Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-25

A LITTLE miss had long desired sis
ter for playmate, and, having been
taught to ask God for everything, she
asked Him for a sister, telling her
mother she would do the praying if she
would make the clothes. After pray
ing several nights and getting little
impatient that her request was not
granted, she said one night: go Lord,
please send me a little sister right
away. If you haven't got white one,
send me black one" This same little
girl was corrected by her mother the
other day for being naughty. "Well, I
can't help it," she said; "when you
prayed for me why didn't you pray for
better child?"
The members of the English House
of Commons receive no salary, although
the cost of an election is sometimes
enormous. Formerly they were paid q
prescribed amount by their constituent
cies, the poorer of which sometimes got
excused from electing members to
avoid the expense. Among the privil-
eyes Of member is exemption from
arrest or detention on the process of
the courts during the session and while
going to and returning from the same.
This applies to all civil and criminal
processes except treason, felony or
breach of the peace. Members cannot
be questioned elsewhere for words ut
tered in debate or as members of COM
nittees in discharge of their duties.
The Suns DIsTANcE.-Tne sun is
supposed to be 100000 miles from
the earth. A ray of Zig hit is estimated
to travel from that body to the earth in
eight and one-third minutes. This does
not appear to be very long time, but
then we must recollect that light trav-
els at the rate of 49,, 800 miles second
A body travelling with the velocity OF
sound, which is only 1,125 feet per sec.
ond, would require over fourteen years
to reach the sun; and even a cannon
ball which is sent from gun with vo.
locity of 1900 feet per second, if il
should continue at the same uniform
speed, would be ten years in perform,
ing the journey. The planet Neptune
the most distant one in the solar sys.
tenn, is, however, thirty times as fan
from the sun as the earth is, and there
fore the light of the sun occupies over
four hours in travelling to that body
and cannon-ball from thence would
take 300 years to reach the sun.
NEwLy-PA1NTED RooMs.-The danger
of inhaling the vapor of turpentine has
been long known, and its pernicious in
fuence on the health is beyond all
doubt, as has been verified in several
cases occurring in persons sleeping in
newly-painted rooms, some of which
have even proved fatal. Several theo-
ries. more or less plausible, have
been propounded to explain the
prejudicial effects of the inhalation of
these vapors; but, whatever be the ex-
PLANTATION, there is no doubt of the dan
ger of occupying room recently paint
ed in which turpentine has been en-
ployed, before complete dessication has
taken place. It was pointed out by the
Council of Hygiene, that sudden
death which recently took place in
Paris was attributable to this cause, it
being shown that it could not be as.
cribed to the lead which entered into
the composition of the paint of the
room in which the deceased slept; the
lead, being fixed and non-volatile, can
not in these cases be accused of being
the offending element.