The Mineral argus., 1884-12-11
General cOndensatiOns.

| zol persons WelC drowned out OF the
/ 385 on board.
The tobacco crop of this country,
which in 1864 was but 1877, 200, 900
pounds, promises in 1884 to be between
500, 900, 900 and 700, 900, 900 pounds. OF
more than three times that of twenty
! years ago. The acreage, which in 1864
was 239, ,S26, has jumped up to nearly
700, 900, while the value of the crop,
which in 1864 was 1000, 900, will
probably reach $45 100000 or $780,
300, 900 in 1884.
John B. Cough is of the opinion that
the way to c1re sleeplessness is to pitch
in and work it off. He says that Ly-
man Beecher Gather of the Brooklyn
orator. had load of sand in his cellar
and after evening service he would
shovel it from one side to the other, and
by this exercise he could tone down the
fever of his brain. Then the old man
would get out his violin and soothe
himself to sleep with amateur fiddling.
In 1881 the average income of male
teachers in Vermont was $7.44 week,
while in 1884, under the influence of
oenign and progressive civilization, it
has risen to So. So. The female teachers
in 1881 were paid $4.21 q week, which
sum has been increased Sol in 1884.
1t is also stated that the number of
schoc Is and teachers has very consider
ably lcreased within the period-a
statement that is not at all surprising.
The elaborate gold cup won by James
r Keene's horse Foxhall az the Ascot
n .5e' in England nearly two years ago,
and which has been in the hands of
United States customs officials since,
has been officially declared to be tro-
ply, cou1memorating a particular event,
and therefore free of duty, under Sec
tions 2,499 aud 2, 500 of the act of March
B, 1888. An order has been issued Civ
'ng Mr.. Keene his cup without payment
# duty.
Paper bottles are now made on a
large scale in Germany and Austrin.
The following is said to be a good re-
cipe for the paper: Ten parts of rags,
forty of straw, fifty of brown wood pulp.
The paper is impregnated or coated or
both sides with sixty parts of defbrin-
ated fresh blood, thirty five parts of
lime powder, five parts of sulphate of
alumina. After drying ten or twelve
rolled leaves are coated again, placed
over each other and then placed in
heated moulds. The albumen in the
blood forms a combination on pressure
with the lime which is perfectly proof
against spirits, Sc. The DottIos are
mado in two parts, which are joined to-
gether.
Marriage in Pennsylvania is simply
civil contract and can be entered into
just as any other civil contract can be
assumed. Neither priest, minister or
civil or other officer is necessary to a
marriage in Pennsylvania Parties
may agree to become man and wife
with or without officiating officer and
With or without witnesses. They may
privately agree to become man and
wife, and if they publicly assume the
re tions of marriage before the world
AIT confess and present each other as
man and wife, they thereby impose up
on themselves the marriage tie that can
be dissolved only by death or divorce.
''There are still 800, 900, 900 idols wor-
shipped in India-more idols than there |
ara human beings" says the Rev. Den
nis Osborne, the native Indian mission
airy. More than one idol per capita is a
pretty good figure. 1t mast be ac-
knowledged that Christianity has made
but small progress in India under Brit |
ish rule. Mr.. Osborne can only claim |
AS for the idols they are manufactured |
in birmingham, and probably in other
English cities, that do quite thriving
business in the making of these gods, !
which they ship over to the heather. /
This is one way of making the natives
acquainted with Christianity. Can the
paucity of conversions be wondered at
whenEngland herself provides the gods
Our Minister to France gets $17, 500;
England pays her Minister to France
$50, 900 and gives him palace to live
in. The United States pays its Minis
ter to Engla ST 800. England pays
her Minister 90 Washington $4,000 a
year, and gives him a great mansio1,
fully equipped and furnished, and &c.
300 yea-- fOr entertainments. Eng
land pays ben minister to Persia $25,-
300 year and gives him palace. We
pay our Chief Justice $10,5 800 a year
and our Associate Judges $4,000.