Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-05-27
PlTHY PARTICLES.

a WHITE widower married black Wild
ow at Cape Girardeau, Mo. He had
four white children. she had five black
ones
SAYS Talmage: "When | hear that
four angels are doing all the singing FOR
heaven, I'll permit four people to do all
the sing for my congregation.
a PROSPECT, Conn. COW has produced
calf that has no tail or indications of
one, and whose hoofs on tron. and hind
legs are the same, MI turning outward.
TnE lower jawbone of mastodon has
been found in a snndbar in the Lour
river, about 2J miles from kearney,
Neb., and further search is to he made
IN the hope OF finding other portions of
the remains.
Pork should never be eaten except in
the fall and winter Veal should be avoided
liz summer. Beef and mutton are the
staple meats. When meat comes into
the house it should be set away in n
cool, dry place until wanted.
lT Is claimed that the Michigan peo-
pie, outside OF banks and capitalists,
have taken larger proportionate share
| of the United States 4 per cent. bonds
than those of any other state in the
union, except those of New England
THE Salt Lake Ne,ps, m authority on
| the subject, states that ST, 900 worth Of
oil is annually used in the Mormon en-
dowment houses in the amounting of
candidates for polygamous wedlock.
monument is the rite of the church III
the marriage ceremony.
A NEVADA ma, went down to Eureka
on pleasure trip, and, like prudent
business man kept a memorandum of
his expenses. Among the items were:
| Expenses, including hotel and sundries,
1913: won at faro, 6; lost mt faro, $3.50;
bonds outstanding and payable, S257
TuE unopened flower buds of the caper
bush, creeping plant of southern Eu-
rope, when picked in vinegar constitute
the condiment known as capers. 1t was
known to the ancient Greeks; and the
renowned Phryne, ut the first period of
her residence in Athens, was dealer III
capers.
The plan of Georgia couple to elope
was discovered by the girls father; but
! they did not know it until, after riding Il
while in the close carriage That wns TO
( have conveyed them TO clergyman,
1 they alighted at her own home, and The
driver revealed himself IA the stem par
ent in disguise.
AN old negro man of Oglethrop coun
ty, Ga, when on his denth-bed, recent
", sent for his wife aud told her that If
she married ngnin Lo would haunt her.
| She believes him capable of carrying out
the thrent, and has, ever since his death,
/ firmly resisted All siege Laid to her heart
by her duslIy admirers.
Those who think of Leadville ms mn
FL Dorado will be surprised TO hear that
the streets are nearly waist-deepi III nud,
and the poor, ill-boused end needy men
waiting to go to the "Gunnison aredy-
! ing like sheep. At Breckenridge, ma
upstart rival of Leadville, the snow is re-
ported to be from fourto six feet deep.
Mr.. WARING, n recent candidate ut an
English election, adopted neat mode of
stigmatizing an opponent. He asked
those he addressed what they called a
man who made such and such charges,
knowing them TO be false The response
came back: "a liar" "Well," said
the candidate, 81 will not contradict
you.
THE Oswegatchie is high Mt Odgens-
burg, and as it flows over the dam 1T
makes, IA is said, four plilsations n
minute, movement which affects the
windows III the hotels in the centre of
the city. The tremor IL apparently
transmitted through the ground, as the
dam is 40 far away the roar can hardly
be heard.
A GOOD way to keep cut flowers fresh
is to lay them in wet cloths. Take
them out Of the vases at night, sprinkle
with cold water and wrap them with
cloths made very wet. The weight OF
the cloth will not crush the most deli
cate flowers, while it keeps out the AR
and prevents their falling to pieces or
opening further.
Ar Middleton, n. Y, recently, little
striped squirrel was seen to attack aud
kill snake two feet long, and then drag
the reptile into its hole. The snake eyi-
IDENTIFY feared his antagonist and en-
deavored TO get away. He coiled round
The squirrel several times, but the little
fellow would slip out Of the folds and go
to biting vigorously.
A Roy seven years old stood at the bar
of a London police court He had been
arrested for picking ladies pockets.
The testimony showed that he had Otter
left home on the same ernnd, and about
$40 was found stitched in the lining of
his coat. A small girl, his comrade, had
SO. These children were skilled not
onlv in theft, but in the means OF con-
cealing it.
THERE was $4,000 house present at
Leadyille theatre on recent
Sunday pight TO see n BLACK