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Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-11-02

Our wonderful assortment of popular
vocal and instrumental music-over four
hundred of them-going at SC. each
you'd think them marvellously cheap
certainly you'd buy some if you took
look-vou could not resist.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
4 QUEENS REQUISITES.
Whales captured on the British Coast Be-
 long to ytct0ria

Whales Captured on the British Coast Be-
 long to ylctorsa.
 Among the most curious of Queen Victoria's perquisites is her right to every whale or sturgeon captured on the coast of the United Kingdom and brought to land Both of these per quisites date back to the days of the Norman kings, and it appears that in the ease of the whale the monsters were divided between the sovereign and his consort, the queen taking the head in order that her wardrobes might be replenished with the whale bone needed for the stifening of her royal garments,
 Another of the queens perquisites, says the Chicago Times, is a certain number of magnificent cashmere shawls, which are dispatched to her every year from the Kingdom of Cash mere. They vary in value as a rule, from sixty to two hundred and fifty pounds sterling apiece, and the queen is accustomed to present one of them as q wedding present Co every young girl of the aristocrpcy in whose future she is in any way interested. Every tailor holding patent of purYeyor to her majesty" if he conforms to ancient tradition and usage, should present her with a silver needle each year.
 Another class of royal purvevors is called ppon t0 present to her annually tablecloth, while from other sources again she isentitled to an annual con tribution of currycombs, fire tongs, scarlet hoiscry nightcaps, knives, lances and crossbows Moreover, at the coronation the lord of manor of Addington must present to the soyer- eign dish of pottage" composed of milk of almond, brawn of capons, sugar. spices, chickens parboiled and chopped" At the same ceremony the lord of the manor of uoydon is ob- liged, by virtue of his tenure from the crown, to present the monarch with 8 towel, the lord of the manor of the workshop giving the sovereign a 'right-handed glove These are only n few of the various requisites to which Queen Victoria is entitled by tradition and usage.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
STOPPED By aRAss4oppeRs.
A Train In New York Brought to stand.
 stlIl by the ln~octs.


 "The story is an old one about west eSn railroad trains being stopped by grNsshoppers during memorable in vaihon of Kansas and other states by these insects, said New York travel ing man to New York Sun reporter; "And it was and is still looked upon in the east as a wild reach of the western imagination. l believe no one had deeper doubt of it than myself. But doubt no longer, for was on a train the other day right in our state of New York which was stopped by grasshop- pers as efteetually as the enginner with his airbralses could have stopped 1t.
 'The railroad was the Chautauqua Lake railroad and the train was on it's way between Mayvillc and Jamestown. All that region has had most de- structivo visitation of grasshoppers this year, crops, foliage and even hay, cut and housed, having been absolutely eaten up clean by the ravenous insects, This day the passengers on the train noticed that frequently it would grad ually slow up and come almost to a standstill, but after awhile regain somewhat of it's regular speed At last, though, after slowing up and the engine working In way that showed that the engineer was making his greatest effort to overcome whatever the obstacle was to the progress of the train, it came to a dead standstill. A trainman was hurrying through the car was in and asked him what was the matter.
 'l5rasshoppers. said he We're stalled again by grasshoppers.
 Nobody believed him, of course, but l got out of the ear and it wasn't long before found that he was in earnest. Grasshoppees had etfectually stopped the train. The rails behind us as far as anyone could see were two glisten- ing lines of grease. As far as anyone could see ahead the railroad tracks were hidden by untold numbers of grasshoppers, Men had to be sent ahead to sweep or shovel or scrape the insects off the rails. By dint of much and and steam the train was at last ot under way, but for nearly two miles the advance guard of trainmen aad to keep the train clear of grass aoppcrs immediately ahead of the locomotive wheels before we had passed out of the tremendous swarm If insects. fat Co bursting on the crops ut the C utauqua region, and the Train could Soitsway without dangcrof further stalling. l learned that the truins on Chat road had been unable to To- a. ru.. l. .n. F several days and that no trip had been made on any train in that time on which it had not been stopped more than once by the crushing of grass hoppers on the rails
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
HOME LIFE IN PARIS.
The Typical Household Is Redolent of
 Domesticity.

The Typical Household Is Redolent of
 Domestlcity.
 Life in Paris means wEat it does in alllarge cities; the good and the bad. The casual tourist sees, as a rule only one side. As race the French are a merry-malSing people; their very na- lures seek aud crave enjoyment, But their amuscments arc, therefore, not necessarily of an order below the ken Responsibility. 1t has been my pleas ure Go see something of French do- mcstie life, says n New York lady, and to near more of it from sources away exists between the French father and his daughter is beautiful and almost spiritual. Home and family means as much to him us it does to the resident of any other city under the sun.
 The French mother is not only a cook par excellence, but a perfect type of houselleeper. By nature she is quick, and she accomplishes much more with less exertion than does her English sister. The education of her children is as gospel to her Her religious faith is strong, and she instills it into her children at the domestic board and at eventide The parents live out of doors, but 1t is rare, indeed that you sec children Un the streets of Paris after reasonable hours. They are taught to find their chief amusement in the home; and everything is done by the French father and mother to sec that the home is attractive to their children. One of the most beautiful sights in the world is to see we'll regulated French family, where you win find the atmosphere redolent with domesticity.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
UNCLE sAM's New LIBRARY.
It Has Some Of the Largest Bookcases | n
 the World.

the World.
 No such library as this new one of Uncle Sam's was ever planned before. You must imagine, to begin with, two iron bookcases, each G5 feet high, liz feet long and 10 feet wide. They tower up through the building story on story in nine tiers. Each bookcase viii hold s0O,00O volumes. The metal frame work is made gridiron fashion to per init the free passage of the atmos- phere, for books need fresh air as much as human beings, else they rot The floors are sheets of iron, and fire could do no damage worth mentioning, for books will not burn. They win only smOlder under favorable circumstances.
 Tho library, says the Washing ton Star, has 500 windows. Those which admit light 10 the great book stacks above described are single sheets of fine plate glass. Looking from the interior courtyards, the walls inclosing the book stacks appear to be almost wholly of glass. Thus the title on the back of every volume may be easily read. The shelves already pro vided will accommodate ,5O0,O0 books twice Us many as are now in tho li- brary.
 The building has been so constructed as to afford space for other stacks, which may be put up at any time, and will hold 2,700,OCo volumes more A million of books in addition may be ac. commodated in the courtyards, and there is room for more besides. The librarian of congress a century hence will not find himself cramped in the least
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01

A Strange story Told st tho Paris PciS -'
 technic school.
 A Ftench paper tells the following Strange story Of n sparrow and the clock at the Polytechnic school of Paris:
 In lsi0 the Swedish scientist, Der zelius, during his stay in Paris, went to the school to make some cxperi- nents in physics and chemistry before the pupils. To show the necessity of air in the respiration of animals he placed Q sparrow under the receiver of the air pump and created vacuum.
 At the moment when the bird was about to die for want of oxygen, the cry of Mercy Mercyl7 echoed from all sides of the amphitheater. Berzelius acquiesced in the decision of his hu- mane audience and released the bird, which flew at once out of the hall,
 After that day a strange thing hap pened and kept on happening. Every Wednesday and Sunday, at the moment when the great hand of the clock was within one minute of ten, and would in sixty seconds mark the fatal hour of leaving the playground and entering school, an obstacle seemed to stop 1t, and the astonished doorkeeper noticed that this last minute had an inconeeiv- able length,
 The fact was noted again and again, and a watch was set to discover the cause. Then it was ascertaiued that the happy delay was caused by spar row which, at the precise second, had lighted on the hand of the clock Of course it was Berzelus' sparrowl
 Now comes the sad and unnecessary part oi the story The doorlceper one day covered the hands with some sticky substance, caught the grateful bird and put it to death. The school gave it superb funeral and it was buried in corner of the great court. That day the clock, which had evident ly been party to the conspiracy, re- ceived the name of Berzelius.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
SPENT MucH MONEY.
The Children Of a Vienna Baniger Who Had
 Nancy to Ruru and asurned H.

The Children of Vienna BaniCer Who Had
 Money to Burn and Burned It
 Princess Ypsilanti, who died in Vi- emma a few days ago, belonged to one of the oldest families in Austria and was born in Vienna March F, ls45. Her father was the late Baron simon Sina von uodos und Kizdia, and her mother a member of the famous Rou- mapian family of Ghilla, Baron Sina was the son Of George Sina, the wcalthiest banker in Vienna. Baron Sina received on his fathers death 90,000,000 florius, or Sl5,0000O0 This immense sum was divided on the death of Barou Sina between his three daugh- ters, each receiving nearly Sl5,o00,000. One of the daughters married George Mayrocordato, member of one of the nohlest families of Greece. The second married the speudthrift Due de Cas- tries, relative of the late Marshal Me Mahon, of France.
 The third daughter, Helene, Novem- Der 23, 1869, when she was but i7 years old, married Prince Gregory Ypsilanti, n native of Epirus aud son of Deme- lfluS pbudHbit Wu0Se NhiofOuS ueeub during the Greek revolution made tue name of Ypsilanti famous throughout the world. During the siege of the city of Nauplia, Demetrius, with small body of Greeks, one night sailed forth and attacked th- enemy, creating such terror among the Turks that they raised the sally the next day.
 Prince Gregory Ypsilanti was the Greek envoy in Vienna for many years. He was man of independent means, aside from the great fortune brought to him by his wife, and served his coun- try for honor alone, refusing all com pensation for his duties as it's diplo- matic representative in Austria.
 Prince Gregory Ypsilanti died in Paris on February 20, 1886, end was succeeded as head of his family by his eldest son, Prince Emmanuel, who is now lad of 10. Three weeks after his death the bankruptcy of the princess was au- nounced, to the amaZement of the aris- tocratic circles of Vienna and Athens. Prince Gregory had been a man of ap- parentlv quiet and retiring disposition, but he and his wife had managed to get rid of S25 ,0O0,00O in ten years, and the widowed princess found herself Si,O0O GOO in debt.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
WORDS AND MEANINGS CHANCE
"Amieted Renct' Is Hardly Good English
 Nowadays

It is interesting Co notice the change in the meaning and use of words that time brings Just fifty years ago the National Portrait Gallery of Distin- guiShcd Americans was published in lhis city, says Jne BosJou uioue.
 In the account of Mrs. Washington we read that when ladies called at the presidents mansion the habit was for the secretaries and gentlemen of the presidents household to hand them to and from their carriages but when the honorcd relicts of Greene and Mont gomery came to the presidohad, the president himself performed the com pliment himself
 We do not call widow "the afflicted relict' nowadays; at least, when we mean to be respectful. But Mrs Wash ington Is spoken of in these terms two several times" in the portrait gallery.
 Latcron we find that Com. Macdon- ough married a member "of 8 high ly respectable family" nowadays we use that expression only when speak ng of criminals family.
 Of Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchells father this gallery remarks that he lived to see most of his children ''repu- tably settled in lifc;" and it seems to think it speaks well of him. In this age we might think that We spoke kind ly of a man, though not well of him, if we said that.
 All the children of Col Thomas Mar shah, of Virginia, females as well as males, possessed superior intellectual endowments. Henry Ciays father, we learn, was a respectable clergyman an avis less rara in those days, we should have thought, than now; and even now we would hardly say that clergyman was respectable.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
The Inrcest % IYin,in,r.

The largest opalescent glass window in the world is in the new St. Paul's church at Milwaukee 1t is what is known as a nave window. the lower half being composed of three immense panels and the upper half of q splendid rose and tracery in semi-circle of briliiancy This monster window in its extreme measurement is thirty feet and one inch in width and exactly twenty-four feet in height. IL is beau- tifuliy executed, the subject being the crucihxion fact it is an exact copy of Dore's masterpiece, Christ Leaving the PrJetorIum." There are over two hundred life-si2e figures represented on this wonderful window
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
EVEN HE KING
Had to Make Return Lise g Common
 Citizen.

Had to Make a Return like R Common
 Citizen.
 Of all the extraordinary commhnica- tions that have ever reached King Humbert since he ascended to the throne, says a Rome letter, one which he received the other day for the purpose of inquiring in all seriousness whether he could read or write was perhaps the most extraordinary. And, Co make matters worse, he was in- formed that he was required to give proof that he possessed a certain amount of education to do so. The let ter in question was not the work of some irresponsible crank, but was full.hedged communication bearing the signature of the burgomaster, or mayor of the little town of Rheme Notrc Dame, in Piedmont, where King Humbert happened to own some landed property.
 As land owner of the district the name of the king figures on the elec- toral register, and every citizen, be- fore he is permitted to cast his vote, is obliged to furnish satisfactory evidence that lie can read and write. Of course King Humbert has complied with the demands of the burgomastef, and has set an example to his subjects by per forming his duties as citizen.
 Italy is about the only country where such an incident could occur, since in other monarchical countries, particu- larly England, the sovereign and the prince of the blood are subjected to the same restrictions as the peers of the realm, and are debarred from cast ing votes at the polls for the lower house of the legislature, the theory being that. possessing by virtue of their birth seats in the house of lords, if is not proper that they should in any way influence the elections 10 the lower chamber
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
The Cliff from which the sizemore Band
 Shot Down Travellers.


 Shot Down Travellers.
 On the left bank of the Holston river a Hawllins county, Tenn, is cliff hich has some local fame. It is of ia stone, perpendicular from the
 up, and is something over hun rad feet high From the top of it the utry is visible for miles and miles, Birding grand view of the hin, lountain and stream. A few feet back rom the edge are still plainly to be en the earthworks forming the rem . gous of the celebrated Sizem0re and lis pang of desperadoes From the top # the hiil they commanded full view of much used public road, together with two lords above and below, and 0 great number of hapless soldiers as well as private citizens who had luck lessly incurred their anger fell victims Q their unerring rifle bullets as they attempted to pass all unconscious of danger Very near this cliff is a little cnve at least mile deep, on the sides of which arc written the names of once proiBineut people who have long since passed away, the dates running back perhap5 hundred years. In one of the oaverns is a perfect little table formed of fiat rock. During the war this cave was used by some soldiers as U place for making saltpeter, the hoppers being still in q state of preservation, the earth looking as if it had been dug but recently.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
THE PRICE OF A WIFE
sAvages Place Varying Value Upon Thei
 Chosen elpmates.

eavages Place Varying Value Upon Their
 Chosen 'elpmates.
 Iu the earliest times of purchase a woman vas bartercd for useful goods or for services rendered to her father. In the latter way Jacob purchased Rachel and her sister Leah This was a Beena marriage where man, as in Genesis, leaves his father and his mother and cleaves unto his wife and they become one flesh or kin-the Roman's. The price of bride in Brit ish Columbia and Vancouver island vafies from twenty to forty pounds steriing's worth of articles. In Oregon an Indian gives for a wife horses. blankets or buffalo robes; in California, shell money or horses; in Africa, cat tie. 4 poos Damara will sell daughter for one cow; richer Kaflir expects from three to thirty. With the Bapyai, if notbing be given, her family claim her children, In Uganda, where DO marriage reeentv existed, she may be obtained for hnlI a dozen needles, or a coat, or pair of shoes An ordinary price is a box of percussion caps In other parts, a goat or a couple of buck skins will buy girl. Passing to Asia, we find her price is sometimes five to fifty Tubles, or at others, cartload of wood or hay. X princess may be pur- chased for three thousand rubles In Tartary, a woman can be obtained for a few pounds of butter, or where rich man gives twenty small oxen poor man may succeed with pig. Tn Fiji, her equivalent is Q whales tooth or a musket. These, and similar prices else where are eloquent testimony to the little value a savage sets on his wife,
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
4 coekntoo,. Pccnllnr mhl,n.

In the exhibit of Mile. Marissa Mix losy, attached to Hagenbecl's trained animal show, there is coclzatoo that appears to have an aversion to Old Eng land One of the features which help to make Mile Miklosy's trained cock atoos welcome item on the pro gramne consists of the hoisting of a number of national flags The third flag to be hoisted is that of Great Brit ain. Until recently the patriarch of Mile MiSlosy's flock, one 'Griugoire, did the hoisting. Recently however, another cocl<atoo, named Vert Vert, :" has been doing the work insteod. Vert Vert" does his work splendidiy, except in one instance. At every per formance he positively refuses to hoist the English Union Jack" Neither threats nor bribes can induce him to elevate John Bulls banner He runs the red, white and blue and the red, white and black aloft with neatness and dispatch. He sends the stars and stripes upward in gallant shape, but when he gets to the flag of England he strikes work.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
He Had a Rite.

MT Jones keeps a toy shop, and among other various things, sells fishing rods, writes Blaekshirt" in the Algiers Democrat. For the purpose of adver- Using them he has a large rod hanging outside, with an artificial fish at the end of it. Late one night, when most people were in bed, man who was rather the worse for his nights enjoy lnent happened to see this fish He looked at it, and then went cautiously up to the door and knocked gently
 Jones did not hear this, but after the man had knocked 6 little louder he appeared at the window up above.
 Who's there2" said Jones. Don't make q noise, said the man, in a whis- per, but come down ss quietly as you can" At this request Jones, who had recently been robbed thought there must bc something the matter. So he he dressed and came down as quietly as possible. What is the matter?n he asked. "sh!t said tho man. "Pun your line in quick; you've got bite"
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01

THE length of time that footprints win remain fresh-looking in the soil on the coast of Greenland Is remarkable. Tracks that appear but 9 few hours old have frequently been made for weeks.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
It was the Cat.

In Trieste an Englishman, Prof. Jones, recently suffered a severe loss through a strange Inishap. He was holding a lecture in the large hall which contains his books, when a cat, jumping upon the table covered with papers, threw over the petroleum lamp, and the efforts of the professor and the audience to extinguish the fire were of no avail. All tho valuable books were destroyed.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01

Mas LUcY HEALY, of charlestown, R. l., has just completed her o9th year. She is daughter of revolutionary soldier.
 Mas. HENRY DELIA, of Astoria, Ore, IS over 100 years old, yet it is reported she can walk five miles without expert ersing undue fatigne
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
SHlL0H'S CON s U M p ITO N CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure ia without parallel in the history of medicine. All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos- tive guarantee, test that no other cure can successfully stand. That 1t may become known, the Propriotors, at an enorTaous ex- pense, are placing Sample BoUyle Free into every home in the United States and Canada. If you have Cough, Sore Throat, or Brop chitis, use it, for st will cure you. If youl child has the Group, or Whooping Cough, uss it promptly, and relief is sure If you dread tAat insidious disease Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for sHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts., 90 cts. and S1 co. Ifyour Lungs ere sore or Back lame, use shileh's Porous Plaster. Price 25 cts. For sale by sA DTuF pists and Dealers.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-01
Saturday, December i, 1894.
THE SPARROW AND IRE oLolN.

A Strange story Told ss tho rerls FclS .
 Nechnic Sehool.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-17
A POINTER ON BREAD.

Housekeepers once trying the palatable
home-cooked food for sale by the ladies OF
the Unitarian church at their Saturday
market sale, held at George Kuorr's
grocery store, are certain to try it again
and again.
Gentlemen especially are liberal patrons
coming regularly each week TO purchase
some favorite dish, and the fact of their
carrying the parcel home IS sufficient
recommendation TO the value of the pur-
chase-their well known aniipathy to car
rying bundles being generally understood
one prominent judge buying for the first
time some hue pressed chicken bought
sparringly-on trial AS it were; but imme-
diately on his return from dinner came
back for all that was left only to fnd it
all sold out. ''Was it good!l' he was asked.
Good? l should say It was, the finest l
ever tasted"
One gentleman remarked, But a man
has no business trying these hard times 10
buy anything from You church ladies,
you always charge so nuch.'' He was
priced several articles and bought gener-
ously. with the remark, Il had no idea
you would sell SO cheap. Il is cheaper
than TO cook at home considering the
trouble.