Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07

! is 10 De administered Dy absorption rather
than inhalation, which enables the doses
| TO be measured with greater accuracy The
insensibility produced is said to be
more complete than that caused by any
other substance, the use of it is unattended
by any danger, and woman was lately
| kept under its influence for two hours
during protracted surgical operation,
The last skirmish in the vaccination
war in England is rather singular affair
A gentleman having purchased a lot in the
Highgate Cemetery, in London, undertook
to erect stone to the memory of his
child, with the inscription "Died from the
mortal effects of vaccination The
authorities of the graveyard objected to
such & record, and the case was carried
into the police court 1t was proved that
the words of the proposed inscription
were those of the verdict of the Coroner's
! Jury A higher court is to decide the
| question AT issue.
Among the different means employed
by the Russian Government to effect the
thorough classification of Poland, the
most singular is undoubtedly decree
lately issued at Warsaw. In future, all
public clocks throughout the kingdom are
to mark no longer Polish, but st. Peters.
burg, time, An amusing anecdote is re.
/ ported in connection with this new act of
despotsm. The Emperor happened, few
| days after the PRONUNCIATION Of the Decree
to ask one of his aides de-camp, Pole
what o'clock it was. The officer without
looking at his watch, replied, "Whatcver
hour your Majesty pleases,'
Various conjectures as to the cause
of DR.. Livingstones long continued alb.
/ sence from civilized towns in Africa are
put forward in Great Britain. 1t is stated
that Dr. Welwitsch, the Angolan explorer
/ has expressed his opinion, founded on an
1 interview with Livingstone on the occa-
! sion of the latter's first visit to loando,
| that the disc0vefer is marching across the
mysterious portion of equatorial Central
! Africa; although, when the explorers
were together, Livingstone did not say di
| rectly that he would attempt the feat but,
after the two had parted Welwitsch was
/ impressed with the conviction that Liv
| ingstone's mind was deeply interested in
the question.
During the recent illness Of the EN-.
peror Napoleon, the Empress Eugene is
said to have applied to one of the NEST
celebrated fortune tellersand necromancers
of Paris, and to have asked her about the
prospects Of the Emperor's recovery and
life. "The Emperor will not only get
well, but he will also live three years
longer than your Majesty" replied the I'M
gallant prophecies The Empress turned
to the Countess X, who accompanied her.
and said she felt relieved from her great
anxiety about the health of the Emperor
AT the same time she made the fortune-tel
Ter a truly imperial present. Eugene is
superstitious enough to believe in the
prophesy SO mercilessly revealed to her,
and, if not loving, she is at least ambi-
tious enough to rejoice in the Emperors
OUTLYING her,
All the stories told of the Siamese
Twins hardly equal this of the famous
Scotch double man, of whom the follow
ing account is given in the Rerum Scotia
rum Historic During the reign Of James
the Third, Of Scotland, and at his court,
there lived man double above the waist,
single below that region The King
caused him to be carefully brought up. lie
rapidly acquired a knowledge of music.
The two heads learned several languages;
they debated together, and the two upper
halves occasionally fought. They lived,
generally, however, in the greatest harmo-
ny. When the lower part of the body
was tickled, the two individuals felt it to.
gether; but when, on the other hand, one
Of the upper individuals was touched he
alone fe.t the effect This monstrous be-
ing died at the age of 2S years. One of
the bodies died several days before the
other"