Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-07-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

swells wear little thermometers for scarf
pins and upon the lapels of their coats.
A ST. LOUIS judge has decided that
man cannot lawfully bequeath money to
nave masses said for the repose of his
soul
TWENTY WEIGHT different kinds of "bit-
ters'' sold in Rhode Island'f for "strictlv
medical use" are undergoing ANALYSIS by
the State chemist from an excise point of
view.
A LITTLE boy in Dover refusing to take
pill, his mother placed it in piece of
preserved pear and gave it to him In a
few minutes she said: tom, have you
eaten the pear?" He said, Yes, mother,
all but the seed"
A TENNESSEE lady presented her hus-
band with pair of twins and in due sea-
son added triplets. Dear me-" ex-
claimed an astonished neighbor, II s'pose
Mrs. Stebbing will have quadrupeds next
and then centipedes.n
A DUTcHMAN and an Irshman once met
on lonely highway AS they met each
smiled, thinking he knew the other. Pat
on seeing his mistake, remarked Faith,
an thought 1t was you, and you thought
it was me, an it's nayther of u.s.
New YORK boasts of a bank president
who denied himself a contemplated trip
to Europe this summer so as to afford his
clerks their usual vacation He gener.
ously remains at his post, taking the place
OF each one in turn as he goes for period
of recreation.
SOME women are 50 delicate that they
are afraid to ride, for fear of the horse
running away; afraid to walk, for fear the
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boat might upset; but they are never
afraid to get married, which is more risk
tul than all the others put together.
ONE of the latest inventions is a porta-
bic travelling bed which can be rolled UP
like a shawl in cylindrical package
some two feet long. 1t consists of "A light
hair mattress, including single or double
air pillows, fine wollen c0verlet, camp
stool, attachments, and cords for adapting
the mattress as hammock, and apparatus
for filling the pillows with air.
A RECENT visitor among the Indians in
Florida gives an account oftheir marriage
ceremony as follows: The company
was composed of the whole tribe, all of
whom were dressed in their best finery.
A circle was formed, the bride moved to
the center, holding in her hand an ear of
corn. Then the bridegroom advanced
alongside of her, with deer's leg in his
hand A mutual exchange comprised the
whole ceremony. After the ceremony the
whole company danced and feasted on
bear-meat and honey for two days and
nights
''You are old" said the youth land your laws are
too weak
For anything tougher than suet
Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and
the beak-
Pray how did you manage to do it:''
In my youth said his father 4 took to the
And argued each case with my wife:
And the muscular strength which it gave to my
jaw
Has lasted the rest of my life"
A ROYAL KISS AND ROYAL KICK
Some of our readers who are not so
young as they have been, may remember
the famous Yankee kiss and kick of the
last King of England, William ", be-
fore he came to his estate. While in New
York the Prince called at the barbers
shop to be shaved. When the operation
was completed he stepped up to the bar
ber's wife, who CHANGED to be present, and
giving her a kiss, remarked: There,
now, you can say you have been kissed by
a member of the royal family" The bar
Der, greatly incensed by what he chose
to receive as a great insult, seized the
Prince, and helping him out of the shop
with his foot, exclaimed: There, now,
you can say you have received a royal
kick from an American freemann'
ARTIFICIAL WANTs-Bulwer says that
poverty is only an idea, in nine cases out |
of ten. Some men with ten thousand dol |
lars year suffer more want of means |
than others with three hundred. The |
reason is, the richer man has artificial |
wants. His income is ten thousand, and |
he suffers enough from being dunned for |
unpaid debts to kill a sensitive man. A |
man who earns dollar a day, and who |
does not run in debt, is the happier of
the two. Very few people who have |
new been rich will believe this, but it |
is true. There are thousands and thou |
sands with princely incomes who never |
know moments peace because they live |
above their means. There is really more |
happiness in the world among working |
people than among those who are called |
rich.
WHEN the renowned Mrs. Siddons was |
playing in Dublin, in the well-known
tragedy of Macbeth, she, as Lady Mac |
beth,n came to that part where drum |
sounds, and she exclaims, "a drum. a |
drum Macbeth doth come" There was /
some difficulty or neglect in obtaining |
the necessary instrument and to her |
amazement, a trumpet was sounded. She |
Immediately saw how absurd it would be |
to say drum while the well-known |
sound of the trumpet met the ears Of the !
vast audience, so she said, "a trumpet a |
trumpetn' and stopped short amid breath |
less silence, not knowing how to rhyme,
when voice from the gallery called out, |
Macbeth doth stump it.' at which the
house broke out into one peal of laugh |
ter and applause, and the tragedienne ad-
vanced to the footlights and bowed her
acknowledgment for the relief She af
terwards tried to find out who it was, but
failed to do so, and never forgot what she |
considered the most genuine piece of wit
she had met with in all her experience.
A PoTATo-BUG SToRY-A sad case has
lust come to light in Braddockields. A |
man residing here, who had small field |
within the Fields, found himself and his
little family surrounded by potato bugs, |
with stripes up and down, and some Of
them crosswise. He tried all kinds of
remedies, but the bugs snorted at him in
scorn and made hostile demonstrations.
He was advised to try the tobacco cure:
He did try it. He bought paper of fine
cut and commenced to chew it. 1t was
his first effort at chewing. He went out |
and got basket full of the bugs, and
co,,i RI oil ba tobacco, ;p;oa @IoIr oyoo