The Mankato free press., 1880-05-07
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GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

GOSSIP OF THE DAY.
The property Of plnc-pollen to float for n Ion
time iu the air, and 10 be earned by storms /,
very distant localities, is well known, DIR. En-
Seihiah mas found IN the streets OF st. Loui,
nter rain storm from the south In March
when no pines north of Louisiana were i
hioom, rlnc-pollcu, which must have come fror
the forest Of Il. Australis ON Red river, dis
lance of about four hundred miles in diroc
line.
EXCLUSIVE Of the Bavarian troops, the Ger
man army lost by death in the month Of Jan
nary last l30 men. That there is somethint
still wanting IN the conditions Of tho German
service TO make II tolerable TO many Of the ranl
ana hle appears 10 be indicated by the fact thrt
no fewer than twenty-five mon and officers com.
mltted suicide IN the course Of the single month
IN question. OF the l3O deaths, therefore, only
los are rricrable 10 causes other than suicide
lHE railway system is extending rapidly il
Japan, two lines having been recently completed
In the island Of Niphon, and a third in the island
OF leSso, the most northcrly Of the Japanesc
group. The rails are Of English make, but the
rolling stock and engines have been ordered in
America. The two first engines are 10 lie named
Benkel and ioshitsze, after two celebrated early
japanese heroes. II is the first order OF the
kind that has heen gwen by Japan 10 American
houses.
IHE gold and silver mining fever is not alto
aFfEfla Al.
Just broken ont afresh in New Zealand, and TO
degree which indicates the dawning Of a new
IRA upon that country. The mineral resources
oi the Islands have, all at once, been brought to
light 10 an enormous extent; coal fields have
heen opened; and gold, silver aud COPPER mines
are revealing wealth. 10 an extraordinary extent.
lhe discoveries are not so much new: II is the
marvellous development Of the old that is exclt-
ing attention both IN the colony and in Great
Britain.
Ink German emigration is startling 10 the
authorities OF the empire. II is just published
That nearly $4,000 cmgrants left the four ports
"t Bremen, Hamburg, Stettin and Antwerp for
America during the past year. But a small
portion has gone elsewhere. This report does
not mciudc the Germans " no left British and
French ports, who may be roughly stated at
iV.OOO persons. The new German army bill, il,
is feared, will bring the emigration up to the
proportions Of that time succeeding the Franco
German war. when it averaged ll5OOO per
anpum.
THE number Of different binds Of postage
stamps which have BEEN hitherto issued all over
tb" world Is estimated, IN round numbers, at
d,OOO. Among them are 10 be found the eAi,ics
of five emperors, eighteen kings, three queens.
one grand duke, six princes, one princess and n
great number Of presidents, ETC. Some of the
stamps bear coats of arms and other emblems
Ms crowns, the pupal keys, and tiara, anchors,
eagles, iouS, horses, stars, serpents, railway
trains, horsemen, messengers, etc. The cullec-
ton preserved in the museum Of the Berlin
postoiiices included, on July ], 1879, 4i9S speci-
mems OF different postage stamps, or these,
2,i62 were from Europe AL from Asia, 23l from
Africa, l.li3 from America and POI from
Australia.
Is 1878 the exports Of wheat exceeded in
value those Of cotton. II was then wheat be-
came king, as colt II had been previously. The
expansion Of the growth Of the cereal has been
marvellous. In ISIS We exported l3i, 3l6, 93l
bushels of wheat; in 1879. not less than III
9J3, ,li5 bushels. In 1873 the value Of the wheat
export was SlSl, ,siI; IN that year the cotton
export was SlSO03l, +si. From 1868 to 1873
the country produced 9, ,233, 655, ,9S7 bushels Of
cereals; the value was SlO,745, S27, ,s73. Last
year the export of brcadstufIs was in value.
s2lO, ,52s. OF this the United Kingdom took
slO1,U9l,s75, or 50.9l per cent; France. % per
cent; Belgium, i per cent. The number OF
bushels exported in 1879 was larger than in any
previous year.
The importout branch Of our commerce with
India is almost entirely controlled by the cities
Of New York aud Boston. The former has now
the lions share but which she did not possess
in times past. There are nov l09 ships and
barks bound 10 New York from various ports in
India and China. and - ships and barks TO Bos-
ton. All these have valuable cargoes. In 1877
Bostou had 60 East IndIamcn 10 arrive, bring
lnG over l,OOO.ODO baskets and bags Of sugars
Boston Is exceedingly chagrined at the Progress
III the foreign trade which New lork is making
and has IatterIy taken quite a start in the ocean
steam trade. new steam line has ju-t been
started between Boston and London. II is
called the Adamson x Runaldsons Direct Line.
The steamers are :, 800 tons register.
IHEY do say that there is village in the
state Of Ohio that can report some peculiar.
very peculiar social statstic4 Among one
thousand people there are eight widOwers aud
t"cnty-scVen widows: three "Old bachelors"
and twcnty-oGyen old maids" besides thlrty-
i've young ladies of a marriageable age "As
an indication Of the marrying tendencies Of the
male portion Of that community" the CORE
spondcnt Of the Cleveland Ledde,. records
twenty-five men each living with a second or
third wife; to thirteen wives each living with
second or third husband. 1t is said further
more-but We warn the reader against putting
iclt confidence i'll the statement-tLat not
ut o:iicehOlder can be found in that Ohio
federa- 'pder they turn their attention TO
OWN. 10 ", 'ions.
he comnubial rela,-
journals that all the
Ir IL stated in European ',ound Atlantic /
,,.t bcrths gf our outward. -. ahead .
teamers arc engaged for six fnons-, .crs
md that. too not by tlird-class passei,o !
With firet-class tickets, but by really frst-class
eople. Parties are said to have lately arrived
4 Paris who did not intend TO leave New York
,efore Nav or June but who we're compelled to
isk the roughness Of a March voyage because
bey were unable to obtain good berths after
he 1st Of April. All this is said to be cheering
lews for the manufacturers, traders and hotel
keepers Of Europe. This influx will doubtless
uIt golden eagles III Their hands. No persons
mend money abroad more generously, and even /
ayishlv. than the Americans, not only IN living !
and travelling expenses. but in that which min !
sters 10 the taste and pleascs the fancy.
PRoF. FAwCETT's SUCCESS IN the house Of cOrn- !
mons in England is not at all commensurate !
with his Acknowledged ability. The attention !
he commands is largely due to the conviction Of
the house that like the compulsory company 81
the ancient mariner, they have no choice but to
hear Still, he makes tremendous harrangues on
his pet subject Of India 10 Audiences averaging
from five 10 fifteen. lie has a sonorous voice,
he has culture, DC has erudition and OCCASION
ally delivers passages which reach the level Of
natoy. But these last are but Gases IN an i'm
inense desert Of arid words. His hopeless dis
ease ~ fluency. There is no sonsc Of business,
or sense Of ordr about bis speeches. He re-
peats himself not twice but thrice, and what
he says is hammered out 80 long and loud that
I induces wcarincss rather than conviction.
FROM Philadelphia il reported case Of dis
case which has excited great interest smong
the physicians Of that city. II III a case Of real
melanosis OF augmentation, where the pigment
or melanin, a. il is technically called, which
gives color 10 the hair and eyes, pervades the
whole body. 4 boy, born Of white parents and
perfectly natural in color at his birth, turned