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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26
NEK MoNunENT AT oErrYSBUR0.

GETTYSBURG, Penn, Sept. 25.-The friends
and SURVIVORS Of the 18th Massachusetts, Volunteers, to
the number OF l0O here to-day to dedicate tho regi-
ments monument Mumasburg road. on the scene OF
the first days hght. where Color Sergeant Rolan B
Morris fell. The mG1umenJ is Of granite The base,
bearing the inscription First Brigade Second Divs
ion First CorDs July l. 1863" Is surmounted By a
statue feet hiYn representing the colorbearer In
tie act Of drawing his sword Tue exercises at tile
monument this morning opened with address by
Colonel A. n. sampsou OF Boston. An oration was de-
lvered by Major Joseph A. Fox, OF Cambridge, and An
original poem by Rev. NJ. j. savage, Of Boston, was
read by Charles l.. Davis
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IyFAyoR OF NONRESIDENT DRUnAERs.

RALEIGH, N. c., Sept. 25 tSpeciab.-Judgo
Nesres, Of the Wilmington criminal court has just rem
dered decision the drummers tax that is OF gen.
ersl interest. W. r. Kensn, merchant was indicted
and charged with drumming without license. The law
requires drummer from another state TO pay state
tax resident drummer is also required to pay the
same drum ners' the law OF 1885 gives rebate
TO drummer OF the amount of his purchase
tax for time. The court held that the effect OF
.his law 10 dscrminative against the non-resident
drummer. aud II alto pt by the state to regulate
commerce. between the States aud 10 therefore uncons
tutonal The state derives 100000 revenue from the
drummarn tax.
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THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
p p FLOWER fOR SECOND PLACE
SCENES AND INCIDENTS AT SARATOGA.

noyERgoR HILLS FRIESDs CONTROL THE CON
VkNIIoE.
The Democratic State Convention completed 'ne
ticket at Sarat ga yesterday. Govenordiifs1re
and the Tammany Hall delegates controlled the
proceedings and practically selected the candidates
A plank was inserted in the platform approving
Civil Service REFORM but it was announced that
the minority in the interest of harmony would not
press their plank for spoiis Following is the ticket
IN full:
ror Gorernor-.DAvIp B. HILL Of Chenango.
Tor Ltevteaapt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I. FLOWER, VI
New-YUrk
For Secretary Of State-FREDERiCkCo Cooh' VI "oui
For CondroAeT-+ALFRED c. CHAPIS. OF Kings
For AHoyney- -GeneraL-+DENIs oBREN, OF JEFFERSON
For Sasse Treasurer-LAwREsCE j. FITZGERALD OF
Cortland. -
For stoe Engineer and urreyor-'ELNATHAS SWEET
of Albany.
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6ORED BYA YOKE OF OxRN.

BosToN, Sept. 20 (SpeciaD.- A dispatch from
stoughtun Mass. says that Mack Lathrop, farmer,
has yoke OF oxen which ho uses IN ploughing They
were loose In the pasture this morning when Mrs.
ncCurt "A neigbbor, whilo crossing field at
tucked by them they being attracted by her red shawl
Mira Lnthrop seeing her friends prcdclnent. rau TO
her and and tried drive the beasts oil lbo oxen turned
their attention Mrs LathrOp and throwing her down
completely disemboweed her. There is no chance for
her IA
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FRAGMENTS or CABLE NEWS.

PARIS, Sept. 25.-rhe italian Government VIII send
representatives to the International Monetary Son-
ference to be held here October H.
PARIS, Sept. 25-Mcssrs Renard and Crcbs yesterday
repeated the presence OF General Campenon their
cessln In balloon steering. After perl"f
lug cvontions against the win1 they descend
ed at the starting point
sMLA, Sept. 25.The order issued by the Government
to have The First Army Corps put readiness for war
fare has been rescndcl.
BERLIN. Sept. 25.-The Bundesrstb has agreed to cN
cmpt returned empty petroleum barrels from payment
oId dnt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26
ARRESr or uOLLIE HOLBeOOK.

CHICAGO, Sept 20 tSpeciai) i).-Mollie Hol-
brook who obtained q nOtoriety In connection with
Marin Maudeibuum arrested by the Chicago
police to-day on the charge OF p:cSng the pocket OF
Mrs Hill IN Marshall Fields retail IN State-st.
Fnis IA her FIRST appearance since Mandeibaun ep
so,ie hen she turned states evidence. An attorney
gpeurd FOR her this morning before Justice Meec, aud
MS granted a until Tuesday. Her bail was
s-s sl.t siiOO which was furnished. The HolbrOOk
hail ~ "a "a har
kent with her trst husbaui, 4" Buct uulbrook dlVe
r thieves which became tho headqu for the most
dangerous OF western criminals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26

BUFFALO, Sept. % (SpeciaU.-A summons
and complaint in tho suit brought by Edward Mullen
against Richard X Fox proprietor Of The Police Gdzeue
WIS died in the county clerks Office this Afternoon The
ctin arises out of the late Baker-sItery prize fight
and is TO prevent the defendant who stakehoiler
from pay Ig $500 In his hands aud deposited
ON wager by Muirn and others. This money Was paid
into the hands Fox stakeholder Complaint urges
foul play, aud prays for injunction preventing the
pa ing uyt tho money to Siutery's Oacker' JudS5
Jarrett gTdnted tho injunction. Mr.. Thomas, pain
tins lawyer, wcut to Now-YOrk 10 serve papers to-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26
swJPr pLIGBr or BiLLOOy.

New HAVEN, Sept. 20 Especial. D.-Captain
Alfred f. Moore OF wnsted, arrived here to-day from
North Gurord. where he landed last night. 35 minutes
from the time he ascanded IN his balloon ut Water
town Fair, forty-six miles distant When over Water
bury ut height OF $3.50 feet he could DIST ngush tue
smoke New York. aud the cities OF New-daVen, Hart
ford, Bridgeport and New London
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NEW INDUSrRI4s IN THE SoUrR.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 25.-Ihe Baltimore Manu-
6ae,rers Record of september 26, says the most i-
purtant enterprise reported in tue South rora long
time is that for the OF immense works In Vr-
uinia al cost Of 80 $50 900 manufacture steel
BRASS etc. the annual capacity To he 100000 tons
The purchase OF acres OF magnificent eoaland Iron
land has already been made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26
MARCH OF THE CHOLERA sCoURGE.

ROME, Sept. 25.--The cholera reports from
Palermo for the past twentyfour hours show lo new
cascs and gi deaths At Parma during the PERIOD
there seven and i've deaths oeVersi
cases or cholera are reported from other points,
MADRID Sept 2J-There were 742 new cases OF cholera
ana 24O deaths from tho disease reported yesterday
throughout spain.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 25.-Tho Department OF state IS IN
formed that OF cholera and one death nave
occurred at Poutremal Province Of Carrara, Italy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26
THROWN OFF BY A BROKEN RAIL.

CHARLOTTE, N. G., Sept. 25.-A broken rail
near Alarm Springs, on the Western North Carolina
Railroad threw the mail and the first and second
class cars bound passenger train IRON tGe
track Miss spotts OF Richmond, Va received severe
bruises: MIRA Luwenbaok, OF Louisville, KY, was cut
sbout the head and Mail Agent Chrlson was injured IN
the back The wounded were transferred 70
the East virginia and Georgia train and car
ried 10 their destinations The cars not damaged.
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\ rRAYGE rERMIYATION or A DivOROE SUI

BosroN, Sept. 20 (SpeciaD. Shortly after her
marriage to Frederick A. Cover, OF Brookline Miss
Lllat Norton, the singer applied Tor divorce OH the
ground of abuse. The case has TO sudden and
startling termination, While IN Paris recently for
amusement he was tempted TO make vol age In u
bIIIoon Neither the balloon Mr.. Cover has neen
heard OF since. Mrs. Cover has started Tor Paris to
claim mis- estate which is valued at 81 OOO.OO0 Much
SPECULATION exists as to the fate OF tine balloon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26

ticket and the coming Will he TO which organi-
uon Will poll the most votes IN New-Iork. IL
will he the Federal and municipal patronage
against the state machine. Hin Will control the state
Committee, ana his PARTNER, Miller. will probably be
chairman OF It, The Administration Democrats say
that HilPs defeat will he construed rebuff To
the President as he did not want Hill nominated That
Is the tone OF the County Democracy leaders, who went
home In dccp disgust,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26
A TYpHooN IN THE BAY OF BENGAL.

CALCUTTA, Sept. 25.-A fearful tornado has
visited False Point port the Bay Of Bengal The
telegraph lines have been swept away 1t Is probable
that many vessels have been wrecked In tho bay
Government has gone 70 render any asssIanoo
that may be needed
LONDON, Sept 25-Reports received here say that In
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TO ENFORCE LAws icAwSr PROFANITY.

PHILADELPHIA, sept. 20 lSpectut]'-ih he
emen Of tue ci;y were tDC- gwen eards pro-
yidtd by the Presbyterian Publication Society. On tue
face each card printed the preamble and reson-
ton, adopted by meetings Of business mon In NewYorS
aud Philadelphia concerning profanity and on the hdck
ne law ut Penusy lvuta OF MdrUu 81. 1850, against
a,pbely Hnd profanity which exact, "a penalty or
O0 line and three months imprisonment
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STRIKERS BRIGHTEN A ROYAL DUKE.

LONDON, Sept. 25.-rhe hop pickers en-
Moved ON the estates OF the Duke Of Edinburgh in the
County OF Kent finished their work to-day The usual
price for picking hops Is eighteen pence basket aud
the Duke offered 70 pay them only shillinga basket
This created great uprOar among the worknen, VINO
made serious threats ald prepared to carry them out
TLe Duke became frightened at the demonstration
and yielded to their demands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26
ExCoYFEDgRArEs CHEERING THE OLD FLAG.

LYNCHBURG, Va, Sept 25.-Ihe surviving
exCunrcderaes of Bedford County and this city held
reunion at Liberty to-day. Three thousand veterans
we're in ine and much enthusiasm prevailed Congress
man Jobn w. Daniel the speaker OF the day. Gen
eral Jubal A. Early made patriotic speech. aud was
runding tho town ned all day long, aud the troops
marched under tue United states flag, which WAS
greeted every where with tunu.tuous applause. AlJo-
geter tic greatest gaa day that tins part or
Z thp Gtutp ytTg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26
FAILING TO WIN A SUR FOR LIBEL.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 25.-For week the trial
has been going In the Court OF Common Pleas ofCan-
non against The Baltimore American. the plaintiff claim
ing $4,000 damages for having been called IN that
paper the Pirate King" Cannon WAS well-kn"wa
jlaor of the oyster law. The jury stood seven for
nlnintf and five for defendant aud were discharged.
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that Haggerty believed him and turned over @ ~
for sales, for which he was given RECEIPT l.assItT. ~
however had his suspicious aroused and INFORMED ne
police, who in turn demanded of Cowen TO snow MS
authority for assuming charge OF the exniD Cowen
first SAID IL was I'm his valse az his hotel Dut snpse-
Queny contributed himself He was. therefore, TAKEN
into custody and locked up pending an Investigation.
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RREsTED ASA SWINDLER.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. % tSpeciaA.-T. u.
Cowen, claiming to be resident of Washington went TO
the exhibit Of silver Co., Of No. Al broadway NOW
York. to-day and informed John Hasserty, who was IN
charge that had been sent by tho rm 10 reevo ni
and take care e tho exhibit He acted with such sssu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26
sncA11srs AppEAL mo- A HIGnER conRr.

LONDON, Sept. 25.-The eight Socialists who
were sentenced ON Monday last TO fines and mprisoh-
ment for obsructng the law In connection with the
socialist meeting ut Lmehouse on Sunday, have ap
pealed. Mr. Hyndman and Mrs, Besant nave been ac-
eented as sureties prisoners pending decision by
tho higher
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26

HURrBY AN EXfLOSICN OF DYNAMITE.
LANCASTER, Penn, Sept. 25.-A dynamite
cartridge exploded At tho York Haven Paper his near
Collins Station shis afternooa puring four workmsns
two Of thsm, itis thought, fatally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26

LORD woIsELRY vIscoUsr.-Lord Woseley has peeh
gazetted o Viscount.
A DUBLIN DEFAuLTRR.-Rumors current here that
prominent Dublin fpancier is IA dcfauer aud has ao-
seconded.
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TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
pIrrsRIIRG EXPOSITION BUILDING


PIITsBURG, sept 25.-Plans have been completed Tor
the erection OF permanent exposition building In this
city on the the old exposition building which was
fire three years The structure Is 10 be
built entirely glass and and will cost $2OOOOO
WHALERS FROM HATrERAS GROUNDS.
PRovINCETowS, Mass, Sept. 25.-rhe brig David A.
Small arrived this morning from the Hatteas Grounds
alter OF eight months. with 100 barrels OF sperm
aud go barrels OF hnmpOack OIL She spoke the 6rig
Rosa Baker with 75 barrels OF sperm OIL The
Raker repurted the schooner Admiral Blake with $50
barrels OF sperm oil and the schooner Aurora with $50
barrels OF sperm OIL
THE DAKOTA CONSTITUTION.
SIOUX FALLS, OAK. sept. 25-At las. nights session
of the Const Convention tho subject or woman
suffrage was tho Legislature. The constitution
Will he submitted TO a vote the people the Tuesday
following the first Monday in November The follow
ing executive committee was then elected iugh !.
Campbell OF Yankton, presil lent, L. H. Beebe, 8 u
Updyke John Cain, Joseph Ward and Andrew u sini'
mons.
TRAIN MEN HURT.
PTTTsBURG Sept. 25.Ap accommodation train on the
CHARTERS branch OF the Pan Handle Railway ran Into
coal train siding Mansfield, Peun, this morn
ing wrecking the engine and baggage car and slighty
iniurine Engineer Conroy Fireman McQuay and Con-
| dnctor Ward. None Of the passengers we're hurt
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NEWS NOTES FROM LONDON.

the storm the Bay Bengal several ships foundered
and q great many persons we're drowned
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MARY ANpERsoN woUNDs HERsELF sLIGMTL,

DUBLrN, Sept. 25.-ln the stahbing scene i'll
Romeo and Juliet to-nght Miss Mary Anderson acc-
dentalIy inflicted slight wound IN her bosom. The In
cdcnt rca cd sensation which was not allayrd until
Miss Anderson appeared before the curtain assuring the
Hence tnat tho wound sustained only triiiDg
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TEE EpInLMIc IN CANADA.
TuREATEVING TO BuRN An AsYLUM-HACK~EN
WIFI .MAIIPnN pnIvING 1MKE W CLEs.

THREATENiNG TO BuRN An AsYLuM-HACkMEN
WIN ,MALIPcX DRIVING THKIE W II CLEs.
MONTREAL, Sept. % fSpccidh.-Deaths from
smallpox continue foTty'onr being ported for yc'ier
day tirtyhree within the city limits aud eleven In ed
uining municipalities. The railway stocks have
been panicy on stock maract during this week on
account 81 demc dropping much aS per cent
I'm one day. The Ctyi Hospital now contains lis pa
ents Since August 90 have attended ii2 p'tcn',
of whom iig we're reported o. the Health once
until to-day several Of serious assault on officers
for putting up smallpox paoards are now before the
courts wtlknowu Government Official called at the
Health Orce to-day have seamen yaccnatcd ard YES
sells fnmlsnrd bat the authorities said that thry would
nave 20 consult the before they could umi'
gate vessels said In positive terms that Tor
cv ~ reported at least ten which wcro
not Known. . -
INC Toronto Lacrosse Ciub has declined 10 come TO
Montreal to pay The championship match Win the
shnmrocks owing to the prevalence Of smallpox, but
offers 10 lay u either Ottawa or T0Iunio. The Hedth
Officer at Torou toli the 1OrOuto. ih II they went 10
Montreal H. would quarantine them for week on their
return. The affair created considerable ihdlghhtoh
here. -, ,.,. 4,
the Health 80 trd To- iuHke the building known as ~
Joseph Bcnoit Asylum smallpox hu-pia is 81 strong
that an indignation mcctlng was held ~ the municipal
y to-day. The people threaten To burn IN" building
which SGOOOO. ~ the proposition II carried out u
has lust been ovrrcd that large numbers ol cty
hnckmrn now pursuing their vocation have smallpox Ia
their fnmilisS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-26

THE POPE TO ADJUST THE CARoLTNEs DISPUTE.
ROME, Sept. 25.-1ho Pope has agreed to
mediate between Germany AMI Spain with regard To the
Carolines questions subject certain conditions which
have not y ct been promulgated.
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REPORTED MURDER OF TIE KING OF sERvTA
VIENNA, Sept. 25.-lt is rumored here to-
night that the King Of scrva nas been murdered The
report is, however, not confirmed.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-22
Grand Natural Display.

The Willows Journal wakes enthusiastic
over the beauties Of Clover creek falls. 1t
says About nine miles from Miliville in
Il northerly direction and Just at the brow
of the first pine hills may be found one of
Shasta county'S grandest natural displays
Shasta Is rich in the beautiful and sublime
Waterfalls and forests and precipices and
peaks abound throughout its broad do
main, so much SO that one views these
grand displays of an unknown and I'M
movable power with unconcern, unmind
ful alike of the stupendous present, the
mysterious past or the mOmentous future.
But one can scarcely behold the falls OF
Glover creek, as they leap from their rock
bound gorge in clear, solid and unbroken
sheet, hundred and twenty feet to the
boiling pillows below dashing, foaming.
seething, yet ever obedient to a law as
changeless and immutable as eternity.
without a feaifu realization of man and
his puny efforts. Here in this little, I'M
pretentious canyon, surrounded by low
ing herds and cultivated fields, as if
invading the precincts of terrestrial
mastery, the land of nature, at a
single stroke, has stamped her canvas with
sublimity seldom equaled Standing at
the bottom of the cataract, and looking
upward, the visitor sees a perpendicular
wall of rock, circular in form, covered with
moss, and ferns, and litchens, and vines.
which cling with loving fidelity to their
venerable battlements and hang in grace
tuu, dependent folds from its sides-while
the great body of water, shooting like a
meteor from the canyon above, falls with a
power that makes the very earth tremble.
Eyergreens and alders and live oak line
the edges of the stream, while here and
there tail pines like bold sentinels from
the realms of the mysterious, rear their
heads among the rugged rocks. Birds
circle and sing over the dashing waters,
blending their songs of joy and praise with
the wild melody of the spot. 1t is not
often, even in our land of unnumbered
wonders, that the great panorama of nature
is spread at the foot of the mountain.
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MINING NOTES.

The Helena (Montana) Mining and Re
duction Company employees about 400 per-
sons.
The placer mines of Montana, it is esti-
mated, have yielded q total sum of $780,
100000.
Numbers of men from Candelaria have
been prospecting for gold in the White
Mountains.
The Moulton Company, at Butte. Mon
tana, declared another dividend of $50, 900 on
the 9th inst.
The rooster at the Garfield mill, Candle
laria, New, is to be done away with and the
battery changed for wet crushing.
The Carson Tribune says that Carson
man who had been prospecting in the hills
west OF that town for several years past has
found rock IN Ash canyon very rich in free
gold.
The new owners of the famous Iron
Mountain mine, situated few miles north
OF Shasta, are working the mine in earn
est and on a large scale. Both the saw
and quartz mills have been hauled to the
mine, and are being put in readiness.
The force of workmen at the Northern
Pacific coal mines, Timberline, NJ. T.. has
been largely increased, and the output for
September was double that of the month
previous. Next payday about $4,000 will
be disbursed in the camp
a rich find was discovered three miles
north of Sparta, Or, few weeks ago, by
Mrs. Ainsworth, the wife of well-known
miner there. The pay strip has been I'M
covered for two hundred feet and is fifteen
inches wide. Beyond stripping no devel-
opment has been made.
\ man living in Bellevue, Idaho, for
years, by the name of Wolf, grabbed root
on Lookout Mountain, pulled the thing
out, and struck 4 bonanza. which is now
known as the Emma mine. Last week he
drtted into an eight-inch vein of 30O-ounce
ore. and by the indications it looks 10 be
well defined in walls and permanent.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-22
MISUNDERSTANDING NOTES.

! The 500 Lords of England have an aver
| age income of $4,000 each, and their
| gross income is over $50, 0000 600.
| Natural gas in Pennsylvania in 1882 took
the place of coal that would have cost $215.-
! oo0 in 1885, that would have cost S475 600
| and in 1884, 81 10000.
The cataracts of the Nile are due to gran
lite veins, which the river, while working
| a way through the sandstone, had been
| unable to destroy or remove.
Austria's debt is 81, $50, 100000, Italy's
y, 250, 100000, Russia's little over 50, COO
100000, England's over So, SOC, 100000 and
that of France more than S5,000,000, 900.
Submarine telegraph cables depreciate
very rapidly, which necessitates the setting
aside every year of what the Anglo-Ameri-
can Company calls renewal fund. This
fund now amounts to 1894 $50.
Ladies returning from the country NAV
be interested to know that, according TO the
PhdI1n Zeitiag wash of equal parts of
tactic acid and glycerine is an effeetual and
harmless application for moth" and
freckles.
Saratoga is to try to be winter resort,
beginning this winter. 1t is TO have an ice
palace on the lake, two or three toboggan
Slides besides the one it had last winter, a
grand ball, sleighing procession. and all
the concomitants of what is called winter
carnival.
Lenses of rock crystal taken from the
ruins of Nineveh," said member at the
meeting of the microscopists, in Cleveland.
the other day, suggest that microscopes
may have been used in those days" No
one knows, indeed, who did invent the
magnifying glass.
The euinon+ hota,;S- No Ca,dolIo co.
the age of an elm at 335 years. The ages
of some palms have been set down at from
600 to 700 years, that of an olive tree at 200,
that OF plane tree at 30 of cedar at 500,
of an oak at 800, of yew at 1850 and of
baobab tree at 5000.
The Union Phnamace,aique says that an
eminent chemist prepared with great care
a mixture of Manganese, permanganate Of
potash and oxalic acid, only to find that
the mixture exploded few minutes after
ward in the patients pocket. 1t also gives
an instance of a tooth powder composed
of cachou and chlorate of potash explod-
ing in the mouth of person engaged in
brushing his teeth.
An Albino child, living near Eustin,
Florida, named Jimmie, is thus described
His skin is a pure milky white, and his
hair OF a similar shade; the features are
all strictly African with one exception.
His eyes are as pink as those of a white
rabbit. and have that peculiar restless
movement so noticeable in Albinos. jim
mic is a robust, healthy child, with no
weakness excepting that of vision, his
eyes, when he took his hat off, appearing
to hurt him by contact with the light. His
mother states that he can see much better
in the night than daytime. He is about
years old Exchange