The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-02
VARIETIES.

The army OF Bolivia costs the people OF that
impoverished country 81, 500, 900 year.
Garlbaidfs daughter is engaged on book de-
scriptve of her fathers home life.
spring of good water claim in Okla
homa adds $500 to the value of the claim.
1t is said that robbers are convicted by vote
or the community in some parts of Japan.
There s New York woman who is but 40
years old. and has been married eight times
during that period.
The wire suspension bridge over the Niagara
is nearly 500 feet in length and is suspended eco
feet above the river.
A negro boy OF Cherokee, Ga. who at
tackled by three rattlesnakes and bitten several
times, recovered within few days
There is miniature Indian corn grown in
Brazil. The not larger than a little
finger and the grains the size of mustard
seeds.
The Beard OF Education of Mt. Vernon ILL.,,
has decided that cigarette smoking boys may not
attend public schools. They must give up smok-
ing or be expelled.
A beggar who died few weeks ago in Auxerre,
France was found to have million francs in
bonds in q trunk and in his cellar 100 bottles OF
wine Of the vintage of 1890.
1t is said that Zimmerman, the American
cyclist, has .OOa in his in
Europe during the past season. Wheeler and
Banker, two other cyclists from this side. also
cleared from $1,000 to 5000 each.
Close Resemblance Du Maurcr the
novelist, and Alma Tadema the artist, stu
dents together at Antwerp. and resembled each
other closely that they hardly distin-
guishable apart until Du Maurer lost the sight
of an eye and began to wear blue spectacles.
comparison of the maximum temperature in
different parts of the world shows that the Great
Desert of Africa is by far the hottest. This
vast plain, which extends 1000 miles from east
to p-pct and
said to have a temperature of 100 degrees Fair
enheit in the hottest days Of summer.
The government of Madrid has made a move
ment toward the formation of association of
wine exporters to introduce into this country
such Spanish wines will find sale 1t has, in
addition. promised financial support. possibly in
the way of a bounty, all goods shipped to the
United States.
The boat had pulled away from the shore some
10 or IS feet when Ole Olson reached the bank in
great anxiety to get aboard His friend Nels
Nelson, stood the deck and waved frantically
bowling in the meantime: "Yump, Ole, yump
aye tank We max eet in a couple of yumps' :
Clay Center Kan) Times.
Charity and personal force are the only invest
ments worth anything.
Who has been wise receives interest,
Savage, felon, president, judgef farmer. sailor,
mechanic, literate. young, old, it is the
same.
The interest will come round-all will come round
Walt Whitman.
Interesting Letters.-Dante Gabriel Rossetti' 5
letters to his family will be published in
London, together with memoi, of considerable
length prepared by his brother, William Michael
Rossetti. The letters are addressed to rela-
tives, principally his mother and his brother,
and fully annotated to explain all al
lusions. They range from his boyhood the last
months OF his life There will be nine portraits,
eight from paintings of Rossetti. representing
himself and the person addressed, the other a
portrait of his wife, done by himself
"A Tangible lnstrumentalty.'-The specialized
lasse from Boston had taken country school in
the Southwest, and about two three weeks
after she had begun teaching of the trustees
visited the school. We'll. how you getting
along:'' he asked. Very nicely now. thank
YOU, she replied, but it was very hard at
first Us that SOP ''Oh, yes, YOU in the
beginning | tried moral suasion a coercive
measure but failing in that | resorteI to Il tan
gibe instrumental "A what?'' gasped the
simple minded trustee. "A tangible instrument
tality,'' she repeated sweetly, "a good. stout
hickory switch, don't you know. detroit Free
Press.