Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-31
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The wild as. OF New England who calls
himself Captain John TraynOr, and who
attempted 10 row ACROSS the Atlantic ocean
in dOry, discovered two Gloucester fish
ermcn dead in a small boat floating at mid
ocean. Traynor himself was run down,
but rescued.
Extensive preparations have been made
at Brugcs for the celebration OF a histOri-
cal pageant in memory OF 81. Charles the
Good, the former patron ana sovereign OF
the town. The aim is TO reproduce with
eXactness the dresses and appurtenances OF
the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
At the examination of recruits for the
Russian army during 1882, OF 1000 candi-
dates examined $50 were rejected as being
"t0o narrow chested," 30 had pulmonary
tuberculosis, and 10 poverty Of blood"
OF the whole, jI,5 per cent were rejected
for physical disability. II was found that
over 80 per cent. OF the young men OF
st. Petersburg, between twenty and
| twenty-five years Of age, were weak and
| sickly" OF the population Of the city,
1000 were affected by bodily infirmities,
III were blind, T07 deaf or dumb or both,
| lSS without arms. and 2S2 without legs.
Blindness was twice as common among
women as men, but the latter showed 4
larger proportion of cripples. OF the III
| blind. 1874, and OF the 107 deaf and dunno,
| 400 cases were cOngenital.
Three fOurths OF the mines about Lead
| VILE are operated wholly or in part by
| ,cascrs, and more than one half the ore pro-
| duet is the result Of their labor. The daily
output closely apprOXimates 1000 tons, and
| fully one tenth OF this amount is dump
g!eauings. The best miners do not dlsiavor
lease workings. and equally apparent that
leaSers eyince no Discrimination TO hew very
close to the line OF demarkation betwe IN
profit and loss. A well-known lessee re.
| marked that the value OF much OF his ship
ments was four and one half ounces in sill.
yer per ton, carrying about twenty-eight TO
thirty per cent. in lead. Working charges
Tor such grade ore are g. per ton, and after
this is deducted royalty OF twenty per
cent. is paid to the minc-owncr, and still
there remains Il handsome profit TO the
leasor, since the lead covers smelling
charges and loyalty. leaving the silver To
pay mining, transportation. and profit.
London. with its population OF 1900. 900,
takes precedence OF all other great cities in
It's lists OF periodical publications, which
| number nearly 1000. These have an an.
nual circulation OF about LOT, 1000, 900
copies. Paris, with population less than
100000, issues 1853 periodicals, and
these have an annual circulation OF about
1,l00, 100000 copies, so that. in fact. the
citizens OF Paris are more literally supplied
with daily and weekly proyender than their
British neighbors. la fact, it is estimated
that the journalistic products of Paris
amount annually 10 almost one tenth the
entire issue OF the globe. New York and
Brooklyn, with population nearly equal
10 that OF Paris, produce 5S7 publications.
with an annual circulation OF about 5lC,.
100000. Berlin produces 536; Vienna,
49,; Madrid. 1858; Brussels, 23s; Rome,
2l3; showing q gradual diminution until
81. Petersburg is reached. with population
OF 667, 1868, and NEWSPAPER issue OF 1888
and Moscow, with population OF 6Ol, 969
aud only 81 periodicals..