The Mineral argus., 1883-11-08
Passing Events

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Gently, had two policies of insurance ON
MS life which his family could not And
One night a friend Of the deceased ia
a dream IN which he saw the lost poIi.
cles. On waking he went for the do.
cunlents and found them.
London Truth hears that the oneon
has issued a private memorandum en-.
joining the occupants Of a certain roval
palace to a correction and re ,ormation
OF manners. Recent events have brought
20 her knowledge the fact that, in one Of
her palaces, gambling is regularly going
on to an almost incredible extent. FIN,
ormous Suns are won and lost. The ar
dent players are wont to continue their
amusement well into the mornings of
sundays and other days directed To be
Sept holy.
A big bridge is projecting at New Or
cans. The Mississippi river there is p
90 feet wide. An engineer proposes
even spans OF 300 feet each, one 10 be
lraWn. n piers are to be creosoted
liles, driven in clusters. and heaviIv
appel and cased with iron. The dantI
1f water will be no obstacle, as the. nile
can be spliced. The estimated cost 4.
j 5000 600.
Men who were weighing a bale Of
cotton in Dallas, Tex, a few DAYS aoo
noticed that it was warmer than the Ar
mosphere. An examination provel
that the center of the bale was on ire
and when it was opened the ~smolJerino
cotton burst into flames. There are two
theories as to the origin ofthe fire. spon.
ianeous combus ion and a spark from
the gin, finding about equal support In
local opinion.
In a horse a good and strong but quiet
pulse beats forty times a minute. in An
fifty to ffty-five, in sheep and MICS
not less than seventy or more than
for ordinary health. Ii NAV he
felt whenever a large artery CROSSES n
A rapid hard and full pulse J.
stock denotes high fever; a rapid, small
ana W ak pulse also fever, caused by a
and poor state of the subject
very slow pulse indicates brain dis
ease, while an irregular one indicates
with the heart.
The growth of Texas is marvellous
The increase in her taxable propertv
year was $3.50, 600, 900. New conn.
lies TO- the number of sixty-eight were
organized, giving 90 in al. Besides
his. there is a territory twice as large
IS n state OF Georgia not yet divided
nto counties.
n number of years that a student
ias to spend in a medical institution be-
ore obtaining a degree is: in Sweden 10
Norway, 3; Denmark, 7 Belgium, Hol-
and, Italy and Switzerland. g; Russia.
'Ortugal. Austria and Hungary. 3.
france, England and Canada, 1; United
3 OF p; Spain, 2.
The San Francisco Chronicle publishes
interviews with prominent wine mer-
hanis ofthe city, showing this years
vine crop - be forty per cent. less than
supposed, the total yield o ex-
eeding 100000 gallons. The imme-
late cause is a disease of the vines
nown in France as ''canleme," which
Itself for the first time this
ear. Mission grapes are held at 500 II '
g per ton, and Zinfandel and Muscat 1
S33 to $40, those being the highest I
yet obtained. /
The London News tells a good story OF
70 well-kno wn Americans who were !
'customed to visit Europe in Nav, and I
Id competed with each other for the c
Isl berths in the Germanic or Britain.
c. A having been done by b two years D.
succession, thought he would be all :
5ht IN 1881. Accordingly in March last ;
VIZ tie, engaging the captains room {
d three OF the best state rooms for tine n
st voyage of the Garnanic. Flushed s
IA the certainty of triumph, he i'm. 7,
utlousiy mentioned the circumstance ~
a friend. Pleased with this stroke of y.
a. smartness the.f riend spread the story =
llch got Ia the ears Off, who imme. u
itely cabled 10 Liverpool to secure for y
msel' 1.-THE captains room and three y
81 state rooms on the Germanic's first =
wage out from New York in Nav. y
=" When in due course AS letter II
rived by mail, an answer was SEM bv
mail expressing profound regret ly
the berths named had been already a
Gifted. Ii