Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-09-02
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Many Interesting and Curious Facts

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steamer and not few restaurants and
hotels make their own ice.
Safety lamps, for the use of miners,
we're patented in 1915. Now no mine is
without them, and many laws have
been passed requiring their use in all
underground mining operations
Electro,yping was first done in 1897.
and was considered triumph of
chemical and mechanical skill, re
curing the utmost nicely for its exc
cution Now it is done in every print
Ing house
Special books are fad this season.
especially those for youthful brides.
The richest cover for brides prayer
books. which contains only the mar
rage service, are of MORE or silk,
suede kid, or Of white satin, MORE or
silk corduroy.
Chill is the most prosperous agricul-
tural country in South America There
are 100000 acres under cultivation.
Of which 100000 are irrigated For
many years The product has averaged
10000 tons of wheat and 100000
of other grains.
one of the most productive sections of
the world is the Russian province Of
Bessarabia, aiken from Turkey in
1878. Its vineyards often yield 300
gallons of wine per acre; the average
Weld Of wheat is thirty-fve bushels and
of maize sixty bushels
A violin dated 1874 and said to have
been made by StradivariuS in his 9Oth
year. was sold in London lately for
5000 During the last twenty years
this violin has changed hands three
times on the first occasion being
bought for f4O0 and on the second for
5000
In many countries the rainbow is
spoken of as great bent pump or
siphon tube, drawing water from the
earth by mechanical means. In parts
of Russia, in the Don country, and also
in Moscow and vicinity, it is known by
name which is equivalent to the
bent water-ppe."
Granite is the lowest rock in the
earth's crust; it is me bed rock OF the
world. II shows no evidence of animal
or vegetable life. 1t is from two to ten
lAllIfS as AltN tlilibiA lLAANhAAN'N VI an
other rocks 1t IS the parent rock from
which all other rocks have been direct
ly or indirectly derived.
In England they have an institution
known as the Rural District Nursing
Association. The nurses are in train
ing two years at a cost Of $3.50. Each
nurse has salary of S125 to $50, with
board and lodging and donkey cart in
which to 80 the rounds Of a district Of
1000 to 5000 inhabitants.
The geographical center Of the
United States is not in the United
States at all, bun in the Pacific ocean
about $50 miles west of Portland, Ore
Eon. The meridian that passes through
this point is midway between the east
ernmost meridian of Maine and the
westernmoSt meridian Of Alaska
mo living germ or disease can resist
the antiseptic power of essence Of
cinnamon for more than a few hours, -
is the conclusion announced by NJ.
Chamberlain MS the result of prolong-
ed research and experiment in NJ.
Pasteurs laboratory. 1t is said to
destroy microbes as effectively, if
not as rapidly, as corrosive subimate
The great cave in the Black Hills
region is said to be - miles long, and
contains nearly 800 rooms some Of
them 200 feet high having been opened.
There are streams, waterfalls and
thirty-seven lakes one of which is an
acre in extent The cave is 6,O0O feet
above sea level and 400 feet below the
earth's surface
A survey for Il cable from the shores
Of California to the Sandwich islands
has resulted in a route being chosen
from Monterey bay to Honolulu. The
route selected will require the smallest
length Of wire, and ii passes over an
even bottom. favorable for the protec-
ton and preservation OF cable, sub
marine mountains being avoided
The oldest industry in England, which
dates back to prehistoric times is still
being carried on ut Brandon in Suffolk.
Many people Of that village earn their
living by making flints with which to
strike fire and for gunlocks finder
boxes with flint and steel are largely
used in Spain and Italy, and by travel
orS in sparsely-settlcd and uncvilized
lands, and gun-fints go to Africa,
where lint-lock muskets are still in
use
Not until recently have the inhabi-
tants Of Russia known the use of beds,
excepting in the case of the luxurious
patriclans who were able to purchase
them. The peasants slept on the large
hakeoyens to be found in nearly every
house, while the soldiers were provided
with sort of cot without bedding.
The middle classes and the students,
on the other hand, cOntented them
selves with wrapping a blanket about
'hem and lying down naar rather
primiuve-looking stoves.
Paulus Poaeius gives the following
description Of the unicorn. all animal