The Mineral argus., 1885-06-11
Things IN General.

A man in Indiana went hunting some
time since, and, seeing a squirrel poke
his head cut of hole in the tree, he
fired. but, not seeing the squirrel drop.
he came to the conclusion that he had
missed it, Almost instantly he saw
what he supposed was the heal of the
same animal. and again fired. Still the
Squirrel mead appeared ut the same
place. He fired thirty four shots, and,
as he did no. see the game drop. he
started to go further into the grove
When he had passed the tree on which
he had seen the one squirrel, he saw
thirty four lying in a heap upon the
ground.
A pair of partridgcs made nest in
brush heap in the barnyard Of farmer
in Webster county, GA. A pullct nest
ell in the same brush heap and laid two
eggs. when she was killed. Tho male
partridge took the pullet's place and
Matched out the two eggs. He was
very much attached to the two little
chickens, and when they were taken
from him showed so much feeling that
they were returned to him. He soon
after took them of to the woods and
they have not been seen since.
Texas is now bal place for drum
mcrs," the leading Wholesale houses
throughout the state, according to the
Galveston News. withdrawing Their
CONNIE rcial travellers. 1t is admitted
that the drummer must go. but there is
diilerenc, Of opinion rs to his future
resting place and vocation. Skill with
/ the revolver and bowie knife is no
longer u marketable commodity, and
ambitious drummers prefer to go east
rather than become plodding farmers
in tie west.
Though the State University Of South
Carolina is only two years old it has
prospcred sufficiently to have n number
of post graduate students. More than
twenty young men took special labora-
tory courses last year in chemistry,
pharmacy, etc. AMI II law school has
also been established. At last years
examination no candidates for these
post graduate courses were rejected. an,l
the number of students who formed the
deficiency classes" in preparation for
the undergraduate department, was re-
luced from As per cent in lSS2-3 to less
than | | per cent in lSS3-4.
The scenery of the Vienna Theatre is
described by a correspondent as neal
nature rs art can make it. At m opera
by Wagner birds fluttered across the
stage. among tho trees; in Lohengrin,
the swan drawing his boat is undetect-
ably lifclike: n dragon comes ont Ia
fight Segfricl: the branches and leave'
of the trees are pendant, and Mt times
moved rs il by a breeze; the sky sccner,
at the time of sunrise or sunset coult
not I've excellcd; and, in fact, every
thing seem, so real that, ut the end, II
; is hard to throw of the spoil AMI ro-
|, turn to real life.
4 recent work on condiments states
that experiments Of French academi
clans showed that flesh deprived of it,
saline constituents by being washed
with water lost its nutritive power
and that animals fed ON it sool
died Of starvation. What is NOR,
curious still is, that after few
days with such a diet, tho instincts o
the animals told them that it was worth
less ~ foo |. and they fcl on it with re-
iurtance. AMI ut length the utmost tor
ments of hunger were hardly sufficient
to induce them to continue tine iii. t
There was plenty of nutriment in tn,
food. hut there was no medium for it
solution and absorption, and hence j
was useless.
DIR. COIN, of Breslau, in tho year,
1864 and 1855 examined the eyes of 10,
O6O scholars. aud found l,6iO of then
, with eyes of defective shape. OF thes
, l.O12 were mvopic. l39 were ilat-eyct
y, were the subjects oi astigmatigm. an,
, 500 were suffering from the results %
previous disease. DIR. Cohn further
| found that faulty shape of the eycballs
especially in the direction If mvopia
increased steadily. both in numerical
prevalence and in degree, as school Wa
, prolonged; being least frequent an,
least pronounced in the clcmcntar,
schools. more frequent and more pro
nounccd in the intermediate. most fire.
qucnt and most pronounced in the fin
ishing schools.
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