Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-02-12

IOWA CO. DEMOCRAT. |
MINERAL POINT, WIS.
American looms are being extensively
used in England.
OWING to its extensive use In electric
app!iapces the price Of platinum has adj
vanced fully 100 per cent.
EACH year about $4,000 is expended in
shrinking the streets Of London with sand
TIC prevent horses slipping.
A SINGLE mandatory in Paris makes
2O,COO,OOO quill toothpicks year. 1t Is the
largest establishment Of It's kind In the
world.
srscE Patagonia was divided between
Chill and the Argentine Republic 1t has
tefn developed into wonderful country
for sheep raising.
TURKEY is said to be unable to pay a
debt of e. SOC, COO, due to Russia, and the
latter demands the cession of certain lands
In lieu of the cash.
RIO DE JANERIo is said to have the
finest harbor in the world. The entrance
to it is lined by strong Notifications, and
vessels can anchor Immediately at the
quays Of the city.
A NEW automatic scale is 80 arranged
with an automatic attachment that cars
can,be weighed while passing over the track
at the rate of four miles an hour. Five
or six cars can be weighed per minute.
The German army has swimming
school for troops, where every one mus t
learn to swim The best swimmers are
able to cross a stream Of several hundred
yards width, even when carrying their
clothing, rife and ammunition.
IT is proposed TO erect at Provincetown
Mass. a monument to commemorate the
landing of the Pilgrims at that place, No
vember q, 1920 and other events which
transpired while the May fower" was at
Plymouth.
A HOUSE in Dedham, Mass, built in
1886, is occupied by family, the descend
ants of the original builders. They APP
preciate tie antiquity and will show Wis
itors drought it for 25 cents.
The exorbitant freight tariffs on the va
rious railroads has caused California fruit
growers to reduce the quantity of fruit
shipped to foreign markets, and large fac
tories for drying and canning the fruit are
being built.
THE New York Astors are liable to a
fine of $40 for negIecting to have the name
of William Vincent Aston registered at the
Office of the board of health. This heir to
81 C00,000.000 has teen on earth nearly
three months, and yet the city govern
ment has not been notified of its arrival.
HORSES On the Pennsylvania line of
railway between New Yprk and Chicago
will hereafter be treated as the favorites
among animals. The cars are not Pull
mans, with upper and lower berths with
electric bell attachments, but sufficiently
luxurious to mark the superiority of the
horse to that of any other four.footed ami
NAL.
FoR the first time in the history of
Russia, it is said, foreign houses have
been granted the imperial permission to
exhibit their manufactures at Russian |
fair, the occasion being the electrical
exhibition to be held in st. Petersburg, |
and to open at the middle of December.
A NEW process has been discovered by !
which corn husks are converted into fine |
grade of paper. Gradually every product,
which d few years ago was waste on the
farm, is being used up by the ,manufac-
turers, tnusI bringing various new source
of revenue to the rural districts
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