Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-29

Dakota. cyclones IN Minnesota are tearing
down towns, and floods are washing away
homes on the Wisconsin river The ele-
ments are not behaving very well.
The laying of the last stone in the up
per course of the Bartholdi pedestal on
Bedloe's island, New York harbor, was
completed last Friday. This ceremony
was performed by General Stone and was
witnessed by large party Of gentlemen
who have taken part in the promotion OF
the enterprise. It is proposed to inau-
gnrate the erected statue on Sept 3 II
$4,000 can be begged in time to pay for
the work.
PRor. KEDzm, chemist of the agricul-
tural college at Lansing, Mich has Just
made an ANALYSES of the contents OF the
principal grenades, tubes and other pat
ent devices for the extinction of inclpent
CONGREGATIONS, and he reports that the
only active ingredient is common salt,
His investigations 60 to prove what was
well known before, namely, that salt water
was better than fresh water for putting
on a fire.
A FINAL ultimatum has been sent to
Greece by the powers fixing time for
her to disarm, and giving notice that un-
less complied with, force would be em-
ployed to compel obedience. II is ex-
pected that this will bring about final
decision at once, for Greece will at once
begin war if she does not intend to be
governed by the powers The general
belief is that she will 90 to war
THE present Post Office Department
has made one decision at least, which is
both pertinent and founded ON good
sense that the letters in transit are not
to be opened by officials or detectives on
any plea or pretext whatever. Should
contrary practice prevail it is easy to see
that, according to detective logic, if a
letter may be opened to detect one fel-
ony,why not another and if felony, why
not misdemeanOr. A precedent of this
kind being established on n basis of fact,
may be continued on the ground of sus
picion, and when the practice is once in
augurated, it is far from impossible that
it should bcused for political purposes.
writer in Nature gives an instance of
remarkable adaptation in elephants. lie
observed young one go to a fence and
pull out bamboo stick, which he broke
in pieces, but he threw all the pieces away.
This he repeated till he found piece
that suited him This he passed under
his arm-pit and began to scratch. Down
fell great elephant leech, six inches
long, and that without a scraper could not
have been dislodged, The writer adds
that the custom is an established one
among elephants. They will also break
of bushes, strip them nearly down, and
use them to drive away flies.
REoENr writer ON photography ana
chemical properties of light says: The
experiments of modern photography
nave revealed to us extraordinary chemi
cal properties in the suns rays, while
some of these rays are entirely destitute
of this peculiar power. 1t has also been
discovered that there are rays of light
outside of the solar spectrum, and which
are invisible TO the human eye, just as
there may be vibrations in theatmo,phere
too high or too low TO produce nm audible
sound"
In Mr.. Gladstone would explain how it
is that at his age he is able t. accomplish
80 much work and still find time tor an
ordinary social duties and rccrcotious he
would canfer a greater benefit ON man
kind than can ever be derived from any
of his political projects There is nothing.
in the present English situation more re-
markable than the superior physical and
mental vsgor Of this great statesman who
with the weight of 76 years on his shout
ders, seems easily equal TO a strain which
few men of 40 could endure on any &c.
count
PmrAnrrmA. city Hail is >tul UNI
finished. Between eleven and twelve