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V THE VANDERBILT WEALTH. - uin1 Vainllr In the World Ii no Knorniouoly Wch. Ti,n nomhlnod Vnndorbllt wealth Bmminf.s to $274,000,000, and tho est! mated income from It per annum is f 13.8G-MD0. No other single family in the world is so rich. If kept intact tho total fortuno will at the end of twenty fivo voars almost roach if 1,000.000.000, and this result will bo attained by tho fllmnlo arithmetical progression of com pound interest. Tho rapid increaso of tho Vanderbilt millions clearly shows how money bogots money. If tho combined Vanderbilt wealth wero all in one-dollar bills the area of naner would bo just equal to tho amount of white paper required to print 4,182,558 copies of tho clght pngo World. If the bills were joined end to end they would stretch out 31,321 miles, or, in othor words, would go trifle moro than onco and a quarter nround tho globe at its groatest cir cumforenco. A careful estimation of tho wealth of individual members of tho Vnndor bilt family makes tho following ex hibit: Cornelius Vnnclcrhllt , William If. Vandurbllt Frederick W. Vnndorhllt George W. Vanderbilt Mrs. Elliott V. Shcpard Mrs. William D. Slotrno , Mrs. Hamilton Melt Twombly. Mrs. W. Soward Webb ..no,oro.ooo .. tfi.OOI.O0J .. JRoiin.ooo .. 15,100,0110 .. 1 2,0(10.00' 1 .. 13,000,000 .. lS.OUO.OOO .. 12,OJO,000 Total , 274,000,000 Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt has no fortune in hor own name, contrary to the goneral belief. Sho has an annuity of $200,000. When William II. Vanderbilt died ho loft a fortuno. in round numbers, of $200,000,000. It is remarkablo how it has increased in tho three years that have elapsod since his death. Old Com modore Vanderbilt loft his grandson Cornelius $5,000,000 and his othor three grandsons 2,000,000 each. Will iam K. operated extensively in tho stock market fivo years ago and, it was generally understood at tho time, lost his entire fortuno, which ho had In creased to $5,000,000. Ho was report ed to have received an allowanco of f 70,000 a year from his father for his personal expenses thereafter and until the death of tho latter. About tho timo of or shortly boforo tho termination of William k.'s disastrous experience in Wall street, Cornelius began spocula ting and was reported to have lost about $3,000,000 of his fortuno, which had, however, grown to .8,000.000, 'The fortunes of Frederick and George Vanderbilt had also appreciated in value, though not to tho same extent as tho others. Frederick had been suc cessful in stock speculations and Georgo had matlo highly reraunorativo invest ments undor the direction of his father. Altogether, there was in tho family, outsido of William II. Vandorbilt's per sonal fortune. $12,000,000. Deducting that amount tho wealth of William II. Vanderbilt has increased $02,000,000 since his death. N. Y. World. AN EMIGRANT'S LUCK. From Castlo (inrrton to Malilru La no In Lcrh Tlitiu Seven Yearn. ".During tho half century of my busi ness career no incident of greater in terest has come to my knowledge than tho peculiar circumstances attending tho debut of a young man into Maiden Lan a few years ::go who is now a prominent and successful importer oi diamonds. "It was a warm aftornoon in July, nine years ago, that I had occasion to visit tho ollico of Superintendent Jack eon at Castlo Garden, to inquiro after the whereabouts of our housekeeper's sister, who had arrived tho day previ ous and had suddenly disappeared. While standing in tho crowdod rotundu my attention was attracted to a strap ping young Gorman of the blondo type who had lost his swootheart and was distracted at not being able to And her. "A few weeks later I was in Wash ington Market with my wife, and f or tho second tlmo saw tho young man who interested mo nt Castlo Garden. He was employed at a butchor's stand dressing beef. 1 addressed him in Gorman and asked him if ho had found his girl. Yes, ho had, and sho had got a fine situation as chambermaid. "Early in tho following fall at Twenty-third street and Broadwny, I was roturning from tho theater, tho earao man crossed my path again. xTo asked mo to translate for him what was written on one sido of a small package which ho said ho had picked up in tho street. I saw it was tho address of a prominont jowolor in Union Square and I know at a glanco that tho package contained diamonds. I kept it and giving hira my number asked him to call on mo tho following morning. It turned out that a caroless clerk had lost tho package tho provious after noon. Tho diamonds wero worth sev eral thousands of dollars and tho butcher received a handsomo reward. Never boforo to his knowledge had he scon a diamond, and whon tho spark ling gems wero scattered over a velvet covered table, tho sight almost took his breath away. "From that moraont ho has possessed a passion for diamonds. sought and obtained a monlal position with a Broadway retailer, and soon acquired a knowledgo of tho English language. All his spare tlmo was devoted to the Btudy of precious stones-and six years ago ho ventured into tho field as an importer. Ho is prosperous and re spected and all is duo to tho accidental display of gems in the Union Square dealer's ollico. Probably no solf-mado man in tho trado has acquired in so short a timo an easy air of roflnoraont combined with business shrewdness. Ho llvos in Brooklyn, ia happily mar riod and is tho father of sovoral little girls."" Jowolora' Weekly. RUSSIAN STUDENTS. thorn Aro .Spin, nt Their lill.otv nren Whlln They Are Studying Abroad. All Russian students at tho Gorman universities nro carefully watched by tho spies of tho Czar. These spies re ceive liboral salaries from tho Russian uovornmunt in order that thev iimv not bo dobarred by lack of money from associating with young Rusf hn noble mon. They mingle as much as possiblo with all foreign university studonts. Thoy register generally, as do the ma jority of their eountrymon, in tho De partmont of Law. Thoy attend all tho drinking bouts to which they can got invitations, and note with care what thoir countrymen say about politics and tho government of tho Czar. Thoy play billiards and drink eoJTco in tho samo cafes with the other Russian students. Thoy make many acquaint ances in tho university, as thoy spend their Government funds liborally and thoir real mission is unsuspected by thoir fellow students. Thoy have considorablo difficulty, however, in gaining admission to tho oxcluslvo social cirelo of their country men. Tho Russian spy is usually a man of humblo birth and name. Most of tho other Russians at his university aro noblemen of tho most stilT-necked and conservative type. As thoy all aro wealthy and free with their money, thoy aro not so accesslblo to a display of woalth as tho ordinary continental nobloman. Therefore only In exceptional casos is tho spy able to buy his way into this noblo circle. Usually ho pick-up his information ns to tho politics and political connec tions of his follow-countrymon from unwitting German go-betweens. And oven tnoso cruinos oi Hearsay aro se cured only with considorablo pains. for nil Russian students at Gorman universities know there is a spy among tholn, though his identity is unknown j hoy often say, ovon when such ab stract political subjocts as constitu tional liberty aro broached to them in public places: "N-a-a-a, my friend, but tho walls have ears." But, like most jolly good studonts at Gorman univorsitlos, tho Russians often tako a drop too much in public beer-collars, and then tho spy gets a chance to earn his wages. In a so cial way tho young Russian nobloman Is an uncompromising aristocrat. In politics, especially after ho has passed year or two abroad, ho is full of radicalism. This latent rndicalisn. Is just what is apt to got him into peck of troublo whon ho becomes gar ruious over his wine. iho omni presont spy overhears tho young nobloman s expression of radical po litical prejudice, reports it to head quarters at St. Petersburg, whonco it is communicated to officials on tho Russo-German border, and when tho ircprudent young nobleman starts homo with his brand now Ph. D. and foreign airs ho is snapped up on tho border by Government officers, who escort him to St. Petersburg. His fato then depends, of course, upon tho enormity of his crimo. If ho called the Czar a "meal-sack1 ho is liablo to a dose of Siberia. Smaller offenses, liko complaints of tho abso lutism ot too rotersuurg court, aro punished with a year or two in Si beria. Of courso tho one important remark in question is not always tho excuso for this punlshmont. Tho spy can gen orally get togothcr a good lot of more or less relevant ovidenco at his university to provo that tho young Russian nobleman was not a loyal Russian or was guilty of "general cussedness." In 1881 young Herr Micalowski, of Moscow, studied jurisprudence in Loipsic. One evening in the Boerson keller restaurant ho and his friends discussod tho last financial crisis through which tho Russian Govern ment hnd passed. Young Micalowski said: "Tho wholo concern (that is, the .Russian Government) would go to tho devil shortly if tho flnaneinl methods weren't reformed." Eighteen months later, as ho crossed tho Russian border on his way home, an official arrested him. Whon Micalowski demurred, tho official quoted to him tho above derogatory remark con cerning tho Russian Government, add ing: "You said it in tho Lelpsic Hoer-son-kollor on November 19, 1881." Young Micalowski eventually got a short sontenco for Siberia. Le3s than three years ago a Russian BPJ' St very drunk at a studonts' kneipo in Jena and confessed his busi ness. Ho was thrown out of tho room by tho students and two days later was driven out of tho town. Gonerally, howevor, tho spies do rhelr work quietly and unsuspected, and a Russian student of liberal political tendencies must kcop his mouth pretty tight shut if ho wishes to escapo a winter or two in Siberia upon hW return to Russia. Lelpsic Cor. N. Y. Sun. It is a notablo fact that groat soldiers aro usually successful when thoy lay asido tho sword for a pen. Crosar and Xonophon described their own campaigns better than any his torian who over nttompted .tho task. Napoleon's lettors will stand as models of stylo for all time. Cardinal New man considors Wellington's dispatches the best spociircns of compact English in cxistonce. General Grant's book lurs now universal praise for its direct ness and simple purity of style. Wifo (revisiting tho scene of her botrothal) "1 romambor, Algarnor.. eo well whon you proposed to mo hoi painfully ombarrassod you wore." Al gernon "Yes, doar; and I romombor so woll how kind and oncouragingyou woro and how oasy you mado It for ino, after alL" Life. THE CLEVER DETECTIVE. Altliouch of Wood Hp Tm Worth lloicn of tho Ordinary Kind. n Ho Is tho now man on tho forco?" Jhorowas no nnswor. Nono of tho officers assembled at headquarters Knew any thing concerning him ex cept that tho inspector had brought him in quietly a fow evenings boforo and introduced him as Sorgeant leteliom. J ho strango inappropri ateness of such a name for a detectivo had struck them at onco. but the now man had gone to work without a word as if thoroughly familiar with his du ties, and his first job had been tho ar rest of a burglar whom ho hnd caught In tho act and ovorpowored, bringing him to the station nlono, despite tho fact that the prisoner was a burly. powonui leuow nearly twice the size of his captor. Every day sln"o his nccosion to the forco ho had signalized himself by some unlieurd-of exploit. He had dls covered a nest of counterfeiters, ar rested and put in jail a hithorto unsus peeled Anarchist whoso attic was fu'l of dynamite bombs, and located a bank embezzler who hnd eluded tho police for two wholo years. All this he had done as a matter of courso. and had listened impassively to tho encomiums passed upon his singular skill and adroitness. Tho othor members of the detectivo corps began to grow jealous, and a watch was put upon his actions, IIo had no difficulty in evading them In tho performance of his dutlos, but they mado tho discovory that ho was closeted with tho inspector for about iivo minutes every Monday morning. Tho most diligont effort failed to dls cover tho object of theso conferences, if such thoy woro, for no conversation botweon tho chief and tho now detect ive over reached tho ears of "tho listen ors on tho outsido. Ono Monday morning, Immediately nftor ono of theso secret intorvlows, Sergeant Fotehom was soon to leave tho office and board an outward-bound train. He was not seon again during tho week. Monday morning came again ami ho hr.i not yet turned up, The Inspector was visibly unoasy. "it ho is not here in loss than an hour all Is lost!" ho muttered, as ho glanced at his watch and wont to tho door to look up and down tho street. It was snowing furiously. Seized with a suddon impulso, ho hailed a passing cab and was driven rapidly to a railway station in tho sub urbs, reaching it just in time to get aboard a train coming into tho city. As ho entered tho forward door oi a car ho saw a man rapidly go out through tho rear door, jump off the train, and disappear in tho blinding snow-storm. With a cry of dismay the inspecto? rushed down tho aisle. Whon half way through tho car ho stopped sud denly. In ono of tho seats was the motionless figure of Sorgeant Fetchem. It was in a half orect posi tion, with ono arm extonded. Tho eyes wero gazing into vacancy with lack lustor expression. "Too lato!" exclaimed tho inspector, bitterly. "Mfty thousand dollars gone! That man who loft tho car a moment ago was Tascott!" Tho pnssongors crowdod around. l hoy explained that the sergeant a fow minutes boforo had mado a sudden but apparently weak effort to fasten 'himself with a chain to tho prisoner, but that tho lattor had quickly risen and grappled with him. Tho sergeant had nearly succeeded in his design whon suddonly ho freouicd to stiffen. I lis grasp relaxed, his arm remained stretched out, a glassy look came into his eyes, and his wholo frame became motionless. I ho prisoner broke away from him and was out of the car bo foro tho spectators had recovered from thoir surprise Such was tho story thoy told tho In spector. "What Is tho matter with tho offi cor? Is ho dead?" thoy inquired. "Ho has run down!" gronired tho In spector. "Fool! Idiot that I was not to have met him ono station beyond horo! This detective," ho oxplnlnod, "was a cunning piece of mnchlnory. It took Edison a year to manufacture him, and I paid him ten thousand tlol lars. Ho warned mo that If I ovor failed to wind him up at tho regular hour ho would bo ruined. Sorgeant Fetchem was a sovon-day dotoctlvo. 1 wound him up ns usual last Monday morning and sent him out to search for Tascott. I might have known," ho added, bitterly, "that If ho hadn't caught him ho would havo reported on tlmo. This failure Is all owing to my blind neglect. Tascott's gono again now and he'll stay gono!" Tho inspector looked long and mourn fully at tho wonderful and costly piece of machinery, now ruined forovor. "Ho wii3 a wooden dotoctlvo," he said at last, "but ho was worth a dozen of tho ordinary kind." Chicago Trib une. An Immense Church Organ. A correspondent of La Sclenco en Famillo says that in tho Protestant church at Llbuu (Russia) thero Is an organ which occupies tho wholo width of tho church, about GO feet, and which has 131 registers, 8,000 pipes and M bellows of largo size. It has 4 hurp- slchords and 1 pedal. Tho largest plpo Is formed of planks 3 Inches thick and 31 foot in longth and has a section of 7 square inches and weighs 1,510 pounds. Besides tho 131 regUtors, thero aro 21 accessory stops that per mit of combining various parU of the instrument without having direct ro courso to tho registers. By special pneumatic combination tho organist can couplo tho four hnrpHlchcrd and obtain surprising results. "THE EVIL EYE. A Krmarkahlo Tnlr of Optic Oner Seen by an KiirIUIi Trntv.rr. The original source of most super stitions, nnd of all Idolatries in which the idol is nat deliberately manufact ured by human hands, is now recog nized to bo tho senso of surprise, of suddon fear, or admiration, felt by tho "untutored mind," ns the Lichfiold school would havo called it, for any thing unusual. It mav bo a remark able tree, or a rock with a defined form, or n;i oddly-shaped stone, or a shell with its convolutions reversed, or a curious fruit like tho oco-de-mcr; but it strikes tho savage imagination and is thenceforward surrounded by some of tho Instinctive awe felt for tho supernatural. A tegular worship, as Sir Alfred Lynll has shown, often grows up round such a curiosity, or it becomes, as in tho caso of tho shall gram, sacred over a great tract of the world and among entire races of man kind. Now, nothing is moro fre quently unusual, or, so to speak, sur prising, than tho human eye. which va ies, In occasional lvhos, from tho normal type to a degreo that has novor yet been quite satisfactorily ox- plained. Why is one eye fishy, whilo anothor Hashes tiro? Thoro are eyes which do literally "beam." and thev so common ns to lmvo given rise to a soparato description in most languages; thoro aro oyes which in anger seem to omit light from within Mr. Glndstono's do thero aro oyes, genorally steol gray In Europei but often black In Asia, which never censo to monaco, ovon whon tho fa eo is gentle or at ease, and there are eyes into which a look of almost In tolerable scrutiny can bo thrown, oyos, as Lord Beaconstleld described them, "which would daunt a gnlloy slave " Tho writer saw a remarkable pair of thorn onco. Ho was waiting with n crowd of passongors on tho French frontier of Italy, all under order to pass through a barrier in singlo ftlo. Tho Emperor Napoleon had been warned about somo projected attempt by carbonari, and a special agent had been dispatched Irom Paris to examino every passenger by tho. train. Tho oyos of this agent woro absolutely dlf forent from thoso of any human being tho writer ovor saw, and tho Italians, as thoy passed undor thoir fire, visibly quailed, every third man, perhaps, throwing out his fingers to counteract tho malefic effect of thoir inlluonco, Even tho English, who had nothing to fear, did not llko tho oyos, which this writer will romombor at the Judgment Day; and ono, presumably an actor, said audibly: "My God, that is Mophistophelos alive! Spectator, TABLE ETIQUETTE. A Fow of tho Tiling Kvrry Sotf-Ito-Micctlni; lVraon Should Know. Tablo otlquotto is almost a science nowadays, and it is necessary to eon form to its laws. A good rule Is to uso tho lork almost constantly, and put only a little upon it at n timo. In this way tho food is convoyed to the mouth novor with tho knifo al though in somo coun trios tho knifo is still usod, oven amongst royalty. If you havo strawberries and orenm, soup, melons, stowed fruit, presorved fruit, prosorvos and jollios, eat thorn with a spoon. Thoso things, becauso of their juiciness, can not bo eiiton 'ith a fork. Fish should bo caton with a knifo and fork, and every woll rcgulated house, whon it servos oysters on tho half sholl, will placo a small, silver fork bosido oach guost's ylato. Whon tho hostess servos strawberries with tho green stems, then thoy aro invariably to bo taken up in tho llngors (by tho stem) and caton cno at a time. Fruit llko pears and apples is first pooled, then quar tered, and then taken up in tho fingers and oaten. With salads, tho knifo and fork aro used, It tho salad has not been cut up before being sorvod. No hostess who understands tablo otl quotto, nor a waiter who has boon woll trained, will ovor think of offor- ing you more than a ladloful of soup, and if you aro at a privato or fashion ablo dinner (anywhere except a hotel), and tho dinner is too hot, or you do not happen to llko a cortaln dish after It has been served, pretend to eat it, and this consideration on your part will make you tho everlast ing friend of tho host and hostess. Don't stop short nnd sit back in your chair. That is tho most embarrass ing kind of embarrassment for both yourself, your host and your associ ates. Ihoso aro a low of tho things every body should know. Farm and Hreslde. Tho Cure of Shyness. A shy disposition is a misfortune to its possessor. It causes him to shrink from meeting othors. and whon ho can not help mooting thorn it makes him villi in mannor and awkward in speech. Archbishop Whatoloy was very shy in his early llfi His friends counseled him to linltato tho example of pollto men. Ho triod, but tho effort mado him think so much of himself that ho became moro shy than ovor. After a tlmo ho said to himsolf : "I am, and porhaps I must continuo to bo, as awkward us a bear. Woll, I will try and not think much about it, and make up my mind to endure what can't bo on rod. 1 Actlngon this rosolvoho says: 1 not only got did of tho personal suffering of shyness, hut also of thoso faults ot mannor which shyness pro duces, and acquired an easy and natu ral manner." In saying this tho Arch bishop told tho secret by which all shy peoplo may conquor thoir shyness, at least in part- It is, forgot yourself. Solf-forgotfulnoss is tho euro of shy ness. Our Youth. HUMOROUS, Husband (of economical viows) "That's a very becoming bonnet, my dear." Wifo (of sarcastic turn)" Oh, yes. becoming very old and decrepit" N. 1. Lodger. Mother "And tho serpent, as punishment for tempting h-ve, was made to crawl all tho rest of his life. Hobble "Woll, mamma, how did he get along before?" Babyhood Shakespeare wns slightly mixed in his "seven ages " It is the "whin ing schoolboy" whom tho maternal oyo has detected in somo tlngrnnt act of disobedience that "shifts into the slippered pantaloon." Puck. Lady Friend "What Is tho hardest thing connected with your editorial duties. Mr Iyumpley?" Edltor-"Tho hardest thing is to leavo th j Impression that 1 am ont of town on the first of tho month." Nebraska State Journal. Mrs. Chippering " So thoso nro your children, are thoy?" Mrs. Mar row " Yes, and every body they're just tho Image of me." Chippering "Why, so they are, little things. "Buffalo Courlor. says Mrs. poor An exchango has an article headed "Tho Mystery of a Golden Chain." Tho mystery Is probably at the pockot end. and opinions are equally balanced iw to whothor It is an old-fashioned pinchbeck bull's oyo or only a bunch of keys." Boston Transcript- "Poor Jenny! It must bo nn aw ful shock to you! sympnthizod her frlond; "and to think that you trustod him all theso years, whilo he was om bezzllng such enormous sums." "Yes," sho sobbed, "I know my mil linery nlono en mo to more than his sal ary, but I novor suspected him." Timo. Landlord "I think you will llko this store, Mr. Scalos. Tho rent Is cheap and It Is light and airy, as you soo not a dark cornor in it any whore," Mr. Scalos "That's just the troublo, Mr. Quarterday. It won't do for a grocery storo at all, you see. It would bo an awful nuisance to havo to go away down In tho collar ovory tlmo to sand tho sugar." Som crvlllo Journal. Mrs. Minks "I think It is too bad, Mr. Minks! Why can't a man bo as consldorato for his wlfo a fow years after marriugo as ho was boforo? But I suppose it is too much to oxpect; men aro all allko, and enro only for themsolves." Mr. Minks " Really, my dear, I don't know what you aro driving at," Mrs. Minks "Oh, no; of courso not! You don't ovon know that this is my birthday, and yet only a fow years ago tho dato was ongravon on your heart, and you novor failed to give mo a presont. Whydidn'tyou do so to-day? Mr. Minks "Becauso, my dear, I did not wish at your ago to remind you of tho painful fact that you wore a year older." N. Lodjyor. WELLINGTON'S MODESTY. Tho UiUMtotitiitlout Wiy In Which I If. AiiiioiiiicimI tho Victory lit Waterloo. Earl Stanhopo's volume of "Notos on Conversations with tho Duke of Wellington" furnishes many interest ing anecdotos which aro not yot famil iar to tho reading public. Lord Stan hopo tolls the fol'owlng story of Daniel Webster: I breakfasted this morning with Ilallam, and mot Mr. Wobstor, tho justly celebrated Amorlcan, whoso nc qualnlanco I hnd already mado tho day but ono boforo at a dinner at Lord Stanley's. Ho told mo that on his way out ho had boon reading two or throo odd volumos of tho Duhw of Welling ton's dispatches, and had boon greatly struck at their total freedom from any thing liko pomp or ostentation, ovon in momonts of tho greatest triumph. Tho Waterloo dispatch itself contained nothing about "victory and glory." So unpretondlng was it, said Mr. Wobstor, that Mr. Qulncy Adams, who was our Minister at London at the time, and who had a good doal of blttor feeling against this country, with which poaco had oily just boon concluded, declared, on first reading tho dispatch, that It camo from a defoatcd General, and that in roal truth the Duko's army must havo boon anni hilated at Waterloo. This ho seriously bollovod for somo tlmo. What a contrast, continued Mr. Webstor, to Napoleon's rhetorical bulletins. Ono day ono road in thorn: "Wo havo thrown Bluchor into tho Bobor!" and a few days aftorward ono found that Bluchor had somohow got out of this Bobor and defoatcd Napoleon himself at Iilpsic. Lord Stanhopo gives tho Duko's vor sion of tho way tho nows of Waterloo was brought to England, thus: "Tho nows of Watorloo was first brought ovor by a .Jow in tho sorvlco of Roths child. Ho embarked at Ostond, nnd nobody on board tho vessol know of it but ho. Tho way ho got at it was tliisi He was at Ghent, looking in with a crowd at tho window, whon a mossonget arrived to tho King of Franco, and ho saw that tho King, aftor reading tho lottor, embraced tho mossengor and kissed him all around tho room and all about tho house.' Upon this the Jow felt sure that tho nows was n victory, and without an inftant's do lay set off upon his journey to En gland. At Ostond ho hiw Malcolm, but told him nothing, nor did ho to any one until ho reached Rothschild's house in the city, Ho afterward went to Lord Liverpool. Lord MaryborouJi added that before thoy sailed from Ostond thoy saw a dragoon run down to tho beach, tnke oil his can and wavo it in tho air. Tho other people on board all wondered what it could mean, and nono guessed; but tho Jew had still the composure to kcop hit secret." CURRENT ITEMS. - A dentist of Paris, after chlorr forming a pat ent, with tho suppose intention of extracting a tooth, robbod tho helpless sufferer of $1,000 in monejp nnd then decamped. A lady's mnrrlngo ring, which was lost sixteen years ago on a farm no&r Glasgow, Scotland, was recently turned up in plowing and restored to hor. It was as bright as when lost. In a lithograph establishment in Now York employing six hundred men, tho employers havo to furnish each man with a quart of beer per day. Any attempt to cut off this perquisito would result ia a strike. A farmer walked into tho offico ot tho Covington (Go.) Star tho othor day, and deposited on tho editor's desk a hugo potato which had grown into tho. exact shnpo of a duck. Tho head waa a little inclined to ono sldo, ns Is usual In tho duck species, thus making tho resemblance all tho more remarkable A young woman In Bridgeport; Conn., recently complained to tho pc llco tlvit sho was being systematically robbed of her jewelry by an unknown, thief. It was subsequently found that tho ownor of tho missing articles had taken tho trinkets herself whilo asleep nnd hidden thorn botwoon tho mat tresses of hor bed. London has a poor rollof socioty that recolves as contributions garmonts. instead of monoy. Each member is obliged to contribute two garmonts a. year. Theso aro disposed of in various ways by tho officers of tho society. Somo aro sold at a low prlco to tha poor; somo nro glvon away, and soma aro kopt In stock and loaned. I Tho Navajo Indians of Arizona ar vory successful in raising stock. Ac cording to tho figures of tho reservation, agent thoy own 245,000 horses and po nies, 300 mules, d,500 cattlo, 800,000 goats, and 600 burros. Tho wool, clipped for tho year amounted to 1,200, 000 pounds, nnd thoy also sold 300,000 sheep pelts and 100,000 goat skins. A man who is oporatlng among tho coal fields of Alabama, mado a sin gular discovory a fow wooks since. A forco of hands woro at work at tho bot tom of a shaft ISO foot bolow tho but faco. whon thoy camo upoa tho potriflcd remains of a sheep. It was in so per fect a stato of preservation ns to bo read ily recognized nnd wns kopt intact for sovoral days, after which it was broken nnd tho pieces distributed among tho minors as curios. An enormous wavo is reported to have struck tho beach nt Baracora, in Cuba, recently, nnd Ho wed inland forn. distanco of four hundred feot boforo it retired. It destroyed in its courso nearly three hundred huts and houses, but happily no llvos, ns tho inhabitants saw it coming and lied to tho nearest hill. Curiously enough tho wavo was neither tidal nor duo to earthquake dis turbance, but, it is stated, to n north, wind which had blown for three suc cessive days. A young couplo stood up in church nt Culpoppor, Viu, tho othor ovoning, nnd ovor their bonds was an arch ot evergreens nnd llowors. Just as tho mlnlstor began tho evergreens caught, ilro and began to burn fiercely. Tho brldo turned palo, but tho groom whispered to hor, and she stood still by his sldo and tho mlnlstor went on with tho ceremony, and tho two woro made ono undor an arch of fire. Then thoy marched dollboratoly down tho islo, nnd tho wedding guosts wont to work to put out the lira A Jewish studont of the Prosbytorian Theological Seminary at Allegheny City, Pa., has renounced tho faith of his fathors, notwithstanding tho step will lead to his bolng discarded by his relations and friends of tho Hebrew faith. IIo says: "According to a Jew ish custom, whon a porson departs from thoir faith ho Is regarded as (load. My parents, whon thoy know of tho stop I havo taken, will formally pronounce mo doad, and for sovon days thoy will sit in morning for mo. Mothor often told mo this, as sho know my inquiring disposition." A caso of mistaken Identity amused a Chicago court tho othor day. A col ored prlsonor, about slxtoon years old, appeared boforo tho judgo on a charge of stealing a plo. "Tako off your cap," said tho judge. "What for?" asked tha prisoner, who mado no offort to remove tho red woolon cap from tho kinky hair. 'What for? You aro in court Take off your hat." "I don't havo tor," said tho prisoner; and tho oxasjioratod judgo twnod to tho supposed father of tha culprit. "Ib that your son?" "No." said tho man With an approolatlvogrin, "I guess ho ain't nobody's Bon." m 0 An Innovation for Weddings. Tho latest novelty nt fashionable, weddings is for tho bridesmaids to car ry a satin shoo flllod with llowors,, and tho result is charmingly pretty. At ' ono wedding tho Bhoes were of can dl Nil satin and woro filled with plush pink roses, At anothor thoro was a vory effective combination of pink satin and maize-colored roses, whilo tho delicate structure depended from tho bridesmaid's arm by pink satin ribbons, llko a veritable miniature hanging garden. At tho third tho shoes woro pink satin, and tho llowors wero goldon brown chrysanthemums, toning from dark brown to palo yellow. In soma cases theso shoo bouquets tako tha placo of ordinary poslos; in othors thoy aro merely siipplomontnry to huge clusters of llowors carried in tho hand; somotlmos, howevor, by way of intonsi tying tho novelty of tho innovation, tha bridesmaids uro'dlvldod Into two de tachments, half carrying shoos filled with llowors, nnd tho othor hulf being supplied with bouquets of the regula tion pattern. London Life,