Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-03-26
GLEANINGS.

snape of regular Indian pot 1t
was plowed up out of the ground by
one of his sons a few days ago 1t
will hold about FIVE gallons, and is a
fine specimen of the mechanical in
genuite Of the aborigiEes of this coun-
try. The only thing missing about
il was, there was no treasure TO be
found under it.
The people of Nice, says Nice cor
respondent of an exchange, declares
that all the rain this season was
brought about by the fact that the
colossal effigy in pasteboard of King
Carnival, which forms a feature of
the carnival procession, was. by some
whim of his creator, supplied by big
red umbrella The clerk of the wealth
er evidently took the hint. and tried
his best to make this adjunct of his
Maiesty's costume at once useful ana
appropriate.
Ia Caracas, Venezuela, there stands
heroic figure in bronze having no
inscription upon the pedestal but the
name Washington" 1t was erected
to celebrate the centenary OF Simon
Bolivar's birth, and its dedication was
accompanied by a ceremony which
has never been equaled in magni1
cence on that continent. There are
shops art stores, hotels and streets in
Caracas named after Washington,
and his memory is reverenced there
as much as at home.
A correspondent Of the New York
World says "The Supreme Court of
the United States, Mr.. Justice Miller
delivering its unanimous opinion, in
1879 formerly adopted the word shy
ster as a proper and legitimate ad-
dition to the language. The World
al the time called attention to the
fact. Since that time the English
Lord Chancellor, Baron Selborn. the
highest in rank, believe, of the Eng
iish Judges. has also used the word, a
fact which / learned from the World.
1t is a good word
Adventists in Concord, n. H., who
believe in the immediate second APP
BearaAce of the Lord, have begun to
hold daily meetings. and to prepare for
ii. Elder Levi Locke, IN an address,
said 'that prophetic Scripture, as well
as temporal events, point with great
certainty to the 10Th Of May next as
the day of the Lords coming"
The fact that 4, 08S books were pub,
lished in the United States during the
year of 1884 has led us to plume our
selves somewhat on our literary
activity, but the statistics of book
publication in Germany for the year
indicate that the literary activity of
that country was nearly four times as
great as ours, The total number of
books published was Is, 607.
About $182, 900 have been collected
fof the BarthOldi pedestal fund, and
all but SO, 600 have been spent. An
other 100000 must be had before
Liberty can be established on firm
footing in New York barbor. Poor
Gotham-the home OF beggarly mil
lionaires-insists that Uncle Sarn shall
contribute this amount.
In 1870 dozen gentlemen who ride
into Boston good deal togetheragreed
10 dine together once a year until the
eleventh man should have departed
this life. The organization was called
THE United Twelve and they held
their fifteenth annual dinner Thurs.
day evening, the entire twelve still
being united on this side the river.
Duelling in Germany shows no de
crease, Notwithstanding the oatcry
against the custom, and, moreover. is
now practiced ON the most trivial plea.
Two officers fought last week in
Cologne simply because one of the
combatants, when leaving a cafe, had
taken up a wrong cap by mistake.
Twenty seven shots were exchanged
and one OF the duelists was killed.
A colored man went to the fish
market the first part of the week and
bought conch, and upon cracking
its shell was surprised to find hidden
treasure in the shape OF a handsome
pearl the size of an ordinary bean,
which he subsequently sold to Mr..
William Curry for 800 Quite mum
Der Of pearls have recently been
found by our fishermen, but this one
surpassed all ever brought into this
market both in size and beauty.
Why Dakota is proud may be iudg
ed from the annexed statement. 1t
has ?, 500 miles of railway, more than
any one of twenty states 2, 900 school
houses, more than any one Of fifteen
states; 275 newspapers, more than any
New England state except MassachU-
setts, or any Eastern state except New
York and Pennsylvania. In the mum
Der of postofiices it ranks above
twenty-three states and territories,
and pays more revenue to the post
office department than any one of 81
states, and it has population as large
as Nebraska or Connecticut and near
ly twice as large as Vermont or Flori-
da,
Ia 1884 there was not a single death
from smallpox in either New York or
Brooklyn. Boston, Baltimore and
San Francisco had each one death;
Chicago 2; Cincinnati, %; Philadel-
phia, 35, and New Orleans, 291. New
York takes the lead in deaths by
measles, dipntheria and whoopinr-
cough; Philadelphia in deaths by scar