Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-02
C5LI,ANIEGS.

henry Ward Beecher hates dogs and
cats
Spiders are said to eat twenly-six
times their own weight each day.
Chartered opprcssor" is a new
Western name for "blastod monopoly
1t is said that japanese women have
never seen and do not know the use OF
pins
Notwithstanding all The talk, Chinese
lepers are as rare as hens teeth in San
Francisco.
There are now nearly seven million
children in the Untod states who do
not know their letters,
Tennessee has great natural resourc-
as, including 10000 square miles OF
timber as yet untouched
Nine Bistori wants to buy Boston
residence She has one in London, one
in Paris, and one in Rome.
II Is estimated that two large parties
given recently in Boston We're produc-
tive Of distributing 100000 among
artisans and others.
Small tobacco pipes are frequently
unearthcd in Ireland, aud are supposed
to autc-date the Introduction oil tobacco
IN Europe by Raleigh
Gainesville, Ga, claims the honor of
having more boys between the age OF
ten and fifteen years than any other
town of its size in the world
An Audersonville, Ga. physician
boasts OF having a watch 2l3 years old
and q clock over $50 years old, both
running and keeping good time.
Uira Bates and wife, now residing at
South Hanover Mass, were both born
on the same day, August ), 1895, and
within a few hours OF each other.
The Journal OF Health says the I'D
health Of school children is more large
ly due to lack of proper care 20 home
than to inadequate hygienic provisions
IN the school-rooms.
Cincinnati has under discussion the
building of an elevated belt railroad
around the city, the length of which
Nvill BIZ seventeen miles and the csti-
mated cost 50, O0Q,0ll.
Under the collar of q famous inn at
Bath. England. called the Sedan Chair,
which was lately demolished, the work
men discovered line mosaic pavement
belonging TO Roman times.
The tonnage of the effective almored
fleets of the leading naval powers Of
Europe is as follows: England. 32J $50
tons France 20l. 7S9; Germany, 1AOJ7
tons; AUSTRIA G3, ll0 Russia, S3,621,
and Italy 59gQ5.
Since the birth of the first Prince OF
Wales in 1884, more than Six centuries
ago, the title has been borne by seven
teen persons, but the present posscssor
of ii is the only one who has lived to
see a son attain his majority.
A Montana man has introduced in the
Territorial Legislature q bill to regu-
late inheritances, which provides that
no person shall be allowed bv win. be-
quest, or Inheritance as heir to any es-
tate. money, or property, exceeding the
value of ~ 0aO,O-O,
Zone to Join William Tells apple:
Another famous legend has struck .
snag. 1t is now assorted that when
Rome burned liddles had not been in
vented and consequently Nero could
not have INDUCED in the musical pas
time attributed to him.
The latest novelty is Ginger lee
cream, in which the heat of the ginger
couutcracts the chill Of the cream. and
the frigidity OF the cream utilities the
fire of the ginger, producing happy
medium most gratifying to the cpicur-
can palate -AeWton a. ~ register.
Ministers need no longer preach
against roller-skating. The rink ha,
had its day. and its now rival tn,
tohoggau Slide, win rum the roller
skate trade. Toboggauing is the spor
OF the future, and it will be useless for
any man to try to resist it.--N j
Times.
The cocoarut will not flourish ava,
from the seashore, and no magnet il
truer to the pole than is the root OF III
cocoanut tree to the ocean. for wher
the roots break through It's husks il
points directly toward the sea- no mat
ter in what position the nut is placed il
the ground.
The venerable Professor Leopold Vol
Ranke is a great fayorite in Berlin So
ciety. His conversation is brilliant anC
epigrammatic, and he is always good