The Morning herald., 1878-05-24

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1Hs new procesa of hydraulic mining i
In energetic use IN the Black Hills coun
try. According TO Prot. Shaler there il
no quicker way Of getting the gold out o
the rocks and the beauty out landscape
than the ass Of this hydraulic mining pro-
cess
CONCERNING the China famine and the
means used for its alleviation, ii is statded
that the government is moving in the mat
ter with an unusual vigor for an Oriental
Power, bat very few wagons can he obtain
ed, and The means for transportation are
not enlyprimitive, but limited. The funds
forwarded from this country are being used
with excellent effect, but the relief af-
forded by it is, of course, entirely made
quate to the relief of the mass Of humanity
that is crying for help.
TEE electric light is rapidly making
conqussts. The Pennsylvania Depo
West Philadelphia, was, in presence of a
number Of invited gentlemen, illuminated
with the new light. The experimer t
proved a brilli ant success. Newspaper
and shades Of color in clothing were dis
tinctly visible one hundred feet from the
light while the ordinary gas lamps burn
ed dim and yellow in the intense whitish
glare. Other experiments will be shortly
made with this light on one of Philadel-
phia's chief thoroughfares.
ONE of the marvels of this age of emf
grafton and enterprise. in the rapid settle
ment Of the Yellowstone Valley. At the
point of Tongue river where Genera
Miles was encamped in 1876 there is now
a Town Of nearly one thousand inbabi-
tant.. The battle fields Of Custer and HI.
men are occupied by farmers, and the
country from which Sitting Bull was
driven, is in possession of the ,1ioneers of
q civilization against which such tremen,
dous tragedies a. the Custer massacre
count as nothing.
ONE of the novel features of social con
sideration that is becomg recognized il
the attitude of the burglar, especially j.
the rural districts, where be insists OIL
being treated with on terms of equslin
with persons engaged in reputable pursuits,
Several OF the craft having entered the e
sidence ofa lady, at Bradford, Perm :,
during one of their commercial tours sol,
+ rty dollars, gravely laid claim TO a iarg,
sun, and we're only brought to NOR,
reasonable terms by the introduction Of +
well-directed revolver, which involve,
the necessity af intro 'ucing a surgeon OIL.
the scene
A due amount of exercise in the opel
air is, no doubt, essential to health. BO
when the exertion is too severe, or tcc
long protracted, producing e1trem'
fatigue, the remedy produces disease in
stead Of preventing it. Sudden dealt
sometimes follows upon violent exercise.
A case is recorded in Boston in which 9
young man after several houis' rapid run
ming on bycicle fell dead. In base bali,
cricket, polo, and other athletic sports
danger Turks in the pleasant excitement
Walking is probably the most eficien
method of securing the benefit of exercise
though even this may be overdone. and il
overdone, when the walker, after his turr
At pedestrianism, is conscious of UNIV onted
lasitude.
A census of the United States costs 8
great deal of money, but it is doubtful
whether the Government could be inteli-
gently administered without the informa
ton which it furnishes, and SO it is impor
tant 10 have the work done, whatever il
may cost, and to have it well done. For
the census Of 1880 an appropriation of
three million dollars is asked, and this is
ealy TO provide for the collection of infor-
nation, and its preparation for the PRIMER
The cost Of printing and engraving ia said
to be provided for hereafter. The Ameri-
can Social Science Association, and the
local associations in the principal cities,
might do a good service to the Govern.
ment, and all interested in securing exact