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


natured. In religion he is an ultra
orthodox Lutheran, in politics a con-
servative Royalist, and in all things an
intense Prussian.
The Washington monument has had
strange visitors since its erection. A
gaunt and hungry cat climbed to the
top; five rats have made the ascent to
get the crumbs from the workingmen'
lunches; wasps build their nests and
pigeons rooSt at night 434 feet above
the habttation of man.
The Connecticut legislature has pass
ed bin Offering 10 cents to any per-
son planting, protecting and cultiyating
elm, maple, tulip, ash, Eastwood, oak,
black walnut, hickory, apple, pear or
cherry trees, not more than sixty feet
apart, for three years, along any pub
lie highway OF the State.
The temperature of the mines on the
Comstock vein is exceedingly high. At
depths Of ! 800 feet and 1000 feet the
thermometer placed in fresh-drill-
ed hole will show 1870 degrees. Very
large bodies OF water have run for
years at $50 degrees, and smaller bod
les at 10 degrees. The temperature
is kept down to 10 degrees by forcing
in fresh air cooled over ice.
John c. Emo bad rather uncom-
Portable time when he went to the Que
bee opera house the other night to
hear the Chimes of Normandy.
When the old miser, Gaspard, gloating
over his gold, repeated aloud: There
are no defaulting bank presidents
hero, all eyes were instinctiyely turn
ed toward Emo. He biushed up to the
roots of his hair and did not look at his
ease again until the curtain fell for the
last time.
There are a great many handsome
men in Texas. The free, outdoor life,
with much MISUNDERSTANDING, gives
them good forms, clear eyes and COM
plexions. There is great deal of ma
tive intelligence and good thinking.
The women among the well-to-do class
es appear to live mostly indoors. Even
in cities very few are seen on the street
or in the stores. They are not as often
rosy-cheeked as the men, but much
oftener powdered.
The city of Charleston, in its corpor-
ate capacity, is about to undertake the
driving of the deepest well in the world.
1t will be driven in the main part of the
city, and, as it is expected to furnish
100000 gallons OF water per day, it is
calculated, with the two similar wells
already down. to furnish a sufficient
supply OF water for the whole city for
many years. The new we'll will be
1000 feet deep, will be at least six
inches in diameter at the bottom and is
to be completed by next August.
1t is estimated that there are one
thousand Chinese children in San Fran
cisco eligible to the public schools
under Judge Mcguire $ recent decis-
ion. il this decision be sustained by
tho supreme court, separate schools
will have to be provided for them, as
white children will not 20 to school
with the little pagans. In fact, the
caste OF feeling between the two races
is fully as strong as between whites
and blacks In the South before the war.
james Morris Morgan who is now
engaged in writing uV some OF the in
side naval history oi tav laie eonteder-
acv. particularly $50 regard 60 the crUis-
e->, has l4d 8 l-e.tF i4c military eN-
1el5euce Ser $50 soaG- lnan. Ike sery-
cd e lc confederate navy all through
tbe H4r Latter he went TO Egypt
where da was made captain OF artil-
lerv. and served under Ratib Pasha in
tine region loW made famous by Cor
dom and fra uIundi Mr. MORGAN is pS-