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less they have the more careful they
have to be.
ETHER was thrown into the cell of a
refractory prisoner at Nevay, Switzer-
land, until he became harmless. He
had defied the gendarmes to take him
before the Judges. and the Court could
not wait until he was starved into sub
mission.
A DEPOSIT of Sis was made in the
Portsmouth On. H. Savings Bank in
June, 1886. One day recently the book
was presented at the bank for the first
time since, and the Treasurer entered in
it S1,3l0.70 dividends TO July, 1879.
CLOSE to Abergeldie, the Prince of
Wales's Scotch seat, is what is known
as the Cradle Bridge, over the Dee,
which at that point is too rapid for fer
ryboats. \ person is seated in sort of
a cradle attached 10 a pole, and swung
across. The Prince of Wales and even
the Princess cross in the cradle, and save
many miles.
CAPT. STONE planted a mahogany
seed at Moundsville, w. Va, 50 years
AGO. and remarked that he would live
until it grew into tree big enough to
provide material for his coffin. Wind
blew the tree down last spring, and the
Captain had handsome coffin made OF
it. He died a few days ago, and was
buried in the mahogany of his own plant
ing.
WHEN the late Prince Imperial was
born. the morning before st. Patrick's
Day, % years ago, the Emperor and
Eugene at once declared themselves
godfather and godmother of every child
in France born on that day. Besides
beStowing large charities, the happy IA
Their of the Royal babe liberated 1000
prisoners.
In 1877, some Swiss settlers expelled
from Chabag, in Russia, on account Of
their objection to the conScription, re-
moved to the strip Of Bessarabia now
coded by Roumania to Russia. As they
are thus threatened with new eXpul-
sion, the Swiss Consul at st. Petersburg
has been directed to intervene in their
favor.
A RUSSIAN peasant girl, 10 years old,
weighing AS pounds, is now on exhibit
ton. She Is accompanied by her moth
er, and is engaged by Jewish man.
ager, who paws to the mother for the
GIRLS services so monthly. This gi-
gantic girl. when travelling, is put in the
baggage ear, as she can not pass through
the door OF the passenger cars.
As long as the Cinnamon in Queens
land were content TO work in the garden
and catch fish, the Queenslander smiled
on him, but when he showed a tendency
to gather gold. it was quite another af-
fair, and prohibitory legislation became
the order of the day. No vessel may
carry to a Queensland port more than
one Chinese passenger for every 10 tons
of registry.
Mrs. MCGOWAN, keeper of board
ing-house at Akron, o., passed pudding
to all the men at dinner excepting Mar
tin Bouten He was madly in love with
Mrs. MCGOWAN, and her inadvertence
about the pudding was construed by HIM
as an intentional slight. He fired at her
twice with a revolver, but failed to hit
her, and was disarmed by the other
bOarders.
AT Winnemucca, New, the other Sun
day evening. several shots, fired by
poker-plaverS in settlement of a running
account. went through the windows of
a church where Rev. Mr.. Riley was
preaching, and disturbed the devotions
of the congregation. The shots were
fired by Chinese in pursuit of a cOlored
gambler who had " swept the board
Cows that have access to water at all
times will drink often, but little at a
time and return to their feeding. Cows
deprived of sufficient supply of water
fail i'm milk and flesh and when they
are allowed to fail, not only in milk, but
in condition also, it is impossible to
bring them back to their proper yield of
milk and condition of flesh, at least with
out extra expense and trouble.
THOMAS SMITH, of Ipswich, Massa-
chusetts, is rather notable man in his
way. He is eighty-siX; does his own
farming, having included; lives in an
old-fashioned manner; never had stove
in his house, and cooks by an open fire
place: has never used spectacles; reads
fine print by candle-light; never rode in
the ears, preferring a ride behind the
old mare, which makes good time enough
for him.
Mrs. VLIET, who lately died ut New
Albany. Ind. divided the mature part
of her life into three distinct and con-
trasting periods. She was for 10 years
a washerwoman, working hard for a
bare subsistence. Then she went into
business as a fortune teller, and for 10
wears was so successful that at the end
of that time she was possessed Of $780,
600. Finally she became pious, and
during the last 10 years devoted her
time and money to deeds of charity.
EDWARD KING, in his PARIS letter to
the Boston Journal, confirms the report
that a contract has been signed between
French and American parties for the
construction of an underground railway
in New York. 1t is to be of four tracks,
and run from the Battery to the Grand
Central Depot. The "Banque Parish
enne- is to furnish 100000 francs.
and the American company must spend
at least half million on construction
and in establishing its legal rights.
H.F. BEECHER, a son of Rev. H. w.
Baecher. left Kern County, Cal, three
or four months ago to superintend the
DRIVING of $4,000 sheep, the property OF
Gen. Beale. to salt Lake City. In cross
inc the Aida Desert. over which the
drovers and their herds Travelled for
eight DAYS and nights, finding no water
for the animals, 1906 sheep persisted.
Gen. Beale was offered $4,000 for the
herds at the start, but refusing. now
finds himself the loser of some $1,000.
SOME railway memoranda lately pub
lished in Germany give the highest
noints vet reached by existing railways