Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-05-29

Maurice Kingsley, son of Cnarle
Kingsley, the English writer, is abcu
TO settle in New Haven for the purpos
of educating his children. He pos
sesses a fortune, made in Colorado
silver mines.
NJ. Lauth, of Sevres, has, after ter
years of experimentation, produced
porcelain far superior to the famou:
old Sevres. 1t will take all kind O
glazes, and is susceptible of the highes
kinds of decoration.
One of the new laws of Nebraska
prohibits the marriage of divorced
persons within six months after the
granting of the decree, in order t.
allow time 20 be gIvee for setting
aside said decree by proper legal pro-
ceedings.
San Francisco city hall is furnished
with water from reservoir placed on
the roof. Recently several very large
and many small fish were discovered
in the tank, although it is shown that
none were ever put in there by any
person.
In 1859 the whole OF the congrega.
tional contributions to the Presbyte ter.
ian church in Great Britain were
$400, 900, while in 1888 they reached
1896, 799, more than half of which was
given by congregations that were no:
In existence in 1859
When Mr.. Cleveland went to select
pew in the Washington church
which he attends, he was asked what
part of the building he would like to
sit iu. 'Well, he said, 4 don't want
to be so near the minister that he can
see whether or not I am listening"
During the first year of the Crimean
war the value of exports of farm pro-
ducts of this country Increased from
$33, 500, 900 the previous year to $67,-
100000. The following year the value
was $42, 500, 900, and in 1856 we ex
ported breadstuffs amour ting to SIT, :
csc, ass.
Among catfish it is not the mother
fish which takes care of the eggs and
young, but the male or father fish.
He not only guards and matches out
the eggs. but also, after the Matching,
takes paternal interest in his some
what voracious as well as numerous
brood or school of ''kittens
In order TO reach Northwest India
it is propose to construct Trans
Arabian railway from Port Said to
Koweit Harbor, on the Persian Gulf.
distance of LOGO miles. The esti,
mated cost is $50, 600 per mile. 1t is
deemed an important undertaking as
a checkmate to the Central Asian
railway scheme now being pushed by
Russia
Clara Morris is Canadian. She
was born in Montreal thlrty>fve
years ago. Having lost her father,
| she became a ballet>girl in the Cleve-
land Academy of Music in that city
at GfteeD, to support her mother She
rose SO rapidly IN her profession that
at nineteen She was leading lady in
one of the Cincinnati theatres. The
year following she was engaged al
Daly's.
In a mine in Grass valley, Cal,
that had for many years been flooded,
it was found upon renewing operas
tons recently, that a drill hole IN a
vein of quartz had healed up around
small rod of iron, or ''spoon" that
had been left in it, and that several
clusters of small crystals had shot
out in fractured portion of the vein
This is quoted to prove that metals
grow, like wood and other products
of the earth.
Following is a recent analysis of
the water of the dead sea: Total res
idue, Is, ,260.0 grains per gallon; cal
cium carbonate, 70; calcium sulphate
1853, 80; magnesium nitrate, 175.01 !;
potassium chloride, ], 1,0S9 06; calcium
chloride, 594.49; magnesium chlori>
de, 594 40; magnesium chloride, 1855
81; magnesium bromide, S45 so; iron
and aluminium oxides, 10 SO; organic
matter, water of crystallization and
loss, 317.57.
at the Academy of Medicine in Ire
land a description was recently given
of lioness in the biological Garden
who was found one morning to have
eaten off six inches of her tail. In
two more meals she had completely
disposed of that apendage, and had
commenced on her forepaws. The
animal was destroyed "for fear she
would eat herself up" The cause oi
the trouble was thought to be hystelis
of kind similar to that which cause
women to bite their nails.
The grandson of the poet Goethe
with whose death the family name
become extinct, possessed all the rare
and wonderful art collection which his
grandfather had accumulated, and il
was the ore care of his life to teno
them and watch over them. Indeed
he carried his affection to the most
morbid limits, for he would not allow
strangers to gsze upon the holy
Ielics; they were too sacred for The
common view. It is thought they
will now be scattered-the more's the
pity.
The number of stars visible to the
naked eye is commonly greatly over
estimated. Let one begin to count
the stars and the false impression i:
soon dispeiled. The whole number
IF the stars down to those of the fifth
magnitude inclusive, is hardly more
than 1, 500. Stars of tke sixth mag
nitude are the tiniest specks of light,
visible only In favorable state oil
the atmosphere, and these included
will not bring the count much above
4 900, except for persons who have ex
traordinary keeness of sight.
A gentleman in Germantown, Pa.
who was greate1y annoyed by a col
oRy of sparrows tnat had taken up
their quarters ia a mass of ivy cover>
ing one side of his house, got rid OF
them by novel expedient. One day
he purchased half a pound of red pep
per, and, going up to the third story,
opened the windows and sifted the
pepper down through the ivy. The
alarm of the sparrows was evinced
by the haste with which they left their
hiding places Every bird took lis
departure, and his premises are now
clear of them
The white color Of arctic mammal,
and birds has hitherto been ascribed
to protective resemblance, the adapta
ton to a snow-coyered country being
attributed to the preservation of indI-
viduals, which. By assimilating their
surroundings in color, either escaped
detection by their foes or were enabled
to secure their prey more advantage
ously. & writer in Nature, however,
SCOTS at this explanation, and points
out that white, the worst absorber, is