Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-07
GLEANINGS.

l mended Tor govt ana rheumatism.
/. Texas has organized sixty-eight new
. counties within the last year.
1 There are about 500, 600 Of cattle in
/ the Black Hills.
, Michigan has the smallest city and
the largest village in the world Dow
agac and Kalamazoo.
In Nebraska fax is raised simply for
the seed for oil, and the crop is q
profitable one.
The large falling off Of the yield of
rice in South Carolina is attributed to
inefficient labor.
An inventor has devised means of
recording telephone communication
by the aid Of photography.
Hinton Rowan Helper, the venerable
phianthropist, wants to build a rail-
way from Sitka to Patagonia along the
spine Of the Rockies and the Andes.
Ex-Governor English, of Connecti-
cut, who started out in life ~ a carpen-
ter, is now worth 5000 600, and is the
richest man in his state.
There is single sentence in the En-
| glish foreign enlistment act which ex-
eeeds in length any sentence of Mr..
Eyarts'. 1t contains 600 words.
George Buckncll. of Lake county,
| California, who is in his dotage. and
! has no confidence in banks, buried his
bonds for greater safety, and has for
gotten where he buried them.
Postal cards were introduced by Pro-
/ fcssor f. Herman, Of Vienna. They
were first used in England, Germany
and Switzerland in 1870, in Belgium
and Denmark in 1871, and in Norway,
Russia and the United States in 1872.
Many of the Prussian officers have
for q long time been learning Russian.
| and what il called the Railroad Regi-
nent is now studying II. Their knowl-
edge of French was found very conye-
nient in 1902.
A pair of knitted socks 1000 years
old has been discovered in an Egyptian
tomb. They are loosely knit of fine
sleeps wool, and the foot is finished
in two parts TO allow the sandal strap
to pass between them.
Many Americans are mad because
Matthew Arnold spoke of the great,
intelligent, sensual, ayaricious Amer
lea But has their loss of temper any
reason? Is Matthew Arnold very far
from the truth?
After recent tornado on Mono
Lake, i'm California the foam on the
lee shore WAS piled up twenty feet high
in places. and in it were hundreds of
dead wild ducks. which had been killed
by being dashed against the rocks.
A cheese manufacturer at Chester,
y. y, has been discovered using lard
instead OF oleomargarne. Ii is aston
ishing how much fraud there is in this
world. len chances to one the lard
was adulterated, too Philadelphia
eau
The total number Of sailing vessels
Of all the world is IS, 704, gauging 3d.
6+1.377 tons OF these more than
third carry the English flag and less
than twentieth that of France, which
ranks seventh, being below America,
lta!y Germany and Russia.
On account of the fact that many of
the Jews donot understand the Hebrew
language. and, therefore, do not take
interest in the services in that Ian
guagc, 4 Rochester synagogue has de-
cidod to adopt the English translation
OF the ritual
Michael Meizler, of Philadelphia, is
making nice fortune dealing in bad
eggs, which he gathers up wherever he
can get them. He sorts them, divides
yolkS from whites, and in manufacture
ed form sells the substance to tanners,
morocco drcSScrs, confectioners and
paper-makors.
The annual report Of the secretary
Of the Pennsylvania state board of agri-
culture shows that the value of the
dairy products of the past year was
$40, 100; grass crop, $84, $40, 620;
cereals, S72,4Ol, 1856; number of horn
ed cattle in the state, LAO, 2i7; value
$5L9S9.l0
Lord Palmerston seldom gave him.
self real rest except when he had
cold He would then allow himself a
holiday. TO be spent 10y the fire in
cosy armchair with novel, the more
sensational the better. Disraci had
the same fancv and. when wo3ricd,
went down 10 Hughcudcn with & pile
Of French novels.
n man OF tt,t Itllt bA 1hlt@, WHO
had the monopoly of rat killing in
Paris, has just died He used to feed
exclusively on the produce of his sport
Eight or ten times already he had
nearly died OF Indigestion; this time he
expired after q heavy meal Of rats be-
fore the doctor could be called in.
During the past four years Arkansas,
Florida. Louisiana. and Texas have
doubled their railroad mileage The
total mileage in the four states now
stands 26,049, against 7,260 ten years
ago, and during the decade it is esti-
mated that at least $500. 600. 600 has
been invested in these enterprises.
Miss Blanche Willis Howard the
writer of one Of the best novels Of the
4 day. is described in a letter from Rome
as "A magnificent blonde of generous
/ proportions. with charming eyes OF a
/ hazel cast-Such woman as one Of
her admirers recently remarked. men
were once wont to fight for in the