Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-04-21

AN OLD soaKor ispned to Temperate.
lecturer by the following poser: Vt wstss
rots the soles of your boots, what eSso.
must it have on the coat of your st r,O'
achp" ' e'om-
HE largest organ in the world will \.
the organ now building for South r.. oe
sington Museum. twill have one bnndsans ,
and eleven sounding stops, independent ~
fourteen couplers. VI
A COLUMBUS, Ky, man named Vail sboo,
ed the citizens OF that place. last week h,
selling at auction the wearing apparel ana
other property of his lately deceased WIFI a
himself acting as the auctoneer. ''
A SAN Francisco Judge said recently -
admitting the testimony of Chinamo,
that he would admit the testimony -
dog if he had apparently been wroneed ara
were capable of telling his story about it
CONCERNING robbins, "a sentiments, T.
dianapolis cannibal says: 1T strikes -
as something akin to sacrileee to kin ,b;a
bird, and as for eating one, we wonld aS
soon think of slice of Psrepa on toast
The Eau de NIL new color, has bssn
produced in Paris. 1t lisa delicate mixtnra
OF gray and green, shot with silver, which
is said at every movement OF the body n
give to the robe "the aspect of flowing WA.
ter"
The newest style for dressing the hair !.
called "the Cleopatra" The hair is brush.
ed high off the forehead and braided low
in the neck, surmounted by large imits-
ton snake, which is coiled around the
head.
FARMERS in Northeast Georgia are count
ing upon about half peach crop In the
same section the appearance of the wheat
was never better at this season of the wear
In some fields it is tall enough to hide
rabbit.
ONE of the longest sentences in magazine
literature is to be found in Lippincotts for
April, in an article upon FLORIDA" 1t fills
over page of double columns, and contains
more than eight hundred words.
The verb "to interview" denounced by
purists as an Americanism, was so employ
ed in England in the Elizabethan era, and
can claim higher antiquity than the noun
which is used without hesitation.
HE following summary of the proposed
dogma of Infallibility is going the rounds
in Italy: 'Jesus Christ, who was God
made himself man to save the world: Plus
*, who is man, makes himself God to
damn it.
A SMART old western lady, being called
into court as witness, grew impatient at
the questions put to her, and told the
judge that she would quit the stand, for he
was ''raly one of the most inquisitive old
gentlemen she had ever SEEM"
A CORPORAL, who had murdered pri-
vate soldier under his command, was SEN
fenced to death by court martial, at Mis-
mes, in Southern France, and shot in the
presence ola large crowd, twenty -four hours
afterward. He himself commanded "Fire!
IT Is said that Brigham Young maintains
marital discipline whenever his wives are
likely to prove "too many" for him, by tell
ing them that he will 60 to heaven alone
rather than have scratching and fighting
around him. This quiets them till next
time
DISPATCHES from Calcutta state that Earl
Mayo, Governor General of India is max.
ing tour of the cotton-growing districts
OF that country, urging the necessity of
increased cultivation of cotton in order to
compete successfully with the United
States
THE sportsmen on the western coast of
Florida discover where the oyster beds are
by drifting along the coast in small boat
on cloudy day. When they are drifting
over an oyster bed they hear clicking IKE
that produced when telegraph instrument
is in operation.
A REMARKABLE case of resuscitation is re-
ported from Montpelier, France. young
man asphyxiated by charcoal was touched
on the soles of his feet with red-hot iron
without avail Electric batteries were then
brought to bear, and, after eight hours Of
effort, animation was restored
A WIFE in Michigan has recovered in
court, under the provisions of the Prohib-
itory Liquor law of the State, the money
paid by her husband during the past six
years to saloon-keeper for liquor the
ground being that the money was paid
without consideration, liquor not being
property
THERE are at present 900 ladies in the
Sultan's harem. His favorite wives are:
Dournel (the new pearl). Hairani Dbl lex.
the heart) The staff of the harem includes
1900 persons, and 800 tables are set to feed
them twice day, with about 5000 differ
ent dishes.
AN inventive genius has produced an
apparatus which h says is y cure for 5nor-
ing. He fastens upon the nose gutta
percla tube leading to the tympanum of
the ear. Whenever the snorer shores he
himself receives the first impression, finds
how disagreeable it is, and of course re-
| forms.
AT Murroe, Ireland, recent ly, bride.
groom was choked to death by a piece OF
pork at the nuptial feast and the father OF
the unfortunate girl, so quickly madea
widow, took possession Of the scarcely
GREATNESS clay, and refused to deliver 1t
into the hands of relatives until the dowry
had been returned. The dispute almost
led to bloodshed.
ONE of the prize essays recently read at
the University of Lemberg, in the Polish
language, was paper on the "Lite and
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