The Press., 1889-02-28

The ground on which Philadelphia is built is one of the richest gold fields in the world, says The Times of that city. This is fact. The only difficulty is that the field cannot be worked. Nearly the whole city is underlaid with clay to depth of about ten feet--an area say ten miles square. A cubic foot of clay, weighing 12O pounds, taken from the depth of fonr- teen feet when the cellar of the Twelfth street market house was excavated, was practically demonstrated to contain seven tenths of grain of gold, or one pound in ], ,224, ,000. The experiment was repeated with about the same results with clay taken from brickyard in the suburbs. Snppos- ing the whole mass of clay to be 4, 1S0,- O0O, ,000 pounds (and itis really much great value the enormous sum of $l26, 900, 900. The gravel is much richer in gold than the clay, but there is not so much of it. Un- doubtedly $2O0, ,00O, 900 worth of gold lies within fifteen feet of the surface and still it cannot be used. ....- . .e .
 The chaplain of the Minnesota legis- lature, who is something of joker, says the Minneapolis Tribune, has presented 8 bill entitled Gan act to regulate railroad restaurants and eating houses," which reads as follows: .--. s'It shall be unlawful for any keeper Of any railroad eating house or any employee thereof to keep any sandwiches on the ta- ble for longer period than ten days or to warm over coffee more than three times.
 'tAny keeper of railroad eating house shall date each sandwich placed on the table in plain letters and figures, so that all customers may know it's age. "Any keeper of 8 railroad eating house l who shall offend against any of the provis- ions of this bill shall be compelled to cal his own stale sandwiches and nothing else, for period of thirty days. ...-...
 "In any trials arising under this act, the jury shall be composed of travelling men.
 "This act shall take effect from and after it's passage.
 The senators present said if was wise measure and ought to become law.
 ."The Philadelphia Record" says: '.Ir Philadelphia the average number of per sons living on an acre of ground is only thirteen the number of dwellings pei acre is two and half, and the number O persons per dwelling SIX. In New Yorl the number of persons on each acre O space is fifty-two the number of dwelling per acre four, and the number of persons per dwelling eighteen. Is it any wonder under these circumstances, that peopli live longer in Philadelphia than in New York ? or that they are happier while they llive?"
 | There Is consternation among the ''bood lers and other fugitives from justice il Canada; and no wonder, since bill il proposed in parliament to authorize tho surrender of certain classes of fugitiv, criminals. It is wonder that Canada ha consented so long to be an asylum for thu criminals of the United States. She cln not wipe out this stain upon her escutcheol too soon. - Among the anarchist prisoners, sent enced for killing policemen at the Hay He is confined at Joliet. It is reported that he desires to confess all about th, conspirators, if he can be pardoned. T Stafford Telephone Directory.
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