Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-08-26
MISSING LINKS

IeTsla is ABOUT the only country nm
earth where the telegraphis not vet A.
home '"'
In $50 the king OF NorthumberIora
gave 500 acres of land for one booy
containing the history of the world
The largest church in the world e
st. Peters in Rome. The smallest
church ten feet square in the IsIe If
Man.
The combined length of the world,
telegraph lines is $4,000 miles. eno1gb
to encirole the earth about thirty-tbres
times.
There are more Hebrews in Russia
than in any other country, the mum.
Der being estimated at more than g.
100000.
The greatest mass of solid iron in
the world is the Iron mountain of Niis-
souri,. II is $50 feet high and two
miles in circuit.
The little island of Iceland. with
about 10000 inhabitants, has the same
number of newspapers as the GREAT
empire Of China.
Railroad accidents are unpopularin
Persia. When a train kills man the
natives pull up the track for miles and
boycott the road.
A copy Of the first dictionary. made
by Chinese scholars in the wear 1l0g
Is. c., is preserved among the archives
of the celestial5.
The largest aqueduct in the world il
the Croton aqueduct, in New YORK. Its
length is forty and one-half miles, and
it cost S12. 5000 900.
Among the new postoflices are Gus
Ga; AnnIedelle, Iowa; Bissell, Texas
Okle, Wyo.; Loop, Ala. Jester, Ga.
Sagwa, H., and Lego, Tenn.
In the case of man killed by an
electric bolt in St Louis coroners
jury was called to decide whether the
bolt was natural or artificial.
The Slaughter family, of Texas, are
said to be the most extensive landown-
ers in America, their combined hold.
ings amounting to 800, 900 acres.
The largest pyramid is 543 feet high
and 693 feet on the sides; its base COW
ers II acres. Many of the stones are
30 feet long, 4 broad and 3 thick.
a company of blind men recently ar.
rived in Birmingham, whittier they
had ridden on bicycles from London,
a distance of over one hundred miles
Thunderstorms are more frequent
in Java than in any other part OF the
world, there being an average Of nine
ty-seyen days in each year upon which
they occur.
Professor Barnard, of the Lick OBJ.
servatory, expects that three years
will be required to complete the series
OF photographs he is now making OF
the Milky Way.
Petroleum, which is popularity sup.
posed to be derived from coal, is, ac-
cording to advanced science, more
probably the result of the action Of
water on metal.
Greek and Roman doors always
opened outward, and when man was
passing out of house he knocked on
the door, so as not to open it in the
face OF passer-by.
From the year 1880 to their final
surrender to Napoleon in 1898. a Pc
Rod of nearly three centuries, the "a
nous knights of st. John made Malta
their stronghold and citadel,
The velocity OF a projecliIe fired
from modern great gun OF the 100
ton variety is 1860 miles per hour
the impelling force eXerting q pres.
sure Of 10000 pounds to each square
inch.
Upward Of 60 per cent of the earth.
quakes that have been recorded have
occurred during the six colder months
OF the year-the maximum number
in January and the minimum number
in July
1t is a curious anomaly in the law
that, if you pay for your photograph
being taken no copy can be sold with
out your consent, while, if YOU do
not, the photographer may sell it TO
any extent.
The Australian failures have had
visible effect on the London season,
Carriages are noticeably fewer ana
many fashionable people use oun,,,
buses which run on regular routes al
over England,
IN the Grand Duchv of Luxembourg
persons desiring work or help nave
now only to send a postal card to the
director of the post administrator ~
order to have their wants advertised
in every postonice in the grand ducny'
More relics Of George Washington
have turned up. This time the arli'
cies are two army pistols that were
presented by the general TO kosciuSE,o
his polish aid The pistols are 10 tng
possession of DR.. Edward Thomas Oh
Vienna.
During the reign of Henry VIII. ~
400 persons were legally executed ~
England, the larger portion OF WRom
were guilty Of no otTense worse tAaA
misdemeauor. In one year three nun
dred starving beggars were han9eo'''
asking aims.
In India a huge funnel Of "lehe.,
work is planted in 4 stream Deio"
waterfall and every dnny cFea',
ure coming down drops into H. l a
water straiuiug out and leaving W
fappy prey in the receptacle, all Iea'!
to be gathered IN.
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