Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-04-05
POINTS.
A Few Facts of More Than Passing
Interest.

The dead and gone New York hotel
used to have an almost continuous
succession of meals on the American
plan. There were breakfasts early and
late, there was a MONDAY dinner for
guests accustomed to such a meal;
there was a late luncheon; there was
the usual evening dinner, and, finally.
there was a late supper between 10
p. N. and midnight. There were
guests at all these meals but an a In
carte restaurant instituted late in the
life of the hotel was never very sue
cessful.
Some of the odd personal names
met with in this country originated in
English warehouses, where it used to
be Il common thing, as Dickens init
mates in "Oliver Twist" to name
foundlings for some utensil about the
asylum, or for anything else that
might strike the stupid fancy of the
authorities. Thus many persons were
launched upon the world bearing the
names Of the days of the week, or
some church or street near the asy-
lum, and of hundred and one other
things furnishing equally absurd cog
| nomenS.
The attention that is given to fruit
raising in Oklahoma considering the
short time that country has been set
tied, Is really wonderful. Late statis-
tics show the young territory has now
6S3, 900 growing apple trees, 64S,OOO
peach trees, $4,000 cherry trees, 1000
pear trees and a great variety of other
fruit trees and vines Of every descrip-
ton. The profits en- this varied invest
ment have not begun to come In yet
so that their value can be estimated
but the trees, when in bearing, will
undoubtedly be one of Oklahoma's
most prolific sources of wealth.
Model tenement houses have paid
we'll in London. Sir Sydney Waterlow
made the first experiment of the kind
in 1860 when he built ut his own eX-
pense four blocks in Work street, Fins
bury. The buildings accommodated
eighty families, or 400 persons, and
such was their success that in three
years, In conjunction with several
friends, he started the Improved In
dustrial Dwellings company, of which
he is chairman. That company has
spent over f1,0O0.OO0 in the erection
of dwellings ON forty-tive estates in
London. The dividend paid is per
cent, and the average rent Of each
room Is 80 cents.
One of the largest If not the largest,
monoliths ever cut in this country, a
granite column, Al ID feet long, 6 IL
feet in diameter and weighing ninety
two tons, has been successfully trans
ported from Stony Creek, Conn, to
West Point, N. Y. 1t is intended for
the battle monument at the latter
place. The shaft was loaded on two
platform cars on two heavy pedestal
blocks and crossed the Hudson river
ut Fishkill after the transfer bridge
at the ferry had been strengthened.
The original block from which the
shaft was cut weighed 135 tons. 1t
will be surmounted by a granite ball
feet in diameter. supporting bronze
figure of Victory.
An official report of the instantly
available battle ships of the six great
powers shows that of tirSt-class YES
sells England has II, France 9, Russia
3 and the Triple Alliance 10, of which
9 are Italian and l German. All the
English vessels steam Is L. knots and
upward being Is -; none of the
French is over 1862 knots: while of
the 8 Russians are under Is. the third
reaching lis. In second-clasS ships
England leads with Il, France has 9.
Russia and the Triple Alliance II,
Of which Germany owns I and Austria
4 Here there is no such superiority
of speed on the English side. three
being under Ii knots, while no French
vessel goes so low as that figure and
all the Russians steam II knots and