Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-11
GLEANINGS.
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Wales boy, Albert Victor, who is
coming to this country next year--if
his pa will permit and Parliament
pay the bill-will celebrate his
twenty first birthday Jan. s.
The newspapers are leaving the
church fair oyster stew SO severely
alone that it is suspected the one
oyster has been counted out in this
year of politics and returning boards
Many young men and some old
ones, and we are sorry 10 say not a
few married ones, are heartily in favor
of the Postmaster Generals recon-
mendation that local drop letters go
for l cent.
Peter Dosen, of St. Louis, wrapped
8 S. bill around a roll of paper and
went around showing off what was
taken for a roll of a thousand or so.
Next thing he knew he had cracked
skull, and two policemen were taking
him to hospital.
Writing from Lynn, Mass, a cor
respondent reminds the Scientific
American that, as an instance of
remarkable flight OF an exploded
boiler, about two years ago boiler
exploded in that city, and the flying
portion, describing a circle high in
the air. landed 900 feet from where it
staris'.
Beautiful fans are made entirely of
the plumage of tropical birds in their
natural colors. a web of feather
cloth is formed by gluing the plumage,
each tiny feather separately, upon
silk fabric. This gives the texture the
precise appearance of living bird.
The tops are tipped vita ostrich feath
ers.
The largest organ in the world has
just been completed by Walk, of Lud-
wigsburg, and placed in the cathedral
church at Riga. The instrument
measures thirty-slx feet in width,
thirty-two feet from back to front, and
is sixty-five feet high. 1t contains
$500 pipes, distributed among 154
sounding stops.
"All have wanted to live for was
the election of another Democratic
President, and now l am ready to
die, said David Conley, a p ioneer of
Colorado, on the night of Nov. 4, in
voice made hoarse by hurrahing.
Pneumonia overheard HIM make the
remark that raw night. David Conley
is now dead.
When some celebrated pictures of
Adam and Eve were seen on exhibit
ton Mr. McNab was taken TO see
them. 81 think no great things of
the painter, " said the gardner; why,
man, tempting Adam WI pippin of
variety that wasna known until
about twenty years ago.
Russian engineers claim that Sebas-
topol IS stronger than ever, owing to
ITS monster guns, torpedoes and i'm
proved earthworks.
Thousands Of paupers are now being
shipped from Naples ard Genoa to
South American ports. where they are
left o burden on the local authorities.
The latter have decided to adopt the
New York plan, and compel vessels
TO carry them back.
The Yale freshmen have been meas
ured, with the following result. Av-
craze height, feet inches; cir
conference Of chest, 35 inches;
breadth of shoulders, 16 inches;
weight, 13l 4 pounds the average
age Of the class is 10 years, / month
and ii days.
House rents in Arabia are nearly
as low as in a deserted Pennsylvania
oil town A French traveller men
tons his taking a comfortable dwell
ing at Bereydah, consisting of two
large rooms ON the ground floor and
three smaller ones, besides a spacious
courtyard surrounded by nigh walls
for an Of which he paid 36 cents Pc
month
The only organized church amoag
the ZalUs of South Africa has adopted
as one of lis rules. No member of
this church shall be permitted 10 drink
the white mans grog, or native beer.
or touch it with his lips The FIRST
ship sailing from Boston and carrying
out mission aries TO the heather car
ried out grog also.
Cremation stiu continues to win
favor in Germany. Thus the 200tA
case has Just Deen registered al Co
burg, where fitty-four people have
been cremated this year alone. THESE
200 cremations have occurred since
1873. when the furnace was first
erected in Coburg, and the cases IN
c'ude sixty two inhabitants OF the
duchy and 13S foreignersA126 men,
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