Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
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of 100 acres each that have not been
applied for.
Neat boxes Of what look exactly like
seashore pebbles, but are really fine
candies, form one of the latest tricks
of the confectioner.
A Frenchman who was born in 1889
is regularly at work in a mill at
Ottawa, Canada. He is hale and hear
ty and seems good for several more
summers.
Seamless boiler tubes are now made
from solid ingots of metal by process
that twists aud stretches the fibers, and
is said to make a tube much stronger
than the ordinary ones.
A hunter Of Virginia City claims
that he has discovered a deposit Of
fossil ivory in the Sierra Neyadarange.
He took out two large tusks Of an eie-
phant, and is going back for more.
The Congo district appears to be
developing as producer OF tobacco.
Brussels tobacconists say that its
leaves are remarkably well adapted
for cigars, being Of exceedingly good
Aaf"l anu WI 0uppi''
An orchardist Of Nipomono, Cal,
grated a sprout from an apricot into
an almond tree, and now picks apricots
from one side Of the tree and almonds
from the other. The fruit is improved
IN flavor by the combination.
About a dozen persons are now con-
stantly at work among the once hidden
arc ives Of the Vatican, employed by
the German, Austrian, French and
English governments IN studying the
histories of their respective countries.
Fred Martin, Of MuskIngum County,
Ohio, has a "happy family" consisting
of two dogs, four kittens, two raccoons,
three gray squirrels and a young
woodchucs. All are pets and eat and
play together, apparently on the best
of terms.
Preparations are already being made
in several German university towns to
celebrate next year the three hundredth
anniversary Of the invention of the
microscope. Zacharias Jansen, of
Middelburg, put together the first
microscope in 1890.
A process has been invented by
means OF which photographs can be
printed almost as fast as a newspaper,
and without dependence on sun or
light. They are said TO be Of the first
quality. That Of course would make
photographs much cheaper
English girls are to be taught laun-
dry work besides cooking in the board
ing schools A committee of the Lo n
don school board and the city and
guilds institute have just completed
arrangements for making an expert
ment in this unique branch.
Last year the Argentine Republic
shipped 44j. 900 tons of corn to Europe.
This year it will send $500, 900 tons.
The government is at present assisting
immigration. 1t pays the passages of
all immigrants from the coast To their
destination in the interior.
English society is making an attempt
to introduce new dance, on this plan:
Four PAGES are made as though a
march were intended, and then each
gentleman embraces his lady and
waItzes with her Tor four bars, then
rosumug pacing. Repeat.
The famous manuscript Codex b,
OF the Old and New Testaments, so
long aud carefully guarded from the
eye of the public, is now to be pub
lished in Photographic fac-simile under
the auspices of the Pope and the editor
ship of the Abbe-CUzza-Luzi.
Since the introduction of mastless
ships some sort Of IA gymnasium has
been recognized as IA necessity for
providing the seamen with the proper
amount of exercise, formerly found III
the work aloft. Each war ship will
now have the needed arrangements.
Thomas Curley, Of Troy, is the pos
SCISSOR Of between 1000 and 5000 les-
ters which are carefully packed away
in trunks. Many of these represent a
correspondence with his father, a re-
sdent of Ireland, who, though ninety
nine years of age, is able to write legi-
bly,.
Now that Berlin and Rome have
such important interests in common
they are to be connected by daily
lightning express train each way,
ne distance Will DC CoNtIeu ny AlcSb
trains in thirty-seyen hours. The
Bremen line is the one chosen for the
service.
The vicoroy of Fukien and Cheki-
ang, China, has issued proclamation
against the drowning of female chill
dreu, which have been common Of
late. Hereafter the penalty provided
by law. which is sixty blows o: the
bamboo aud one years punishment
will be enforced.
or $4,000 Italians that landed in
Castle Garden last year $4,000 We're
males The emigration of females
from Italy is smaller than from any
other country, averaging but IS per
cent Of the whole number that land.
From Germany the percentage is 40;
from ireland IS.
A crab that climbs cocoanut trees Is
the birgo latis, or robber crab, of the
Tanning Island. 1t cracks the nuts
with its paws and wakes fat on the