Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-19
HERE AND THERE.

A new submarine torpedo boat has
been constructed on the shores of
Stockholm harbor for the defense Of
that port. 1t is to steam twelve knots
under water, without any part being
visible above the surface. On arriv.
ing within reasonable distance of the
enemy, it can either ram or discharge
torpedoes. Having accomplished its
work, the crew can make their craft
rise to the surface, or, at will, can re-
turn into harbor, keeping below the
surface.
Lourdes, of which we have heard
SO much of late years, stands on the
confines of Bigorre and Bearn.
In the middle ages it derived import
ance from its castle, deemed impregna-
BILE. This stands on an isolated en-
inence, which rises almost perpendicu-
l.rly from the waters Of the Gave.
The mineral waters of the hot wells
are much vaunted, but most Of the
cures are asserted to be made by
simple spring Of cold water. The
grotto, whose roof is hung with the
oblations of "pcrfect cures" in the
form of crutches, splints and band
ages, is on the river bank about ten
minutes walk from the town. The
level ground betwixt it and the stream
has been paved, and the interior of
the grotto turned into chapel. De-
votees, from duchcsses to dairymaids,
kneel against the railing which pro-
tects the shrine.
MIR. Papincau owns a park on the
Ottawa River, at Montcbello, and sew
eral years ago he opened it to the
public. He was glad, he said, to be
able to provide place for innocent
and beneficial recreation. But his
experience has been such that now he
threatens to shut the gates. He has
found that among the many respecta-
Bile and wel!-behaved there are ALWAYS
some who pilfer flowers and fruit,
break down shrubbery, and scatter
remnants of provisions about the
grounds. He will give the visitors
one more trial, and he cxpostulatcs as
follows: people should educate
themselves to that respect of proper
ty which is such beautiful feature in
the character of all classes in Europe,
and which causes private as well as
public parks and gardens to be freely
opened to all comers, and where the
most scrapulous regard is shown to
the wild as we'll as to the cultivated
and rare plants and flowers, none be-
ing ever touched"
A Frenchman bought an island off
the coast of Australia for about $3.50,
and announced his intention of found
ing New France. The protector
called himself marquis, and succeed
ed in obtaining subscriptions amount
ing to 100000 francs from colo
nists who joined in the expedition.
The emigrants sailed in vessels bought
with their own money, the ''marquis' 81
not accompanying them. When the
colonists reached their destination, a
desert, and not the rich soil and at
tractive surroundings promised, greet
ed them. Hunger and sickness
killed many of them, and
the rest were brought home
by kind shipmasters. The
protector meanwhile was organ
izing new enterprises. It was
reported that engineers had found
precious stones in the land of New
France, and that agriculture was
fourishing. More subscriptions poured
in. Soon, however, the imposition
was discovered. The "marquis" is tc
be tried for manslaughter, embezzle
ment, and for enrolling a militar,
command in Franco body of one
hundred soldiers who were to guard
New France. Two fresh vessels wer'
being equipped at Barcelona when h
was arrested.
The well-known German news
paper the Allgemeine Zeitung, wa
originally started at Tubingen, in th'
year 1898, by the great publisher Cot
ia, and two of its earliest contribu
tors were Goethe and Schiller. Abou
twelvemonth later it removed t,
Stuttgart, where it got into troubl
with the Wnrtemberg press censors
and was consequently transferred b
its proprietors, in 1903, to Uim, a
that time Bavarian town. Whel
Ulm, however, was ceded to Wurtem
berg, the Allgemeine withdrew t
Augsburg, where it remained domi
ciled for more than three-quarters Q
century. Among its foreign cor
respondents have figured some of th
most gifted and eminent Germans Q
our age. Heinrich Heine, for instance
was for several years its representa-
tive in Paris. During the perio
habitually spoken of in Germany a
. '.the thirties''-the precursor of tn