The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-06-14
HERE AND THERE.

The Empress of China has ordered
the Vicersy of Yunnan to start public com.
panies to open mines in Yunnan to procure
gold, silver and copper ores.
Zylonite is now made of paperj
and 1t can be manufactured into articles in
imitation of horn, rubber, tortoise shell,
amber and glass. Cathedral windows have
been made of it.
DR.. Vermkoff is reported to have
discovered in Central Asia, the horse, the
camel and the goose in their wild state:
| They manifested no fear, even after some
of their number had been shot
The recent report of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters shows that NO
fewer than 1852 hotels in the United States
have been destroyed by fire during tile past
eight years. an average of $50 yearly:
Nubar Pasha, the Egyptian Prime
Minister, is preparing statement to the
Powers showing that Egypt is unable to
support the present rates of taxation:
The land tax is often greater than the gross
value of the crops.
A vessel 25 feet long by five feet
breadth of beam was recently launched 1t
St. Petersburg. She is built of paper. Her
draught Of water Is very small, and she
is we'll adapted to sailing on shallow rivers:
| u>r p,ofiya M vnr 10 sfosm
It is said that by the following
simple method almost instant relief of ear
ache is afforded: Put five drops of chloro-
| form on little cotton or wool in the bowl
of a clay pipe, then blow the vapor through
the stem into the aching ear
Baseball making is becoming a
very large and ren,unerative industry. Last
y,ar oyer 5,OoO,O 900 balls were manu- factured
| in this country, and as the makers have .
larger number of orders than ever before;
it is estimated that 1900. .OOO baseballs will
be in use this season.
At recent meeting of the Irish
National Land League, the secretary Of the
League mentioned the fact that, whereas
two or three years ago from Fl, 900 to 81, 900
was received " ekly from America; they
were now obliged to depend almost exclu;
sively upon funds contributed in Ireland.
A professor in the University of
Upsala offers to freeze any person who will
volunteer, depriving them of all appear
ance of vitality, and to bring them round
again at the expiration Of two years with
out injury. No one has consented to the
experiment. and it is proposed to try it
upon some condemned criminal.
A humanitarian genius has in<
vented device to take the place Of bit:
1t is called the Garage. or anti-horse tor
ture. 1t is composed of steel band
placed over the front bone of the hofse's
nos", and to this appliance the reins are
attached The inventor claims for this
substitute for the bit that it gives complete
control to the driver over the horse without
inflcting the least discomfort or torture on
the animal itself. 1t has been tried With
satisfactory results.
The loss of life among Gloucester
6hermen since Aug. l, 1882, caused by
the heavy gales on the fishing banks, has
now reached total of 254 men, the largest
loss recorded from this port i'll any year;
1879 ranking next with total 249. The
dead of the past winter have left 10 widows
and 1874 fatherless children The disastrous
winter fisheries were first opened in 1880,
and since that time AL vessels ana $500
lives have been sacrificed III the fisheries
centred at Gloucester.