Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-22
MISSING LINKS.

rooster which eau unite shoe,trings.
The first directory of the city Of New
York was published in 1856 and CON
tanned but $40 names.
The occupants Of an Astoria, Ore,
hosiery fish from their bedroom win
dows and haul in their suppcrs from
the surging waters about the hotel
foundations.
a new device Of the Patriotic League
of France is 90 cngrave on monuments
the figures 1870-l8, the blank being
the date Of the War Of Revenge, which
is left TO the imagination.
"Call for All song" said an Aus
tralian judge TO the Hibernian court
crier ina Chinese lawsuit. Gentle
men" shouted the crier TO the specta-
tors. 'would wan ofyez favor his Honor
with a songP'
A French gentleman, after a grouse
drive In Scotland, being asked by his
host what he had killed, replied: "Of
the grouse, none; they are too difficult;
but Of the Di0ut0HS sauUagcs | have
seven over the hill
A Wyoming paper has made the
discovery that there is fertile valley
in Uinta county, forty miles in length,
that is peopled by a colonr Of 200 Nor
mons, who harvest large crops and are
in every way prosperous.
"The Poodle Dog restaurant, the
San Francisco Delmonico, was yclcpt
by the Frenchman who started it. "Se
poulet dor (Ihe Golden Hen,) which
was too much of q jawbrcakcr for the
natives; hence the present name.
There are I03 mountain peaks in the
United States more than 10000 feet in
height The highest mountain east of
the Mississippi is Mount Balsam Cone,
in the Black Mountains Of North Car
olina, which is G,67l feet high.
A raft Of piles is being constructed
at Norfolk, Va, on the Berkeley side of
the river The raft win be 600 feet
long, IS feet beam It win be in six
sections, coupled strongly together
with wire. 1t is to be towed TO Bos-
con.
An old observer tells that ones eye
brows are an infallible guide to his
age. No matter he says, how young
hooking the person may be, If his eye
r.. bws lack a gloss and do not lie Hat
aud smooth, lac is no longer young
man.
Il street Fiddler in Omaha was
given q s. gold piece in mistake for
nickel by an absent-mnded person
who was listening to his music. The
2iyer did not discover his error, but
the player did, and honestly returned
tho money.
The returns Of the Paris Mont de
Pete for the last year show that 1884,
979 articles were pawned for a total of
80, $4,000 francs The average sum
lent was PSF 1Sc Applications to bor-
row We're most numerous in January
July and August.
The plan Of Supplying birds with
whisky, so that their capture can be
more easily accomplished, is being
successfully tried on quaii 10y an enter
prisiug fellow at Santa Cruz, Cal |
Quail abound there just now, and large
catches are being made
The Austrian Consul at Yokohama I
reports great difference in commercial /.
morality between the merchants of |.
China and Japan The Japanese, no /
says, are neither cuterprisiug nor up /
right, but the Cinnamon are solid and /
trustworthy ia every respect.
The Russian Government has grant |
ed an annual subsidy Of 700 rubles /
10 private firm who contract to run |
line of steamers between the Russian |
Pacific ports and Corca, Japan. and |
China, the vessels in time of war to be .
al the disposal Of the government
A doctor i'm am Ohio town, who lives
ON a street leading .o the cemetery, /