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 in ............... Columbus. I t is said th th a a t t a a man - O. * uii(‘ " h itc w oolen « .. •. or . light-colortsl I,a . p a ten ted an e l . trie dee.ee Inu re d Mlk, '•raped l »w ^ U v u 'i° u » i;tlb a e i‘,ad ribbO “ SaShCS M p p U n C f la x e n and‘(pU ‘U’ndem. BEAL ESTATE ^ TM C . E ^ eC0U"TÏ CALL FOR BARGAINS i \ arm or c ity property ON OR JR A D D R E33 * “>«» CO., O r e g o n . Read carefully the full TD WHOM rap ...... I f MAY CONCERN: and «une is level »nd ¡.w mu « d T i^ A *’ 1 • • «*’•<' <», ,<,r ’ 1 " op feapt. 1 abut School». Line countv. " ‘ \1. I 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 i'.n t* . ’• T'" '.......... .. » 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. |„ l i m n , 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« our b I biii I api reiuourt. w c r.jwofic:'« Hour |MUt) .1 In. c i It il A* t.4« ,.l,|««, O m u loir.tro-'wwiou. u.< !ion.»ii.tv «««horn«, tlwrawbo e im-xt ib* f.x.twc cuauMthba « m ■ot relUt oit — y . 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