The Mineral argus., 1885-06-25
PASSING EVENTS.

Two vessels are on the way from
Hong Kong with seven hundred coolies
for Victoria, Il. Z.
Every county in Indiana except two
Is represented by democratic Office
:esksrs W Washington. .z.s-...slsa,,
Experiments show that the heating
value Of wet coal is % per cent less
than of that which is dry.
1t is calculated that the Mazatlan.
Mexico. custOm-hOuse will this year
collect %. 900, 900 in revenue.
Byron's original Ms. of his poem,
''Fare thee well, and if forever" was
lately sold in London for about sSS.
Only three hundred copies of the re-
port Of Guiteau's trial were printed by
the government. and most Of these are
in the han.is vi Spectators.
The United States steamer Chicago,
the last and largest Of the new steel
cruisers built at ROach's ship-yard,
Chester, will be launched June -.
Hon. Daniel Agnew, ex-chief Justice
Of the supreme court Of PENNSYLVANIA,
has been chosen to address the alumni
III Western university. He is one of
the Oldest graduates.
The Yuma Indians, who numbered
three THOUSAND fifteen years ago, are
now reduced To fifteen hundred. Their
chief, Pasqual. Is supposed to have
long since passed his centennial year.
danish the devil Of modern arith.
metic from our public Schools" said
Hon. Henry L. Robinson in a speech
on public education in Hartford the
other day. ut assaults the brain and
imperils the life. II develops pre-.
cocity. and DrecOcity is Immature, and
Immature Is Il monster"
The fOur-story brown stone resi-
dcnce, No. 2,OO9 Chestnut street.
which was presented to Gen. Grant by
committee Of Philadelphia citizens
Immediately after the close of the civil
war, will be sold at auction on June
IL. The committee paid $33, 900 for
the house in 1860, and furnished it.
Parlor-cars are now constructed
with bay windows. Some on the line
between New York and Baltimore are
fitted with "A series Of five such win
dows. each about seven feet wide and
a triile higher than usual. They com.
promise a central light about three feet
wide, from which two smaller lights
Ntp'tt ~ uuCCtlOuS. mere
is no projection beyond the outer line
Of the car, the detection Of the wings
being inward, and there is no extern
sion beyond the limit Of safety.
The late Franz Abt, the seng-writer,
was a. surprising gOurmaud. A
goose" he used TO say, lis a very
pretty bird, but ii has one great fault;
it is little too mnch for one and much
too little for twO." Coming out of a
restaurant the other day, looking SUI
premely happy. "Herr Kappelmeis-
ter. said friend to him. ..you seem
to have dined WE'LL" Eyes, had a
fair dinner; it was a turkey" "And
was there good company around the
bOard:' ''Yes, gOod-but small; Just
two. indeed. the turkey and myself"
An intelligent physician has dis
covered that color blindness is very
rare among girls, though it is common
among boys. From this fact he draws
the conclusion that in most cases color
blindness is due to want OF early ed
ucation in discriminating between col
ors. Girls are taught to become
familiar with every shade of color,
while boys receive no instruction what
ever in colors. Hence. boys freauent-
ly show an ignorance of colors which
is COMPOUNDED with true color blind
ness, but which girls rarely show.
The professional amuser" has be.
come an institution of New York SO.
cietv. At dinners, concerts. club ban
luets. and parties they are in con-
.lnual demand. and Il popular artist in
this line is perpetually on the go. The
stupid half hour after the coffee is
served. which usually falls on party
Df dinners, and which was formerly
filed with tedious or tiresOme speech.
IS. is now admirably utilized BY the
professional amuscr. He goes in as
,nc of the guests. dimes. is profession
lily Jolly for an hOur after the dinner Is
over. pockets a fee OF $50. and dis
appears.
The story goes that n democratic
from Pennsylvania com.
blamed because republican postmas-
er in his district. whom he accused of
'eing an offensive partisan" was not
urned out. The postmaster had de.
,lared publicly that should Cleveland
re elected no man of character and no
Woman of sclf-respect could enter the
White house. lie was asked how il :
ras he could consent to hold Office
nder a man whom he despised so
nuch. FIJI tell yOu.' said the post
laster. 'lf Cleveland hasn't got
punk enough To turn me out I'm just
lean enough to hold the Office
The following complaint emanates
rom The Boston journal: 1t is PEE
uliar police regulation which fOrbids
Ircible entrance upon unOccupied
remises for the purpose of extinguish-
~ fire. In the ease of the fire ri No,