Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-04-22
PITHY PARTICLES.

TOBACCO chewing has increased per
snt. in the past year.
IL the Turkish language there is said
to b, no word signifying gratitude.
CoSe sEssMAN NEwBERRY is now presi-
dent OF thirty-five manufacturing COM
panies.
PETER ZABRIEsKowATCHIYER is a
Norwegian doing business in Kandiyohi,
Minnesota. Haven't you got any middle
name, Peter. l6any Journal.
"IF you grasp rattlesnake firmly
about the neck he cannot strike you"
savs western paper. There is now no
excuse for any ones being bit by these
serpents.
AFTER four years a number of belle
flower apples were unearthed that had
been buried twelve feet in the sand by
the caving in of bank Every apple
was as sound as when buried.
THE Parisain dandies have new
paything. 1t is perfume cane. The
knob represents Chinese magot or an
Indian idol. You press spring and
spray of scent issues from the mouth.
A YOUNG Kentucky lawyer, who had
case decided against him, recently, an
nounced his purpose to take an appeal
thus: "Now, shall take this case be-
fore another court, and let another Judge
guess what the law is. f"
The finding of white oak mauls and
some other implements sixty feet below
the surface of the ground by miners in
Mariposa county, Cal, is problem over
which they shake their shaggy boards in
the attempt to solve.
THE attitude of several presidential
candidates reminds us of Widow Bedott's
retort about the nice young man she
saw on stage coach. Encourage
him! l didn't encourage hin-I only
gave him my photograph and address,
No,D York Mail.
A HORSE recently captured in the
wilds of Turkestan was found to be eX-
ceedingly sensitive to cold, having no
ordinary coat. This unique specimen of
the equine breed now figures at the
Geological gardens at st. Petersburg,
where it is comfortably habited IN an
otter-skin jacket.
AS a specimen of Prince Demidoff's
wit it is related that a man showed him
once some sleeve-links in q malachite,
and, knowing that he was a Judge, asked
him his opinion. Demidoff glanced at
them, and then answered superciliously:
"They suit you admirably; / have two
doors of exactly the same quality"
In the churchyard of Heyden, Suffolk,
England, there is stone which bears
this inscription: Here lieth the body
of William Strutton, of Paddington,
buried May 10, 1874, who had by his
first wife 2S children, and by a second
wife II, own father to 45, grandfather to
sc, great-grandfatber to 81, and great
grandfather to %; in all 251.
A CENTURY ago an American travelling
In Egypt gathered some Gala lily roots
from the banks Of the Nile and brought
them to Philadelphia. One of the roots
was presented to Chester Val
ley farmer, whose great granddaughter
still preserves the plants from the origi
nal roots of the Nile. During the Win
ter Just closed twenty perfect white
flowers grew on two of the roots.
HE desk used by Robert Morris, the
first secretary of the treasury of the
United States, is now the property of
Miss Charlotte Morris, granddaughter
A'S'oip -hoiliS, duti DIT present Sili-
ployed rs clerk in the treasury. A
dealer IN antique furniture found it at
Morristown, Pa. The desk is about one
hundred and fifty years old, and origin
ally belonged to the father of Robert
Morris.
GLooMILY the merchant sat looking
over the books and through the few re-
naming papers in the safe, the morning
after the junior partner had got away to
South America with alacrity and $42, 900
OF the firms money. A consoling friend
says to the merchant: "Ah, well, you'll
work out of it all right. There's no
great loss without some gain" "True,"
signed the man of trade, with brighter
hght dawnlng in his face, "true, my
vile went with him."
=. A FEW days ago farmer named Cook,
hVlng near Rochester, Mo-, had by hard
@pfk and economy saved up $500, with
slnch ne contemplated purchasing a
iofm. lie went about his work as usual
2n lAe day in question, and upon return
niS nome found his money gone. His
Nne was delicate at the time, and this
unfortunate news troubled her so severe
= ulat She died. The funeral over, Mr..
GooA went about his work again, and
!uuge OF his surprise when he found his
PocAetbook and money.