Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-05

worth Of flour, feed,s etc
"Ayoirdupois parties" arc the rage
in Pottdwattamie county, Iowa. Each
Young lady is weighed on entering the
dining room and her escort pays for
her supper at the rate Of half q cent q
pound on her weight
Henry Darr, worthy citizen Of Da-
wilson county, Ca, has attained the
ace Of sixty and snug little fortune Of
/ $1,000 without having q clock, n cook
stove, buggy, sewing machine. or
newspaper ia his family.
David T. Whitmer, still living in
Missouri at the age of eighty, was one
of the three witnesses who in 1880 pub
lished certificate declaring that they
saw an angel come down with the gold
en- book which Joseph Smith, the NOR
mon, pretended to interpret.
Petroleum flowing from break in
the pipe lines Of the Standard Oil Com
pany ut Pompton Lake, N. j., killed
! twenty-nine swans belonging to DR..
/ Rogers. Money indemnity was refused,
and the company sent TO their London
agent and had thirty-iive swans sent to
DE-. Rogers.
Lieutenant Danenhower is reported to
! have won his wife us Othello did. by
thrilling tales Of his ''most disastrous
/ chances" lie first met her during his
/ lecturiug tour and afterwards in pri-
waite he narrated his adventures iu the
arctic seas, and so gained her heart as
well as ear.
| Henry Grafton Dulany has a magnih-
cent estate in LOudOn county, Va, and
inherited $4,000, 900 from his mother.
lie is young, good looking and unmar-
ried. and proposes to embark part of
his capital in the banking business in
Washington on the ground that he is
anxious for occupation.
General Toombs refused to subscribe
for the purchase of Alexander Ii.
Stephens residence rs memorial hall,
because" he said, II want the peo-
pic of Georgia to buy the property, and
when they do l will endow it with
enough to make it such college as
little Alcck would like to see if he were
alive "
| The first cotton exported from Amer
lea was lot Of eight bags sent to Liv-
erp0ol just 100 years ago, and the GUS
toms authorities detained it awhile be-
cause IL was rockoued impossible that
4 so much could have been raised here.
The crop last year amounted 20 g.
( $40, 75G BALES, of which 1906 wore
/ exported.
John 3. Cough, now siSty-sovon,
camc from England to New York in
| 1920. learned the book binders trade,
and for several years was chiefly dis
tinguished for getting drunk, singing
songs and giving ROTATIONS. He be-
came temperance advocate in 1910,
making his first speech in the old
Broadway Tabernacle.
The standard railroad time, accord
ing TO W. +. Allen, the originator OF
the system, is now in use by all tho rail-
roads in the country except the Union
Division Of tho Union Pacific, the
/ Central Pacific and the Southern
Pacific, west of Deming, N. NJ Less
than 10 per cent. Of the people of the
country are using local time.
The latest venture in the newspaper
line is the proposed republication in
America from clectrotypo plates Of tho
London Illustrated Ne1US, with twelve
page American supplement. The
scheme is shortly TO be projected, and
| by the terms of the arrangement tho
/ London publishers will send none OF
the English edition TO this country.
The death rate of Russia is the high
est in Europe. This is attributed to
the paucity of medical men and the
| habits of the rural population. Ac-
cording to the ratc returns the average
duration of life is only twehty-siX years,
and the mortality among infants is
frightful. More than 60 per cent. of
infants die before they reach their fifth
year, and nearly 1000, 600 children per-
ish each year
A correspondent of the Boston Her.
| alt thinks that the time has come for
Queen Victoria TO abdicate in favor Of
the Prince of Wales. she is, and has
been, he says. 'for many years only
figure head to the nation, while he
does all the work, goes among the peo-
pie, and interests himself in public af-
fairs, showing great public spirit and
liberal views on all occasions. As q
soldier, as n huntsman. rs q royal per-
sonago and as a true-heartcd gentle
man, the Prince of Wales has to day
no superior in all Great Britain. My
views Of him are now completely reyo-
luuonized, for l see him wherever 60
mingling with the people, and even
lately providing around the slums in
order to improve the condition OF the
wretchel London poor Deeds. not
words, are what tell in mans life re-
cord, and the preiudices which once
existed regarding aim are being bat
tered down, and that, too, by his own
transformations conduct And his po-
siton in the country is rather trying
when one reflects on it, For ne is not
absolute King, while he has to act King
practically, rs it is impossible for him
30 shine as n quiet English gentleman. -
/ Alexander Dumas, like Ernest Re-
nan, has contemporary, has found life
enjoyable, and for tle past fifteen years
he SAYS he has been tho happiest man
alive. Can You imagine, he rcmarks,
''a greater hanp.ness than q uersistent