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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1886)
PERSONS AND EVENTS. it is suggosicu oy i nc ai. uoma i u- JKxpattk that Gen. Tom Brady's book -will bo untitled "Lapsus Ponn.v; or, JIow I Escaped tho Pen." At last accounts Minister S. S. Cox ivns registered at tho Coutiuont.il hotel m Paris, and was enjoying himself liko big boy just out of school. Srntir Don Ai.nniiTO BtAXCiti, father of Sonor Don Alberto G. Bianchl. tho noted Moxlcan journalist, died in tho City of Mexico on the '-'I'd of last anonth. Tiro cousins of ex-premier Gladstone -reside in this country. They are Wil fred atul David Gladstone, and live at While Springs, O., whore liicy pursue ilic occupation of millers. Ax autograph letter of Goorgo Wash ington was sold at administrator's sale in tho city of Washington a day or two ago for 817. The purchaser was a .dealer in relics and autograph maun jscriptrt. Among tho new members who took scats at tho opening of tho Mexican congress on tho lGth of September was iScnor Arroyo D'Anda, the Mexican journalist who accompanied the oxeur Kioii of Mexican editors to this country two rears ago. Mr. tViMiAM Wahhkn, the veteran actor, who made his first appearance llnrlmi fnvl' vmiva !crn t f ri'n until 1 V jii iiutuii iui j V. ..I ... - . - J ecn on the streets of that city, exhibits ( unabated vitality, and is full ot Mignt remarks. Ho exercises much in the open air, and praoticos with tho hoalth lift in addition. Ho visits tho theaters frequently. A Wauhinoton correspondent recalls Uio fact that when Mr. P. E. Spiuuor was treasurer ho used to honor some ol tho proltiest young ludy clerks in liia ollico by having their fcaturos g'.vcn to omo of tlio goddesses that grace the currency. But, it is haid, the head ol Martha Washington, which adorns the now 81 certificates, and an idealicd "head of Dolly Madison are tho only ac credited portraits of distinguished wo men that can bo discovered. Dn. Animcaub Fioi?i:itA. tho presi dent of tho Braz linn foh am bur of depu ties, intends to leave for New York in tho tirst packet after tho closing of tho nhamhors. for tho amel oration of his state of health, and to soo how a coun try can bo great and prosperous with out monarchy and slavery institutions which ho, as an ardent conservative and slave-owner, considers prov dunthil Institutions. Like Lincoln, tho noble deputy of tho province of Uio Jane ro is anything but a dude in physiognomy. M8. Katk S ru a a in; lias left t ho capital anil is now living quietly in Nuw York. Mr. Conkling and she raroly moot, and when thoy do it is as frionds only all thoy over wore. Tho gunshot incident of Canonohut has passed al most outiroly out of her mind, and oc casions no other emotions when referr ed to than would the frenzied act of any other wan crazed w til drink and uu Tousonablo rage. When hor father's remains have boon transferred to tho Spring Grovo cemetery at Cincinnati, whioh will bo in a very short t mo, she vrd! return to Foiitainubleaii, where hor children now are, and dovoto the rest ot hor life to them. She s not rielt as reported, but lias onoiight tosupp'.y her necessary wants, and when she sails again will bid this country a long if not eternal farowoll. ' Junms Jamcs It. Luw.ow, a noted Tonnsylvanla jurist, who died sonio 'time ago. loft a singularly short will. Jt covered but half a page of foolscap, and Is In tin handwriting of the dece dent. Ho wrote: "1 roijuost myexi outers to Inour at my funeral no ex pense not absolutely required. My estate Is small, and my wife and chil dren ought to have every dollar for their support. Lot no false pride die lato ostentatious display, for after the roul departs from tho body it matters Jlttlo what bucomos of that body, so that it is decently buried. God will protect tho dust, and on the resurrec tion day gather all together and recon struct It according to his sovereign rile" Ho then devisos lis entire estate to Ids wife, Honrlutta E. Ludlow, and appoints hur guardinn of their chil dren and oxocutrix. ' Two prominent Gorman lausioians dlod recently within a few days of each otliur tlio viol nist Hubert ll.es and tho composer Julius MolchorU Hies, who attained tho ago of 85. received Ids first musical instruct on from his father and became) subsequently a pupil of Spohr and llaiipliniuii. In IS'.' I lie was appointed orchestral louder of the Konigstadtisuhos thoatorof Berlin, and in tho fo! low ng yetr K was promoted to a fo lion m tun ttyal opera-house, whoru ha R jcaeu "concert onolutor." Iw was in grei demand ad a musical instvftittr, and his quartet evenings woro In formor years ouo of tho iiiiiscal features 91 Boilin. His throe sous, two of whom live in Lon don, aro llkowlso woll-kiiown inusi oiiuia. Julius Molohort, who died on ih 12th of SuptomWr Ifrfllatiburg. at tie ago of 76, was very popular as a oaai poser of tongs ana oorcuesirai .3dec MANITOU'S CAVERNS. Snbtcrrnnonn "IViiIIch lloncntlt tlio ToworliiR lcn! r the Hocklca Cuvos Hint MyntcrlotiH Hones I'onlonicos tn tlio HockH. Manil.ou is the most delightful spot to bo found in tho Hockics. writes a correspondent of The riihtrfrJphia Times, a little village of hotels ami boarding-houses, arranged along : canyon that leads up into the great range bringing one to Pike's peak, and after that over a maze of peaks and ranges interminable in their extent and varioty. Dowil the center of the vil lage Hows fhe Pountaiiic-qui-Boiiille. in tho spring formed by the melting snows of tho Hocklos and added to by the wealth of springs cds, iron, and others that are the boast of Moni tou. Hero, environed by tho great mountains is the former eottairo of Grace Greenwood: over yonder the re mains of "Br.arhurst," where Thomas Moran's picture of the "Mountain of the Holy Cross" was exhibited to visit ors, while not tar away is tho cottage where "H. II." did much of her work, and her last resting-place on old Choy enno mountain may lie seen from tho canyon. 'I lie attractions of Manitou are not a few. Five thousand people hare al ready ascended Piko's peak this season. It can lie done in a day, and gives one an elevation of something liko four teen thousand feet; or imagine another Mount Washington piled on top of tlio prcsont one and a hill two hundred feet high on that and you have it. Hun dreds of square miles, in fact an un limited view of the country, is obtain ed. Tho sunriso and tho grave of Maj. O'Brien's daughter are tho attractions, not to speak of tho pleasure of wading through a snowbank in August. O'Brien's daughter is supposed to rest under a monument or stone, upon which is inscribed: "Sacred to tho memory of the daughter of Maj. O'Brien, who was killed by mountain mis." etc. Nino nersonsout of ton be lieve this yarn, and much sympathy is expressed by tho louder-hearted who are victims of a Rocky mountain joker of no mean ordor of merit; the moun tain rats, as woll as tiio daughter, area myth. Besides tho peak there are va rious canyons to visit, the Garden of Gcds, described in a former paper, and finally tho caves that abound in all tho natural regalia that nature generally provides in such cases. There aro two distinct eaves, both having features equally interesting, and I should judgo from tho rock formation that much of the adjacent country is undermined with similar ones. What is called the grand cavern or cavorns is about one-and-a-half miles from Manitou, directly up tho Uto p.ass a road worn and cut out of the rock, that winds up into tho Rockies, over which tho Utcs were accustomed to pass in tlio old t mes of thirty years ago. In prospecting among tlio ledges about a thousand foot above the pass tho present owuor, (5. W. Snider, dis covered a small opening, and by work ing at it noon found himself in tho largo hall that is tlio comin ncemont of a fior os of rooms and tunnels that now constitute one of tho wonders of the country. A liltlo tent has boon pttchud at tho entrance and a lino carriage road made, winding up to within a fow steps of it, and hero Mr. Snider collects a dollar, providos each visitor w th a lamp and the party with two guides. Standing at the entrance one doubts which is the most attractive the cave or tlio v ow, the latter bo ng from this point particu larly duo. Pike's peak is d reetly op posite, while all about cluster other summits of more or less grandeur, and tho fact that the cave is about eight thousand feet up on tlio brow of a mountain adds much to tlio interest. Tho cavo is s.niilar in its fetruoturo and formation to Mammoth, Luray, and Howes', though on a much smaller scalo. The stalactites are, however, much finor than those of Howe' cave. Tho Manitou caverns, moreover, are dryer ami particularly adapted for ner vous peoplo, there being uo cxtromelv dangerous places. Tho route called Canopy avenue is first taken, and as tlio twenty or th'rty visitors lilo into tho hole, each boarlng a lamp, tho ladle? covered with waterproofs, one could well Imnsiiio them monks going through somo mvstto rite. The rollo-huiitiiig American was a Dutch woman in tills case, and not a stalactite within reach but was wronched in tho cause of roltcs. Tlio choice bpeclmons, howovor, woro all protected by wire cages. The first one of these that appeared looked like the cago of some annual in the Zoo and one of the ladies asked what it was. "That's a stalactite," re plied tho gu do. "It won't got out, will it?" questioned tho lady, falling back, already a littlo nervous with the wiord ness of the place. "No, ma'am, it w 11 not,' ropliod the long-sullorlng attend ant. All alonjr tho oath numerous stalac tites and stalagmites woro seen, but per fectly tamo ami harmuss, couliuetl by tho wire netting, and safe from tho hands of vaudall. On the right woru a lot of bones, also protected by wire, taid to bo thoso of a bear, but they woro fox and wildcat bone:, and probably thos'i of somo other small animal that had crawled into tho cavo to die. If Mr. Snidar had the euerirv and enter prho that characterizes (ho real Yankee ihowman ho would get a hum:fi ske.o- ton. manacle it with rusty chains and fasten it to tlio wall. This would bo a stroke of genius. Prom lilts interesting walk wc enter Stalactite hpll, where many strange forms have been molded by nature. Hero is a deer's head, seemingly in white marble, tho antlters almost per fect; brids, trees, human faces, and n hundred and one fanciful shape worthy of attention. Passing on, the rotunda is reached, where some line stalactites reach down to the floor, forming pillars. Near here is a large room, about sixty feet high, called, very appropriately, the opera-house, having a parquet and two tiers of gal leries all around. Further along is a natural organ, or a set of chimes. This is by far the best in the country, and in this respect the Manitou cavern is ahead of all others. Tho chimes are a set of btalaclite formations connected Willi the wall, forming a scries of thin, upright slabs, placed .idc by side, and that, when struck with a stick, give out metallic bell-like notes; and with a lit tlo practice tho entire scale can be sounded and tuneful chimes rung. In the opera-house aro many curious shapes resembling statuary, ami human forms appear attached to tho walls. From here wc pass to tho churn-room, where a scries of stalactites anil stal agmites form a perfect churn, tiie newly-churned butter represented in the stone by its side. Beyond hero is a natural bridge, reached by stairways, and leading to Guadaloupo dome and the grand pipo organ just described. Every cavo has a postollico, and a rock that has been shivered in some way bristlo with the cards of visitors from every part of tho country. Re turning to the vestibule a narrow path called the Denver and Bio Grande nar row-gauge is taken, which leads down to a deep incline, far below the former rooms to tho fair bridal chamber where tho elk's head, man on horsoback, Rocky mountain sheep, etc., aro strik ingly sculptured in the rocks. The temperature of the cavo is about 51 de grees, the same tile year round. One can casuallvexaiuino the cave in and hour, though to see all tlio cham bers several would bo required, and alto gether gives the novico a very good idea of the chemical workshops under ground, and tlio forming, and reform ing and disintegration that is continu ally going on. The eave of the winds is not far from the Grand caverns, in Williams' canyon, and is equally worthy a visit. Tho 1001113, though smaller, arc ornamented with a greater variety of formations, which are larger, and in many instances more attractive than those in the cavo of Uto pass. A Critio Weeping. JolVrcy had this reputation of a se vere critic, yd lie insisted that his na tural foible was to admire and to bo pleased too easily. But one often finds in the severest of critics, when ho comes to know him, the best-natured and most all'oci onate of men. Jeffrey could "cut up" an author's book, and, when occasion opened, serve him with his purse and influence. When ho journeyed from Edinburgh to London, to take his seat, in parlia ment, lie took with him, besides his wife and daughter, "Poor Poll," a gnu, wise parrot t, and "Witch," a little dog. llif. friends bantered hint on his carrying in tho carriage a soft traveling-basket for the dog and a largo cage for the bird. One day, a ladv. wlio-o intimacy in the family gave her tho freedom of the house, opened tho library-door to see if Jeffrey was there. She .-aw him sit ting in a chair with h s head on the table, sobbing as a child. She was about to retire, thinking she had not boon seen, when Jeffrey, beckoning her to a seat, said: "Don't go. my frond; I shall be all right again in a in mite." "1 had no idea that you had heard bail news, or I would not have come iu. Is anv one dead?" said tho lady? "Yes, indeed. I'm a great gooo to have given away so, but 1 could not help it. You'll bo sorry to hear thai little Xclly. Bo.'s littlo At My. is dead. ' JelVrey had just then received tho last number out of the "Old Curiosity Shop." and had been overcome by tho pathetic description of J.itllc Sell's poath. hxehantje- Amoricnns Abroad. American ladies make their way into society more oasilv In Loudon than they do iu Paris. How it is done 1 have already explained. Tho London eiulw, however, are more exclusive than tlw diawing-rooms, and Iho feei ng nruvails among American visitors to our cap tol that they have been shabbily treated in thjs respect. The husbands and brothers of some of tlio be'les Americitnies of the season complain that while the women have been favor ed, the men have received the cold shouldor in the club band. By the laws of somo of our olubs the numbor of honorary mombiM's Is restr etod whereas it is tho general rule in tlio clubi in all tho principal cities of tins Unitod States that tho club is always free to add to the honorary members, and tho Ameri can newspapers aro sujgoitiiig repri sals. V sltors from tin other side of thu Atlantic have incroasod abundantly during tho last two or thro 1 ) ears to Hiioli an extent, indiwd, that it surprises mo that somebody has not already started a first-rate American club iu our metropolis. -- hi Truth. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varira. A marvel t peril v. ftrength and wholoHOincnws. More 'cotioiincu! tlinn the ordinary kinds, an 1 rail not be nold in competition with the mtillitmli' of low tcMt. Hlmrt weight alum or phosphate powder, ohl only in cntm. 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