Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-15


the streets Of every city in the west
and not show any diminution of the
supply.
There is in Spain a river called Tfnto,
which has very extraordinary qualities.
Its waters, which are as yellow as the
topaz, harden the sand and petify it
in a most surprising manner. If
stone falls into the river and rests
upon another they both become per-
fectly united and conglutinated in a
year. It wthers all the plants on its
banks as Wen as the roots Of trees,
when it dyes of the same hue as its
water No fish live in It's stream.
The mistletoe, which has so long
been shipped every year in such large
quantities from France to England,
will be more difficult to find next
winter. That which was sent across
the channel came almost exclusively
from the orchards of Normandy, where
it flourished on the apple trees The
government has decided that all the
mistletoe must be cut off the apple
trees at once, on the ground that it
sucks the sap of the trees and impov-
eIiShes them.
After the death of General Packen-
ham, at the battle of New Orleans
his viscera were removed, preparatory
to shipping the body to England The
whole mass Of the bowels, including
other internal organs, were wrapped in
cotton and buried in a box between
two pecan trees, which, although in a
fiouishing condition at the lime, never
after bore nuts, and W, known far
and wide as the Cursed pecan trees
The body was secretly shipped to Eng
land in a cask of wine.
The famous Rock in Horeb," an
GENTLY called Rock of NASSAU" and
at present known throughout the orient
as the stone Of the Miraculous Foun-
tain" being the identical rock which
Moses struck with his rod in order
to give water to the children of Israel,
is religiously preserved and guarded
even down to this late date. 1t is a
block of granite about six yards square
living lettering and loose in the middle
Of the valley of Rephidim and seems
originally to have been part of Mount
Sinai
Delftware is kind Of pottery which
was manufactured in Delft, Holland
from the sixteenth to the eighteenth
century. The industry is now practical
ly extinct in Holland. 1t closely re-
sembles porcelain in appearance. 1t
was brought to this country by the
early Dutch and English settlers. In
those days it was not considered par
ticularly valuable. Descendants of the
colonial families prize the rare speci-
mems of the ware which still remain
in their hands very highly, and it is
difficult to purchase any genuine speci-
mems.
There is a canal to be opened in
Greece which has been a spell Of time
in construction. 1t crosses the Isthmus
of Corinth. Its construction was begun
in the time of Nero in the first cen
tury of the Christian era. 1t shortens
the distance between the countries of
western Europe and Athens. The gen
+ tie Nero first struck the earth with a
pick in building this canal but he had
to go elsewhere in the empire to at
tend to more pressing business in put
ting down Il revolt Ten years ago
modern capitalists took up the idea
and the canal has been completed at a
cost of Sl4,0O0,000.
I The large prehistoric mound that
stands about half mile above Tag
CART Creek, Ky, on the James King
farm, has been opened. Several skele-
/ tons We're found Around one neck
was one string Of 81 fine pearl beads,
X and another string Of 400 fine ivory
beads. Around the left arm was a thin
copper bracelet, and on the right arm
We're three large copper bracelets I'm
der the hands were several small pieces
of copper that had evidently been
beads. The finest piece Of all lay upon
the front of the skull. The copper was
hammered out of the raw material.
Around the hips We're nearly l 400 very
small bone beads, which were greatly
dccayed
+ By the high seas" referred to in
article / Of the constitution of the
/ United States is meant the open sea /;
that is, the waters outside of the civil
jurisdiction of any country whatever,
+ which, according to the laws Of nations,
+ is limited to one marine league or
three geographical miles, from the
shore TNen the great lakes, beyond
the limit designated above, are regard
ed as high seas" In the eveAt of a
crime or crimes committed on the high
seas, parties charged with the commits
sio thereof are subject to the jurisdic-
ton of the federal, royal or district
court of the country which the vessel
+ first enters after the criminal has been
detected.
Everybody knows that there are no
snakes in Ireland, but very few know
that Newfoundland is just like Ireland
F i'm that respe"t-and there is no record
that Newfoundland had a St Patrick
to drive the snakes off either. There
is plenty of game in Newfoundland,
/ but not a reptile of any kind-snake,
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