Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14
MISSING LINKS.
The lirst steel pen was made in 1880

A pair OF bantam chickens were sold
at the London Crystal Palace for 500,
which was almost twice their weight
in gold.
A little salt sprinkled over the sur
face of mustard plaster will enable
the patient 10 keep it on for hours
without much suffering.
A prisoner at Chambersburg, Pa,
made his escape from the constable by
darling into IA party of women who
were chatting on the sidewalk
The leaning tower of Pisa is 1873 feet
high. aud is if the coruice be included,
- feet > inches ont OF the perpendieu-
lar. Tao walls at the base are Is feet
thick.
The people Of northern Europe con-
! sumo more alcohol per capita, than
their neig bors ia the south for the
reason that, relatively. they are not so
we'll fed.
An Usage City. Kan. man, has
started new Kind OF lunch counter.
He serves only one dish-uouud pop
corn and cream, which he sells at 10
cents a bowl.
1t is said that for more than fifty
years E35j. which was originally in
tended to be applied to the education
OF slaves in Georgia, has been lying in
the Bank Of Scotland.
Take in your band crystal of quartz.
a stick OF deal, daisy aud acorn and
you win not find in them a single ele-
ment Of matter that is not also found
I ia VOur physical frame
As an instrument of tillagc, the
spade costs four times rs much AS the
pillow. The horse or the OK. as mo-
tive power is equally ut a disudvant-
are compared with steam.
In 1920 Italy was land Of hegears
The people were 80 poor that IN u city
of 20 600 inhabitants a tuvcler was
unable TO purchase pair OF gloves, on
in one Of IL, 600, 4 cake ofsoap.
The Italia and Lepanto, of che Italian
navy, are Two OF the largest warships
ever built. They are 100 feet long
A. feet broad. and possess "a mean
draugh OF water exceeding 80 feet
A physician has compiled somc very
elaborate statistics to demonstrate that
men OF thought live, on an average,
three years aud half longer than
men ia the ordinary vocatious OF life.
Sheriff Alison is authority for the
statement that, in the city oil Glasgow
alone $4,000 people get drunk every
Saturday night and crime has IN
creased SIX times faster than popula-
ton.
Senator Dixon Of Rhode Island is
loo D. "A 5.f.t 4
carcaturist. 1t might be added tHat be
finds abundant material for his faciic
pencil in the body of which he is a
member.
In 1881 Belfast had POS l22 inhahi-
tants; nuhiin, 200 Coz; Cork 80 Ia,
In 1871 Belfast stood ut III Az Dub
lin, 3l6,3 The decrease OF the one
aud the increase OF the other are re-
markable.
The drop at Nine. PATHS new
thealer at Cuig-y-Nps is decorated
with an immense portrait OF Paul rs
Scmiramide driving "A chariot and a
pair ct horses, the picture covering the
entire curtain.
Hamburg drives what may be called
a roaring trade in wild beasts. Lions
aud tigers may I've ordered al loJD
francs apiece. A good rhnucer,~,
however, will fetch from 5000 francs
to $4,000 francs.
@uecu Victoria offers some real es-
tate for sale, '.nd the bears in the stock
markctaro expected TO build story
on this to the effect that Her Majesty :
finances have reached % crisis and the
butcher aud baker are after her.
Mrs. Colt, widow Of the inventor Of
the revolver. has several millions Of
money and lives ia the handsomcst res
idcpce IN Hartford, Conn. She has
ont Of her own resources erected
handsome Episcopal church near her
home.
A reccut survey has established the
number at glaciers in the Alps 1t l.
los. of which 2i9 have length OF
more thau four aud thrcc-quartors
miles The French Alps contain IA
g,aciers. those OF Italy IS, Switzerland
al and Austria l62.
President Mcleod Of the Reading
railroad viii now receive Sl0.p 600 \
wear salary. Tins is the largest com-
reusagion given any railway official ia
the country. &c is asserted except that
paid 20 Mr.. Depcw by tha New York
Central. who gets $4,000.
Careful experiments 70 70 show that,
for the maximum vGio.e1cv ot mind
aud body ct tic working population in
the northern countries of Europe and
IN the United States, meat ~ animal
product Of some kind should consti-
tutc ut least two.thirdS oisthe total sup
ply.
Several attempts have been made to
establish the tack industry in tho
South. bnt they have failed from diff
HcuI,irs iu handling the material, Ibis
branch Of the iron trade IS in the
hands of New England manufacturers,
and is practically confined to MasSa-
chuSecis.
Slaves were sold publicly in Liver
pool in the latter half OF the last CEN
tury. Sir james P.ctou. in his Me
MORALS Of Liverpool" quotes two
advertisements Of the sale OF slaves in
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