Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-14
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Miscellaneous.


To cure corns hold your feet near the
fire until the corns pop; sure cure,
On one street in Cleveland there are
several stores with the sign "fohr rante'
over the door,
Way are horses in cold weather like
meddlesome gossipsY Because they are
bearers of idle tails
Large brooches of jet with pendant.
for the ears, are now in vogue, also sets o.
Byzantine and japanese enamel.
New fashioned dresscoats are made
with deep velvet collar, and invariably
with large gilt buttons of the genuine
1916 style.
"A lady complaining that her husband
was dead to fashionable amusement, he
replied " But then, my dear, you make
me alive to the expense"
There are now about four hundred
subordinate lodges in the Order Of
Knights of Pythias (of which Pennsylva
mia has one hundred and ninety, having
a membership Of over one hundred thou
sand.
A man who could not command $500
of his own yesterday morning made $25,.
600 iii thirty minutes yesterday afternoon
in Wall street, by operating on credit, and
taking advantage of the sudden rise and
fall in gold.--N Y Mail SET. %.
The follow inscription is on tomb.
stone in San Diego, Cal: 'This year is
sakred to the memory of William Henry
Shaken, who came to his death being shot
with Colts revolvers-one # the old kind,
brass mounted-and of such is the king
dom of Heaven"
Read what Rev. Archibald Alexander,
ID. d., says 1t has been fer many years a
comfort to me that my family will have
the benefit of annuities 1t my decease
and though, on account OIL my protracted
life the fund will be greet gamer by me,
yet do not regret that asthe gain belongs
to benevolent institution. Insure in the
Washington Life.
The Nevada Gazette avs that party
which recently went to tie upper waters
of the Guba on fishing excursion, not
finding the sport with hook and line sufli-
GENTLY exciting, exploded small charge
of giant powder in the water. The effect
was astonishing the fish in the imme-
date vicinity, large and small, being in.
stantly killed.
A SANDER case is on trial before the
New London county, O., Superior Court,
the parties being the Rev Harris Howard
and Gilbert B. Allen, 10th of Ledyard. 1t
is charged that Allen said he wouldn't go
to hear the old muttonhead preach" or
something of that sort; and Mr.. Howard
sues him for defamation of character, lay.
ing his damages at $1,000
The owner of a boa-constrictor, in
Boston, who feeds the same on live cats,
and allows the latter to remain in the
cage, in great terror, until the snake
chooses to swallow, has been reported at
the Office of Our Dumb Animals. He ex-
plains that, while Che serpent will only
I eat live food, he allows the living cats to
, remain in the cage only until the hunger
of the boa is satisfied TO do otherwise
would excite him, which would be bad for
the digestion and consequent health of his
snakeship.
An afflicted mother says GA few
days ago my little boy, years old, was
confined to the house in consequence of
bad weather. As is usual in such cases,
he was extremely troublesome and fidget-
ty, and, in consequence, received mum
Der of seedlings in the course of the
morning. At last he looked up at me,
with face full of indignation, and ex-
claimed, Mother, if all the bears in the
world were Jne bear, and that bear had
sore head, it wouldn't be any crosser than
you are >"
An old man, whose sight was defective
and had to use glasses, was reading a
newspaper on the train between Wheeling,
Va. and Washington, few days ago.
When the CO. cached the first tunnel the
quick disappearance of the light caused
him to look up. Taking off his spectacles
and wiping them, he replaced them and
again tried to cad Perceiving that all
was still dark, he dropped both paper and
spectacles, eXclaiming, in loud voice,
My God, I'm blind, I'm blind ~ This
aroused the passengers, and it was long
time before he could be convinced what
was the matter On coming again to the
light he thanked God ferycntly for his
sight.
"A resident of New Rochelle, N. Y,
having been greatly annoyed by the fire.
quent visits of some thieves, who had
stolen his grapes as fast as they became
ripe, recently arranged couple of guns
charged with buckshot, in his hen-house
To the triggers wires were attached and
placed along the ground to the grape
vines, and sign-boards were posted around
the grounds with the warning, Beware
of the spring guns He was subsequent
ly engaged in Strengthening out his grape
vines which had been proetrated by storm,
and it is supposed that his feet became en-
tangled in the wires connecting with the
guns, for he was found dead with fifteen
or twenty shot buried in his head, neck
and shoulders.