Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20

The shark is still worshiped on the AT
rican coast, and offerings OF poultry and
goats are made. Once q year a child is
sacrificed to propitiate it.
That old device of novel and drama,
plotting pad that retains an impression
of a missing document, has actually turn
ed up as evidence in a real California law
suit.
Chinese vicerory has propounded
new earthquake theory. In a memorial
to the throne this high official attributes
an earthquake OF last January TO the mild
ness of the Winter, which caused an ex-
cess of wang" or male element of nature;
although the shock was in a measure due
to the local officials who neglected their
duties, and thus failed to gain ths har
monizing influence of heaven.
Manitoba farmer was sharpening a
stake with an ak, when flash of lightn-
ing, accompanied by single clap of thun-
der, came from the only cloud visible,
small one Immediately overhead. The
bolt struck the head of the Ak, splitting il
into two pieces and breaking the handle.
The farmer was knocked to the ground in
sensible, but speedily recovered, and up
on searching about found the Fragments
of his AK forced deeply into the ground.
Here is one way of removing objects
from the eye; Take a horse-hair and
double it, leaving loop. If the object
can be seen, lay the loop over it, close the
eye, and the mote will come out as the
hair is withdrawn. If the irritating OBJ
ject can not be seen, raise the lid of the
eye as high as possible and place the
loop as far as you can, close the eye and
roll the ball around a few times, draw
out the hair. and the substance which
caused the pain will be sure to come with
it. This method Is practiced by ak
makers and other workers in steel.
Japan sends US a tale which, for wild
and sublime untruthfulness, probably ex-
eeeds anything that either America or
Australia has produced. Accorping TO the
correspondent of Toxic journal, ma
tive philosopher living at Hakodadi has
discovered a method by which he can at
will materiahze his own soul. This re-
markable mar is, so it is asserted, ac-
customed for the benefit of himself and
his friends, TO take his seat toward even
ing in a large bamboo chair, and TO be-
come apparently unconscious. No sooner
has his body lost all sensitiyeness than
there issues from his open mouth faint
blue flame which slowly takes from and
assumes the proportions of well-deyelop-
ed manikin OF some six inches in height.
This manikin, which Is the materialized
soul of the philosopher, talks freely with
those present and eats. drinks writes,
and in fact has all the functions of a
civilized and perfectly constituted human
being. He dare not, however, so he is re-
ported 10 declare, break contact with the
inanimate body Of his possess0r; and on
one occasion, when he was removed and
set upon a neighboring table the phil
osopher began % gasp and struggle as if
in the agonies Of death, whereupon the
manikin was quickly placed on his mas
ter's head. The correspondent processes
TO give the names Of several japanese
gentlemen who have more than once wit
messed the experiment.
r It is claimed that natural gas has in
creased by 20 per cent the manufactured
products at Pittsburg during the past
year and added from five 70 ten thousand
men TO the permanent working force of
the city, besides attracting capital from
an parts Of the country
A Newburg, n. j.. wagonmaker, whose
house j. infested with rats. rugged up
navy revolver in such a way that any rat
tampering with the bait would be shot
The apparatus worked like a charm, and
in few hours later slaughtered his pet
cat.
Mammoth pipe and foundry works are
to be erected AT Chattanooga. Tenn,