The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-30
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A meteorite sword is a novelty. General
Ord, of Texas, sent a piece of this celestial
iron and steel mixed to Colonel Benton, at
the Springfield Armory, TO be made into a.
weapon. The material was found very brittle,
but all difficulties have been overcome and a
blade has been finished. On it is an inscrip-
ton in Spanish setting forth that the sword is
made from iron fallen from the skies of
Mexico, and is presented to G.. Treyino,
Mexican general of division, by his friend
General Ord, U. S. A.
Among all the sun pictures taken since
Daguerre first secured his marvellous cOnces-
slons from thatluminary, none have surpassed
the d~aguerleotype Itself. Fashion has long
since ruled them out, so that probably there
are multitudes among our younger readers
who have never seen a dauguerreotype. All
the more is the pity. Taken long ago, when
presumably neither the camera nor the
chemicals were so perfect as now, the
deguerreotypes that are still ~existant show a
clearness OF definition, a richness of tone, and
a perfection in all their details that quite sur
passes the best of their more modern and more
pretentious rivals.-Del. Co. Advocate.
TELLS CHAPEL.-The historic spot on
which Tells Chapel stood, at the
foot of the Axenstrasse on the Vierwaldstat-
ter. See, is now, says The academy, "a
scene of desolation.' OF this building, which
probably has been more frequently painted
and engraved than any other in Switzerland,
every vestige is now gone. The foundation
for the new chapel has been laid and the
painter is at work OF his designs for the
~frescoes which are to decorate it. He has
spent some time in the Forrest %cantons,
making studies of types of character for his
pictures, and the results of his studies are now
on exhibition at Berne. Of these portraits
there are SO, all of which are said to be artis-
tically and ethnographically conscientious.
FINDING OF A CITY IN ITALY.-A CORE
spondent at Rome, writing to The Pilot, at
Boston, records the discovery in Southern
Italy, near Manfredonia, of a ruined city Of
very ancient date. Its location is in a marsh
which occupies the site of Sipontum, one of
the cities founded, according to tradition, by
Diomed, after Achilles, the bravest Of the
Greeks who fought at Troy. In the fourth
century the city was tolerably perfect. 1t
came to ruin during the Gothic invasion. An
earthquake followed the invasion and
swallowed up what remained, so that the city
has not only passed from the sight ofman but
almost from humane recollection. The Pilot
correspondent says a magnificent Temple of
Diana, adorned with a portico of over sixty
feet in length, has been brought to light.
Valuable remains which have been found in
in the excavations already undertaken have
been added to the Museum of Naples.
YELLOW EvE A NAUTICAL DISEASE
John Gamgee makes an Important contribu-
ton to the literature of yellow fever in the
summary of authorities which he has incorpo'
rated into his essay, since not only the old
writers, but the most recent, are included III
his sketch. Audouard established a distinc
ton between nautical typhus, or yellow
fever, and paludal typhus. or malarial, fever
Chervin established that yellow fever was moi
contagious, but overlooked the fact that {
foul city nourishes the infection imported il
ships. Or. Vanderpoel observed that steamers
are less liable to the disease than sailing
vessels. On the latter the ventilation is bad
cleanliness is not observed, and u vessel!
are exposed to tropical heat for longer periods
Yellow fever is always an exotic. Mr.
Gamgee's main point is that it should b.
studied on the ocean,, not on land, since it i
originally a production of foul ships. H
pays special compliments to DR.. j. q. FACET
of New Orleans, and cites his words on tn
most important points.-N. Y. Times.
ART AND CoURTEsY.-How far an inter
national Exhibition ought to consider ma
tionai prejudices is on old question now re
viyed at The Art Exhibition taking place i
AulllCu. IlSlCL newspapers Xix bOLupidll
ing that the Exhibition contains two man
German pictures representing scenes in tn
war of 1S70-'71, mall Of which the German
; are shown as victors over the French. A
Austrian paper reminds its French contem
l poraries that in the Paris Exposition of 1856,
} its own countrymen were greeted with coun
: less representations of the defeats of the
; armle by Napoleon Ill. in the war of 1885,
, and quietly advises them to follow tt
) Austrian example of swallowing their vex'
. ton and holding their tongues. The pr
D portion of German battle pieces in the Munic
} Exhibition is not at all large there being on
seven pictures which could possibly often
y Frenchmen out of a total in the grand hall
q about 500. News comesthat on November22
!, a terrible storm prevailed at Munich
1 which the Glass Palace in which the eXhib
+ ton is held narrowly escaped destruction
Water in large quantities leaked into tt
u building, and several panes of the roof breal
!. ing it poured down in cateracts. None
q the pictures, fortunately, were injured ser
ously, but another hour of the storm wou
have caused, it is believed, irreparab
damage.
Ingersoll.