Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

second is $40 thousand words by the
popular monthly publications the
third is SIS thousand words TO
writer's who have acquired some de-
gree of reputation. The fourth varies
with the fame OF the author How
ellis, or Mark Twain, y will produce
no story or article of any kind for less
than $500 or 81 600.
Miss Mary Wilson, of Lightville,
H., had her fortune told by gypsy,
and when she found how much
trouble was in store for her Jumped
INTO cistern and drowned herself.
The city vacciuator az Montreal has
been sued for Sl0,0 600 damages for
causing the death of two children by
using impure vaccine The official
alleges that the children died from
measles
"A man who went TO skating rink
few days ago fell and was picked up
senseless, y says an exchange. Well,
what Of itf You didn't expect the
fall would knock sense into him, did
youl
Miss Addie Kurtz is deputy sheriff
OF franklin county, Pa, and accom-
panied by a male deputy took 3
prisoner convicted of mahslaughter to
jail few days ago. She is the only
female deputy herif in the state.
The fourtee year locuSts are not
altogether an unmitigated evil The
squirrels fatten on them the hens lay
eggs so fast while they are in existence
that the shells do not form with suf
ficient thickness to preserve them,
and old trees are pruned with nicely
and precision.
The difference between an imita
ton and genuine amethyst can be
easily distinguished Just pat thcm
on your tongue alternately, and you
will find that the spurious feels warm
and the geulne icy to the touch. The
stone which has had the greatest run
of late is tiger eye, which has pecu-
liar, dull fire IL is only piece Of
petrifed wood, turned, smoothed and
polished.
Il would like TO go ON your paper
the graduate said, sitting down aud
looking the editor firmly in the eye.
''And so you SHALL the journalist
replied, gladly you are the man
have been looking for, 10, these six
weeks Aud with nervous haste he
filled up note for 1925. "There,
he said, put your name right there,
just under mine, and we'll go out to-
morrow morning and flow in the
coupons at the paper mill"
Two years ago several large iron
spikes were for some purpose driven
into very old apple uee near Clyde,
N. Y, that for years had been nearly
barren. Last year it was filled with
large. fine apples, and now the boss
SONS are plentiful enough to warrant
a good supply Of fruit The owner
believes that the spikes restored to the
tree its original prolific qualities. He
is now trying the experiment on
ether trees IN the orchard.
President Webb, Of Mississippi
college, was interviewed by a young
man who wanted to 60 to school.
Well said the president, what do
you known Nothing, was the
response "Wel, you are just four
years ahead of some of the other
pupils. 1t takes them four years TO
learn what you know to start with.
Your prospects are fine, SIR
People with very large noses may
be interested TO learn that an English
doctor claims to have discovered
method of reducing that organ. The
process, which he calls multiple
punctiform ssarihcation, consists in
rapidly pricking the nose with num-
Der of minute double cgded steel
blades fixed in handle. From 500
to 5000 punctures are made at
sitting, and the operation is perform
ed every week or two for some
months; mean while the organ is kept
well annointeG. AT first sight the
operation does not seem attractive,
but the doctor says it is not pain
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