The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-10-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

England has 123. s95 women teach
efs. many Of whom occupy positions -
professors and instructors in the higher
branches Of learning. &t
When Philadelphia society girls
want to indicate that one Of their num-
Der is rather rapid they say: 20, she's
a regular bird "-Ney York Journal.
Five gypsies were lately fumigated
in Spanish town so thoroughly a. to
forever prevent the cholers from at
lacking them. They were al killed in
the process. Z
"A man at Lewiston. Ma. drives
spirited horse without breeching, the
animal having been educated to ''hold
back by his launches in contact with
the crossbar. "-Boston Journal. -.
"A glass bedstead has been made at
a Birmingham. Eng. factory for Cal
cutta millionaire. 1t il Of solid glass.
the legs. rails, ETC.. being richly cut.
The King Of Burmah also has one.
The Waterbury F(Conn) Watch
Factory makes about three thousand
watches in one year. Most of the work
which requires the finest touch and the
most delicate manipulation is done by
women. Their wages average about
$3.50 day Hartford CossraM.
"A shocking case of cruelty to ami
mails has come to light In IN up-country
village. An abls-bodied man appeared
ct thevillage store and told the aoleful
tale that Mary had went OF 70 work
in the mill this mornin' an hadn't lef
me . bite 70 eat or any money esther"
'-Boston Pod. TE& EffE4
1t Is estimated that svssy year
about $4,000. 00O. 900 letters are posted
in the world. America leads, with
about $500. 900. 900 and England fol-
lows. with 200. 000 600. Japan, which
established a postal service only ten
years ago, now iuailsA annually 95.000,-
600 letters. - Chtt0go Tribune.
The Jewish Mssssngsr appeals to
the young men sni women Of the old
faith 10 abstain from publishing in the
newspapers thoif matrimonial engage
mcnts. No ono y Interested in such
announcements, II seys. except few
near relations. and they can BE- reached
by mail.
Beet sugar hiss ,overtaken and
passed its only rival-cane sugar. The
sestImsted supply for the coming crop
yesr is' !, 5o3, GOO tons, while Of cane the
yield ~ estimated at :, 100. 900 tons. OF
the total amount sos. 600 tons-the
United States will probably consume
about one-fourth. IN B.sFsrner. :.
s-''Rather fine bean-poles. those. :"
said tourist to suburban trucker who
was engaged setting ont his winter
crop. "Bean-poles. thunAer! Why.
stranger, them's hsndles-hoe-handles.
Our crop Of hoes will be ton bushels
more to the acre this fall than last.
And the stranger went, on Eliminating
on the remarkable fertility OF land in
Colorado. = Denver OPINION. fF
The three original counties estab-
lIshed at the first settlement of the
Province Of Penn In, 1882 were Chester,
Bucks and Philadelphia. Lancaster
County's Organization dates from May
10, 1739. Il was formed from Chester.
and the counties of York. Cumberland.
Berks, Northumberland. Dauphin and
Lebanon were constructed wholly or in
part from this county.-Philadelphid
Press.
The chemical reactions daily tax
ing place in the laboratory Of nature
are immensely interesting, both from
their magnitude and their direct in
fluence upon human affairs. TIE
waters Of the Schuylkill undergo q
number of chemical changes. Above
Reading they are SO impregnated with
sulphuric acid from the drainage Of
mines as to be unfit for use in boilers,
and have but few fish living in them
At Reading. however, the acid is neu
tralized by being brought in contact
with lime water flowing in from rulpo
hockon Creek. and the resulting insolu
Bile sulphate of lime is precipitated
forming bed Of gypsum. Philadetphic