Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-27
HERE AND THERE.

Queen Elizabeth, of Roumania. has
written drama, which is to be per.
formed, after revision, at Berlir
theater.
Betting on English race courses ha.
of late extended beyond the ring pro.
vided for it. This is contrary to law
which is now to be strictly enforced
Mr.. c. n. Warton, NJ. p. for Bird.
port, England, boasts that he was alb.
sent from his seat in the House only
twenty minutes during the whole o1
the last session.
The Berlin Post wishes Germans te
boycott Paris, because .sthose who ge
there to work are insulted, and those
who go to amuse themselves are both
swindled and insulted.'
Engravers are finding it difficult to
procure good lockwood. The box
forests OF Turkey, upon which the
bulk of the supply depends. are being
wastefully cut, and few new trees are
planted.
"Alcohol,' said the professor, ..has
killed more people than yellow fever y
That is true," said the somewhat
blbulous student; "but that is only be-
cause more people have taken it, you
know"
An English "Public ANALYST" saws
that all cheeses should be washed be-
fore using, as custom prevails among
manufacturers Of brushing them over
with solution Of arsenic to keep the
flies away.
"A Chicago girl of 13 is exposed as
professional burglar. Instructed in
crime by an old woman, lshe entered
some house every nj ght, and the booty
recovered has been taken from mum
erous different places.
Shakespeare has drawing power in
London, when we'll presented. Henry
lrvlng's revival of s.Romeo and
Juliet has run nearly l5o nights, in
terrupted only BY summer vacation.
and still draws proftably.
Queen Victoria sent Il yoke Of Span
ish oxen to cattle show on the Isle of
Wight. They swere richly ca
parlsoned, and were led into the
judges arena hitched to decorated
wagon. They were not entered for
competition.
From a report of the accidents that
occurred last year on the railways of
Great Britain, it appears that the pro-
portion OF passengers killed and in
Jured from all causes was | in 800
40 killed, and l in 335,5.1 injured.
Mlliais's newest picture represents
lovely damsel, holding platter
with lemons, in a rich purplish Greek
robe, with fine touches of vivid color
in her belt and ornaments, and with a
little cap; but in face she is distinctly
English.
A young nun escaped from Lon
don convent by scaling the garden
wall, a daring and difficult feat. Then
she stole a dress and hat from house
i'll the ncighborhood, donned them in
place of the nuns clothes, and made
her escape.
"The Green Ribbon Army is the
latest rival Of the Salvation troops.
The first meeting was held in London
at the beginning of this month. 1t is
a branch of the temperance League
of the Cross" and is presided over by
Cardinal Manning.
Mr.. Gladstone is still guarded bv
special police force, two of whom ac-
company him in his walks through his
grounds and elsewhere. Hitherto his
bodyguard have been provided simply
with the ordinary baton, but since his
recent arrival at Hawarden the auth
critics have furnished the men with
revolvers and twenty rounds of am
munition each.
A tragedy called "Francesca da
Rimini," written and published by
George H. Boxer thirty years ago,
and not originally intended for the
stage, has just been acted in Philadel-
phia with Lawrence Barrett in the
principal part. The newspaper critics
agree that it was a success in an artis-
tic way, and the audiences are de-
scribed as enthusiastic.
The London Academy announces
that fresh addition to the curiosities
of art has Just been issued in Paris
from the s'Atelier des Reproductions
Artistiques,' in the shape Of an album
of designs by Victor Hugo, in illustra-
ton of the ..Toilers of the Sea-" Most
of these illustrations are said to be
''impetuous in execution, as if pro-
duced under the stress of iinagina-
tion," and stamped with the rash
vigor of his fearless fancy
Ismail Pasha's harem, as lately
transferred to the Rue Boyard, Paris,
is house in a high-walled garden,
but no ferocious Nubian keeps guard:
the French servants and other en-