B. V. KlKlifATUlCK. J'nhll.U.r.
LEBASOX....
...OREGQS
Late News.
The Fruit Exchange of Riverside. Cel.,
has taken the place of private shipping
Amis, and none of the latter are in busi
ness this season.
Charges are made aitainst the present
Commissioners of Ada county, Idaho,
and some of their predecessor for re
ceiving fees illegally.
A cranberry marsh near Kamilche,
"Wash., hat yielded 2,500 gallons of
berries this season. The yield is of
excellent quality, the berrieebeing large
and of fine flavor.
The Northern Pacific has announced
thai it vili tlufft.Hr
nental passenger rate between Puget
found and St. Paul from t26 to 1M0 for
first class and $40 for second class on
January 1..
The Northern Pacific terminal shop
employes and car builders at Tacoma
have decided to accede to the 5 and 10
per cent reduction in their wages, their
organiiation not being thorough enough
to resist at present.
The breaking of the main shaft of the
hoisting engine at the Consolidated Vir
ginia mine at Virginia City, Nev., caused
a temporary suspension of work in the
" Rule " and West Consolidated Virginia
iiu Vfuuurni uxuia.
The Port Townsend Chamber of Com-
morial to Congress, urging that body to
uuuu a uutwvujx rauuu on toe coast
at some point between Flattery Rocks
, MtU JSCTItrUCUUU JKtailU.
At Park City, Clah, a funeral proces
. sion was stampeded, resulting in two
' fatalities. A team in the procession ran
away, and caused every other team to
stampede, including that drawing the
hearse with the body of Mrs. Van
bchiack. Stanton Rob and John Sprague
were fatally injured, wheels were broken,
carnages upset and men, women and
children thrown into heaps with the
""UEKIlUfi UUIKO UIU B11U1M1I lug VtJ-
htclee. The hearse itself was disfigured
J and a half-dozen people seriously in
I jural.
I Ifine passenger conductors on the Se-
kuc, lauhc rjiiiHv iuu rMBVorn railway,
KKUB ".AhHWGIXl). CITY.
Southern Democratic Senators threat
en to defeat the tariff hill unless it is
radically modified.
The Oregon delegation was very active
in securing the extension of time for set
tlers on the forfeited railroad lands until
1SM7- Rflntvtumtativa F!l, lv.ll
from the House to the Senate, and Sen
ator Dolph had it passed immediately
without reference to a committee. Sen
ator T)nnh hari inl-mnnnvul ami
Ced from his Committee on Public
ds a bill of a similar character, and
so the parliamentary status of the meas
ure gave him an opportunity to put it
mruuKu wiutoni any ueiay. rtettiers on
these lands will ha matlp Kumii,.,l 1...
the extension Pn&ntwf natuM'talli, rln.inn
.1. uiir " . " r J
tutw iiini uuiee.
The hill for the admiaainn nt T-,.,1. M.
nBJUwl witl.tult nii-isinn hu tK
the conclusion of the debate. Kewlands
01 xievada made hts maiden speech in
BUnnnrt nf artniia&.An Ha l-l,nnnt 17.-1,
was fully prepared for Statehood, bat
ujCT;ieu 10 leaving tne allotment ol lands
ui yi uui to uureau omcers in vt ashing-
tnn hni)lJu. 1 . l . 1
tions there. Tha TTnita.1 v.,D,,u, l.;,l
Bhonld co-operate in the reclamation of
the arid lands in that region. In de
fending Nevada he said he was unable to
uuuei Butuu wny mere snouia be so much
aversion to a State which, when the
ennntrv was in mmlntMiB 1. -,1 .. i
. .". .V .UIU.IUU, 1UM1 BUUIW
0,000,000 into the Treasury, few
lands claimed the cause of the present
oepression in I tan was the result of leg-
utmuun ivveiea at ner interests.
EASTERN ITKMS.
Th annim. i-annrt nf Pw.r Alan.Ln
haJl. I'hipf nf thf avaaat Mwlot.
ie interesting. The report aava that pr
iiimmirT RnrvHui naoruui .... .. ......
.- ..." - ." ." iwauuu
of a northeastern boundary line between
the United States and Canada are near
ing completion. The surveys have been
begun for the location of the boundary
line hatwetnn Callfnania arJ V.....1. t
........ hn a.cimu 11UIII
lake Tahoe to the Colorado river, and
omcers ot the survey have been sent to
Southeastern Alaska under instructions
to CfMitwrntA with mIimim .In, .. i )...! 1...
the Dominion of Canada to locate the
boundary fine between Alaska and Brit
ish Colnmhia. In tumnlaniu .-ill.
quests the survey detailed an officer to
act as a memner ot ttie Hoard of engi-
.. . Mv o, ikiu vi Kwtirnije auu
grading of streets in San Francisco and
w w-uprHte wiui me xiarnor i.tne com
mission of the State of Washington in
uie liar nor surveys 01 ruget sound.
The Committee on Public Lands re
ported iavoraoiy representative Her
mann's bill prescribing limitations for
.", i manna 0111 prescribing limitations for
who were discharged by Receiver Brown , the completion of titles of lands in Ore
os the chame of "knockimr iintni.".nni,.njir..i.: i . i ,
. , u. - iV : " ! sun " -oiiujumju utniuieu unaer tne
have brought suit in the Inited Mates ; faw commonlv known as the " donation
Court at Seattle to compel the receiver ! kx li,e lit dav of January, WIS is
to prefer charges against them before .fixed as the period within which final
ebrvanceU.mmitteeof the Brother- proofs can be made, and thereafter all
hood of Railway Tramnien, of which ! such lands under incomplete proof will
they are members. The claim is made j be held abandoned and the lands will
that the Jwrthera Pacific, of which the t become part part of the public domain
" i ano snoject to settlement. Such land as
no one should be discharged without i may have been claimed bv purchase from
lormal charges and an investieation. ti, m.;,n.i ... A... ;.i j
; " uiv nave ueen ciaimeu dv purcliase trom
lormal charges and an investigation. j u,e original claimant, or occupied and in
A daring attempt to escape from the undisturbed possession for twenty years
Westminister penitentiary at Van-1 by such purchasers and occupants, or
wui a,, v., was uiaue uie utiier mgni itu" . utw or uevisees, Bnaii nave prel-
bv thtne nnvi,4a. vhn tritli tiitv nttian ierenpe nf tiht nt titlo nn 1
had been working all the afternoon in payment of $1.25 per acre "within ninety
the grounds. When the men were days after January 1, 1896. The bill is
nntimMi tn fnrm tin tn KttnM, t.i nr,onn Himinminrlail l.,- u.. .. I f : .
ordered to form np to return to prison a
uuuiittn iiiMie i ureu iut uuerty. a lie
attempt to escape was evidently prear
ranged, as they threw stones at the
guards and ran in the direction where
vuit uuc kiuuu waa ouMHiueu. xxe nrea
recommended by several Commissioners
of the general land office and the pres
ent Secretary of the Interior.
The majority report on civil service for
the present year is a document of about
over tlieir heads to stop them, and all i f ',m,mto7tta? P0':
but three were scared and turned back. ! JL"" ?n,the '
lnese three, however, kept on, but were ! Kth. h Z wi n"
fired at by other guards. Kennedy, the j I'l., n1?- oa 1h;l .Commis
rmelcader who was servinir a life sen: 8101 er Joihn dissented and was ftc
terior.washit in the leg, fell, and the tZ" ZL-r,tu , . . , D"
two others then gave themselves up. It ! 5 'iLtb,e "'f lurt t0 claBai-
i . . 1
It fewml that the Miawiuri river
win vreaK lie banks altove Oiuaha.
KftVifTUfcian an tht r.aiuiaiiit.n; alY..
A whole fleet of lake craft in stuck in
tlie ice floe at the head of Lake Krie.
Minnmtnt ha .uatal l.v .,. .11
flulwUtuuti for butter ihalt be colored
An An t.i firm rot to nrnaorlit tina Kuh a.
E"iswd in tiie public schools of Xew
PolltmHOimml. TTnlinan nf Trmn.
snccewled to the title of Father of the
tiian any other Territory, except per-
At th nrpMnt ni tJ TvAatanra 1AttA;
by the end of flseal year will amount to
w.uw.uuu.
Keading, ra., to have a aewape
nnninimr ntAtinn. with a Aai) Mun;-f
f K tuv mvi 11 J
For the first time in rears htv.lr.mDir,
incr on hnrm rsiHMi is .ntau. .
present in riiiiadelpbia.
An appropriation of $1,000,000 will
m UEM nf i VtntmtaUi r.r mnHiui !.
AttnrtMiynnnral A tZ Cm:,k l T
diana receives fees, it is said, to the
amount 01 fu,uw a year. . .
Under the new rules for tlx prevention
of forest fires Kew York did not have
any serious ones the past year.
A hill is tn Vu intmrlnrcul in 1,a fit.:..
legislature looking to the regulation, if
not the suppression of football.
Five hundred and twenty Mississippi
ere at fT.SO per month per head.
The Cleveland (0.) street-railwav
autnonties give 100 to all conductors
who serve a year without accident.
The Savannah News expresses the fear
-"- wis uiii'iuduw ui unujRvs now
beinff laaile fmm that uttv mai, 1 tku
Next Bnrinff a newly nntaniaiut nnm-
TUtit nmtuaM tn nnilrl mnA nAA
r . r r " nwu au
electric trallev r&ilwav Knta,an tt,,frBin
ana -Niagara rails.
Revenues have come short of expendi
tures ahnnt S3n mm nun thna ti.:.
fiscal year, and only five months of the
President Cleveland has summarily
removed fmm nfiinn tha PnBtma.twnf
lopesa, ivan., lor Kicking out seventeen
ihiuuiiuui iciiivr carriers.
BiMtnn'a nmotia nf t),a nn.mnln...l
fixes their number at 40,1X10, and her
leading aniens are moving toward some
concerted action for their relief.
F.T-Prnaulant Han-iann hi. nU.1
completed the lecture he is to deliver at
the Stanford Fnivomitv tin will loam
f n-i:i i.. ,
tor vatuurnia eany in renruary.
Two new memhera nf tlta iatnr amil
have been discovered by New York's
State Botanist. This swells the Four
is believed a plan had been arranged for
a general revolt.
The new cruiser Olympia on her trial
test did not equal the expectations of
ner builders, but still far exceeded the
requirements, and established a record
for an go-knot course of about 21.67.
Much to the surprise of everyone, the
day was nearly perfect. The ocean was
like s big mill pond, and was only milled
mends classification by grade. In sup-
ntirt nf thia vinar tha out lf... ......
r : ,-- . ""D.BUKIIJ I1W1IC
of classification in the railway mail serv
ice are cited. The report says that in
uie unciassinea service, taken as a whole,
tKa nnni iimnnt .n ...1....!.. l I , T . .
States are so utterly indefensible from
the standpoint of decency and morality
that it is difficult for a man of ordinary
intelligence who wishes well to his coun
.p., ... , am intelligence wnowisneewell to hiscoun-
bv the big cruiser herself as she sped try to discuss the arguments advanced
jiuuuu snuuiug . .pny over in tneir lavot with anything like toler
her bow until tt deckf iwere drenched, ance. The report likens our evstem to
i rea boieta Point to Point Conception I those employed in Morocco and Turkey
quite a sea was running, but not enouith j The number of persons connected with
to retard headway to any extent. The civil service in the UnitedStates isabout
;" " eiui j aiu.uuu. me minority report of Com-
her previous record is an unexplained missioner Johnston opposes the exten-
mvsterv. Her machmerv worked net- , nf ilaaa nlal mi tinA nn.. A - t .1
. - . - , .. - .. . J to.vMvs re vihwiucu mrrriu; ui irHB-UtV
uvery postomcet as lU-ad vised and harm-
iiu w me kuubc uj uiyu service reiorm.
niyf?iry, ner macninery worteu per-
ItUttlv BBtld a-TlaMK. SS lull tha atif.
au ukv nsw saw aire BIlgllCBb
bresi. The time of 21.67 is liable to
correction on account of toe currents,
which may result in the CHrmpia's
javor. mere was a araii iour menes
greater than the requirements which
WIUHtUUVIWUUWUlU ailiniUHIOUS,
V h i il -arill not laa ma1(i W aairaM) A .1 !
The xaaxinm speed is estimated at 22.06.
Papers have been filed in the Circnit
twin w union coumr. ur., wnicn m-
property of the Oregon Gold Alining
wuijauij a turuucupui. 1 iiere nave
been three issues of bonds on the nmn-
erty for WD.OOO, $200,000 and $30,000
reepectiveiy, and mortgages issued to
secure them. The suit is brought by
A. L. Schmidt as trustee fiir the bono
hoSders, it being alleged that the cov
enants of the mortgages have been
broken and that the property should be
turned over to the bondhoiders. They
ask that a receiver be appointed pencf
tng the suit, and pray for judgment
aj,u uei,Tee , umi ine terms 01 tne mort
gage ne declared broken ; that the trus
tee is entitled to the property; that the
amnnnt nf nnHniml r.v in.l A L.
.,vu. u.u,:M auu ijiKicni uue IK
fixed by the court, and for foreclosing
ns luvngBge ana directing ttie sale of
the property; for fixing priority ol pay
ment, and for declaring the same a lien
npon the property. I. H. Crawford and
T. C. Hide are the attorneys for plaint
i'i. The mines have suspended onera
utie for the eeason, i jie jn, nBve
con.p etl the most prosperous run
'nans. Heavy snow is given as the
( u e suspeusion.
Tt la nmlRihla tha Ktata H , .
r --' uww .,ua,vuinui
Will aiMl nntnt.nnm, nam,:..,:...... 1 l.:
-. vU uun.. uuuu UCKUbiablUliB IWKing
' tu aujuHiiueni 01 our relations with
viuua. i ne euaciment 01 tne Liearv
law will be regarded as an infraction of
the existing treaty, necessitatine, a
treaty. It is nnderstood bresham de
sires to make an extension of our trade
relations and privileges with China the
rentm! featnra nf Kia mA.i: .1
v. u,a nuuiJUl-l.tUI.ltlU
jne secretary is known to have little
laitn in me mture o) our trade relations
With tliA Hnaniuh-Aiu-i..n lA..t.i:
----- -k .UU.1HM1 ueiuuiiui,
and has made no recommendation for
an appropriation tor the maintenance of
thft linrean nf amui.,nan lunl.ll. T.
- .".'viiuBinfniuuix, it
it known that Yung V u, the recently ar-
nveu v,uinese envoy, comes expressly
cnargea witn negotiations for a new
treatv. Thn riinou i : .
Mfied with the amendment to the Geary
act, ana is not anxious to extend the
Emnege 01 immigration lor its people,
at is solicitous for their protection and
privileges, uninese statesmen are said
to regard with favor the extension of
trade relattnna with tha TTnii.l
.... u,ku niaitaiii
preference to the governments having a
lime auKrenive policy. Hie COUling 110
imtiatuina will amhiuw - ..1,1. . i
- : .-....w.u n anillUlueUl, UI
theunestion of immigration, the treat-
" "v vuiiitrse aircauy Here or who
may hereafter come legally, and thepro-
u-;ii"u ui Mimait citizens residing in
Hundred to Four Hundred and Two.
It is estimated that $4,000,000 worth of
the Wiscomwn tobacco crop is " tied up "
in warehouses in that State, uncertainty
w, mi uie utriu Dtaaiug uuyers conserv-
atiaa
A mnnmiant ia nn fnnt at rt!.;.u.w. t.
erect a monument to the memory of
iuavur narriHon on me Auministration
piaza. wnere tue uolumtnan hell now
BianuH.
Key. Mr, White of Brooklyn, known
who never turned away a loving couple,
ie dead. In his life he married 14,000
people.
The " danse da ventre." which created
such a sensation at the Chicago Fair,
has been suppressed in New York on
the ground that it is brutal and dis
gusting.
It is said that the University of Chi-
CAim will nnhliah a maoaiinn inlamlul
tobe a rival of the Century and repre-
UnnU. I . I
DciiMBi ui me uiuugut auu Hiuuencies
of the W est.
It ia aatimatait that .1 .. I. 11...
" unv uniiiiu;!. Ml uie
extent of at least $4,000,000 has been
caused to the crops in the Korthwest
during the nresent veur hv a auu) bnnan
as the Kussian thistle.
The nld nariah nriann at Kaw fiflnnna
has been sold for .11.000. It was fmm
this building that eleven Italians,
charged with killing Chief of Police
Hennessy, were taken and lynched.
The eross receints of the Ynla-Prinen.
ton football game at Sew York on
inanksgiving day were 41,0U0; ex-
nanaaa 111 ISM1' iMvina 497 Olin ... .
..,uuv, .,.un ti,uw mi uc
equally divided between the colleges.
UHnmissioner Miller estimates that
$11,000,000 will be necessary to pay the
bounty on this season's sugar crop. A
California firm has filed a claim for
bounty on 15,000,000 pounds of beet
tua.
The Georgia Legislature has declared
iut iree coinage 01 silver ana aeniea ttie
riaht nf thn nalinnal wwa-nma,. ...
interfere with, restrict or regulate the
issue ui paper currency ny aumority 01
the State Legislature. '
Tha Vaw V.irt P ,.t.. p.- ha.
a resolution declaring mat in loyal coni-
Dliflnce with the fitrnt nf rnimrnmail
and with the ai'tion of the General As
sembly the Presbytery recommends
wiai stuuenui iur tue mioistry snail not
I ........... . .. uinai-
proved by the General Assembly.
The supervising architect of theTreas-
nn hoa nillon a luttuv tn lt.n-ku.l
Chairman of the House Committee on
Pnblic Buildings and Grounds, stating
that it will cost $162,000 to pile the
Seventh and Mission streets site in San
Francisco in order to make it a solid
foundation for a postoffice building.
p...u..t. K.,aM nf
has introduced a bill in the House to
proniuii omcers and employes ot na-
tinnal hanka hnl.li.. a.. nlH.u. in
savings bank, and to prohibit the loca-
THE MIDWINTER EXPOSITION
The best news of the week in connec
tion witn me coming l alitornia Midwin
ter International Ktciuuiirinn ha i..
the extension of the time limit of excur
sion tickets from the Kast to thirty da vs.
i ins means mat inose who go to Caliior
nia to see the Midwinter Extmsition will
have a innnlli in a-l.i.,1. ..
... KMiM, mi iitut fiiuer
parts of the Mate besides those oontigu
ous to San Francisco, and that the bene-
ttta tn 1m nuiwn l. -1 r -,-
-. . w,Tti u, Min tuiure i-aciuc
l oast will be correspondingly multiplied.
And just here there ought to be a word
said about the nam Iter of visitors that
may ntaonnahn, lu u.- ....,...1 ... .
, , " f (T.1 ui uuitie out
of Uie froten East to hibernate in the
country
" Wltare tin leaf huiw ln y,, ,ul, M
Iur bowent,
Ana lite btte banquets on through. whole year
oi flowsnt."
Tliose who have already arrived at San
Francisco as the advance guard of the
-.uu aim, ui nuuwinior conunent-
In one large grotto a stage is erected,
and half a dowtu skeletoas, dunciiig gro
tesquely in the foreground, are so re
flected bv mirrors that their number
seems to be " legion. " At another poi nt
aftttr tntveratnn auunral t..n. -
- ... n .wu.nt vui Luuui avUIIUttS
the visitor comes upon a clever constrnc-
vi, u.u . i, aimve ana oeiow and with
llfflits an arranmal that tl,aM,..alln - .
to be no top or bottom to the place, and
hence the name of the "Bottomless Pit."
Only a little farther away the visitor
Comes to the " Knifloaa Taoa J
vn.u, WU,llltVU
in the same way and quite as interesting.
a, blJ,B luiuarsauie place
nroffressea fmnt nnint tn iviht ha
to a higher elevation, and bv traversing
an alnanat i,uu.,:i.l , .. ,,9
" r""v "'I''wi'wwie gtaue ue nnauy
finds himsnll nn tha ahnnu, nf a
lake, intn whteh nnM a full nf I- it
. . uu, n a, .nll u, mvM) fcuu
it is hare perhaps that he gets the best
idea nf Ikn muu.n,.,l .1 xi. n
. ra ..unn-uanuu ui me in
fernal renlnna." Thu athurf i. Kl 1 j
, , ."W.,BIIIUI,
of course, by colored lights playing upon
v.H7 unuituuuB ui wi structure and by
i, , TOiiiiucm i -"mu"o w pie itriiciiire sua Dy
crossers say that the influx of visitors divers and sundry devices for the en-
Wlli extwtld tits mnat aaiuininn a.uu.i. I Itaneina nf thuu ir.u.i. tin . ,
tions of the friends of tne exposition.
1-astern railway managers are constantly
SendUlIt tO thft llttlurtmmt nf ni.i;..u
and promotion for advertising matter in
u " ' luWr patrons
n.c uuusrF iur iniormauon on the sub-
KCL Somenf them an an 1..... .1...
more than one of the great trunk lines
uOTuiou it necessary to prepare vast
auantities of matter MJ,,i...,.
'. , , uu ua uiaitT
rial furnished by this department, with
a.i.ui Ki imiiaryine jtoputar demands.
All tins tnnana that ll ..l i
. , - wuunuiu ui uruitie
UI the (jut aw aninn t .l ...l-.i
. , - B-""a u Mat auvwiUlgt.
of cheap rates and the Bpecial attractions
of the exposition as an excuse for mak
ing a long-promised trip to the " land of
sunshine, fruit and flowers."
Meanwhile the list of attractions con
tinues to amw anH tka will l. l: t
! -- n mil un uvtJir
times durtna tlin nnvt tl.Hu, i
tmg all the concessions in readiness for
lain uuoujug uay. mere is one feature
Of the eontaintilatad attni,ti,,n. ...
ever, for which no elaborate building has
mi ue erecieu, ana yet It is one in which
a very wide-spread interest centers, and
that IS the nranrl athlntin tn....... .
m . " It- "MKa. Miuiliaiuttll.,
Ihistonrnanientuto cover the entire
mrm oi tne exposition. The contests
Will not he nn aaeh inwu.1in.
gramme, but there will be several events
a- a.ua every naturday will be
.fv wwu to uiis ieature. i Here
Wl 1 lie mimaa nf lanHU,aA h., u:.
.----a . miucno injiweeu tiri,-
isu ujiumman and American teams;
there will be polo matches between
...a-ra,; mere win ue loot
ball games between college and univer-
u j nnun , umru win ims races and all
sorts of contests on the cindar path, and
last, thnttah hv nn mam lu,.t -
of baseball games, in which the entire
nvint. uvaat at annieu to taxe part.
With a View tn faeilitatinn
nente for the last-mentioned feature in
thiB connection Colonel T. P. Kobinson
of San Francisco has been selected to ar
range the nitlM nn tha ,lian.nnj 111. 1
- r. -. uwuuuu lluiu,
and in order to have the largest possible
number of clubs participate that gentle
man desires the addressee of every uni
formed baseball club not only in the
State of California hnt in all tl. u,.,
of the Pacific Coast. These addresses
should tie sent to him at Koom 32, second
floor, Mills building, San Francisco, and
based upon the number of addresses of
intending nnPti,,i,iants m-!,i.,l.
---- m , ... nn.u ma, ue re
ceived, there will be arranged such a
iiaaeunu "juruameni as lias never before
been seen anywhere in the world.
In the Inn lint nf nthu. at.-,. :i
is difficult to select one that is worthy of
more soecial mantinn than tl.n uu.1 V...
perhaiis the latest added ftturtts may
he the must inutraattna Tha una., I..ui
and tlie most startling of all the sugites-
iua iiiat mil neen lonncoming in the
form Of COncetUtitmal faatnaaa nf tl.u lui.
is that which is to reprcseut " Dante's
Inferno," and which has already begun
to be snoken nf almnt ti,wn n i.uii
earth." This concession is to lie Ineattwi
iii a ery prominent part o! the exposi
tion pninnda anil thu l,..i f .1.
a " ".,v UIWW.HH VII inn
entrance tn tha httihlina u,i.;.; it..
exhibit ia one that will attract inevitable
attention, a great dragon's head, 16 feet
in heitfht. wit.fi lial.lilra aFi.. t:
i' "-- , niuaBuiwwuuiui;
from eitlier Bide, seems to crouch againBt
.ue viuuuu ana grin a welcome to tlie
naSHlnft nitlWrlfl. Tha hat.tilrn u.;n I
. r . , .-vwuiilw-IUKBIllfll
entire lront, in fact, are gilded to look
like burnished gold, and when the sun
is refleected from it it presents as brilliant
an exterior as nna nan noaila i :
Out of the center of the lower part of
"tjure-iieau, so 10 speak, projects a
long red tongue of the dragon, and onto
this thnatt whn aara tn i,un,... I- .
. .v .uHU,c ,u uiuci,
step and walk between the teeth of the
I ha ' very body of
The interior arrangements of these
mien, rcgionB are rendered remark
ably effective bv the highly colored sta
lactites which hang from the walls, and
which seem to extend for miles, almost,
away in the distance. This perspective
uivmuvM uieaun ui mirrors, mere
are mirrors on every hand, and never
before has there been a bettor utilisation
of the looking-glass for illosionary pur
poses. Hidden lights are made use of
to add to the effects of the scene, and in
tricacies of passage are also brought into
play.
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tviat is grotesque alwut the dancing skel
etons in the cave referred to, and there
is considerable that is uncanny in every
part of tliis arrangement, but there Is
nothing that is disgusting and terrifying,
Uiougli there is much to amuse. Vbeu
neOnle turn ftn an nnt aflm. hulH.
all tlie show they find themselves con-
uuiiieu uy numoeness passages which
SSem tO laa amn-aUa, l.i t.ii.
-- . ..v., is, ut aitit-u
really lead nowhere, for when you start
to follow one you run plump against a
a mirror, and tlie result ia that before
you find the way out you are fully con
vinced that this particular tvpe of "hell"
ib a decidedly Jolly plain to' be in.
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aria is to have a world's fair congress.
The Socialist aaaneiatlnn. nf Ui:t
count 300,000 members.
Th inmntina no.. -
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fifty-four first-clans vessels.
Austria will tax all foreign insurance
companies within her borders.
Finland is to have a State telephone
line at a coat of 100,000 marks.
Jne total mileage of railways nnw
open to traffic in Japan is 1.717.
Mr. ARtnr'a Tjinlnn l
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Princess Beatrice has presented three
tigers to the London aoological gardens.
The PitCaint lalaniluaa i..... i
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Tlie famine in Kussia has made the
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