Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-08-19
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he largest single loan made m Na,.
York last year was for 81, 325.0l1
One of the largest islands nm =.
Australian coast disappeared recent
Detroit capitalists are turniDo Whit
fish lake, in Michigan, into large ' tisb
pond. ''"
OF the 5000 postmistresses in n.
United States Pennsylvania is blessed
with 4G5 ''0
Exclusive of postoffices, there or.
over $4,000 offices under the federal
government.
A Louisville barber cuts hair with
a razor more artistically than his rival
with shears.
An American flag made entirely Of
acorns is curiosity exhibited by
Baltimore man
Wheat taken from mummy vssof,
Egypt 1000 years ago was planted AMI
some of it grew.
Nearly every county in England has
its tayorite oak, the largest OF which, il
the Cowthorpe Of Yorkshire,
The greatest living strong man "a
Sullivan, of London One of hi. dgIy
feats is to lift an elephant with hi,
teeth,
Notwithstanding modern improve.
ments it costs more per 1000 feet IN
manufacture lumber to-day than it did
forty years ago.
If every particle of moisture were
wrung from the atmosphere it would
cover the entire globe to a depth Of
less than four inches
As the oyster grows older its proper.
ton Of Sesh and juices increase more
rapidly than its shell, as well as the
relative amount of the natural nutri.
ments in its edible portions.
In the Austrian army suicides aver.
age 10000 year. This does not in.
clude foiled attempts, and itrepresents
20 per cent of the general mortality
among the Austrian soldiers
1t is estimated that it would take an
annual emigration of $4,000 Jews from
Russia merely to keep down the nat
ural increase Of population, if calcu.
lated at only per cent year.
The sign over Boston store read
inc "Piclles and New York Sunday
Papers" is outclassed by one recently
discovered in Georgia village which
adyertises "AN Handles Ink. Pens and
Cheese"
A Yankee, by name John Beatte,
has applied for a patent on a CON
triyance to prevent that whirung
sound in the telephone wires that par
allel trolley wires used for street car
purposes.
The largest peach orchard in the
world is that Of The Ohio Fruit Land
company, situated near Fort Valley,
Ga The orchard at present contains
10000 trees, and is being enlarged
every year
There is at present on exhibition
in the window u a well-knowu New
York ieweler The ,usk OF Il sacred ele-
phant from the east The tusk is said
to be one of the finest ever seen in the
United States.
The United StGtes government still
pays 81, COO day for morning and
evening salutes Few people have
realized, probably, that it costs the
country SO much as that every year to
have the sun daily rise and set.
The caves of Burmah are rich in
wooden carvings, glazed tiles and
images a well as tablets in terra GOTTA
marble, alabastei and otaer materials.
These relics illustrate the ancient and
modem phases OF Buddhist worship.
The Chinese make what is called
"chi-wa-hi," or grass cloth, from the
fiber Of the common nettle. 1t is said
to make splendid cloth for tents,
awnings, etc. When made into belt
ing for machinery it is said to have
twice the strength of leather.
The petriied body of a man has been
found, it is said, in a cove in the foot
hills of the Guadalupe mountains, n.
NJ, According to the report, ii is diff
licult to determine whether it is the
body of white man or an Indian, or
whether it is ancient or modern
The communications between the
two shores of the St. Lawrence river at
Montreal are made, as is known, by
means of the Victoria tubular bridge
constructed some thirty-fve years ago
which is the longest in the world, the
metallic span being $500 feet long
There are no native kangaroos eS-
cept on the continent Of Australia
The country contains about ll,O00,OOO
of them. Over million skins year
arr shipped to the United States Tor
use in bootmaking. Each skin VIII
make about four pairs OF ordinary
sized shoes.
The smallest holes pierced by mod.
ern machinery are one ihousandth Oh
an inch in diameter This drilling APP
paratus, which was the invention oil
one John Wennstrom, is designed %
make $4,000 revolutions per minute
aud is used in boring sapphires, ruoIes'
diamonds and other gems.
It has hitherto been the law inJapan
that if woman was not married by
certain age the authorities picked out
a man and compelled him to marry
bC., The u,isalD has inst abolished