Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-20
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AtnAIttS OlNhtHo SAUL 1neIe is
nothing so strong or safe, in any emer-
gency of life, as the simple truth.
II is said now that Ecglaud gave to
the Germans a copy of her new life in
return for the recipe for makingm NELL
mite.
An Oregon man had in his garden a
tomato vine that was Is feet high and
tbe branches of which covered an area
of20 feet.
An orchardist near Walla Walla, w.
T., gathered five crops of Bartlett
pears in 1888 according to a Walla
Walla paper.
The London hanson is at last to be
introduced in Paris. Lord Shrewsbury,
the greatest cab owner in London, is
| at the head of the company.
A man at Laramie laughed at an In
dian who slipped down on the Street
five wears ago, and the other day the
red man came around and stabbed him
in the back as q reward.
Samuel Wood, of Cooleyville, Ind,
has dog that beats anything on re-
cord. A hawk caught one of the hene
and flew away with it. 1t got eighf
feet in the air, when the dog gave {
lump aud the hen got away all rigR
but the hawk is on exhibition.
In the good old days, when the Ro-
mans used to let wild beasts loose to
deyour captives, a fullgrown lion
would slay as many as seven people
before he got tired of the fun. One
writer tells of lion which Killed
seventeen persons in thirty-two
minutes
The largest artificial basin for dock
inc and repairing the bulls Of ships in
the United States is being completed
At Newport News, Va. 1t is 600 feet
long, 1870 feet wide, with depth of 25
feet over the sill at high tide. 1t is
furnished with pumps that can empty
it in two and half hours.
A MGalrcal BARBER has sued GUS
toner for the following; Hair cutting,
% cents Is cents extra for Sunday; (
shampooing. % cents; singing, 20
cents; trimming beard, Is cents g
cents extra for Sundays; singeing
beard, 25 cents; shampooing beard, %
cents;shaYingu pperlip, Is cents; total,
$L55.
II
for cheap living may slip over the In
diana line and find restaurant at
South Bend where the "cOrn breadn I
is made of Eastwood sawdust and corn .
starch. "It is film, but not fatten-
in', as the old Irish lady said of the
water she fed the pig an hour before
she sold him.
Mabel Hastings, of Ubet, M. T., was
guarding her fathers sheep the other 1
day when a pair of big gray wolves
attacked them. She ran to the house, /
got a rife, put herself between the .
wolves and the sheep, and, after firing /
five shots and wounding one of the I
bruteS, had the satisfaction of seeing
them run.
Sir Lyon Playfair says that during
seventeen years service as Member of .
Parliament he came in contact with I
the most eminent medical men in Eng
land and he put the question to most I
Of them: Did you, in your extensive
practice, ever know patient who was
afraid to dep With two exceptions
they answered "No."
DR.. Eisenmann, of Berlin. has in
vented a piano which, by the aid of .
eIectro-magnetism, can sustain, in
crease and diminish sound. This has .
been attempted by other experts, not
ably B0ehm, the inventor OF the metal
lutte. Another novelty will be that,
by moving the electromagnetic, the +
tm1re of the tone is changed; Tor ex-
ample, from that of Il violOucello to
piccolo.
As regards the familiar term "corn,"
so frequently referred to in the Euro
pesn journals, it usually denotes in
each country such grains as is the
most prominent production. Thus, in
Central Europe the corn" is rye, in
france and England wheat, in America
maize and in some countries oats.
The term 'pulse' is also frequently
used in England, and has reference to
beans and peas.
Fred Mather, the well-known fish
cu.iurist, has been making some very
interesting experiments with the MI
gr0soope which prove that mere are
100000 eggs in an eel. how and
when these eggs are Matched has al
WAYS been, and stil is, a mystery.
Al. that is known definitely is that the
old cells run down to salt water in
October, and that in the spring
,warms of young ones, the size of n
aarning-needle and about two inches
long, ascend the rivers.
Dr. Variot, of Paris. is reported to
have discovered a method by which to
remove tattoo marks from the human
shin. Il has been extensively tested
lll with most encouraging results
Ills modus operandi is to prick the
marks or spots with needles until the
blood flows and then to inject tannin,
8.I finally to cauterize with nitrate Of
SILVER. The wounds caused by the
pacGiug become black for time, then
yarn red. and after a month or SO the
parts which have been treated are al
most indistinguishable from the adj
joining flesh
a eolored man was arrested i'm Mem
IG.- the other dav who r,itrbt ,vall no