Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
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Senator Stanford has acquired the
reputation of giving some OF The finest
dinners in Washington.
A petriied turtle twelve inches in
diameter and live inches thick has been
found on Lake Champlain.
Field TASKS of aluminium instead of
the ordinary glass flask are being in
troduced experimentally into the Ger
man army.
Out of 2.700 congregational minis
tiers in England and Waes ut least L.
GOO are abstainers; of SCI students, $50
are abstaners.
According to Colonel Rockhill, the
devils are driven out of the towns in
Corea on New Years eve by firing off
guns aud crackers.
A smokeless fuel called "massute"
is used on steam rollers in Vienna.
The fuel is composed Of the liquid
rCsiduum of petroleum relineries.
Chimneys are scarce in the City of
Mexico. Tnere are no dwelling houses
that have them. Charcoal is tue only
fuel used for cooking aud heating.
A valuable find of skeletons belong
ing to the fourth dynasy was recently
made in Egypt This is the earliest
known data of Egyptian remains.
Thomas G. Hodgkins. who recently
gave 5000 600 to The Smithsonian ln-
slitulion. is So years old and manages
AZ extensive farm at SeJnuket, l.. /.
1t is a noteworthy circumstance
that all the men elected to the speaker
ship since the first Congress were born
in one or another OF only thirtecni
states.
A young soldier at FL Paso. Texas
PLAYED base ball so well with a local
club that his admirers bought his re-
lease from the army aud engaged him
as star.
The sacred nuts of Japan are so
Gale because they are used in certain
forms of Worship where they are
placed on the altar and burned with
hot. bluish flame The fumes are sup
posed 10 be acceptable to the gods.
A novel wager is to be decided in
Belfast, Me, whore one man has bet
without the porEer turning TO see who
is driving, and another man has risked
his dignity and s. to prove the con
trary.
Allowing an average weight Of four
pounds To the brain, deducting one
fourth for blood aud vessels aud AN
other fourth for external integumeuL
it may be said that each grain Of brain
substance contains not less than 200, e
542 traces or impressions OF ideas.
A curious phenomenon is the rapid
decrease OF the wOmau's vote in Boston.
Only three years ago 20 252 women
registered aud all but about $40 of
them voted. Last year ouly 1925
voted aud next year 1t is estimated
that the number will be reduced TO g.
900.
The majority of the Scottish Gipsies
have spread over u vast tract OF
country. Here they have become
gradually lost TO view as dis
lnctiye race In Europe they are
found in the greatest number t0-jay in
Hungary aud WaicJia, where there
are 6O0. O0O.
A queer libel suit has been instituted
against a CraN fOrdsyille, Ind, news
paper. The article ayerred that tue
plaintiffs horse was fed on soup be-
ing too old to eat aOrn. Wherefore the
painIlT claimed s. OJO damages,
alleging that he has suffered great
mental anguish because OF its pubIica-
ton.
In selecting strong timber weight
| has very IIltle consideration. Only "A
! man with experience can Gull tile good
from the bad timber with almost 40
| infallible Judgment, and probably
without the ability to tell why he makes
his selection. Color has little to do
with it, weight something, timber
/ sense more
The orange crop of California has
| become 50 large that il cannot he
marketed nt paying prices. Thousands
| of acres of the land OF California are
now bearing young lemon trees. The
/ olive and liz crops Of the state are nov
profitable. Experiments in the rails
iug OF Ceylon tea in southern Calilor-
MIA will soon be tried.
| The large gilt OF Baron lllrsch in mid
of the Russian eXie> has stimulated
many other wealthy Hebrews botn in
/ Europe and America 10 deeds o. gem
/ crosby. The various societies for
assisting The eXiles are well supplied
with funds, which are used with dis
erection aud which have been service
abie 20 thousands Of sufferers all the
way from The Nuva to the Hudson.
OF an coined money the Maria
! T1eresa dollar has by far the largest
| circulation in Africa lis territory ex-
tends from Fvz, in Morocco, down to
that London OF tine Soudau the great
trade emporium Kauo and thus COM
/ priSeS more than 0ne-tnird OF the whole
Of Africa about 4 800 0J0 square miles.
win 81 population OF $1,000 900, but
even iu this coin there are differences
doctor recommends mcuthOl as
(. prevention Of the grip, and the drug.
( il may be observed, IS greatly in vogue
/ nowadays foe many kinds of ailments.
Il is The concentrated essence OF the
humble peppermint, and in the form
OF pencil or iu an alcoholic solution