Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-22
IN A NUT SHELL.


have not been taught t. work from
drawings.
A submerged steel tube forty feet
below the surface is the latest suggest
ion for the crossing of the English
channel
Judge Stanley Matthews is about to
build fine residence on the corner of
Connecticut avenue and n street, in
| Washington.
There is a young ladies' cornet band
in the town of Caro-, Mich, and it has
asked to be permitted To compete Mt a
band tournament to be held shortly at
London, Ont.
The odoriferous matter of flowers is
intiammable, and arises from an es-
sential oil. The traxinella takes fire in
hot evenings by bringing candle near
Its root
The deepest running steam that is
known is the Niagara river just under
the Suspension bridge, where it is 700
feet deep by actual measurement.
/ In Vienna meat is prepared on n
large scale for the Paris and London
markets by exposure to the cold and
treatment with powdered borax.
A mixture of one part of alcohol and
nine parts Of crystallized carbolic acid
is said to afford great relief in cases of
bites from insects.
Pliny tells us that Dudalus invented
, the saw Tho earliest saw-mill of
which we have mention was built at
Madeira in 1920.
J The Dayton, (O), Journal thinks that
Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. Hayes have
, done more 10 dignity womanhood than
all the woman's right women in the
, country.
| The art of obtaining sugar from cane
was discovered by Venetian in 1903,
| and for sixty years n sugar loaf weigh
ing ten pounds was considered Won
+ derful curiosity.
Miss Mollie Carter, zone of the pref
) test and most popular girls" in Kansas
, City, has settled her suit for breach OF
promise against w. W. Dickey, a cat
tie king, receiving about 5000 balm
for fer lacerated affections
The remains of Henri Vieuxtemps
the violinist, now rest in his birthplace
, Nerviers, in Belgium. They were trans
ferred to that town last month, and
= were met at the gates by a solemn pro
cessien of the authorities.
| Miss Margaret Hicks is said to be tn,
FIRST lady who has adopted the profes
9 sion Of architecture. She was gradu
ated recently from the course in archi
!. lecture at Cornell university.
i Vice President Arthur, Speake
n Sharpe ana Mr.. Frederick A. Smyth'
h were entertained at dinner by Senate
n Jones, Of Nevada, at the st. James Ho
" tel, New York city, on the evening o
d the 10th inst.
:, The Washington Republican says @
i Mrs Edison, the woman physician VIII
. has been in attendance upon the pres
dent "She stands high in public est
nation for her dignity, modesty an
J. truthfulness."
u Rev b. b. Hitchings, of Trinit
, church, New York, recently visited 81
= St. Johns church, Denver, of which h
50 was once the rector, and left checl
L for 81 900, with which to help build til
e proposed cathedral.
" The Roman Catholic bishop of Geoi
i gia, the Most Rev DIR. Gross, advise
Catholic parents, residing in cite
;, where it is practicable to sustain par
" ochial school, TO take their children
= from the public schools.
: Helena Il. Argus, years of age, at
d tempted to rescue younger child from
Vt the wheels Of an ice-cart at Providence
e r. /. She succeeded in doing so, bu
It lost her own life, falling under tn
wheels, which crushed her head.
: Rev. DR.. S. F. Smith, the author o
~ our national hymn. america" of tn
hymn, "The Morning Light Is Break
ing" and other popular sacred songs
is travelling III Europe and writing let
e tiers to the Boston Traveller.
4 1t is reported at Berlin that Coun
Herbert Bismarck, the son of The
!. chancellor, will be appointed German
r minister to Washington as soon as the
r present ambassador, Herr Won Schlp
r ser, receives his appointment as stats
: tician.
G A perfect portrait of Christopher
/. Columbus is said to have been found il
Y the colonial Office at Madrid, Spain
:. 1t is reported to have been made dur
: ing his lifetime, and if it was, it is un
doubtedly q correct likeness of the
great navigator. If true, this is one o
n the most interesting finds Of recent
years.
. Prince Bismarck has special fond
. ness for his little estate Of Schonhausen
=. one which has belonged to his family
. for more than four centuries and which
was a gift from the Margraves Of Bran
dcnburg. The prince passed at Schon.
hansen the greater part of his child
hood and formerly attached its name
{ TO his own.
Secretaries Window and Hunt and
the postmaster general, accompanied
by their families, started for the
White Mountains Mr.. Blaine goes to
l Maine. Secretary Kirkwood is in
Washington, and Secretary Lincoln is
: at Rye Beach with his family, Attorney
General MacVeagh remains with the