The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-02

Things in General.
The town of Selma, Ala, claims to
have the most wonderful artesian well il
the world, and it would seem with good
reason. The remarkable feature in the
case is that two separate streams Of wa
Ter, of entirely different properties flow
rom this we'll. The singular effect in
question is produced, it seenis,. by the
simple insertion of two-inch pipe with
in four inch tube. Tue larger pipe
descends to depth of some four hun
bred feet, the water is strongly impreg-
mated with sulphur aud iron; and, COM
pared with the temperature OF the twin
stream, is quite warm.
One hundred thousand United States
Soldiers were massed under General
Sheridan in tho Southwest Just after
the war, to induce Louis Napoleon to
let Mexico alone General Grant was
in favor of force. Secretary Seward
couched diplomatic request to the
French emperor in the pohtest terms.
This angered Grant. General Ayres
says he took dinner with General Grant
that day, and he said hardly word
throughout the whole repast. After it
was over they went out together to
smoke, and sat down on the parapet.
General Ayres gave General Grant a
long black cigar, and he sat down and
pulled away, still silent Finally Grant
blurted out single remark, "Pm down
on Louis Napoleon and Bill Steward,
and this was the sum of his conversation
for that day.
Germany has more books in its IL
braries than any other nation. There
are over 1 200 libraries in Austria, Ger
many and Switzerland. twenty of which
contain 100000 volumes. France has
six libraries of over 800. 900 books, be-
sides the National Library, which is the
largest in the world. Great Britain
has only nine libraries of over $100, 900
volumes, and the British Museum pays
out $4,000 annually adding to it's COL
lections. Spain has thirty public IL
braries, containing 100000 volumes.
The library in Washington contains
5000 volumes and ITO, 900 pamphlets,
and there are but five larger in the
world-the French National, with q
500, 900; the British Museum, 1.500, 900 /;
st. Petersburg, 100000; Munich,
90O, 900, and Berlin with $50, 900 books,
Thus is described the beautiful pro-
cess of cremation as the New York So
eiety propose carrying it out: "The
body, covered with pail, is placed in
catafalque, in the chapel or reception
hall, whence it descends noislessly by
means of an elevator to the incinerating
chamber. This, by means of super
heated air, has been raised to Il white
deg. Fahrenheit. When opened to re-
ceive the body, the inrushing cold air
cools this chamber to delicate rose
tint, and the body, after IN hour in this
bath of rosy light is completely lecom-
posed, nothing remaining but a few
pounds (about four per cent. Of the
original weight of clean. pure, pearly
ashes, which are taken out and put in
ON urn of terra Gotta, marble, or other
suitable material, and placed in niche
of the columbarium, or delivered to the
friends to be disposed of as they may
desire"
Said our ex-minister to Germany, Mr.
A. A. Sargent, in an interview the other
day: "There are twenty American girls
at the University of Zurich, Switzer-
land, studying the higher branches of
science and fitting themselves for ca
reers. I have two daughters there. Miss
Ella, who is taking a classical course,
and Miss Lizzie, who is studying the eye
specialist in the world. Lizzie, you
know, took adegree in medicine in this
country and was licensed to practice
here, but she wanted to learn all that
an occulist could know, and has been at
the Zurich University for some time.
The doors of every university in Europe
except that at Zurich are slammed in
the face of women. The French admit
women to their medical colleges, but
not to their universities"
General Stone, of the Bartholdi
statue committee said to a New York
Herald reporter few days ago: "Why,
only think Of it, those poor old manned
and infrm soldiers of the Union armies,
now in permanent quarters at the mill
tary asylum away out in Dayton, Ohio,
have been saving up coppers and nick
els and quarters of a dollar to send me
this bag of coin as their contribution
toward defraying the expenses Of erect
ing the Bartholdi statue. Many gener-
GUS and liberal minded donors have
contributed largely to this monument
fund-they have given their thousands
and their tens of thousands but these
poor soldiers have given, I might say,
their all-for the time being"