Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-08-30
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of the Rue Bonaparte to Rue Carl
baldi. Some Of the members also
thought that Rue St. Michel should
be named after. Garibaldi, mot be-
cause he ever lived there, but because
he hated saints" The resolution to
drop the name of Bonaparte, howcv-
er, had the greatest attraction. One i
member remarked that "as there were
a great many yenders of ecclesiasti-
cal furniture in the street, the change
of name would be very annoying to
Etleur, and ives therefore manifestly
exPedisns: Nh Incident shows the
irreligious spirit Of some of the Paris
authorities.
Venezuela celebrates her centenary
July "A, 1888, and the arrangements
have been made for an international
festival beginning on that day, which
is the Tooth anniversary of the birth
of Bolivar, the Liberator, and ending
August 2. The proclamation Of the
national holiday in honor of Bolivar
and the ensuing festival invites the
United States to join with Venezuela
in the celebration, and sets apart the
31st day Of July to the exclusive pur-
pose of offering "admiration and hon.
age to the great North Americon re-
public" by unveiling colossal statue
Of Washington, "the father of the
great people who founded republican
institutions in the New World as
model to the Spanish-American ma
TONS"
In single week Chicago had two
mob performances. In one case, af-
ter lumber vessel had been unload
ed and the work paid for by the job,
the men demanded eighteen dollars
more because of some timber handled
and bombarded the ship with missiles
when it started away down stream,
took possession of one Of the city
drawbridges, SO as to stop it, and
then seized vessel, Captain and crew,
and made such demonstrations that
the Captain gladly paid the eighteen
dollars to get away alive. A day or
two later similar demand was made
after vessel was unloaded, and af-
ter payment was refused the ship was
tied to the dock with multiplicity Of
lines, the men stood about, each one
with knife in his hand pretending
to whittle, and after two hours wait
ing, with no sign of help from the po-
lice, the Captain also paid, and was
allowed to go.
The gold annually taken from the
Siberian mines is estimated to be
worth 100000. The first discovery
of metal in that country was made at
the beginning of this century. The
average cost of an expedition in quest
of gold is estimated at $4,000. There
70 re only capitals can indulge in the
luxury Of experiments. One of the
principal operators is said to have
spent nearly quarter of a million
before finding any ore. The miners
are paid only three dollars month
with board and lodging. The sale OF
liquor is forbidden within twelve
miles from each shaft, that discipline
may be maintained. The number Of
mines has largely increased since the
second quarter of the present centu.
ry, but that period was the most pros.
porous in the history of Siberian
mining. The labor of the serfs then
cost next to nothing, though the pay
of the workmen is now pitiably
small.
The submarine vessel now being
constructed at Bucharest, it is claimed
will accomplish what no other sub
marine craft has ever been found equa
to. The plan contemplates vesse
capable Of moving under water 70
!, twelve hours without any renewal o
air. Steam is the motor employed
} and the speed reckoned upon is create
: than that attained by sailing vessels
Practically, the management consist
in simply sinking the vessel by open
) ing certain valves, but it's return t.
the surface involves more compile
:: operations. An electric light, whicl
is to be supplied, will, it is ascertained
: render objects fairly distinguishable
For renewal of air it is not necessar
!. that the vessel rise to the surface-th
means resorted to for this purpos
being an apparatus that can be sen
up, and which, by working pump
lie forces air into suitable receivers.
: Prof. Lockyer is of the opinion tina
there are many facts suggested by tn
spectra of solar and stellar physic
4 which seam to show that the element
> themselves, or, at all events, some {
them, are compound bodies. Thu
y. it would appear that the hotter sta
the more simple its spectrum; for tn
: brightest, and therefore probably tn
hottest stars, such as Sirius, furnis
spectra showing only very thick b.
drogen lines, and few very thin m'
,. tallic lines, characteristic of elemen
: of low atomic weight. On the oth'