The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-15

Personal Paragraphs.
Charles Kellogg, q prominent Buffa
10 bridge builder, has just closed con.
tract for 1000. 600 worth of steel pip<
made according to \ patent of his own.
Nobody knows what he wants il for.
The emperor of Morocco. having sub.
scribed for newspaper, reads all the
advertisements FIRST. They tried to GET
him to read tho editorial page first.
but he remarked that he had been :
monarch too long not to know what
was interesting reading.
Mr.. Aver, . wealthy grocer of Bos-
ton, has built on the Back Bay section
Of that city. $3.50, 900 pile Of granite.
the First Spiritual Temple" to be used
by the Sp,ritualists.
The President has signed an order
dismissing from the service Captain
George T. Olmstead, Jr., Of the army.
who was tried and convicted BY court
martial on charges Of embezzlement
while on special duty in charge of mill.
sary telegraph lines in Arizona.
The Prince and Princess CT Wales will
b entertained in December by Lord
and Lady Dudley at Whitley Court, in
Worcestershire. Whitley cost Lord
Dudley "a, 500, OO0, but has been almost
deserted for a long time. There has
NOS been party there for five years, /
and the Dudleys have not spent week
there in that time.
DO you know why that lady is 50 en-.
thusiastic in her expressions Of admira-
tion for the music Of the future of the
great 'Germsn master and prophet
etc.: and why she il % earnest in de-
ciarlng that his language speaks to her
soul AZ no other could, and so on, and
on, and on?" II don't know, unless il
IL because she is fond Of Wagner music"
Not ct ell; it is simply because shs il
fond OF Wagner tongue" /,
The Contemporary Pulpit Of Eng.
land recently took vote Of its readers
ON the question a. to who are the ton
greatest English-speaking preachers, ,
md the following is announced Is the ,
result OF the vote: Canon Liddon, 29G:
=. II. Spurgeon, 292; Joseph Parker. !
!lS; Alexander Maclarcn, 212; Arch. !
ieacon Farrar, 2O6; Henry WarI I
beecher. 1863; Bishop Magee, i5O: Can '
m Knox Little, 149; Bishop Boyd Car. 4
'cnter. 1Ol and X. W. Dale, 100. r
Not long ago Scottish clergyman il
eproveda member of his flock for being y
trunk. "Gin it please ye," said Jem. !,
n.y., Il dinna drink as meikle ~ YER n
e." why, how is that" said the G,
Minister. "Aweel, dinna We ave take q
lass o whusky and water after din n
err! why. yes, Jenny, sure take nj
glass Of whisky after dinner to aid di. o,
estlon" and dinna We take q glass Il
toddy every nicht when we are gang. n
q to bed?" "Yes, to lie sure. inst W.
Ike little toddy every night TO help Al
. to sleep. swell" continued JENNY r.
mats Just fourteen glasses o week, and
'out sixty every month. 1 only get
nd once month, and then il ia talo
xty glasses it wud max me dead drunk Cl
T u week. Now, We see, the only differ
zee Is that yo time it better than / do
The dying sayings Of celebrated men
ssess curious interest Louis XIV,
marked: Il thought dying had been
rder." DIR. VIM. Hunter said: "If I
d strength to hold a pen 1 would Z
lite down how easy and pleasant a
ing it is to die" vespasian and I
uis XVIII. both said: "A king 4
,uld die standing" The last words n
Columbus, Lady Jane 20
ey and Tasso we're: Lord, into Thy
ads l commend my spirit" Accord. v
to Cicero. Augustus, after asking No.
, he had acted his part in this life, q
! to those around: Give mo your o o
udits. and died. Demonsx. the Is
iosopher. according to Lucian, sail: n
ou may go home, the show is OVER 9l:
is well known. Rabelais said: LET aSi
'n the curtain, the farce is over" III
the asked for more light, and Talma Va
!: THE worst is, cannot sec."