Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-08
HERE AND THERE.

A gallery Of modern art has been
instituted at Rome by order of the
King of Italy, and the Government
has voted $4,000 year to keep it
up. 1t will be opened some time in
October. 1t is hoped that it will act
as an incentive to Italian painters to
produce something better worthy of
being preserved for posterity than
most Of the works they send to exhibit
ton.
AT lonely spot in Deptferd, Eng
land, person was observed enveloped
in sheet, which passed over lighted
lamp on his head, in imitation of the
celebrated "Spring- hecled jack" who
was such a terror in the suburbs Of
the metropolis many years ago. Upon
being approached by some men he
prudently disappeared, his evident in
tention being to brighten women and
children.
The well-known condition left OH
Girard College by it's founder, exclud-
ing ministers from it's doors and for
bidding all sectarian religious teach
ing, is said to have been violated for
many years. "The officers of the Cir
ard estate it is explained, shave al
ways felt that while sectarianism was
to be excluded from the college, rclig-
ion as principle of life was to be in
culcatcd in the minds of the youth
who received the benefit Of the insti-
tuition"
Dom Pedro, Emperor Of Brazil,
cares nothing for splendor. He rides
in an ordinary black coach, usually
drawn by six mules, and followed by
twelve cavalrymen, mostly negroes,
whose dicipline is not too strict to per-
NIT them to smoke cigarettes while
escorting his Majesty The coach
man and footman are shabby in worn
suits and silver lace. The Emperor
wears the plainest of clothes, and is
very courteous to all who approach
him. He has aged rapidly since his
visit to the Uuited States six years
ago.
A lawsuit at Andover, Vermont, in
wolves indirectly the right Of public
school teacher to read the Bible while
in school. Farmer Hazelton didn't
want his children to hear the Scrip
lures, and SO the prudential committee
arranged with the teacher to have de-
votional exercises few minutes be-
fore school opened each morning, at
tendance being optional with the pu-
pills. Hazelton informed the commit
tee of his intention Of stopping the
religious exercises entirely. With
that end in view he instructed the
children to attend them, and to get up
and leave during the reading with
out consent Of the teacher This was
done, and the children were expelled.
The case will go before the Court of
Appeals.
DIR. Crevaux, the French traveller,
after an exploration of the Tocantins,
arrived at Rio de Janeiro in Decem-
last. He thence proceeded to Tariia,
in Bolivia, which he reached in March.
1t was suggested to him to postpone
his proposed exploration of the Pilco-
mayo until July, when Bolivian
Government expedition would sup
port him. He trusted, instead, to his
eighteen companions, all armed with
rifles, to protect him against attacks
by the Indians. He was killed with
all his men at Teyo. An Argentine
steam launch has been despatched up
the Pilcomayo to obtain particulars.
DIR. Crevaux was a native of Lorraine.
Since 1876 his name has been init
mately connected with South Ameri-
can exploration. At the time of his
death he had scarcely completed his
hirtyffth year.
Adelaide Ristori made her debut
in English on her sixty-second
birthday, at the Drury Lane Theater,
London, after an absence Of many
years from the stage. The role was
Lady Macbeth, and it is said that the
great actress had devoted many
months to its study, as her knowledge
OF the English language is small She
employed an elocutionist to read the
lines to her, over and over, while she
wrote out the words Theoretically.
After thus getting the sound firmly
fixed in her memory, she set about
studying their meaning. There was
an immense audience, drawn partly
by curiosity to witness her novel effort.
At first her pronunciation was hur-
ried and indistinct, but after tho first
act she was composed, and spoke ad-
mirably, while her acting was as
strong as thirty years ago.
10. Miller made change of sweet
hearts in St. Louis, describing Kate
Hudson for Matte Ford. If he had
made quiet transfer of his affections,
trouble might not have arisen from it,
but he sent Kate letter announcing
that he was soon to marry Matte, and