The Mineral argus., 1884-05-15
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ing illustrates the career of a grea
Snowman, 1870, unknown 1872, a ma
named Haverly; 1874, Jack Haverly
1876, Mr.. John H. Haverly; 1878, Man
ager Haverly; 1880, Colonel J. H. Hav
erly; 1880, Gen. J. H. Haverly; 1884
Jack Haverly."
DR.. Miller who made the examination
Of Guiteau's brain, has been devotinl
considerable attention to the effect o
different professions on longevity. Hi.
conclusion is that the average life Of
business men is fifty years in this coun-
try and sixty in England, statesmen
seventy-two in England TO seventy here,
English chief justices sixty-eight, Amer
leans, sixty. The Americans, in his
opinion, are too active and not regular
enough in their habits.
A Boston man writes of doctors who
advertise: "Many such advertisers are
specialists, and on old physician frankly
tells me that as the practice of medicine
is all AN experiment. the regulars al
ways use the goods which these special
lists have proven to be efficaciOus. They
spend years studying the eye, ear or
some other part of the body, and con-
s%equently know more about it than a
doctor with ageneral practice, who con-
suits old books and is not progressive"
The City of Mexico possesses many
delights for the northern visitor, but
there is one drawback mentioned by a
correspondent which is rarely referred
to. He says: "For the first two days
1 was a little troubled for breath on
this lofty plateau 1900 feet higher than
the top of Mount Washington, and my
lips were dry and my throat parched;
but my lungs have now become accus-
toned to the rarified air, and by taking
outdoor exercise only in the morning
and evening and drinking a little claret
and a good deal less water, 1 succeed in
being very comfortable"
A scientific physician says: ain the
morning there is an acrid state of the
secretions, and nothing is so well calcu-
lated to correct it as peaches, apples,
etc. The small seed fruits, such as figs.
blackberries, raspberries and strawber-
ries, may be classed among the best
fruits and medicines. The sugar in
them is nutritious, the acid purifying
and the seeds laxative. We should look
more to our gardens for our medicines
and less to II drug stores"
1t is not fair to charge workingmen
with being low in their tastes or with
preferring the saloon, and the beer-halI. |
and the tavern, until they have had the
opportunity to educate themselves. The
success of the workingmen's Sunday
concerts In New York ought to be the
starting point for similar efforts in other
cities, and it only needs a trihing gem
crosby on the part of our wealthy men
to repeat the success. The rich have
their Sunday service in churches to
which the poor cannot afford to go.
Let the poor have their service also, and
what better service can they have than
good music on the only day of rest they
have ?-Chicago Tribune.
The origin of altar of roses is said to
have been this: To please a voluptu-
Gus monarch his favorite sultana caused
his bath in the palace garden to be filled
to the brim with rose water. The ac-
lion of the sun Don concentrated the
oily particles floating on the surface,
and the attendant, supposing the water
to have become corrupt, began to skim
it for the purpose of taking off the oil.
The globules burst under the process,
and emitted such a delightful odor that
idea of preparing this beautiful per-
was at once suggested
In an article by Charles F. Thwing
on "Gifts to Colleges and Universities,
published in the Bay State Monthly, it
is stated that the amount contributed to
and university education in the
United States during the past ten years
is $50, 500, 900, and since 1874 the total
amount given has not been less than
900 900.
Simon Cameron said to a Philadel-
phia Record reporter in regard to Flori-
da: 81 found no traces of malaria down
there, and L was told that there had
been no serious sickness during the two
years that the white workmen had been
laboring on the canal. There is a salt
breeze almost always from the Gulf or
Atlantic. The com unity is made
up mainly of hotel Representatives,
who prefer TO import canned vegetables
from New York for their guests rather
than raise the vegetables in the ground.
They say they have no help, but that is
all nonsense"