Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-04-22

WILLIAM WALDORF AsToR is In treaty
for the purchase Of the magnificent gold
service which was given by the First Ma
poleon to his beautiful! sister, Princess
Pauline Borghess.
LORD DUFFERIE, the new Minister OF
the British government at Pan, has
taken violently to fine art, and may be
seen in blouse copying from the cast at
certain ateier.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is the owl er Of the
largest lead pencil in the world. 1t Is the
gift of a Uencil maker at Keswick, and Is
thirty-nine inches in length. In place OF
the customary rubber cap 1t has gold
cap. It's distinguished owner uses 1t for
walking stick.
A MAN was guIIotined in Switzerland
the other day for assaulting and murder
ing a school teacher. 1t was the first exc
cution in Switzerland for twenty-five
years, capital punishment having been
abolished in 1867, and that method OF In
Aicting punishment having been resumed
only recently.
THE Grand Duchess of Alexandrine Of
Mecklenburg- Schwerin, who recently cele-
brated Der ninetieth birthday, IL the old
est of European princesse5. She Is a
sister of the late Emperor William l., and
the only surviving daughter of King
Frederick William II. and beautiful
Queen Louise.
IF the belligerent statesmen OF Brazil
would inaugurate a campaign against the
yellow fever, which has desolated great
part of their country, they might win the
crown of Triumphant craftsmanship. It Is
not an uncomfortable adversary, 1t has
been driven from a good many places IN
the world through the enforcement OF
sanitary laws by courageous strategists.
In the school for the training of mill
tary nurses established be the Princess
HoheIohe, in StrassbGrg, the Princess
shares alike with all members of the class
in everything they are called upon to do,
from binding a broken leg to answering
the test questions of the examination
corps of physicians. The Princess is
woman of so, of strong nerves and splen-
did health, an excellent shot, being
especially fcno of bear hunt, and fine
horsewoman.
In its postal service the United States
uses annually Is, 900 pounds of wrapping
Irvine, half million lead pencils, $500
barrels of ink, 1900 quarts of mucilage,
10000 pounds of rubber bands, 1900
gross Of pens and various other items IN
similar quantities. These are ali shipped
from large warehouse ON E. Street,
Washing ton, II. G.
IT is estimated that a hundred New
York doctors have each an annual income
of $4,000 and over. Among the score
who make from $4,000 to $4,000 is Doc
tor Mary Putnam jacob, whose income is
reported TO be the largest of any profess
sional woman in America. The two
specialists, DR.. 7. Gaillard Thomas and
DR.. Salisbury, are popularity supposed to
receive, from their professional duties,
100000 year.
WHAT is said to be the largest and most
extensive water-wheel in the world is to
be seen at Laxey, on the Isle of Man,
where it is used to pump water in lead
and silver mine The wheel is seventy
two and half feet in diameter, six feet
in breadth, and develops one hundred and
Fifty horse power, operating a system of
pumps which raise two hundred and fifty
gallons minute This immense wheel
was built about forty years ago, and has
been running continuously ever since. In
late years, however, such immense i'm
provements have been made in hydraulic
engineering that such wheel is now con-
siderCd almost obsolete.
LOOKING BACKWARD" is beginning to