The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
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ne Geological gardens Of the Prater at
Vienna just now, says q correspondent
| If the London Daily News. and she is
much admired Miss Maja" has an ex-
luisite bicycle. which she rides to per-
lection. initiating TO q nicely all the
movements of cyclists She jumps into
! he saddle without touching the pedal,
Kisses her hand to everybody while she
/ waits for the signal, then flies off at a
, splendid pace. From the wheel she
, Jumps on a trapezG, and then On the
, wheel again before ii can fail When
she has shown all her arts and gTaCes
she claps her hands. calling upon the
)ublic to applaud. She thanks prettily
Tor applause, by bowling and putting
her hand to her heart The monkey has
not been trained at all-only made to
look on while men and women cycled,
She has taught herself everything with
put any ones help. When money is
given to her she runs to her nurse,
takes her purse and puts it in. 1t has
been proposed to let her have one Of
the many cycling medals distributed in
Vienna, but the societies refuse to give
1t to her.
Another case of madness resulting
from the Hispano-American War has
occurred in Paris On this occasion
che mania manifested itself in a dis
agreeable manner for pedestrians in
the Rue de Tolbiac who had to pass the
house of M. Leon Normand, a man of
some fifty years of age. Leaning out Of
a first story window, NJ Normand adj
dressed passer-by in tone Of interro-
cation, 'Vive L Espagne, Monsieur"
AS he held revolver in each hand the
larger number Of persons replied with
deep conviction. Certainly. Long
Live Spain STR" and departed
with some precipitation. Two passers-
by. less accommodating than the others.
requested NJ Normaud, to hold his
peace. adding that they were on the
side Of the United States, The result
was that the mad man fred with both
TeVolveTs until they were empty. He,
however, only killed a cab horse. After
he fusilade he began to sing at the top
of his voice and continued until two
policemen also appeared at the win
dow, and after a struggle secured him
A woman dressed ia rags has been
arrested in Paris for begging on the
Grand Boulevard. At the police sta
tion she gave the name Of Adelaide
Berger. her age as 40 years, and an ad-
dress in an aristocTatic quarter of Pas
sy The policeman who went to make
inquiries found that the woman's hus-
band occupied a large house at the ad
dress given The Boulevard beggar
was found to be the possessor of large
fortune. and the mother Of two chill
dren For a long time she has been
victim of the vice of intoxication, and
has been in the habit. when under the
influence Of liquor, Of dressing herself
in rags and begging on the streets
Next day, as a penance, she visits the
poor persons recommended by chart
table associations and distributes large
sums in charity. The family of the
eccentric person, who was at once re-
leased by the Commissioner Of Police,
refuses 30 place her in an asylum.
The missionary zeal of Prince Ber-
madotte, the second son Of the King of
Sweden, does not seem to find favor
with all his cOmpatriots 1t is not that
they object to his travelling about the
country to spread the doctrines of mys-
tiCal tendency and to predict the
speedy end of the world What strikes
them as incongru0us is the combina-
tions Of these functions with rank of
Commodore in the Navy. The prince
never goes TO sea, and from his reli-
igious views. would probably objert to
firing a gun or launch torpedo King
Oscar is said 10 have offered his son
1.-THE Governorsbip of Gothand in the
event Of his retiring from the Navy
But the Inhabitants Of the island ex-
press much discomfort with this ar
arrangement. and suggest that Fl. r. Fl
might be more acceptable as a bishop.
Supplying work people with cycles
Is spreading in Germany The latest
example in that direction has been
given by the Portland cement works of
3Karlstadt in Bavaria. which has pur-
chased twenty-si2 machines at a cost
iof 1853. and distributed them among
some OF the hands The latter
are charged IS to los month
Tor repayment Of same. but as the
.woTkpeople Ray matter o! Is
a month on the average for railway
fare, which their machinea save them
once for all. besides allowing them to
get home in twenty minutes. instead of
having sometimes to wait an hour for
a train. this measure of the firm al
most amounts TO giGt.
May has been made musicaIly notable
here, writes a Belfast correspondent by