The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-17
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The hottest mines in the world are
the Comstock. On the lower levels the
heat is so great that the men can not
work over ten or fifteen minutes at 3
time. Every known means of laitiSat-
inythe heat have been tried in vain
Ice meIts before it reaches the bottom
OF the shafts.
Few persons know that the short
line of railway which breaks through
the backbone of the annexed district.
near Mott Haven, and connects the
tracks running out of the Grand Gen.
trail station, New York, with the tracks
bordering the Hudson belongs not to
the New York Central, but to the Van
derbilt family. The Central pays a
handsome annual sum for the use Of
this connecting thread.
Robert X. Martin, who dropped
dead of heart disease in Baltimore some
time ago, planned and executed the
scheme of supplying the city with
water by means of tunnel that taps
the Gunpowder river. a powerful stream
flowing through a sparsely settled
farming region. Mr. Martin was long
Cilltl cHS lACCI "a VIC "otC.
works He was descended from Maj.
kirkwood, a long neglected revolution
airy hero of Delaware.
There is plenty of big game in the
river bottom districts in Washington
and Oregon just now. Heavy SHOWS,
two or four feet deep. in the mountains
have driven the deer, elk and bear
60 h., vol
One hunter bagged four bears and two
elks in one day near Holcomb. Wash.
recently, while three hunters returned
about the same time from short hunt
in Stevens county, Wash, with eleven
deer. In Jackson county, Ore, a hunt
er killed five bears in as many days
Owing to doubts expressed concern
ing the authenticity of the Holy Goat
of Argenteuil. the bishop of Versailles
ordered an examination. Samples of
the coat were given to the experts of
the Gobelins factory. who reported the
cloth to have come from loom of the
most primitive kind. The fabric was
identical with the ancient stuffs found
In Christian tombs of the second and
tbIu CCutuI iCS VI tiiC Sut iotidE CT d.
The chemist of the academy of medi-
cine, NJ. Laffvn, and another expert ex-
amiued portion of the cloth marked
with an alleged drop of blood. They
concluded that it was blood, human
blood, and undoubtedly Y very ancient.
weights and dimensions of the men,
bers of the football teams of the Uni
versity of California and the Leland
Standard. Jr., university, just previous
to their great match some weeks ago,
disclosed the singular fact that tho
average composite" man of the one
team was precisely like that of tho
other in height and differed but frac-
tion of a pound in weight. The ''com-
posite man. of the University of Cali
fornia team was 5 feet 1-35 inches high
and weighed 1877 2-l5 pounds. while that
of the Stanford university was of ex-
actly the same height and weighed
16T Ais pounds. The Stanford com
posite man, however, showed a better
development of frame throughout
Many devices that help to make it
cheap and easy for a bachelor to pre-
pare his own simple breakfast at home
are now sold The whole outfit of
china and utensils, including d tiny
gas-stove, and really tasteful table !
ware may be had for three or four dol |
lars, and if a bache lor be content with I
the kind of china used in most rcstau- |
rants the cost of the outfit may be less |
ano-haIf % 10
cheapest of decently clean restaurants |
serve as cheap breakfast as a man
thus provided may prepare for himself |
while he is in the act of dressing The /
old Partisan trick of evading the neces- /
sity of washing dishes by using wafer |
like wooden plates and saucers and !
then burning them. probably has not
been adopted by bachelors in New
York.
The officers of the steamship Scan
dia arrived at Philadelphia from Ham
burg few days ago, and report that
during the voyage in the widest storm
the ship had ever been in, with high
waves breaking over the ship in great
volume. soap suds made and allowed TO
al iib oHNA tht WV diAupNt III
broke the force of the
seas which ceased to smash over the
sides, and the vessel soon lay compare
lively easy. The officers were enthu-
siastic over the success of the expert
nent Experiments in this line haze
been made by the hydro
graphic Office with uniform success.
The use OF soap suds is not likely TO
entirely supersede oil, for the purpose
If soothing the seas but soap is cheap
.r, occupies less room on the ship. and
Is suds lie heavier on the water than
,il, so that it is likely to be generally
adopted
Whenever a cave is newly discov.
red in New Mexico or Arizona the
inder's first hope is that he has uu-
,arthed an old Spanish or Mexican
nine. but this seldom or never has
proved to be the ease. Generally these
roles in the mountains are natural
,aves in limestone or sandstone forna-
ions but sometimes they lie between
walls of hard rock. which perhaps con
ain mineral deposits, indicating that
he primitive civilized Indians may
l1ve dug their way in following sof,
treak in search of tale 20 use in pot
cry making. with no thought for
precious metals stalactites. snowy
white. hang from their roofs, and
where mineral water has percoiated
hese crystallizations take on gorgeous
Metallic hues Human bones are sorne-
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