Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-01-08
GLEANINGS.

Vaccination should be repeated at
intervals of seven or eight years.
King Theebah has gwen up drinking
and now proposes to imprison and fog
every drunkard In his realm.
An American who was captured last
fall by Italian brigand has just re-
turned to New York minus an ear.
A Buddhist temple has boen opened
in Paris, and the priest comes from
Ceylon to enlighten the French.
The hippopotamus does NOT Sweat
blood" but red pigment, the exact
nature of which has not been ascer-
tanned.
The twenty four-hour time system
goes into operation on the Union Paci
fic Railway Friday.
A Georgia negro took his marriage
license to the bank and wanted to raise
$25 on it, but the bank refused to dis
count
China will Thursday begin the use
of postal cards; rather, has begun their
use already the first day Of the new
year.
a vampire bat was recent ly captur-
ed at Lewis Station, I'll Dorado Co,
Cal, the wings Of which when extend
ed, measured twenty-one and a half
inches. 1t had tail two inches vi
length, like a rats.
Infants born on unlucky days
among the tribes of Madagascar have
pieces of cloth tied over their mouths
and are then buried alive.
Thirty thousand roller skating Kinks
have been built in the United States
within the past two years. The mum
Der of broken heads is not recorded
ST. Petersburg draws most Of its
population from the provinces. In
the city the death rate among infants
under TWO years is some years as high
as rs per cent.
The Brooklyn Bridge earned $685.,
993 during the year ending with Nov
ember and the surplus after the pay
ment of the expenses of operation
probably does not exceed $500, 600, or
about one-ffth Of the years interest
on the bridge bonds.
An Italian woman in New York
celebrated the day before Christmas
by eating porous plaster which had
been prescribed for her arm She
didn't know any other way to take it,
and she found its internal application
both uncomfortable and dangerous.
Since the bombardment OF Alexan-
dri2 the British have spent on their
Egyptiah armament e22, coo 600, the
income from which at per cent.
would be more than SO 600, 600 yearly
--almos enough TO support the
wretched FellaheeE England now
degrades.
One OF the singular coinciden ces
which happen in this world comes to
the surface IN Eureka, Cal. On
giveH dale occurs the birthday of q
father aged tifty-six years, a daughter
aged twenty-six years, and a son aged
sixteen years.
Simeon BaIlou, Of Keene, n H.,
was last week relating the particulars
of the dea h of his brother, which oc-
CURED suddenly from apoplexy, when
he fell and Immediately expired from
the same cause. Deceased was about
StFcDlY years VI aye.
One ofihe best remedies for rough
or chafed hands IS the following: One
ounce Of glycerine, one ounce of rose
water. SIX drops Of carbohc acid In
cold weather, when5v yer it is neces-
sary to wash the hands, apply few
drops while they are moist, and rub
well into the skin. Ii may also be
used for the face.
The Philadelphia Record relates
this tale Of Friendvile: A gentle
man was one day relating to Quak-
err tale of deep distress, and conclud-
by saving Il could not but feel for
him" verify, friend, replied the
Quaker. "thcU diJst right in that
thou didst feel for thy neigh Dor; but
didst thou feel in the right place
didst thou feel in thy pockets"
King Louis Of Bavaria lately order
ed that some bronze statues be set up
at his palace gates, but, as his Majesty
was nearly bankrupt, the keeper Of
the privy purse thought il Well to put
up plaster images covered with bronze
paint This worked nicely uatil
Louis discovered the fraud and smash
ed the statues with club.
According to the San Francisco
Call. two disks for the thirty six inch
lens of the telescope at the Lick OBJ
servatory have been successfully cast
SUPERINTENDENT Fraser gives coed
idea of the power Of the glass by the
statemen. that il viii enable the Oh
server to behold the moon as she would
appear to the naked eye at distance
OF thirty miles.