The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-12-13

ever religion lie may be-and he IL
death, for lie releases us from all GU,
troubles This has been done. and
now the parish authorities have re.
quested the heirs to remove the grave.
stone,
THE Century Publishing Company
consumes nearly 300 tons Of paper a
month, and their paper bill amounts to
about s:iOn, 900. Harper Brothers, for
their illustrated papers and magazines,
use annually about %, 1000 reams, be.
sides vast quantities of book paper for
other publications. The Arkells use
10000 reams annually for Judge and
Frank Leslie. Puck requires about
10000 reams per year.
BLuEnEARD really lived. Giles de
Lavel, Lord of Retz and other baro.
MES in Brittany. was known as the
richest and wickedest man in his dav.
On Dec. %, l440. he was burned alive
for having murdered several wives and
not less than n hundred children.
Before he was taken to the stake he
boosted of his horrible crimes and
ended by saying that he had committed
enough of them to condemn to death
10000 men.
liz i%nstructing her how to handle the
weekly wash. q Germantown lady told
her servant. fresh from Castle Garden.
to take the horse to the kitchen, and
hang the clothes on it to dry. The
following morning the household were
aroused by the noise, and inves-
tigation showed that Bridget had
backed the family horse from the sta
BILE into the kitchen, and had tried to
cover it with wet clothes, hut the ami
NAL objected to the treatment.
HE heart of Queen Marie of Ba-
valia was removed from her body soon
after her death, at Munich, several
months ago. and cmhalmcd, according
to a custom which has prevailed in the
royal house since the middle ages. re-
Gently it was placed in IL silver urn
and taken, with much pomp and cere-
mony.. to tho ancient cliapelo i Our Lady
"f Mcrcies, where it now rests in q
niche OF the clancel walls, near the
hearts of kings and queens who died
centuries ago..
E.N1lsEME low water in the Missis-
sippi recently unearthed IL historical
relic at the ferry landing at Columbus,
Ky, in the shape of IL huge, old-fash-
ioned coll,mbiad, which did duty dur
ing the late war in the hands of the
Confcdcrates. Those familiar with the
history of the formidable weapon state
that it played a conspicuous part in the
battle of Belmont. Mo, in the fall of
1851. and that from its lofty perch on
the bluffs above Columbus it sent many
Il huge shell screaming across the river
into Grants army, and that it had
to do with keeping the g%unhoats ut bay
than all others ut the fort. The gun
is the only remaining relic of the Con
federate Notifications erected at Co
l"mhns. Ky, thirty years ago.
TnE French illustrated journals give
lengthy accounts and interesting illus
trations of the projected bridge across
the channel between England and
France, and which France is especially
desirous of building. La England
there is II current of sentiment against
it on the plea that English influence
will he reduced ii the "silver streak
is bridgcd. But ii is thought that the
great work will be completed before
the close of the century. The French
estimates allow $50, GOO, 900 francs. or
s76.oo0, 0o0. for the pillars in masonry
and their shelters against the wind.
and 4SO, OD0. 900 francs. or 500. 600. 600.
for the metallic superstructnre. There
will he no difficulty in raising the
money If all the other obstacles to the
enterprise can he overcome.
A USEFUL application of the tele-
phone to military. railway and other
purposes has been effected by a firm of
telegraph engineers in Berlin. This
apparatus is contained in n ease IL
inches long by 6 inches wide and s
inches deep, which. for general pur-
poses. is slung by IL strap in front of
the user. Tho case contains a dry cell
battery, Il magnetic bell and an Undue
tion coil. In some instances where it
is desirable that the sound of the bell
should not he heard. the Neef hammer
is substituted, and is used as o means
of calling attention between the COM
municating parties. The case also
contains a combined receiving and
transmitting apparatus, which is fitted
with IL microphone as IL transmitter,
the apparatus being conveniently made
for application to tie ear aud mouth.
For field purposes. al outpost equip
ped with the apparatus proceeds tothe
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