The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-13
0ciamco and Education

Tan-bark, ground, compressed and
put up In halfhayrel PACKAGE, promts-
@ to become an important American
export to Europe.
Traces of workshops occupied by .
flint manufacturer Of prehistoric time
has been discovered by N. Cavaroz In
the Jurd, near 6alines. This atelier
would appear to belong t0 the neolithtc
epoch.
A solution Of the chloride of lime,
camphor and glycerine is recommended
a. q disinfectant, bat 1t Ia difficult to see
how It can take the place Of other very
efficient and cheaper agents now In the
market, which leaves no smell wl'atev-
er.
There are in Louisiana, out Of q popu-
lation Of 810, ,0l8, illiterates to the num-
ber Of 318 $50; Of these 259. 40 are color
ed persons. 1t Is said that the State
alone and unaided cannot possibly pro-
vide for the instruction Of these unfort-
mates.
The Baptist society has l<en present
ed by Mr.. H. Arlington. Of Leeds,
England, with 5000 to pay u part Of the
expense Of building steamer to navi-
gate the Upper Congo. He has before
distinguished himself in providing the
means Of support for African missions.
The Democratic Legislators 1T Ken
lucky met in caucus last meek and de-
cidetl to recommend bill submitting to
the people proposition providing for
an additional tax of ) cents for school
purposes. Coloretl children, AS we'll as
as white onef, are to have the benefit of
this bill.
The Boston Society of Natural Histo-
ry will open seaside laboratory for Il
limited number Of women students at
Annisquan,, Massachusetts,, on July !,
the term 10 end September l. A wind
mill will supply running water 50 that
living animals may Ike studied, and
yacht will take out dredging parties ut
suitable intervals.
In order to make gootl-prin(ing-ink,
which will not give forth disagreeahle
smell, Dr. Blackenbusl, Of Berlin, dir
solves forty-tive parts Of fine resin in
twenty-five parts Of Of parat1ice oil by
heating them to 81 degrees. or by incor-
porating them mechanically at the orli-
nary temperature, and when this latter
operation is completed fifteen parts Of
lampblack are added.
Whether American salt meat can con-
vey trichin.e was u question lately dis
cussed in q paper by NJ. Colin, and read
before the French Acadamy OF Scten-
ces. The conclusion arrived at was that
the meat in question, rs now imported
into Europe, might In very rare cases
transmit trichincsis when the animal
was recently killed, the pieces Of meat
large, and the process Of curing lmper-
fectly conducted.
Some strange variations in the move
ments of herring shoals arc well known
To fishermen. and these uncertain ac-
tions of the fish have had often dis'as-
trous result to the fishery on the Scot
tish and Norwegian coasts. Mr.. BrOch
has partially investigated the subject.
Thus far he thinks that the wandering
of the herring into deep or shallow wa
ter is due to the movements Of the large
banks Of animalcule which are the her
rings food. What causes the changes
Of the latter off and on the coasts u
something yet 10 I've ass:ertainet.
The Paris correspondent Of Mature
lately insrectetl ut Feil's workshop the
larte flint glass disc which has been
cast for the Lick Observatory in Cali
fornia aid purchased by the trustees for
SlO.OD0. IL is now on its way to Clarke's
for mlishing. The casting occupied
four days, during which eight tons of
coal were consumed. The cooling 0f
the mass required thirty Gays. The Op-
tical tests showed that the glass was per-
feet in all its parts. At the time the cor
RESPONDENT wrote the crOwn-glass was
cast, and the process Of cooling was 20
ing Oh.
The critic of the Burlington H'.wE-
evr thus geographically describes the
cover of the century Magazine, which!
| he says "is an improvement on the OF!
one. The old one, rs near AZ we could
understand, was map representing ~
ternal economy of the human system
in state Of siege, induced by a sudden
attack Of cholera nlOr(Nls. The new de-
sign is very unique. In the foreground,
q lady, who Is running pretty cas'l
book BY leaning on it, has an Old-fael!-
icned lard lamp, with ng wick, with
| which she Is evidently looking tor the
bridge OF her noe, which Is gone. Sne
! js 0ut doors, the aurora bOrealts IL shin.
inx br1ghtly from the northern :ky, ana
her throat and neck are exposed TO 1he
night air in such a reckless manner that,
II Group has not already market her 1ol
its own, 1t IL hecallse diphtheria mas NIL
Ell OflOr Cl01DD1. HI VAtc COsI = IAAA'AsE
clad young man, whose shirt has evl.
IDENTIFY gone to the pawnshop to look af'
ter his trousers, has leen fishing and hsss
caught whole tive-gallon jar full u
trout, but he IL emptying the JAR OF III
finny treasures that he may milk thu
unslispecting goat, nibbling the bark o.
a dog-woo4l tree near by. 1t Isn't TIT
kind of u goat to milk; but the youn:
man will not find that out unit! sftel
he has begun operations and made tn
first assessments.
SIDE DISHES.
"I'I make you dance" said an irat'
mother, nursing an erring son, slippe
in hand. ''Then," remarked the juve
nile. 1--WE shall have y bawl,"
Definition of u novel: Mr.. Swtg say
that "a novel is the worlds truth Will
beautiful woman walking through 1t. ,
Generally, with man after her,
The C6inaman who thought he wa
Americanizetl enough to squeeze Tex
/ az girls hand on the sly, has departed
for some uuiet place in the hills, wher