Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-01-21

The ordnance survey Of England
took si1ty-fivc years to make and was
| completed in 1856.
The mole can swim exceIlently, and
it often sinks wells for the purpose Of
obtaining water to drink.
The Cottonwood river at Emporia,
kas.. varies in width during the course
Of the year from three feet to seven
miles.
4 West Philadelphia clergyman re-
Gently received an envelope contain
ing an old-fashioned copper penny as
bis fee for performing a wedding cere-
mony.
More than cne-third Of the total
number Of sailing vessels building in
the United kingdom are In course Of
construction on the banks Of the river
clyde.
1t IS said that if the kerosene can Is
not kept tightly c1rked, both at neck
and spout, especially if in a warm
place, the oil wiz burn dull and cake
IN the wick.
4 niece OF chamois skin bound on
the edges, shaped to tit the heel and
kept in place by piece Of elastic rub
ber worn over the stockings. viii save
much meuding.
The only official In the country
whose right 10 be addressed by the
title Of honorable as constitutional, it
is stated. is the lieutcnant-gOyernor Of
Massachusetts.
When your face and ears burn so
terribly battle them in very hot water
las hot IS you can bear. This viii be
more apt to cool them than any cold
application.
Bagpipes are generally ascribed to
Scotland, where they have been in use
for a long time, but it was an instru-
ment upon which the ancient Greeks
and Romans played.
To make a cement that win unite
card 90 tiu boi one ounce of borax
aud two ounces Of powdered shellac in
fifteen ounces Of water till the lac is
entirely dissolved.
Ii is said that goats in the Kalahari
frequently pass months without water,
and, according to Mr.. Mackenzie, there
are certain antel0pes which are never
seen to visit the drinking places.
Between 1880 and 1890 the mileage
of southern railroads, with the eNcep-
ton Of Arkansas, Louisiana Maryland.
Missouri and Texas, was increased
from y, 238 miles to "a $50 miles,
Six pairs oi white swans from the
Thames river have arrived in Phila-
delphia for distribution i'm public and
private parks Some Of the birds Will
be placed iu the city park Of Denver.
Meat can be Kept very nicely for a
week or two uv covering it with sour
milk or buttermilk and placing it i'm
a cool cellar. The bone or fat need
not be removed. Rinse we'll before
using.
The underground electric railway
| proposed for Paris is to traverse the
city In the direction Of its greatest
length, which will cause it approNi-
mately to follow the course of the
Seine
The largest child ever born, it is
said. was the son of Bates the Ken
lucky giant, and his wife, the Nova
Scotia giantess" This infant Hercules
weighed twcnty-three and three
fourths pounds
Cold iron has been rolled so thin
that $1,000 sheets, one upon another,
would measure only an inch in thick
ness 1t is added that 1900 sheets of
tissue paper make but little more
than an inch in thickness.
A deposit Of $40 made in the New
buryport Institute for savings in 1920
now calls for interest amounting to
! %SJS no one has ever claimed the
original deposit and no addition has
| ever been male 90 it,
Superintendent kiuyoun, of the Ma
Ii>au Cauas, iudlaua, iulirmary has
3 eat tli.. is nesting brood of
young rabbits. Her kittens were taken
away and drowned and she assuaged