Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-09-10
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in London yearly is about $500, 900.
The potato was carried from Vir-
GINA to Ireland in 1910 by Sir Walter
Raleigh.
The emperor of Austria is learning
shorthand Since his sons tragic death
he finds time pass with unsupportable
slowneSs.
The material for an AK head has to
be heated i've times and pass throu gh
the hands Of forty workmen before it
is in proper shape.
Two ladies' only have obtained the
degree of Mus Doe, namely the prin-
cess of Wales and Miss Annie Patter-
son, of Duolin.
A merchant of Yazoo City, Miss.
has yoHug turtle with two distinct
heads au3 Rccks. 1t Is covered by
one shell and has only one set of
legs.
Seals sleep upon land; they also do
SO floating upon their backs i'm the sea.
This habit they mostly indulge in
when the weather is fine and the sea
calm
In Burmah it is rather suspicious
thing to give money for a charitable
object. II IS supposed to mean that
the donor has been very wicked. and
is DESTROYS to make amends.
It is not uncommon in Northumber-
land for a farmer to allow any of his la
borers who wish forit the keep Of a COW
as part payment of wages, greatly to
othe benefits Of their families.
In France fortunes are counted not
in dollars but in francs, and the French
have invented a new word to describe
men like the late Mr.. Aston whom
they call not a millionaire but a mil
liardaire.
Professor Swift, of Rochester. thinks
that the latest arrived comet has been
100000 Years in getting here. In
view of such figures as these is it not
time to call in jokes aimed at the
movements of the district messenger
boy?
The collection of fabrics in the Drexel
institute promises to become one of
the finest in the country and of thu
highest Importance to students. The
series of Indian prints is remarkable
and the 0hinese embroideries comprise
several notable specimens.
It's said that some of the Venetians
those who have never been to the
mainland have never seen a horse in
all their lives Snowman once
brought one to fair and called it
monster and the factory hands paid
ID cent. each to see the marvel
The Chinese are ahead of the world
in the preparation of roast pork for the
table. After it is come out of the oven
il is hung in the smoke of various
aromatic herbs which gives it de-
.igiuu ayor and robs it OF the
porky taste which is offensive to some
palate>
In England secondhand clothes are
called "left-ofr clothes" This an
nouuc ment was recently seen in
Pccadilly shop window: "Mr and
Mrs Brown have left-olr clothes Of
Il every ..-cription and invite your
u carotid Inspection at a shilling a head"
"a Sir William Muir, the historian, SAYS:
N an the year GAL Gilman, third caliph
ri Of Bagd9d. commenced an Grafton
n with f, laccustomed as | am to pub
n lie speaking Gilman did not live in
n vain. For 1920 years or more his hap
q Pr pHa-u has been boon to bad
Speakers
From the twelfth to the fifteenth
century small mirrors carried in the
pocket or attached to the girdle, were
regarded as indispensable adiuncts to
ladies toilets. The pocket mirror was
a circular plaque of polished metal
= fixed ia shallow box and covered with
q It'll.
The Jerusalem and Jaffa railroad
viii not enter the former city. but will
have !t~ terminus about three-quarters
Of mile outside the city limits. il is
expected that a town win grow up
around the terminus. which may be
N called Jerusalemvlle or Jerusalem
hurst.
IN melbourne no sunday papers are
permitted, no hotels are allowed to
open their bar doors from midnight on
Saturday until Monday morning. and
anyone driving past place of worship
al faster pace than a walk while
service is in progress is liable to be
n stopped and summoned by the police
man on duty.
Every sentimental traveller in Swift
II er.aad repudiates the story that the
n story OF William Tell is a myth. and
Il VII. rejoice to know that a magnificent
II design has been accepted for the mon
ument to be erected to the patriots |
II memory at Altorf kissing, of W |
NJ r1h is the successful competitor for
h the statue.
II 4 physician in New York city is now
N usug an attachment to the stethoscope /
NJ oy which, he claims, he can establish |
81 The outline of the heart so accurately I
III l1al It would be possible with certain /
81 q thrust pin through the patients |
III ele,t to point within hairs breadth |
ri lhe heart without touching the lat |
n ter
N After a long march during war, |
N Cd" captain ordered, as a sanitary pre- |
n caution, that the men should change /
n their undershirts. The orderly SER /
n -eaat suggested that half Of the men
only had one shirt each. The captain