The Dillon tribune., 1885-08-15
GLEASINGS.

that Oh IL "'' &, .,
I'M m,o Mormon temple at Salt Lake viii
=. reouire more than four years to-
ye' oo,mpletion, and will cost 80. 900, 900
~ Charles Dickens used to say that ht
..Sasd the quality of housekeeping by
~ conditions Of the casters on the
Now Jersey town has fitted up the
I'm Hall as a skating rink for the
l lvr of raising money to pay off its
debts.
r the day is not cloudy on Aug: ~,
1000 England may view a total eclipse
II afI the sun, the only total eclipse In the
next $50 years. 4:
Irregular eating at restaurants Is BE-
.on;ne fruitful source of dyspepsia
s ~ mr. cities, according to an eminent
writer on hygiene.
Newfoundland dogs are better for
.,edcinp in the arctic regions than ma
i've animals. A man, however, can do
more work than any dog in proportion
- the amount of food consumed.
Tablecloths, one would almost
;maoine. are entirely out of date, for
everything in that line appears to be
o.lled .:scarf." ''Jane, be sure and
mt A clean scarf on for dinner to-
night
Sturgeon has turned out 688 preach
.rs from his Pastors College"in the
txenty.eight years it has been estab-
lished. Surgeons theory about learn
iug to preach is las dog learns to
swim; jump in.'
The London Daily Telegraph nets its
owners q million dollars a year, and
runs ten Hoe presses. Of the four
original proprietors the sole survivor is
The owncr Of country weekly, and
another died in poorhouse.
A machine is in use at Melbourne,
Australia, for shearing sheep by steam.
( L operates in the same manner as the
ordinary shears. but cuts much quick
f er and cleaner, without the least dam
: ger Of injuring the fleece or the sheep.
It is . remarkable distinction to be
the father Of eleven daughters, but
much more remarkable to be the father
oteleven married daughters. This is
the privilege of Mr.. Burnand, the edi-
tor Of Punch, who has not been in good
health Of late.
For long time past the head man
tthe Paris Petit Journal who used to
be workman at three francs a dav.
has made an average of two million
francs year. It is. claimed that the
Petit Journal has q circulation of 800.
900 copies day.
Nap publishers have about all thew
eau do to keep up with the times, be-
cause Of the progress of exploration,
TIE changes in frontiers, and the build |
ng d new cities and towns. Africa
calls tor more changes than any other
part Of the world.
10 the Russian town Of Sysran there
now living man whose age is 1877.
tact Of which there is said to exist in
auoitable proof. He was wounded in
Ehe battle Of Borodino and afterward
inferred Paris with the allied army. He
supported by charity.
Ihe average number of eggs laid bv
p ordinary flock of hens is eight and
h,t to the fowl, yet instances are re-
orded where hen has laid $50 eggs
one year. From sixteen to seven
sea dozen IS considered remarkable
sa by poultry raisers.
Lulu Hurst, Professor Newman points
": u Hc'e nee, produces her ..manifes-
saons' simply by physical means.
[aahe suggests that her success affords
aaklng example of the untrust-
". . OF human testimony respect
When on visit to Orange, CAL. ten
s .M ago Calvin Fletcher stuck his
anagstick into the ground. The
sae took root, and is now a statelv
ss'no'e tree fifty feet high, with
s. spreading branches and its base
.ees and half in circumference.
, ~ Illinois philanthropist wishes to
n t ,Ss; me poor by teaching them to
m. e's % Sread with the buttered side
mo.. Inc sense of taste, he asserts,
,v VS.. -, acute on the tongue, and that a
nv ;4au amount of butter is satisfac-
H NJ p " IN the obviously right spot.
S on;Sh artesian wells are being sunk
pod 1 su towns in order to obtain a
khoct.~p ply OF water. The we'll at
eutS 'a ~ Ala, recently reached a
I,ts r ~ ~ 40 feet, since which lima the
s1ty .i "een gushing out to a height
oor ''0ur feet above the derrick
aaee ; ~ along the coast of Maine
cres, and " ano from 100 to 10000
, private svS OF them have been sold ,
tge nnmha INDIVIDUALS since 1888. A
ed, hav;n"s % these islands are set. F..
Tiers ara voa une farms upon them;
sren. oueu' and still others are ,
e. Conn ''s anu wife. OF South Hanoi
aud, wh a,e :; over eighly-eight years