Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-02-16
'Gleanings.

mits suicide, and thus pays only "the
debt of nature" does he make nature
preferred creditorl
MoNoGRAMs have broken out fiercelv
in two new places-the corners of gen
tlemen's collars and the gauntlets of
ladies' gloves.
FUNERAL cortege was stopped by
policeman in Troy, n. Y, the other
day, and one of the mourners arrested
for horse stealing.
~ am going to the postohice, Bob
shall inquire for you?" "Well, yes,
if you have mind to-, but don't think
you will find me there"
IT is proposed to sell eggs by weight.
In such case, purchasers would still
have the privilege of picking out the
largest eggs from the different lots, but
they would have the additional priv
ilege of paying little more for them
A BREACH of promise suit is to be
tried in Bridgeport, Mass, wherein
gay young fellow of fifty claims damage
for lacerated feelings by the neglect of
a widow of seventy-four TO unite heart
and hand with him for the journey of
life.
A COLUMBUS Ohio photographer
presented revolver at the head of
gentleman who was sitting for his pho
tograph, with the cheering remark
"My reputation as an artist is at stake.
If you don't look smiling I'll blow your
brains out" He smiled
A woULD-BE school teacher in Ala
bama recently replied to question of
one of the examiners. ''Do you think
the world is round or fiat ~ by saying
"Well some people think one way and
some another and I'll teach round or
flat, just as the parents please"
A RESIDENT of Taunton, Mass, has
obtained his ice for summer use, for
several winters past, in the following
manner: Procuring about fifty emp
ty -four barrels, at cost of twenty
cents each, he gradually pours in water
until each contains solid mass of ice.
The barrels are then put away IL his
cellar and entirely covered with saw
dust. As ice is required barrel is
tapped
WHILE a fire was raging the other
day in Milford, Mass, an Irishman
went into the apothecary store and CON
tiscated bottle of whiskey, as he sup
posed. Carrying it home he placed it
on the table His two children got
hold OF it and drank some of the liquid
and almost instant death was there
suit. When too late it was discovered
that the contents of the bottle was
strychnine
LAST summer a Boston establishment
tanned fifty anaconda skins for boot
leather The boots are valued at $50
pair. The largest of these skins was
forty feet in length. The tanning
processes are similar to those observed
in the manufacture of alligator leather,
the product being very beautiful and
highly finished quality of leather, CLOS
sy, notified, pliable, and from the APP
pearance of the grain exceedingly dura-
BILE.
AMONG the South Sea Islanders the
compound word for hope is beautifully
expressive. 1t is manootoa0, or the
swimming thought-faith floating and
keeping its head above water, when all
the waves and pillows are going over
A strikingly beautiful definition of
hope, worthy to be set down along with
the answer which deaf and dumb per
son wrote with his pencil in reply to
the question, What was his idea of for
giveness2 at is the odor which flow
ers yield when trampled on"
THE wilds of the state of Maine still
supply large trade in furs and skins,
though it is small to what it formerly
was. Muskrats are the most abundant
of all the fur-bearing animals, and 40
900 are caught every year. Sable skins
of a bright color to the amount of about
1,500, and some 1000 mink skins, are .
sent to market yearly. Moose and deer
are becoming very scarce, but about
200 bears are captured yearly. The
caribou, or reindeer, which had almost
disappeared from the state, have be
come numerous of late.