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Show 1 THE SALT LAInE TIMW, FRIDAY. AUGUST 5. IbW. 4 THIS DATE IS HISTOIIV AUGUST 8, j 1615 Napoleon ranea ior nu Helen on the frigate North-umberland. 1610-B- lrth of CharlM A. Dana, editor of th New York Sun. 18S7 Ueatli of George CaiininK, English statesman : born 1570. 1889 Birth of Om. N. A Miles, U. 8. A. 1857 Napoleon 111 nnj Empress F.,inni foraallr visited Queen Victoria. BAZiiKt 1804 Orange riot in Belfast, Ireland. 186 Fort Gaines captured by the Union force. 1806 Empress Charlotte, wife of Maximilian of; Meiieo. arrived ia 1'aris and subsequently be-came insane. 1370 Marshal Boxalne appointed to chief com-mand of French army at Men Franco-Prut-ia-war. 137- 3- Steamer Wawassett burned on the Potomac; 70 llrcc lost. 1878 Women allowed to vote at school meetings by the New Hampshire legislature. 1909 Gen. Boulanger on trial before the high court of the French senate. 1880-D- of Gen. Henry Dupont at Winning ton, Del. safe to predict that tliero will soon bo a largo influx of eastern people. The in-dications are that under Liberal rule the city and county will make wonder-ful strides, and that a new era of pros-perity is near at band. The result of the reccut election in Salt Lake is exciting considerable com-ment in tho papers of the country. The general drift of opinion is that the Lib-eral victory, following up the school victory in July, and that of the city iu February, will prove a great benefit to . the community. The city and county are now under IAjjeral control, and it is THE SALT LAKE TIMES. By T. A. DAVIS. Ths Tuih 1b published every evening (Sun-- . day excepted!, and Is delivered bycarrterg In Salt Lake City and Park City at 75 cents per month. Tun Tims contains the full Asioolated Press , report, and has special telegraph service cov-ering this emtfotej-ouujajuiwon- . 'nif Tniis Is entored at the postnffl.ee in Salt Lake City for transmission through the main ' conicliiB3 matter. Persons desiring Tub Train delivered at their ouses can secure It by postal card order or through telephone. When delivery Is e lmroodlate complaint to this omi e. . Subscription to the Daily"Times. (Always in advance.) Wmonths 7m s . .' j ; 7s reTiiif'M Uur Telephone Number, 481. issue of TheTimes will consist of twelve pages, and the con-tents will throughout be of an interest-ing character, You will always find the Saturday Timed an entertaining num-ber. The rapidly increasing circulation of The Times is evidence of the appre-ciation of our efforts to publish a lirst-clas- s newspaper. A DISGUISED HERO- - Mrs. M. A. Kidder. He saunter along with a lagga'4 step; In his face no pride or passion His clothes are not of the latest cut-- His hat Is (julle out of fashion. He stops to drink at the hoMe-troug- h them, i if the water cooling and dripping. The generous draughts of a thirsty man, No meager, half-wa- sipping. A tramp. perlHips. or worse, who knows; At the roadside now lie's sleeping -- But, hark f What terrihle sound is that. Loud screams tind mad Haines leaping. A house on tiro, with its dire results; AVeak women and babos in dimger. With water scarce, and absent men But where is the sleeping str.inger? A man stands there in the very place Of the canloss footsore creature: But this one has courage to do and daro, Marked out in every feature. Yet he is the same, this hero brave, Tho shiftless seem!itK stranger; He careth not for leaping flames, He careth uot for the danger! The babes are safe In their mother's arms, And bushel are (he sobs and sighing, Hut down on the greensward, over there, The hero bold Is dying. On lifting the cape of his soedy coat, (Put there by loving favon They found three medals, on each Inscribed, "To the Hero, our brave Life Saver." The end of the campaign has brought with it at least one good result the cessation of drumming. There never wan a city so sorely afflicted with drums as Salt Lake. The mania for drumming having extended to the juveniles, life has been mado a burden in every quar-ter of the city, and persons of sensitive nerves have been nearly drummed into insanity. It is hoped that the boys will now take a long rest.- - WANTS. ' (' If yon want help, If you want to rent a houw Ifyouwanttosellalot. Hyou want aBltuatlon, 1 f you want anything. Advertise in Thk Timks "Want Column." The Complacent, Thoreau. My actual life is a. fact, in view of which I have no occasion to congratu-late myself; but for my faith and aspi-ration I have respect. It is from these that I speak. Every man's position is in fact too simple to be described. 1 have sworn no oath. I have no design on .soc-iety or nature or God. I am simply wnat 1 am, or I begin to be that. I live in the present. I only remember tho past and anticipate the future. I love to live. I love reform better than its modes. I believe something and thero is nothing else but that. J know that I am. I know that another is who knows more than I, who takes interest in me, whose creature, and yet whose kindred, in one sense I am. I know that the enterprise is worthy. I know that things work well. 1 have heard no bad news. WHEltE TUB TIMES IS FOB SALE. TbkBait Lake runvr Tims ia for salo at the following places: HOTI.S. Continental Hotel, White House, Walker House, CUft House, , Cullcn HouBe, Metropolitan Hotel. NKWS STASI1S. PhafferA O'Connor's, SW Main street I). M. McAllister, W " Margettsllros, 78 " Kaybould's, m " !, II. Parsons. 1M Hates & Kimball, Post Office, Parte City. Hen Havmanson, Boise City, Idaho. Henrv I). Blat'hlv, Caldwell, Idaho. Kelt. Olson, Provo. American Fork, Times Carrier. Harkalow Bros., D. 4, H. (1. and U. P. Trains. LIGHT ON MARIE ANTOINETTE. She Wasn't WUe and Couldn't Get Partner at Her Own Ball. St. Armand's Mlrabeau. ' The prevailing impression regarding the part played by Mario Antoinette in the critical days preceding and imme-diately following the meeting of the stales general is derived from Mira-beau- 's assertion that "the only man the king had about him was the queen." The truth is, Mirabeau, who knew nothing about Marie Antoinette except from hearsay, exaggerated her abilities, though not her influence over her hus-band. A much more trustworthy au thority, the Baron do Hersenval, makes' it clear that Mario Antoinette was litted neither by education nor character for interference in political affairs. She was ignorant of hislory, and had read scarcely anything except novels. Tho moment any ono began to talk seriously her face expressed 'w eariness and the conversation flagged, ller own. talk was desultory, flitting from one subject to another; the gossip of tho day and stories of the court and town interested her more than discussions about linanco and politics. Notwithstanding tho obvious absurd-ity of consulting such a person in mat-ters of state, there, is no doubt that she had acquired, and that she exercised, complete ascendancy over her husband. On this point Hersenval has recorded that, "whelher through a consciousness of her superiority, or through fear or charm, not only did Louis XlVnerer oppose her, bui; I have seen more than a thousand times that when she was speaking his eyes and mean expressed a feeling and eagerness which tho most dearly loved mistress seldom evokes." The queen's unpopularity increased rapidly in Paris, and as early as Feb-ruary,' 1787, she was hissed at the opera. A few months later the feeling against her had become so much inflamed that by the advice of the lieutenant of police Louis XVI. forbade her to show herself in Paris. What made her situation tho more grievous was the desertion of the courtiers. C3 After the king had consented not only to convene the stales general, but to convoke them at Versailles instead of at a distance, and to double the num-ber of delegates from the third estate all three of which concessions were, not without reason, attributed to Ma-rio Antoinette the nobility did not conceal their aversion to the queen. - At the last court ball in 1788 no one was willing to dance with her. .For this almost incredible fact we have the test-imony of Mme. Vigee-Leblu- who was present. "The box." she says, "in which I happened to be sitting was so near the queen's I could hear what she said. 1 saw her, in agitation, inviting the young men of the court to dance, nmoug them M. de Lameth (who be-longed to a family which she had over-whelmed with deeds of kindness) and others, all of whom refused her, so that it was impossible to make tip the sets for the square dances. The indecorous conduct of those gentlemen shocked me. Their refusal seemed to me a sort of revolt." The revolution was broke out the next year." Vikwing the field at this distance, Tins Times is of tho opinion that the re-publicans of Idaho will make a great mistake if they go buck on Delegate Dubois, who in tho light for Idaho's mado au excellent record. As one of tho United States senators from Idaho Mr. Dubois would do honor to tho new state. Tho democrats, how-ever, are making a very vigorous light, mid while it is possible for them to win it is hardly probable, Under tho cir-cumstances the republicans cannot af-ford to have any dissensions in their ranks, but as thero are several senator-ial aspirants, the prospects are that there will bo some bitter factional fights which will seriously affect the chances of the republicans. The politi-cal situation in Idaho is certainly be-coming very interesting, and is being watched with much interest by politi-cians all over the country. ' frf'lDSUMMER BAR QA Midsummer bargTi L We are determined lit.:, &y r We effsr all our French Sateens at 20c PER I I W fifx! quality Scotch Zephyr Ginghams reduced to 4or U 600 ' " ' " " " 5c I n,, 80c " ' K - ; " ."2 Iliss Fancy Irish Dress Linens reduced from 60c to 80c per JK ha lie A large lot of Checked .and Striped A lot of Checked and r10 Seersucker O'ingliains at 10c, reduced sucker Gighams ltf yards f'J i'm' from 15c. price 10c. ' iak Our entire atock of Canton, Shsnglnti and Japanese W Bilks at 75 cts per yard.. I1 " :ig We are clearing out Checked and Striped 'White Lawns at 6Jc to nd per yd; former prices 12 to 40c per yd; the line is offerod at less than", IVc AVe have gathered up a lot of short ends of Table Liucn an' lots of Napkins and Towels, which are offered at less than coit I'S ton 100 dozen Ladies' Sheer Lawn Handkerchiefs in fancy hemstitcbj, r0 at 10c each; regular price 25c. Jf" 100 dozen Ladies' elegant drawn-wor- k Sheer Lawu HM' at 25c apiece; former price 50c. f 100 dozen Ladies' Sheer Irish Lawn Initial Handkerchiefs 3 for j, u' this is our well known 25c initial handkerchief. L We offer to close out a lot of handsome Black Lace Flom lcf C'hantillv and LaTosca and offer them at tne following reductio- - r At $1.10; reduced from $1.50 At $1.25; reduced from J ll " $1.75; " $2.50 " $2.00; " ft " $2.25; - ' $3.50 " $3.00; " 9 Ik " $3.50. " $5.00 " $4.25; " jJ pi Closing out balance of Black Drapery Nets at bare cost. Kf 100 dozen Ladies' Ethiopian Dye splendid quality Black Cottu Hose at 25c a pair; reduced from 40c. P We offer 'special bargains in Ladies' and Misses' fi Muslin and Cambric Skirts for this week. A line of Tucked Skirts at 25 cts. Tucked with Cambric Ruffles ai I Embroidery ruffle with tucks at 75 cts Embroidery and lace trimmed si j( Our entire line of higher priced Skirts will be found open on oir I counters and will be offered at reduced prices for this li week. The lino includes an endless variety of c styles in Torchon, Piatt Val, Medecis and Embroidery Trimmci inirm'1 Kt if;of Outing Flannel Blouse Waists COHN BEOS. 1 Great Reduction SUMMER"' "SUITING i FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS AT LEVY & SHTJLMAN'S, Merchant Tailors, 74: E, First SotitH Btaa John Grant, Omani Neb. b. f. Redman, Silt Latot Tolin Grant &, C CONTRACTORS FOR: STREET AND SIDEWALK PAVEMEJi AND DKALEES IN Cements; Trinidad Asphaltum for Streets; Slagolithic anil: olithic for Sidewalks, Basements, Floors, etc. The Best Brands of Portland aud American Cementi Crushed Slag for Concreting for Sale to Contractors, Estimates furnished on til kinds of Cement Work, Cementing, etc. ill work ( 'i!tS1, Crasher at Bamberger's Warm srf - for Third West and Ninth Mrj saltlIkeIheater CHAS, S, B0B10N, Manager. Three Sights and Saturday Matinee, COMMENCING THURSDAY, AUGUST 7. Daniel Frohman's Production of the Y.'..'.'.'.'.Y.'.'.'.'. .'.'..'..'.'.'.ty. PR I N ;ELS1E ano ; LESLIE P I I! P E Rjnew ; yorFcast. Authorized dramatization of Mark Twain's . Story by Alibe Sage Richardson. Tour under the direction of Mr. AI. Hajman Sale of Seats commences Wednesday. J. F. Marks, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Artesian, Salt or Gas Wells Drilled. 737 & We Tmtf Prospects for Coal and Minerals. micy Deep Wells a Specj Wapers Pleasure Gardens Emigration Canyon. The onlyPSResort. Sunday Trains on the Utah Central will Railwav depart as follows : Llaeavvee U. &N, Depot lp.ra. and3:40p.ra Wagner's s and " "LY1!? tallR on Psngprs at corner ot bouth aud Fourth West; foot of Main street, seventh East.Salt Lake city Brewery and First South. Fare Konud Trip, 25 cents. The Inter-Mounta-in Abstract Incorporated. Capita,f $1Oo,O00, ITT UAVE a cmPete set of Abstract Books of Salt Lake county 1 1 A m?" 10 fu"ish abstracts on short notice. ! f V SHOW all taxes, judgments, mechanics' liens, suits pending; also exanunnTV mrS wi the rccords in Probate malte ' Pjri and record, in district court proceedings. , , every natSr TP? Dlaking comPlete stracts; we show w inout re examining the records. TITn4 HOMER, ManS Office Main street, under Bank of But Lata, E. Mehesy, PracticaTFurrier. The Largest mid Most Complete Stock Fine Furs, in SEAL, HEAVER, OTTER, MLK, Eta, In this Inter-Mountai- n Region. tt! 3ust returned from an trip through whVm a larg "quantity "t tii wHlto worlcedfo oVrfortSKJ.222 IdfTTtemember the place, 4 220 Main St. Salt Lake City. Go to tiie. Natatokiu'M For a PRITATE HATH or a PLUNGE IN TH Largrst Swimming Peol in America EMPIRE : MEAT : MARKET. ED.TIIIOTJ. West Tmpe! rder8 deUvl nTm s! - Real Estate Exchan 29 Commercial Street. MONEYTO L0 On Good Real Estate Sec F. REHRMAN & & S5i South Main Stret- - ARRIYILS and close of mails. Schedule of arrival and elostnir of 'mails at the Salt Lake city Postofflce, May 1, 18U0. 7,777Z (Arrive atl CTosiTaT mails. Depot. Postofflce Eastern, via U. P. R'y. .. 8:40 a.m. 7:10 a.m. I astern, via U. G. W. B'y n:N.p.m. QiaOa.m. Western 10:30 a.m. :0up.m. Ogden I0:; a,iu. 7:10 a.m. Ournen 4:(ip.m. Ottlen 7:00p.m. :Clp.m. North and Nurthvest.... 7:(Bp.ui. 4:(Klp.m. Park City 10:30 a.m. 7:10p.m. Park City 4:110 a.m.. Southern e:Wp.m. 8:10a.m. Southern (closed ponch) Mllforrt.FrtHcoana bey'd 10:10 a,m. 8:60 p.m. ' Klnunain Canyon and Wdflt Jordan 4:30p.m. (1:40 a.m. Tooele coiipty 8:46 p.m. 7:10 a.m. Ajtaand Wasetch ,.,,.,.. 8:fil)p.m. Wjj.m FkTlMYrAWTlwi' 8, 18'JG "To the End of the World." New York Ledger. "And do you love me so devotedly, dear," he said, "that you will give up home and friends and all that makes your young life bright and happy, to oecorno my wife, and go with me to the uttermost ends of the world, if neces-sary?" "Yes, George," she whispered softly; "when I am your wife, your thoughts shall be my thoughts, your hopes my hopes, your religion my religion; and, if you should want me to go to the ut-termost ends of the world with you, I will gooh, so gladly, George fori am so fond of traveling!" A Wise and Just Conclusion. Leadvllle Mrs. Frank Leslie is a most estimable lady no doubt, but hereafter, even if she does work tho Associated Press, our advertising rates will be GO cents pet-line- , spot cash. Marquis de Luuville half price. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. President Harrison weighs just 103 pounds twenty pounds more than Postmaster General Wanamaker. Mrs. Gladstone always attends meet-ings of parliament when either her hus-band or her son Herbert is to speak. Premier Mercier will leave Canada in September for France, it is said, to negotiate a conversion of the debt of Quebec. Little Marshall Roberts, when he be-comes a man, will have au income of $'.'00,000 a year. He is now a child of ten years. Miss Grace King, the Louisiana novel-ist, is a woman of stately figure and striking features. Her hair and eyes are brown and she is twenty-seve- n years old. Mrs. Edison, the great electrician's wife, is a woman of twenty-four- , whose graceful figure is a trifle above the av-- ( erago height. She lias brown hair, hazel eyes, a clear olive complexion, and is an unusually pretty woman. All thinking people will leari with pleasure that Mr. Hymen, of Missis-sippi, has become engaged to be mar-ried to a Now York girl. A little ex-perience ought to have a most salutary effect upon this reckless young man. During Senator Jones' recent ex-haustive speech on the silver question, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, he referred to tho fact that in the ancient days of Massachusetts oyster shells wore used as money. Mr. Hoar nodded his ven-erable head and whispered to Senator Gray: "Yes, and 'very gocd money it was. If a man in those days wanted to order a dozen on the half-shel- l, he could do it with perfect safety, know-ing that he could pay for them with the shells." Young Mr. Thurman, son of Allen G. Thunnan, is gray haired and has but one arm. He lost the other in an acci-dent many years ago. He is a promi-nent attorney at Columbus, O. The bust of Sidney Lanier, given by Charles Lanier of New York to the city of Macon, Ga.. will be unveiled on Oc-tober 3d. Judge Bleckley of the Geor-gia supreme court.will make the dedi-catory speech.' M. Ktamboulnff,' tho premier and practical ruler of Bulgaria, is about 46 years old. He is short and rather stout, and with his round face, black mus-tache and small gray eyes somewhat re-semble the Chinese. The new postmaster at Warren, Wyo., is George L. Thompson. Having heard that speculation was the order of the day in Washington. Mr. Thompson un-dertook to do something on his own ac-count. Accordingly he fixed the price of stamps at 5 cents, but the peo-pl- o whom he serves in an humble ca-pacity have rebelled and forwarded a petition to the postmaster general ask-ing for his removal. The Tribuno took exceptions to a statement in The Times to tho effect that "there was some dissatisfaction ex-pressed on the part of certain men re-garding the dictatorial attitude of the Tribuno ring, and this caused consider-able scratching." The Tribuno, in its usual style, replied with the epithets of "scrubs" and "knaves." Calling people scrubs and knaves is not only impolite, but it is no answer to the simple state-ment of a fact. The Times briefly stated what it had frequently heard ex-pressed by men who called themselves Liberals, but it offered no excuso for their scratching the ticket. It merely gave the reason. In the recent election there was no good excuse for a Liberal going back on any member of his ticket. The Times did as good and as honest work for the ticket as tho Tribune, and it cast every legal vote that was within its jurisdiction for tho Liberal ticket. Whatever the Tribune did in the campaign was perfectly natural for it to do. .it has about it a certain set of friends, as is also perfectly natural, and they comprise a clique or ring who wish to dictate everything in polities. Men outside of that set are hardly recog-nized by the Tribune coterie, and hence their complaint to which The Times has referred. Still, as we have said above, this was not a good excuse for any Liberal scratching his ticket. It is quite current talk that, although the Tribuuo did good work for the ticket, the ticket was not made up to the best interests of the parly, and that the Tribune .set was largely responsible for it. THE MOUSE. Good Housekeeping. Anna Belinda sat quietly thinking. And Sally Hypatla sat reading a book. When, out from a corner, with llttleeyes blink-ing, , . . . .. A viBitor crept with a wondering look; And though he was timid in maimer, and shrinking, Yet Anna Helindacried, "Mercy. I pray !" While Sally Hypatla. not even once winking Jumped over the sofa, and fainted away. Tint SATURDAY TIMKS. The following will bo the principal features ot twelve-pag- e paper: "Two Soldiers:" A novel, by Captain Charles King. Chap-ters VIII to XI. Illustrated. Faslilons For the lair: Olive Harper's letter. Illustrated. If Thou Art Weeping, Maiden: Words by Longfellow. Music by II. Ernest Nlchol. Secret Society Talk: W hat Is going on in Lodge Room and Castlo Hall. Farm Bouse: Front and side elevations, and plans and Hpecltlcatlons. In the Silly Season! When the weather Is hot. memlwrs of con-gress will Joke. Illustrated. The Hoosler Alloat: From New York to Liverpool. By J. H, Beadle. Illustrated. Borne Golden Visions: Searching ocean's depths, for sunken wealth. Illustrated, Wealthy. But Wireless: (losidp about New York's rioh young bach-elors. Illustrated. A Hint at Revolution: Is lovely woman preparing to appear in male attire? Illustrated. Telegraphic News: Associated press and special dispatches from the (our quarters of the globe up to S: JO p.m. Local News: All the news of Salt Luke City, and Utah P. S. Keep Your Kye on The Times: Yon will always 11ml something in lis col-umns to lntorest you. MONTANA NOTES. A 000 school-hous- e is to be built at Big Timber. Feed on the range is drying up very rapidly, and the hot winds have alraos't discouraged the Montana farmer. A man by the name of Lamman, one of the colored soldiers at Fort Shaw, was drowned in Sun river while bathing with a comrade. The jury at Great Falls rendered a verdict of $1000 for the plaintiff in the suit for damages bv John Spencer against the Montana Central railroad. It is reported on reliable authority that work will soon be commenced on the extension of Ilelt Mountain railway from Monarch to both Xeihart and Kaker camps. The telephone announced a timber fire in the vicinity of the Cumberland mino, Castlo, and fears were entertained for the safety of the buildings about the mine, says the Husbandman. The whistle at the mine was blowing at the time the message was sent, and the men were gathering from all quarters to light the flames. The general protest against "electro-cution" may result not only in the re-peal of the law but tho abolishment of capital punishment in New York. Ovkb !2H0,0(I0 applications for pen-sions under the disability pension law have already been liled, and it is expec-ted that COoioon will bo received with-in tho next eighteen months. Kl'MKI, AM) 1ILKT. Ever since tho result of tho election has been known there has been consid-erable talk about tho possibility and tho probability of Messrs Rumel and Burl being counted out owingto certain alleged discrepancies and irregularities in tho vote. Wo believe that all this talk amounts to nothing. It is some-thing that is heard at every election where tho vote is very close. Fvery honest man in this city believes that J. II. Kuinel, Jr., was fairly elected to the office of recorder, aud that Mr. Burt was squarely elected to the office of sheriff. These two men received a majority vote. Thero is no question on that point. It would, therefore, he dishonest and unwise to even attempt to count them out on some trivial tech-nicality or Irregularity that might pos-sibly bo raised. The votes east for I horn expressed the Intent of the voters without a doubl, and' they are entitled to tho offices to which they havo been elected. The Times does notbolicvo that any question will bo raised as to their ele ction when the matter comes before tho canvassing board. CLIPPED AND CONDENSED. Some time ago a Vienna butcher was accused of murdering his wife, and, the facts in the case being clear, he was condemned. Now a new trial has been secured that during the former trial two members of the jury were fast asleep A true case of liandgage-eye- d jus tice. It may' be news to some men who smoke perfectos and Manuel Garcias nt ao cents apiece to learn that the list price of the better brands of Cuban slock runs up to $800 per 1000. This means that they are 80 cents apiece at wholesale. Now, with the duties paid and the profit expected on an article of this kinil they could not be sold for $2 straight or about $2000 a box. These clears are bought by the royal families ofKurope.. There's not much market in America for cigars costing $J each. The libraries of the German empire are as follows: Berlin Imperial library, 7117,974 volumes; Berlin university, 137,-70- Bonn 'university, 219.0811; B'roslau, 2(8. 0S!(l ; G ( ictti n gen." 442. 37 ; G reifswald, 182,78:j; Halle, 180.140; Kiel, 192r00; Koenigsberg, 202,300; Marburg, 142,200; Dunsler academy, 1)5.000; Braunsberg, 14,000; Dusseldo'rf, 40,532; Wiesbaden, 87.012: Erfurt. 48,397. Besides the 3,000.000 and odd volumes here enume-rated the high schools and educational institutions possess several hundred thousand books and manuscripts. While Sims Powers was sitting in his library at his house at Prospect Hill. Parkersburg, one evening lately, he heard a noise as of the rattle of wings against a window. On laying down his paper and looking up, much to his astonishment, he saw a beautiful snow-whit- e owl perched upon the back of a chair and blinking at the light. Mr. Powell captured the bird and will keep it as a curiosity, it is snow white and is a beautiful specimen of thestrix nivia and is the only specimen of this kind overseen in this section of the country. It is believed by some to bo a membor of a species found in the extreme north, or Arctic circle. The origin of bird song is described by an English writer as follows: "Bird song originated in a cry produced by bodily contortion. The cry was devel-oped by use in times of danger. It then became a warning note that was elabor. ated into a call note. This note was repeated hy males in varied tone and pilch, aud several influences tended to make it a reproduction of surrounding persistent sounds. The call notes were repeated by the males to the females and in this manner arbitrary phrases were constructed. Further 'efforts on the part of the males induced greater variety, which took the form of imita-tion of other sounds. A Wood's Holl man writes to the Boston Post: "Ono of my neighbors keeps a store quite near the harbor, and lately he observed his cat bringing in a small fish, which ho laid upon the ilonrand retired. Ho soon returned, however, bringing a second, which he also laid down, as if to give them t his master. The next day he repeated it, ami then his proceedings were watered and it was found that lie went to the shore and watched for a school of fishes to approach, when he would strike out like a flash, fasten his claws into ono of them, convey it to his mouth and scamper off with it. Ho seems to think it an amusing aud useful performance." Jean Thiery. a rich merchant and ship owner in ihe Rhine provinces, died in 1670, leaving a fortune oj 50,000 louis d or m Paris and 800,000 thalers in the V enieo mint. His heirs for some un-known reasou did not draw the money from the depository in Venice, so at the e last cetunry Napoleon found it still untouched and appropriated it to tho use of his army. For tho last thirty years the descendents of Thiery have been trying to find a way of recovering the 800,000 thalers with interest. Three weeks ago they all met in Cologne and resolved to send their lawyers t raiis to move the French government ;thaPt i:he I'fr n indemnity. It was said t ench chambers had already considered their claims aud advised the government to pav them. Speakeii Reed continues to mako himself a target for disaffected republi-cans. Of late thoy have been firing some hot shots at him, and they have hit the mark nearly overy time. It is a good thing for an editor to thoroughly understand the law of libel. . Lawyer Patterson, tho new editor of tho Rocky Mountain News, has tho ad-- ; vantage of most editors in that respect. TllE Union Pacific proposes to build two largo freight depots. It is hoped that tho next thing ou tho programme will bo a union passenger depot in keeping with tho demandsof the travel-ing public. THE TWO DAKOTAS. Miner county farmers are cutting wheat by moonlight. There are forty-s- i x original packace houses at Sioux Falls. Hurley has a pension association with over one hundred and fifty members. Burglars secured worth of goods from tho store of K. (t. (iuthrie at Cas sell on. The wheat crop of Mcl'herson county will vary from five to thirty bushels per acre. Tho Letcher cheese factory shipped nearly three tons of cheese i'u the last 'wo weeks. Hirwaskari, the Finn weather prophet of Brown county, predicts that tho month of August will be noted for elec-trical jphenomena and unsettled weather. A strong flow of gas was struck in the Mandan artesian well at a depth of 500 feet. Experts say an enormous volume of gas can be found by going a little deeper. The next meeting of the Lincoln county agricultural society will be held in Canton on September i), 10, 11 and l'. aud preparations are being made for one of the best fairs ever held iu the county. Spring lake, the former home of my- riads of wild ducks, is almost dry, leav-ing the young ducks without means of support, and the farmers in tho vicinity are gathering them up by the hundreds and will attempt to domesticate them. The Minnesota Star says that, as a starter, a Butte county cattle company will make a shipmont'of 10,000 head of cattle over the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad from Minnes-sot- a just as soon as the track is laid and cars received. A party of workmen in excavating a sand pit near the cement works at Yankton found a tusk or molar of a mastodon. The tusk was six feet long and four inches in diameter and was of the color of ivory. When exposed to the air it crumbled to pieces. In the same pit were found a tooth four inches long and a human skull. A terrible accident happened at Ver-do- u tho other day which resulted in the death of Mrs. John Hito. Her brother-in-la-was molting some tar on a gaso- line stove when U caught lire, and as he was about to throw" it out of doors his sister-in-la- appeared in the door-way and was struck by tho blazing ves-sel. Her clothing caught lire and be-fore the flames could be extinguished she was burned so badly that she died two hours later, after iutense suffering Her brother in trying to save her, burned his hands so badlv as to necessitate the amputation of bis An-gers. 'J'hk trotting horse Dawson made a mile in 2:01i, coming within half a second of beating tho record of Maud S. The probability is that the record of Maud S. will be broken before tho season is over. The senate has passed a resolution providing for tho transfer of General Grant's remains to Arlington cemetery, with Mrs. Grant's consent. Mrs. Grant will, in all probability, consent to tho removal. This will be a just rebuke to Hew York. A GKEAT LAWYER Tt'KNS EDITOR. Hon. Thomas M. Patterson, of Den-ver, has purchased a controlling inter-est in tho Uocky Mountain News, and as soon as ho can close out his law practico he will take editorial charge of the paper. Under his direction the people of Colorado may look for a more vigorous aud offensive warfare in bo-ha-of the democracy of that state than has hitherto been carried on by that paper. Mr. Patterson as a lawyer stands high in Colorado, and in fact "has a national reputation. How he will succeed as an editor remains to bo seen. If he proves as good an editor as he is a lawyer the News will become a paper of great influence, aud tho democracy of Colorado will have reason to rejoice at the step taken by Mr. Patterson. Just why Mr. Patterson should abandon a lucrative law practice for the uncer-tainties of an editorial career is a mys-tery. Perhaps he has au ambition to become a United States senator, and thinks that the Kews will provo the surest vehicle to convey him to the capital. His career as editor will be watched with a great deal of interest not only by the people of Colorado but by the entire west. Pkesidknt Hakkisom has proved himself a much more active man thau Cleveland. Ho has appoiuted $!H uioro ofliee-holdcr- s than Cleveland did in the same length of time. It cannot bo said of Harrison that he has neglected his duty in this respect. In the causo of humanity it would not be out of place from our government, through congress, to mako a vigorous protest agaiust the execution of the Russian edict agaiust the Jews. Con-gressman Baker has introduced a reso-lution with this object in view, and it is hoped that congress will pass it. Newipnpar Toadylim. Courier-Journa- The rcmarkablo' intelligence comes from Cape May that when thepresideut and Baby McKee were taking a surf bath "tho baby seemed to feel perfectly secure iu his grandfather's hands." There certainly has been a belief throughout the country that Dr. Harri-son didn't like babies, "but nobody ever suspected him of any intention to drown Baby McKee. |