Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-17
FOR THE CURIOUS
|sis ort Chapters on Things Somewhat
Remarkable.
A LUMP OF GOLD,


Remarkable.
A LUMP OF GOLD.
4 firm in Hatton Garden, London,
has in its possession remarkable gold
nugget that was found recently at
S Spitzkoff, in the Transvaal l, is
nearly as large as hens egg, is very
smooth on the surface from water abra-
SON, is free from impurities. and con
tains 920 parts of pure metal to the
d 600 1t is valued at 1920
HOLY HINDoo MUD.
The sacred tank in which the golden
temple of Umritser, Northern India,
is situated, was lately cleaned out for
the first time for several hundred years
The mud was carried off by the elite
of Hiudoo society, and coolies and low
caste men were not allowed TO touch
it. Many Hindoo ladies and genIle-
men daubed their rooms and bodies
with the holy mud.
SLAPPED ON THE BACK.
One of the grandchildren of Gen
eral Turner, of Memphis, Tenn, was
pronounced dead the other day, and
was about to be buried, when some
suggested that it should be bathed and
slapped on the back. This caused it
to breathe through its lungs-some-
thing it had Fever done belore-and
at last accounts it was alive and doing
we'll
A LIVING BATTERY.
A living electric battery, in the shape
of a large black cat, is owned by Bob
Craig, of this city. By putting one
hand on the feline's breast and stroking
its back with the other, one feels as if
he was shocked by heavily charged
battery. The cats glossy fur Sparkles
and omits cracking sounds during the
Operation st. Louis Republican,
INA CAVE.
There is hermit living in Salt Pond
Mountain, aged between 45 and so
years, who is recluse enough to satisfy
the most exciting. He lives on the
game which he traps or shoots, and
rarely speaks to fellow being, his
only companion being large deer
hound He makes no use of vegetables
in any form, living on flesh alone,
which he eats as his humor seizes him,
raw or cooked. He has lived thus
alone since early youth, making his
home in cave, which he has fanci-
fully lined with the skins of the an
imals he has killed.
SPIDER AND SNAKE.
Judge Robinson of Easton, Nd, tells
how spider caught snake in his
office. The snake had taken refuge
under ali old sofa ia the back of the
office, where a large spider had his
headquarters. When the latter dis
covered his visitor, he threw a web
around the snakes neck and fastened
it to the bottcm of the sofa above the
snake. He then added another web,
and another, and another, until the
a combined webs made a strong cord
II that completely fastened the snake until
Il it could not extricate itself. If it at
tempted to go forward, the cord raised
its head higher and higher, until it
was half off the floor. In this way it
was kept a prisoner until Mr.. Robinson
released it.
oUTwITTED THE DOGS.
The following instance of the cum
n ming of a hare to rid itself of dogs
when hotly persued is given by the
lone (Cal.) Echo: " Three valuable
dogs bird dog, greyhound, and
shepherd dog belonging at the ranch
of James Martin, met death in sing
ular manner last week The dogs had
accompanied Will Martin out on the
ranch, and, starting up hare, all gave
chase. They were close together and
in hot pursuit when the hare suddenly
jumped to one side, and the dogs, un-
able to check their speed, ran few
feet further on and disappeared, one
after the other. When Mr.. Martin
came to where the dogs had gone out
of sight he found that they had fallen
into an old well that was hidden by
brush and weeds, the water in which
was at least twenty feet from the sur
face 1t being impossible to secure
ropes, boards, or anything with which
to rescue them. allthe dogs were drow-
ned. "