The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-09-25
'iyatc letter from BuZZard' S

nat OF skipper. Sne HAS Dccoll1e ue-
,outcdly attached to the Esther, the
Presidents new yacht, and has
earned to guide the yacht with skill
md in perfect safety.
Robert Pate, an Australian mil
ionarc whose death is just reported,
struck Queen Victoria in the face
with a cane forty years ago when he
was lieutenant in the Tenth Ilus-
sars. For this he was banishcd to
Australia. He amasscd great wealth
but was never permitted to leave
Australia.
Wisconsin has also been visited by
cyclone. 1t demolished thirty build
ings in DQyr county. at Claybank
large church was twisted off its
foundation, lifted bodily into the air
and dumped. bottom up. For twenty
miles the cyclone cut a sWath Through
the timber and across farms, leyeling
everything. No one was killed.
The engagement Of the young duke
Of Marlborough to Miss Consuela Van
dcrbilt, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
K. Vanderbilt, has been formally an
nounccd. The wedding will take
place toward the latter part Of this
year in New York. This marriage
will connect the house Of Vanderbilt
to the principal ducal families Of the
British empire,
Mrs. Julia a. Leonard secured a
divorce in just ten minutes and two
seconds in the district court at
Wichita, Kan. Judge Reed drew
out his watch and timed the pro-
cccdings. They occupied nine min
utcs less than the recent divorce suit
before Judge Jennings Of Woodward
which was hcraldcd far and wide as
the quickest divorce on record.
Chief Naval Instructor Hichb0rn
and Chief Engineer Melville, who
have under joint consideration the
bids for torpedo boats authorized by
the last congress, have recommended
that the bid of the ITcrrcshOffs be ac-
copied, provided it can be done under
the law which provided for building
one boat on the Pacific coast, one on
the Mississippi and one on the Gulf
coast.
Fifty thousand Mohammcdans arc
in active rebellion in the northwest
Of China. They are lighting with
arms said to be supplied by Russian
sympat thizcrs, and their ayoWcd pur~
pose is to set up an independent gov,
crnmcnt III territory taken from
kansu. Iii and Thibct. The author.
tiles at pckin are dispatching all the
troops that can be collected to the
scene.
James Catchings and Sidney Black
man, prominent young men Of Greer
Pond, Ala, were both visiting tht
same girl. Backman was at hcl
house one night until late llOu1
when Catcllinys broke down the
door and entered Both drew thci1
pistols. Blackmans first bullet pen
ctratcd Catching,s forehead, a sccont
his temple, q third his heart, killing
| him instantly.
San Diego, CaI,, has at least on,
woman with Il genius for invention
Being bothered by q ncighbor's
chickens invading her garden, Sht
hit upon a novel scheme for hintin;
that the offending birds be kept a
home She tied a lot Of small cord
with strong threads to big kernels 0
corn and wrote on the cards: ''Plcas
keep your chickens at home" Th
chickens ate the corn and carried tn
message to their owners in a fashio
that was startling and effective.
How to Keep His Love.
DO not buy his cigars.
DO not buy his nccktics.
| DO not buy his susDcndcrs.
} DO not criticisc his hat or ask hin
, where he got it.
DO not at breakfast ask him Wha
he wants for dinner.
DO not insist on his going t
, church simply to please you.
Do not insist on receiving compan
that is uncongenial to him.
DO not tell him that your boy,
you have one, takes his temper froI
p him.
DO not wear a bonnet when h
thinks you look better in a hat, an
,, vice versa.
DO not ask him when he come
: home in the evening what he ha
been doing all day.
> DO not persist in his giving 70
the same attention he gave you bf
fore you got him.
no NOT crocS hin, in his ODin ions