The Mineral argus., 1883-08-23
M~iscellaneon Natters.

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The Olympia Wyoming Courierl =
recent date says there are now not less
than 1900 Cinnamon in British Colum.
bia, and the number is increasing fully
100 per month by the arrival Of ship
loads in Victoria.
Our consul TO Brazil has teleeraphsa
the department Of state that DR.. Erie,
and other eminent physicians report
that after the various microscopic and
other tests Of the blood Of yellow fever
patients they have fully established the
theory that the yellow fever ger xists
in the blood. They claim to ha 5nnd
various evidences in every subj .oPer-
ated on.
The Trenton, n. j., editor who spoke
slightingly Of factory girls and their mo-
rails raised a hornets nest. and the buz-
.zing Of fifteen hundred factory girls
coupled with threats at an elaborate dis
play Of boycotting methods was so fear
full that he had to come and saw that I'D
wrote the offensive article 10 a hurry
and didn't mean il.
A trial Of the sl-ton guns at Dover, I
short time a ago, resulted successfully
The ground trembled perceptibly frou|
the effects Of the explosion, window
and doors ratified, ahd several thicd
n of glass in the lighthouse werd
shattered. -Four rounds were fired, thd
proiectiles being all OF the same weigha
Il, 200 pounds-but the charges of powI
der varing from 225 pounds to 45I
pounds, the latter being a full chargtI
The proiectiles struck the water at disI
tances varying from 1900 yards TO fouI
H. --l.-- a. a., .1..-N.A. -.
the recoil varied from four to seven feet
The carriages and aiming apparatu,
worked admirably.
NJ. de Lesseps breaches that the chill
dren Of the rich are .over-dressed, owed
fed, and underexercised. He wa
brought up in many r~espectes like
Young savage-iust as he is rearing hi
little folk-and he thinks that had il nd
been for his fathers appreciated
Of the unadorned beauty
I infants and dislike
finely clad and pampered babyhood. a
IN. de Lessepsl would not have pre-
served his vitality so far into old age
he had done. The basis of a strong co
! stitution were laid in a free and natun
childhood. At the age Of five he va
no more afraid to ride a mettlesomi
morse Ildu AL AIdD "a TIT uCEITls DlU
| fore his boys and girls were old enoug
to play marbles and dress dolls he gayI
them ponies and took them out to rid,
in the environs Of Paris.
The corner stone Of the Garfield MOI
umentin San Francisco is to.be laid in A
gust 25, and it is expected that the cen
monies will be very impressive. I'd
governors Of all the Pacif
coast states and territd
ties, King Kalakana Of the Sandwid
Islands and his staff, the entire miliu
of California and Nevada, and deleg.
lions from all the coast ports of d
grand army of the republic viii be pre-
emit, and the direction Of details will
given 10 the Knights TemplaT. nj
monument will stand in Conservato1
valley Of Golden Gate park.
In Japland the sun neve goes dow
during May, June and July, hui, nv
ter, for two months, he never rises
all. His place, however, is somewh
supplied by the wonderful northei
lights, which flash and flicker in {
gray skies. They look like fires Of
thousand shapes and colors. Now j
clowns, and now like domes; now Ii
flashing nets, and now like streamersl
silk: now like banners, and now III
arches-these welcome guests make
night beautiful.