The Portland daily press., 1897-01-16

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| The most remarkable gold beetles in
the world are found in Central America.
The head and wing cases are brilliantly
polished with a lustrs as of gold itself.
10 sight and touch they have all the
seeming of metal. Oddly enough, anoth.
er species from the same region has the
appearance of being wrought in solid
silver. freshly FURNISHED. These gold and
silver beetles have market value. They
are worth from S25 to $50 each.
| Perhaps the closest contest in any OF
the States at the recent election was that
| for the State Treasurership In South
Dakota. The Republican candidate won
it by ma jority of two votes in total
poll of more than 90 900. The result Was
| Rcquiesced In without contention. Inc
Bryan electors and State candidates won
the other offices.
The attention just now paid to Byron
makes Of timsly interest the acco unit OF
him given by John Murray, the publish
or, the third of the name "B5ron," he
says, appeared to mo rather short
man, with a handsome countenance le-
rnarkahle for the fine blue veins which
ran over his palo marble temples. He
wore many rings on his fingers and a
brooch in his shirt front, which was en-
broidered. Lord Byron's deformity In
his foot was very evident, especially as
he walked down stairs. He carried q
stick After Scots and he had ended
their conversation in the drawing room
it was a curious sight to see the two
greatest poets of ths age-both lame
stamping down stairs side by site.
One of CALIFORNIA; eager scientists is
constructing an airship of aluminium. 1t
Iast.one they built out there, which, if
we remember correctly, was made OF
imagination.
Professor s. N. Woodbridge of Los
Angeles, Cal, feels confident, says an ex-
change, that his steaming process for
killing bugs ana vermin on fruit trees
will prove great success. The treat
ment consists Of heating the atmosphere
about the tree to certain temperature,
about 100 degrees which does not injure
the tree, but kills all insect life. Large
light frames covered with heavy tar pa
per are used to enclose the tree and the
small boiler drawn in an ordinary wag-
on. The work is easily and quickly done
and costs only two to six cents per tree.
according to size. This should be done
Just before the trees blossom, taking care
that the temperature does not 60 ABOVE
1876 degrees.
1t is said in London that the tricycle.,
after several years of eclipse. is fast re-
turning to popular favor. 1t is especially
in demand now by riders who prefer
bicycle, but find the nervous strain OF
riding one too wearing.
Considering the continued increase
OF Cecil Rhodes's prominence, Olive
Schreiner's opinion of him is of interest.
She says that the South Afr lean dicta-
tor Ia Napoleon over again, but Napo-
leon in financial, industrial and politi-
cal world. He has all Napoleon's great
ness, not little of Napoleon's pettiness,
and he will fall some day, overw helmed,
as was Napoleon, by the corruption of
his own tools What Napoleon did with
steel Cecil does with gold. Around him
there is "a court of creatures who only
live to minister to his will, but who
would turn aud rend him tomorrow if
be were tripped up by fate. As Napoleon
thought Providence was always on the
side of the heavy battalions, so Cecil is
convinced there Ia no God SO omnipotent
RS that of the full purse -