The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-11

General Paragraphs.
The daily consumption of oysters in
New York is about 20, 900 bushels. To
sec that no one has to go without
share, $40, 600, 900, it is estimated, have
been invested i'm the business, in which
II, 900 persons are employed. Includ-
ing the 5000 places where oysters are
served, the investment is three times as
great and its employees number over o.
600.
Hay fever victims have been holding
their annual reunion at Bethlehem,
town Of New Hampshire, which is SO
high above sea level as to be exempt
from this yearly plague. They, the vic
Tins, allege the discovery Of two great
cures. One is to cauterize tho entire
mucous lining of the nostrils and nasal
iossn; the other they say with assumed
hilarity, is to boil the nose in water for
fifteen minutes.
Professor @. F. Armstrong. Of York
shire College, Leeds, formerly profess
sor Of engineering and applied science
examiner in the University Of Montreal,
vouchos for the high character of the
instruction provided in American
schools, some Of which "are, indeed,
models of what technical school
ought to be-" mentioning the Stevens,
the Rensselaer,. tho Institute of Tech
nology of this city. and the Lehigh,
the Cornell and the Michigan UNIVERSE
ties.
The very spot on which'the late Gar
of Russia WAS assassinated is being
marked by the erection of great
cathedral for which the Russian Gov
eminent will purchase from the Eng
lish proprietors, for 1900, the we'll
known picture by Paul Vcronese, "The
Alteration Of the Magi."
A Norway correspondent of the Bos-
ton Advertiser describes what he calls
q phenomenon. which he discovered in
. country village: "He was q country
innkeeper, who was also postmaster,
storekceper, parish clerk, schOolmaster,
we'll read i'm his own literature and his
tory, who read also, and to a small ex-
tent spoke, Latin and English. He
was deeply interested in English liter
ature. Like all true Norsemen, lie
greatly loved and admired SHAKESPEARE;
Le had also read Mill and Darwin, Ten
nyson and Longfcllow. He was a re-
ligious man. too, and acted as clerk in
tho church, reading the opening prayer
Of the service in clear, fine voice, with
deep solemnity of manner, while in the
evening Of Sunday he walked near
~ two miles to teach the boys and girls
of the school in the neighboring town
ship"
At recent address delivered by ex-
Governor Rice, of Massachusetts. at the
Institute Fair at Boston, speaking o..
Mexico, he said: Mexico needs con-
venient and modern no tells upon the
system now SO popular in the United
States. It will not be long ere Ameri-
Fan capital will he invested in that di-
recIio'. and yielding nattering income.
There ~ also needed machinery for pre-
pairing the .!rts Of Mexico for the man
GfIatur, of carre,.;, rope. mating and
also paper. Thousands upon Thou
sands OF tons Of fibre annually go to
waste ia that country, which could lie
used here and in Europe for the manu-
facture of paper. 1t is no abundant
and cheap that ere many years shall
pass this great industry will be one of
the most important and furnish large
part Of the material for the entire
world"
A curious experiment has lately been
made at Acqui, Italy. by the proprietor
OF some baths there. This gentleman
has at his disposal an inexhaustible
supply of hot water from natural
spring. the temperature being 167
degrees Fahrenheit. The surplus not
required for the baths has been divert
ed SO as to flow through pipes to gar.
den on the outskirts OF the town. Here
the warm liquid flows beneath a num-
her Of forcing frames containing melons,
tomatoes, asparagus, and other garden
produce. The result is that supply
Of these delicacies is ready for market
at very early period Of the year,
when, therefore, they fetch high prices.