B. CHANOEY, Publisher, Union, Or. PACIFIC COAST. A. Russian Exile Falls Heir to a Fortune. GENERAL RAINS IN NEVADA. Two Casos Discharged from St. Vincont Hospital, Portland, Cured by Kooh's Lymph. Scnttlo is n groat consumer of oleo margarine. Snn Diego proposes to scale down echool teachers' salaries 10 per cent. San Diego proposes to oiler prizes the extermination of squirrels and pliers. the for Ko- The charge ngainst miners nt Welling ton, B. 0., for conspiracy has been dis missed. Henry Z. Osborne of the I)s Angeles Jirmus has been appointed Collector at Wilmington. Fortland is to have weekly comnmni- rnuon wiin uoos liny through u subsi dised steamer. Point Lotna Heems to le the favoreil spot for tho proposed military post and harbor defense of San Diego. The strike in tho breweries at Portland is tho result of a conflict between tho Pacific and National Union men. Arizona's World's Fair Commissioners are L. 0. Hughes of tho Tucson filar, It. f. Brown of Florence, S. P. Behan, Ilnckloy and O'Neill of Prescott. Two cases have leen discharged from tho St. Vincent hospital at Portland, who are announced to have been cureu of tuberculosis by Koch's lymph. Tho government work in Death Valley is completed. Agents divided in two parties are now working through the mountains, and will visit Nevada. Suit has been entered at Ixs A uncles ngninst tho Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company for J-0,000 damages bv Isabel F. Mills, who was injured in an accident last rJovenilwr. Mr. Denny, United States Minister China, has piovided for the sending to of the seeds to tho Is Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the culture of tea near Hint city being determined upon. Fish Commissioner Mills shipped 100, "000 brook trout from Carson, Nov., to the Humboldt river tho otber night .Minions ot spawn are now iiatciiing in the State hatchery, to be dispensed throughout Nevada this summer. A company of eighteon bankers and capitalists from tho Hast and London have arrived in Bodlands, Cal., to study the Bear Valley system of irrigation with a vlow to investing in the stock Snit has been entered in equity against mo bacramento isoard ot lrusteos to have tho whole proceedings, by which tho people of that city voted to pay the back salaries of policemen, declared Il legal. ienoral rnins nrovnil in Novndn. Tn the vicinity of Carson tho river and Irri gating ditches are swelling rapidly. Tho storage resorvoirs are full, and thoro is plenty of water to insure farmers heavy crops. An alleged special agent of the general land otllco has been operating through Eastern Washington for the past month with remarkable success. He goes by the name of Pemberton, and has been blackmailing settlers. The trouble between tho Anaconda tympany and tho Montana Union rail road has terminated in a determination to build another road between Hutto. Mont,, and Anaconda, and ground will lo broken in a few days. From the evidence so far obtained in tho Walla Walla lynching inquiry it seems tho otlicers of tho Kst were as much surprised at the action of tho men kh wore tho citizens, although the former una received notlllcation that tho man Hunt would bo lynched. Maurice Lopatcckl, an oxilo from Rub- ria, a nobleman and a resilient of la coma, lias fallen heir to $10,000,000. Ho van implicated in Nihilism, and was forced to loave tho count rv. Ho married in British Columbia, went'into tho news paper business and failed, and has since ln earning small sums for work done on tho press at Tacomu. Tito jury in tho Caronter will contest nt Stockton, Cal., which has been on trial for two weeks, has brought In a ver dict for tho contestants that the deceased was of unsound mind. Tho estate in volved is worth $7G,000. Carpenter willed Ida property to tho children of his part ner, O. K. Bailey. Vermont heirs mado tho contest, ami have twice won their Knit before tho Superior Court, the re sult of tho first trial being reversed by tho Supreme Court. Tho Fish Commission is making stren uous objections to tho action of millnmn on Lake Samomlsh in Western Wash ington, who hnvo leen dumping saw dust in tho lake. Tim experiment of burning tho sawdust was tried awhile, but proved a failure. Tho Commission in aro showing no favor in their light on inillmen who dump snwdtist in the si minis and other waters of tho State, it ltd will doubtless succeed in compelling nil to cease tho practice. AHslstant Socrotary Chandler has af firmed the decision of tho Commissioner of tho general laud otllco in the case of tho Mission Indians vs. John Walsh on tho np)Hal of tho latter, holding for cancellation Walsh's preemption declaratory statement for land in tho Iaw Angeles (Cal.) land dis t(t. TJio'Asslstant Secretary suys the evidence submittal justifies the mucin noil that this land was used and occu pied by tho Indians at and for many m-ath prior to tho dato of Walsh's soUlo i iciit anil also since that time up to the dto of liwlng. 1 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Tim lielitMit Oiifti to S.-tlli-iiiriit the Fort llei tholil Inillnn ll- rvHtinn. Contracts have been let and approved by tho land ollice for the full amount ap- .,-4 i I , f. !..!. ? ..... 'l Iui iiuut-ii iiiiinu, 4-un.iiur iiiiHtis ran that I.lnho would probablv receive f-10. 000 of tho apportionment of the next fiscal year. Representative Hermann has secured pensions for the following persons in Oregon : Mrs. Winifred Modier of Hose burg, widow of tho late Colonel L F Mosher, and J. C. Phelps of Lane conn ty, a veteran ot the late war. ino president is taking nn active in terest in the financial condition of the treasury, and has directed that he Ihj fa vorcd with an estimate of the probable revenue from' all sources for the next fiscal year, based on tho changes made by tho last Congress in the customs and internal-revenue laws. The result of the changes is now becoming apparent in tho daily receipts of tho Treauury De partment. The customs receipts by the statement issued at tho treasury for the first twenty days in May w ere loss at the port ol iNew York by iji.ij'HUWl than they wore for the corresponding period oi last iWay. 1 nc same ratio ol decrease is reported at other noils. Inter-revenue receipts also show a decrease, but not so marked, iho net surplus in the treas ury despite tho decrease in the receipts is crawling up, the dram troin direct-tax expenditures being almost over, ami at tho close ot business on .Mav Zl was more than $15,000,000, Tho treasury ntateinent shows that the treasury held May 20 :!02,057,483 in gold bullion and coin, being a decrease- since the 1st of the month of more than $12,000,000 and since January 1 of moro than $:52.000,- 000. President Harrison has issued a proc lamation opening to public settlement about 100,000 acres of land in the Fort lSerthold Indian reservation in North Dakota. This carries out tho agreement entered into December, 1880, between the commissioners on the part of the United States and the Aricareev, Gros Ventres and Mundan tribes of Indians on tho Fort Berthold reservation, pursu ant to an act ot Uongross approved May If). 1880. iho proclamation sets lorth that satisfactory proot has necn pre sented to tho President that an accept ance of and consent to tho provisions of tho amended act by tho different Indians has been obtained. It further notifies all persons to particularly observe that a certain portion of tho said reservation not ceded and relinquished bv the agree ment is reserved for the allotment and reservation for tho aid tribes, and all wrsons aro warned not to go upon iinv amis so reserved. All that portion of tho reservation lying north of the forty eighth parallel, and all that portion ly ing west of tho north and south line, six miles west of tho most westerly point of big bend of tho Missouri river, south of tho forty-eighth parallel, is declared opened to settlement and subject to dis posal as provided for in section 25, act of March 3, 1801. CABLEGRAMS. The London County Council lti'i'rlinHiulH tho l'rlnofi of Wultm. Mine. Blavatsky's ashes have been taken to tho headquarters of tho Thoo sophical Society at London. An engagement has taken place at Pisagua, t. luli, between the Oh liau fleui and government torpedo vessels. The result is not known. Tho lUpuUUtjw YhicmiV want" 1'iaiici to resent Knglish preparations todestim what is left, of French iiilluence in I'yi't, with arms if necessary. A Belgrade cablegram says the Liber als are organizing a meeting to molest against tho expulsion of Queen Natalie as a violation of the constitution. Hundreds o. Hebrews fleeing from the persecution in Corfu are arrivine nt Hi in- disi, where they expect to take passago lor Alexandria. Thov propose to sottlo in Kgypt. France having refused to grant the re quest of tho executors of the will of tho late Prince Napoleon. Italy has ordered that tho tomb in tho church of La Su- perga lx closed. Terrible hail storms are reported from various places in southwestern tier many. Much damage has been done bv lightning, a number of house" having been struct and burned from this cause. swarms oi young locusts art appear ing in Upper Kgypt. The government is issuing Instruction on the best means of coping with tho plague and prevent ing tho utter destruction of tho cotton and maize crops. Tho misery of the defeated strikers at Westphalia is extreme. Over 20.000 who have applied for work in tho llu- chuin district have been refused employ- incut and threatened with expulsion from their homes The action of tho Scotch miners at ttbtsgow in support of the Belgian mill enr strike lias amused great hones among tho strikeis, and it is feared that the strlko will extend a.itl that fresh disorders will result. now volcano has appeared in Ar menia at the summit of Mount Ninuod in the district of Van. emitting flames and lava, Villages at tho base of the inoutain havo boon destroyed, and many persons are said to have been killed or injured. It now appears the Czarowitz entered Buddhist temple in Japan with his Iwots on. Tho chief bonze complained to th'i guard, and one of them named Thunda dealt tho Czarowitz a blow with his sword. Tho guard was cut down. l'ho Czarowitz' wound has healed. Russia, having failed to secure u loan in thoKuropcau markets, has been draw ing in its balances. Tho failure of the loan is attributed to tho withdrawal of tho Rothschilds either as a protest against the Russian outbreak against tho Jews or Ivcauso of tho retwrt that Rus sia was intending to precipitate war in a lew months. ceording to comparisons made at tho Paris Miners Congrees Belgian miners at present receive the poorest pay, their average wage being but 60 cents daily, wlille crouch miners receive about 75 cents mid the Germans from 75 cents to il. Hits has been tho case with tho Hermans, however, only since their strike in 1800. Tho London County Council has renrl- maiuicd the Prince of Wales on account of the terrible condition of tho block of tenements at Vauxhall inuoiigiug to tho Duel iy ot Cornwall, the revenue ol which goes to tho Prince. Tho Council shows that the property is in u disgrace ful condition, uud peremptorily ordors extensive alterations, which will give the teiiuuts moro light ud air, EASTERN ITEMS. Delaware is to Have Local-Option Law. a COTTON CROP IN MISSISSIPPI Supremo Court of the United to Decide if Governor Boyd an American Citizen. States is Buffalo wants mail boxes on street curs. Cleveland municipal salaries arc being reduced. Ohio has adopted lot reform. the Australian bal The prospects are bright for a big cot ton crop in .Mississippi. The Interstate Commerce Commission ers are coming to the Pacific Coast. A congress of engineers is proposed during the World's Fair at Chicago in 1803. Kansas expects a crop of wheat nnv where between 40.000.000 and 50.000.000 bushels. Delaware is to have a local-option law and it will not discriminate in favor of peach brandy. Tho Massachusetts House has passed a bill to limit to 125 feet tho height of buildings in cities. The master builders of Pittsburg have discovered the existence of a national organization of bosses. Tho pay roll of tho judges and clerks of tho recent municipal election in Chi cago amounted to $25,818. St. Louis health authorities are becom ing alarmed over tho rapidly increasing number ol smallpox patients. rVn international conference of chari ties and corrections is to be held at Chi cago during the World's Fair. Premier Macdonald of Canada is said to be in failing health, and his retire ment at an early day will be necessitated The strike begun thirteen months ago bv .5,000 miners of (fie Pennsylvania and Westmoreland (Pa.) das and Coal Com panies has been declared off. lhree hundred specimens of various kinds of animals captured in Death Val ley, Cal., by the Agricultural Department party have been received at Washington In the Illinois Senate bills providing lor the periodical weighing ol grain in warehouses and for State inspection of building and loan associations have been passed. The Women's National Industrial League at a special meeting has indorsed x-Senator Blair as Minister to China. They want no representative unless it is 31r. lilair. There are at present under construc tion at private ship yards for tho United States sixteen vessels, including threo tugs for tho navy, and at navy yards three more. riie Legislature of Alabama did not make an appropriation for a World's Fair exhibit, alleging as a reason that the State was too poor. Str.tQ Treasurers have stolen about $1,000,000 within a few years. A special to the New York Herald from Capo May says President Harrison is no longer a property owner there, having disposed of his cottage at tho seaside. 1 he President paid $10,000 for tho cot tage, and it is understood sold it for the same price. At Winnipeg it is stated that the Ca nadian Pacific has purchased tho North ern Pacific lines in Manitoba. The Ca nadian Pacific takes these lines and ter minals of tho Northern Pacific almost immediately. Competitors of the Alton road have prepared a petition to tho'Board ruling me uentrai "i runic and mink Lines As sociation requesting it either to make ' tho boycott against tho Alton effective or abandon it altogether. Tho largest individual failure ever known in Arkansas has just occurred, Major John B. Adams making an assign ment with liabilities of $:500,000 and as sets of $400,000, consisting of cotton plantations, real estate, stock, etc. Tho Supremo Court of the United States will decide whether Boyd, who was elected Governor of Nebraska, and who was displaced by tho State Supreme Court because his father had not been naturalized, in a citizen of this country. Secretary Fostt r has directed tho Col lector of Customs at New York to refuse entry to all goods in the name of cus- lom-nonso brokers or others who are merely consignees, unless the consignors snow there is no fraud in the transaction. The Chicago and Northwestern railway will have to return to grain shippeiu of Carroll, la., 8 cents on every 100 pounds of wheat shipped recently, becanso dis crimination Imd been shown in favor of other parties for tho same carriage dis tince. Suit has lken brought at Chicago against tho Illinois Central Railroad Company involving about $4,600,000 worth of land on the lake shore between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets. Mrs. F.mily A. Herrington of Geneva, 111., is tho complainant. Gloucester (Mass.) fishermen have de cided that in violating tho laws of New foundland American fisherman are cut ting their own and theirowners' throats, and condemn any violations of the said laws. They jiledge action which will tend to stop the practice. At the Virginia Baptists' State Con vention, representing 200,000 colored Baptists, held at Charlottesville Dr. Me Vickers of Toronto, Canada, in urging the raising of a fund of $5,000 for two colored seminaries, drew a glooinv pict ure, of tho colored people of tho South, asserting that they are worse oil' now in many sections than they wero thirty-five years agq. Bogus F.nglish estate agentu are still finding dupes in the United States. Tho agents rcort to certain people that a large estate has reverted to them through death or other causes; that the money is hold by tho Bank of England, and for a consideration tho claim will properly Ik) attended to. There are no large sums of money awaitiug claimants lathe Bank of Kughuid. I MISCELLANEOUS. Tim Mayor of New Orlenn Xntlflm the l'rororn jario to CI till Intlinldn tine Rich coal discoveries have been in the State of Chiapas, Mexico. made Railroad earnings still show nn in crease over the big figures of last year. Millers in Ohio are protesting against the newlawgoverning exchanges of flour for wheat. An American syndicate is buying up the orange lands in the Northern Mexi can States. The Supreme Court of Louisiana has refused a rehearing in the lottery man damus case. Iowa is threatened with a coal famine while all but 700 of her 11,000 miners aro on a strike. Unexpectedly the World's Fair Di rectors have refused to grant a minimum scale of wages. So disgraceful has become the peniten tiary system in Georgia that juries in many cases acquit women rather than send them there. Carpet weavers in the Dobson factory at Philadelphia have struck, owing to tho importation of men by the house to manufacture velvet. General Green B. Raum. Commis sioner of Pensions, is to resign, owing to .1.-1 . .. .1 . me sc'iuiai in connection wiin tno acts of his son, whom he defends. It i" announced that tho life story of Kobert ivay Hamilton is to be depicted on the stage, Ins alleged widow. Uva. taking the part ol the heroine Recent information from Utah leads to the belief that the most determined effort ever made will be put forth before the next oongress to secure Statehood for that Territory. Commissioner of Pensions Raum savs he does not intend to resign. There is a coterie of men, he says, at ashington who have formed a conspiracy to blacken ins cnaracier, uui no win not be driven away by them. It is reported that John Cudahy, a big packer of Chicago and Omaha, has bought for $000,000 two sections of land adjoining tho tract recently bought by Armour, Swift it Morris, to be used for stock-yards purposes. The last of the indictments against the boodlcrs arising out of the Now lork Board of Aldermen of 1881 and tho Broadway railway franchise havo been dismissed by Judge Van Brunt in the Court of Oyer and Terminer. rhe American Medical Association. which met in Washington, discussed the merits of Prof. Koch's Ivmph, and after making allowance for individual differ ences in treatment and jmlgmont came to the conclusion that it had an un ionised value. The establishment of a very complete mail service with the Territory of Alaska, which will be inaugurated on" July 1, has been authorized by the government, the contract having been awarded to the North American Commercial Company of San Francisco. Fhe Commisioner of Indian A Hairs has leen informed that white people on the Puvallun Indian reservation in the State of Washington are negotiating to build a railroad thereon and are making contracts for the rights ol settlement. l'ho Indian agents are instructed to pro- rent fucIi proceedings, as the whites havo no such rights. First Lieutenant 0. A. L. Totten of the Fourth Artillery, U. S. A., who is at present detailed as military instructor in the Sheffield scientific school at Yale, believes that the end of the world is at hand, and that Christ will reappear on earth before 18!)S. Ho gave his reason for his belief to the Brooklyn Baptist Union the other night. The Mayor of New Orleans notified the Provernzano gang that they must cease interfering with and intimidating laborers. 1 hey had gone too far, and ho would stop them carrying out their de signs if lie had to use all the force at his command and sweep from the aceof tho earth every man who raises his hand against persons of that community. SPORTING NOTES. KMrnln Comiin'iio Training Flu-lit With Slikvln. for II U Referee Brewster has decided tho Bowen-Meyer fight on fouls. Tho purse will be divided equally, and all bets aro declared off. Tho fight letween Jim Carney and Jack Burgo has been postponed." It is tho general opinion among sporting men that Carney has funked. Jimmy Fogarty, the great baseball out fielder, formerly of California, died at St. Joseph's hospital, Philadelphia, of consumption. Fogarty has played with tho Philadelphia clubs since 1883. Ho was one of the players who accompanied Spalding in his tour around the world two years ago. Kilrain has commenced active training for his contest with Slavin. whici takes place Juno 10. Kilrain is in joor condi tion, and will bo obliged to work hard in order to get in shape, but Muldoon expects to bring him to tho scratch in good shape. Ho will train under tho same system as Sullivan did. i'oxnaii Kceuo sum that tho rumor that ho paid $:5T).000 for Tournament be cause ho intended to nice in Knglnnd next year is incorrect. Ho will raco the colt hero and afterward uso him in tho stud. Tournament, ho added, is his solo property, and ho will raco under his own name. His father is too busy a man to tnko any interest in turf affairs or to bothor with horses. Tho selection of Van B. Do Lashmntt of Oregon as ono of the Board of Regis tration In tho great Breeders Conven tion at Chicago, says tho Jlrttdtr and Sportsman, was fitly and properly mado. lie is spending a great deal of money to develop tho value- of light-harness horses in that State, and gives a great deal of his valuable time to matters connected with trotting, in which others may bo able to shore the benefits with himself Ho was a practical printer in his vouth, ami is rapidly developing into a student as ho apptwlie-i the twilight of life. His breeding fijrin near Rccdvillo is stocked with bettor material than Mr. Backman began with at Stony Ford; and henco we predict for him success in tho busl nois, which is one that demands a stu dent. With Do Uishmutt, Salisbury and Coombs to represent thorn in tho Na tional Board of Directors there can bo m fear but tho Pacific Count hntliiii Interests will receive full Justice, FOREIGN NEWS. General Boulanger Will Return to France. VICTIM OF CIGARETTE HABIT. A Lady Bequeaths to General Booth of tho Salvation Army a Large Sum of Money. The Portuguese Cabinet has resigned. Europe is again buying up American eecuritien. Turkey's Sultan spends $200,000 a year on his kitchen. The Duchess of Marlborough has given birth to a girl baby. Berlin land values have increased 10 per cent, in a decade. Five hundred delegates attended the Brussels Labor Congress. Germany proposes to abolish the sugar bounties within live years. It is reported that Guatemala is to be divided into two Republics. Clouds of locusts are reported from various places in South Algiers. Great Britain's, live-animal imports last year were worth $50,081 .(!(."). A proposed law in Spain prohibits Sunday work by persons under 18. King Humbert snt $100 to each child left an orphan by the Kiitopia wreck. Current rumor has it that the German Emperor has taken to drinking heavily. The results of the French census point to an appreciable increase in the popu lation. Last winter was so warm in Iceland that (lowers bloomed all the year in the open air. Duke Nicholas of Leuchtenbers, who died recently, was the victim of the cig arette habit. It is said the Btitish wheat crop was underestimated in the government esti mates by 4,000,000 bushels. The reformed code of Italy forbids girls to marry under lo, but most of them feel the torments of love at 12. 1-ord Tennyson does a large dairy busi ness in the isle ot iglit, where many ot the milk carts bear his name. iV Glasgow hidv bv will leaves General Booth nearly $:50O,OOO to push on the work of tho Salvation Armv with. The King of Portugal is reported to be disposed to abdicate in case the Ministry deems it advisable for him to do so. It is announced at Rome that the Pope has suddenly ordered that the publica tion of his encyclical letter Ikj delayed. Russia is alxnit to change her military armament, and to that is attributed mainly the drain of gold in that direc tion. Ex-King Milan of Servia is, it is re :orted, soon to marry a wealthy French adv. Servia has just paid him 1,000,- 000 francs. The electors of North Wexford, Ire land, have resolved to stop the salary of I on it h. Redmond and use it in giving relief to evicted tenants. Sixteen anarchists have been arrested in Terni, Italy. They had planned to illage and destroy with dynamite banks, factories and other property. The Chancellor of the F.xehequer de cides that it is not feasible to establish a universal rate of penny postage to all parts of the British Empire. An imperial decree just issued in St. Petersburg legitimizes all Christian children, except the issue of adultery, on the marriage of the parents. General Boulanger announces a now " plan of campaign," in which ho is to figure as a friend of the masses; he will return to France and give himself up to the authorities. Tho Italian government has sent out circulars inviting bids for about 25,000, 000 pounds of American tobacco. Italy is evidently anxious to smoke the pipe of peace with us. A German labor editor was fined re cently for publishing the listof workmen killed in a mine disaster alongside of the amount distributed as dividends among the owners of the mines. It is not generally known that tho London School Board employs a special Italian visitor to deal with the progeny of the many Italians who earn a living in the London streets or in the restau rants. An official return now being issued shows that there are 400 females under 1(5 years and S,7t0 above that ago em ployed at the coal mines of the United Kingdom. Tho total is alwut 180 more than a year ago. London correspondents say that in placing at the disposal of tho creditors of the Prince of Wales jCIiOO.OOO, with which to pay off his more pressing de mands, tho Queen has instructed her agent that ho is not to handle any of the funds personally. Tho Arnauts in Old Servia, it is said, are abducting and outraging Christian girlsj committing robberies and tortures and indulging in various atrocities. Tho Christians through fear havo closed their shops, and do not venture into the streets. Dispatches from Rome indicate the Italian government will drop the New Orleans afialr. Premier Rudiui says ex aggerated iinjmrtance ought not to bo given to the atfair nor a question essen tially judicial converted into one of na tional dignity. Concerning tho action of the Muni nuris after tho capturtof Commissioner Quiuton and tho British officers a na tive eye witness deposes that after hulf an hour's confab the hands and feet ot each person of Quinton's party were cut nit', nml then all wero evtintiwl in thn presence ot i,uou .Maiilpurts, including i Sonaputy ami the rebellious Chief J ubraj. let J ubraj. I t he t iuneso mob at woo lioo, it is now 6tated, burned and looted the cus tom house and tho British consulate Tho wife of the British Consul, dis guised as a Chincto woman, managed with dilllculty to escape from the consu late, and made her uny to tho Ytiug-tse Kiting, w hore in company with other Ku roiHuins she took refugo on u hulk that wna moored in tho stream, The British Consul was wounded, Tim Hull) KliiB r Spnln. Little Alfonso XIII. king of Spain, whose fifth birthday will bo celebrated in May, leads the most joyless life im aginable. He is sensitive and sickly. He is frequently taken down with vio lent attacks of colic, which last for days and shako his tiny weak body into a con dition of pitiable thinness. Consequent ly ho is undersized, white and languid. His mother coddles him and watches him so closely that he rarely, if ever, has an opportunity for a bit of boy's play or other healthful exercise. Hopassesonly one hour daily in tho open air, and thn by tho side of his mother in the royal carriage. Occasionally ho is nllowed to leave the carriago and walk in tho park sedately in tho society of his nurse, hi English governess and the Countess of Peralta. The people of Madrid say that the total of the ages of these threo companions ii 100 years. The Countess of Peralta is at least ninety, and was the head governess of little Alfonso's father very raany years before tho miniature king was dreamed of. Atallevents.it is certain that tho roval companions, with tbeir 100 years, frown on all royal capers, for tlin nfca.sional at tomtits of their puny charge to run or jump or throw stones aro suppressed with military prompt ness. Dnrn in two weeks the SOU of the Dnko of Casa-Jmj is commanded to tho palace to play with Ins sovereign, one mere is little or no benefit in this for Alfonso sini'o the three women of tho 160 years are with the children constantly to prevent all boyish exuberance, so the small, unhappy sovereign worries along his narrow royal way with a bur den of childish misery that has rendered him prematurely sad and indifferent. New i ork bun. I'ant Tinif in llixikiiiitkiiic. The fastest time on record for tho making, compiling and publishing of a statute book conies from Oklahoma. Tho legislature recently adjourned was in session 120 days. On tho morning of tho bust day there had not been passed enactments that when printed would fill to exceed sixty pages of an ordinary law book. At tho close of tho last day tho signature of the governor was placed on enough more to fill a statute book of 1,200 pages without tho index. Among these wero included a codo of civil and criminal procedure in both dis trict, probate and justice courts and law.-; governing crimes and punishments cov ering iiOO pages. Within thirty-five day from the final adjournment these laws; were copied, corrected and arranged in a manner that Chief Justice Green, of tho territory, pronounced jwrfect, with f-irle-and head notes for each section. With in forty-eight hours after the compiling commit tee hail turned in its last copy the printed volume, comprising over 1,300 pages, was turned over to Secretary Martin bound in law sheep. Kaus;w City Times. .V slnklnc Mountain. Two or threo miles west of IIiawasc and Brasstown, on tho mountain di viding Hiawasseo and Brasstown, on lot of land No. 87, in tho seven teenth district and first section, and. on tho west side of tlio mountain, Mr. Hamilton, of Athens. Ga,, is mining for corundum. He found that his snj ply of water, with which ho used to wash his corundum, had ceased to flow. One of his workmen wa.s despatched ti. find out the cause. He quickly returned and said that the mountain was sinking. Soon the alarm spread and parties start ed to solve tho mystery. They soon found that a very largo fis sure wa.s opening in the earth in rtic shape of a semicircle, and largo tree.-, wero falling in every direction. The amount of laud encompassed was about forty acres. By examining closely they found that other fissures wero opening on tho southwest and northeast, crossing tho mountain. Tho opening in some places is as much as six feet wide and tho depth is unknown. Cor. Atlanta Constitution. A ! ri'iit 4'ubln Dlxpiitrll. Tho Anglo-Turco-Russian complica tion is growing more complicatedly com plex. It now appears that tho English Roumanian interests, being jeopardized, by tho continguity, or in fact proximity, of the ulterior understanding approxi mated by tho Montenegrin protocol, and tho disintegration of tho ultimate con junction precipitated by tho Herzegov inian interpolations, the elementary at titudo of the signatory powers is thereb annulled and confirmed. This, while it insures the autonomy of tho Bosphon.n conference, infallibly results in lowering tho toll on the Suez canal eleven scudo each way, children and dogs half price This in an immaterial degree devitalizes Premier Cnspi's ultimatum eliminated by tho nungarian-Austro imbroglio, ami tho belligerents return to their corners. VEGETABLE PANACEA PREPARED FROM ROOTS Be HERBS, r wn int. burtL. j r AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARI5IN0 FROM A DISORDERED STATE ofiHE STOMACH OR AN inactive: liver. TOR SALE ar ALL DRUSG1STS & GENERAL DEALERS