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THE EED CLOUD CHIEF, FMDAY, APRIL 9 1897.
MLYSTICAL AUSTRALIA
DESCRIPTION OIT THE OREAT
SOLITARY DESERT.
Marvelous -Canons Never renetrated hy
Rajs from the Bun How the Native
DrciiMi, and Home of the llarbaroua
Cnitomi.
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AHAOM)0N.
(Special Letter.)
rHAT portion of
Australia which Is
known ns tho Soli
tary desert region
Is practically an,
arid desort. T,her
, Is no doubt that at
soma former period
It had an abundant
and certain rainfall,
producing a rich
and luxuriant vog
elation. Hut tho rainfall has dimin
ished to almost vanishing point, nnd
sometimes thrco years Intorvcno bo
twecn tho troplcnl downpours. Tho
country haB at some porlod been cov
ered by showers of volcanic ashes, sat
urated with water, and much of this
sand has hecomo ebmented Into desert
sandstone.
Tho senso of solltudo nnd desolation
that oppresses one In these sand hills
Is most appalling. From tho tlmo you
enter them you nro dominated by tho
one dcslro to get out of them. Many
"a poor fellow never hnR got out of
jjjem, but has porlshcd from thirst.
With th exception of the plaintiff wail
of the dingo or tlio bum of tho ublqul-
.1 f ... ""tica rcln.
tous blow fly, absolute si.
as far as tho oyo can reach In over
direction over tho plains thero is noth-
him. Ho can travel from point to point
for hundreds of miles through the path
less bush with unerring precision, nnd
can track an animal over rocks and
stones, whero an Europcna cyo would
bo unable to distinguish a mark. Ho
Is a keen observer, nnd knows tho hnb
its and changes of form of every varlo
ty of animal or vegetable life In his
country. Religious belief ho has none,
but Is excessively superstitious, living
In constant dread of nn evil spirit
which Is supposed to lurk round his
camp at night. Ho has no gratltudo
except that of tho anticipatory order,
nnd is as treacherous as Judas. Ho
has no traditions, and yet continues to
practice with scrupulous exactness a
number of hideous customs and ccrc
'tnonlcs which haVe been handed down
from his fathers, nnd of the origin or
reason of which ho knows nothing.
Outlines kind and oven affectionate to
those of his children who have been
permitted to live, ho still practices,
Without any renson except thnt hlB
father did so before, tho most cruel and
revolting mutilations upon the young
men nnd 'maidens of his tribe. A
scientist recently returned from this
desert thus describes tho native: 'In
returning from the Horn expedition my
only compnnlon was a scml-clvlllzcd
nicknamed Slim Jem. Ho was quite
nude, and rodo my second horso. He
was tho most tactiturn nativo I over
mot; and only once, when our food ran
short, and I suggested to him that ho
should tighten his glrdlo so as to en
gender a feeling of repletion, did I
rouse him to a senso of repartee, and
ho exclaimed: 'Mo blcr one turnery.' On
our first arrival at Crown point on the
river Flnkc, I Invited him to tho camp
CALIFORNIA SNOWS.
RECKONS WHERE WHOLETOWNS
HAVE BEEN BURIED.
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srmwtkJ
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The Winter of 1800 In riumaa County
Homri Had to Wear Bnotrthoet an
Writ an the Men A Itcmarkable
State.
HE popular Im
pression of Califor
nia is a region of
perennial summer,
whero the orange,
fig, lemon nnd
omegrnnnto flour
ish and flowers
bloom t tho year
around'; but this Is
truo only of tho
" ' lowland counties,
Bayo tho New York Post. California is
a remarkable stnte. Some of Its coun
ties nro ns largo as many states and
ob barren as some very poor ones.
While California is famous as being
tho lnnd of flowers and for Its mild
winters, It Ib also tho land of extraor
dinary snowstorms, which may bo seen
under mnny nnd vnrying. conditions.
Perhaps tho most attractive exhibitions
uro seen In nouther,n California, where
from tho San Gabriel valley ono can
watch tho snow falling In the moun
tains whllo standing lu tho orange
groves, surrounded by flowers and all
tho conditions of summer. The moun
tains arc then covered with snow down
to tho 2,G00-foot level, nnd the dwell
ers in the valleys go up tho trails and
tno mountain railroad and, bringing
mMM&SSff
lilpIJ
I '-
mwei
ljmtfMj!&i'--
TV- '
. . .,' : . . - I v,,u "uumtim luiiiimu mm, wringing
t dinner time to get something to pit. jdown hugo Bnowballs and snow men,
I mui. . lc im not " urcss Ior K,- .deposit them in the fields of wild flow
nor, because I know ho wouldn't, lie er8, effecting tho change In flfteon or
was n sort Of king in bl x,vn country, twenty minutes, to the wonder of the
. .1 A i t.ul i.i - -.... .III ln I.
anil iiuu urougnt hib quuuu mm . i tourists,
Ho was dressed In a coat of black Thfl w,uler of y waB ono lhal w,
grcaso plus a bono througn nlfl nose.
She wob also dressed In a coat of black
grease, plus tho crown Jewels, consist
ing of a dog's tooth necklace. They
wcro not announced; it was qulto un
necessary; I knew when they were ap
proaching. They came with a fair
wind. I could tell when they wcro be
tween mo and tho camels. Wo dlnod
early, and I think they enjoyed their
dinner,"
river gorge in macdonnell'
range.
Ing to be seen but baro shining stones,
having a polished Biirfaco, from tho
and continually blowing over them.
They are locally known as "glbbcrB"
.(hard g). As a traveler puts It: "Thcso
gibbers aro a geological fcaturo to bo
remembered. It wo looked out to tho
horizon wo looked over gibbers tho
wholo dlstnnco. Wo traveled all day
for wcoks over gibbers; wo Blopt at
night upon gibbers; wo oven found
small portions of gibbers In our food."
Tho MncDonnolls nro three parallol
ranges of mountnlns running cast and
west and separated by narrow valleys;
tho most remarkablo of these, which
has been mapped by tho explorer, has
been named "Horn Vnlloy." Tho total
length of this extraordinary valley Is
100 miles, and it is only 400 yards in
width. It is flanked on both sides by
rugged wall llko ranges of rock 700 to
800 feet In height. Tho only passes nre
tho narrow rocky gorges through
which tho watercourses pass.
Thero aro no pormnnent streams In
Central Australia, but In times of trop
lcnl ratns Immense volumes of wnter
rush down from the barren hills. Tho
Flnke river Is the largest of theso water
courses; it drains an immonso nrcn,
running north nnd Bouth, and has many
important tributaries. One of tho ex
traordinary features of this country Is
that tho Finite river, taking Its rise
north of thb MacDonnolIs ami running
eouthwnrd, Impinges on tho first of tho
rnnges, running cast and west. Ono
would expect that tho river, on strik
ing this solid wall of rock nt a right
angle, would be dollccted from Its
course, nnd would flow along tho foot
of tho range, but not so; tho mountain
chain Is rent asunder at this point, and
a deep and rocky gorgo Is formed, hav
ing walls of baro rock ovor 1,000 feot In
bolght, between thcso river passes,
Somo of theso cliffs aro so nearly ver
tical that tho sun hardly ovor pene
trates Into tho gloomy depths of tho
gorges, Tho river then crosses tho
'Sandy valley,, and a llko phenomenon
occurs. Tho second mountain chain Is
rout asunder in the samo manner, and
ho river jmsjseB through to tho thlfd
paralfoT rung", which again Is opened
for Its cacapo on tho south side. Tho
.Central Australian aborlglno is tho liv
ing representative 6f a stono age, who
still fashions his spear heads and
knives from flint or sandstone, and
performs tho most daring surgical
operations with them. His origin and
history aro lost In the gloomy mists of
the past He has no written records
and few oral traditions. In appear
ance he Is a naked, hirsute savage,
with a type of features occasionally
.pronounced Jewish. Ho (s by nature
light hearted, merry, and prone to
daughter; a splendid mimic, supple
jointed, with an unerring hand that
workB in perfect unison with tho cyo,
which is keen as that of an eagle. He
haB no private ownership of land. Ho
cultivates nothing, but lives entirely
on tho spoils of the chase, and although
the thermometer frequently ranges
from 15 deg. to ovor 00 dog. Fahr.
In 24 hours, and his country Is teem
ing with furred game, he makes no use
of the skins for clothing, but goes
ir'Mrin't,btuUiY.,aiKJ Bleeps In the
IN SHETLAND.
One or the Mott Keinikrknlilo Sight to
lie Seen There.
(Special Letter.)
The Shetland Islands exhibit somo
startling nnd picturesque arrangements
lu rocks, ono of tho most remarkablo
examples of which lies oft tho south
cast coast of Bressny, and is known
ns tho Noss. It Is famoui, not only
for tho peculiarity of tho formation,
but also for a, strange and dangeroim
custom which prevallB there. Tho Noss
Is called an Island, and It nnswors to
tho definition, since It 1b cortalnly an
extremely solid "body of land" and tho
blcnk northern sea foams completely
around It. But it looks moro llko a
hugo black "stand-pipe," for It Is a
cylindrical column 1G0 feet high, its tint
top having an area not much larger
than an ordinary village dooryard. A
child could almost throw a stono across
It. It is snld that more than 200 years
ago a reckless bird hunter, tempted
by the eggs of the numberless son gulls
which whitened the top of this giant
column, nnd further influenced by the
promlso of a cow, actually succeeded
In scaling tbo almost perpendicular wall
of rock and establishing a sort of rope
brldgo between tho Island and tho
mainland. When he had driven his
stakes and secured the ropes, his
friends entreated him to bo tho first to
try tho now dovlco. But whothor ho
bnd shrowd suspicions ns to lta safety,
or whether ho was prompted by "more
bravado, certain it is that ho rofused,
and choso rather to return by tho same
perilous track by which ho had come.
Hut as ho was Blowly and painfully
tolling down from the dizzy holght,
his foot slipped, ho lost his hold, and
then thero was no ono to claim tho
promised cow, but tho sea claimed ono
more victim. Nevertheless, the fruit
of his bold endeavor remained, and It
is still thero to substantiate- tho story,
long be remembered in Plumas county.
In tho town of Qulncy tho snow was
nine feet deep on the level without
drifting, and where It drifted It was
heaped up In literal snow mountains.
It so happened that a man from the
east was obliged to go to a town named
Eureka Mills on somo business of Im
portance and after somo difficulty ob
tained a guide who would tnko him
over tho mountains. Their horses wore
snowshocs as well as the men, and
somo of the snow they passed ovor,
Judging from tho trees, muBt have been
forty or moro feet deep. Tho supposed
locality of tho Mills was finally
reached. Tho range of hills near which
the town stood was there, but the town
was, to all intents and purposes, wiped
out. Finally smoke was seen rising
from the snow, which, when ap
proached, was found to como from a
spliced chimney, far below which was
a house; ns the snow had fallen tho
occupants had spliced tho chimney,
keeping paco with tho deposit.
Moving around tho chimney, tho
strangers found' a chute leading down
at nn angle of 45 degrees and entering
slid down to what proved to bo tho at
tic window of tho house, thenco mak
ing their way down tho stairs into the
buried residence. Tho entlro settle
ment was burled under this terrible
bed of snow and families wcro living
from ten to twenty feet below tho sur
face, using lamps by day as well as
by night. Tho men wcro all miners,
nnd as tho mines wero under ground
certain work was continued. But thero
wns much Buffering, as on coming ouj
of tho mines somo of the men Wero of
ten unablo to And their homes. Fin
ally every one plnntcd In the snow
over his houso a flagstaff with a flag,
but oven thcso were sometimes burled
by tho constant storms of this long-to-be-rcmembcrcd
year. Tho snow in tho
deep cnnyonB became bo deep that tho
miners who lived In them had to leave,
fearing the avnlanches which came
rushing down the mountain sldo after
every fresh storm. Finally tho more
open canyons became unsafe and one
day, with an nppalllng roar, huge
masses of snow went rushing clown,
crushing n largo part of the town of
Sierra City,
Possibly tho most famous town for
Its experiences with snow Is Glbbons
vjlle, in Sierra county. Photographs
show tho tops of tall houses projecting
from snow on tho level. Snow fifteen
feet on the level is common there In
February and March, whllo snow thirty
feet deep Ib uncommon. Then tho
houscB nro almoBt covered, many small
ones being entirely concealed, the own
ers hnvlng to climb up nnd clear away
tho snow so that It will not crush In
the roofs. All communication with tho
outside world Is often stopped for days,
and for weeks tho mail is carried by
specially selected men, who traverse
the mountain on snowshoes, often ac
complishing remarkable feats on tho
long, slender skis which they use.
WOMEN USE TOBACCO.
SOCIETY WORKING TO DOWN
THE USE OF CIGARETTES.
tSmpreiR of Auntrla Has tho
Much Itejolcln- In Borne
Orer the Attitude of tho
Ccarlna.
Hahlt
Circle
Young
m
GHOSTLY TEAS A
Uncanny
PARIS FAD.
Tho number of public lamps lighted
In England and Wales la somewhere
about 300,000.
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DECROIX, the de
lightful president
of the Society for
the Prevention of
the Abuse of To
ll bacco, must have
jumped for Joy at
reading in the pa
pers that the young
czarina is so op
posed to the use of
cigarettes that she
hi trying to take some action In her
swn Immediate circle against tho habit
of smoking, which has become quite
provalent among women in the best
society In Russia, says Lcs Annalcs.
M. Decrolx would no doubt llko to
sec the sovereigns of other countries
Imltntc this example, for during tho
Inst few yenrH tho clgarctto habit has
been JnIng hold of women all over the
world.
In Franco the association of men
and women lu all kinds of sports has
been the cause of a greater ucgrco of
Intimacy and has brought us to accopt
tho clgarctto, whose ubo Is extending
among young women of the most ex
clusive circles. Even the most criti
cal no longer protest when two rosy
lips send gut a few puffs of smoke be
tween a couple of games of tennis. Bo
lides, our grandmothers loved tobacco.
Tho Duchess of Chartres and tho
Duchess of Bourbon, under LouIb XIV.,
even went so far ns to smoke pipes;
yes, pipes, my dears,
In all times Spanish women have
smoked; nnd not only clgurettes, but
cigars. Marbol, In his "Memoirs,"
tells us this without mincing matte'rs,
And they smoke In Encland and in tho
United States, although In tho latter
country it is only recently that women
havo begun to ubo tobacco. Thero was
a story In Gil Bias not long ngo to tho
effect that threo young girls In Louis
ville, Ky., were seen smoking by a po
liceman and were arrested. The Judge,
although recognizing that tho accused
wcro not conforming to tho proprieties,
felt bound to relcnse them because they
were violating no law.
To confines one's observations to
thoso In the highest places It may bo
said that tho Empress of Austria
smokes from thirty to forty cigarettes
a day; the dowager empress of Rus
sia smoker, but only In her own pri
vate apartments, whllo tho Queen of
Roumaiila, tho Queen Regent of Spain,
Queen Amallo of Portugal who In this
respect Is following her mother's ox
nnnlc the wife of the Comte do Paris,
ind, lastly, Uiq $ueen of Italy, aro all
:onflrraed smokers. And yet M. De
:roixlB anxious that kings and princes
and tl-clr august consorts should bo
tho ones to set a good example! At
)no time, about two years ago, he had
l hopeful moment.
It is well knffwn that Queen Victoria
s fond of snuff nnd that her son, the
Prlnco of Wales, smokes cigars from
atornlng mull night, Qfio day the
newspapers announced that tho prince,
upon tho advlt of his physician, was
jolrig to give up smoking. There wns
great rejoicing In tho Society for the
Prevention of the Abuso of Tobacco,
but prudeno of the most elementary
sort bado them tako the precaution of
making inquiries before Indulging In
too much rejoicing. So they wrote to
Loudon, Alas! Tho prlnco replied
that there was no foundation for the
report and that ho was Bmoklng Just
as ho always had. At which M. De
crolx nearly fell 111.
Another disappointment nwaltcd him
a few months nfter this, it wns tho
sudden retirement of M. Cnsimlr-Porlor
almost before ho was fairly installed
in the presidential chair. M. Caslmir
Perler wns the Ideal president for M.
Decrolx, a president who did not
smoko, or who smoked so llttlo that it
was not worth whllo mentioning.
M. Casimir-Perler resigned n'8 0f.
flco. And to whom
To M. Fo'.'4X wh() Bmoke8 a
plpo
8 O'clock Gathering! Undei
l'hoiphoreiicent Light.
In tho restless effort to find new
means of stimulating tho Jaded appe
tites of social pleasure-seekers Franco
holds her own well, says the Nashvlllo
Banner. Her latest and tho most
freakish Idea Is tho "5 o'clock phos
phoreEccnt tea," which Is a combina
tion of the stock In trade of spiritual
istic fakirs with tho schoolgirl trlcka
of a 'juvenllo party. Five o'clock In
Franco Just now Is the twilight hour,
when curtains aro usually drawn and
lamps arc lit. Instead of lamps tho
guests, the furnlturo and tho cups and
saucers furnish tho light at the phos
phorescent teas. On walls, celling, di
vans, chairs, carpets and costumes
there is spread a phosphorescent sub
stanco that absorbs light during th
day and at night causes tho room to
glow with a weird, unholy light. Tho
effect Ib snld to be so unearthly thU
6vcry ono moves about tho room wHh
a cautious, timid step and the conver
sation Is Involuntarily carried on in
subdued tones, ns though a funeral
wcro the subject under discussion
Ghastly and ghostly seem tho guestB,
weird and woe-begone tho faces of tho
sorvantB who hand around tho gleam
ing tea-cups, while tho hostess, In her,
phosphorescent costume, looks like nn
unholy wanderer from the spirit world.
All that Is needed to make the Illu
sion of uncnrthlnoss complete is the
presence of tho ghoBtly muBlclnns, vho
half hidden behind banks of phosphor
escent shrubbery, nroduco slow and
mythical melodies from Instruments
that sparkle and flame with tho same
substance thnt Illuminates the te,
room. The substance used Is a patent
mixture that Is guaranteed not to emit
nn obnoxious odor. With tho ordln-,
nry phosphorcsccnco the company
would cither have to mcot with doors
and windows wide open, to allow tho
sulphuric smell to escape, or run tho
risk of asphyxiation. So much of a.
success has it become, in fact, that the
phosphorescent ball Is an event that
will como off In Paris shortly. The
programme for tho ball Is based on tho
samo Idea as the tea, and tho effect
will bo still moro wolrd and striking,.
Instead of tho sulphuric guests sitting
quietly around a room discimslng tea
and exchanging gossip couples wrap
ped In gleaming garments of dull flame
will glide around tho darkened ball
room like sphits of the depnrted In tha
deserted halls of a ruined mansion.
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Not Afraid of n Mouse.
Young and pretty Miss Lllllc Cos-
grovo entered the postofllco at Grand
Bend, Pa., a few days ago with sevi
young ladles, and, clasping one
legs at a point abovo the knee, looked
fixedly straight before her. "Girls."
alio whispered to her comnnnionbV t
.....i . . - . . . "i
wiieu inoae men go oui i want to eV
you something." The men soon.
m neAl nl.A ma1.1 1-.
I'm luu, iuiu miu i uiuutuu I'p crasp1
upon ner sKirts, wnon n. ,icnd mouso.
foll upon the floor, ho feit tho in
truder cavorting nD0llt 1)cr( but sho
never scroarc-a. a Bcrcam or tried to
mount Vho t'blo or tho letter boxosV
Sh.j, Just gripped him, stood quiet and
squeezed the life out of that rodent's
body.
Grand
several
of her -
ked
Is,"
Ami
y
A SHEEP PASTURE,
for tho bridge of ropo between Bros
say and the Nobs la Jtlll maintained.
Tho thrifty northern former, whoso
means of existence in these bleak Isles
aro not calculated to exclto envy, saw
that there was a bit of good pasture on
this summit; so he made a kind of
wooden chair or cradlo just largo
enough to hold a man and a sheep; and
in this primitive way he still trans
ports his flock, ono at a time, over ta
this llttlo browsing place.
A ILI .- ... ..... . ntAhl. ll.l.tMHla A Ilk.M-
ua mis pago wo musiruiu u wuau- ucKMa; '- ... ., . i
Ingtontan or Giant Redwood of Call- ,en. a.UA ',,,0t',h.B. ,nrv an,i
fnrnln Then wrn flrat ejillnd Well-, rtnmvwl &" hlghCBt glory and
r V'" Ti.n itvnn.tv nt Tlnvlrl With
fornla. Theso wcro first called Well
ingtonlans, In honor of tho Duke of
Wellington. Naturalists named thorn.
"Wellingtons glgantea," and by ttat
namo they are still known In ETOP'
books. Tho reason for tb,',8 naW ' ;n
given Is that they -sore repuf , - b
been discovered by an En' .V0
and naturalist named -",h tavolirelr
tatlon arose In the ' ..?b?' A a1!
UHllttU DWICB IU
have the trcea calk
ttuula'i lllg ripe Line.
Tho hundred-mile pipe line of the
Natural Gas Company of Pittsburg U
at present tho longest in tho world, but
a lino Is building in tho Caucasus (row
Mlcbatlove to Uatoum, which fat f
Russian verat, or 150 miles Kutr -14
will be finished within n, few ... It
and lta estimated cos wl'" weeks,
5,000,000 rubles (13,000,000) .1 exceed
lta W
4SV 4W . ..lMMn VnH MMVMA M 1 A !..
.jylon, the golden kingdom, has seen
its day and has disappeared; Media,
Persia and Greece have extended Uett
rule through alow-moving centuries,
and lastly the Roman power, existing
for a thousand yean, has prevailed and
fallen. Yet this tree Uvea on, green
as ever, and bids fair la living
monument ot vegetable nature cen
turies after all existing nation havt
passed away.
There are wany oi ineae targe trees
Washington. T7- -a wwr W. wi
is sequoia ilr te boUntcal name
give HrtM.'ltli lcult to
"1 - .1.. !Vilht nil iu nt
tneie tre u 'rMi be grouped aowetlmea by two and three
obtain' - oome wpw ... attsrod amoric 'other va.
- ...lirlK2rS,K Xtf. Oldest growth. Borneo!
v
se
Growth of tHtlcm
Tho fact that tho big ifiuropean cities
havo been growing so mncli faster than
thoso ot tho United States f pointed
out by Dr. Albert Shaw In his recent
book on municipal government In Eu
rope. In 1870 Now York had 1D0.000
more people than Berlin; Jn 1880 Ber
lin had outotrlppc'd New York, and still
malntalnB Its lead. In 1875 Hamburg
had 348,000 people and Boston 342,000;
In 1890 Hamburg had 569,260 and Bos
ton 448,000. Baltimore was once as big
as Hamburg, but It has long been dis
tanced. Breslau used to bo smaller
than Cincinnati; It has now distanced
it. Cleveland and Buffalo and Pitts
burg wero all in 1880 bigger than
Cologno( but Cologne was much the
blKKefet In 1890. Dresden Ib growing
more quickly than New Orleans. Han
over, though a sleepy place, Is growing
as qlckly as Louisville or Jersey City.
Kxhauiicd Itenourrt-M
"What aro you bothering your father
about?" naked tho boy's mother. "I
want him to tell mo a atory, and ho
Bays ho doesn't know nny." "Perhaps
ho will make up ono as ho goos along."
"I asked him to. But he said ho had
been testifying beforo an Investigating
committee all day, and It had used up
all hla material." Washington Stnr. A.
' Jf
I'rogremt In the South. J
"How long havo you been on thls-
routo?" asked tho drummer of tho con
ductor on a primitive southern rail--'
road.
"Ten yeahs, suh." )
"Indeed? You must have gotten on-
several miles south of whero I did." i
Detroit Free Press.
, .t
i
mmo irniu isuropc, , g u I
There wcro 96,227 cabin pasBeiugpraM 1
Europo last yeah Tho number otj
steerage passengers aggregated 252,350,1
IftbkS AND AUTHORS.
WnnPMitnr Pobiedonostzoft is desird
oub of having Tolstot tried by theR.'$
Bneete j(k juy (
Frank Ball ot rV..."ld',-Oat.
x jfi'Bvr. flkta. duMat
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., , HMn. t. tfc nlcture the Boaaotimes Bcanerea among otuer w
.. . wJ,ni. mi ita rtetles til fdrest growth. Borne ol
rssrisrJSSSi asrji. from wi.
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tween aw ana w . - - iBohw 'to ihlckneM. In one locallt)
plaln of Aata this tree waa 800 years uui MMk n(
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rrlnce of Wal' Klndaera.
Tho prince of Wales Is ever tho most
thoughtful and kindly of men. Only
a few mornings a go, attending the
funeral Bervlcca of a friend, I found his
royal highness among the little congre
gation. It was aa early bb 10 o'clock In
the morning, and the prince's dutiea aro
exceptionally arduous Just now. The
lady who bad died was not among his
most Intimate friends, bat a deslro to
hnw kindness and consideration for
her sorrowing people drew him toward
Mjuua.Vii.r-.f tfaja. at U.U hour ef titthr grief ad
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Bochm's characteristic statue
Carlylo on tho Thames embankment
Chelsea Is to havo Its replica placed
Edlnburg.
Ollvo Schrelncr Is about to pay.a vl
it to England. Although sho has put,
llshcd llttlo during recent years sho b
not by any means been Idle.
W. Clark Russell, tho English no!
ellst, haB been an .Invalid, for nea
twenty years. His tales ot tho sea n
all been written In his London ho
it having been over fifteen years si
bo has seen the sea,
Zola has recently declared that IV
Nordau, the author of, "Degoneratlq
Is nothing more than, a, "literary dn
man," who has swept -Into hla bar
an tne iDeuruiues ana nea woicn
floating about concerning profit
men.
A physician, who, la also a mac
letters, Dr. Gustavo Toulouse, haa
amtned Zola, explaining all the me
as wen aa tne.pnypicai uauus.ui
author, and concluding that bo
"superior degenerate,': Zola ,was
lighted.
Jules Verne .is at. present busy l
execution ot. a plan to publjsh) a sj
oi stories neanng oa,aine23ti
tries. Unlike many authors, ae fl
of the plot last, letting It form
mind as be reads up geographical
toTlcal end other books ot sclentll
tare o the part pfvth. .world he
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