The herald., 1897-02-28
CURRENT COMMENT

government $4,000 young salmon, to be
placed in the rivers of the Hawaiian is
lands.
A woman in Dahlonega, Ga, whose
husband died year ago. leaving her
with nine children to support, is running
her farm at a profit and putting money
in the bank.
The widow of Thomas A. Biddle of
Philadelphia has presented his law lib
rary and his collection Of etchings and
engravings to the law school of the
University of Pennsylvania
The railroad across Siberia is in work.
ing order from ST. Petersburg to a
point beyond Krasyonash. If the work
is carried on at the present rate of speed
1t is probable that the entire line may
be completed in 1898, instead of 1905.
Blackbrds are unusually abundant
in Georgia this year, and the supersti-
tious think 1t must be sign of some
thing or other. Recently an immense
flock of these birds over mile in length
passed over the town of Carrolltown.
A newly rich Englishman sent this
order to bookseller: Il have sixty feet
of shelving l want ten feet of poetry
ten feet Of history, ten feet of science
ten feet of religion, the same of novels,
and fill up the rest with any kind of
books.''
Recent statistics main tain the reputa-
ton of the Society of Friends for Ion
gevity. OF all the-m members of the soci-
ETY. who died last year in Great Britain
and Ireland. ranging in years from l to
101. the average was 60 years. 6 months
and 10 days.
Charles Willard of Battle Creek, Mich,
has recently died and left by his will
$4,000 to the public schools of the town,
an equal sum for a. building for the
Young Mems Christian association, and
$40, 900 more for the Baptist college at
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Careful perusal of western records
show that the south does not moriopolize
odd names. 1t is evident from the di-
vorce in Missouri of Buck Sigerfiip and
the marriage in Kansas of Pete Jugger-
snap. At Carthage, Mo-, Miss Trott is
secretary of the Keep Pace club.
A syndicate has been formed in Bos-
ton. which has offered $3.50, 900 for the
Hubs old public library building, Of
which 100000 will be paid in cash. This
offer appears to be satisfactory to all
concerned, but owing to slight techni-
cality, the matter cannot be settled at
present.
One way proposed for letting the state
of North Dakota out Of it's financial
straits is that each county be required
to pay the expense of maintaining it's
patients at the insane asylum, and a
bill has been introduced to that effect
The idea meets with considerable oppo-
sition.
The best theaters in Australia are usu-
ally built on English plans, but are man.
aged more like American playhouses
The prices charged are much less than
those cheerfully paid in England Dress
circle seats, or stalls" which bring $3.50
in London, will not sell for more than
.25 in Melbourne or Sydney.
Because a number of university pro-
fessors have Joined the socialist move
ment and spoken in favor of it, the Ger
man government has under considera-
tion the matter of their prosecution. 1t
is held that since they are paid by the
state, they have no right to join move
ment condemned by the state.
Russia's penal statistics, just pub
lished at st. Petersburg, show that in
the dominion of the czar the women
criminals outnumber the men by nearly
so per cent, just the contrary being the
case in other countries. Most of the
women criminals are unmarried, ard
the majority come from the laboring
classes in the cities.
The fad of collecting high art posters
is receiving a check in France, as it de-
serves to wherever 1t involves vandal-
ism. On all the posters recently put up
in and about Paris may be found
warming: las this poster can neither
be given nor sold, any one found with It
in his possession will be prosecuted as
receiver of stolen goods"
The largest diamond of modern times
is the Victoria or Imperial diamond
which cost 81 500, 600 1t is a perfect blue
h nI,1 11r;II
carats. The De Beers light yellow dia-
mond weighs 225 carats, and was bought
of an East India potentate. The Regent
or Pitt diamond, now in the Louvre, is
priced at 81 400, 000 although it may be
An organization of ranchere. known
as the Orange County Vegetable Grow
ers' association, has been formed, with
it's headquarters at Mcpherson, says the
Orange News. The officers are w. G.
Mcpherson, president; Ed Way, secre-
tary; f. II. Mcpherson, manager; w.
g. Mcpherson, Ed Way G. D. Tooth
oker, H. Loptien and F. D. Collins, di-
'ectors. The object of the association
is to promote the successful growing
and marketing of winter vegetables,
and good field is open to it in this To-
,allty. AT the present time there is ar
area of 100 acres of land in peas, of
which amount the new company con-
trolls at least one-half.
Acting on the advice of several hipn
who have known the delights
of hunting big game in Africa. and who,
with reason, apprehended the speedy
termination of the larger animals, If
the reckless slaughter of recent years
should not be forbidden, the English
government has determined to set apart
the coast region of Somaliland as a sort
Of elephant sanctuary" Hereafter
sportsmen will not be allowed to enter
that country except on the understand
ing that the elephants there must be al
lowed to live in peace and safety, and
that any infracticn of the regulation will
be severely punished.
Two caves of a size to make them i'm
oortant discoveries have just been found
n Kentucky. One was in the Chaplain
'lver bottoms, a few miles southwest OF
and the othe- on the old
Ellis place, near Milldale The first con
-ains many stone relics, and some dis
lance from the entrance has nicely fur
llshed room of ordinary dimensions. 1t |
$ walled with stone, that has been
lfessed, and the floor is composed of |
'oild rock. AS the Indian never reached |
Z degree OF civilization during his ex.
slence IN the dark and bloody ground" |
mat would lead him to construct such |
d supterranean retreat, the work is !
iouptlesS that of the prehistoric mound
builders. The Webb farm cave also has +
! huge room, and it is said has an iron /
loor at the entrance, indicating its Use
LIS q habitat ton at some time