Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-03-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


A PROPOSED Canadian railway from
Montreal to Quebec. is to be facilitated by
a land grant OF 2, 000, 900 acres.
Why is dressing gown the most last
ing garment in q gentleman's wardrobe
Because he never wears 1t out.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER says that
poor man with plenty of s'cheek" will get
along better than modest man with
$50, 600.
Nor to him who sets out in the morn
ing w(Gh resolution and gallantry, but to
him who holds out till the evening of life,
does the promise apply, "He that en-
dureth to the end shall be sayed."-
Fauel
A SMALL boy in New Haven made 3
sensation for short time by quietly
transferring a card bearing the words:
"Take one" from lot Of handbills in
front OF store to basket of oranges.
MESSENGER boys in the Pennsylvania
Legislature are sent out after link, and
when they return with it the said fluid is
slyly passed around among the members,
who wipe their mouths and grOan: "Ah!
that was good"
A NAN in Hartford, Conn.,, who lives
next door to the express office, recently
saw among list of unclaimed packages
one addressed to him, which, ON inquiry
he found had been lying in the express
Office for two years.
A TEN-YEAR old, boastipg to school
mate of his fathers accomplishments,
put it thus: My father can do almost any
thing. He's notary public, and he's q
'pothecary, and can pull teeth, and he's q
horse doctor, and he can mend wagons
and things, and he can play the fiddle,
and he's jackass at all trades.
On the occasion of the last annual mar
ket in Berneck, St. Gall (says the Ssoiss
Tines, an innkeeper, while carving a
California ham, came upon nugget OF
gold of the size of q walnut. The lucky
find, weighing Isl grammes, proved to
be of the finest gold. It is we'll known
that various hard substances find their
way into pigs stomachs, but the discov-
ery of nugget in ham shows that there
is something new under the sun.
IT has been decided by the Post-off1ce
Department that after letter leaves the
mailing office it passes from the control
of the writer, and must be delivered to
the person addressed. Should, however,
that person not be found, the letter will
be returned to the sender, either through
the Dead Letter office, or in accordance
with the request, if there be one on the
envelope. This ruling applies both to
registered and ordinary letters.
THE Washington correspondent of the
Boston Herald gives the following author
tiles for pronouncing "Credit- -Mobilier,
and people can adopt that which best
| pleases their fancy: John B. Alley
Credit Mo beel-yla; Judge Poland-Credit
Mo. blair; Oakcs Ames-Credit Mo- bill
ay; General Banks-Credit Mo-bil-ly-a
Sidney Dillon-Credit Mo bil-eer; Sen
ator Stevenson-Cred.d Mobilize.
AMONG the gifts which have been made
| to humanity, none, in the lower sphere
of virtues, should cali forth our thank
fulness more than the gifts of cheerful
ness, and wit and humOr. They civilizt
| life. They carry with them perpetual
blessing. If any man have buoyancy, if hi
find himself given to wit, in the name OF
heaven do not suppress it. Multiply the
drops which spring out Of that precious
fountain. There is life in it.-Beecher.
THE Bank of England covers five acre.
Of ground and employs 900 clerks. There
are no windows on the street Light il
admitted through open courts; no mot
could take the bank, therefore, without
cannon to batter the immense walls. The
clock in the center of the bank has fifty
dials attached to it. Large cisterns are
sunk in the court, and engines in perfect
order are always in readiness, in case o1
fire. This bank was incorporated in 1894
Capital, $90,oO0,0OO.
"Now, my young friends, suppos.
twelve men buy twenty-four bushels OF
wheat to be divided equally, how many
bushels is that for each ?" Boldest of tht
boys-"Please, sir, we've not gone tn a
far" "How is that? Your teacher tolG
me you had learned all the first foul
rules!" Boy-"Yes, sir; but we have al
ways done our sums in potatoes and tur
nips-we have never had wheat"
CRouMsTANTIAL EvIDENcE.-The Al
ley murder trial, at Boston, has recalled
again the celebrated Colvin case in New
Hampshire. This is the case where they
found the entire remains of murdered
man, down to his brass buttons, in Col
wins fireplace; Colvin confessed the kill.
ing in the most circumstantial way; 9
jury convicted him, and he was hung
Afterward they found the murdered man
in New Jersey teaching school Ever
| since, the case has been cited. and proba
bly, always viii be, in every trial where
the evidence is wholly circumstantial.
THE CHANGE OF COLOR IN LEAvEs.-
The Aathenrmm says: "Experiment an
confirmed the conclusion that leaves turI
red at the end of the season, through ths
action Of an acid, since one of the ele
ments producing the green color must bs
a vegetable blue. Autumnal leaves
placed under receiver, with the vapor o.
ammonia, in nearly every instances los
the red color and renewed their green
| In some, such as the blackberry anG
maple, the change was rapid, and couli
be watched by the eye; while others, par
ticularly certain oaks, turned gradually
brown, without showing any appearance
of green.
ILL TEMPER.-A single person of sour
sullen temper-what q dreadful thing i
is to have such q one in a house
! There is not myrrh and aloes and chloride
Of lime enough in the world to disinfec
q single home of such a nuisance a. that
no riches, no elegance of mein, no beauty
of face can ever screen such persons from
utter vulgarity. There is one thinf
which rising persons hate the reputation
of more than all others, and that is vul
garity; but trust me, i'll temper II the
vulgarest thing that the lowest born and
illest bred can bring to his home. II il
one of the worst forms of impiety
Peevishness in homo il not only a sir
against the Holy Ghost, but sin sgains'
the HOLY Ghost in the very temple o.