Telegram-herald., 1890-03-17

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utensils II 4.>o ye.rs lInpssuasxs uks
those SUI sn nss are 70 - found h f>enpsiss
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a c4E IN Santa crx1, C4a hAs b~oo1ne o.
sxpsrt kR climbing ep sAs doaF ana r4lSsng
TIE lksch . gel u slAt TIE carrying u = hlx
raj doe~ not nov interfere with hsr psrior1s-
ING TIE feat
Mary tase it far gTentsd thai because
musk Is SD II ~ASl Is cAlsd a pod thai Ii is
. vegetable IL u laslesd a. @Glll..l sradaot.
beng sasStARos fanna Il = two sr tAEss
inch sac IA tie body q the musk deer Il
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AT Gas sais u ths Marquis e0liecsiaE. al
tlas hotel Droaot. Para. q. 800 VA pad for
q sapsrolF cecOratsd lssuis XVI clock. And =
LOUIS Ky eaAn4e-loT fetched tsloo The
Irsg i've dzys o. TIE sale rsAllzsd upwars 81
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A fox driven BY ths aoands IN . r.aznt
huRt Upon tns estate NJ LsFd 0ranyills. al
wslmeT castle. bolted right before Lord
Orenviiies eyes through tie hal of fhs
castle and into the drawing room. ~ith ths
hounds Ia fan cry after hial Tasy ran aim
down ana killed nm in froDt OF ths Easntel.
piece
a curious fact Is that o, the seventeen
clerks IN the senate of the new state of Wash
iRgton majority lninsl are ~omeA. and
there IL 6ut oas who carries Mrs before
her name. The ssms rule holds good sith
the house. = majority sf the clerks being
ladies
IN the recent sale 81 old books and manu-
scripts in New YORK q letter written bv
ChristopAar Co.aalbGs sold Tor . 600 lt
CONSISTED 81 nc lines. and - words and very
easy words al thai, were spellsd tie most
convenient way.
The rates Of Transporting heavy freight,
merrbGndiSe aud tbs ike have changed
Les than haf century ago IAe railroads ~
Crest Britain made very careful esNmste.
and it cost just penny ton per nile Tor
carrying coal
A gentleman at Poona. India recently re-
ceiyed letter thsI had bsen p0ste9 al a sra-
tion twenty miles away two years aud fosr
months before. accompanied b., TIE explana-
tion from the postal authorities that rhe delay
was owing % tie fact that il had been posted
by the wrong train" Instead of being CRATE
fol for the explanation he Is mean enough 10
insinnais that the train the letter got oo must
have had an uncommoniy long run
The present standing army Of Great Brit
ain may be said 70 date from TIE reign q
King Charles II, although some few OF the
oldest regiments cain, and with justice. 10
date back 70 the previous century. Crom-
wells army, which was disbsnded st the
- - -
cipAned. most sober and most highly trained
army England ever lad.
A sale OF collsction of pictures Of Nell
Gwynne. the famous faVorits of Charles IL.
aud Of the hing himself and many o. TIE
court people Of tie time, recently TOOK place
IN London. All the pictures were eugray-
ings. The total brought by 2l5 ios wa
G., 200. Prints ot Nell herself. after the pic
lures Of different artists. brought from &C
down 10 els each. Pictures Of King Charles
brought about the same prlces Those of
other women % the court went for from els
10 SIS each.
A fisherman who was desirous of catching
a specimen az the stereolepis, gigantic fsh
somewhat resembling black bass and found
on the Pacific coast, accomplished bis pur-
pose in the summer Of 1889 OF the islsno Of
Santa Catslina in California His success
encouraged others. 20 that altogether thirty
were captured, ranging IN weight FROM IS TO
500 pounds TIE stereoiepis Ia migratory,
and only comes in shore during the summer
for the purpose Of spawning. IL ranges from
the FsrraloBes down 800 miles below San
Diego Those of 800 pounds IN weight are
nearly SIX feet in length, and are taken with
hand line
London Truth calls attention 70 the follow
ing illustration of the anomalies resulting
from the prepoSterous English rates for
"ocean postage" letter from any part Of
the United States goes 10 India for 23Sd
From England the postage is Sd The United
States letters are actually transmitted
through England That is % SAY. letter
may come from san Frsncisco 10 New York,
thence 70 Liverpool aud thence 10 India for
half the postage of letter from Liverpool 70
India
As one passes along the main Travelled road
leading 70 the upper end of the prairie. about
mile distant from Prairie du Chisp, be can
see bit OF ground inclOsed within pile 0f
rock and debris on the right hand side ~ the
way II ones curiosity should leac him 20
investigate this lonesome spot, be would nnd
the ruins OF tomb 81 a once prominent and
influential character ia TIE great northwest,
and leader of the Britlsa troops under Col
Mckay, who captured the American fori
and forces at Prairie du Chen in 1912 The
tomb is that Of Jean Joseph Roulette A
heavy marble slab, overTun With weeds and
underbrush and half oblitersted, marks tbs
spot where sleeps the hero Of many q hard
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