The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-07
WINGED MISSILES.


her own novels.
Senator Ingalls, Is said to DO engaged on
novel of Washington life.
Marion Crawford, the novelist, says he
can walk forty miles at q stretch.
Christian science is said TO have gone
quite out of fashion in Philadelphia
Jay Gould has an orchid in his conserva-
tory at Irvington that is valued at $500.
Thirty million books in the British
museum and the cry is, "Still they come"
The Grand Duke Constantine, CUISINE to
the car, has recently published o book of
poems.
A man can attract more attention asleep
than awake, if he will only sit down in
public place
This country is afflicted with what col
ored brother would call surplus of poor
white trash"
Mr. Selah Chamberlain, of Cleveland,
gave his beautiful niece $4,000 Us we'd
ding present.
An English lady has left $4,000 to be de-
devoted to the phctographing OF stars,
planets and nebul@.
Too many of US want to reap the reward
of success before we have earned the title
to fair beginning.
M. Barbediene, the famous bronze found
or of Paris, exhibits at the Exposition
clock that is valued at $4,000.
Gen. M. G. Meigs says that we shall be
found by the census of 1890 to have 81, 240,-
0O0 people in the United States.
The Emperor of Japan has Just taken pos
session of a new palace, furnished in Euro
pean style. 1t cost him S4,000,00o.
Enlightened mouse color" Is the latest
fashionable shade 1t is probably little
paler than the ordinary mouse color
While women are generally more intense
ly partisan than men, they are less apt to
be influenced to it by selfish motives.
Lady Vaudeville threatens TO go on the
stage unless her father-in-law, the Duke OF
Manchester, pays her husbands debts.
Some one who knows what he is talking
| about says that his idea Of success in life is
to be an American artist and live in London.
Mr.. Edwards United States Consul at
Berlin. is queer fellow. He is actually
charged by the Germans with being too
closely devoted to mis- duties.
Compressed air is being used as motive
power in some of the cities of France. 1t
has started new industry in the manu-
| facture of plant for the purpose.
| Queen Victoras recent visit to Wales
| brings out the statistics that during her
reign of over half century twelve days
| only have been spent in Ireland.
An interesting discovery is stated to have
| been made in India. This is nothing less
| than the lost books Of Euclid, of which
| Sanskrit translation is said to have been
| found at Jeppore
The Alpine cow-bell has become the rage
among visitors to Switzerland this year
and enterprising dealers have flooded the
S>bazars with miniature cow-bells in gold,
Syer and enamel.
Msx Strakosch, who brought some Of the
most nsliant singers to this country that
ever LETT N,e other side of the Atlantic, is
in the Homeeor Incurables at Fordham,
N. Y, paralySs. s.
An American system of police alarm
boxes has been put up In London A small
district has been served with it as an ex.
pertinent, which,if successful will probably
be repeated all over the great city
1t has been estimated by men OF science
who have investigated the subject that dc
rock of Niagara Is being worn away by the
waters at such rate that in few thou
sand years the cataract will work up tt
Lake Erie.
Mrs. ED. E. N. Southworth, whose blood
curdling novels thrilled our grandmothers
is still living in undiminished vigor a
Yonkers, N. Y, and is now writing move
which, it is said, will surpass all her previ
Gus works.
81 Charles Henry Butler, who died recently
in a camp near Mamma, Delta Co., Mich.
[ was the owner of Henry Ward Beecher''
, place at Peekskill, known as "Boscobel,
, He paid $4,000 for it, but had only ivet
there since May.
Richard Watson Glider, the editor OF The
. Century, is a dark, poeticai, melancholy
D looking man. Why he should be melan
E choly with an income of $4,000 from his
magazine it is hard to understand, unless
} like Byron, he thinks it poetical.
An enterprising firm has offered tn
' British Governments s12j ,00G year for tn
4 privilege of placing soap and pill adver
n tisement on the postage stamps, the adver
|, tisement to be put on at the time the can
t ceiling is done and by the same machine.
Col. Dan Lamont is said to have accept
l ed the presidency of the Tennessee Goa
g Iron and Railway Company at salary Q
$4,000 year. Col. Lamont and ex-Sena
@ tor Platt of New York. control about 81
d OOo,eOo of the company's stock and direc
its affairs.
b Berezovski, the Pole who tried to aveng
mis- country's wrongs by shooting at tn
Q Car Alexander II. during that monarch
9 visit to the Paris exhibition Of 1867, is no'
J. a white-haired old convict in the Frenc
penal settlement of New Caledonia, of tn
o coast of Australia.
Q The queens inevitable bridal gift OF Al
: Indian shawl is explained by the state
d ment that one of her tributaries, an India
!. prince, is bound by treaty to pay her an an
nual subsidy in which are included thre
pairs of the best cashmere shawls an
q twelve perfect shawl goats.
q There are only two royal scientists Twin
g ut the present time worthy Of the namt
d One is Prince Albert, of Monaco, we
IS known for his deep sea researches, and tn
d other is the Archduke Ludwig Salvador,
n Austria, courageous traveller, and by n
means contemplate naturalist.
N Sol Smith Russelps wife is a small, int
10 lectual- looking woman with Bostones
s, face. She Is the daughter Of Mr.. Adam
N known to fame as ''Oliver Optic" M
IN Russell is the owner Of several fine BULL
n ings in Minneapolis besides his handson
n residences. He takes care Of his money.
s, Capt. L. G. Sheppard, commander OF "a
ID revenue cutter Rush, the seller OF u
Behring Sea, has been in the Revent
le Marine Service since 1866, and has serve
Or through all the grades from third lieutenal
10 tocaptain. He is a native OF Massachusset
ut and is regarded as cool and brave Office
N Emily Paxton, of Pike county, Mo-, HI
ne permission from the governor OF that sta
At to wear mans dress anywhere in Mi
IN souri, outside of cities of 1000 inhabitants.
ne She works on farm and her favorite o
cupation is breaking horses to harness.
r these she herself owns three anu ri
te charge of thirteen.
MS One of the cannon used by the Americ'
as colonists in 1868 in defending their sett
ar ments from the attacks OF the Indian chi
ey Dort;oc 10 imbedded in the foundati