Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-05-06
MORSfLS OF KNOWLEDGE.

The Thermometer is usually highest
about two O'Clock in the afternoon, and
lowest before. sun rise.
| The piano forte was invented in Lon
don, about 1916, by Zumpi. German.
White lead is made By exposing sheets
! of the metal to fumes Of vinegar
I A candle makes distinct flame in the
fame of alcohol
In water, sound passes at the rate OF
is nearly a mile per second.
Animals die, if their vital temperature
increased one twelfth
Christ's Hospital, in London, boards.
clothes, and cducates 1900 children
! 250,000 watches are made annually in
-Four pounds of beef lose one pound by
boiling.
Frost proceeds downwards, heat up
wards
Acids change puppies and blues to red.
The commerce Of the U. s, employs
! p, 900 vessels
Villain, in ancient times, meant coun-
try laborer
Africa is three times as large as all
Europe
Some of the Swiss lakes are 1000 feet
deep
Thebes, in Egypt, presents ruins p
miles round
Saddles were not used till the Sd cen
tury.
206O persons, on an average, die every
hour.
One chaldfon of coal yields 10000 Gu
bic feet of gas
Starch, fat, sugar, and gum, are each
composed OF the same acknowledgement,
/ hydrogen and carbon
/ The following anecdo.e is from the Troy
Family Journal
/ ROGER SHERMAN AND JoHS RANDOLPH.
Mr.. Sherman was a representative IN
/ Congress froIu Connecticut his business
/ has been that of making shoes Mr. Ran
/ dolph arose, and with his usual squeakine
sounds, said = should like to know
what the gentleman die. with his leather
apron, before he set ont for Washington. .
Mr.. Sherman replied, initiating the same
squeak I" L cut it up, sir, to make moe
easins for the descendants of Pocahon-
/ tas p
Randolph, it will be recollected, prided
himself on his Indian lineage, and claim
ed that he descended from Pocahontas.
What's the price of this silk inquired
a deaf old lady of young shopman
Seven sh;!lings,' was the mans reply.
Seventeen shiilings exclaimed She,
4 III give you thirteen
Seven shillings, ma'am, is the price of
the silk replied the honest shopman.
oh, seven shillings = rejoined the old
lady sharply, III give you five
During the examination Of a witness as
to the locality of the stairs in the house.
the counsel asked him -
(which way did the stairs run2'
The witness, wl5e~by the way, was no
ted wag, replied that,
"Ohe way they ran up, but the other
way they ran dowE -
The learned counsel winked both eyes,
and then took 4 look at the-ceiling
THE QUEsr1ox SoLvBD.-The New Lon
don Chronicle. after grave dissertation
upon the mysterious tracks, which have
u laLG 6ACAtSu - tu1Ch tutcEe>t III hubIe
Island, confesses its inability to solve the
mystery, but suggests that they may be
tracks of the Night lIa1et
4 young LADY was asked, at an exam
ination IN grammar, why the noun bach
elor' was singular She replied immedi-
ately, with n.uch naivete, Because it Is
very singular they don't get married A
smart girl, that
If an American backwoodsman can hit
. five franc piece at hundred yards with
a rife, why cannot a Frenchman hit Ma
poleon at ha.f the distancez
4 lady remarked to printer the other
day, that though We might print a kiss, We
must never pss5lts+ it.