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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1888)
OREGON SCOUT. JONES & CHANCEY, Publish era. UNION. OR-K43 02V. The Lick observatory will probably bo completed by tho first of March. Thk prohibition eloctions of this year show a net loss of 47,408 votes. Thk Hoobac tunnel is to bo lighted by 1,250 incandescent lamps. A kecknt trial in Japan between German and English rails resulted in British victory. Tho first issue of nickel and silver oinago in Franco will appear shortly, amounting to 70,000,000 francs. A niLij has been introduced in Con gress to reduce tho rato of loiter post age to one cent. Tub average daily wages paid to miners in tho anthracite coal regions ia loss than $1 per day. Thk first issuo of nickel and sdver -oinago in Franco will appear shortly, amounting to 70,000,000 francs. Ad Epitome of the Principal Events Ailracling Pablic Interest Now iTisBaid that out of tho 400,000, 000 inhabitants of tho Chinese Em pire, fully 300,000,000 spend less than $1,150 a month for food. A Chicago physician has a collec tion of Bevsral hundred bullets which lio extracted from tho bodies of Union soldiers who wcro shot during the war Thk curvature of tho earth is such that a straight lino a milo long would bo 204 inches from the surface at ither end. Am Arctic owl was captured near Piah Point, Maine, a fow days ago and measured about six feot from tip to tit) TIicbo are rare bin!?. Thk Mexican government has gran ted u subsidy of $1,000 a round trip to a line of steamships botwecn Nuw Tfork, Now Orleans and Vera Crur. The kronen printers in itiebco aro n etriko for nino hours per day and liigher wages. They aro backed up by -the K. of L. Bomo of tho French pa pore have suspended publication. The patchwork quilt presented to Jenny Lind bv tho children of tho United States was buried with her re mains, in accordance with her oft- xprcsBod desire. to Thk building lor thu ltamona In dlun Girls' School at Santa Fe, N. M omtnemorating Helen Hunt Jackson will coat $150,000, being arranged accommodate) 150 pupilH. The latest craze among tlio girls m hair album, mado up of locks from tho heads of their gontlemon fr'.omk This ia another thrust at bald-headed son. 3Tivk hundred and ninoty-four bills wore introduced in tho Senato in ono Jay rocontly. This breaks tho record So largo a numbor was never beforo introduced in a single day. In (ho primary schools of Stockton Cal., tho boyB in tho two lowor cIiibsos aro obliged to learn neodlowork just tho hiuuo a tho little girls, so that hereafter thoy can mako Binall ropaira -for themsolvoa Bktwkkk one and two million farm eru m tho United States aro affected by tho decision of tho United States Bupromo Court that tho drive well patent aro illegal on account of pri rity of use. nun. jonn jacon Astors remains aro nightly guarded in Trinity ceme tory, New iork city. Two guardB parade around hor tomb every night and Mr. Astor employs two detectives to watch and guard against any possi bility of tho remains being stolen. Akvhka comprises moro than 65,000 nuaro miles. That portion of tho province north of tho valley drained by tho Yukon, and lying for tho moat part beyond the Arctio circle has about 3,000 Etquimaux inhabitants, who will not Biirvivo long tho presont rapid disappearance of the walrus and tho whalo. In tho groat valley of tho Yukon nro a hundred villages, half on thu river banks and a fifth on tho delta, containing 0,870 people, all sav ages nave ninotoon whites and eighteen half brcedf. Tho Yukon is 2,000 miles long, Miven miles wide 1,000 miles from its mouth, and pours into tho Behring sea a volume of water ono third greater than tho Mississippi de livers into tho Gulf of Mexico. The lowor valloy of tho Kuskokvim river, lying beyond tho mountains towards tho Yukon delta, supports a population of about 0,000, all savage save three white mon. Lord Stanley has accepted the Gov ernor-Generalship of Canada. Tho Englirh steamer Maude has foundered in the Black sea. Twelve men wcro drowned. Emerson Littlefield, of Peoria, 111 , aged 19, whilo skating, wont into a liolo and was drowned. A revolt broko out on tho convict ship Orno, bound for Cayenne, and eleven of the leaders wcro shot. An engine jumped tho track and rau into New river, at Lynchburg, Va. Tiio engineer was drowned at his post. Tho house of Sam Love, colored, at Chesterfield, S. C, was burned, and two small children who were locked inside, perished in tho flames. Tramps were put off a froight train at Palisade, Nev., and shortly after- warus toe iroignt nouso was set on tiro. Tho tramps aro suspected. Harry Burton and an unknown man wero killed, and several other work men badly injured by the falling of a bridge span at Cleveland, Ohio. In a quarrel at Jackson, Miss., Mc Willie Mitchel and Bob Whitoaides wounded each other fatally, both dy ing soon after tho affray. At St. Paul tho newspapers have all advanced tho pneo of composition four cenlB per 1,000 emp, making morning work 42 cents and ovening 37 cents. The President sent to tho Senate tho following appointments: Charles V. Irish, Biirveyor-general of Nevada; James Spoakloy of Pennsylvania, com missioner to Alaska. At Boulder, Col., Jeadoro Pierce, a storekeeper, shot his wifo twice, in the presence of their four children, and then killed himtelf. Tho wifo ia fa tally wounded. Mrs. Sarah G. Ewing, an old lady living near Shelbyville, Jnd., was at tacked by hoga in her barn-yard while milking, and partly devoured. Her body whs not found until tho following morning. Details of tho wreck which occurred on the N. Y., P. & O. It. It., near Moadville, Pa., prove tho disaster to have been a horrible one. Two engi neers, two liromon and a passenger were killed outright, and a scoro or moro wero badly injured. Two baggagemen and a mnil agent wore killed by a train collision on tho Cincinnati Southern It. It. near Groen wood, Ky. Tho accident was caused by tho conductor and ongineor mis understanding thoir ordors. Reports from Wilkesbarre, Pa., say that by a premature blast four men j wero killed and seven Boveroly woun-! ded whilo at work on a now branch lino of tho Lehigh Valloy railroad noar Laurel Run. Mrs. Ellon O'Neill, a widow, in com pany with two of her children, ono a blind girl, while walking on tho track of tho Hudson rivor railroad, a Bhort diatanco above lMiinobock station, N. Y., wero struck by a locomotivo and instantly killed. Tho bark A. D. Snow wnB wrockod ot tho entrance of Waterford harbor, Ireland, by a hurricane, and hor orow of twonty-fivo persons lost. Shu sailed from ban I'rancisco on tho Sth of August with a cargo of wheat valued at $110,290. Tho vosael waa chartorod by Win. Droabaoh. An oxplosion of dynamite occurred at a limeslono quarry near Brooktield, IN. b., killing four mon, ono of them boing Alexander McDonald, tho pro prietor of tho quarry. Thoy wero warming tho dynamite previous to using it for a blast whon tho explosion occurred. A most torriblo accident occurred at Forgotown, Ala., in which three per sons wcro killed and thirty injured. Tho colored B.iptists woio - holding a festival in thoir church. So groat was tho crowd that tho lloor gave way and tho building collapsed. A scene of terror ensued. Marv Allison and Mrs. Jones and hor child woro taken from the wreck dead. . At Macon, Ga., a man named Na than Reid, who did not live happily with his wifo, brutally murdered his wholo family and then committed sui cide. Ho sent a half-grown boy, who lived with him, after tho doctor." When the doctor and boy returned thoy found the cabin a heap of smoking ruins and in them tho charred bodies of Reid's wifo and thoir six children. Further search of tho premises disclosed Hoid's body in a well with his throat cut. Tho children of Mr. and Mrs. O. O. White, of Morrison, 111. Lillio, aged twelve: George, aged fifteen, . and Charles, aged eight wero playing with thoir sleds on the thin ice on Hock Creek, when Charles broko through. George ran to his assistance, and in na etlorts to retfouo tho drowning boy ho also wont under tho ice. Tin ir s is tor Lillio then mado a frmtio attempt to Bavo hor two brothers, and all three wero drowned. A special from St. Francis, Ark., says: Win. Herng, a wealthy planter, ins for soino time past been jealous of attentions paid his wife by Win. Matthowson, and ho forbade him to como to tho hoiue. Matthewsou called and invited Mrs. Herrig to take a rive. While tho woman was cot tine ready Herrig shot and killed Matthow- Bon, and then forced his wife to drive Matthowson's house with tho dead Mdy. On her return alio found her homo in Hamce, and was shot and killed by her husband. Herrig then ed. Mrs. Herrig was formerly an aolreBS in Paulino Markhain's com- any, and later was in W. H. Lvtlo's combination, CONGRESSIONAL. Legislation Pertaiuinj to the Interest of the Pacific Coast HK.VATK. Among petitions presented was ono by Blair, in favor of a national pro hibitory amendment., and one by Hoar against admission of Utah as a' state to long as its power is in tho hands of the Mormon priesthood. Dawes, from tho Committee on In dian Affairs, reported bills to provide for cumpulsory education of Indian children, and in relation to marriage between white men and Indian women. Among the bills introduced wero tho following : By Piatt For tho formation and admission into tho Union of the Str.te of North Dakota. Mitchell called up tho joint resolu tion introduced by him for tho ap pointment of a commission to select a site for a naval station on tho Pacific coast, addressed tho Senate in advo' cacy of it. It was referred to tne N.ival Affairs Committee. Tho joint resolution make? it the duty of tho commission to examine tho coast north of tho forty-second parallel of north latitude, in Oregon, Washington and Alaska, and to select a suitable Bite, having due regard to tho commercial and naval necessities of that coast, for a navy yard, and mako a-full aud detailed report to tho Secretary of the Navy, to be by him reported to Congress. Mitchell said that while $58,000,000 had been spent forjiavy y irds and naval stations, of which am unt only 5 per cent, has been expended west of the Alleghany mountains, thero was only one navy yard on the coast, on which about $3, has been expended. One establish ment, no matter how well exuipped, was wholly inadequate tc meet, the wantB of tho country on the Pacific I ocean. Ho contrasted the indifference or criminal neglect of the United States government on tho subject of naval establishment with the caro given by the British, French, Russian, Itali n and German governments to tho building up of great naval eatab- liahmonta. It ia not safo to act on the theory that this country could, when- over occasion roe, provide for it. The rapid environment of the Pacific coast by Important military and naval es tablishments, representing British in fluence and British power, and military occupation by Great Britain of islands in tho Pacific ocean, was of itself a subject which ought to arrest the at tention of tho American people, and prompt tho government to such speedy and effective action as should be a fitting response to this formidable ex tension of British power. The wholo country, north and west, was in fact environed and menacod by a cordon of British military and naval establish ments, und bv lines of British railroad and steamships, which, in tho event of war between Great Britain and the United States, would give tho former immenso advantages. These forces would fall with unimpeded and re lentless power upon the people, indus tries and commerce of tho northwest ern Pacific coast. Orcgon,Washington and Alaska, with all their limitless resources unprotected, would become tho sport and toy ot Groat Britain. Dolph said that Puget Sound pos sesacd all tho advantages that could ho found for a first-class naval station. Tho importance of tho subject should not be underestimated. His colleague had reforred to British influence in tho Hawaiian islands, out tho United States cannot permit thoso islands to pass under control of any European power, because their possesion by any modern naval power would give to that power control not only over the Pacific commorco of the United States but also over its world-wide commerce. Wo cannot afford to allow foreign con quests and acquisitiona to be carried to our very doors. If wo do, wo shall ) abdicato the position which our power, our independence, our wealth and our COAST CULLINGS. Devoted Principally to Washington Territory and California, A furniture factory at Los Angeles was destroyed by lire, loss $125,000. Martin Hanson, living near Mos cow, Idaho, committed suicide with a rifle. At San Francisco Thomas Adams, a waiter, was shot and mortally woun ded by Martin J. Galvin. A bill has been introduced in the Wnshington Territory Legislature to abolish the uso of seals on legal doc uments. A hotel barn at Milford, Cal., was burned, with ono man .and twenty-ono horees. Tho loss is $15,000. The fire was the work of an incendiary. Fuller, who killed Archbishop Seg hers in Alaska, has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to im prisonment in tho United States peni tentiary for ten years and to pay a fine of $1,000. Tho court has re quest d that an order bo issued by tho department of justice to have Fuller confined in the prison on McNeil's island. Ad am Routh, who lives on the Weippe, near Lewisbon, Idaho, went hunting and succeeded in killing a largo bear and a deer. He left them in tho woods until next morning. On his arrival where he had left them, he found three large cougars in possession of the bear and der, devouring the same. This mado littlo Frenchman angry, and with his Winchester rifle he commenced lir.u i at thoin and killed all three and took them home with him. A very snd incident occurred Juneau, Alaska, recently. Mrs. liar ding, an elderly lady resining at that place, was taken sick with pneumonia and went to Port lo.vnsond. W. for treatment. She improved and Btarttd homo, and on the way up had a relapse. Shortly after her arrival at Juneau she died. In duo time the funeral occurred, the body being fol lowed to tne grave by a number friends on foot. Miss Harding, the deceased s twenty-one year-old dauirl ter led the procession, and just as tho graveyard was reached she fell dead upon the coflin containing tho remains of her mother. Heart diseake was the cause. A terrible boiler explosion occurred at beattle. A force of men wero en gaged driving a line of piles south of tlie Uregon Improvement Company' mills, and wero at work about 400 yards south of the mill when the boiler suddenly exploded, blowing tho house engine and boiler into ten thousand pieces, and covering tho bay with de bris for 100 yards in all directions. Of tho half dozen or more men at work on the driver, not ono was instantly killed, though one was blown 150 yards ini3 me water, and was rescue! by boats. James Livingstone died from his injuries thren hburs after tho ex plosion. J. II. Wyman, Win. Drlscoll and F. McPherson were injured. Juneau, Alaska, is on tho mainland 150 miles north of Sitka, and is the distiibuting point for the Yukon and other mining districts of the interior, It has a floating population from 800 to 1,600. It has now a small church a hospital and a school, conducted by tho sistors of St. Ann, who went thero in October, 188(5. The new hospital is a line structure, 4Ux-IU and two sto ries high, and will accommodate twen ty-hvo patients. Tho old hospital building is used for a school. The chapel is a small building. 22x40, with apartments in tho rear for the priest Douglas island, on which is located the great Tread well mine and stain r nulls, lies oil the coast about three miles. Tho hospital at Juneau is a great boon to the poor miners in that isolated rogmn. OKKUO.V. Mrs. Mary Clark has been appointed location permit tie to retain among tho POrtmiatreuH at 1 engra, Crook county .. -i X'.,i :i xi :.. i i nations of the earth. Tho joint resolution was n forred to the Committee on Naval A flairs. By Dolph To provide for payment ol claims for damages by Iudiau dep redations, llo said thero were some 4,500 such claims, abrogating some1 $14,000,000 or $15,000,000. By Hoar To provide for a world's exposition at tho national capital in t 1SU2, and thereafter a permanent ex-1 position of tho three Americas in honor of tho 400th anniversary of tho discovery of Ainoritta. Referred to tho select committee on centennial celebrations. By Dawes To establish a postal telegraph system. no list:. nas oeen ap at jtoyai, a,ano Representative Hermann will in troduce in the Hoiiku a number of bills as follows : Appropriating $1,300,000 for con tinuing improvements at 'ho mouth of tho Columbia river; $750,000 for work on the canal aud locks at the Cascades; $250,000 for improvements at Yaquina bay; $100,000 for improve ments at Coos bay; $10,000 for tho improvement of tho Umpqua riyor; $50,000 for constructing a boat railway at Tho Dalles. To authorize Tho Dalles city to con struct a bridge across tho Columbia. To authorize tho Columbia Bridgo Company to build a bridge across tho Columbia between Oregon ami Wash ington Territory. Establishing a lighthoiuo at the mouth of tho Coquillo. Appropriating $10,000 for payment of Oregon Indian war claims. lo establish u hfc-saving statiou at Yaquina bay. Nathaniel Martin pointed postmaster county. In Oregon thero aro 2,593.020 sheep, I lns h more than double tho number of all ow England. This year Ooivallis will erect a build. ing for a public school, costing $25,000 and Uenton county will t nct a court house at that place costing $40,000. Astoria statistics for 1SS7 : Polieo mado 30-1 arrests; 87 deaths: 121 births; 111 marriages; 17 lire alarms ; 150 men declared .their intention be foro tho County Clerk to become nat unitized citizens. A shooting affray occurred in dies man's 6toro, at Alsea, between Leo Rv- cratt and il. u. Myers, which will probably prove fatal to Myers. A dis pute occurred over a gamo of cards, wnon Myers drew a kmfo and at tempted to stab Rycraft. A most shocking accident resulting in the burning to death of two chil dren of John Ralston, occurred at Lebanon. A littlo boy aged 0 and a girl aged 7 wero bathing in a bath room ; whilo Mrs. Ralston waa gone after a towel, tho lamp either oxploded or fell ofV tho table. When tho mother returned ami opened tho door she. found tho room in flames and tho two children behind tho door. Tho room was small and tho children could only get out by climbing over tho bath tub, ...I ! ... ii ... . . wmcn inoy attempted to do, when tho littlo girl fell down in tho tub, and tho bravo littlo lad stopped to assist her whilo tho Humes wero burning his na ked flesh. Tho frantic mothor was toriotisly burnod in gotting tho club dron from tho room. Tho littlo boy died tit 2 o'clock, and tho littlo girl a fow hours later. The houso was badly damagod. A STORY OF 1770. How a Cnntlnrntal Soldier Dlmipprnred In a Clnud orSinnkr. Night had set in, and in a small hut, a few miles from Trenton, N. J., sat five men, four of whom were seated around an old oaken table in tho center of the room, engaged in playing cards, whilo thev frequently moistened their throats from an earthen jug that stood on tho table. They wore heavy-bearded, coar.c looking men. and, from their dress, which somuwhat resembled the British uniform, they were evidently Tories. Tho other was astont-builtyoungmaii, clad in the centennial uniform. He sat in one corner of tho room with Ids face buried in his hands. "Tom," said one of the Tories, rising from tho table and seating himself near the young prisoner, for such ho evidently was, "Tom, you aud I wcro schoolboys together, and I love you yet. xsow, why can t you give up your wild notions and join us? Ion are our prisoner, and if you don't we shall hand you over to headquarters to morrow; while, if you join us, your for tune is made; for, with your bravery and talents, you will soon distinguish yourself in the royal army, and after the rebellion is crushed out your course shall bo rewarded by knighthood and promo tion in the army. Now, there are two alternatives; which do you choose? . . XT . t jn either, saitt the young man, raising his head and looking the Tory steadily m the ej-e. "I am now, as you say, your prison cr, but when the clock strikes twelve I shall disappear in a cloud of lire and smoke, and neither you nor your com rades, nor even myself can prevent it i on may watch me as closely as you please, tie me hand and foot if you ...i ....... win, Dili a Higher power than yours or mine has ordained that I shall leave you at that time." "Poor fellow! hw mind wanders," said tho Tory; "he'll talk differently in tho morning." And he returned to his seat at the table, leavii.?; the youth with his head again resting on his hands. When the. clock struck eleven the young prisoner drew a pipe and some tobacco from his pocket and asked the Tory leader if he had any objections to his smoking. "None in the least," he said, adding with a laugh, "that is, if you will promise not t disappear in a cloud of tobacco smoke." The young man made no reply, but immediately filled his pipe, having done which he commenced pacing tho lloor. lie took half a dozen turns up and down each side of the room, approach ing nearer the table each time, when, having exhausted his pipe, he returned to his seat and refilled it. lie continued to smoke until tho clock struck twelve, when ho arose from his seat, and slowly knocking tho ashes out of his pipe, said: "Thero, boys, it is twelve o'clock, and I must leave you. Good-bye!" Immediately all round tho room were scon streaks of lire hissing and squirming; the cabin was filled with dense sulphurous smoke, amidst which was heard a clap of thunder. The Tories sat in their chairs paralyzed with fright. Tho smoke cleared away, but, tho prisoner was nowhere to bo seen. The tables were overturned, the windows smashed to pieces, and one chair was lying on tho ground ouuido the build i n r. The Tory leader, after recovering from his stupor, gave ono glance around the room and sprang out of tho window, followed by his comrades. Jiey rau through the forest at the ton 1 their ,peid in the direction of th British encampment, leaving their muskets and other arms to the morcv of the tlanies, which had now bojnin to devour the cabin. I ho next day two young men dressed in centennial uniform wero seen stand ing near tho ruins of the old cabin. Ono was our prisoner of tho night previous. "Let us hear all about it. loin, said the other. Well,' said ho, Inst evening as I was passing this place two lories ran out of the cabin and took pns-ci-sion of me. licforo I could mako any resist unci- iiiey iook me m ami who io yon suppo-e I saw as leader of their party nut .loan isurton, our old schoolmate! He talked H'J'J' ino and tried to induce no to join them, but I told him I ouldn'l do it; that at twelve o'clock I was going to escape, disappear in a cloud of lire and smoke, but he laughed at me and said 1 was out of my head. About eleven o clock 1 asked him if I might smoke. Ho said he had no ob jection, so I tilled my pipe and lighted it, anil commenced walking tho lloor. I had about a pound of gunpowder in my pocket, and as I walked I strewed it all over the lloor. When tho clock struck twelve I bade them rood-bve. ami told thorn 1 had to iro: mid then knocking the ashes out of my pipe, the powder ignited and a dazzling llamo of tiro shot across, around, and all oyur the room, tilling it with suffocatinr smoke. Huforo it cleared away I hurled chair through tho window, spranjroiit and departed, leaving them to thoir own reflections. You know tho resu" lioston Traveller. TARTAR BOYCOTTERS. How Mongolian Laborer 111 the Crimen Urlvn Out Orrinnn Fnrmcrn. I should not for a moment imagine that the Crim Tartars have learned much of tho Irish agrarian science of boycotting through tho channels of the Russian press, as tho Russian vernacu lar is only very imperfectly understood among them. Yet they have devel oped during recent years a system of boycotting the German proprietors iij the Crimea, which appears to have been highly successful. Tho lands formerly apportioned by the crown to thirty thousand Tartars in the Crimean peninsula have through the nomadic habits and ignorance of these people been gradually und easily acquired by the princely and other large proprietor for what may, in these instances, ba very appropriately termed old songs. These lands have been subleased, in most cases to the ubiquitous and enter prising Germans. AH thoso ostites tire worked by Tartar labor, and s long as the proprietor was there or a descendant of ono of the old Tartar chieftain families things went smooth ly. A German agriculturist with capi tal a few years ago discovered in these broad tracts and cheap bargains a promising field for enterprise, with the prospect never absent from the Russo Gerniau's visions gradually ousting" and supplanting the native. This, how ever, required time, but tho German, reckoned on the long-suffering patience of tho industrious, sober, ignorant and stolid-looking Mongolian laborer. The result has proved the German proprie tor to have been a long way out of his sanguine reckoning. n many eases he acquired estates covering areas of from fifty thousand to two hundred thousand acres, but the entry of the German into possession of his estates was the signal for a rapid migration of every Tartar laborer and herdsman. The Tartar proprietors, who wero his neighbors, refused the services of their horses, oxen and camels at any price, no matter how tempting. The store keepers in the neighboring towns and fairs would not supply the GernianV wants. This Tartar boycotting has now succeeded in driving tho greater number of the German proprietors to abandon their estates and holdings at ruinous losses. The Governor of the district has now submitted a project to the imperial Government for thu re purchase of these lands and their di vision among the Tartars. It is further proposed that in addition to these crown grants of small holdings to some twenty-live thousand Tartars the Gov ernment shall in all necessitous eases supply each Tartar family with a fow necessary agricultural implements and a yoke of oxen. There is little doubt that this project will not be accepted by thu Government. London Duilij Acivn. FAMOUS Annrdotex of I.IhzI ito'ilnl, Mi'jcr and (l..irrK PIANISTS. I.t'opold dor -Mr. Humpiis "I saw y.ui taking a horseback rido this morning. Your own horso." Mr. Wiitanus "No: nly a 1 ivory hack." "He looked like a vory lino charger. "bo l thought until I paid the bill. Thou the ownr uf th stable cast him all in thu shade." irer's llasar. , . Raw Tomutoo.-. Skin tho toma- tous by putting tho.ni in scalding watv: for a minute, allow to cool, cut iutc Micas and squeeze, a goed lemon ovct Uuuu. UostoH Bud'jd. Io genius we allow many special privileges; "artists," of whatever ilk. claim eccentricity and caprieiousnoss as a birthright, with which they may or may not choose to divert thcnis-elves. Famous opera singers lead tho world forcapriciousnes:s; not far behind them comes the great Liszt, of whom and other eminent pianists and composers. r. S. baltus gossins as follows: Pianists, as a rule, are good nafnrod: Von Bulow is the exception, fur there muM be one. Liszt will probably rank with Chopin nd Rubinstein as the greatest pianist. of the century. lie was a great deal of a poseur, aud was a wit. too; but onoo he met his match and succumbed. The match was that terrible, sarcastic Ital ian, Rossini. One night at a parly in Paris a lady went to tho maestro and said: "You sec your friend Liszt over there? Well, ho has refuted to play for ail the ladies, and you must mm your inllucuce." "Mada'm." said Ros sini, "ho will play." Then, in a loud voice, m that every body in the roont could hear him, the author of "Har biere" cried out: "Kh! Ami Liszt, please give us your usual improvisa tion." Liszt played. He had a habit of learning some terribly dillieult n:or ccau and then making out it was com posed on the spur of the moment. Hoini was a superb pianist, him self, and so was Meyerbeer. One day a pianist called on Rossini and asked hin to listen to two pieces he had com posed. Rossini consented, and when he had finished the first piece ho said: "I like tho other one bust." Leopold lie Meyer was full of fun, too. Ono day in a parlor he went to tho piano and played a dillieult pas sage, saying, "rhalberg does that better than I do." Then ho r!Lvn :.. liilictilt trill, adding, "RMSsellan can beat mo on that, but horn is soinethin"- neither of them can do," aud ho turned a handspring. Mot competent judges say the com ing pianist is Carlos Sobrino. Uir surely is a marvel in every way. Tho king of living pianists." Rubinstein. honored Sobrino when in Madrid bv choosing him to play with him. "ot e'est tout dire." The dreamer pianist, Gottsehalk, will not bo forgotten. I'his Creole sound poet passed like a brilliant meteor in the musical sky, and for a peculiar Orientalism apd voluptuous languor will novor bo equaled American Mu t.cinu. Lady (to fond niaiiiinal "O. thn littlo boy will improve as ho grown older." Foml Miiimim "His papa gous out of patiencu with him! Ho in tends to educate him. as he will m good for nothing olsu." Judge. ,i Tho Red rivor froze over at Win nipeg this year uarlior than at any tinnj within sevouteon yours.