The Mineral argus., 1885-03-05
FACT AND FANCY.

Mexican chamber maids are al
ways Indian boys.
Hooking valley becomes in the
English press "IIockins' valley.
The first ease Of cremation in Mex
leo took place ON the I'D ult. at the
City Of Mexico.
A tobacconist in EastOn. Pa. re-
Gently received 5000 pennies in pay
mcnt for debt.
4 strong organization Of wirc-fencI
cutters have commenced operations
in Colfax county, New Mexico.
The families Of idle mill operatives
at Paterson, N, j., are reduced to
eating cats and dogs to keep alive.
The average gold yield Of the mines
OF Nevada county. California. ranges
from O., OOO. 900 to S4,OOO.OOO per year.
An English doctor asserts that =
person who can move his ears ut Will
Is a suspicious character and can not
be trusted.
Canadian customs officials rs
special favor permit the bringing over
of costumes for the Montreal carnival
Mt duty Of 10 per cent.
The new conservatory Of Mrs. r. Is.
Croker. Mt San Francisco, is the
second largest in the country. 1t COW
ers $4,000 square feet Of ground.
Some New York ladies who give
Sunday evening receptions have been
requested by clergymen to discon-
tinue for the sake Of social morality.
A commercial salesman says that
more cigars and tobacco are used IN
Washington in proportion to popuia-
ton than in any other city in the coun-
try: ,,;..u
brsries in the United States. contain.
ing fifteen million volumes. toward
the support Of which S3.OOO.OOO are
annually paid.
Floating sawmills are common on
the lower Mississippi. They pick up
the drifting logs, turn them into lum-
Der. and sell the product to the plan
tiers along the shore.
During the past week about l4o
families, aggregating 200 persons. en-
tered North Carolina as settlers. Inc
majority were from the New England
states and Pennsylvania.
Sister Mary Cyril, Of the charity
hospital. New Orleans. was last week
invested with golden crown. in com
memOratiOn Of the completion Of tfty
years services in the order.
A couple Of cOlOred families in At
lanta recently Ornamcnted the graves
of their dead children with bottles
containing what remained Of the med
icinc prescribed by the attending ply
stefan.
The living worms that have been
discovered III ice are described by
Prof. Leidy as being white or colorlcss
! and from One-quarter to One-sixth OF
an inch long BY one seventy-iifth OF an
inch in thickness, the species being
unknown.
The phosphate trade is undergoing
great development in Canada. Dur
Ing the past year the shipments Of the
mineral amounted to ~. 46l tons as
compared with 1900 in 1888. 10000
tons in lsS2, 10000 tons in 1881. and
: 100 tons in 1850.
, The question of branding cattle Is
again being considered by Montana
, stockmen. a hide not branded will
: bring II to $3.50 more than one side
7 branded. and the present custom Is
estimated to cost Montana breeders
alone 81, 100000 Il year
. The year 1885 finds four English
Judges still actively pursuing their ju-
4 dicial labors after attaining the age of
fourscore years. They are Vice Chan
8 cclior Bacon. who is in his S1th year
y Judge Petersdorii. IA his 80; Judge
Hutton, in his SD. aud Judge Bayiey
of the Westminster county court. also
= in his SD year.
4 A movement has been started e
keen Francis Murphy in Pittsburgh AS
u the minister Of ''church of gospel
J, y temperance" \ fund OF sJ,Voo has
q already been raised in its support
During his late campaign of eigh
q weeks in that city MIR. Murphy obtain
b. ed eighteen thousand signatures to tn
4. temperance pledge.
te Alma Tadema's latest picture rep
40 resents boys and girls lying under
a. spreading oak and reading Horace
1. Speaking Of the Roman poet, the lat
re President Garfield once asked j. Kan
~ dolph Tucker if he knew where GU
nd motto, IL Pluribus Unum," wa
ed found. MIR. Tucker didn't. well.
said Garfield, ''It comes from Horace,
-, -. and he turned To page where tn
4. poet describes the making Of salad
Ia winding up with the remark that
IS, IS: was &c pluribus unum y
Mr., Labouchcre relates in 1rni
IA that he was at Florence when th
ne. GRAND duke was turned out. IL WAS
ar the palace" he says, ''when patrio
;" ic but practical Italian friend of min
said: "Metternich always sent the ia
w len despot some Of his best wine; let l
nm drink it," The proposal was carrie
4 mi.