The Mineral argus., 1883-11-08
Miscellaneous Matters.

oakland, Cal, is to haye cotton mills
beked by 100000 capital.
Probably the fastest train in America
the afternoon express on the Canada
ilantic railway, which leaves Coteau
.ation at 5.35 and reaches Ottawa. dis
|nt 1874 miles, at 700, having made n
= OF three minutes at Alexandria.
is almost exactly fifty miles an
bur. The fastest train in the world is
pbably the Flying Dutchman," which
Nnut stopping from London to
w "a distance of lis IA miles, in
~ Shours, a rate of fifty nine and
81 miles an hour.
The steamship Ludwig, which sailed
pm Antwerp, Belgium, for Montreal
10 months ago, and has not since been
ard from, has been given up as lost.
ERE we're seventy persons on board,
|enty-iour OF whom were passengers.
Pullman, ILL.,, the manufacturing SUI
BIB Of Chicago, has successfully tried a
hoyel system Of sewerage. The town
diiicult to drain, lying on the prairie
ibout rise or fall and without streams.
BIT sewers were built, emptying into a
Inken tank, from which the sewerage
$ pumped through a twenty-inch
lin to a farm three miles away. The
OF the system was $50, 900, and the
~ returns a profit Of $500 a year, or
pre- than 3 per cent. on the invest
ent.
The Burmese would be known my
here by their fruits, such is the strong
peculiar odor of their favorite varie-
The dorian is particularly bad for
~Olfactory- nerves. Its rind has a
BET empowering smell, and in the
ecial steamers which are sent to Man
ay for the use of the king and the
lace, the smell Of the bad dorians is
Dugh to announce their presence all
the river. Another fruit, called tan
the, is very odorous, and is esteemed
PLY by the Burmese as an excellent
tstive and tonic. From descriptions
is effects upon the person who has
N INDUCING in it, il is probably Of
saler strength than the combination of
and onions perceived at some dem
aiic caucuses.
he increase Of national wealth in
tain since the time Of the Sluarts was
discussed at the recent meeting OF
British association. Public wealth
Q%uadrupled since the date of the
e Of Waterloo, and has doubled since
accession OF Queen Victoria. Where
b 1910 the total wealth was e4.O3O.-
900 sterling. in 1882 ii had increased 4
20, OOO, 900. Computed per inhabi-
in 1872 it was el27, and in 1852
The purchasing power of money
alse increased, and also the comma
number of well-to-do people. The
bate returns showed that II per cent.
be populstion was above want in 1910
81 per cent. in 1877.
e annual report Of the Provost of
University Of Pennsylvania saws: I'm
tollege life athletics nave become a
prominent feature. Recognizing
the advantages and dangers of
fnastic exercise, the Board of Trus-
has resolved 10 establish a systema-
%aperviEion Of physical ulture, and
% far agreed with an athletic nsso-
ION OF alumni and undergraduates
a gOOdly lot of ground, with suitable
Iilugs and appliances, Will soon be
gied TO achletic sports under the
ti1l oversight OF an experienced di-
~nderlaying the bituminous coal and
beds of Western Pennsylvania
Is porous rock which is charged
petroleum gas. In certain local
II Is only necessary TO tap this gas
fyoir by means of an artesian well
fder 10 secure a supply of ready
highly inlammable fuel. There is
a strife now going on in Pittshurg
monopoly of the privelage of dis
Ting this natural gas, through pipes
IN the streets, to points where il
be needed Tor domestic or manu-
ring purposes. {
hchburg, Penn, Is a town >remark- ,
br being lighted day and night by !
slant stream Of burning gas. Some
ago a party desiring TO test tie s
ory for oil drilled a well on the
n0reland side of the river, directly
ite the town, in which no oil was
but from which an immense flow ,
proceeds, and which is utilized by \
iTOprietors Of a rolling mill in the j
place. The gas At this well not o
srnishes the light and heat for the !
mill, but the a from n pipe pro- :
2 far above the mill buildings illu- !
les the whole town. BY the use )
gas from this well the company y
My lights their works nut saves :
] "A fuel. Besides furnishing lights G
rolling mill it supplies these ne y
es Tor a steel and a glass manufac- \