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Whom a French President Shoots.

NJ. Casimir-Perier, accompanied 10y
Captain Lagarenne, the master of his
stables; NJ. Lafargue, his secretary,
and having for his guests the foreign
Ambassadors now in Paris, went TO
shoot at Rambouillet few days be.
fore his resignation.
Presidential shooting parties are,
our Paris correspondent says, survi-
val of tho old etiquette. They were
ceremonies that NJ. Carnot went
through with kindly politeness, and
exactly according to rule. NJ. Theirs
would have none of them. Marshal
MacMahon liked them less than his
informal shooting parties, Mt which
there were no heaters, and dogs only
were employed to pick up the game.
Grevy found moro pleasure in them
than any other President. He was
fond of conversation, fond Of country
sports and crack shot.
Tho1 Presidential parties invited to
RamJouillet go there by train early
in the morning. They are formal
affairs, and official personages alone
or foreign princes arc invited to them.
Notice is previously sent to the forest
guard of the date on which the Presi-
dent and his guests are to come down.
Guns are to be prepared and game is to
be driven into apegged out space in the
preserves. The servants of the Elysee
take down plate, porcelain and glass
for IA cold dtieuner Ia fourchette,
which NM. Potel and Chabot and the
Presidents chef prepared. This re.
past precedes the shooting, and is
served in II pavilion or box near the
pheasant preserves.
The place where the game is driven
is a copse with parallel green alleys.
Each guest has an alley. Care is taken
to drive the greatest quantity of game
into that of the parsonage to whom
the President wishes to be most civil.
He has only to blaze away TO slaught-
er. A woodranger Mt his elbow sup
plies him with cartridges, and another
makes list of the birds and rabbits
that he kills. The tough birds and
rabbits go to the hospitals, the others
are sent next day in basket to the
persons who shot them.
Marshal MacMahon kept very little
of his own share of the game for him
self. NJ. Grevy sent part of his to
his brother, reserved large part for
the Elysee, and caused the rest to be
sent to hospitals. NJ. Carnot gave all
he shot to the poor.-London News.
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Brains aud Cold Weather.

Extreme cold, as is we'll known, ex.
erts n benumbing influence upon the
mental faculties. Almost every one
who has been exposed for a longer or
a shorter period, to very low TEN.
perature, has noted a diminution in
will power, and often q temporary
weakening of the memory. Perhaps
the largest scale upon which this
action has ever been studied was dur.
ing the retreat of the French from
Moscow. The troops suffered ex,
tremely from hunger, fatigue and cold
from the latter perhaps most of all.
A German physician who accompanied
Il detachment of his countrymen has
left an interesting account of their
trials during this retreat. From an
abstract of this paper by DIR. Rose, in
the 'Medicinische Monatschrlft, wo
find that of the earliest symptoms re.
ferable to the cold WAS II loss of mem.
Dry. This was noted in the strong as
well as those who were already suffer
ing from the effects of the hardships
to which they had been exposed.
With the first appearance of n moder-
ately low temperature (about five de.
grees above zero Fahrenheit), many
of the soldiers were found to have for
gotten the names of the most ordinary
things about them, rs well as those of
the articles of food for which they
were perishing. Many forgot their
own names, and those of their com
rades. Others showed pronounced
symptoms of mental disturbance, and
not few became incurablo insane,
the type of their insanity resembling
very closely senile dementa. The
cold was probably not alone response.
bic for these effects, for zero tenn
perature is rather stimulating than
paralyzing in its action upon the well.
fed and healthy. These men were
half starved, poorly clad, worn ouS
with long marching, many already
weakened by dyseutery and other dis.
eases, and all mentally depressed, as
an army in defeat always is. II
needed, therefore, no very unusual
degree of cold to produce the psychic
effects observed under other circum-
stances only as n consequence of OK
posure to an extreme low temperature.
New York Advertiser.
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EVANSVILLE, w. VA, TUESDAY, April. D. 1895.
And then begin the record OF existence

And then begin the record OF existence
anew"
And up in the little room which he
had occupied rs n child. Rufus Mild
may slep tho first peaceful slumbers
which had descended upon his weary
eyeiids for many and many a night.
In tho midnight train from New
York came Rosamond Mildmay to Tho
Hemlocks, with pale, terrified face
and haggurd eyes.
ooh, mother, mother |" she sobbed /;
"where is he---my husband? He has
left me, and the letter on the dressing
table declared that he would never re-
turn alive Oh, mother, it is my fault
l have ruined him Help me, com
fort me, tell me what / shall dor
Mrs. Mildmay took her daughtor-in-
laws band, and led her softly to the
little room where her husband lay
sweetly sleeping.
Rosamond drew long, sobbing
sigh of relief, and clasped her hands
together as if in mute prayer at the
sight.
"4ush - said the old lady; edo not
wake him. He is worn out, both IN
mind and body. Only be thankful
that God has given him back to you,
almost from the grave.
Aud as the two women sat together
by the blazing logs in the crimson
parlor, Mrs NIildmay told Rosamond
the whole story of the meeting at tho
Black Pool
Mother" said Rosamond, with II
quivering lip, cit is my doing. You
warned me of this long ago. Oh, why
did l give no heed to your words? 1
deserve it alll'
"You will do better for the future,
my dear" said the old lady, kindly.
"Only be brave and steadfast."
So the young people went back to
New York and commenced the world
anew, withdrawing from the mael-
strom of Society" and living within
themselves. Mrs. Mildmay, senior,
came with them, and Rosamond is
learning the art of housekeeping un-
der her direction.
"Mamma is an angelI' says tho
young wife, enthusiastically. "And
if L could only be just like her, L
should have no higher ambition. 49,
Saturday NIGHT.
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WHOLE NO. Cos.
The BristleS OF the Hog.

"Chicago is not only the greatest
grain market in the western hemis-
phere," remarked the retired pork
packer to a Mail and Express re-
porter, ''but it is also the most exten.
siye market for hog bristles in the
world. Do you know that in those
two by-products of the pig, his hair
and his bristles, we do business of
500, 600 year out in the stock
yards? As the saying goes, nothing
is wasted about the pig except tie
squeal.
''The untrammelod life and pre-
tory grubbing habits of the Ameci-
can hog give n snap aud substance to
his bristles that cause them to be
valued by artists more highly than
those of the tame, domestic European
swine, except, of course, the wild
bears of the Hercynian forest. Along
the shoulders of the pig from between
the ears clear to the middle Of his
back run the stiff, spinous bristles
which are used for the painters brush.
Each hog will yield about half a
pound of them, as well hs a quantity
of hair which goes into felt hats. But
that's another story.
"rhe packers in the yards get about
five cents for the hair and bristles of
each hog. The bristle dealers have
their own men at hand to scrape the
slaughtered porker. Then the bristles
are separated from the hair and cured
for the market. For six months they
are spread out to dry, winter and
summer, over the fields in the suburbs
of greater Chicago. Acres and acres
are thus covered.
at Is better if the bristles can be
scattered on shed roof or raised
platform of some sort. The breezes
blow over them without turning a
bristle. But when the wind sets in
from certain quarter the hair grows
agitated, and uninitiated subur5anitas
mile away talk about thistledown."
New York Mail and Express.
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AlI Kinds OF Queer Pets.

Harry O. Hopkins, one of the young
est members of the Maryland Academy
of Science, has special fondness for
animals, says the Baltimore Sun.
Among his earliest pets were three
frogs, which he raised from tadpoles.
They became SO tame that they would
recognize his voice and hop eagerly
to him whenever they heard him
speak. His next pets were five screech
owls, which he kept in the garnet OF
his home. One of the owls, which no
called Bob, became SO accustomed to
his voice that it would screech back n
reply when called, and would haste to
join Mr. Hopkins in the low
er rooms of the house. Mr..
Hopkins had at 1er times
raccoons, opossums, foxes, white
mice and white rats for pets. The
latest pet in his collection was the
most unique of them all, and was per-
haps the only pet of the kind ever
heard of. 1t was roach-an ordi-
nary brown roach-that ran out of his
desk one day and took sip from q
drop of ink that had fallen on the
desk. Mr. Hopkins let the little crea.
ture Indulge itself undisturbcd, and
one day induced it to take n sip from
the point of his pen. After that to
tame the roach was an easy matter,
and he soon had it so tame that it
would como from its hiding place
when called, and would follow the
pen over the paper while Mr.. Hopkins
wrote. Mr.. Hopkins did not enjoy
the society of his little pet long. 4
new servant with mania for "clean.
ing up" and nntipathy TO reaches saw
the pet on the desk one day aud
killed 10.
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An Intcre.lInE Insnrancc Onc.llnn.

William Bailey, who has been buy
ing horses and shipping them South,
and who accidentally shot himself
through the right foot two weeks ago,
died OF his injuries this morning.
Bailey came TO Atchison from Fort
Scott. Shortly after the first OF tho
year he took out two accident insur-
ance policies, ono in the Fidelity md
Casualty Company for 5000, and the
other in the Standard Company for n
like amount. The latter company
claims exemption under q clause which
releases il If the insured is injured
while in the act of violating State
law Local representatives of tho
company claim that rs Bailey was shot
10y the accidental discharge Of re-
volver in his pocket, he was carrying
80 concealed weapon, and thereby vio-
lating the State law.--Kansas City
Journal.
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The Sparksloctting.

One of the novel idcns for transpor-
tntion over snow and ice which is TO
be intro luced this year is the sparks.
toetting or Norwegian sled The sled
consists of two tcu-foot long runners
Of seasoned pine, which arc about ON
inch thick and four inches wide,
turned up Mt the end like an old fash
toned pair Of skntos. Near the center
of the runner, little 60 the front of
the exact center, there aro fixed two
light uprights, three feet high, fitted
in some cases with light crossbar,
and these uprights arc guyed to the
turned-up ends by light but strong
pieces Of wood, so that they will re-
main rigid, the two runners are also
guyed across the ends ut the front to
keep them the right distance apart
Just behind each Of the uprights there
Is n foothole made on each Of the run.
ners by tiny blocks of wood, which
keep tho foot from slipping off and
gives it u front brace. Current Litera.
turo
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Midst of Salt Water.

In regard TO the fresh water
ponds" or ''shoals of green water"
which were discovered in the Gulf of
Mexico in 1894, L have gathered the
following facts The first and larger OF
the two is only about ten miles from
the mouth of the Mississippi, and is
believed to be ali immense spring,
such as would result from the open
ing of an underground river. This
belief is based on the fact that at
about the center of the water pond or
fresh water patch there is sand cone
the. gull. water at the apex ofthe cone
being only fifty-four feet deep, while
in all directions from it the depth j.
from GOO to 900 feet. The other fresh
water patch is about twenty five miles
from the mouth Of the Mississippi, in
twenty-seven degrees south latitude,
eighty eight degrees and twenty min
utes west. The best theory that has
been advanced to account Tor them
is that they are the mouths of enor-
nous underground and submarine
rivers which have their sources in the
Rocky Mountains. Such underground
rivers have been tapped at many
points in Texas, Indian Territory and
Kansas, and an old sea captain, en-
gagged in Central American trade,
says that the fact of such streams
bursting forth in the bottom of the
gulf has been known for q century,
ST. Louis Republic.
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WhnIcs Are rot FISH.

Whales were once Chased among
fishes, but they are really mammals,
for they arc warm-blooded and air
breathing animals, bring forth their
youug alive, and suckle them for some
time. The tail of the whale is shaped
like that Of fish, but is fiat sideways
instead OF up and down, and is often
twenty feet wide. Tho Greenland
whale grows TO be sixty 10 seventy
feet long, but the rorqual whale, called
by whalemcn razorback and fnbacls, he.
cause it has fin on its back, is proba.
bly, the largest Of all animals. rs it is
sometimes more than 100 feet long.
Some whales have twenty to twenty
five teeth OF different sizes, some Of
them weighing as much as thirty
pounds apiece. Their heads arc inn
mensc, and the liquid spermacoG and
oil taken from each head will often fill
ten or twelve barrels. The cavity OF u
whales mouth has been likeued 60 that
Of an ordinary ships cabin. The
tongue, which is soft and spongy, is
frequently ton feet wide and eighteen
feet long. The eyes are not larger
than those Of an OK. The young whale
measures at birth ten to fourt cen feet
in length, and IS tenderly cared for by
the mother for year or more. New
York Dispatch.
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/ DID NOT UNDERSTAND,
Because did not understand

Because did not understand
Her little ways,
let life's best slip from my hand,
In the old days
did not understand
Her subtletios of thought and speech,
Her finer sense,
Her maiden-liSht reserves seemed each
Cause of ofTense-
did not understand.
Some answer to her wistful gazc,
When she was sad;
\ tender word, little praise,
Had made her glad.
But did not understand.
failed to read the shy regard
That lay below
Her timid eyes, and SO was hard;
did not know,
l did not understand.
But when l saw the wonder rise
Oflovc that grew
And deepencd i'm her dying eyes,
oh. then knew;
Too late l understand.
The elusive, eager soul below
That look sedate:
The passionate tenderness know.
Too late, too late.
Oh, now L understand.
Boston Transcript.
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object of his selection. This perform.
SncN, apparently, does not startle the
others. They continue to bask undis.
turbed, seemingly Indifferent to the
fate of their comrade and awaiting
their turn like stoics. The female wal
rus with young, however, does not toll
crate the presence of the bear. She
regards HIM with merited suspicion
and promptly takes to tho water with
her offspring on his appearance.
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a MANS THOUGHTS.

Work. there is work to bc done,
whole days work in day;
From the rising sun to the setting sun
Work for all who may
Md the prayer of the working hand
Is the prayer OF the working heal
The clamorous prayer Of n hungry land
"Givo us our daily bread"
Fame, there Is fame to be- Won
A name that stands for name;
The prize when the race shalt be- run;
And the honors victory may claim.
Gold, and better than gold,
Power, and the worlds good will;
And better than all thousGndfold,
An honest conscicn"" still.
To suffer, and know no shame,
To conquer, and leave no ban.
To live rs giving, through praise and blame
Assurance Of a man.
George Cottcrcll. in Good Words.
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ADVERTISING RATS.

Advertisements will be inserted a. enc d |,
per square for the first insertion and :
cents for each subsequent insertion
Local, Business and Special notices
cents line, and no notice inserted Cor
than one dollar.
Legal advertisements win be inserted
the rates allowed By law and will, In all C
be required upon delivery Of certified cop
CHAR9Es FOB ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
county officers, IS; State and Congress, SIC
Terms for ctaniing advertisements NJ
known on application 10 the publisher. Z
JOE PRINTING executed with neatness
dispatch. GE-Orders by mail viii rec,
proupt attention
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TeIegranhr in DC Mnnntains.

One of the most elevated telegraph
lines in the world is that reported from
India. On the GilGt line two passes
have to be crossed, ono II, 900 feet
high and the other ID, 800. TIL enow
often lies at depth of from ten to
eighteen feet and the poles used are
thirty feet long. Yet this necessary
length is n danger, as it means more
leverage In gale and if struts and
braces are put up they afford IA chance
for the snow to accumulate and bring
greater pressure to bear. Strong
deodar poles are used aud the telo-
graph lines consist OF n solid II ONO
gencous steel wire of the greatest
strength made. Ole break was, how
ever, caused by the heavy snow made
wet by moisture from lake not far
away, but in the other pass the snow
is dry and slips from the wires easily.
The poles are planted close together.
Offices of observation are close by, in
each of which two Europeans are
stationed, leading a life in comparison
with which that spent nt sub marine
cable stations is riotous and crowded.
For many months tho passes are cut
off from mankind by the snow block
ade, but the empire must be main
tanned and commerce. go on. So the
oxiles, with their snowshoes, rations,
and instruments, held tho telegraph
fort. Chicago Timcg
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Effective scheme for Catching Rats.

One of tho funniest and, Mt tho
Same time, most effective schemes for
catching rats has been devised by j.
b.. Greene, of Garmon's. He has a
two-bushel washpot. which was half
filed with water and cotton seed. a
board was placed TO run from the floor
60 the top Of the pot for tho rats TO
walk mp on aud dive of. The largest
number caught in one night was four
teen and the smallest eight The total
catch was sixty-nine New York
World.
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I'VE pounds OF
grapes !" said old
Mrs. NIildmay, in
aston i s h IN c II /.
Are you quite
sure that you I'M
derstood your mis-
tress's order, Hes
ter? White grapes
are sixty cents n
pound, and surely
for so small Il dim
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Captain Hume, of Tacoma, Wash,
is said to be tho originator of the hall
but industry of tho Northwest, which
has come TO stay. Tho halibut are
found in vast schools in the Straits Of
Juan do Fuca and in other parts of
Puget Soiind, and it is sxpaet
----.---. N.-L \ NJ ~ 49,
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Eggs which arc imported from Bel
GUM are packed in fiat boxes holding
from sixty TO eighty dozen; tho inter-
affo..a 40 aIIe.1 10y .ts..-
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Living Beyond Their Means.
by HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

EgE1IVE pounds @
The Delta independent., 1895-09-18
County Court Proceedings.

The following cases have been dispos-
ed OF in the County court since conven-
ing for the trial OF jury cases, Thursday,
Sept. 9th:
Sims vs.. Sims-action for divorce; YER
dict for plaintiff and decree granted.
Hanoum vs.. Hauoum-action for di-
vorce; after hottly contested trial last
ing two days. the jury returned YER
dict for the plaintiff, Jennie P. Han
oum.
People VS.. Williams-The defendant,
Thomas Williams from near Crawford.
was found guilty by the Jury OF mali
cious mischief Fined $500 and costs.
amounting to 500 in all. The prisoner
gave bonds for payment Of the fine and
was released.
Delta Milling Co. vs.. Bear and Stew
art; verdict for plaintiff.
Stewart VS.. Stewart-action for di-
vorce; verdict for plaintiff.
Bear vs. Newell, verdict for plaintiff.
The jury was discharged at close of
Tuesdays session, aud the remainder OF
the term was devoted to the trial Of
court cases and legal questions.
The Delta independent., 1895-09-18

George Stephan, Of the Farmers and
Merchants bank, left Monday for busi-
ness trip to Denver.
A special to the Denver Times from
Hotchkiss says: "At citizens mass
meeting, held here Thursday, commit
tee was appointed to view and survey a
wagon road to Baldwin or some nearer
point on the South Park railroad if
practicable. Also a committee was ap
pointed to correspond and confer with
outside parties interested to obtain as
sistance in constructing said road. Par
ties who have been over the route say it
is not over thirty miles and not difficult
to build. The only wonder is that it
has not been built before. This will
bring the North Fork OF the Gunnison,
the finest fruit growing section OF the
Western slope, 100 miles nearer Denver
than any other fruit section west Of the
mountains and 1I5 miles nearer than
the present route this fruit is hauled
over"
The Delta independent., 1895-09-18
Time 10 Wake up.
GRAND JUNCTION, Sept. 0, 1895.

GRAND JUNCTION, Sept. y, lS.0.
Editor of Delta. (Colo.) INDEPENDENT,
DEAR SIR:-I am visiting Grand juno
ton for the special purpose OF seeing
display OF fruit from the far-famed
Western Slope, ard am delighted with
what have seen from Mesa and Mont
rose counties. l hear that fruit is also
grown in Delta county, and am much
disappointed at not seeing single
specimen OF the famous North Fork or
Garnet mesa fruit. What has happened
to Delta county that she was not either
publicly or privately represent by an ex-
hibit on this great occasion? Every
Delta visitor should be ashamed OF such
lack Of public spirit and enterprise on
the part of her leading citizens and fruit
growers. Until Delta awakes to the
fact that she is asleep she will be far be-
hind her reighbors in the development
OF her great natural resources.
Trusting you will insert this in your
next issue, l enclose my card and am
Yours truly,
lSvEsroR.
The Delta independent., 1895-09-18
Democratic County conv ention.

At request Of the County Central
Committee we hereby call a convention
Of said party to convene in the court
house at Delta, on Saturday, October
9TH at 3 o'clock p. m, for the purpose Of
nominating candidates for
County Commissioner. Dist. No. l;
County Commissioner. Dist No. ,;
County Clerk and Recorder;
County Treasurer;
County Assessor:
County Sheriff;
County Superintendent Of Schools;
County Judge;
County Surveyor;
County Coroner.
And for the purpose of selecting a
County Central Committee for the en-
suing year, and for the transaction Of
such other business NJ may properly
cone before said convention.
The basis OF representation will be one
delegate for every 40 votes, or fraction
thereof. cast for County Judge, 1894. in
Delta county.
The different precincts are entitled to
delegates az follows:
No. 1, Delta
No. :, Hotchkiss s.................. 5
No. 3, Crawford Observation-Disclosures. l
No. 4. Surface Creek ............... 3
No. 5, Paonia .................. 4
No. q, Delta. ................... >
W. +. RouESrsoS.
Chairman Co. Cent. Com.
H. H. SIXTH.
Secretary.
The Delta independent., 1895-09-18
Grand Army at Hotch,.iss.

will be bicycle races and base ball
games. A purse OF 5000 is already Sc
cured. outside OF entrance fees, for the
bicycle races. There will be Kitchen
on the grounds under the management
of the ". r. C.. where first class meals
will be served for 25c each.