Sun River sun. [volume] (Sun River, Mont.) 1884-1885, 1884-11-06
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natives who serve as saddle men,"
and take the place Of saddle horses.
Strapped around the waist and fitting
into the curve Of tho back is padded
ledge. 1t is supported vertically by
shoulder straps and on it the rider
sits.
The taste for snuff appears to bs
declining in England with much rap
idity. According to official returns,
the country received last year in it,
ports for home consumption only fifty
four pounds. There was also import
cd 4,343 pounds OF this commodity
designed to be exported again.
There are two ironclads being built
for the Russian navy, and il il said
that If they should turn out a success.
the government will go on building,
and Sebastopol will again become .
great naval arsenal. The Grand Duke
Alexis is expected to come to christen
one of the ironclads.
There is more railway travel in
Massachusetts than in any other State
in the Union. The number Of pas
sengcrs carried by the roads last year
was 53,OOO,OOO. Pennsylvania comes
next with 50,OOO,OOO, and New York
third, with 44,OOO,O0O. Illinois, New
Jersey and Ohio follow in tho order
named.
The ordnance people Of the navy
are well pleased with tho progress be-
ing made in tho construction Of the
guns at the Washington navy yard.
They expect to have one q month
completed now for the next several
months, and two thereafter, until the
entire number for tho now cruiser
have been delivered.
$. ". White, the Wall street broker,
tells little story illustrative of the
attitude of the Democratic party ON
the tariff question. "A shreud old wo-
man kept an apple stand. A customer
came along and asked her what sort
Of apples she had. I've sum nice
swate ones, she replied, wild strong
laning to TART"
A remarkable discovery Of topaxes
has been made in New Sonth Wales,
A portion Of large bluish-green crys-
tai weighing several pounds, found at
Mudgee, is now in the colonial muse
um. Some crystals from two to three
inches in length have been found in
Uralia. Ono found at Gundsgai
weighs II or. 5 dwt. and one from
Gulgong weighs 1S OF. averdupois.
In the city of New York alone they
drink between 100000 and I6,0O0,-
600 gallons Of excellent Californis
and other native wines, under the be-
lief that they are imported from
France, being duly accredited with .
French label. The proportion Of Eu-
ropean wines imported rs against
American wines produced is about
s 100000 gallons European as against
35,O00,O00, the products Of our own
vineyards.
Ono Of the largest single contracts
ever made by the British government
was that awarded to Armour 4 Co.,
Of Chicago, for 1,O00,(O) pounds oi
canned corncd beef and 1000 cases Of
bacon, for the army in Egypt. II ID
stated that half the contract was full
filled by delivery at Woolwich, within
an hour after the order was given, and
on the same day the rest OF the beef
started from Chicago by flying freight
train for Now York.
Mr.. Blythe, Of London, has a new
plan for disposing Of tho dead. II ID
to abolish all permanent cemeteries,
and allow each piece Of agricultural
land to take its turn as a receptacle
for the bodies of the dead. After five
years as cemetery he would use the
ground for agriculture, on the theory
of rotation Of crops. He remarked,
in his argument, that Beneath the
waving corn or the stately pines the
remains of the dead would be forever
free from desecration."
In the crowd of weddings which
have just taken place in England the
page, in all kinds of pretty costumes
and of both sexes, has been the chief
figure. At the marriage Of Lady
Alice Nevill recently, her youngest
brother and sister were respondent
in violet velvet. Miss Hollands dres.
when she was marrying Mr.. John
Dyson, an eminent Anglo Indian, was
borne by a nephew in purple velvet
and Master Percy Brassy, a son Of
the great millionaire.
When on n reading tour lately the
novelist George W. Gable, says an OK
change, was little lato in getting to
the hall, and his manager got yery