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THE ALLIANCE-IN JIKrKHDOT. AMIL 27.1813. asTeuHso JASJcMILLAMCO. MAIN IIOUSK, 200 to 212 FIRST AVE. NORTH, MnnmAPOLis, imsnr 1 (i fc M pao-aiBTO0Trie BRANCHES) Winneapoli. ST yj) Sheepskin w vh&l xportr$ of Tannery. HELENA, MONT. FINE NORTHERN FURS. REFERENCES BY PERMISSION. Saeuamr Baas e Minn.. Mmaaaeoua. Mim. Ft. Daaaaoa n.t. B, Cwmo, In. Moarut National Bn, H.l.h. Mont. Fimt National Bank, Gaaav Fana. Mont. Finot National Bank, 8oan.F'L.Wam. Nat. Bank q Comm.aoi, St. Louis. Mo. Liberal Advances Made on Shipments against Original Bill of Lading. Shipments Solicited. Write for Clrtular. Shipper, from thU State Correxind with and Con cilia to Muueapull Huune. W. J. WROUGHTON & CO.. Cambridge, Furnas County, Nebraska. IMPOBTEES OP Shire, Tlvde, Tercheron, Itelglan, Ger nan. and Oldenberg Ceacb, French Coach. &ZaZIZI iwMBirewacB, anavMjTewnu uaj a. a a Tift Handle More Horses Than Any Finn in KeMaska. We Import onr own horses thus saving the customer the middle man'i profit. Buyer' have the advantage of comparing all breeds side by side at our stables. e Have 40 Good Young Acclimated Horses on Hand. An Importation of 40 arrived October 1. We tfiarantee all 0'ir hone, to be sound l every respect. We make farmers companies a specialty, havnn a syataia whereby can organize companies and insure eosoiuiesaccesa. e Will Send a Man te Any Part of the State, On application to assist In erganlzlnfr companies. We rive lou tlms nu eaabllng 9 chasbers to pay for born from services. Correspondence promptly answered. Hen tlon this papeT. Address, W. J. WROUGHTON & CO., Cambridge, Neb GUELPH 2:164 Champion of Nebraska Tracks. Winner of the fastest heat and the fastest three heats ever trotted by 4 ta"lon In the Stat 6lr of MD.ti, 3 year-old record 2:24; Anxiety, 3-year-old record 2:-S; Oueipli Jr , 4-year ld record HiiWi; Judge Greabam, 3-year-old rcord iM. n.. v.i... "u ;v! "r.r wll.z " " "r ....... u... V.. L.nr imrv m dam Bonnie Lassie by HambleUra- lan nis aire M s-imceiw. um i -" -- 10 GuelDh has been a consistent campaigner, aim mm u Baiui!. - ---- - -- d He has sle style, color and speed, all of which Th.B h Tlnlte lph will trot a mile In 2: 10 or bettor this season. barring accident. He has ti roue daw lie lived r hVshow nY hat his rord la no me Lincoln, Neb.. 24th and O Sts. Service fee W, MONTE CARLOS 9947. . i. .k. ....i .i ni.l Klrerf Sr WllkT dm Ii3y y; p. il W..n of Karly Jay Wrt :. U swey Sv. dam of Galileo Ki8:li.'. McUreRor WllUes 2:27(4). by Mambrlno Star -! 2d dam Xady Franklin ?:H (dam of CottaKe oirt Monte Carlo. Is the sire or uan nenuee, x - year th Kn AA(rtuu all ritiirnuhlpatioiiH to Cor. 24th and 0 8f . A T- TURNEY & SONS, Lincoln. Neb. N EBRASKA X..L E C O M P A N Y . Lansing Theatre Building, Lincoln, Nebraska. ALLIANCE STATE State Agent quotes prices A good common flour at 90 cts. per 100. White Rotte flour at 11,50 per 100. Silver Leaf " " 1.75 " " Prime Brow Sugar $4.00 per 100. Best Granulated Sugar $5.65 per 100. Fine Uncolored Japan Tea 25c per lb. ii ! ii i2ic Good Coffee 20c per lb. A full lino of Spices, Pepper, Cinna mon, Cloves, Ginger, Mustard, Al eplce, etc., at 20c per lb. One gallon best coal oil with glass caa 40ceuts. J. W. HARTLEY. Dr. McClellan & Co., STAR MEDICAL AND Spe inerlal attention Riven to the treatment of Pilvat and Chroule Diseases of th mouth, throat and lung. We also have a radical cure for catarrh in all Its forms. Our own Wery IMIea or Heiiu.rrhoiiU llmire ami all diseases of the rectum Positively cured with- noeo llsroverv out the use of knife canst In or litfature. All forms are iKmllively and satlHtetrlly riired. Opjfc i-t Jamos Hotel, Hi Temple lllock PILES, FISTULA, and all other Dlesasea of the Reoturoeured br Dra. Thornton & Minor, Kaneaa City. Mo without knife, nature or rintl-no money to be p.O.I nnilt put lent Is cured. We aiw SukaieeUilty f ltw.-ol tt .muii ami UiHeaws of the skiu. Ilewsre of all U.K-t.rs ho want any part of their ! In a Ivau.n, ev,-n a n-.t lu the eu.l you wilt and them swii slve luvurie Heil ..r lr. uir iftvu.rf iiiiin- nl huiulre.i who h:v bwn i-iirml by K, uti b tiavuldharirsaiitliiu k ti ll S . I .Veil Ninth street. It minsl -t,' At Hunker II UU JDootov l-a.iiois & Co., Successor to DR. SPIMNtY A. Cj. Nerv.Mi. rbronle ami rlleln-ol mn aud mhbu m' e.fuliy lr!d. Young iiisx uffHiliig (rum ilsrangefn-Ml of kldaev or who are troubled with eSiiM. aervoas il.WUIjf, iHMt-iry, Ur.p iii Umy m any pntais 41 ssw.eau ber Hud a .jnwnly earn. Mladic Aged Men. Th.rs ate tn.Mjr Irmiblml by l-w rivnu,.ii ,ve slisbi .w.hiu? biiinies MHMii.in a-l .t'u'iet fr l"hs rtif w b rniea piirju . Kit.! ui.Kir rut. .utli. an.inl tl,.l fcf lii wet 'il ( .kllf'il n. I iitiitg et.l wKh. Mil (r un fc i.i t.. fa'tietiltr 1i...Uiiuj J.... .M -l !. t nil sn l m a. s'l'l n"l f . I' t k4 twiuti.ia i u.uwtl'H (m. .Vlo.nlm this psr Al4 llr fraa is A i' . ksn-as n, Bm-iiM injm 1.4 r.i.it AUCTIONEERS. Z. S. BRANSON, WAVKKLY. NKU, LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER. Makis sale, lit N.I it sa l t)t sialaa Na pi t'iui Mifa f si tiil.u'a 'rle ivamoiati. t'MrHil ntauUal sa SattlafavlMMi nswMenJ tt. WSJ? DAkHS ANO 1X0TBSS. COUNTRY AND PACKER Green Salted HIDES, Calfskins, Drj Hides, Pelts, Furs, Wool, Tallow, Grease, Deerskin, GiNSNa A Siwca Root. a. a. 11 I . U ak111 jvaa . -.-- ' .,, h,,,. ihat.vr of Ms sd, tiuelph will make the season at with the usual return privilege he Hnnta flrlsto (brother to Lumps 2:21) 7 nth.,r. that - uiu t.i ulni,f. cor. 24th and O streets. Send catalogue, Tne finest Una of wheels In the west. A lare line of all grades and prices, both new and second hand,, always in stock. HeMt repair shop west of Chicago in connection. Good Agens Wanted. Apply Early BUSINESS AGENCY, on the following goods. Soda i and Butter cracker 6c per lb. U cases. 40 Grain vinegar in lugs, 25c per gal Lemon extract 2 oz. bottles 50c per doi Vanilla " " " 55c " Finest full cream Y A cheese 12Jc lb A good Overall for only 50c. An extra good overall for 65, Rockford half hose 75c per doz. ' " best made tl.05 a dot Write for anything you eat or wear Stae Agt., 28 8. 11th St., Lincoln. Net SURGICAL INSTITUTE. of Diseases of Men In all conditions of life WHOLESALE BICYCLES For further information call on or address, J. P.McCLELLAei, M D Kansas City. Mo. itit of Ibo his! lr. e'wn Bfeompsnlsd br us in iii in mniMt tu fsH.iil 'm 4t Ml a l ew i im-Het is !! a. !"(( Ihm ! lliifiu.'blr u-nlrliult V-' if . al tu4iiu ut iin tst l!l all null Sir J ! wmisr-es l a'.i i'Hrf, ii . I an I i il faint I yi ) lt fiau.iy Ull iu CCCnCt ALFALFA, CLOVBR. OCCUOe CANE, M I L L K T, SPRINtt WHKAT. KAFFIR, KlCKanlj Jertmhiitt Corn, Yellow as I WMtsjj M'ta M.'eo, III And WMU. Utiles. lUrlry, Ilrowtt !)Hour, Oalor HeW-Uj 1 1.,,.. 1 1 1 1 . .1 1 f VLV" l'1 Ul.ru I INMMIN, Ciaslea tty,j Kets.as, j MY PEN AND I. We travel In lands that never were known L'mler the tjr. And gather oreain howers that aever have grown. My pen and L We Bad our friend who are absent and dear. Ah. me! an. mv: And we m!n -If the Ink with many a tear, My pen aim I. Now, one must will, and the other obey, Ana inn is way We tell the story of years In a day, My pen and I. Some of you smile at a story of Jent, And others su;h. But together we do our nuiuble best, My pen ana I. And after awhile we shall both be laid yuletly by When the lust journey together we've made, My pen and l. Tfce HouseUi eper. THE CULPRIT FAY. 'No. I have never seen in any EuroiHan drawing-room u folleetlon of fttiter women," said Walter hunger to a young brother lawyer who stood with him in tho doorway. Shall I Introduce you to Miss Lcland, who, amid all this array of loveliness, still holds indisputably tho position of Iwlle? You see horat tho head of the room, just replying to the pretty speech Sturgis has been making to her. Will you come, Sanger?" No; I believe not, thank you, Gray. Somehow I don t care for belles; they're monstrous in their ring. Hut can you tell me the name of that young lady sitting alone by the jardiniere and trifling with its flowers? I should like an introduction to her, if you have the ability and inclination to give it me." Mr. (iray glanced at the spot des ignated, where sat a slender, grace ful girl, clad simply in white muslin. and with a wreath of delii-at-j (lowers placed lightly upon her classically moulded head, which was also adorned with a vant amount of soft, silkv. eolden brown hair: her com plexion was pale and clear, and 'her la'-ge hazel eyes had a liquid, dreamy look, like one whose mind hmil con tinually sweet converse with itself independently of the small amount of intellect iieceixary to carry on a ball room conversation. Why, that's my cousin, Lucy Lee. She is a sweet girl; but I rather wonder at your preferring her to Miss Iceland. Whv. mv mind is somewhat fatigued with going over my argu ment for to-morrow that villain l ay, you know and 1 fancy that queenly Juno would demand a man's whole attention and wit directed to malting her the compliments and pretty speeches to which she has been ac customed. Now, yon sweet maiden, with a name as sweet, carries repose in her everv look and attitude she ooks refreshing.1' Charles (iray laughed a little, but ho was accustomed to what he called his friend's little oddities, and so, taking his arm, led him up and in troduced him to Miss Ixjo. Tho youn lady bowed her graceful head, smiled faintly, and by a half look in timated to the young gentleman that he might place himself on the sofa on which she sat. Charles (iray, having thus disposed of his friend, hastened to mingle his tribute of admiration with those already offered before the goddess of the evening tho queenly, imperious Maria Leland. As a cotillon was just forming, Mr, Sano-er invited Miss Lee to join it, and was delighted to find that her slender form was as graceful in mo tion as in repose. At tho end of the dance they seated themselves in small recess where stood a marble table covered with beautiful engrav ings. Miss Leo, without interrupting the conversation, began to turn them over carelessly. One in particular seeming to attract her attention, she turned to the young lawyer, who had been meantime inwardly admiring her straight and delicate eyebrows, and said, gayly: What an interesting creature that culprit Fay is." The culprit Fay! Is it possible Miss Lee, that I understand you to speak admiringly of him?" "Why, certainly. I am quite in love with him myself, and do not wonder in tho least that tho maiden whom he loved permittod his caresses?" "ISeally, Miss Lee, I must bog leave to wonder e jually at your tasto and your morality. If I comprehend you meaning, you consider that neither the culprit, nor Hie young person who admitted his attentions, was to blame. " Miss I.00 glanced with a half smile at the Hushed faeo of the speaker, hut lh look of sui prise and contempt which she encountered aroused her pride, and she merely replied In a cold and somewhat haughty manner: May I ivquc!.t you to conduct mo to my mother, who is in the next room ?" Walter Sanger presented h's arm, without a woni, and when I.uey had seated ltetelf by the kldo of a hand some and elegant womun, w lioiu she called iiiunimu. tho Venn:.' couple parted with merely u formal lw. Who U thai, my loto?" asked .Mrs. .i. "Il! is very huii'Uoiue. " "Alt ea.itjied hilittt'C, I Mlrl," aii.rtei.i I her daughter iuieily; hut at thU moment t hai li (iray liroiiiii up his friend MurjjU. ht triumph antly led away il' f.r ulii to )lti a ta'.U ijiittiirille. As tho gay company wei- hitting the c no tl their le.tlvlti, t ha!x Ufay put his arm htt that of hi friend hit, and said; tVine .(ui.'et', wVU walk homo to- j-ether, and )im may tinWl. n )tr wM. e.lWr l U U.v tiue.tl.m i.r ',n,U-'U, Wr Hi ,M!4" . kl . I uhappi tl to enbi'cH a 1-0 r.'a.uH.t,4 for ili- of (fl(,( , lm ,ltry rjS,.tv atpiul m( u.Muled. Ury, hut h. 1 it posslblf) for so molet and sweet looking a girl as your cousin to have such loo e views of morality?" What do you .ueun, Sanger 1 ou did well to be-speak" my patience, for this is an insult both to my cousin and mvself. I am sure that you can not find, among all the women you ever saw, one more pure In feeding. or more rigid in moral sense, than Lucy Lee." So I could have sworn, from her face; but what do you think of her calling Dick Fay an interesting crea ture, and saying that nhe did not wonder at Susan Marsh accepting his addresses, and that she was half in love with him herself?" "Impossible!" "I give you my word as a gentle man, (iray, that she said those very words. 1 never was so shocked in all my life as to hear that sweet voice and those classic lips defend so vile a wretch." "There Is some mistake here, my friend, which I will unravel, for I cannot allow such charges to be made against my almost sister, with out either demanding an apology or being satisfied of their truth, They had now: reached tho hotel, and with a somewhat formal "good night" they parted. The next day Walter Sanger made a brilliant and able plea before tho supreme court, in a divorce case then pending between one Kichard, or more com monly called Dick Fay, who had crowned a life of debauchery and wickedness by deceiving and running off with a young girl named Susan Marsh. Sanger was rotained for the plaintiff, a much-abused and ex cellent woman. It was his first im portant case, and was regarded by all who heard him speak as a triumph of which the oldest lawyer at the bar might well be proud. In tho evening tho young lawyer sat alone in his ofllco, his head lean ing upon his hand and his thoughts dwelling not on his late brilliant suc cess, but upon the deep hazel eyes and rose-tinted cheek of the fair Lucy 1x50. His reverie was interrupted by tho entrance of Charles Gray, who greeted him with an expression be tween vexation and merriment "Do you know, Sanger," said he, that you have made a precious laughing-stock of yourself? Why, man, don't attempt again to go into company without a little pugo to In cessantly troad upon your to?s and remind you that you are not in a court of justice, and that young ladies are not usually thinking of di vorce canes, or at least do not make them subjects of conversation. " "What do you moan, Gray?" "Why, my dear epitome of lilack etono, did you ever hear of an Ameri can poet, Drake's beautiful ballad of the culprit fay, who lovod an earthly maiden, and was tried beforo the fairy king, and" "Oh, what a fool 1 have made of my self and how insulted Miss Leo must feel." And poor Sanger jumped up and began striding up and down his pfiice, "To bo sure you have," my dear fellow, chuckled Charley Gray; "and as for Lucy, when I explained the case to her as well as I could (for she had never heard of Dick Fay, and I didn't like to say much about him to her), she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and so she did both." , "Oh, what a blundering idiot she must think mo poor girl to be so in sulted! Will you can you, Gray, get her consent for me to come and make my apology?" "Why." taid Charley, with a gleam of fun In his eye, "I asked her to let you come, and at first she said no, very flatly, but then I told her you were a vory innocent, quiet sort of man, very little used to ladies' so ciety, and probably did not know that such matters wore not common topics of conversation at evening parties" "Why, you made me out a porfect fool." "Well, you called yourself one a minute ago; but Lucy said finally that if you were such a modest, harm less sort of person why, I might come to-night and bring you to make a call upon Mrs. l-ee; so come along to your hotel and change your coat, and then I will take you to expiate your offense by being as agreeable as you know how." "Lucy, dear, said Mr. Sanger to his wife ono evening, when their marriage was some three months old, will you go to the theater, or shall I read you 'The Newcomer?'" We'll stay at homo, love," said I.ucy, with the archest and most be witching of smiles, "and vou shall read me. not 'The Newcouies,' but The Culprit luy.'"-N. Y. Journal Old r HitlUii MIHTM .irr. (lid 1 ngllsh silverware Is much in deiDtiud jtistiiow, and genuine pieces. esieciaUy those ef M'turlo Interest, fetch high prices. There Is welal int. rest in tableware of the seven teeiith. et'htivnth and earlv nlne- teenlli cenlurle. As both tea and coffee came Into iho in llnglnnd near the middle of the n'Velit'e!ith cen tuiy, some if thewi coffee pots and teapots are among the curliest of t ut'lMi iiitiko. hu n then tho device of the vio.n handle, tle.lgned loin- t'l po a ttiiiicotiituctor Itelneeli the hand and the hot m-t.l. had coino iltto !. The W ii? ht coffee pot ai lfi;e, stai'ie !, with htlie ei iunii- nt and li t striking crto o of toim, hut rather a lok of sUdity and a u ge.tioii of colii and cuu ft.i t 'I ln. !! in.' the ha t marks of th oid atlver.tu tit are U.uttil to W accepted a genuine, ttbrf eiia Ira Ms-tat At Ih-dditch. Jin' Ian. I, ;H h peo ple n,i!e nmre than oMi'KvH'i) Bi'.d a jeai', and II. cy are made and i spirted cheaply tht I I'g land has tut 1 Wat In this country aud f radically iuouplUc the t.atti), LIGHT AMUSEMENT. "And why, Jennie, did yoit tell Willie you wouldn't tie hia little wife? "Tause he didn't ast till he Unowed I had a new sixpence." Doctor I reallv. Mteve you have some kind of poison in your system. rat tent, gloomily I shouldn't wonler; what was that last stuff you gave me. First New Yorker I rode down on the elevated this morning. Second New Yorker Very crowded? First New Yorker Not in the least; I had a strap a . to m -self. "Call that a bunk?" sal i he, as he gazed ruefully at the only sleeping place he could get "Certainly; what do you call it?" "I call it bunko; that's what I call it" "Who makes the laws, father?" "Our legislators, my son." "Well, then, what are lawyers for?" "They are created, my boy, to explain to leg' islators the meaning of their laws," Kindly Old Gent Well, my little man, what would you like to ba when you grow tip? Little Man I'd like to be a nice old gentleman like you, with nothin' to do but run around and ask qut-btion. At a Swiss Hotel Landlord Go and wake the gentleman at No. 7. Hoots Hut he told me to wake him In a couple of hours. Landlord Nonsense; wake him now. He neither eats nor drinks anything so long as he is asleep. "How uo you sell your eggs, mifrter? said a lad to a grocer. . "HeV' en for sixpence, my lad." "Seven for sixpence? ' said the lad; "that's six for flvepence, five for fourpence, four for threepence, three for twopence, two for a penny and one for nowt Aw think I'll tak' one." NOTES FOR NATURALISTS. The German government spends f40, UK), 000 every year for the creation and preservation of forests. An owl and a hawk engaged in a furious battle at Scranton, Pa , last week, which proved fatal to the latter. A gamecock and a fox had a battle near Scranton, l'a., the other day, which resulted in an easy victory for the former. The bones of the whales the German kaiser slaughtered in the North sea last summer are to be turned into fur niture for the Norwegian boat-house at Totsdam. A good imitation of maple sugar enn be made by flavoring ordinary brown sugar with an extract of hickory bark. It is said to be almost indistinguish able from the genuine. The editor of a Georgia paper says that paper money is full of bacteria and disease germs. At latest accounts the editor himself was in fine health. He says it is unnecessary for him to quarantine his office sgalnst pape money. His subscribers protect him amply in that respect. I Swans are not hard to raise; they sell at 110 to 875 per pair. A Yankee farmer at Hlddeford, Ma., is making quite a success at swan breeding, am; his profits must bo quite large each season. The average hatch yields from three to six young swans, They hatch usually about June, and mature in fourteen months from birth. They are very cross when with a brood, and need watching constantly unless penned up closely, SAYINGS OF SAGES. When we destroy an old prejudice we have need of a new virtue. Mme. de Stael. A goose flies by a chart which the Royal geographical society could not mend. Dr. O. W. Holmes. , An idea, like a ghost, according to the common notion of ghosts, must be spo'jn to a little before it will explain itself. Dickens. There are but few proverbial say ings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences. Cervantes. The monument of the greatest man should be only a bust and a name. If the name alone Is insufficient to illus trate the bust, let them both perish. Landor. Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes accidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild goose chase and is never attained. Hawthorne. No one sees the wallet on his own back, thongh everyone carries two packs one before, stuffed with tho faults of his neighiMirs, the other be hind tilled with his own. Old Proverb. FACTS AND EVENTS. In Finland and East Turkestan thunder storms are wholly unknown. The I'nited States runk seventh us a naval aiwer. An alkaloid prepared from an tropin (n active p'inciple of lietladonnai, which la used by ophthalmic aurgcou to cxf.uel the pupil of the eye. Is said to sell for toii a pound. During the reign of Eltiatx'th, Keg lUh dudes wore shoes three feet in length, the toe pointed and fastened iiptothe garter with golden chain, to which little be!U were attached. The ineiliculco nuiilteeof the l ancer hijUit of l.oiohn declare that to iHHtot neither j.i.-l;M..e t nor rv elUi cancer f ino itioa, and that they are n t Injurious to the auffei'hur from thU ducaw, but, on the contrary, are a wholesome artie'e .f tilt-1, partis ularly If enoWrd. Alexander the Great, tha conqueror nf the world, died when he was thirty to years old M uoi.e e-f hasoey.lhe f rrati t captain and iir-iin of his j tune, tlied at the same atfe, 'I he duke j of Weimar, one of A h! hu gcueril, j die t at the ge if thirty sis, while thii'ava ,Vhlhi died w holt hew as j thirl, eight. INmaLlha great Frviifti writer, an I llaphavi, the geat lUlUu j artist, both died at th rty-aewit. I TRICKS AND TRAITS. Splinter pulling bees, at which the boys employed in the kindling wood mills extract the splinters aecumTdated daring the day out of each other' hands, la the latest form of amusement down East An observant sporting man of New York notes that of the two doctors Austin Flint the younger Is now offer ing the heavier odds. The sign of one reads, "Dr. Austin Flint; 10 to 1," that of the other, "Dr. Austin Flint, jr., 11 toL" A unique theft st as lately committed by Louis Dourgard of Paris. While he was riding in a cab, he ripped open the cushions, tied the horse hair into a parcel and left the vehicle. When arrested he was in the act of pawning the horse hair. A gentleman of Downderry, Corn wall who thrashed a man for annoy ing some lady bathers, was fined ! 0 by the local court but the ladies the neighborhood at once collected money among themselves and pre sented him a gold scarf pin set with diamonds and a check for $150. A New York book lover devised a scheme to protect himself from book borrowers. His plan was to mark the price in plain figures in all his books. and when any hotly asked to borrow a volume he cheerfully answered, 'Yea, with pleasure." Then he would add, looking at the fly-leaf, "I see the price of this work is so and so you may take it at this figure, which will of course bo refunded when the volume is returned." Those who really wanted the books made no objection to leaving the deposit, while those who lazily wanted to avoid a journey to tlu nearest library generally failed to take the loan. The old gentleman' library was in this way preserved in tact GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES. An earthquake wave once crossed the 1'aciflc in twelve hours, or over six miles a minute. Some Oregon farmers are going to experiment with semi-tropical crops. They will try cotton, tobacco, broom corn and sorghum. Iloston, with its cutting east wind, would seem to be the last place fof consumptives. But a Iloston man de clares its rigorous climate will certain ly cure all who can be cured, while ii will only hasten the death of those who can not be cured. A mound situated near Fort Gaines, Ga., is reputed to be the largest in this country, and is believed to be un doubtedly the work of the mound builders of olden times. Its base is said to cover nearly two and one-half acres, and running up at an angle of about forty-five degrees, it protrudes to a height of about 100 feet The Colorado Midland railroad at Hagerraan pass is 11,528 feet above sea level. The elevation of the rail road station at Leadville Is 10,103 feet Denver and Rio Grande trains go through Marshall pass at an elevation of 10,853 feet The highest point of Hayden pass is 9,198 feet, and of Bath 9,528 feet, both measurements being from the track of the Colorado Mid land railroad. , Sable Island, Which is about a hun dred miles nearly east of Halifax, has lately changed its position. Sailors never know whether last year's chart is a safe guido for navigation in the adjacent waters. Many a ship has been wrecked upon Its treacherous coast It has been called the cemetery of tho ocean, and it deserves the name. It would have no population if the Canadian government did not find it necessary to support a score or so of people there to look after the lighthouses and care for castaways who are thrown upon the island. SAYINGS AND DOINGS. Silver scissors for cutting bunches of grapes are a table novelty. The latest Philadelphia fad is to fill the fingers with rings to the knnckles. An American flag made entirely of acorns is a curiosity exhibited by t Baltimore man. After mourning the death of his wife for only five days a Brooklyn man took to himself a second wife. Three brothers named Carr were married by a fourth brother, who is a clergyman in Newark, N. J. A safety envelope just patented is so folded and pasted together that It cannot possibly be opened without be ing entirely destroyed. The late Charles T. Bradley of Mil waukee who left an estate valued at $1,350,000 gave it all to his wife and made her sole executrix of hb wllL ' Mrs. Rose Tonquay of Blddeford,' Maine, died tho other day from the ef fit ts of a surgical operation performed In an attempt to remove a pin which had been in her ear for eight years. Sometimes insane people are Con scious of their pwn condition. At an entertainment lately given la an aj itint one of the patients laid to an other; "Let's stay here by the door and ee the eray people come la." "Why. we're the cray people," re plied the other. FAMOUS BEAUTIES. The Uonutn matron Cornell was all and commanding. iki nte'a Beatrice was nobly planned and of commanding presence, cnohia, the w ife of (Menatu, Wat ' tall and extremely handsome. tire. Un Helen, according to report. ! wa- . Ir.-M w.i.iir.Ei .if frrMt tu-jailte. Diait tie IVIiier. the beauty e I' rami 'a time, wan remarkably talk Mine, Uehsnt deriU Marl An toinette aa large aui auperhly Mod eled." The poet Arioaia loved Alexandra St IM I, who was a beautiful worn on "targe u4 magulnceut aval.