n t suspension bridge a t N iagara was f »and
re<‘e n tlv to he broken. I he problem o f
exhibit at the w o rld 's fair.
iUE8 arc so p e stile n tia l in Siam th a t rep lacin g it w as dihicult, since the w ins
*very soldier is com pelled to a ss is t in a tta c h e d to it had to have the same ten
frdueing th e ir n u m b e r by c a tc h in g sion w hen it was in place th a t tney had
•“Dough of them every d a y to fill a w h en th e old b a r was in tact. 1 he new
b a r w as form ed of a ) iece of «dee
•Ditch box.
H t a recently issued decree all sol- tw e n ty fe e t long, six inches wide ami
ners of the R ussian e m p ire m u s t in th re e -q u a rte rs of an inch tlii-k, with a
uture use h an d k erch iefs, w hich have hole In one end mid a band bolted to the
•retofore been re s tric te d to th e officers. o th e r. Tiiis band V a s designed to pass
Tin: Prussian a rm y is said to c o n ta in a ro u n d an iron bar in the abutm ent ¡an
t one officer from th e ra n k s —Col. re s ist th e pull of the wires. Ghen
••K-etnann, who w as p ro m o ted fo r acts th e band hnd been placed about tins
' ' •’tceptional bravery in th e Sehlesw ig- pin in th e m asonry and bolted t ’ >ts
•'“'Isteia cam paign in 1864.
lie has b a r th e b ar w as carefully heated by a
w ooden fire in a trough below until it
j'st licen gazetted co m m an d er o f th e
h ad expanded sufficiently t t al " " 1
•xtieh in fa n tiy .
end of th e w ire cable to bu connected
!'•• 'a: is a p o p u la tio n o f 70,000 in
w ith it. As it cooicd it contracted until,
,, ,
o n ly m ilita ry force w hen it r •ached its normal
fQp.,Ve,j consists of tw o policem en,
trained
t oned a t tb.e c ap ital, K eykjavie, an d th e w ires atta ch e d to it were
others,
and,
• °nly tw o la w y ers in th e isla n d a re to th e sam e degree as th
in th is w ay. a difficult problem was
'• Mate s atto n ey , as he m ay be called,
‘ another, w ho is on h a n d to d efen d easily and cheaply solved.
»it y that may be put on trial.
A C ana ,> ian electrician states th a t
electricitv
causes th e tides and demon
J*tvsn is ngain com ing in to use for
s
tra
te
s
it*by
electrifying a rublx-r comb
•^illitierv
,
t esP<‘ciully for c h ild re n . T h e by ru b b in g it through the hair and then
'-r it?' '? ' *K>nne' s- w ith p la ite d fro n ts d ra w in g it over th e top of a glass i «<-
13,,
*»hape, a rc e x tre m e ly becom- w ith w ater, th e resu lt bi*ing t iu
J •' --I frrx'ks for g irls a re com posed tid a l w ave follows the comb.
is sai.l
man in
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Columbus.
I t is
said th
th a a t t a a man
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* uii(‘ " h itc w oolen
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or . light-colortsl
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Mlk,
'•raped l »w <iver a chem isette oi
of
an to m a tiea lly lo n e r « d « b * » » ;
•foiderv. anil w ith underslecT ca o f
at the ap-
ha<no. the full u p p e r sleeves b e in g of ro ad g a les a t grmle crossings of trains.
dn*M stuff. Such dresse« a re al- prom h an d a fte r th e passing oi irsun*
T h e a p p a ra tu s is cxpect«*d to en
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BEAL ESTATE ^
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CALL
FOR BARGAINS i \
arm or c ity property
ON OR
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r e g o n .
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Sub»,-rilusi «ad »worn to Udore me lid« Mb
day of Man li, I
J o » m ’; i A M
Notary Rubik*.
TO WHOM IT m a y CONCERN .
« e e fe
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past twelve yenm; liuti 1 «iti (.unilur ami well
HcqiMUited wiU^
mid Bern * purl id I
,
hat the same is iid.iuruhlv suited for makknee pmiiertv. I h - uiu reifcctlv level
mix ;
timi
I un weil water is tumid on the same at a depth of from ten to ilfte e n b e t
,
J omcwi A. M ommi «, Merchant,
S I It.
SiibHcrlhed «ml »warn to before 11 e tin« I'.’th tiny
day of March, late.
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Notary Public.
A Prize Picture Puzzle.
E X P L A N A T IO N
fbntwfaf pfcrjrt oeetaifts ftxn fartt, a man and hit ihraa draabtm .
Anyone can hnci ihe iu-n afact, but it ts i*>t n m y io dutfoguftab th« fern
ihe i h m r w M ia .! m
I b e picture w u publithcil in a fe* naw
lime « vs ami attra i«d owuaUtatu« aiuttu..« 1«
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