The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-22
GLEANINGs.

lilies in Queensland. AMI what is more
these flowers are rs large rs dinner
plates.
At the last session of Congress appro-
priaiions were authorized to the amount
of $22. 600, 600 III cAc:>s OF last year.
aggregating $3.50. 2oI.oSz
Three clerks are kept busy signing
the Pension Commissioner name. and
it Is all they can do 10 furnish the num-
Der Of signatures required.
The English fashion for pipe-smok-
ing is again increasing in this country.
Some OF the finest anu most popular
pipes are briarwood an Lsyhorn.
The City OF Rome is ihc largest of
the European steamers. She burns
2,23O tons Of coal between New York
and Queenstown, OF an average OF SO4
tons tally.
One-,hirtieth OF the work on the
Panama Canal has been completed.
Yet De Lesseps promises finished
canal in 1883. Eighteen nincty-eight
more likely.
A Pittsburg doctor holds that eOrns
are inherited. Nevertheless, says the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. the ILL
fitting boot or shoe is the parent OF
most of them.
The census O: M.sirn gives the pop
ulation ut 1856 n Safe has =
million, two States ;:a"e less than lOO.-
600 and sevcra. States have less than
200, 900 inhabitants.
The total rra.-nsta;ie Va ll,;!on of
New York Ci,v is 81 119. 761. .597. Last
year it was $1,O79. 13O. 669. The per-
sonal valuation is $218. $50. TAG against
$187, SAG, 465 last year.
Nine hundred and sixty-one of the
1900 inhabitants of a village Of Sax
ony were attacked with trichiniasis
after eating the flesh Of diseased pig.
Fifty-seven of them died.
The apple dealers of western New
York have agreed not TO luy fruit in
barrels of less size than the common
-four barrel. which is made OF slaves
284 inches long with 17-inch head and
a 62-inch bilge.
The Worlds Electric Rebellious
Ore Reduction Company' has been in
corporated in San Francisco. 1t owns
nothing but its name and proposes 10
do everything. II advcrtiscs capital
stock of $4,000. 600.
The Confederate monument in Co.
lumbia, S. c., which was shattered by
lightning some time ago, has been re-
built ut Il distance from The State House,
as its former proximity made it dam
gerous, the managers say.
The first American petroleum was ex-
ported in 1862 from Pittsburg to
Europe ut loss Of $4,000 on 600, 100
gallons. In 1858 400. 900. Oo0 yai.ons
were exported, for which $50. 900. OOO
were returned to :nis country.
The patent fish-pole, with self-rcgis-
ter attachment. showing The exact
number of fish caught with it, displays
great inventive skill. but it doscn't sci
worth cent. Anglers prefer 20
depend on their memory in sucl eases.
America exports popcorn by the
thousand barrels. Popcorn was first
made in this country in 1S49. Some
medical men recommended i; fo- drs-
pepsia. and patients 1T the summer r"-
sorts can be seen munching it ut all
hours OF the day.
New York manufacturer of lri-
cycles says that in England there are
now over 60, 900 of the three wheeled
machines in use. He believes that it
will in time supercede the bicycle. a.
being better adapted to country roads
and more easily managed.
A New York dealer in garden see,is
has in store box of cauiitlowcr seed
weighing only fifty -four pounds. which
he says will ne, him $1,000. He says
he could not replace the seed. and
therefore keeps it in safe deposit
company to guard against loss by fire.
A factory for the production Of :rti-
fetal teeth is to be established in U ica.
N. Y, where masticators will be turn
ed out at the rate Of 5000 sets per day.
for the low price OF $1.50 per sci.
Crowns for molding teeth. formerly
costing $3.50. will be made for Is
cents.
A Mr.. Vanuer. livin near Cornwall,
N. Y. having just CONNECTED y new
5000 barn. it was chr>;"ned by Nina.
q jersey he.frr valued ut S6 coo. biny
the first animal to enter tie building
4 Buses carpet was lai i. m /! she
trip3ei over it viii rs much -race
an, nri &c isa !rilc cen!rri ,g Il church. y
The New Oceans "Wnr.ds Fir" 20
be opened next December. was iir'' m
tende.l to commemorate the Genie iair!
Of the shipment OF Fix bags oi ,c;;on
from Charleston. S. c.. 20 En- Gland. n
1884; but its scope mas c,'i rnlrr-ed
so as 10 embrace IL. IN !;s:r e.. The
buildings will be Are: III II :il"sr III
the Phila:lclphi., Ccn:cnnia the ms-
cnirerv hail alone will DC Is JO f.c; Nv
9OO feet. and covers lhirly-two ::crcs.
1t is not generally known that the
Amalgamatc Association of Lon and
Steel Workers claims to be one of the
largest associations in the word. Ac.
cording 10 some of the reports ile
mem bersl,ip is about 100. 900. which di-
rectly and indirectly controls and intlu.
ences nearly 100000. workinymen.
At one time the orraniz .tion was said
to have $4,000 in its treasury, but
the strikes Of the las: Two ears have
depleted it considerably.
DR.. Riggs, an Englishman. who has
system. Is mnch incensc,l at the state.
ment of Professor Ma,hcrs that the
non-graduatc portion Of the people Of
the United States possess +. vas,
amount of technical education gained