The Mineral argus., 1883-08-23
General Mention.

In 1872 a bright cloud was observed
at midnight to cover a mountain in the
island Of Java; it emitted globes of fire
so luminous that the night became as
clear as day. Its effects were astonish-
ing. Everything was destroyed for sew
en- leagues round. Houses we're de-
molished, plantations were buried in
the earth, and S,940 people lost their
lives, besides 800 head of cattle.
Choate, Webster, Prentiss, Writ
polished their sentences till they almost
glistened like marble. Not a word
could be exchanged without doing vio-
lence to the meaning. They studied
the matter If their subjects well and
then gave particu ar attention 70 the
form Of expression.
A piece OF lime which boy carried in
his pocket was the cause of his death
from blood poisoning. 1t is the first
instance on record Of a boys pants-pock-
ct going back on him. To think that
brass wire, rusty old knife blades, de.
cayed fruit, cobbler's wax, hsh hooks,
putty, mice, hedgehogs, can be carried
with IMMUNITY, yet there's all this fuss
about a little bit of lime that looked as
innocent as a piece Of chalk.
At a recent wedding the Princess OF
Wales wore a dress Of white satin, TT
ting her exquisite figure like a glove
The skirt had three founces, each
edged with cofee-colored lace. Over
the bodice was a short zouave jacket of
coffee-colored Rce. Her bonnet was
white straw trimmed with the same
material. At one side was a bunch Of
pink carnations, and fastening the
strings a bunch Of dark red flowers.
She carried a white parasol with 8 gold
handle. The three ~prineesses were
dressed in plain white frocks.
In Garden City, L. l., they have a
new and very happy way Of drawing the
social line. The rents are al fixed by
the Stewart managers, so each person
knows what rent his neighbors pay, and
they divide into as many circles as there
ere different rates. Thus the 81 900
house men won't associate with the
$500 house men, and the 81 500 house
men won't associate with the 81 600
house men and so on. One man there
paws s., 900 annual rent and, Of course,
he v 7 associate with anybody.
s cruel magazine editor returned the
manuscript Of a poem IN q lady in New
| Orleans. She says: II do not really be-
lieve they ever unfolded iit to look at
because, while rewriting it, Fan evelash
fell upon the paper, and, instead OF
brushing it of, 1 concluded to leave II
there Just TO see whether they would
read the piece. Well. sure enough
when | opened the pager, there was my
eyelash all undisturbedl Now you know
if these three half sheet had been nm
uowoI Aho Eftla aara1aoh WOnlG npvunr
have come back"
European statisticians are gradually
| reducing their estimates Of the popula-
! ton of China. 1t ased 10 be put at over
400, 900, 900. Benin and Wagner reduce
their estimate fer China and Corea from
434.5n0.00 0 to SO, J0U, 900. Peterson re-
duces his estimate by 1900. 900, making
/ the present total $50, 600 600. DR.. Hap
! per, missionary, believes this can safely
! be reduced another 50,0OO,0OO Mr.. Hip
pisley, Acting Commissioner ofCustoms,
thinks 250,000,000 more correct than
| $50, OO0, 900. The losses by the Tapping
and Mohammedan rebellions, and by
the famine and pestilence which swept
the provinces Of Chill, Shantung, sansi,
Shensi and Houn, are vaIiously estima-
ted at from 81 600 900 10 81 ,OOO,OO.
Many cases Of typhoid fever, scarla-
tina and diptheria have been traced by
British medical men to contaminated
milk, and the source Of disease was SC
marked that FIVE years ago the Privy
Council issued an order imposing upon
county justices the duty o. inspecting
and regulating the sanitary arrange
ments Of dairies, milk shops and cow
houses. The order not having been
properly attended to, and recent ont
breaks Of fever having demonstrated
the necessity Of more stringent action
an act has Just been passed by parma
ment which provides for the -egistra.
ton by the local authority of all persons
carving on the trade Of cow-Aeepers
dairymen or milk sellers; for securing
the cleanliness of milk shops and mill
vessels; for advising ~pTecautlon against
infection OF contamination; for 1nspec'
lion Of the cattle in diaries and COW
sheds: and for authorizing the local au-
tboritv to make the necessary regula'
tions, This is very sensible legislation
and might be copied in this country
with good results.
The American House was pulled" on
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