The Mineral argus., 1883-11-08
Current Paragranbs

- "D fitahlys ne IS nearly
slghty-seven years old. thirteen wears
older than his great ancestor, cold
trltzY when thas monarch broke down
ahu ms lie has been one of great actiy-
tty.
Governor Crosby Of Montana. savs
that n day, when the presidential
party we're crossing a ~drylgulch in North
ern wyoming. they saw written in char.
eoal over the door of a vacant cabin the
Only nine miles 10 wafer
ana twenty miles from wood, No grnb
IN the house. God bless our home.7
Mr.. W. d. Howells, while visiting Bal.
hmore lately, was met by a reporter
VINO interpreted his views regarding
English and American literature as fol-
lows: IN many respects we excel the
Ensllsh IN periodical literature. Our IT,
ITHslratIohs are OF a much finer quality.
our monthly publications. have few
counterParts in England. / think thai
English customs and English disposi-
uon tend more strongly to the pub-
hcallon 81 books than of magazines"
How some men do magnify their w.
cations. A correspondent Of a Vernon,
paper who has been sending that paper
weekly a patch of items about who has
had his barn shingled and who has pone
a visiting has severed his Connection
as they call 1t, with the aper. or had II
severed for him, and writes a thrilling
Naledictory, heif . column long, which
ends as follows: kindred spirits are
thrown together for pleasure and labor.
the q hcks our feet, and with the
web OF life all unwoven, the delicate
silken threads are snapped assunder
We exchange fareweils and pass ont on
the tide. Readers of the Vermont
Tribune, we have sailed our heaven
bound crafts a few days together. We
are IN sound OF the breakersl Give me
your hand-farewelll"
Chief Justice Beglie, of British Colum-
bia' recently said to a jury which had
JAILED to find a murderer guilty: "On
your conscience will rest the stigma of
returning such a disgraceful verdict. and
one at variance gith the evidence on
which you have sworn to find the guilt
or innocence Of the prisoner. MANY
repetitiOns of such conduct as vours will
make trial by jury a horrible farce. and
the city of Wet, ria, which you inhabit.
a nest Of immortality and crime, encour-
by the immunity from the law
which criminals will receive from the
announcement Of such a verdict as Yours
Goj have nothing more 10 say to you"
To the prisoner, who committed the
murder with a sand-bag, he then said.
You are discharged; 90 and sand bae
some Of these jurymen; they deserve
There are some very curious laws in
Saxony regarding servants, girls more
specially. The mistress is obliged by
aw to allow the servant one pound of
'utter and one of coffee per month, or
he equivalent in money. If the girl
furnishes her own beddin, she secures
l-2 cents per night for so doing. Sew
.hty cents a month is allowed for her
Tashlng, and she receives five per cent.
pom all purchases she makes. She is
equlred to give n months notice be-
ore leaving her place. Hhe law also re.
lures that each servant keep a book for
recommendations, in which, upon her
her place, her mistress is COM
elled to state the cause and the girls
haracter.
The question Of what becomes Of pins
as often been mooted but never an
let it is certainly peculiar
lat an article Of everyday use which is
anufactured in numerous quantities
Mould disappear in equal proportion.
is estimated that no less than 5O,OOO.-
70 pins are daily manufactured i'm Eng
and Dublin, and that out Of this
lmber 81 900, 900 are produced in Biz
ingham alone, thus leaving 10000 900
T the production of Dublin, Stroud and
ondon. The weight Of wire, both iron
Id brass, consumed for this purpose
! ,2l5l-2 tons every year.
Chicago divorces have been universal
considered easy Of attainment. but il
'pe airs that in Switzerland, among the
wer classes, a custom prevails that
Chicago into the shade. There
Jung people marry with the distinct
Id%erstanding that if they do not ike
oh other they will separate. II, at
p end Of the year, they shall mutually
clare before a court that they do not
sh 10 remain married any longer, be-
use Of imcOmpatibility Of tempera-
they get a divorce. Hymens
aims are loosely worn in Switzerland.